Pawlenty is a lousy stinkin' self serving Gov. This absentee from office, politician, isn't doing anything for Hormel OR MN. Hormel is big enough to take care of themselves very nicely. Timmy is putting himself out there because he actually thinks he can run for President of the US. This Asian visit is to add a credential for a presidentail campaign. What a ma'room. He can't even be a half way decent Governor.

The founding fathers could not have envisioned an attack such as the one on 9-11 in NYC. It was the mass murder of law abiding citizens at work. Civilized people/nations do not intentionally murder without declaring war. Three separate devastations were planned for that day. Historically, muslims build a mosque at the site of their military successes.

With that in mind it is an affront to all people of the US, especially to New Yorkers that a mosque is planned near Ground Zero....

Fabulous! He's been stopped in his tracks! He has such nerve! Interesting that he is actually in Minnesota. That's unusual. For some very strange reason, he thinks he is presidential material. He never was but this brouhaha has put an end to any of his aspirations.

Rochester, Minnesota's criminal justice system is in dire straights secondary to cuts in state money to expand the jail, and provision of yet another judge for hearing cases in a timely fashion. If that cannot be...

Here in Rochester, we are already suffering from the grim results of Pawlenty's budget cuts. We are in desparate need of more judges in this city. Currently, felons are being released from jail because they cannot be tried in what is considered a timely fashion. A felon transplant from Chicago is out of jail after paying $100,000 for an out of jail card. No mention was made in the Post Bulletin that a bail bondsman was used. With this guy's history of felonies, it is doubtful that a...