Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist was attacked by angry, violent protesters last night who stormed the stage during his speech at Columbia University in New York City, forcing an abrupt end to the event.

An African-American member of the Minuteman board who spoke prior to Gilchrist was taunted with the "n-word," according to WND columnist Jerome Corsi.
Corsi had been scheduled to follow Gilchrist with a speech of his own, but after university security personnel whisked the Minuteman leader offstage, the New York Young Republican Club meeting was shut down.

A video of the chaos at Roone Arledge Auditorium, shot by Columbia University Television, can be seen here.

Tim Pawlenty: Provided an additional $40 million for Minnesota State Grants to help students pay for higher education.

Taxpayers League President David Strom personally accepted Sue's pledge during an interview live on 100.3 KTLK FM during Taxpayers League Live. A large crowd was gathered outside the booth at the Minnesota State Fair Saturday afternoon.

The Taxpayer League of Minnesota, a nonpartisian organization whose goal is to advocate for lower taxes, has a tax pledge they request elected officials to sign. Signers promise to "oppose (and vote against/veto) any and all efforts to increase taxes."

The Governor leads and the Legislature follows.
This week, the Taxpayers League released our 2006 Legislative Scorecard (press release here, scorecard here).
“As in past years, the scorecard still shows substantial differences in voting patterns between the Republicans and Democrats, but it also demonstrates a building trend of Republican willingness to spend more taxpayer dollars if they get to control the spending.

image: wetlandsrally.org Perhaps this is telling?

“Also, in a departure from all past scorecards, many Republicans’ scores fell below some of the most traditionally liberal members of the Minnesota House. For instance, Speaker of the House Steve Sviggum scored below a number of liberal democrats, and was tied with liberal stalwarts such as Irv Anderson, Karen Clark, and Phyllis Kahn. Interestingly, this shift in voting patterns was not universal. Many of the traditionally conservative members of the House still scored 80 or above, and received “Friend of the Taxpayer” awards this year.”

For candidates, political operatives and the politically interested, there are few tools more heeded and valuable than the political poll. What is a poll? It’s the result of random (at least supposedly) survey of voters in a given area designed to measure support for a position or candidate at specific point and time. Over time, polls conducted in the same way are valuable for discerning movement toward or away from the specified candidate or position.

In recent years, certain types of polls have fallen into disrepute for various reasons. For those disenchanted with polls as reported by the media, there is a growing phenomenon that might well be a better predictor of electoral success: the political futures market.

Most of us drive to work, the grocery store, and the day care center. When gas prices shoot up, it hits us where it hurts. Unfortunately, most of us know what those rising prices mean to our budget, but few of us know what is causing those price increases and what can be done about them.

What we all need is a short lesson in energy economics. What is going on, how did we get here, and is there anything we can realistically do about the rising price of oil? Oil prices are up. Why?

It wasn’t too long ago—1999 in fact—that the price of a barrel of oil was about $10. These days a barrel of oil can sell for over $70, and some analysts predict that the price could top $100 a barrel in the not-too-distant future. Other analysts are predicting a price plunge, to $40 or less a barrel.

Diapers had to be changed 15 times a day, feedings held every three hours. One triplet, 3-year-old Alfredo Jr., needed special attention because he was born with liquid on his brain and partially paralyzed. Even simple events — like going to the store — required complex orchestration.

And that was before the quadruplets arrived.

On July 6, Magdaleno gave birth to two boys and two girls, drawing national media attention as a bewildered mother of 10 (with nine living at home). Now, she and her husband, Alfredo Anzaldo, 44, must figure out how to provide for everyone on Anzaldo's maximum pay of $400 a week as [an Illegal] carpet installer.

The press no calls him mentally ill with "bipolar" disorder to justify this. Does that justify this gentleman from Pakistan who was let in America to become a citizen how does he show gratitude? not in my mind. Gee, might he be a little more anti-semitic and more of a menace... naw not in the mainstream media, I just don't understand his childhood or the like.
No apology, so what gives?
I think the standard media is topsy turvy and dangerous as being offended is apparently worse in there eyes then being shot. Frankly I'd prefer the slanderous comments to being shot period! call me old fashioned.

Here is more info

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060729/wl_afp/uscrimereligionjews

SEATTLE, United States (AFP) - Three women were hospitalized in critical condition, after a gunman who allegedly

Federal agents from the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force were among the phalanx of police who responded to the afternoon attack at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle on Friday.

One woman died at the scene of the shooting, according to police. A total of five women were wounded, including one who is pregnant, and they were being treated at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to officials there.

The women ranged in age from 20 to late 40s, and three of them were in critical condition, according to Harborview spokeswoman Susan Gregg-Hanson.

Story By BONNIE PFISTER Associated Press Writer

July 27, 2006, 6:41 PM EDT TRENTON, N.J. -- The southern New Jersey community of Riverside has banned the hiring and housing of undocumented immigrants.

The Township Council unanimously approved the "Illegal Immigration Relief Act," making renting or leasing property to a person who cannot prove he or she is legally in the United States a violation punishable by fines starting at $1,000. Employing such individuals would incur a similar penalty, and could cost employers their local business license.

Included in those ranks is acclaimed Washington, D.C., hairstylist Isabelle Goetz, who has collected $3,000 in recent months to clip the former first lady’s locks.

Federal fund-raising records reveal that Clinton paid $1,500 to Goetz in April and another $1,000 in May.
Sen. Hillary Clinton has put together an army of 50 staffers and more than 20 consultants as she prepares to do battle for the 2008 Democratic nomination for president.

At the resent Torch Light parade in Minneapolis, the Cheerleaders from Lakeville North High School had a uniform skirt that was too short and too tight, with a partial cut up the side it revealed far more flesh than more traditional cheerleader uniforms.

I was upset that some school official in Lakeville did not care enough to make sure that the uniforms were appropriate before ordering them, let alone the fact they let these kids go out in public wearing something totally inappropriate for anyone to were let alone kids.

Finally in less than a month Minnesota's Mr. Right returns. The FM talk station KTLK 100.3 will place Lewis in the drive time slot replacing the Crossfire style show Lambert and Janacek The question is will this save the fledgling station with lower ratings than it's previous format Smooth Jazz???

With virtually no mention in the mainstream media, Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez convened on June 15, the first meeting of the North American Competitiveness Council (NACC), an apparently extra-constitutional advisory group organized by the Department of Commerce (DOC) under the auspices of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP).

Are You Ready for Your North American Union ID Card? James Plummer, Human Events
A tri-national ID system isn't so far-fetched
Human Events Online has been leading the coverage of the so-called “Security and Prosperity Partnership,” a unilateral program implemented by the Bush Administration designed to set the course for a North American Union that would subsume our national sovereignty. A de facto treaty signed by the leaders of Canada, Mexico, and the U.S., the agreement was never submitted to the Senate for ratification. Now it can be revealed that plans for the North American Union include a tri-national “North American Union” ID card.