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Finally, the meme makes its way north. Tremendous!

North Dakotans hate property taxes. I mean, really hate them with the intensity of 1,000 suns. Of course, they like that their children have schools to be not be left behind at… But those property taxes?! PURE EVIL!

So it’s good to see some life in an effort to abolish all property taxes in the state:

“Secretary of State Al Jaeger has approved the ballot initiative for circulation. It would change the North Dakota Constitution to eliminate property taxes, starting in January 2012. The measure needs almost 26,000 petition signatures by Aug. 4 to get a spot on the November general election ballot.”

So 26,000? That’s only half the state.

See, this is the kind of story that makes me miss the masters at the New York Post. Minnesota’s Pioneer Press goes with the boring headline “St. Paul man charged with beating up quadruple amputee will turn himself in.” But one has to wonder what the Post would have done. Just look at this material:

“[He] said the argument escalated after “I turned on the TV and she got mad.”

“She punched me in the groin” Smith said. He said Bell also hit him with a coffee canister and a bedpan.

“It was full of pee,” he said.

In response, “I hit her once and that was it,” Smith said. “Maybe twice.”

Although Bell had both hands and part of both legs amputated because of a childhood illness, Smith said she can still be violent when she loses her temper.

“She’ll swing, push me down and choke me with her nubs,” Smith said. He said she also hit him with her wheelchair.

Bell on Monday agreed there was hitting on both sides. She said she plans to marry Smith and doesn’t want him to serve jail time.

“We both need anger management,” she said.

Game over, every other domestic violence story of 2010.

Here’s your new wingnut thing. King George Obama.

It apears that after the Nazi thing and the communist thing and the socialst thing (or a combo of those three), and the full on, old school racist thing all failed to work, they’re going with the colonial British thing.

So, you know, next year, revolution.

Expect “one if by land.”

Remember Rep. Dave Weiler (R-ND) who was charged for beating his wife… for the second time? Well, he has yet to lose his job. But now he’s got his own song. Catchy!

 Shell is making gasoline from beets.

Related!: BEETS!

From the Grand Forks Herald: “A Mound man charged with sex crimes for allegedly abusing a female relative has told police it was God’s will that he “marry” the girl when she was just 10 years old… [the man] believes the Bible justifies his actions.

The best part though is the closer: “…attorney, David Risk, says some of his client’s beliefs are outside the norm.”

Left: North Dakota Rep. David Weiler: “David Alan Weiler, 44, was charged Friday with Class A misdemeanor simple assault-domestic violence. He pleaded not guilty. The police report said Nicole Weiler reported David Weiler became angry and punched her in the face several times. The report did not say what began the alleged dispute… David Weiler pleaded guilty in April 2009 to Class B misdemeanor simple assault for assaulting his wife on March 27.”

Right: Wisconsin Rep. Jeff Wood: “State Rep. Jeff Wood fought to save his job Wednesday, expressing remorse for a past drunken driving offense but saying he would fight charges in two subsequent arrests. Wood, who said he had no memory of his most recent arrest in October 2009 for driving under the influence, conceded he’s struggled with alcoholism and admitted to driving drunk in December 2008. Wood also testified that the stress of his re-election bid in 2008 pushed him to drinking ‘pretty much daily.’ But he said he would contest charges related to his two arrests in September and October 2009, which he linked to prescription medications.”

 Who needs concealed carry handguns when we have chairs? From the Grand Forks Herald: “Former officer opens fire in crowded bar”

“The gunman entered Jim’s Sports Club Bar and Grill through a back door Saturday night and started shooting at a table of patrons, which included his ex-wife… a bystander smashed a wooden chair over the gunman’s head, knocking him unconscious. “

Earlier: The Gunmen Among Us

Over at Say Anything Blog “North Dakota’s Most Popular Political Blog™” it appears they’re featuring content from past years. Like this 1991 debate about gays, AIDS and blood donation.

Oh wait, what’s that? This is a debate from two days ago? Oh my. Good to see rationality and factual information have finally started making it to North Dakota.

I have simply no idea why so much of the nation thinks about the wonderful Peace Garden State as an intellectual backwater full of hypocrisy about free living and individual rights.

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