as the world turns

In the media this morning I see an Orthodox Jew Iranian-Canadian wearing a baseball cap who wants to double the size of his Mall of America, (second largest in the world after his West Edmonton Mall) but only if a casino is included. I suppose this would mean tearing down the brand new Ikea, which is owned by "the richest man in the world who can't take credit for the title" due to tax reasons. We'd have to add gates to the airport. In true Minnesota style the locals have to think about it a while . What will our neighbor Native American Nations (Red Lake, White Earth and Leech Lake) think about a casino in the Mall? They are in the Twin Cities to listen to our forty-something conservative Polish-American Governor who wants them to share a bit of their gambling winnings with him and get into the drug (legal) business instead. Getting the Native American Nations involved in the wholesale drug business would foil the Feds efforts to stop the flow of cheaper Canadian drugs across the border. Seniors could pick up their prescriptions at the casino and leave the savings in a machine. It would increase traffic through 56572. If we could only get those cars to stop. Guard units are returning home as heroes to flag waving crowds. Those who came home in boxes we were not allowed to see. "The richest man in the world who can wear the title" was on the tube last night with Canadian-American Jennings saying Americans need to travel more, especially to Africa. Then we would be more willing to help Africans with their problems and elect leaders more sympathetic to that cause. An African-American guy from Arizona with a little bit of money is trying to buy our football team for a lot of money from a Texan with a Scottish name. Another guy with a Scottish name just fired his buddy the coach so he could personally kick the butts of some of the African-Americans on our basketball team, which hasn't been doing well lately and we haven't yet figured out why. Finally getting back to baseball, we did decide to pay the best pitcher in baseball, a Latino, $10 million a year to pitch for our baseball team for the next four years. The players on our hockey team are envious.

Talk on the Street

The axe falls, interest rates rise
ISD548 administration announced budget cuts totalling $400,000 to faculty at a meeting after school yesterday. Best guess for a bond issue vote for a new High School is late spring (2005).

New Broadway business
Edward Jones is moving in to office space in the Lakeland Properties building.