Giving up on Minnesota

"Why am I giving up on Minnesota? What is there left to love? It is a pretty state with much recreation to enjoy. But the taxes (highest in the nation), the politics (blue as California) keeps me feeling like a stranger in a strange land. Thus - I give up."   

(Gasp!) Bird! You are not moving, are you? To a normal state? No - this is the state I was born in and due to family (grandies), it will probably be the state I will be in until my rodeo is over. That being said, I still can give up on the politics in this state. I seriously thought, that after the abortion (no pun intended) that happened last session with our newly elected socialists and commies, that the good people of Minnesota would have shaken their heads and woken up. No such luck.

There was a time, not too long ago, in which I thought the politics in this state were confusing. Misguided. After last session, I changed that view. Politics in this state are now evil. Almost satanic. The Ozzie and Harriet view of this state, the Mary Tyler Moore view of this state, has been replaced with visions of Sodom and Gomorrah. It has given me pause to think - where have all the normal people gone in this state? Are the "normal folk" in this state, now that much of a minority? 

Seeing the latest nationwide election projects as of late, and how Trump is surging in some states where he really needs to surge - Minnesota sticks out like an embarrassing blue zit on a red upper Midwest. Heck, even Michigan is in play, and they are the home to the second biggest Somalian cluster of people in the nation. But Minnesota? Nope. We are trump tight for voting for (and electing) circus clowns like Mark Dayton and Tim Walz.

After the Floyd riots, this state redefined itself. Jacob Frey and Tim Walz defined themselves. "Let it burn". Or, let these kids just get rid of some frustrations. Kids will just be kids. Meanwhile, I don't think many people in our country will ever forget those sights. And now one of the architects of letting Minneapolis burn is on the Democrat ticket to be the next Vice President. The governor who signed the bill which blurs the difference between late term abortion and infanticide. That is our new "One Minnesota". 

I know Donald Trump would love to turn this state red. Sorry Donald, that will not happen. The stain of indoctrination from years of government schooling is finally showing its true communist colors in this state. People no longer think - they respond to their training from K-12. And then in one of our colleges - that is where the stone gets polished. The die is then cast, and so are the DFL votes.

Why am I giving up on Minnesota? What is there left to love? It is a pretty state with much recreate to enjoy. But the taxes (highest in the nation), the politics (blue as California) keeps me feeling like a stranger in a strange land. Thus - I give up.