2008 Women's Collegiate Dual-Meet Rankings On Monday I posted the men's dual-meet rankings. Here are the women's rankings, following the same rules and formats: #1. Southern Cal The Trojans beat UCLA, and that's all they needed to be ranked at the top. #2. Minnesota The Golden Gophers won the four-team Pepsi Collegiate Challenge by a single point over Oregon. #3. Oregon The Ducks took a narrow second at the Pepsi Challenge, defeating Penn State and Washington. (Next year they are expected to join in the revived men's dual meet.Minnesota Golden Gophers VS Iowa Hawkeyes College Football Tickets.

I?ll Take Issue With That I'll Take Issue With That This morning.s At Issue wasn't strikingly different in terms of Tom Hauser's guests. What I found striking, though, was the fact that Ember Reichgott Junge offered such a silly opinion on the new gas tax ads that the HRCC is running. It's Ember's opinion that ?the ads will backfire on Republicans. The reason? Because ?Minnesotans know that the DFL isn't responsible? for the rising price of a gallon of gas. That's true as far as it goes but it misses the point. B-A-D-. Tickets.

The Disconnect Minnesota Golden Gophers VS Iowa Hawkeyes Tickets, The Disconnect Salena Zito has a must read post on her Primary Colors blog that talks about the disconnect between superdelegates and voters. It's a stinging rebuke of the Democrats? nominating process, too. Joe Andrew, a Democratic National Committee chair for five minutes, lives.nd operates out of Washington, D.C. But when it comes to giving news conferences about the presidential campaign, his podium is in Indianapolis. That is where Andrew went from Beltway boy to Hoosier to make his ?big.

Speaking in Minnesota about Food Poisoning Law Cheap Minnesota Golden Gophers VS Iowa Hawkeyes Tickets, Speaking in Minnesota about Food Poisoning Law Posted on May 3, 2008 by Food Poisoning Lawyer Next week I (www.billmarler.com) will be speaking at the University of Minnesota College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences on Tuesday, May 6 at 3:00 PM. (PowerPoint). I am a guest lecturer in the Food: Safety, Risk, and Technology class taught by distinguished professor Dr. Ted Labuza. As those who frequent my blog, I travel widely to address industry, government, and consumer.

Rep. Bachmann on Earmarks College Football, Rep. Bachmann on Earmarks Michele Bachmann, my representative, has been unfairly criticized for signing a pledge that she wouldn't accept earmarks. Her political opponents didn't bother finding out why she made this pledge. Thursday afternoon, I got a mailing from Rep. Bachmann that explains her position on earmarks. It also tells about what she's doing to take the corruption out of the earmark process. First, here's Michele's explanation on why she took the pledge: Like you, the status.

Tarryl?s Accountability Dodge? Tarryl's Accountability Dodge? According to this MPR article, Tarryl Clark is proposing a constitutional amendment on this November's ballot that would ?create a council that would decide on the salaries and other compensation? for legislators. Here's the question that would appear on this November's ballot?Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to remove legislators? ability to set their own salaries and instead establish a council to prescribe salaries for legislators and elected exec. Minnesota Golden Gophers VS Iowa Hawkeyes.

DFL Sticking With Franken? DFL Sticking With Franken? According to this Strib article, the DFL is standing with Al Franken. I wonder if their support will stay steady in the days ahead. Meanwhile, DFLers said Wednesday that they were standing by Franken, with party officials and activists voicing confidence in his candidacy a day after he acknowledged the unpaid state taxes from 2003 to 2006. While it's possible that these activists and party officials are publicly saying that they're standing by him, I'd doubt that. HHH Metrodome (Football).

King?s Recovering Nicely Minneapolis, King's Recovering Nicely This afternoon, I paid King a hospital visit. Two of his colleagues, Masoud (I hope I'm spelling that right) .&.Melanie, were already there. King sounded significantly stronger this afternoon than he did last night. Not surprisingly, King was trying to find out everything that was happening at the office when he should've been focusing solely on recovering from surgery. The good news is that Melanie wasn't having anything of that. She was making sure that King didn?t.

Greta Takes Obama To The Woodshed Greta Takes Obama To The Woodshed Wow! Greta van Susteren just posted something on the Pastor J-Wright-Obama controversy. To say that it was a blistering attack on Sen. Obama's observational skills is understatement. First, here's what the AP is reporting on Sen. Obama's statement: Democrat Barack Obama says he was outraged by the comments of his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and saddened by the spectacle of his appearance on Monday. Wright said Monday that criticism surrounding. MN.

Sen. Obama Doesn't Dare Answer These Questions HHH Metrodome (Football) Tickets, Sen. Obama Doesn't Dare Answer These Questions George Will has written another masterpiece, this time asking Sen. Obama a set of rather difficult questions, questions that actually require intellectual heft. Here's the easiest question in the bunch: You say'The insurance companies, the drug companies, they're not going to give up their profits easily when it comes to health care. Why should they? Who will profit from making those industries unprofitable? When pharmaceutical companies have.