I called earlier today to the Help Desk for Con Agra to make a quality control" inquiry. We recently had the Hungry Man Spicey Fried Chicken. Mine had THREE pieces of chicken and my wife's had TWO. I thought that had happened at least once before. I know it happened this time. The box says it contains dark portions of chicken but no quantity. The box illustration seems to indicate three pieces.
The pleasant woman took down the information and would forward everything to Quality Control. We would be receiving coupons too! You can't beat that with a stick.
Afterwards, looking into who owns Banquet (Hungry Man), I found almost three dozen brands that Con Agra has acquired over the years (I stopped counting at 27). Many, if not all, were at one time free-standing companies, putting out a product, paying wages and paying taxes. Names like Swiss Miss, Wolf Brand Chili, Peter Pan, Va Camp's and Chef Boyardee were household brands, free of large corporate entanglements. Three margarine brands...Parkay, Fleischmann's and Blue Bonnet are now under one umbrella. Hunt and Wesson...you guessed it. Once they sat on shelves as independent firms. At one time these two were part of Beatrice Foods, Hunt-Wesson-Beatrice but Auntie Bea split them off later on. These are companies I "grew up" with. Libby's? Same thing.
While change and progress do have their positive side and various "ups" regarding sales, marketability, profit and taxes for mega businesses like Con Agra, it still seems sad that the old stand-bys are now just names on a corporate roster, still making what they do for American breakfasts, lunches and dinners but now without that sense of "intimacy" that goes with knowing that Libby's or Gulden's Mustard or Hebrew National were at one time independent and not merely cogs in a very large food producing machine.
I remember way back in the 1960's when we bought Marie Callender pies for the holidays at the local franchise in La Puente. And, I think, wistfully, that was a time when a company's individuality was still paramount in America.
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Thursday, January 21, 2016
NFL Teams Sure Have a Lot of Coaches
I read today that the National Football League (NFL) has acquired its first full-time female coach. Kathryn Smith will be the Buffalo Bills' special teams quality control coach. (As if they manufactured something!).
She will assist the special teams coordinator Danny Crossman and his assistant Eric Smith. That's THREE people to do just the special teams! With that many bosses, there shouldn't be any mistakes...ever!
Jen Welter served as an apprentice last summer (2015) for the Arizona Cardinals. She coached the inside linebackers for six weeks. I assume there's a coach for the other linebacker positions. I know there's one for the quarterbacks, etc.
My point is it sure takes a lot of coaches to oversee an NFL team! That takes a fair amount of money too (which the fans pay for). I mean, what's next, a coach for right (or left) handed quarterbacks? A coach for shorter (or taller) players? A coach for running backs who go left (or right) more than the other direction? The teams sure are top-heavy with field executives. It borders on micromanagement; the teams are taking no chances. Yet teams do turn in poor performances. How is beyond me...not with all that "coverage."
She will assist the special teams coordinator Danny Crossman and his assistant Eric Smith. That's THREE people to do just the special teams! With that many bosses, there shouldn't be any mistakes...ever!
Jen Welter served as an apprentice last summer (2015) for the Arizona Cardinals. She coached the inside linebackers for six weeks. I assume there's a coach for the other linebacker positions. I know there's one for the quarterbacks, etc.
My point is it sure takes a lot of coaches to oversee an NFL team! That takes a fair amount of money too (which the fans pay for). I mean, what's next, a coach for right (or left) handed quarterbacks? A coach for shorter (or taller) players? A coach for running backs who go left (or right) more than the other direction? The teams sure are top-heavy with field executives. It borders on micromanagement; the teams are taking no chances. Yet teams do turn in poor performances. How is beyond me...not with all that "coverage."
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
America's First Refugees
There's been a lot of talk and discussion (and believe me, there will be a lot more) concerning the acceptance of Syrian refugees into the US during the upcoming years. Other Middle Eastern peoples will also be lumped together with those fleeing Syria. And well the US should be a part of this relief system. It's something we've done for may years..it's part of who we are. And logically, a large amount of money will play no small part here. However, there is living in this great nation a people who are its first refugees. And they remain so.
A great many Native Americans in this country are living in conditions thought only possible in the blighted and decaying urban portions areas of our large cities. They are, indeed, our first refugees and they have been in that sorry state of affairs ever since the federal government sought to "help" them in the 19th century. That "help" was, in fact, only initiated to benefit the white man in his continued lust for land and wealth.
The "help", in the form of the reservation system, a sort of "planned community" effort, has merely left the members of the nearly 600 recognized tribes to fend for themselves as best they can despite the oversight of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. As I see it, the BIA was established pretty much to act as a babysitter, property manager, watchman and jailer for America's initial settlers. Early on, armed troops backed up the jailer's sworn duties. That doesn't happen now because, generally, the people of the "rez" have nowhere else to go. The reservation is now home and has been for almost two hundred years. For the most part, reservation life is the only life they know.
The irony is that Native Americans are refugees in their own land! It belongs to them, regardless of what over 400 forced treaties state. In addition to that, historically, Native Americans have been on the short end of the stick ever since that stick was first lopped off the tree. The 14th Amendment gave freed slaves citizenship in 1868. America's first citizens didn't achieve that until 1924. The Civil Rights and Voting Acts, while clearly necessary, were never really intended to include Native Americans. And as to those treaties, equal treatment under the law has usually fallen short of reality.
Urban and suburban renewal programs have sought to improve the conditions of people living in and around populated areas. Thus, being black, Latino, Asian and any other social classification, has made it possible to at least be in a position to receive federal help of some kind. It's pretty hard to send the right kind or right amount of assistance needed to the far-flung, isolated reservations within the boundaries of the US. Window Rock, Fort Peck, Colville, Wind River or Monument Valley ain't downtown Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Houston, San Francisco or Winona, Minnesota. It boils down to being "out of sight, out of mind."
As a final thought, bear in mind that while countless urban areas within our cities are decaying and eroding by the second; that poverty and unemployment ascends new heights in Detroit, Michigan and elsewhere, the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota is poorest community in the United States, in this "land of milk and honey." For these people, it's more like bread and water. And as far as I know, it's always been that way.
While the residents of Pine Ridge do receive donations (domestic CARE packages!) from various relief programs, just under 29,000 hapless souls hope to get the crumbs left over from an overstuffed and complacent nation. This is how we Americans treat descendants of America's first settlers; descendants who are forever refugees...in their own land. Shame on us.
A great many Native Americans in this country are living in conditions thought only possible in the blighted and decaying urban portions areas of our large cities. They are, indeed, our first refugees and they have been in that sorry state of affairs ever since the federal government sought to "help" them in the 19th century. That "help" was, in fact, only initiated to benefit the white man in his continued lust for land and wealth.
The "help", in the form of the reservation system, a sort of "planned community" effort, has merely left the members of the nearly 600 recognized tribes to fend for themselves as best they can despite the oversight of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. As I see it, the BIA was established pretty much to act as a babysitter, property manager, watchman and jailer for America's initial settlers. Early on, armed troops backed up the jailer's sworn duties. That doesn't happen now because, generally, the people of the "rez" have nowhere else to go. The reservation is now home and has been for almost two hundred years. For the most part, reservation life is the only life they know.
The irony is that Native Americans are refugees in their own land! It belongs to them, regardless of what over 400 forced treaties state. In addition to that, historically, Native Americans have been on the short end of the stick ever since that stick was first lopped off the tree. The 14th Amendment gave freed slaves citizenship in 1868. America's first citizens didn't achieve that until 1924. The Civil Rights and Voting Acts, while clearly necessary, were never really intended to include Native Americans. And as to those treaties, equal treatment under the law has usually fallen short of reality.
Urban and suburban renewal programs have sought to improve the conditions of people living in and around populated areas. Thus, being black, Latino, Asian and any other social classification, has made it possible to at least be in a position to receive federal help of some kind. It's pretty hard to send the right kind or right amount of assistance needed to the far-flung, isolated reservations within the boundaries of the US. Window Rock, Fort Peck, Colville, Wind River or Monument Valley ain't downtown Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Houston, San Francisco or Winona, Minnesota. It boils down to being "out of sight, out of mind."
As a final thought, bear in mind that while countless urban areas within our cities are decaying and eroding by the second; that poverty and unemployment ascends new heights in Detroit, Michigan and elsewhere, the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota is poorest community in the United States, in this "land of milk and honey." For these people, it's more like bread and water. And as far as I know, it's always been that way.
While the residents of Pine Ridge do receive donations (domestic CARE packages!) from various relief programs, just under 29,000 hapless souls hope to get the crumbs left over from an overstuffed and complacent nation. This is how we Americans treat descendants of America's first settlers; descendants who are forever refugees...in their own land. Shame on us.
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Reflections Through a Glass of Beer
Here we are live (not really) at Ford's Bar and Grill and my hot roast beef sandwich just arrived via cheerful waitress Katie. This entree, with mashed potatoes and gravy, a generous scoop of buttered corn and TWO rolls, is one of my favorite dishes. And it's especially good here at Ford's. Ah, here comes my beer...Pabst Blue Ribbon on draft...in a frosty glass! Now, what's in store for us with today's Reflections.
Have you heard this one? Not long ago, the man some have called "America's most hated man" because of his price-gouging with the drug Daraprim, has been arrested on federal charges stemming form his losing a lot of money for hedge fund investors. Martin Shkreli, 32, is charged with taking $11 million dollars from Retrophin, a pharma business he once CEO, to reimburse unhappy clients (some call that embezzlement).Maybe he was gonna pay it back.The feds are charging him with securities fraud and conspiracy. "Bio-tech's bad boy" could get 20 years. I doubt if they use expensive drugs in prison.
Under "dumb and dumber", the feds are cracking down on Allegiant Air for basic stupidity. The FAA is pushing for more pilot training so they don't run out of gas. An incident this summer found two pilots, who just happen to be execs with the firm, had to make an emergency landing at a closed airport because they didn't enough full fuel to reach their destination. Maybe these "pilots" need to watch old war movies like "Twelve O'Clock High," "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" or "Island in the Sky" to learn how to manage fuel use. Maybe even "The High and the Mighty." But then, planes are equipped with an old-fashioned gadget called... a FUEL GAUGE!
My friend Dan Mathews of the Highway Patrol just dropped by and I asked him, as I do all my friends and strangers alike, if he had a favorite quote or words of wisdom to share with my readers and Dan related this nice little tidbit.
It seems Jerry, a boy about 8 years of age, had saved a puppy from drowning in a flooded street. Jerry got an award and after the ceremony Jerry told Dan that he was scared while pulling the puppy to safety. After shaking the boy's hand, Dan imparted these words to the young hero. "Bravery is a man who's scared but still does what he has to do." I think we ALL can learn from that!
It's come to my attention that being honest and sharing your thoughts concerning religion could get you fired. Seems one Larycia Hawkins, a TENURED political science professor at Wheaton College, had the gall to state that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. The "school" (I use that term sarcastically) is filing papers to terminate Dr. Hawkins since she has refused to resign. While it's true that Christians worship Jesus as The Redeemer and Muslims look to Allah for their salvation, both Christians and Muslims (and Jews) recognize the same God as the creator of the universe. It is quite obvious those behind the drive to remove such a firebrand as Dr. Hawkins haven't read the Qur'an! And what happened to free expression? Looks like at Wheaton, a "center of higher learning" (again sarcasm), any verbal support of the religion followed by Muslims can get you in deep kimchi! Freedom of religion? Yes, as long as it's the RIGHT religion.
I read the comics everyday in our local paper and I've read them for many years, as I'm sure many of my readers have.
Classic "Funnies" of old like Peanuts, Miss Peach, Pogo and one of my all-time favorites, Tumbleweeds, were staples in newspapers across this land. Calvin and Hobbs, Bloom County (then Outland) and Doonesbury came along, some to pass from the scene. Overboard, Pearls Before Swine and of course, Garfield, are real favorites for me.
But over the years, "comics" have, in my opinion, declined dramatically. More and more of them feature one (maybe two) lame characters in just-as-lame situations. This includes the single panel entries as well. I see these daily panels as cheap generics, probably much less costly for the papers. (In generics, you often get what you pay for, like paper towels). But alas, these "Funnies" ARE syndicated works!
I might be prejudiced (sour grapes?!) since I approached some of the same syndicators a few years ago to handle my writing. Since I'd been writing a community column for two local papers for awhile, I felt my chances were good. Wrong! I was fed the line that the work was good...BUT.
So, work that I felt was good (and told so by others in the newspaper business) was unacceptable but what I see every day with lame characters and situations gets high marks and syndication. Sigh.
What have I learned from this? If I should find myself seeking syndication again (yeah, sure!), I'll be sure to include one or two lame characters along with at least one lame situation. That combination will probably ruin a good column but it just might work!
Well, I've finished my meal and Katie's brought me another icy cold Pabst. Glenn Miller's "Little Brown Jug" is wafting from the Wurlitzer, so I think I'll just sit back, enjoy the music and watch the patrons come and go for awhile. Until next time, remember this Irish blessing (I'm an honorary Irishman):
May the road rise up to meet you,
May he wind always be at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rain fall soft upon your fields,
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
Have you heard this one? Not long ago, the man some have called "America's most hated man" because of his price-gouging with the drug Daraprim, has been arrested on federal charges stemming form his losing a lot of money for hedge fund investors. Martin Shkreli, 32, is charged with taking $11 million dollars from Retrophin, a pharma business he once CEO, to reimburse unhappy clients (some call that embezzlement).Maybe he was gonna pay it back.The feds are charging him with securities fraud and conspiracy. "Bio-tech's bad boy" could get 20 years. I doubt if they use expensive drugs in prison.
Under "dumb and dumber", the feds are cracking down on Allegiant Air for basic stupidity. The FAA is pushing for more pilot training so they don't run out of gas. An incident this summer found two pilots, who just happen to be execs with the firm, had to make an emergency landing at a closed airport because they didn't enough full fuel to reach their destination. Maybe these "pilots" need to watch old war movies like "Twelve O'Clock High," "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" or "Island in the Sky" to learn how to manage fuel use. Maybe even "The High and the Mighty." But then, planes are equipped with an old-fashioned gadget called... a FUEL GAUGE!
My friend Dan Mathews of the Highway Patrol just dropped by and I asked him, as I do all my friends and strangers alike, if he had a favorite quote or words of wisdom to share with my readers and Dan related this nice little tidbit.
It seems Jerry, a boy about 8 years of age, had saved a puppy from drowning in a flooded street. Jerry got an award and after the ceremony Jerry told Dan that he was scared while pulling the puppy to safety. After shaking the boy's hand, Dan imparted these words to the young hero. "Bravery is a man who's scared but still does what he has to do." I think we ALL can learn from that!
It's come to my attention that being honest and sharing your thoughts concerning religion could get you fired. Seems one Larycia Hawkins, a TENURED political science professor at Wheaton College, had the gall to state that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. The "school" (I use that term sarcastically) is filing papers to terminate Dr. Hawkins since she has refused to resign. While it's true that Christians worship Jesus as The Redeemer and Muslims look to Allah for their salvation, both Christians and Muslims (and Jews) recognize the same God as the creator of the universe. It is quite obvious those behind the drive to remove such a firebrand as Dr. Hawkins haven't read the Qur'an! And what happened to free expression? Looks like at Wheaton, a "center of higher learning" (again sarcasm), any verbal support of the religion followed by Muslims can get you in deep kimchi! Freedom of religion? Yes, as long as it's the RIGHT religion.
I read the comics everyday in our local paper and I've read them for many years, as I'm sure many of my readers have.
Classic "Funnies" of old like Peanuts, Miss Peach, Pogo and one of my all-time favorites, Tumbleweeds, were staples in newspapers across this land. Calvin and Hobbs, Bloom County (then Outland) and Doonesbury came along, some to pass from the scene. Overboard, Pearls Before Swine and of course, Garfield, are real favorites for me.
But over the years, "comics" have, in my opinion, declined dramatically. More and more of them feature one (maybe two) lame characters in just-as-lame situations. This includes the single panel entries as well. I see these daily panels as cheap generics, probably much less costly for the papers. (In generics, you often get what you pay for, like paper towels). But alas, these "Funnies" ARE syndicated works!
I might be prejudiced (sour grapes?!) since I approached some of the same syndicators a few years ago to handle my writing. Since I'd been writing a community column for two local papers for awhile, I felt my chances were good. Wrong! I was fed the line that the work was good...BUT.
So, work that I felt was good (and told so by others in the newspaper business) was unacceptable but what I see every day with lame characters and situations gets high marks and syndication. Sigh.
What have I learned from this? If I should find myself seeking syndication again (yeah, sure!), I'll be sure to include one or two lame characters along with at least one lame situation. That combination will probably ruin a good column but it just might work!
Well, I've finished my meal and Katie's brought me another icy cold Pabst. Glenn Miller's "Little Brown Jug" is wafting from the Wurlitzer, so I think I'll just sit back, enjoy the music and watch the patrons come and go for awhile. Until next time, remember this Irish blessing (I'm an honorary Irishman):
May the road rise up to meet you,
May he wind always be at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rain fall soft upon your fields,
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
Can An Executive Order Keep the Democrats in the White House and Help Them on the Hill?
It appears President Barack Obama has finally come to his wits end. He going to use Executive Order to implement further gun control or oversight, mainly in beefing up background checks and requirng more people to be licensed as gun dealers.
The president has been trying to get Congress to lead the way for such an increase since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in December of 2012 but GOP opposition, rational or not, has been a formidable adversary.
What makes the timing for such action interesting is that it's being pitched during a presidential election year, the final year of his presidency. Inasmuch as Mr. Obama was unable to rally any GOP support from the onset for his gun control campaign, it seems odd he didn't elect to use Executive Order from the beginning. Every effort over the last three years has been as successful, at best, as getting the KKK and the NAACP to agree on a common goal; and at worst, as getting the Earps and Clantons in Tombstone to agree to let bygones be bygones.Therefore, can Mr. Obama's decision to enact this particular Executive Order be viewed as a coincidence?
While the need for increased gun oversight has its merits and no real disadvantages are evident, there is a significant downside...implementation and enforcement. Therefore, I see the use of Executive Order more of a political tactic than a real chance of obtaining the desired results. Remember, an Executive Order is only valid under the president who ordered it. Thus, it must be hoped by Mr. Obama that a Democrat wins in November, thereby assuring the continuance of the E.O. if Congress doesn't act. And Mrs. Clinton, the Democratic front runner, shares Mr. Obama's views on the issue, as does Mr. Sanders.
Mr. Obama, therefore, is stumping for the Democratic Party as a whole with his desire to use Executive Order on such a controversial, divisive and highly personal issue for a growing number of people. It's an attempt to rally popular support; to show that Democrats are for increased safety and accountability where firearms sales and purchases are concerned while at the same time trying to paint the Republican Party as a soulless and callous "political" party that is willing to put "guns rights" ahead of safety...ahead of the deaths of one, two or three individuals or those slaughtered en masse, especially like those at Sandy Hook.
This tactic then can have an overlapping effect whereby Democratic Congressional seats can be gained by riding the coattails of a successful Democratic campaign for the presidency, allowing the Democrats to remain in the White House and build its presence in Congress, at least by retaking the Senate. And developing a strong Democratic presence in Congress is crucial to having Obamacare remain alive, if not well. Keep in mind that the Affordable Care Act was passed by Democrats; it was not a bipartisan effort. So, if the GOP maintains its hold on Capitol Hill, controlling both chambers, (and gains the White House), that contentious piece of legislation, Mr. Obama's "defining moment', will go down the drain at the hands of the GOP. They will have made good on their promise to destroy Obamacare.
So here's where the president's use of an Executive Order as a"stumping"tool becomes extremely significant. The Democratic Party has never won three consecutive presidential terms in recent history. Not since Franklin D. Roosevelt. The odds are against the Democrats. For the presidency and the Democratic Party as a whole, this is literally shaping up to be a "winner take all" election year.
The president has been trying to get Congress to lead the way for such an increase since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in December of 2012 but GOP opposition, rational or not, has been a formidable adversary.
What makes the timing for such action interesting is that it's being pitched during a presidential election year, the final year of his presidency. Inasmuch as Mr. Obama was unable to rally any GOP support from the onset for his gun control campaign, it seems odd he didn't elect to use Executive Order from the beginning. Every effort over the last three years has been as successful, at best, as getting the KKK and the NAACP to agree on a common goal; and at worst, as getting the Earps and Clantons in Tombstone to agree to let bygones be bygones.Therefore, can Mr. Obama's decision to enact this particular Executive Order be viewed as a coincidence?
While the need for increased gun oversight has its merits and no real disadvantages are evident, there is a significant downside...implementation and enforcement. Therefore, I see the use of Executive Order more of a political tactic than a real chance of obtaining the desired results. Remember, an Executive Order is only valid under the president who ordered it. Thus, it must be hoped by Mr. Obama that a Democrat wins in November, thereby assuring the continuance of the E.O. if Congress doesn't act. And Mrs. Clinton, the Democratic front runner, shares Mr. Obama's views on the issue, as does Mr. Sanders.
Mr. Obama, therefore, is stumping for the Democratic Party as a whole with his desire to use Executive Order on such a controversial, divisive and highly personal issue for a growing number of people. It's an attempt to rally popular support; to show that Democrats are for increased safety and accountability where firearms sales and purchases are concerned while at the same time trying to paint the Republican Party as a soulless and callous "political" party that is willing to put "guns rights" ahead of safety...ahead of the deaths of one, two or three individuals or those slaughtered en masse, especially like those at Sandy Hook.
This tactic then can have an overlapping effect whereby Democratic Congressional seats can be gained by riding the coattails of a successful Democratic campaign for the presidency, allowing the Democrats to remain in the White House and build its presence in Congress, at least by retaking the Senate. And developing a strong Democratic presence in Congress is crucial to having Obamacare remain alive, if not well. Keep in mind that the Affordable Care Act was passed by Democrats; it was not a bipartisan effort. So, if the GOP maintains its hold on Capitol Hill, controlling both chambers, (and gains the White House), that contentious piece of legislation, Mr. Obama's "defining moment', will go down the drain at the hands of the GOP. They will have made good on their promise to destroy Obamacare.
So here's where the president's use of an Executive Order as a"stumping"tool becomes extremely significant. The Democratic Party has never won three consecutive presidential terms in recent history. Not since Franklin D. Roosevelt. The odds are against the Democrats. For the presidency and the Democratic Party as a whole, this is literally shaping up to be a "winner take all" election year.
Even a State Can Shoot Itself in the Foot
It looks like the state of Minnesota might have to do battle with the Department of Homeland Security. And that battle actually had its start in a 2005 law that was designed to improve airport security for commercial flights. When it fully takes effect, the federal government's Real ID requires an improved driver's license that will help stop identity fraud and enhance security.
However, Minnesota is not able to comply with Real ID because in 2009 the state passed a law that banned it from implementing or even preparing to comply with the new federal law! According to Minnesota, it would first have to repeal the 2009 law but even in doing that, necessary changes to come in line with Real ID wouldn't be ready until early 2018.
However, this is the trivia question of the day. Since when does "state law" supersede "federal law?" It's common knowledge that federal law trumps state law...always. States, however, can make laws tougher than federal ones but not weaken or block them. States that have legalized marijuana are still in conflict with federal law that prohibits the drug. If the feds get you, you're cooked!
So, Minnesota has dug its own grave, placed a beautiful headstone and is burying itself, for you see, if the state does not come around to Real ID requirements when there are needed (technically sometime in 2016!), TSA personnel will prevent passengers from boarding planes. However, a passport will be acceptable.
And oh. It's strange that DHS hasn't mentioned the invalid nature of the 2009 law, especially since Minnesota has asked for and been denied extensions. Simple: If you didn't have the law, there wouldn't be any problem.
But talk about shooting yourself in the foot. Minnesota could give lessons.
However, Minnesota is not able to comply with Real ID because in 2009 the state passed a law that banned it from implementing or even preparing to comply with the new federal law! According to Minnesota, it would first have to repeal the 2009 law but even in doing that, necessary changes to come in line with Real ID wouldn't be ready until early 2018.
However, this is the trivia question of the day. Since when does "state law" supersede "federal law?" It's common knowledge that federal law trumps state law...always. States, however, can make laws tougher than federal ones but not weaken or block them. States that have legalized marijuana are still in conflict with federal law that prohibits the drug. If the feds get you, you're cooked!
So, Minnesota has dug its own grave, placed a beautiful headstone and is burying itself, for you see, if the state does not come around to Real ID requirements when there are needed (technically sometime in 2016!), TSA personnel will prevent passengers from boarding planes. However, a passport will be acceptable.
And oh. It's strange that DHS hasn't mentioned the invalid nature of the 2009 law, especially since Minnesota has asked for and been denied extensions. Simple: If you didn't have the law, there wouldn't be any problem.
But talk about shooting yourself in the foot. Minnesota could give lessons.
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