Wednesday, June 25, 2008

North Dakota Politics

During my time in the USAF, I was stationed at Minot AFB in North Dakota. Apart from the fact that the real difference in temperature from Summer to Winter was 145 degrees or that they actually closed the base for a couple of days because it was too cold, I enjoyed North Dakota. Mostly because of the sheer decency of the people there.

North Dakota has a Good Samaritan law for example, requiring that you help someone in trouble and shielding you from lawsuits if you do. Not that you need the shielding, because folks from North Dakota wouldn't sue you anyway.

People in North Dakota are rural, but they aren't stupid, as Senator Kent Conrad would do well to remember.