WATERS ~

Paul Wellstone

Senator (D)

Minnesota

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I had Paul Wellstone in mind today and thought it a good idea to pay my respects to the loss of a fine fellow, most likely murdered for being a fine fellow, eleven days before his re-election to the Senate (October 2002), where he would have provided the Democrats with a majority vote.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellstone_Action  

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/paul-wellstones-legacy-10-years-later/264086/  

While we're in Minnesota, let's drop over to Wisconsin and have a look around:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/opinion/sunday/the-fight-for-wisconsins-soul.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=0



and then out to the Pacific Northwest:


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/opinion/sunday/egan-at-home-when-the-earth-moves.html?hp&rref=opinion

Remember, rivers run through us.

wikipedia
the ny times
the atlantic