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  1. Last time OSU beat Michigan AND won Rose Bowl? 1968. #gobucks #ohiostatebuckeyes 12:28 PM Nov 21st from web
  2. Tresselball at work again in Iowa. Game. #gobucks 1:53 PM Nov 14th from TwitterBerry
  3. SDSU at Minnesota game was a stinker: 29 points total, but ZERO from the O squads. 1:48 PM Nov 14th from TwitterBerry
  4. @gpallay Thanks for the link. "Wow!" is right. 6:56 PM Nov 12th from web in reply to gpallay
  5. @idiosynchrissy Thx for the msg. Good luck finishing the MBA. Catch up w/me when you start thinking of an econ degree. 10:47 AM Nov 5th from web in reply to idiosynchrissy
  6. Best part of the trip home from #spn09: pulled pork sandwich at CLT. Thanks to @trasharp and her team for a great event. 8:06 PM Nov 4th from web
  7. My final bill for the hotel at SPN#09 has state/county taxes that come to 12%. 4:42 AM Nov 4th from web
  8. Anyone else having wifi faik at #spn09? Can't re-login. 5:21 PM Nov 3rd from TwitterBerry
  9. Freedom works. More importantly, it's right--message from lunch meeting at #spn09. Only plenary speaker who gets standing O. 10:04 AM Nov 3rd from web
  10. Meeting grad and undergrad students at #spn09. Wish I had had this kind of access to #fr33 ideas when I was a student. 9:57 AM Nov 3rd from web
  11. GPI has a healthy collection of AC outlets lining the hallways for working on laptops at #spn09. Now if FB feed would run quicker. 6:46 AM Nov 3rd from web
  12. @bridgettwagner PM Pelosi would be worse than President Obama? I doubt it. #spn09 7:51 PM Nov 2nd from web in reply to bridgettwagner
  13. Fred Barnes at #spn09 talking about Obama--says he hasn't moved the needle on health care reform. "Not persuasive." 6:19 PM Nov 2nd from web
  14. Got demo of democracy app for iPhone from Prometheus Institute. Cool stuff. http://bit.ly/18O6u6 #spn09 #fr33 #tcot 6:01 PM Nov 2nd from bit.ly
  15. John Hood giving a history of intellectual conservatism #spn09 5:51 PM Nov 2nd from web
  16. The office back home doesn't sleep--must finish newspaper column while at #spn09. Love the super-portability of a netbook. 11:32 AM Nov 2nd from web
  17. Disruptive change in education is great. What can citizens, people do to promote it, especially states w/weak, no charter law? #Spn09 #tcot 11:17 AM Nov 2nd from web
  18. Clay Christensen says disruptive innovation changes tech markets. How many people in the room don't remember, say, DEC? #spn09 10:24 AM Nov 2nd from web
  19. Hooray for the person who set up a laptop zone at #spn09. Finally, no hunting for an outlet or hoping batteries last. 7:34 AM Nov 2nd from web
  20. Entrepreneurs are pro-liberty; corporations are rent-seekers--overheard at #SPN09 5:59 AM Nov 2nd from web
  • Name JohnLaPlante
  • Location American Midwest
  • Web http://www.policy...
  • Bio Editor, StateHouseCall.org; education fellow, Flinthills.org; columnist, legal-ledger.com; editor, graysontrays.com; policy geek; snowboard enthusist
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