Time To Close The Border
Listening to local radio station KSTP AM1500 this afternoon I caught the Tom Marsland show for the first time. Tom sounds like a nice guy, he's got great pipes, and his conservative credentials are unquestionable. But he makes Dave Thompson sound like a dynamo. Compared with Tom's low key deadpan delivery, Hugh Hewitt is a shock jock. I'm not asking for a Jason Lewis opening monologue (please God not that) but there has to be a morsel of entertainment value in the show. It makes it so much more interesting for the listeners.
Marsland also revealed that he too is a refugee from the plains of North Dakota joining the aforementioned Dave Thompson, James Lileks, and Mitch Berg, among others from that state who have at one time or another dabbled in the local talk radio scene.
I say enough is enough. I know that life in North Dakota is harsh and hopeless (I lived there for five years after all) and that they have come to Minnesota in search of a better life for themselves and their families. And it's true that talk radio is a menial job that most native Minnesotans consider beneath them. But I believe we're starting to lose our cultural identity as the latest wave of North Dakotans seem less and less inclined to assimilate. Today Marlsand was talking about baking bread on his show, a decidely unMinnesotan (at least for males) hobby shared by one Mitch Berg. What's next? An hour on the proper way to prepare lefsa?
The time has come to send a clear message to huddled masses in North Dakota, waiting for their chance to come to the promised land. Minnesota is full. Stay home. Especially you talk radio hosts.
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