I went over to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Bloomington, MN this morning as Robert Erickson (seen here previously as he punk’d Ruthie Hendrycks and Sue Jeffers at their tea party) and some others attempted to voluntarily submit themselves for deportation.

As self-described “illegal European immigrants,” did the fine folks at Immigration and Customs Enforcement send them back to “where they came from?”

Watch the video to find out!

Update: there’s more: check out the video from Bluestem Prairie and TC Indy Media here.

As mentioned over at Bluestem Prairie, I went over to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Bloomington this morning as Robert Erickson (seen here previously as he punk’d Ruthie Hendrycks and Sue Jeffers at their tea party) and some others attempted to voluntarily submit themselves for deportation.

When visited by self-described “illegal European immigrants,” did the fine folks at Immigration and Customs Enforcement send them back to “where they came from?” Come back to IDHA later today to see the full video!

Fresh off having her anti-immigration tea party get punk’d, MinnSIR’s Ruthie Hendrycks shares some deep thoughts about the history of her crusades, what she would like to do to combat illegal immigration right in St. Paul, and about the status of “the battle.”

Of course, she does this all the while struggling mightily to retain her composure.

Oh, and you will also see a tea-bagger get physical with counterprotesters, seemingly with the intent to provoke violence.

All this, plus a special appearance from KTLK’s Sue Jeffers!

Click here to check out Deep Thinking: with Ruthie Hendrycks!

Check out this clip from my video of today’s anti-immigration tea party at the Minnesota State Capitol.

The event was sponsored by MinnSir, lead by Ruthie Hendrycks, and featured KTLK’s Sue Jeffers as master of ceremonies. Unfortunately for Ruthie and Sue, one speaker on the agenda, Robert Erickson, had plans for his speech which didn’t include attacking Latinos.

Let’s just say, as we say in the rasslin’ business, these marks got swerved.

For more on this epic FAIL! by these tea baggers, check out Bluestem Prairie.

With just under a year to go until the 2008 election, contenders for the Minnesota House of Representatives are lining up.

The Star Tribune is reporting today that DFLer Steve Andrews will challenge Rep. Mark Olson, R-Big Lake, for the District 16B seat.

That’s if Mean Mark isn’t victim to a primary before the general election.  Olson is infamous for a domestic saga culminating with his conviction for misdemeanor domestic assault this summer.  In addition to the conviction, he was suspended from the House GOP Caucus.

Following all of his troubles, I have to ask: why the hell isn’t this guy giving it up already?  Does he have the support of any Republican?

I guess he has the support of some as at least a few allowed themselves to be advertised for his old-fashioned family picnic in September.  To me, nothing screams “fun family time” like the combination of pork chops, a petting zoo, Sue Jeffers blowing smoke (figuratively or literally: not sure?) and a politician convicted of domestic meanness.

I wasn’t present, but I can just picture Phil Krinkie on hay ride duty and reacting to a youngster wanting to come along: “Why are we giving you subsidized transportation?! Have you ever thought about who is footing the bill?! When is ‘enough enough’ when it comes to transit?!”

Sounds like family fun indeed.  Also advertised for the picnic was Rep. Steve Drazkowski, R-Wabasha.

Speaking of the Draz (wow, do I have great transitions or what?!) learned (hopefully at least) that he will be facing Winona High School teacher Linda Pfeilsticker, DFL-Wabasha, in a rematch of August’s special election between the two.  Drazkowski came out ahead 53-47 for the 28B seat to replace departing former House Speaker Steve Sviggum.