North Dakota Tour / Summer 2005

• In Mandan, North Dakota, we met with Mike Liffrig.  He was the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate here in Campaign 2004.  Mike's wife, Julie, was a Peace Corps volunteer in central Africa where the average income was a mere $150 a year.  Parents seldom have medicine for their children there, she said, while we in America often spend money lavishly on ourselves. 
•      In Richardton, North Dakota, I interviewed the Prioress of the Sacred Heart Monetary.  The nuns here installed the first commercial wind turbines in North Dakota in 1994.  Sr. Ruth told me North Dakota has the "highest wind potential" of any state in the U.S.  (Our administration would propose many wind turbine projects in states like North Dakota, Wyoming, Kansas...  See our Energy Policy.)
•      We did a whistle-stop event in Bismarck, North Dakota.  During the event, I talked with Bruce and Paula Kuhnley.  They own the Country House Deli here.  Paula told us one of the deli policies is: no gossip!  She said gossip hurts morale and camaraderie.  (At the Broken Spoke Restaurant back in Valley City, North Dakota, a sign read:  "I don't repeat gossip.  So listen carefully...")