Two Letters to the Editor from Crazy Rep. Mark Olson

Olson's first letter LTE to the West Sherburne Tribune is a bunch of lame excuses about why he chose the last date offered by the judge for his trial... not too interesting, but the next letter is classic Mark Olson.

Mark Olson compares himself to... get this... John Quincy Adams !!!:

...It should be highlighted that Mr. Beckfeld not only missed the mark by his lack of supporting facts, but also by his definition of effectiveness. Please consider this historical example.

John Quincy Adams, after being president of the United States, served for 18 years in Congress. Then Congressman Adams served in a pro-slavery Congress as an ardent opponent of slavery and became known as the "Hellhound of Slavery". During those 18 years he served 14 years under a gag order from his colleagues that kept him from introducing more petitions against slavery.

In 1839 Congressman Adams had introduced a plan to gradually eliminate slavery in six years, which at the time was over 20 years before the Civil War. This measure too failed and by today's standards for success Congressman Adams was a failure.

However, Congressman Adam's great success was his persistence in doing what is right in the right spirit. In response to his detractors who also raised concerns about his efforts, he is known for having said: "Duty is ours; results are God's." If Congress had been successful to see the truth behind Congressman Adam's Anti-Slavery proposal; America's bloodiest war ever could have been avoided with 600,000 lives saved, and freedom established for all.

For the future I'd like to welcome people to continue writing with their challenges and concerns. Public dialogue is vitally important and healthy for our free society. Especially when the challenges are principle and fact based without rhetorical statements of disparagement. Either of which I purpose to be grateful for with hope that the people are patient and considerate of the truth in the end of each public discourse. Thank you and May God bless America again!

Rep. Mark Olson

Big Lake, MN

Yep, when you think of the sixth president of the United States of America, doesn't Rep. Mark Olson immediately come to mind? Doesn't John Quincy Adam's opposition to slavery remind you of Rep. Mark Olson's "placing" of his wife on the ground 3 times?

Tom Beckfeld has another letter. Tom makes this excellent point about the wife-"placing" legislator from Big Lake:

If I made a statement about Rep. Olson that is not true I would be obliged to apologize and do everything I can to correct my error. I don't believe I've done so. I'm sure that this paper has not done so. However, if what has been said and written is true and makes Rep. Olson appear on the fringe, then maybe he is.