http://www.bismarckdems.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=544&Itemid=159Remember that kid in your 8th grade class who wrote that awesome essay about the Civil War? Remember how the writing was just "too good to be true" -- for an 8th grader? The kid got busted. Plagiarism was the case. The teacher gave him an F. He had to do the whole paper over but could only get a "C" at best. Remember that kid?
Maybe that kid, in your class, was Former North Dakota Governor Ed Schafer (R).
On the back of the December 2006 issue of the Dakota Beacon there's a cute little fluff piece "written" by former Governor Schafer (R) about a happy little submarine, entitled "USS Plunger."
... To make this easier for you, I'm going to do a side-by-side comparison of Schafer's Plunger piece and other peoples' work. Let's have a look:
... Ed Schafer's Dakota Beacon Article: The submarine had the "amazing speed" of seven knots surfaced, made possible by her 45-horsepower internal combustion engine. She also had an endurance of several hours submerged when running on rechargeable storage batteries.
Original source (at Free Republic): USS Holland had the "amazing speed" of seven knots surfaced, made possible by her 45-horsepower internal combustion engine. She also had an endurance of several hours submerged when running on rechargeable storage batteries.