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Barnard says he's retiring from KQ morning show in 2012

Trust me, I don't. I really enjoy the music and other personalities on KQ -- have listened for decades. I simply go elsewhere until 9:25 AM -- even changing the station in my car at night so as to not hear even one millisecond of Barnyard in the morning. KQ is a really great station, with a stinking albatross hanging from its neck in the morning. 2012 can't come too soon!  (3 hrs ago | post #234)

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Divorce judge scolds Denny Hecker for skimpy financial disclosures

Of course this petty crook is a Democrat. The SERIOUS thugs are all Republicans! Phil Gramm, Jack Abramoff, Dick Cheney ....  (3 hrs ago | post #49)

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Irwin Jacobs out at Genmar, turnaround outfit says

Welcome back after an extended absence! Are you aware of any North Stars / Irwin Jacobs connection? I think these guys are really confused. We missed your friendly grimace at our last gathering!  (3 hrs ago | post #14)

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Irwin Jacobs out at Genmar, turnaround outfit says

Just what is the relevance between a business on the street and a traffic accident on that street near the business? Was either the pedestrian or the driver drunk from consuming alcohol at that bar? If this happened in front of a church, would you still blame the church? Would you say, "Well, you know how those Catholics are?"  (3 hrs ago | post #13)

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Maine's referendum on gay marriage law is too close to call

I understand your concern. I haven't seen any other groups demanding to be allowed to marry their children, their pets, or barnyard animals. Perhaps you could share the names of such groups against which you are defending Marriage, and any links to them, their mailing addresses, their manifestos, et cetera. I would like to know against what we should be defending. Please enlighten me!  (7 hrs ago | post #439)

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Maine's referendum on gay marriage law is too close to call

Oh, pleez! This is a textbook example of the logical fallacy titled Reductio ad Absurdum. Gosh, when we refined the definition of American Voter to include women, we didn't slide down that so-called slippery slope and enfranchise children, domestic animals, and hummingbirds! We simply included women. Period. We can and will do it again. We will redefine Marriage to include those of the same-sex orientation, and will find the strength not to include immediate family, pets, and livestock. You will notice that proponents are NOT calling for these inclusions -- only the opponents continue to raise this fallacious point. You know better, Thomas!  (10 hrs ago | post #431)

Minnesota

Conservatives roar; GOP trembles

I can't stop you from taking your marbles and going home. We have a documented case of Republicans losing their principles and their values (as they accuse each other of that), and they are so naive and plain ignorant as to engage in nasty very public internecine warfare -- and then can't imagine why they lost NY 23. I thought you might actually have something to contribute to the debate here, but this venom-laden post blasting Democrats simply because they are Democrats shows an inability to engage in nuance, distinction, and independent thinking. You certainly aren't showing any Irrevelance in your ongoing homage to the right wing. I think you are capable, but lack the desire to take on anything else. What a shame.  (10 hrs ago | post #134)

Minnesota

Pawlenty Eyeing 2012 Run?

Sounds like a Republican who won't "let a good crisis go to waste." Never mind that the status quo of the health care delivery non-system has been in crisis for years! Another nattering nabob of negativism.  (10 hrs ago | post #5)

Minnesota

Big state labor union backs Dayton for gov

I can't help but notice that no one is supporting the common-sense change in voting protocol that has slanted heavily AGAINST affirmative outcomes for unions. Counting those who do not exercise their franchise to vote as NO votes makes forming a union extraordinarily difficult -- harnesses natural cynicism and apathy as automatically in favor of Management. Imagine if civil political elections worked that way: the Incumbent automatically stays in office unless the Challenger obtains 50% plus 1 of all Registered Voters -- not just of those who actually voted. Jesse Ventura would STILL be governor!  (10 hrs ago | post #8)

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Big state labor union backs Dayton for gov

So the Union wants their elections to mirror political elections in America, where winners are determined by a majority of those who actually vote? Wow, how subversive can they get? Watch out, the next thing on their communist agenda will be Collective Bargaining! What ever happened to rugged individualism?  (Yesterday | post #5)

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Irwin Jacobs out at Genmar, turnaround outfit says

Huh? Didn't Norm Green move the North Stars to Dallas? Aren't we just a wee bit confused here?  (Yesterday | post #2)

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Maine's referendum on gay marriage law is too close to call

I have no dog in this fight -- I am a straight male, who just married a lovely lady and is enjoying connubial bliss. I tire of the illogical and sometimes bigoted rhetoric directed at my gay and lesbian friends. Here are the problems I have with your sentiments: The definition of Marriage is subject to change, just as the definition of Voter changed with suffrage, and just as the definition of lunch counter customer changed with the Civil Rights Act. There is nothing intrinsic and unmalleable about the definition of Marriage. Don't forget how that changed from not allowing mixed-race marriages. It is of no use to use the Bible as a source of authority here. There are Jewish and Christian churches who recognize and perform same-sex marriages, as well as many that do not. Since we live in a democracy -- not a theocracy -- there is no Christian equivalent of sharia law here. Thank God! Frankly, I don't see how same-sex marriages will "...fundament ally change the fabric of our society." There are already thousands of same-sex couples living together, with some raising adopted children, right now. How will their obtaining the rights of next-of-kin, insurance benefits, and survivors' rights have a cataclysmic impact on our society? If the same-sex couple across the street or next door suddenly has a marriage certificate to hang on their wall -- how does that impact you or your neighborhood? They have been there for years, already doing what they do without causing any problems -- what about that would shift for the worse? How would you even know? If a heterosexual couple moves in next door, does it make any difference to the neighborhood if they are married, or simply co-habiting? How would you know unless you asked them and they chose to discuss it with you? It is really none of your business. Why does it suddenly become your business if it is a same-sex couple? Why is your approval suddenly required for them to enjoy their lives together? My request of all those who oppose same-sex marriage: Don't enter into one. Mind your own business. Butt out! Isn't that what true Conservatism is all about?  (Monday | post #420)

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Maine's referendum on gay marriage law is too close to call

I certainly don't find the drive for homosexual rights a Peril, but it certainly seems like the Christian Right finds it a Great Peril to heterosexual marriages, Marriage as an Institution, our Morals, and the American Way of Life in general. I have to agree that more Americans died at the hands of the Yellow Peril in WW2 than hetero marriages have succumbed to the onslaught of the Gay Peril today. It just causes more foaming at the mouth with fundamentalist preachers.  (Sunday Nov 8 | post #400)

Minnesota

Conservatives roar; GOP trembles

Yes, he totally missed your point. He must not have noticed that this is a one-sided phenomenon -- you don't see extremely liberal Democrats castigating less liberal Democrats, calling them DINOs, telling them they are not "really" Democrats -- not even the Blue Dogs. We only have that internecine warfare going on in the Republican Party. Sadly, instead of actually discussing the issue, he just gets defensive -- ignoring your point and attempting to make an equal-and-opposite case against liberals. It is difficult to engage in a discussion with someone who frequently gets rigidly defensive. You are right on the money here -- the more people the conservative idealogues drive out of the Republican Party, their electoral victories will be less. That is perfectly OK with me!  (Sunday Nov 8 | post #127)

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Divorce judge scolds Denny Hecker for skimpy financial disclosures

I wish the writers would stop referring to Heckler as an "auto mogul." Claiming to own a bunch of hook artist dealerships on borrowed money and operating like a cheap crook is hardly a "mogul." James J. Hill was a mogul. He owned what he owned, without any Ponzi schemes.  (Sunday Nov 8 | post #40)