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Alec Timmerman

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Saint Paul, MN
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Posted on 07/13/12 at 01:34 pm in response to Collegeville priest's speech against marriage amendment goes viral

It seems like the bedrock, underlying difference in many issues is what you should do if you love something, but disagree with parts of it.

A progressive who truly loves their country/religion/family loves it enough to want stick with it and make it better.

It seems like the conservative solution is ignore anything you don't like, or get out. Love it or leave it, even to the point of enabling dysfunctional behavior.

I'll side with the people who actually love their...

Posted on 07/14/12 at 10:05 am in response to Could Minnesota safely cut prison sentences and save money?

Profit motive belongs in the private sector. Whenever you introduce profit motive into humanistic endeavors like health, education, or public safety, the profit motive will always bastardize the humanistic goal. It is not difficult to comprehend. When you monetarily incentivize more people in prisons, we'll have more people in prisons. When you monetarily incentivize denial of medical care, we get the health system we have. When you monetarily incentivize education you get 60 kids in a...

Posted on 07/11/12 at 04:31 pm in response to Zoo may say: 'Goodbye, Flipper; hello, Rays'

Dean's response is even better. He put, in writing, that the judge recuse herself because she was a "jilted woman" and acting like a "woman scorned". You see, the judge was just upset because Brad rejected her as a judge. Could he be more condescending?

Posted on 07/09/12 at 11:24 am in response to Northern counties battle deer-hunting 'mansions'

Isn't it imperative that the top expert on election law weigh in on the negative ramifications of a horrible amendment? Why should he remain neutral, if, in his expert opinion, the law seems expensive, discriminatory, and unwieldy?

He is not allowed to say this law disenfranchises thousands, at an incredible cost, for no real good reason? Now that is just silly.

Posted on 07/05/12 at 09:50 am in response to Analyzing the Obamacare tax increases

The "tax" will only apply to the intersection of those who can afford and choose not to. Some estimates put that at 1% of Americans, or about 4 million. I think many of these estimates assume everyone will pay this "tax" which is not even remotely true.

This is a tax on anyone who a) can afford insurance b) doesn't have insurance

How many readers fit BOTH those categories?

Posted on 07/05/12 at 11:01 pm in response to Analyzing the Obamacare tax increases

Most "leftists" realize that this idea hatched in the Heritage Foundation, touted by Newt Gingrich, and implemented first by Mitt ROmney is a turd, but were left with little other option to getting to universal coverage.

Obviously a single payer system with private service delivery is the smartest, most efficient, and effective option, but we are left with this conservative turd because of politics.

Posted on 07/05/12 at 11:03 pm in response to Analyzing the Obamacare tax increases

You should stop paying your social security taxes, medicare, all FICA witholdings.

Posted on 07/06/12 at 06:46 pm in response to Analyzing the Obamacare tax increases

Obama & Pelosi couldn't get this "turd" past clear thinking conservatives in Congress,

Thank you, Thomas, for finally clarifying what all of us knew as obvious. The Heritage Foundation, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Justice Roberts are not "clear thinking" because they all agreed with Obama and Pelosi.

Posted on 06/27/12 at 03:44 pm in response to Minnesota for Marriage and Kurt Bills' Facebook accounts hacked

Apparently hacked now means, "One of our staff got a little overzealous and posted what we really believe without realizing how horrible it makes us look." ?

Did you explain how they just "Had to leave the post up so Facebook Forensic Investigators could find the true culprit?"

Posted on 06/25/12 at 09:16 pm in response to Minnesota may see different kind of marriage ads from 31 earlier states

Roughly same size districts for Anoka Henepin and Saint Paul.

Anoka Hennepin has epidemic suicides due to lack of support for all students.

Saint Paul has zero suicides from bullying in the same exact time frame.

Saving kids is about the only agenda of Out For Equity. Your true anti-life bullying is showing through.