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David Galitz

St. Anthony, MN
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Posted on 07/26/10 at 10:53 am in response to The recurring political question: Economics or politics?

Funny thing is, I wouldn't be surprised if there's still a few "old timers" in Lino Lakes that attended German-language only or Scandinavian-language only schools when they were kids.

And since when do only citizens or legal residents interact with government? Simple due process and equality before the law rights would dictate that government business be presented in a manner accessible to interested parties.

Posted on 07/22/10 at 03:41 pm in response to Viewing DFL ads: Is Tim Pawlenty running for a third term?

//It seems the dozen or ads run by the DFL candidates have only raised their unfavorable numbers.//

And yet, Dennis, all three DFL cnadidates currently out poll Emmer head to head.

Posted on 07/22/10 at 03:38 pm in response to A GOP political witch hunt?

//I must have missed the righteous indignation from the left when Paul Koering was being attacked by gays because he took a stand in favor of biology, centuries old tradition and common sense.//

Huh? Now THAT is a real apples to oranges. Criticizing someone over a political position has no comparison to targeting someone over the fact that their gay.

Posted on 07/22/10 at 09:40 am in response to A GOP political witch hunt?

Actually, no action or decision was taken on the license.

Posted on 07/20/10 at 01:07 pm in response to KSTP: Newscast should have disclosed corporate ties to pro-Emmer ad

That corporate didn't disclose their contribution to the newsroom isn't an excuse.

That's basic information that should have been discovered during the reporter's investigation of the story.

Posted on 07/20/10 at 06:31 pm in response to Tony Jones: The many fallacies of Katherine Kersten

Actually, Kersten;s lie about the Hastings decision is even bigger than Tony Jones suggests.

The CLS did not lose status because "it holds that the only rightful form of sex is between a man and woman within marriage — a view that violates the school’s nondiscrimination policy on sexual orientation."

It lost status because it it violated the policy that required recognized groups admit any interested student as a member. The CLS was perfectly free to espouse their particular...

Posted on 07/14/10 at 04:30 pm in response to Emmer misrepresents the media -- did the media misrepresent Emmer?

Tim, Elsa addressed most of your questions.

And if there ARE a handful of wait staffers making $100,000/yr, so what? While it might be an interesting factoid, they're such extreme outliers that it's certainly not anything on which to base a minimum wage policy.

Posted on 07/14/10 at 02:04 pm in response to Emmer misrepresents the media -- did the media misrepresent Emmer?

Tim Johnson: "because I think it's a well-known secret that it's easy to shield much tip income from income taxes by under-reporting; "

Actually, not true at all.

First, with the vast majority of customers paying by credit or debit card, the paper trail for the actual amount of tips received is right there to be audited.

Second, in a "tipped" job category, the IRS automatically assumes an 8% tip rate based on sales. The employer is required to report total sales, so if...

Posted on 07/13/10 at 02:13 pm in response to Bachmann's numbers on U.S. debt don't add up

//Apples and oranges? If we are talking about borrowed money, it's all fruit to the people that are stuck paying it.//

Two sets of numbers arrived at through very different methods, and you don't think there's a problem mixing and matching them in one's argument?

Posted on 07/13/10 at 02:02 pm in response to Why facts don't matter

//Steve, one of the most basic tenants of US law is that ignorance is not a defense.//

But it definitely affects what the proposed solution to the "problem" should be.

If ignorance of their voting restrictions was the cause of an out sized proportion of the cases, an improved informing procedure would be a better solution than steps like voter IDs, or restrictive absentee rules that are more likely to disenfranchise legitimate voters.