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Diane Nelson

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
Commenter for
4 years 4 weeks

Recent Comments

Posted on 05/16/13 at 07:37 pm in response to House passes Bachmann's 'Obamacare' repeal bill

when she eventually does go.

She's entertaining, and worth a good laugh each time she surfaces.

Posted on 05/17/13 at 05:28 am in response to Bachmann, Tea Party rally against IRS disclosures

with the IRS and the MN Dept of Revenue have all been very good.

They helped me with filing an amendment in a weird situation where the rules between state and federal didn't align. Over the phone and via email, I found them to be very professional and helpful.

And over 30+ yrs of filing, I've made errors where they automatically corrected them and altered my refund - once my refund was less than what I filed, and once they refunded me more than I thought I was due.

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Posted on 05/07/13 at 08:31 pm in response to 'Inevitable' appears to be GOP attitude to gay-marriage approval

Amen to that.

Posted on 04/30/13 at 02:25 pm in response to Why speak out for gay rights? It's the right thing to do

You cannot go wrong in abiding by it in every facet of your life.

Thank you Chris!!

Posted on 03/26/13 at 04:42 pm in response to David Lillehaug will be the next Minnesota Supreme Court justice

when the skills you need for the job are dulled with the aging process. Cops have have age limits, as do pilots, for obvious reasons.

Posted on 03/22/13 at 10:47 pm in response to Andy Kohut goes deep on impact of the GOP's 'staunch conservatism'

What ever happened to Dennis Tester and Thomas? They disappeared from commentary here after the black man was reelected.

Posted on 03/15/13 at 02:44 pm in response to Neocons and the Iraq War: Their view then and now 10 years later

Cheney said said we'd be greeted as liberators, and Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz claimed the Iraq war would pay for itself.

Posted on 03/15/13 at 02:34 pm in response to 10 years after Iraq War: What do we have to show for it?

Was a discussion with a my son's friend, (all of 22!), where I simply stated it was my understanding they had yet to find any evidence of WMDs and I felt we had no reason to mess with Iraq.

He promptly cited the conservative lines how Iraq was connected to 9/11 and it was the right thing to do. I maintained war should be a last resort, and our focus should be on bin Laden. He couldn't believe that I could be so naive and unpatriotic, how Iraq had *everything* to do with 9/11 and I...

Posted on 02/28/13 at 10:28 pm in response to As budget cuts loom, low-risk undocumented immigrants freed

And so it begins.

Any cost cutting due to the sequester (read: down-sizing government) that is made that might have the effect of a benefit some group (read: anyone but angry white conservative men and their pet projects) will be deemed "impeachable offenses" by the likes of conservative talk radio and others spinning up outrage anything connected to Obama on the media circuit.

No matter WHAT area of government is cut, depending on who's ox is getting gored, it will be debated...

Posted on 02/21/13 at 10:25 pm in response to New Pew poll has more bad news for Republicans

Republicans simply aren't going to let public opinion or widespread national preference stop them from lobbying for the opposite, and catering to their shrinking base.

They were smart enough to hush the rape and vaginal probe talk, but are just not adroit enough to heed the desires of even their own constituents on the economy. Stupid.

They may be heading into another punishing election cycle as a result.