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Duke Powell

Burnsville, MN
Commenter for
5 years 13 weeks

Recent Comments

Posted on 12/20/08 at 08:28 am in response to Recount: How Lott misleads

I've met John Lott myself and have admired much of his past work. However, in this instance, he could not be more wrong. This has been an upfront and transparent process. As of now, I am confident that at the end of the day we will know you won this election.

Posted on 12/19/08 at 09:41 pm in response to Should Coleman use campaign funds to pay legal bills?

This is obviously settled law. This is legal. Norm has plenty of problems to poke him about. This is not one of them.

Dumb, stupid article

Posted on 12/21/08 at 12:36 pm in response to Ready for reinvestment? State caught in paradigm shift

President-Elect Obama to Rural America, "Drop Dead."

Posted on 12/12/08 at 07:47 am in response to A no-newspaper town?

What the Strib needs to do is spin off its Sports page and dump everything else. They would make money selling sports. Make Lileks the editor.

Posted on 07/29/08 at 08:10 am in response to Midriff to midriff: Is the low-fat diet going belly up?

Eight months ago my weight was 240, waist was 43 and the blood work was awful. Blood pressure borderline high.

I went on a low carb diet. Eggs, sausage, hamburger, steak, cheap cuts of red meat, salmon, tuna, mountains of spinach, brocolli, cauliflower, cheese, berries, almonds and oceans of butter make up the bulk of what I eat. Carbs are generally limited to sauces.

Results, lost 50 pounds between Thanksgiving and April and have now settled at 190 pounds. Waist is now 36,...

Posted on 06/20/08 at 06:58 am in response to Sun Country seeks short-term state help to weather bumpy economic conditions, but it foresees brighter future after Northwest merger

Government Should Help the Airlines.......
.....by allowing drilling in Anwar, along our coasts, and in the oil shale regions of the West. Drill here - drill now - pay less.

Posted on 02/12/08 at 06:21 pm in response to Showdown over the gas tax

Your article mentions that polls show an app. 50-50 split in public opinion on an increase of the gas tax.
Senator Murphy's bill does a whole lot more than that. Each of the items listed are mentioned separately in the bill.

Very large increase in tab fees

Increase in E85 gas tax

Increase in M85 gas tax

Increase in Gas tax – State Vehicles using Diesel fuel are exempt

Lower income individuals get a tax credit to help offset increase in gas tax

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