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Ed Stych

Edina, MN
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5 years 17 weeks

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Posted on 09/23/08 at 06:39 am in response to Daily Glean: Franken's 'Saturday Night Live' sketch: dumbest controversy ever

I'm glad to see that the Washington Post is starting to be more fair on this issue:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/21/AR200809...

Posted on 07/25/08 at 11:53 am in response to After Obama's triumphant week abroad, voters get to assess trip's impact on candidate, foreign policy

Why are you using the word "triumphant" in your headline? Oh, that's right, the media already has declared Obama victorious!

Baker nails it on the head in this wonderful piece:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/article...

Posted on 07/03/08 at 11:47 am in response to Part 2: 150 Minnesota moments we'd just as soon forget

LOL ... Reagan has been proven to be a very good president and you put his victory on this list.

And in regards to "Christ Speaks," yes I understand the First Amendment angle, but I had a fleeting moment where I thought the wish-we-could-forget moment was going to be the disgraceful treatment of the Lord by a bunch of immature college students. As usual, I was wrong.

Posted on 06/25/08 at 10:18 pm in response to Plight of the Uninsured: What would it take to solve it?

Ms. Selix writes, "When I share my friend's story, people are visibly shaken. I've seen and heard enough reactions that I can confidently report the consensus: He didn't have health insurance? What is wrong with our country's health system?!"

I guess it all depends on who you hang out with. My first response was, "Why didn't the guy care enough about his health to find the $400 or $500 a month to buy health insurance?"

Many people gamble on their health by CHOOSING not to take...

Posted on 04/19/08 at 09:55 pm in response to Biologist PZ Myers: Expelled from creationist film, he's creating controversy with his passion for science

Just got back from the movie. Very well done. Thought provoking. Stein doesn't manipulate the film to make anyone look like an idiot, a la Michael Moore, although I don't think I've ever seen Dawkins look as unconfident as he does in the the last few minutes of the film.

Stein's movie is about freedom of thought — freedom to follow the evidence where it takes us. I think it's safe to assume that like most humans, some (many?) of America's scientists are following the (grant) money...