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Fred Fuhldang

Minneapolis, MN
Commenter for
4 years 10 weeks

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Posted on 04/25/13 at 12:16 pm in response to Legislators should rethink costly renewable-energy mandates

The author fails to mention that Xcel energy just requested a 10% rate hike ($285 million), Minnesota Power is looking to charge rate payers $350 million to install pollution control equipment on their Cohasset plant, and several Minnesota utilities are also looking to pay an enormous amount to build five new peaking plants, at least two of which would be in North Dakota. Factor in the costs of having to build new transmission lines and the fact that we still don't have a long term storage...

Posted on 09/13/12 at 01:28 pm in response to Bills’ Minnesota currency proposal: Change we can believe in?

I'm really not looking forward to walking around with pockets full of Loon feathers, taconite nuggets and shelled corn, so I'm voting for Klobuchar.

Posted on 07/09/12 at 12:30 pm in response to Northern counties battle deer-hunting 'mansions'

I believe the "a lie can get half way around the world..." quote was from Mark Twain, not Winston Churchill.

Posted on 06/08/12 at 02:03 pm in response to TPaw takes a stand against partisan spin

How do you know when Tim Pawlenty is spewing partisan spin? His lips are moving.

Posted on 12/02/10 at 01:09 pm in response to Voter picture ID by constitutional amendment?

The Governor has no say up or down on Constitutional amendments. All that has to happen is the House and Senate pass a bill by simple majorities, and it goes on the ballot. So if the Republicans pass a proposed amendment, Gov. Dayton can't veto it.

Posted on 09/13/10 at 01:27 pm in response to Minnesota Family Council says its poll suggests Minnesotans want a governor against gay marriage

All this survey shows is that push polling can be effective. If you tailor a loaded question in the right way, you can get people to say whatever you want. Take it with a grain of salt.

Posted on 09/24/09 at 11:57 am in response to A classic semi-sliming? GOP's Seifert sort of goes after three DFL governor candidates

Seifert could be using state money to buy hookers and blow. I'm not saying that he is, but he could be. Does he attend any outstate committee meetings in his role as a legislator? If so, he's using the taxpayer's dime to fund his campaign, according to his logic.

Posted on 09/18/09 at 04:18 pm in response to Where's the line between anger over policy differences and racist remarks?

It's incredibly disappointing and discouraging to think that an elected official, regardless of age, doesn't have the most basic grasp of American history. To think that we have a state legislator out there that doesn't know why using the term "uppity" to describe a black person is really distressing. I guess I shouldn't be surprised though. A few years ago, a female Republican legislator used the term "wetback" in front of a Hispanic cafeteria worker in the Capitol. She also claimed she...

Posted on 09/11/09 at 11:59 am in response to Watching Bachmann during Obama's address

He was stocking [sic] her? Really? I always thought stockings were what you wore on your feet in the winter. Was he trying to look at her nylons? Was he trying to take her shoes off? Was she even wearing stockings? Does he have a foot fetish? When MB grabbed Pres. Bush, kissed him, and wouldn't let him go, was she also stocking him to see if he was wearing socks? So many unanswered questions here.

Posted on 03/12/09 at 02:17 pm in response to Formaldehyde present in many kids' bath products, tests find

This is really scary. As a father of a young daughter, I'm glad this information is coming out. Thanks Ron, and thanks Healthy Legacy for calling attention to these issues.

It makes you wonder about all these other nasty chemicals we keep hearing about, like BPA in baby bottles. Is anybody looking at phasing that nasty little chemical out?