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Jeremy Powers

Fridley, MN
Commenter for
5 years 28 weeks

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Posted on 05/14/13 at 11:12 am in response to Practical considerations aside, Vikings stadium design is impressive

Apparently I am the only one who is looking at the new Viking stadium and thinking "big, bold and tacky."

It looks like a cheap glass copy of a Viking ship crashed through the Prudential "rock" and the engineers decided to shore up what's left with an overgrown Erector set. Reminds me of a modern super church, but without all the charm.

Posted on 04/19/13 at 03:55 pm in response to Testy times at the Capitol as angry Republicans walk out of committee meeting

Considering how little work Republicans did when they were in the majority, I find it humorous that they are now apparently complaining that the DFL is working too hard - coming up with too many ideas.

I suppose it would be easier to go back to the utter lack of progress accomplished by the Republicans. But we tried that and doing nothing doesn't seem to work.

Posted on 04/19/13 at 03:59 pm in response to Testimony: Michele Bachmann knew of improper payouts

Although obviously the Strib is capable of solid reporting, as seen by their Pulitzer prizes, if there was a prize from running away from Minnesota's most often accidentally comic congressperson, they would have won that award too.

Nice to see the Des Moines Register, for which I used to work, not following the Strib's lead in how to cover a controversial elected official.

Posted on 03/27/13 at 12:04 pm in response to Supreme Court choice Lillehaug just the latest in long line of 'political' appointments

None of us really know how much politics may have played a part in this, but anyone who has met or talked to David Lillehaug for any time knows he is very fair minded. Anyone being appointed to the court will bring with them their own beliefs and values. But I think people should expect that they are fair. Gov. Dayton absolutely chose someone who will represent the fairness we want in Minnesota.

Posted on 02/07/13 at 12:16 pm in response to Where the wild things aren't: Moose, other species fade with climate change

I'm not a climate change denier, but there has to be another component. When we were in Maine two years ago, in areas along the coast where it doesn't get as cold as Minnesota, there were lots of moose. We saw two and saw the footprints of many more. It could be that the Minnesota moose have a parasite that doesn't exist in Maine. It could be we have more or different predators, or different plants that aren't as nutritious. I don't know. But I think we should be sending one of our moose...

Posted on 02/07/13 at 12:23 pm in response to Amy Koch media saga: Who did what and when

As a journalist for 14 years, I'll give you the four rules of journalism ethics as are practiced in modern newsrooms.

1. Get it first at almost any cost.
2. Get it right - or at least right enough that it won't blow up.
3. Give the other side an opportunity to say something - anything.
3. Don't get in trouble with the powers that be, inside and outside of your news organization.

Posted on 02/07/13 at 12:38 pm in response to Gun advocates vent over proposed restrictions on assault weapons

I am a gun owner and willing to see some changes. But this bill is so poorly written that antique guns and every-day plinkers would be labeled as assault weapons.

Such as these three:
Browning SA-22
http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/family.asp?webflag_=022B&catalo...

Henry...

Posted on 01/22/13 at 05:13 pm in response to Dayton budget would boost spending and increase high-income taxes

About damn time our leaders looked at our broken system and decided to really modify it instead of a band aid and a placebo. The last decade has been a train wreck for this once great state. Our job creation during Pawlenty was awful and during the past two years, when the rest of the country is beginning to come back up to speed, we've been stalling.

Posted on 01/22/13 at 12:37 pm in response to Obama stops begging for bipartisan compromise — finally

To me the most telling quote in any of the coverage I have seen was from Sen. John McCain who complained that Obama didn't mention working across the aisle.

To what end?

Republicans - at least from their action, or inaction, of the last two years - don't have even the slightest clue on how to work in bi-partisan manner. They even publicly stated that their number one goal for the last four years was to deny Obama a second term. What the hell kind of civic goal is that?

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Posted on 01/15/13 at 06:03 pm in response to DFL, GOP squabble over committee handling of agriculture issues

This is all show and no go.

There is nothing here that is an issue other than the way it might appear to someone living in Greater Minnesota who isn't paying attention and thinks that intelligent people are incapable of talking about two important things in a relatively short amount of time.

No wonder the Republicans got absolutely NOTHING done in the last two years. Oh, I guess that's not 100 percent true. They did manage to raise property taxes to hurt those on fixed incomes...