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Lora Jones

Minneapolis, MN
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4 years 1 week

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Posted on 12/14/11 at 10:14 am in response to Walz's STOCK Act used as payroll tax cut pawn

I'm disappointedin Walz for voting for the abominable snow bill. No doubt following in Colin Peterson's footsteps and voting republican in order to pander to Kochs or agribusiness or, who knows who else. Unfortunately for both, at some point Truman's truism will kick in, and the choice between a republican and a democrat who acts like one won't be so hard to make.

Posted on 12/13/11 at 01:29 pm in response to Gingrich's courage to tell the half-truth; the refusal to make sense

Dennis, seeing as you had to restate and offer explanations for most of what Gingrich said, you may want to re-evaluate your high expectations for Gingrich's performance in a televised debate.

Posted on 12/13/11 at 03:38 pm in response to Gingrich's courage to tell the half-truth; the refusal to make sense

IF true, Dennis, Newt may want to brush up on Rhetoric 101, and try not to rely on "facts" not in evidence.

Posted on 12/13/11 at 07:25 pm in response to Gingrich's courage to tell the half-truth; the refusal to make sense

To add to Ray #18's excellent summary of Newt's MO and raison d'etre, I suspect he may be one of those people who don't know what they believe until they hear themselves say it -- of course, in Newt's case that may mean that he doesn't believe in anything at all, other than the god like perfection of his own voice

Posted on 12/13/11 at 01:38 pm in response to Pawlenty supporters can't help but second-guess his decision to drop out of presidential race

#7 "there was no there there" Alas, many of us knew there wasn't any there, there long before he began his ill-fated presidential run. It's hard to decide whether he or our boy Normie Coleman have the edge when it comes to defining the phrase "Empty Suit."

Posted on 12/12/11 at 01:59 pm in response to Some numbers to which the overrtaxed, overregulated 'bad business climate' crowd should respond

It appears neither Swift nor Tester are able to respond. Wonder whether any of the more central right are able?

Posted on 12/12/11 at 03:48 pm in response to Some numbers to which the overrtaxed, overregulated 'bad business climate' crowd should respond

#9, I'm not at all convinced that the problems are too big to handle with taxes and regulations -- but to handle them we need to reverse the insanity of the last 30 or so years of re-regulate (Glass Steagel (sp)), and re-enforce (Sherman Antitrust) and start taxing in a way the rewards earned income more than it rewards speculation and US production and products more than it rewards Cchinese production and reimportation. We aren't and haven't been doing any of that and look where it's...

Posted on 12/12/11 at 03:56 pm in response to Some numbers to which the overrtaxed, overregulated 'bad business climate' crowd should respond

Sorry #10 Swift. An analaysis of the "Texas Miracle" shows that 1) halve the jobs created were government jobs supported by the stimulus; and 2) with more low-wage, minimum wage jobs than any other state, Texas' unemployment rate is still higher than Massachussetts or New York.
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Posted on 12/12/11 at 04:12 pm in response to Some numbers to which the overrtaxed, overregulated 'bad business climate' crowd should respond

Sorry folks. I obviously need spell check on this thing.

Posted on 12/12/11 at 06:27 pm in response to Some numbers to which the overrtaxed, overregulated 'bad business climate' crowd should respond

"In an allegedly free society, the inherent advantages of freedom shouldn't have to be explained."

Perhaps not. But, the definition of and limits to freedom, however, need to be defined to have any meaning. I have to assume, Mr. Tester, that being an avowed Gingrich supporter as opposed to a Paul fan, you accept that freedom isn't free, that each right carries with it responsibilities, and that "freedom" on an individual level is neither limitless nor divorced from the other...