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Matthew Hauck

Minneapolis, Minnesota
Commenter for
3 years 35 weeks

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Posted on 11/09/12 at 10:04 am in response to The ‘back story’ on Mayor Rybak and his mom’s Election Night crowd-surfing

What kind of joyless lives would we lead if we only did things others deemed as "grown-up?"

Posted on 02/02/11 at 01:27 am in response to Renovate Target Center? Who designed it in the first place?

Mark, regarding the difference between Arenas and baseball and football stadiums, you are right that arenas see more use, therefore bringing more business to downtown. One thing seldom mentioned though it the HUGE difference in economic impact between baseball stadiums and football stadiums. Baseball stadiums are much bigger economic shots in the arm because there are 81 home games a year as opposed to only 8 in football.

Posted on 12/16/10 at 10:03 am in response to Republican senator promises stadium bill next month

All this talk about subsuming the individual to "the party" reminds me of something, somewhere...Ah yes, Moscow 1936.
'Purges (or simply purges, Russian: "чистка", chistka – "cleansing") with a "small-p" purge was one of the key rituals during which a periodic review of party members was conducted to get rid of the "undesirables".'

In all seriousness, the modern obsession with ideological purity hurts the country and hurts the parties that engage in it. Ideologues on the left...

Posted on 06/16/10 at 11:51 am in response to Do CEO's come from the real world?

Of course, Carly Fiorina caused HP to shed jobs with great haste and fundamentally ruined their business model. But whatever, she got things done!

Posted on 06/07/10 at 12:34 am in response to After 8-year battle, Minneapolis may finally gain major budget victory in controlling police overtime

"Cases go from red to black by way of green"

Posted on 03/29/10 at 07:03 pm in response to Target Field: Some impressions at the first of many openings

@Jeremy: Please realize that in the middle of April (The earliest any home opener will be, as other northern tams, the Twins will start every season on the road) and early October, Minneapolis is on average only a couple of degrees colder than other northern outdoor baseball locations such Boston and Chicago, and sees a similar amount of snow. And regarding bugs, that is a fairly widespread issue as well. Regarding heat and humidity, well, you obviously have never been to a Cardinals game...

Posted on 03/23/10 at 05:14 pm in response to Fred Barnes in January: 'The Health Care Bill is Dead'

Not the first time he's made a definitive statement that turns out to be pretty far off. In April 2003, he said about Iraq "The war was the hard part...and it gets easier. I mean, setting up a democracy is hard, but not as hard as winning a war."

Posted on 11/24/09 at 03:45 pm in response to Tim Pawlenty: Would he pass a conservative 'purity test'?

Regarding Pawlenty, I think the point is not that he is inoffensive to those outside the republican fold, but is inoffensive to the factions within the Republican party, specifically the two biggest groups, social and fiscal conservatives. Whereas social conservatives view Romney with suspicion, the fiscal conservative worry about the populism of Palin and Huckabee. Pawlenty successfully appeals to both groups, and, despite being far from moderate in his views, also appeals to moderates...

Posted on 10/29/09 at 10:42 pm in response to (Many) more DFL big guns for Tarryl Clark

Bob, what union are you talking about that qualifies as far-left liberal? As far as I know, the IWW doesn't endorse DFL candidates. Also, this seems indicative in general or the attempts to move the parameters of political debate and definition in this state. Far-left, in political science, generally means communist or very statist socialist. And as much as some conservatives try to label Democrats as such, they are far from meeting the definition. Of course, similar attempts from the...

Posted on 10/26/09 at 01:18 pm in response to Flying imams in the rear-view mirror: What was the evidence against them?

Jim:
What??? You realize that while all fundamentalist Muslims pray to Mecca 5 times a day, not all Muslims who pray to Mecca 5 times a day are fundamentalist Muslims, right? In fact, the majority of observant Muslims are not fundamentalist. The events of 9/11 do not limit the guarantees of the first amendment regarding the free expression of religion. The basic point here is that they were arrested without probable cause, and that the suspicions were unfounded. Also, I guarentee...