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Michael Ernst

St. Cloud, Minnesota
Commenter for
5 years 3 weeks

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Posted on 01/19/12 at 01:02 pm in response to All heck breaking loose in Republican race

You left out Herman Cain's substitute candidacy for Stephen Colbert. :o)

Posted on 01/11/12 at 03:11 pm in response to St. Cloud Times to get online pay wall

Announcement here: http://www.sctimes.com/article/20120111/NEWS01/101110045/Times-debut-ful...

Posted on 12/22/11 at 03:51 pm in response to Should the media report Brodkorb rumors in Koch scandal?

@(#8)

Yes, it is: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=609.36

Posted on 12/13/11 at 03:40 pm in response to Gingrich's courage to tell the half-truth; the refusal to make sense

Dennis - I believe that Newt's audience right now is Republican primary voters.

Posted on 12/06/11 at 02:23 pm in response to Republican race so far in one easy graphic

While his methodology may be sound, his presentation leaves something to be desired. Try this:

http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/11/19/graphic-the-republican-nominatio...

Posted on 08/12/11 at 02:35 pm in response to Perry, Palin already overshadowing Iowa's GOP straw poll

"That peas reference was an obvious dig at health officials concerned about the health impact of obesity in the country."

No, the peas reference was an obvious dig at Obama: http://is.gd/EEqWd1

Posted on 05/26/11 at 12:10 pm in response to Judge: Wisconsin collective bargaining law still blocked

What am I missing here? Isn't this story two months old?

Posted on 05/17/11 at 12:31 pm in response to Some religions associated with an accelerated shrinkage of the brain, study finds

"Maybe this geographically constrained group of people shared some genetic trait (or something in the water?) that caused their hippocampi to atrophy at a faster-than-usual rate."

That doesn't explain the difference between religions.

Posted on 05/06/11 at 09:31 am in response to DFL Rep. Steve Simon's speech is a YouTube sensation

If you're going to put something in quotation marks, make sure it's a direct quote. OK, so it was Fox9 that misquoted him, but why would you trust them?

The quote is: "How many more gay people does God have to create before we ask ourselves whether or not God actually wants them around?"

Posted on 05/06/11 at 03:21 pm in response to DFL Rep. Steve Simon's speech is a YouTube sensation

Funny, I didn't catch that. I was noticing the reference to God as "he" which Rep. Simon did not do.