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Michael Hunt

Minneapolis, MN
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4 years 11 weeks

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Posted on 07/14/10 at 02:24 pm in response to Emmer misrepresents the media -- did the media misrepresent Emmer?

John, I'd also make that argument if it was the EMPLOYEE crying about their wages. But you seem to ignore the fact that it was the EMPLOYER crying about having to pay a below-poverty-level wage. But thanks for the effort, albeit wasted.

Posted on 07/14/10 at 10:59 am in response to Emmer misrepresents the media -- did the media misrepresent Emmer?

I have a much simpler rule of thumb:

If you're a small biz owner, you don't provide your employess with any benefits and you can't afford to pay them minimum wage? Then go out of business. You really don't contribute anything meaningful to the economy or the job market.

I'm sure there are others out there that run run a similar business that CAN pay minimum wage. They deserve to stay in business while you become roadkill. It's called survival of the fittest. Those who can't...

Posted on 07/13/10 at 12:38 pm in response to On eve of training camp, Pioneer Press seeks new Vikings beat writer

Any Sports Dept. with Sansavere's not really interested in "journalism" anyways...but that's just my opinion.

Posted on 07/08/10 at 10:23 am in response to Booming bankruptcies big news

Brian, catch John Stewart's opening on last night's Daily Show re: the Muslim's In Space. Although he was skewering Fox, his jabs could equally apply to their little sycophants over at Power Line.

Posted on 07/08/10 at 09:45 am in response to Money floods 6th District: Here's the projected spending for each vote

Tell Michelle if I'm gonna vote for her, she's gonna have to move the decimal point about 8 places to the right.

Posted on 07/08/10 at 03:19 pm in response to How one word spawned a fine Star Tribune investigation

Ryan, if that's the case, it's a little too subtle. I don't see anything similar in the article.

And david, the fact remains that if you fill out the Asset Disclosure, you still owe the debt and you don't go to jail.

Posted on 07/08/10 at 10:13 am in response to How one word spawned a fine Star Tribune investigation

David, you need to change your headline to "How one word spawned a Very Misleading Star Tribune investigation.

People are not...repeat NOT, being jailed for bad debts. They ARE being jailed for disobeying a court order. You can be jailed for disobeying ANY court order. Whether the order has anything to do with a debt is irrelevant. had the people filled out the paperwork, they'd have never been arrested, or even stopped by law enforcement.

Again, you can argue about the...

Posted on 07/07/10 at 10:05 am in response to Nurses' contract aftermath: a look at the next steps

I'm not against the Middle Class getting wage increases, especially when they only keep up with the COL.

But for a whole campaign based on "improving healthcare for patients", I find the nurses eagerness to dump this nurse-to-patient ratio issue very troubling. Next time they threaten strike, I may not be quite so sympathetic.

Posted on 07/06/10 at 02:51 pm in response to Wetterling, revisited: not naming names

"man had previously has given DNA samples, taken a lie-detector test and been hypnotized in connection with Jacob Wetterling's disappearance.

Not the responses of your typical offender. Granted, the cooperation of this person proves nothing, but neither does the search of the farm. The public's right to know (outside of "a farm near St. Joesph) doesn't outweigh the harm cuawsed to this individual.

Posted on 07/06/10 at 11:18 am in response to News from the long weekend

It appears Emmer is really on his way to becoming another Alan Quist...completely out of touch with not only a majority of voters, but with mainstream society as well.