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Neal Rovick

St Anthony, MN
Commenter for
3 years 2 weeks

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Posted on 10/17/11 at 10:05 am in response to Gary Hart on the 'I' vs. the 'We'

The "have it your way" attitude that is encouraged in every aspect of modern life is simply not compatible with compromise.

Posted on 10/11/11 at 11:01 am in response to Romney's foreign policy message: God is on our side

Mormonism creeping in--after all, America is the second Israel and the ol' stompin' grounds of Jesus after he shook the dust of Golgotha off of his heels.

Does the religion of a "made" Mormon affect their world-view? Why not, if Bachmann is willing to go toe-to-toe with Iran over Israel because of the Armageddon tale.

The biggest, real-life lesson that has been ignored from as far back as the Vietnam War, is that history, ideas and beliefs matter and that it is possible to...

Posted on 10/11/11 at 04:04 pm in response to Romney's foreign policy message: God is on our side

Carter says:...If you are going to blame Bush for Iraq, than you must blame Obama for Afghanistan and Libya...

Perhaps you don't realize that the war in Afghanistan was initiated by GWB. Perhaps his policy of benign neglect of that conflict for 7 years served to dull your memory of exactly when that war begain.

So Bush deserves blame for Afghanistan also--a double helping of presidential terms of screwing the dog with respect to bringing some sort of completion to the war in...

Posted on 10/12/11 at 07:50 am in response to Romney's foreign policy message: God is on our side

(#22) an especially clueless version of Tester:...It's strange that the only people who seem to be concerned about Romney's religion are the godless liberals....

The "only people"?

Any idea why "anyone but Romney" is the flavor of the day for Christian conservatives?

Check it out, you'll probably be surprised.

Posted on 10/07/11 at 07:45 am in response to Occupy Wall Street inspires a groundswell (and OccupyMN) -- at its core, 'a need to be heard'

The conservatives whine about "class warfare"--pitting one class against the other.

Well, where is their stand on "class cooperation" if they are think "class warfare" is bad?

More importantly, where is their action on "class cooperation"?

That exactly is what the movement is about.

Posted on 10/06/11 at 12:11 pm in response to Friday's 10-year anniversary of Afghan war missing all the hoopla surrounding 9/11 remembrance

The war quickly morphed from "get the people who did this" to "remaking Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, etc.,".

Osama was too small for those larger "remaking" goals and quietly became a secondary target. If we got him too quickly, what bloody shirt could be waved to support the "remaking" project?

So here we are, 10 years later.

The phrase, "there are costs beyond the thousands who have been killed and maimed in the decade of wars" ignores the tremedous disruption...

Posted on 10/05/11 at 08:24 am in response to Campaign Finance Board OKs marriage-fight disclosure rule

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Of NOM’s $2.5 million budget increase from 2007 to 2008, nearly $2.2 million came from 52 large donations of $5,000 or more from anti-gay organizations. On average, these donations were valued at more than $40,000 apiece, with one source alone giving $450,000, according to NOM’s tax filing. In a sworn statement filed in Iowa by NOM, then-executive director Brian Brown admitted, “NOM solicits and receives most of its funds as undesignated donations from major donors and...

Posted on 10/05/11 at 01:16 pm in response to New report shows dramatic differences in lives of Minneapolis residents of color, whites

A couple facts for Mr. Tester:

Per-student spending in Minneapolis is about $8K. How many private schools charge less than $8K a year? Are you saying that a Breck-style education is the right of every student and that you are willing to pay for it? Breck is about $24K a year. Try to balance a budget with that!!

Second, open enrollment exists between districts and within districts. About 10,000 students in Minneapolis go to schools outside of the Minneapolis school district...

Posted on 10/05/11 at 01:28 pm in response to New report shows dramatic differences in lives of Minneapolis residents of color, whites

And if Mr. Tester wants to trumpet the tuition of Catholic schools (which is, on first look, comparable to the public school per-pupil costs), he should also realize that Catholic schools are operated with a subsidy from the church and parish that disguise the true cost-per-pupil.

If he thinks the Catholic church will undertake to subsidize the education of a significant portion of the the non-Catholic population, I have a bridge for sale at a very economical price.

Posted on 10/05/11 at 08:45 am in response to Medtronic's Omar Ishrak: FDA should embrace the European device approach

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....In the EU, the GuardWire device was awarded CE marking by demonstrating safety and performance (i.e., the ability to aspirate material during the stenting procedure) in a 22-patient, single arm study.6 In the United States, this device was designated Class II. To demonstrate safety and effectiveness (defined as the ability to reduce complications associated with stenting of saphenous vein grafts) the FDA required an 800-patient, multicenter, randomized trial comparing...