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Neal Rovick

St Anthony, MN
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3 years 6 weeks

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Posted on 07/29/11 at 09:50 am in response to Julie Blaha on LGBT issues in Anoka-Hennepin Public Schools

The subtext of "neutrality" is "let the people decide". Which leads to informal enforcement of "societal norms"--the most common forms of which are "bullying" or "harassment".

Neutrality ain't neutral. And, the school board behind the policy knows that.

Posted on 07/29/11 at 08:32 am in response to Minnesota's Tax Wars seem destined to intensify

...It's not about taxing rich people, it's about taxing small-business owners....

It's time for some real research into the actual number of employees of the small business owners with a taxable income of $250,000 or more.

My suspicion is that many of these people are small operations that have few, if any, employees. Would an insurance agent or an attorney fire their assistant if they paid a couple thousand more a year in taxes? Are they ever likely to hire more employees,...

Posted on 07/28/11 at 04:49 pm in response to Bachmann hits Obama on economic policy, debt limit increases in National Press Club speech

...Hop on my bus. You’ll see what the American people are saying....

That sounds like some new-fangled drug slang to invite one to partake and have the same hallucinations as she.

...“Obama should take the option of default off the table,” she said....

And who, exactly, is saying "No" to raising the debt ceiling? Look in the mirror on your magic bus, Ms. Bachmann!!

What does she expect to happen when almost 1/2 of the federal budget disappears?. Sure the...

Posted on 07/28/11 at 05:09 pm in response to Blaming Bush versus blaming Obama: A few numbers to consider

Karl Rove: "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."

Posted on 07/28/11 at 02:09 pm in response to The Tea Party view of the current impasse, told by a smart, sincere Tea Party leader

Listening to Michele Bachmann of the Press Club lunch today, I was struck by her repeating,"giving Obama a blank check", with respect to raising the debt ceiling.

She implies by that statement that the money released by the debt ceiling increase is money that Obama can spend however he wants (the "black Islamo-fascist un-American welfare fund", perhaps)?

The fact is that a majority of that money has been committed to various programs passed by Congress and signed into law by...

Posted on 07/28/11 at 04:56 pm in response to The Tea Party view of the current impasse, told by a smart, sincere Tea Party leader

So true, Ann #12.

The "hard-nosed" politicians of the right have no answers there. Medical costs are what is ruining the budgets at the local, state and federal level, yet the most the right is willing to talk about is "tort reform" and other very minor cost-drivers.

If the Republicans were truly interested in solving the budget problems, this would be Job # 1.

What is even more maddening, out-of-control health care costs make the US a less competitive place in the big...

Posted on 07/28/11 at 10:54 am in response to MinnPost poll: Minnesotans blame GOP for shutdown

The state poll reflects national polls--people want a balance of cuts and tax increases. Even a recent national Rasmussen poll (Rasmussen polls are the most often-cited polls by Tea Partys) shows that a majority (56%) would support a congressional candidate with a balanced approach and a minority (34%) would support a cuts-only candidate.

TP reflects "the will of the people"? Or does TP stand for "Tools of the Plutocrats"?

It should be clear to all that the Republicans won by...

Posted on 07/28/11 at 11:15 am in response to MinnPost poll: Minnesotans blame GOP for shutdown

The Rasmussen poll can be found at:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics...

Posted on 07/27/11 at 03:16 pm in response to DFL, GOP already recruiting candidates, despite all the uncertainties of redistricting

....But imagine a Clark-Cravaack race: It could boil down to "my kitchen table is closer to the 8th than yours."....

Wouldn't it be more like "Cravaack's hotel room is somewhere in the district"?

Posted on 07/27/11 at 07:32 am in response to Bachmann spends $4,700 on hair and makeup ... in 5 weeks

...make a phenomenon of Sarah Palin, now the subject of a major documentary that might just be in your local theater....

Illusion/delusion?

The reality?

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LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - With its Sarah Palin documentary "The Undefeated" increasing its playdates by 40 percent this weekend, only to watch box office revenue decline by more than 63 percent, distributor Arc Entertainment announced Sunday that the film will soon be available on pay per view.

The...