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Pat Berg

Twin Cities
Commenter for
1 year 27 weeks

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Posted on 04/05/13 at 08:12 am in response to Civil unions: It looks like an uphill fight for compromise idea

I don't need a church to get married now. I can go down to the courthouse with my intended, fill out the paperwork, wait the appropriate time, and have a justice of the peace read off some text and sign the license and voila! I'm married! No religion had anything to do with it.

And that's a full-out "marriage" - not a civil union. All the rights and responsibilities etc. etc. Government-bestowed benefits, and the church had nothing to do with it.

Which leads me towards...

Posted on 03/31/13 at 05:03 pm in response to Same-sex marriage and the Supremes: What will the court do now?

Without the indent it's not clear which comment they're responding to. But I read Dennis' comment as being in response to Ken's.

Hopefully he'll chime in and clarify.

Posted on 03/29/13 at 12:50 pm in response to New Vikings stadium hungry for food vendors

I know! Make them play e-pulltabs and if they win they get to eat!

That'll fill the funding gap in no time!

Posted on 03/26/13 at 02:39 pm in response to Dayton administration offers two versions of e-pulltab estimates

Maybe we need to start up a Minnesota franchise of Farmville!

Posted on 03/23/13 at 07:32 am in response to Andy Kohut goes deep on impact of the GOP's 'staunch conservatism'

But as noted in the article, they still manage to succeed at a more local level, maintaining their ability to win seats in Congress. Which means they continue to have the ability to do a fair amount of damage.

I can only hope they can't do too much more damage before they finally fade away into history.

Posted on 03/25/13 at 04:36 pm in response to Andy Kohut goes deep on impact of the GOP's 'staunch conservatism'

I don't know what the stats were, but here's what I'm wondering. Was it that there was a lower Democratic turnout in 2010? Or was it that there was a much larger Republican turnout in 2010?

Because what I am remembering about that election was that it came on the heels of the Tea Party fueled anger over the passage of Obamacare (remember the "Summer of the Angry Town Halls"?) and that the Republican base was really fired up. And that translated into Republicans showing up to vote...

Posted on 03/23/13 at 07:28 am in response to National Democrats think they have a shot at unseating Kline

Brian, it's pretty clear you don't like dogs, but some of us do. And hearing about yet another dog who died because of irresponsible ownership is always upsetting.

And guess what? "Irresponsible ownership" also includes owners who carry their "purse dogs" all time, thus creating a dog who is given no opportunity to learn how to interact safely in social settings. When those dogs bite (and they do), they also frequently end up getting killed. And "dead" for them is just as dead as...

Posted on 03/23/13 at 08:10 pm in response to National Democrats think they have a shot at unseating Kline

Why does that not surprise me?

Posted on 03/23/13 at 08:17 pm in response to Break gives legislators time to 'listen,' but both sides already 'know' what they’ll hear

People who receive email notices of such listening sessions could post the details here?

Posted on 03/21/13 at 07:52 am in response to Jesus 'enters' legislators' gun control debate

They interviewed him after the New Prague lockdown yesterday. For those who may not have followed the story, a 911 call was made saying someone with an AK47 had wounded 2 people in the school, the school went into a "Code Red" lockdown and all local law enforcement arrived at the scene to respond. It developed that the 911 call was made as a hoax by a 12 year old who is currently in custody.

Anyway, Rep. Cornish was commenting on the dangers inherent in such a false alarm, and one...