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Pete Barrett

Saint Paul, MN
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1 year 31 weeks

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Posted on 07/06/12 at 07:41 pm in response to Think you know what's in the Affordable Care Act? Try this quiz

Maybe if Connie had been our Senator in 2009 she'd have gotten Medicare for all passed, saving us from a tumultuous SCOTUS ruling and debate. Just sayin.

I got ten out of ten myself.

Posted on 06/29/12 at 05:21 pm in response to GOP's David Hann: No 'Obamacare' legislation until after the election

I guess he caught one...

Posted on 06/28/12 at 08:28 pm in response to Supreme Court's health-law ruling means full steam ahead for GOP repeal efforts

The individual mandate is a Republican idea. They only turned against it when Obama adopted it.

Posted on 06/27/12 at 04:45 pm in response to Gallup: Our confidence in our banks hits record low

in banks. Because despite the rhetoric out of Washington, too big to fail is still with us.

Posted on 06/27/12 at 04:53 pm in response to Cravaack confident FEMA will aid Duluth area flood recovery efforts

Rep. Cravaack today announced that local government officials should not count on any financial resources from the federal government. "I've been saying that we need to shrink the size of the federal government, and the best place to start is right here in my own district. Government functions best when it's closest to the citizens. Hopefully, local officials won't even be asking the State of Minnesota for help. Also, I will be introducing legislation to get the federal government out of the...

Posted on 06/25/12 at 05:12 pm in response to Supreme conservatives decline to reconsider Citizens United

If you have a belly button, you're a person. If you don't, you're not a person.

Posted on 06/25/12 at 04:50 pm in response to T-Paw to Romney, 'Look elsewhere'

I was happy to let Romney consider me, but then I learned that the Iowa Guv is in charge of the vetting, and my credit score is too low.

Posted on 06/23/12 at 08:53 am in response to Federal lawsuit seeks to tighten Minnesota’s Election Day registration procedures

"Kaardal stressed his clients don't wish to end the popular Election Day voter registration process..."

As Jim Hightower has said, I was born at night but it wasn't last night.

Posted on 06/22/12 at 05:07 pm in response to Katherine Stewart: How Christian clubs in schools turned into faith-based bullying

I wonder how the evangelicals would react to Catholic kids praying the rosary at the pole before classes begin? They likely would not take kindly to the Blessed Virgin horning-in on their action.

Same deal for continually leaving rosaries on the desks of evangelicals.

Posted on 06/23/12 at 08:21 am in response to Katherine Stewart: How Christian clubs in schools turned into faith-based bullying

Most, if not all, school districts have long rented out their auditoriums, cafeterias, etc., to outside groups. They are used by political parties for caucuses, conventions and the like, as well as other organizations of various stripes. For a public school district to rent to secular groups but not religious ones is an unconstitutional infringement on religion. Renting to a religious group, as long as other groups have equal access and are charged the same fees, does not constitute an...