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Pete Barrett

Saint Paul, MN
Commenter for
1 year 27 weeks

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Posted on 05/24/12 at 05:42 am in response to What Charles Krauthammer thinks about Obama and the election

Obama? Hard left? Really?

One third of the stimulus was tax cuts. The Affordable Care Act PRESERVED private, for profit health insurers, unlike a what single payer plan would have done. No mega banks were broken up, much less nationalized, no one went to jail, and very tepid Wall Street reforms were passed. The Administration spent no time or capital on card check authorization for union organizing campaigns.

If I ever had any respect for Krauthammer before, I have none now....

Posted on 05/23/12 at 05:48 pm in response to Minneapolis council member: Send stadium bill back to the Legislature

I'm pretty sure that, under Title IX, it has to be as big as the arena the Woofies play in. Yup, real sure of that.

Posted on 05/21/12 at 07:21 pm in response to Fear and loathing at the state GOP convention

Now that Paulitites have assumed control of the party, surely the next convention will be held a a privately financed, owned, and operated convention facility. Oh yeah, and no driving on public roads to get there.

Posted on 05/18/12 at 04:52 pm in response to Ron Paul strategy: Control the GOP from the inside out

You say Paul is not getting his money "from Large banking institutions, and super packs (sic)", like that's a bad thing. For one, corporations are people too, you know. Just ask that flaming liberal-socialist Scalia. Second, since spending one's hard earned dollars is speech, I don't know why you want to paint those job creators in such a harsh light.

Are all of these Ron Paul folks into this "class envy"? If so, maybe they should just get to work and create their own wealth. Just...

Posted on 05/18/12 at 06:27 pm in response to Post-Eichten: Why MPR isn't live-broadcasting Minnesota GOP and DFL conventions

Apparently I'm the only MinnPost commenter who never liked Gary Eichten. Bland, milquetoast, and boring, that's what comes to mind when I hear a mention of him. And that goes double for state convention coverage. I don't imagine any state-wide candidate ever feared an interview with Gary.

With all due respect to the hale fellow, well met, I enjoy MPR's late morning programing much better these days.

Posted on 05/18/12 at 02:07 pm in response to Panel approves McCollum measure to ban spending on NASCAR

Most stadiums that are constructed across the US are financed by bonds whose interest is free from income taxes. I'm guessing that will be the case with the Vikes stadium here. It makes no difference to US tax payers if a new NFL or MLB stadium is built in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, or Toledo. Allowing the federal treasury to be scammed this way should be stopped. If the Tea Party is anything other than a corporate shill, it will demand this of it's politicians. Don't hold your breath.

Posted on 05/15/12 at 03:38 pm in response to Southwest Minnesota’s roads: 'a generally deteriorating system'

Southwest Minnesota sends a lot of conservative Republicans to the legislature. I wonder how they voted a few years back when the gas tax was raised. Or do they expect low taxes AND good roads? I'd like to have my cake and eat it, too.

Posted on 05/15/12 at 03:45 pm in response to Occupy skepticism: Journalism and the fallacy of authority

Maybe because there is a conservative echo chamber but not a liberal echo chamber?

Posted on 05/10/12 at 04:20 pm in response to Vikes stadium finally a done deal with Senate approval

I've heard and read references to "the State", "the City of Minneapolis" and "the Vikings". I still don't know who "the builder" is who is responsible for cost overruns. To me a "builder" is a general contractor.

Posted on 05/10/12 at 08:27 am in response to With $50M more from Vikings, House passes compromise stadium bill

The PiPress article does not put Sweeny's Saloon in "Downtown" Saint Paul. Was it put there by an Edina based MinnPost columnist who no longer gets to Saint Paul since he longer works there? I'm pretty sure Sweeny's is still up on Dale Street.