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Rachel Kahler

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Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
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Posted on 05/09/12 at 09:16 am in response to 3M shareholders should support resolution on political spending

But then, I'm not sure it's possible to overstate this.

Posted on 05/07/12 at 01:04 pm in response to The pond: A case for tending your little corner of the planet

It's really amazing how thoughtless people can be. I NEVER throw anything out my window, except maybe a bug that's been trapped in the car. Never have. My 12-year-old niece came to visit last summer, and we went to pick some sweet corn. As we're driving home, I look up in my rear view mirror, and see her happily picking off the longer leaves from the ears and tossing them out the window. ACK! I felt bad that she felt bad for doing it, but even corn leaves make a mess. Though, probably...

Posted on 05/04/12 at 03:58 pm in response to Angry GOP not inclined to help Dayton's priority (stadium) after losing its priority (tax bill)

Almost sounds like a win-win situation for the state. Maybe we can recover while they pout in their rooms.

Posted on 05/04/12 at 09:03 am in response to Sister Brigid McDonald calls Vatican's reprimand of U.S. nuns group a 'misuse of power'

While I still have little/no respect for the Catholic Church, I have a new respect for nuns. What I don't understand is how a group of people feel that they are being faithful to the faith by doing things that are wrong according to the Church can remain faithful to the Church. Perhaps it is like a battered spouse, afraid to leave her batterer because she is afraid of what the alternative is. It seems to me that it is the perfect time to put your faith in God.

Posted on 05/04/12 at 03:50 pm in response to Sister Brigid McDonald calls Vatican's reprimand of U.S. nuns group a 'misuse of power'

I appreciate that Christianity is founded on "dirty" work. But for me, the Christian faith is something separate from the physical church. I, personally, don't think that God appreciates our good works any less if we do them outside of any given church. The Catholic Church was not founded at the time of Christ or for some time after his death. Why must Catholics be "married" to the Church to practice their faith? Especially when that Church appears to be antithetical to their works of...

Posted on 05/02/12 at 06:51 pm in response to A 'hare-brained' ... 'fiasco,' says Dayton of GOP stadium alternative

Is why he might get a handful of votes.

What a load of tripe. What we do today to serve as "head of household" (which, by the way, in this day and age is an economic term, not a social term) could not have possibly been bred into either sex in the short while we've been doing it. Being paid to sit on our duffs and do computer-y things is a far cry from stalking and slaughtering animals on on the prairie. Yeah, there are still a few jobs out there that require the musculature of a...

Posted on 05/02/12 at 04:57 pm in response to Voter ID? We don't see the need

By my calculation, Gen's photo ID cost her $35 without the $11 she had to pay for the ID itself or the time, effort, gas, parking, time off, etc. that her son and daughter (in-law?) expended to help her get it. Unless the documents required to get the ID and the ID itself are free, they constitute a poll tax. MN could require people to make a statement that they are using a birth certificate copy and/or marriage license copy (an issue that used to pretty much only affect women, but now...

Posted on 05/02/12 at 05:03 pm in response to Voter ID? We don't see the need

What the GOP means by "your one vote should count" is that the votes from those that don't GOP shouldn't count. The "illegal vote" scam is a scam. If you believe it, you're a sucker. If you don't and you repeat it, you're simply trying to create "terror as a means of coercion" (feel free to Google that phrase). ...

Posted on 05/03/12 at 08:54 am in response to Voter ID? We don't see the need

Just any photo? Have you looked at the quality of a vast number of photo IDs? They're junk. Would you recognize me from my driver's license. Maybe. Even if the photos were of any quality, by the time 4 years has passed (the amount of time a MN driver's license is valid), people may look very different. I do.

Posted on 05/03/12 at 02:30 pm in response to Voter ID? We don't see the need

I've read through all the iterations of the proposed amendment. I don't see where the cost of getting a photo ID would be zero. As I asked before, is the state of Minnesota going to pay for birth certificate and marriage license copies? Will it force other states to provide them for free??

The woman in the story is not exceptional. She is an example of the approximately 25% of people over 65 that will need to get a photo ID in order to vote. Likely more than half are women who...