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Rachel Kahler

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Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
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Posted on 04/11/13 at 12:08 pm in response to Miffed legislators try to tackle both Vikings stadium and Mayo Clinic complications

Oh for crying out loud! You cannot be serious, man. There are wants and there are needs. Some people wanted a stadium. No one needed it. Funding is not happening in the way it was expected (though, how anyone could be surprised, I don't know). So, a tax on additional wants is proposed. No children could POSSIBLY be harmed in the implementation of such a plan. Except for maybe the child labor used in Asia to make that really flippin' expensive pro sport jersey that you can't afford at...

Posted on 04/11/13 at 12:19 pm in response to Michael Henson, MN Orchestra president: It’s time for musicians to negotiate

Sell me some competitive art, please! It's gonna be real good at rock bottom prices.

Sarcasm aside, this article, as well as the frequent emails I get from the Orchestra Board justifying their tight pockets make me sick. It is complete tripe that "your donors" prefer to fund capitol over salaries. "Your donors" were not made aware that there were other needs. When I was asked (or, rather, harangued mercilessly) whether I wanted to donate to the upgrade of the lobby--yes, the lobby...

Posted on 04/12/13 at 01:15 pm in response to Michael Henson, MN Orchestra president: It’s time for musicians to negotiate

I couldn't agree with you more on this. Especially in light of the email I just got today from Mr. Hensen and Mr. Campbell today. This isn't a negotiation. It's ridiculous. Furthermore, the letter comes, again, from a terrible direction. The whole purpose was to try to show how "reasonable" the board is being. But it doesn't appear reasonable at all. And the pathetic attempt to lure the audience into being jealous of the musicians' salaries is maddening. Comparing the median 2012...

Posted on 04/10/13 at 11:14 am in response to Brace yourself: Congress might actually get something done

I don't think anything of much importance will happen. There's too much time available to waste.

Posted on 04/04/13 at 09:39 am in response to Civil unions: It looks like an uphill fight for compromise idea

I, personally, would be happy to get a civil union bill--as long as it completely replaced marriages for all. However, one of the problems is that they are NOT virtually the same. Both state and federal laws treat them very differently. A friend of mine made the mistake of getting a civil union with her now-husband before they were married in order to take advantage of some of her employer's benefits, like health insurance, while her then-fiance went to school. At tax time, she found out...

Posted on 04/03/13 at 11:08 am in response to Honeybee collapse worsens; one Minnesotan's losses run to 65%

I'm looking into native plants to landscape the house I recently purchased. There are some local and online retailers that provide a huge variety of native plants. The DNR and other sources provide information for using native plants for landscaping.

Posted on 04/02/13 at 10:06 am in response to N. Dakota's anti-abortion moves growing, drawing backlash

These sorts of bills make a zygote a person and a woman a non-person. Although I generally don't subscribe to most slippery slope arguments, the level and speed of these bills could certainly lead to making it criminal for a woman to have a miscarriage or a stillbirth. I mean, how would anyone know that they didn't do it on purpose?

My advice to young people who want to get ahead in life--get the hell out of ND. And don't go back to reward the patronizing powermongers in the...

Posted on 04/02/13 at 05:33 pm in response to N. Dakota's anti-abortion moves growing, drawing backlash

I'm not sure how many, if any, of the 413 were in ND, but still... Reading the article Ms. Jones referred to caused my jaw to literally drop. A woman forced to have a Caesarian section instead of a vaginal birth. A woman jailed for 8 years because she didn't do all the recommended things during pregnancy and lost a child to stillbirth (due to an infection!). A woman committed to a psychiatric ward for being both a drug addict and pregnant at the same time. A woman prosecuted for...

Posted on 04/01/13 at 09:17 am in response to Same-sex marriage and the Supremes: What will the court do now?

First, humans have been doing absolutely nothing for millions of years. But, if one must exaggerate our existence, one would find that marriages didn't exist millions of years ago (or even 200,000 years ago when we first showed up as a species). However, reproduction still happened. It's not a formula, it's simply sex--a basic biological function that needs no license, no blessing, and no laws to happen. So, when talking about males and females and procreation, what is irrelevant is...

Posted on 03/28/13 at 09:41 am in response to My encounters with unexpected signs of getting old

I loved this piece and the comments. Maybe, as a young person in her 30's, I shouldn't be so delighted by this piece. Still, one of the reasons I find this so wonderful is that I have a hard time seeing the mentioned ages as "old." Both of my grandfathers are in their 70's and both are active and sharp. There are some things they don't do any more and they're not quite as sharp as they used to be. But I can talk politics with one grandpa and would have a hard time physically keeping up...