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Robert Moffitt

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Saint Paul, Minnesota
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5 years 19 weeks

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Posted on 11/20/12 at 11:53 am in response to Commenters, MinnPost wants your views -- respectfully

If Mr. Swift's theory is correct, then righty sites like True North must be doomed to fail, as E-Democracy did. There is a line, I believe, between the frequent commentor and the troll, between the writer who can provoke deep thought and the writer who writes only to provoke.

I think most people know where this line is, regardless of the personal ideology. It's up to us not to cross it.

Posted on 11/20/12 at 12:04 pm in response to Commenters, MinnPost wants your views -- respectfully

"The last time I checked,..."

Posted on 09/13/12 at 03:38 pm in response to Warrior Romney may have miscalculated voters' longings

The Electorial College math still favors the President.

Posted on 09/10/12 at 02:21 pm in response to It's a real trick to pick a dazzling 'editor's pick'

...came from the Minnesota Daily, the student paper from the U. When then star basketball player Richard Coffey was injured in a blantant foul, someone clever came up with "Coffey Gets Creamed."

If you every wondered what happened to Coffey, he now owns a janitorial service in the area. His two daughters Nia and Syndey are standout basketball players for the Hopkins Royals.

If Romney is Frodo, I guess Ryan must be Sam. That would explain the hairy feet.

Posted on 09/07/12 at 03:32 pm in response to Yikes! It's already fall arts preview time

And you call yourself an artist.

However, since Max has a theme going: there is no bull-man hybrid lurking inside the corn maze in Shakopee (God bless the GOP for the anti human-animal cloning bill), Mound native Kevin Sabo was not so lucky when he stared in the TV movie "Maze of the Minotaur."

Posted on 09/06/12 at 08:33 am in response to MinnPost announces tiered benefits for members

I was a little worried when I saw your Tweet.

Posted on 09/05/12 at 11:39 am in response to A cautious reaction to Democrats’ convention: They had a great night

"But for all the gushing, let’s bear in mind that both women were heavily coached, were reading from teleprompters words that were massaged by professionals."

And the candidates aren't? (g)

Posted on 09/05/12 at 09:50 am in response to Letter from Lake Michigan: Saying farewell to a much-loved old ferry

Generally speaking, many of the Great Lake operators have been resistant to make even the first small steps toward cleaner fuels and engines, as the overland trucking industry has done.

With some notible exceptions, like B100-powered vessels in the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory Green Fleet, the shipping industry has decided to fight the Clean Air Act every way it can.