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Rod Loper

Mpls., MN
Commenter for
5 years 16 weeks

Recent Comments

Posted on 06/25/12 at 11:35 am in response to When it comes to mining, Forest Service, Executive Council are in denial

Thank you for this pointed essay. Would that we had some of the fine environmental reporters and honest editors that we once had in this state. Every newsroom now has a minder or two to
ensure "balance" on topics such as this. No one is asking the hard questions of the promoters,
agency staff or politicians any more. Mark Dayton courts the Iron Range and ignores the health of our resources and our children.

Posted on 06/14/12 at 12:32 pm in response to Farmers back Senate plan to cut direct subsidies

here in Minnesota. They stiff the workers while enjoying a subsidy. Sadly, Klobuchar and Franken voted to support an extension of price supports without using the vote as leverage on the side of the
locked out Crystal Sugar employees.

Posted on 06/08/12 at 07:26 am in response to Eloise Butler continues teaching Minneapolis kids nearly 80 years after her death

is where I go several times a summer to refresh and appreciate. I sometimes gripe at noisy kids
but Butler meant it to be a place for learning. Your fine post here is a helpful reminder.

Posted on 05/15/12 at 07:24 am in response to Fall legislative races particularly problematic for GOP ‘moderates’

She has called Kriesel out for lacking "courage" for not running again. How many legs has she lost?

Posted on 05/08/12 at 06:16 am in response to DNR planning logistics of first wolf hunt in 38 years

The DNR is really not tooled up to manage this. They are down about a third in conservation
officers and are coping with budget cuts over the last several years. Hunters and trappers
like this just fine. They feel they know better than any wolf expert.

Posted on 04/23/12 at 01:21 pm in response to DFLers want U.S. constitutional amendment declaring that corporations aren't people, after all

Lots of luck at getting a hearing on this with our corporatist legislature.

Posted on 04/16/12 at 12:27 pm in response to Bachmann on 'Meet the Press': Obama a health care 'dictator'

Why doesen't she get off the national media and come home to defend her earmark bridge over
the St.Croix? It is three times more expensive than needed , enriches real estate developers in Wisconsin and drives a wedge in the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. On that show, Gregory continued the MSM practice of allowing republicans to carry on talking over the democrat who had the floor.
The "liberal media" at work.

Posted on 04/10/12 at 07:35 am in response to The case for more Minnesota gambling

just look at the lines of cars trying to get into Mystic Lake on Easter Sunday. Decaying social and physical infrastructure statewide while billions go to no productive use. Pretty sad.

Posted on 03/29/12 at 09:25 am in response to Minnesota’s proposed Castle Doctrine expansion worse than Florida’s ‘Shoot First’

Zimmerman's defenders and the police report bouncing around the internet said he had a broken nose and head wounds from Travon's "attack". I just saw a police video of Zimmerman getting
out of the police car handcuffed with no blood, normal scalp and nose. Thank God for video. He didn't look threatened either.

Posted on 03/22/12 at 01:37 pm in response to GOP, Dayton bonding bills a stark contrast in philosophies, priorities

As one who watches the Minnesota Channel capitol broadcasts regularly, thank you for this reporting. he print media treatment of what is going on is as thin as the TV stations.