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scott gibson

paynesville, MN
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Posted on 04/18/13 at 07:28 pm in response to Wolves denouement: 2012-13 season recap and final grades

But unsure what direction to go now. Money will be tight. Injuries so colored everything and every strategy this team hoped to employ. Certainly players (Ridnour, Steimsma) were overplayed and overmatched, but the team seemed to always play hard. They a good, dependable SG (I was never a fan of the Roy gambit) and a BIG, strong defensive big behind starter Pek (neither Steimsma, Cunningham, nor Johnson are it). But where are these people? The 2013 draft seems suspect. Next year's draft...

Posted on 01/15/13 at 07:27 pm in response to Wolves in swoon: inept and exhausted

So Ridnour fed you a tired sports bromide and you viscerated him for it. Luke is continually picked on for not being adequate, yet he continues to start and to fight each night. Why? Because he is better than the alternative and because (as he indicates) it's his job.

I fail to see the point of listing his inadequacies. No one says he is the equal or Russell Westbrook. He's out there competing due to fate and the front office. It sounds like you would feel better if the Wolves...

Posted on 01/09/13 at 04:59 pm in response to Why are Minnesota's moose dying? An app will rush examiners to scene

I never met Larry, although we do have some things in common. We both grew up in the same hometown and graduated from the same high school, though I preceded him by a few years. I have met his like-named father. I greatly appreciated the depth and sensitivity he brought to stories about outstate MN, particularly his series on Leech Lake. Our home area is often neglected and misunderstood. Only someone with Larry's background and great skill could have done such a fine job. I wrote to him...

Posted on 12/12/12 at 12:36 am in response to Despite casinos, reservations still plagued by high unemployment

Let me assure you there was/is white privilege. Also, don't dismiss the inequities of opportunity that exist all across the rural portions of our state.

Plus, here is a shout out to my good friend, Gary Fraser.

Posted on 10/01/12 at 10:38 am in response to Minnesota Orchestra goes to lockout mode

the government needs to remove itself from the word 'marriage' altogether. We need to end all government sanctioned 'marriages' and allow marriage to be something defined by differing belief systems (different religions, churches, etc). Every union, hetero or same-sex, would be merely a civil union. Those opposing same-sex unions can stop whining and same-sex couples would, no doubt, still be able to find a church to marry them.

Of course, that's not likely to happen. It's not...

Posted on 09/12/12 at 04:03 pm in response to Minnesota educators, policymakers train keen eye on Chicago strike: What's it all about?

Painting with a broad brush serves nothing. Without defending this particular teacher, I know nothing of the context of the accusation. There may, in fact, be circumstances where showing a home movie of an old football game may help to illustrate some historical fact. That may be stretching to find a justification, but I don't know the circumstances. Outsiders can make many valid educational practices seem wasteful, if they cherry pick them. It also speaks to the ongoing debate,...

Posted on 08/30/12 at 04:19 pm in response to Dayton strongly objects to partisan committee vote rejecting state union contracts

fpr your comment. It IS envy. No one is stopping the private sector from organizing to improve their lot. Well, I take that back. I'm sure Republicans would like to minimize such organizing, even though they profess to dislike only public unions. And yes, Mr. Tester, public employees do pay in for their health care and they do pay taxes (& certainly at a greater rate than the Romneys of this world).

Posted on 08/28/12 at 08:47 pm in response to Amendments likely to face more political and legal hurdles even if they pass

for being against the marriage amendment in a commentary at the state fair. His opposition to the voter ID amendment is also on record. I don't think he is worried, either way, about what it means to any re-election bid. He is in his last public job. He is his own man, not really beholding to any party. To think his moves are politically motivated by party concerns is not borne out by his recent past. He will follow his principles, not the Democratic party's principles.

Posted on 07/19/12 at 12:49 pm in response to The ‘I Do’ factor and poverty: Why are married families better off?

The reduction of marriage to be solely about the raising of children is a fraud. Certainly it is in the free, American legal sense. It is as if Mr. Swift's religious leanings are paramount for all of us. As a teacher, I would prefer that my students have two loving parents, as well as loving and supportive siblings and extended families. I agree with Mr. Swift on that. But it ignores reality and also invalidates so many marriages of which raising children is not/or is no longer a part...

Posted on 07/19/12 at 06:09 pm in response to The ‘I Do’ factor and poverty: Why are married families better off?

It is not being "abandoned". It is being expanded to reflect reality. You might try the real world sometime, not the world as you wish it could be. Homosexual folks have always been with us. They are not some 'special interest' group you can wish away, although you can discriminate them into hiding. I don't care if being gay is by nature or by choice. In a free America, if someone chooses to associate with another consenting adult, that's their business, not mine. Period. Marriage,...