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scott gibson

paynesville, MN
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Posted on 04/19/12 at 06:24 pm in response to Pro football's honchos to talk about 'franchise viability'

God's Nature is, apparently, good Republican evangelical Nature. Just plain Nature is liberal socialist deity-hatin' Nature. Really, how do you bridge this kind of schism? Of course, I'm sure Ms Franson is aware that Earth Day began, in large part, due to the efforts of that well-known pagan from Wisconsin, former senator and governor, Gaylord Nelson. The quality of our representatives is so very, very disappointing. If Ms Franson could only contribute one scintilla of what Nelson did...

Posted on 04/17/12 at 08:42 am in response to Obama campaign turns to home-grown star Josh Hartnett to rally students

I am weary of the meme that Obama was elected by people who voted for him just to 'prove' they weren't racist, or because of some form of 'liberal guilt'. Their is no proof of this, of course. Just disbelief among conservatives of the alternative. The same people decry Obama's overwhelming popularity among African-American voters by saying that they voted for him ONLY because he was black. This ignores all those other elections where the white Democratic candidate received the vast...

Posted on 02/17/12 at 11:52 am in response to Minnesota House votes to scrap seniority-only rule for teachers

Am I to understand that the union is fully responsible for students being functionally illiterate? I'm sure the students and their parents bear no part in the responsibility for any of this. I am equally sure that competent teachers are always able to reach every disinterested or absent student. It's all on the teachers, always, isn't it? We're just making widgets here in schools, aren't we, Mr. Swift? I defy to prove your unfounded comment about the teachers' unions.

Posted on 01/23/12 at 09:31 pm in response to Michele Tafoya out as WCCO Radio afternoon host

John Williams is much preferred to Tafoya. Big improvement.

Posted on 01/23/12 at 03:33 pm in response to Will MPR's 'Daily' show make news more interesting and fun?

Too bad they didn't use the change to try to re-install Catherine Lampher as host.

Posted on 01/09/12 at 10:21 pm in response to Supreme Court to take up 'repressed memories' case

Exactly how many wars does Chip think we'll have to be fighting in the near future. I think after two decade-long wars, maybe we should work harder for peaceful outcomes.

Posted on 12/19/11 at 04:44 pm in response to GOP operative Brodkorb leaves Parry campaign, too

I don't think I could have commented any more eloquently than #16.

It matters not whether a person's sexuality exists from genetics, choice or some other mechanism. This is a free country. If that person's behavior is with a consenting adult and doesn't negatively affect society (and I defy Swifty or Tester to prove that it does), then it is none of their business.

Their understanding of the nature of human sexuality is as narrow as their understanding of many other...

Posted on 12/17/11 at 11:45 am in response to Latest Amy Koch developments complicate GOP plans across the board

For #4, forget your attempt to make this some kind of equivalency test on the relative morality of Republicans vs Democrats. The Nixon incident and the Clinton incident are not remotely the same, as has been mentioned. Having a consensual affair is not an impeachable offense. Nixon was asked to leave as much for political reasons as any moral ones. I care not, personally if Amy Koch is having an affair with an adult staffer. It's between her and her family. She can keep her job. It...

Posted on 12/17/11 at 12:05 pm in response to Latest Amy Koch developments complicate GOP plans across the board

Republicans are fond of implying that Democrats are somehow morally challenged. Will they continue such charges when/if serial adulterer Gingrich is their party's nominee vs the longtime married Obama? If they were as principled as they like to claim, the churlish Gingrich would be dead in the water. It becomes clear that morals are subservient to political aims. That's a charge I would make against both parties.

Posted on 12/06/11 at 10:04 pm in response to White Earth tribe proposes Arden Hills casino to fund stadium

Having grown up on the Leech Lake Reservation, I believe the preferred nomenclature is Ojibwe, not Chippewa. Regardless, this is a needless expansion of vice. Suck it up Viking fans and pay for it yourselves. And keep it at the Dome site, where infrastructure already exists, rather than merely transferring it out of downtown, leaving a huge hole in your urban center.