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Susan Rego

St. Michael, MN
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Posted on 11/16/12 at 02:17 pm in response to Legislature might consider an ‘early voting’ system for Minnesota

1. Election reforms should have bi-partisan support. Just because the Minnesota Republicans broke this sensible rule, it does not invalidate the concept of fairness.

2. Absentee ballots may be processed early, but they are not put through the ballot counter until election day. In 2002, there would have been time for many absentee voters to change their vote, but they were not allowed to.

Posted on 10/29/12 at 10:23 am in response to Conservative evangelical effort to end anti-bullying Mix It Up Day misfires

I'd say a 93% rate would constitute a win. The Times story says that there are about 2500 schools participating nationwide. The 200 who cancelled equals a 7% drop rate - and we don't know if they were influenced by the AFA or if there were other reasons.

This article was a day-brightener - thanks so much for bringing it to our attention.

Posted on 10/23/12 at 10:00 am in response to The moral arc and the marriage amendment

Alas, there is a Tom Swift of Northfield and a Thomas Swift of St. Paul, and ne'er the twain shall meet.

Posted on 10/16/12 at 11:43 am in response to Many Christians do not see same-sex marriage as an issue of 'fairness'

To assert that biological evolution does not "create" attributes that are "harmful to the species as a whole" is to totally misunderstand evolution. There is no end game in evolution, and natural selection doesn't work at the species level, it works on the population level. But this debate is not about evolution.

Contrary to the author, I have not heard any arguments asserting that evolution has any bearing on the rights that our founding documents say were bestowed upon us by a...

Posted on 04/17/12 at 11:51 am in response to Bachmann on 'Meet the Press': Obama a health care 'dictator'

I've never had a stopwatch as I watched Bachmann's talking head routine. The embedded video allowed an easy way to compare how much time each guest was given to make their case.

Sen. Gilibrand: 3 minutes, 21 seconds in 4 segments

Rep. Bachmann: 7 minutes, 8 seconds in 6 segments. She interrupted Sen. Gillbrand three times, the last time just 30 seconds into Gillibrand's response to a question, and talked for 42 seconds. David Gregory tried to break in a few times, but Bachmann...

Posted on 10/28/11 at 09:40 am in response to Nate Silver ponders the Cain dilemma

Dennis Tester says of Herman Cain:

"He's seen as a friendly, outgoing conservative with private sector experience, a record of problem solving, and an actual plan that people understand. Message really does matter more than money."

And best of all, he's pro-choice!

"So what I’m saying is, it ultimately gets down to a choice that that family or that mother has to make. Not me as president. Not some politician. Not a bureaucrat. It gets down to that family. And whatever...

Posted on 10/28/11 at 09:40 pm in response to Nate Silver ponders the Cain dilemma

Sorry, Dennis, but Mr. Cain himself sent a clarification. He explained what he saw as the "thrust" of the question, and it was not abort vs. adopt.

“Yesterday in an interview with Piers Morgan on CNN, I was asked questions about abortion policy and the role of the President. I understood the thrust of the question to ask whether that I, as president, would simply ‘order’ people to not seek an abortion. My answer was focused on the role of the President. The President has no...

Posted on 10/25/11 at 03:37 pm in response to Climate skeptic admits he was wrong

If we can't trust Thomas Swift to give us the correct comedy reference, how can we believe his take on global climate change???!

"Bas-e-ball been bery, bery good to me" was Chico Escuaela (Garrett Morris) on SNL, not Cheech & Chong.

Posted on 10/14/11 at 11:51 am in response to Dems in Minnesota delegation vote 'no' on Colombia trade

The Hollywood Reporter starts out with "Iowa Congresswoman Michele Bachmann...made some embarrassing gaffes..."

Easy mistake to make, I guess. We in the Sixth have always heard Michele say her hometown is Anoka, and now we have come to learn that she left her heart in Waterloo.

Posted on 08/30/11 at 09:37 am in response to Bachmann: Hurricane Irene was a message from God

The video available on this post is from a later appearance, after Bachmann realized what she stepped in. Her delivery here is in a humorous vein.

The transcription that starts out this post is from an earlier version, the video of which doesn't show her as much in a "comedian" mode, but rather, soothsayer.

See ABC news for the first version. http://tinyurl.com/3gyaduq