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Tony Dunlop

Minneapolis, MN
Commenter for
2 years 13 weeks

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Posted on 06/13/12 at 11:49 am in response to Minnesota counties starting to discuss how they’d handle possible Photo ID procedures

"ID cards and driver’s licenses are printed off-site and are “impossible to print on the spot” because of specific security features,” said Kristine Chapin, a public information officer.

“It would be impossible with the system we currently have,” she said."

I work at a community college, where students are photographed and their ID cards printed in less than a minute.

Posted on 06/13/12 at 11:37 am in response to Ramsey County estimates $1.7 million per biennium for state-issued Voter ID

"As long as she is doing her job - during school hours - according to the dictates of her employers, then how far are they entitled to take their control of what she does on her own time?"

Good question. A bit off topic, but I'd ask the same thing about mandatory drug tests.

Posted on 06/13/12 at 11:43 am in response to Ramsey County estimates $1.7 million per biennium for state-issued Voter ID

Here's the wording of the proposed amendment:

"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require all voters to present valid photo identification to vote and to require the state to provide free identification to eligible voters, effective July 1, 2013?"

Note that this does not say the ID card must have a current address. Since poor folks do tend to move a lot, and the Republicans (dishonestly, in my view) claim their purpose is not to disenfranchise the poor, one solution...

Posted on 06/14/12 at 10:10 am in response to Ramsey County estimates $1.7 million per biennium for state-issued Voter ID

"(b) All voters voting in person must present valid government-issued photographic
identification before receiving a ballot. The state must issue photographic identification
at no charge to an eligible voter who does not have a form of identification meeting the
requirements of this section. A voter unable to present government-issued photographic
identification must be permitted to submit a provisional ballot. A provisional ballot must
only be counted if the...

Posted on 06/19/12 at 08:35 pm in response to Ramsey County estimates $1.7 million per biennium for state-issued Voter ID

...because I'm pretty sure it's already part of the Constitution. Only parts (b) and (c) make up the amendment. Nothing in the amendment says the ID has to verify any of that eligibility stuff, which is already the law of the land.
Like I said, a jobs bill for lawyers.

Posted on 06/11/12 at 10:58 pm in response to UnitedHealth would continue some parts of Obamacare

Keith Haring...*brrrrr*...you're scaring me now.

Posted on 05/09/12 at 08:56 am in response to State GOP report reveals lack of accountability in party spending

"Among the revelations were payments of $18,000 to an investigator for research on the legalization of marijuana. According to the report, the investigator, Tim Goar, also helped with media relations, but “Goar claims to have very few written reports and did not think he had saved any of his work. He says he had… only a verbal agreement with [Ryan] Griffin,” the party’s executive director. The report adds: “We were unable to successfully contact Griffin.” "

No need for parody! It...

Posted on 05/08/12 at 08:19 am in response to Sister Brigid McDonald calls Vatican's reprimand of U.S. nuns group a 'misuse of power'

"And your arguments in an effort to do so are not made any more compelling by the fact that your definition of an unborn fetus as a "human being" is generally not shared by those you are arguing with. Don't try to rename abortion statistics as the killing of human beings. It doesn't help your argument except with those who already agree with you."

I don't know if Sister McDonald or any of those in her order have stated that abortion is an acceptable course of action when faced with an...

Posted on 04/18/12 at 04:05 pm in response to Conflicted Catholics: Consciences wrestle with church actions on marriage amendment

I just don't bother. First, it's only the Internet f'r cryin' out loud; second, you only get shouted down and called a hate-filled neanderthal bigot. It's definitely a one note choir around here.

Posted on 04/19/12 at 09:59 am in response to Conflicted Catholics: Consciences wrestle with church actions on marriage amendment

Here's what I don't get. We don't live in the Middle Ages; religious affiliation is a completely voluntary association. There are lots of church organizations that are socially liberal. If people who currently belong to the Roman Catholic Church are dissatisfied that its doctrines are not in accord with their personal views, why on earth stay in that Church? The UCC or PCUSA would be more than happy to have you, especially as their membership numbers have been declining for decades.
No...