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Wayne Swickley

New Hope, MN
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4 years 9 weeks

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Posted on 01/06/11 at 01:28 pm in response to Republicans read Constitution into Congressional Record: This could be an impressive political coup

Re: the photo that accompanies this article. I suspect that it's very misleading. Are there any shots available of the empty chairs that are hearing this reading?

Posted on 07/01/10 at 10:23 am in response to New Entenza ad promises to pull MN out of NCLB

@Paul Brandon:
How about providing a link or two?

Posted on 06/28/10 at 11:55 am in response to U.S. in Afghanistan: The McCain Doctrine and the Powell Doctrine

I really don't remember any of the Sunday morning network "news" shows having as many members of the minority party on, on a weekly basis, expressing the opposition viewpoint, as frequently they do now, when GWB was in the White House.

My biggest concern: Why do 'the media' continually foist John McCain's opinions on us? He seems to be on the talking head shows on a weekly basis, doesn't he?

There are 99 other senators* -- my guess is that you can't name either of Wyoming'...

Posted on 06/28/10 at 04:31 pm in response to Star Tribune deletes Katherine Kersten's blog

@Mitch Berg: Perhaps you'd prefer "der Strafkolonie"? ;)

Posted on 06/28/10 at 03:20 pm in response to Star Tribune deletes Katherine Kersten's blog

@Randi Reitan: I've read Kersten's column for years (okay, so you caught me...I've rarely been able to get past the fourth or fifth paragraph, but I do always start with an honest "this time" intent), and I have a question for you, regarding your comment about "...a whole segment of our society":

Which one?

Posted on 06/28/10 at 11:42 am in response to Emmer would cut benefits and per diems for elected officials

I read the St. Cloud article, and there's no mention of how much money this scheme would save the taxpayers of Minnesota. Nor does it mention what percentage of the $5-to-$9 billion shortfall this would address, though I suspect that "a thimbleful in an ocean" is a reasonable comparison.

Too, I'm not seeing how much of such reimbursement Mr. Emmer received during his tenure as a state representative. Perhaps he could release this information to the public, who paid it to him.

Posted on 06/18/10 at 11:17 am in response to Films' 'Fab Four': brief, memorable movie lines

"I didn't mean it!" - Seymour Krelboin (Little Shop Of Horrors [1960])

Posted on 12/09/09 at 01:02 pm in response to My conversation with Michele Bachmann: 'I'm a lovable little fuzz ball!'

I got as far as her saying, "I think [bringing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to New York for a criminal trial in civilian court] is terrible, an absolutely terrible idea," without a follow-up question from the interviewer, something along the lines of, "Why do you think that?" or "What do you think will happen because of this?" when I realized that this was less an interview than a platform. The remainder of the article further established my observation as accurate.

Perhaps there were...

Posted on 09/24/09 at 11:16 am in response to Startribune.com tops nation's newspapers in per-user time

Just my personal observation, David, but I find that I spend an inordinate amount of time on the Strib site just trying to FIND things! It's the most poorly organized newspaper site that I regularly visit, and the search feature is for crap. The 20 minute figure doesn't surprise me a bit.

Posted on 05/16/09 at 05:39 pm in response to Coleman, Kersten back in the Star Tribune

So, you're decrying George Will and Charles Krauthammer's cookie cutter approach? Have you ever read Kersten on a regular basis? Did you know there was going to be a quiz today? Yup. Here goes: Katherine Kersten's first column will be about:
(a) same-sex marriage (against);
(b) religious schools (against non-Christian ones);
(c) abortion (against);
(d) taxes (against);
(e) all of the above.

My money's on "a", even though it doesn't matter. If you...