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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:07 AM Original message |
My formerly positive views towards Minnesota are vastly diminished |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well, since I live in Kansas, I try not to broad brush an entire state |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. 9/11 and the Patriot Act... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. ...equals abundant motive i.e. implementing pre-established plans |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. This is what happens when a recount follows the letter of the law. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. I hear that, but I'm still |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. You've put your finger right on it |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yep. We need a new outdoor stadium now. nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. No taxpayer-funded stadium for me, thanks! |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Long term: Thousands of new jobs. Profit on the investment. |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Part-time, low-wage, no-benefit jobs is not economic development |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Improved infrastructure? Drive by Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis sometime |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. That's horse-puckey! |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. Problem is the average person doesn't recognize subversions of democracy... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. When they elected Jesse Ventura, lots of us figured out that there were more than a few... |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It's Not Unique to Minnesota. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Oh, I make no claim it's unique to Minnesota. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. There were a lot of factors that went into the Ventura election. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
11. You're thinking of the Minnesota that Hubert Humphrey, Gene McCarthy, Fritz Mondale, Paul Wellstone |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. Why generalize and stereotype an entire state like that? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
14. Well, in the case of Franken/Coleman, we are actually following the law to the letter. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Minnesota's election law should be changed |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. No, there shouldn't |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. It's perfectly imaginable |
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tangent90 (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. I moved away from MN a few years ago...that has to be a contributing factor. |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. No, it's my absence -- I've been gone for 5 years now. |
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tangent90 (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Crap, now that we've confessed, they'll blame us. |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. The Repukes have made great gains here in the past 15-20 years |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
23. An unbalanced media has consequences. |
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