I received an email today from my good friends at the GOP (a friend of mine signed me up as a joke) about some misinformation the Dems have been spreading around. Mr. Rexrode explains that the Dems have been spreading false claims about the rate of abortions over GWB’s time in office. This claim by [...]
Wasn’t the justification for Bush’s wars basically, “We much destroy life in order to save it?” How is that different from stem cell research? Even as an apples to apples comparison, it looks hypocritical, but the average rational human would probably put more weight on the life of a living innocent human than embryonic cells [...]
Jackie Archbold does a great job breaking down the side-effects of coddling to people in the exurbs at the expense of the inner city in her May 22nd letter to the Editor. A huge step backward We have added yet another item to our ‘What Were They Thinking?’ list of Minnesota transportation issues: Drivers may [...]
Letters from readers: “Investing in families In his commentary in the May 15 Star Tribune, Gov. Tim Pawlenty notes that ‘Minnesotans must spend nearly a third of the year working for the government before they start working for themselves and their families.’ His choice of words suggests that the time I spend ‘working for the [...]
Well put: The Top Ten Conservative Idiots, No. 197 – Democratic Underground: “George W. Bush lying lying lying warmongering warmongering warmongering We mentioned this item in passing last week but it’s surely worth bringing up again – especially since most of the corporate media seem too scared to touch it. A secret British memo released [...]
I wonder if Debbie Limke sees the irony in her statements now that they’re written down? Minnesota Poll: Gas-tax support runs low: “‘I think gas prices are high enough the way it is,’ said Debbie Limke, 44, of Apple Valley, mother of three sons. Higher pump prices have been especially tough on ‘people who have [...]
Reid brings it to Bush, then apologizes? Come on. I suppose it wasn’t the most diplomatic thing to say, but it would have more political sting (and reinforce the direction of Bush’s polling numbers) if it wasn’t followed up with an immediate apology. He should have at least offered a clarification, “Oh did I say [...]
It would be nice to see the FDA set their policies based on sound scientific evidence rather than bigoted policies like this: CBS News | New Rules For Sperm Donors | May 6, 2005�02:31:33: “‘Under these rules, a heterosexual man who had unprotected sex with HIV-positive prostitutes would be OK as a donor one year [...]
Thank you, Father Dennis Dease, for clearly differentiating between a controvesial opinion that encourages debate of the issues of the day, and the hateful vile Ann Coulter spews. Father Dease: Coulter talk tests controversial issues statement: “Perspectives differ, and as I stated earlier, to a certain extent we must leave the answer “to the eye [...]
