Tag: economy
member name: Tim Nelson
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October 12, 2008 11:14 AM EDT --
For as much as I detest the partisan nature of every campaign this year, I think we have far too few debates. Every one I know has a wide range in their politics. Personally, I am far left on health care, . . . more
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April 05, 2008 06:17 PM EDT --
This tale begins with nothing much on TV.
Governor Tim Pawlenty was on the local public affairs show on the PBS channel this Friday night. Five minutes into the interview, the subject of education, . . . more
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April 16, 2008 08:32 PM EDT --
(Caution, one word near the end could be considered naughty)
Many people can relate to too much overtime at work. The hours and days go by and there is no time to get anything else done. It was at . . . more
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January 06, 2008 11:16 AM EST --
The candidates swimsuit competition was held at an undisclosed location provided by Dick Cheney. The event, where no cameras or media is allowed, has a past veiled in secrecy, but can be traced back to . . . more
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February 10, 2008 11:11 AM EST --
Many people remember getting an "incomplete" on a school assignment. This meant that, while all of what you sent in may have been very good, you will recieve no credit.
The following is . . . more
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October 05, 2008 10:30 AM EDT --
Does anything come to mind? This is where I would begin:
The religious certainty of Bush, happy with his decisions and comfortable with the outcomes, is exactly how Obama comes across. Cool and calm, . . . more
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March 15, 2008 03:02 PM EDT --
Buyer's remorse is familiar to anyone who has voted in an election.
In an effort to get people to comment on this article, I offer the following scientific process of elimination.
Buyer's . . . more
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December 24, 2007 03:41 PM EST --
I have been an advocate for SAFEGE (solar) monorail for the past 7 years. If anyone reading this is a citizen of Florida, please take some time out, after the holidays, to write your State Legislators . . . more
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March 08, 2008 03:54 PM EST --
Hillary Clinton -- First Communitarian President/VP of the United States?
http://nord.twu.net/acl/hilary.html
My take on it is that libertarians, frustrated that libertarianism was being mocked . . . more
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December 02, 2007 10:24 AM EST --
The Taxpayers League in Minnesota wants to bring capitalism to the public sector, another unnamed group wants to bring socialism (government regulation) to the private sector. The problem is not that either . . . more
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September 06, 2008 10:38 AM EDT --
Obama has voted in a more partisan manner in any time period. They both need to stop preaching to the choir, and get on with it.
That's all that needs to be said right now.
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September 07, 2008 11:10 AM EDT --
I like last November a heck of a lot better than this November. Last November, Hillary was expanding her base of blue collar males to recreate a big tent, Democratic party. Joe Biden was fiesty in troop . . . more
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March 12, 2008 09:06 PM EDT --
Both parties began purging moderates in the mid-seventies.
Richard Nixon was a moderate, but also a war hawk, much like John McCain is today. Ronald Reagan led the charge to change that reality in . . . more
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September 22, 2008 09:02 PM EDT --
"I am not a Democrat who believes that we can or should defend every government program just because it's there," Obama said at a rally in Green Bay. "We will fire government managers . . . more
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September 28, 2008 11:49 AM EDT --
The strange bedfellows of far left activists, and House Republicans took on bailouts this weekend, with all the expected results. After doubling the size and complexity of the bill every couple of hours, . . . more
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September 20, 2008 02:22 PM EDT --
A do nothing Congress is by definition a shortage of centrists. In the 1970's, a quarter of Congress were aisle-crossing centrists, there is no shortcut to a "do something" congress other . . . more
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August 24, 2008 06:02 PM EDT --
In Minnesota, we have a mini-version of the Presidential contest in our Senate race. Al Franken is going up against Norm Coleman. The budget for the two candidates is huge, and the heated ad content is . . . more
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September 30, 2007 12:39 PM EDT --
News of the future, 50 years from today
Waste recycling and curbing have shaped the political, economic, and environmental landscape over the past 50 years. Curbing, which began as a backlash to . . . more
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December 15, 2007 10:04 AM EST --
They say that most of the population spends about 15% of their income on medical costs.
How about a 5% cap on employee medical costs. This would include premiums + copays + deductibles + prescriptions. . . . more
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September 28, 2008 04:50 PM EDT --
Americans have a high standard of living, we consume like pigs, and when the rest of the world grabs a peice, we squeel like a stuck one. Times, they are a-changin'.
New technology cuts overhead, . . . more
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