tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770452401660077325.post6391068071919319581..comments2023-06-29T06:17:55.565-04:00Comments on Rudely Stamped: CollapseMichael Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16130407408359782469noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770452401660077325.post-13000487397422964992007-08-18T12:58:00.000-04:002007-08-18T12:58:00.000-04:00Life is not always a matter of preferences, but on...Life is not always a matter of preferences, but one of imposed obligations. Adults attend to their obligations first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770452401660077325.post-88651172405425341852007-08-14T13:36:00.000-04:002007-08-14T13:36:00.000-04:00Thank you, Jen.Yes, the current political duopoly ...Thank you, Jen.<BR/><BR/>Yes, the current political duopoly is really hurting our nation.<BR/><BR/>I'll check out the website.<BR/><BR/>MBMichael Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130407408359782469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770452401660077325.post-74771166462374397922007-08-14T00:32:00.000-04:002007-08-14T00:32:00.000-04:00Michael,I read your comments about disliking the D...Michael,<BR/><BR/>I read your comments about disliking the Democratic and Republican Parties on another blog in a post about Dan Seals. If you (or anyone else) lives in Illinois' 10th Congressional District, check out:<BR/><BR/>www.electdave.org<BR/><BR/>This is the website of Green Party candidate and Navy veteran Dave Kalbfleisch. I've heard the guy speak at Iraq Veterans Against the War speaking events, and your views seem similar to his.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770452401660077325.post-9432621803289254252007-08-03T18:54:00.000-04:002007-08-03T18:54:00.000-04:00Thanks for the comments, Richard. My hope is that...Thanks for the comments, Richard. My hope is that this disaster will jolt Minnesotans into re-thinking our priorities.<BR/><BR/>Michael BlaineMichael Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130407408359782469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770452401660077325.post-74426301994666472432007-08-03T02:46:00.000-04:002007-08-03T02:46:00.000-04:00Great post, Michael. And a very apropos compariso...Great post, Michael. And a very apropos comparison of spending.<BR/><BR/>I completely agree it is time we tended our own garden in America rather than interfering in those of others.<BR/><BR/>With huge chunks of I35 under water, Minnesotans now must ask themselves if absentee landlord government is all they thought it was. <BR/><BR/>Disengagement from the common good has rewarded them with tax cuts, a course cheered on by butch reactionaries like Katherine Kersten and the mad Taxpayers League.<BR/><BR/>But as it happens, there is a society, it does have needs, ignore them long enough and they will noisily collapse, and no, cutting taxes so more shit can be hauled behind the SUV on weekends at the cabin isn't sound public policy. <BR/><BR/>Gifting stadiums to the likes of Carl Pohlad isn't, either. In the face of huge want, the petty old Scrooge now should be taxed to his very marrow.<BR/><BR/>This tragedy is a bitter referendum on Minnesota's sense of entitlement, its decline under right wing leadership, the unsustainable sprawl that has made its public infrastructure groan under excess traffic, and the misshapen priorities that put stadiums ahead of public welfare.<BR/><BR/>Time for a new civic creed: "It's the bridges, stupid."Richard Cretanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379661120390117017noreply@blogger.com