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	<title>Comments on: Kline refuses to hold a town-hall meeting</title>
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		<title>By: Mockingbird</title>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2009/08/kline-refuses-to-hold-a-town-hall-meeting/#comment-43069</link>
		<dc:creator>Mockingbird</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dan - How does that CHANGE anything?
Be honest.

Is it like funerals? What is a decent interval between the offer &amp; going public?
1 day? 
A week? 
A month? 
15 minutes before the townhall?

Kline could have been a hero &amp; accepted. I don&#039;t think the advantage would have been
significantly in favor of Walz if it had been accepted by Kline. 

We would have all felt better about our officials, like their positions, or not. They were taking step 1
to be honest with us about healthcare &amp; other issues to at least get up there together.

&lt;strong&gt;Now, not so. What can Kline to do repair that?&lt;/strong&gt;

Kline has not been an honorable colleague from past record. 
Politics is not exactly the same as normal business, or are you saying that it is?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dan - How does that CHANGE anything?<br />
Be&nbsp;honest.</p>
<p>Is it like funerals? What is a decent interval between the offer &amp; going public?<br />
1 day?<br />
A week?<br />
A month?<br />
15 minutes before the&nbsp;townhall?</p>
<p>Kline could have been a hero &amp; accepted. I don&#8217;t think the advantage would have been<br />
significantly in favor of Walz if it had been accepted by&nbsp;Kline. </p>
<p>We would have all felt better about our officials, like their positions, or not. They were taking step 1<br />
to be honest with us about healthcare &amp; other issues to at least get up there&nbsp;together.</p>
<p><strong>Now, not so. What can Kline to do repair&nbsp;that?</strong></p>
<p>Kline has not been an honorable colleague from past record.<br />
Politics is not exactly the same as normal business, or are you saying that it&nbsp;is?</p>
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		<title>By: Mockingbird</title>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2009/08/kline-refuses-to-hold-a-town-hall-meeting/#comment-43066</link>
		<dc:creator>Mockingbird</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Further digression &amp; clarification:

The difference in corn yield when using atrazine is reported to be tiny; 1-2%.

Maybe it does more for one&#039;s mental condition.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Further digression &amp;&nbsp;clarification:</p>
<p>The difference in corn yield when using atrazine is reported to be tiny;&nbsp;1-2%.</p>
<p>Maybe it does more for one&#8217;s mental&nbsp;condition.</p>
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		<title>By: Mockingbird</title>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2009/08/kline-refuses-to-hold-a-town-hall-meeting/#comment-43065</link>
		<dc:creator>Mockingbird</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stolen reasoning:

When they renegotiate your health care at work - and these days its DOWNWARD,
that is a net loss to your wage or salary. When your deducible is raised &amp; you need any healthcare.

If dtm is a headhunter: shouldn&#039;t removing healthcare from any compensation package help compare 2 jobs on an equal footing if it is not a function of your work salary?

Lastly, my employer wanted ME to shop around for cheaper services at various clinic &amp; hospitals in the new plan.
If I have to do this - why should it be employer mandated?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stolen&nbsp;reasoning:</p>
<p>When they renegotiate your health care at work - and these days its DOWNWARD,<br />
that is a net loss to your wage or salary. When your deducible is raised &amp; you need any&nbsp;healthcare.</p>
<p>If dtm is a headhunter: shouldn&#8217;t removing healthcare from any compensation package help compare 2 jobs on an equal footing if it is not a function of your work&nbsp;salary?</p>
<p>Lastly, my employer wanted ME to shop around for cheaper services at various clinic &amp; hospitals in the new plan.<br />
If I have to do this - why should it be employer&nbsp;mandated?</p>
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		<title>By: Mockingbird</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mockingbird</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just to clarify: 
&lt;strong&gt;Atrazine IS legal.&lt;/strong&gt;

Is is the herbicide used to inhibit weeds around corn.
&lt;em&gt;It is also implicated in frog deformities &amp; potential sex change.&lt;/em&gt;

I digress from the madness in the 6th CD. Or not.
&lt;strong&gt;This is actually about KLINE &amp; possibly Bachmann chickening out from townhalls!!!&lt;/strong&gt;

We get atrazine drifting in from other midwest states settling in Minnesota.
The last time the National EPA meetings happened here - Dr Tyrone Hayes was DIS-invited.

http://www.nrdc.org/health/pesticides/natrazine.asp
http://www.atrazinelovers.com/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just to clarify:<br />
<strong>Atrazine IS&nbsp;legal.</strong></p>
<p>Is is the herbicide used to inhibit weeds around corn.<br />
<em>It is also implicated in frog deformities &amp; potential sex&nbsp;change.</em></p>
<p>I digress from the madness in the 6th CD. Or not.<br />
<strong>This is actually about KLINE &amp; possibly Bachmann chickening out from&nbsp;townhalls!!!</strong></p>
<p>We get atrazine drifting in from other midwest states settling in Minnesota.<br />
The last time the National EPA meetings happened here - Dr Tyrone Hayes was&nbsp;DIS-invited.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nrdc.org/health/pesticides/natrazine.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.nrdc.org/health/pesticides/natrazine.asp</a><br />&nbsp;<a href="http://www.atrazinelovers.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.atrazinelovers.com/</a></p>
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		<title>By: DantheMan</title>
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		<dc:creator>DantheMan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Because it is about how professional treats his or her colleagues.  Call me old fashioned, but there was a day when you would pick up the phone and talk to your colleague, and not be chomping at the bit to alert the media and press on the same day.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Because it is about how professional treats his or her colleagues.  Call me old fashioned, but there was a day when you would pick up the phone and talk to your colleague, and not be chomping at the bit to alert the media and press on the same&nbsp;day.</p>
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		<title>By: DantheMan</title>
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		<dc:creator>DantheMan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>conviction.  sorry.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>conviction.&nbsp;sorry.</p>
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		<title>By: DantheMan</title>
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		<dc:creator>DantheMan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>amuseinc and richard - 

I appreciate your fervor and convition.  I know you truly believe that you are fighting a good fight, and that you believe you are right.  I admire that.  It takes people from all corners of the political specturm to run a good democracy, and you are doing your part.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>amuseinc and richard&nbsp;- </p>
<p>I appreciate your fervor and convition.  I know you truly believe that you are fighting a good fight, and that you believe you are right.  I admire that.  It takes people from all corners of the political specturm to run a good democracy, and you are doing your&nbsp;part.</p>
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		<title>By: amuseinc</title>
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		<dc:creator>amuseinc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually it maybe should be Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee... he lead the Senate Anti-Trust and Monopoly subcommitte in 1958 that gave baseball a legally confirmed monopoly. 

A little of the testimony... makes about as much sense as collusion between 15% of a market in one geographic area is unimportant just because it isn&#039;t 100% of the market. It is still not allowed.

VERBATIM

Senator Kefauver: I was asking you, sir, why it is that baseball wants this bill passed.

Mr. Stengel: I would say I would not know, but would say the reason why they would want it passed is to keep baseball going as the highest paid ball sport that has gone into baseball and from the baseball angle, I am not going to speak of any other sport. I am not here to argue about other sports, I am in the baseball business. It has been run cleaner than any business that was ever put out in the one-hundred years at the present time. I am not speaking about television or I am not speaking about income that comes into the ball parks: You have to take that off. I don&#039;t know too much about it. I say the ballplayers have a better advancement at the present time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually it maybe should be Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee&#8230; he lead the Senate Anti-Trust and Monopoly subcommitte in 1958 that gave baseball a legally confirmed&nbsp;monopoly. </p>
<p>A little of the testimony&#8230; makes about as much sense as collusion between 15% of a market in one geographic area is unimportant just because it isn&#8217;t 100% of the market. It is still not&nbsp;allowed.</p>
<p>VERBATIM</p>
<p>Senator Kefauver: I was asking you, sir, why it is that baseball wants this bill&nbsp;passed.</p>
<p>Mr. Stengel: I would say I would not know, but would say the reason why they would want it passed is to keep baseball going as the highest paid ball sport that has gone into baseball and from the baseball angle, I am not going to speak of any other sport. I am not here to argue about other sports, I am in the baseball business. It has been run cleaner than any business that was ever put out in the one-hundred years at the present time. I am not speaking about television or I am not speaking about income that comes into the ball parks: You have to take that off. I don&#8217;t know too much about it. I say the ballplayers have a better advancement at the present&nbsp;time.</p>
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		<title>By: danny</title>
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		<dc:creator>danny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, if only that was legal</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, if only that was&nbsp;legal</p>
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		<title>By: LakevilleDad</title>
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		<dc:creator>LakevilleDad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kline has always, always supported corporations over constituents. Bought and paid for. Wrapped up with a bow.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kline has always, always supported corporations over constituents. Bought and paid for. Wrapped up with a&nbsp;bow.</p>
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