Letter: Confiscating our liberties

Craig H.
11/03/2009 12:55 PM

Ian, they'll never admit to anything positive when it comes to the opposition. They're playing politics pure and simple. Their entire political philosophy consists of "Republican good, everyone else bad" and there is no reasoning with people like that.

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Casey O.
11/03/2009 8:57 AM

Larry H. Willmar, MN 11/02/2009 9:52 PM, very good comment and so true.

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Brian K.
11/03/2009 12:23 AM

Ian S......well I am going to ask you a question......If I borrow a million dollars from the bank......things are pretty good for awhile, but what happens when i have to pay it back? yeah, maybe things are looking good right now, but we still owe a gazillion dollars and have not created any long lasting jobs....yeah, the roads may be improved and people have jobs while working on the road, but what happens when the project is over? We have a road, but that worker is still without a job. Don't get sucked in by everything you read or hear, we borrowed a $%#@$^ load of money that can never be paid back.....regardless of the party in control, I hardly call that a turn around.

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Barb K.
11/02/2009 10:23 PM

Ian - I agree with you 10:19 post. However, from what I understand the reason they do that is because they cover the cost of replacing what is being sold.

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darla j.
Grand Forks, ND     11/02/2009 6:55 PM

But does it do any good to worry yourself sick about it? ( dollar) . Didn't it say something like a cheerful heart /laughter is like medicine in the bible? See they didn't need to give all the seeds to the guy. (joking) but I get your point. maybe I have more trust in the elected officals! And if you don't, why even bother to vote! They have or should have allot more information than I do on the subject. So let them do their job!

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darla j.
Grand Forks, ND     11/02/2009 5:02 PM

Yes, I have been influenced by people. Friends, neighbors, pastors and teachers but always in the positive. I see little value in the negative. When has something negative ever built someone up? I agree your opinion isn't necessary wrong, but it seems to be in the minority of opinions. As what's the motive? I hear something on the news ( as what Rush says ) then its repeated on here. Who's opinion am I reading ??? And who is being influenced? And has that opinion, lifted you up or dragged you down? I would think it would get to be, quite depressing if everything a person thinks was negative.

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bill H.
11/02/2009 1:44 PM

craig h: The right continually complains that everyone is against them. They claim they are treated unfairly by a biased press. They claim to be misunderstood and judged unfairly. We hear this continually, yet we catch them in airport bathrooms trying to hire male hookers. We catch them in drug busts, we catch them having affairs on their wives and husbands. We catch them trying to find others to "Dr. shop" for them (Limbaugh)so they can get their drugs. All the while they were pointing their fingers at others for doing what they were doing.They have got to stop and think that it is possible, that they are just plain wrong. They also have to realize that solving the nation's problems, is not the same as joining their opponents. Most of them would rather see our nation fail than see a successful Obama presidency. What they don't know is Obama could be a failed one term disgrace of a president and still look good, when compared to his predicessor. They are hoping against all hope that we soon forget the last 8 years and I don't see it happening anytime soon. Till then, they will remain what they have been reduced to, a shell of what they once were before bush.

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Craig H.
11/02/2009 1:17 PM

The Constitution doesn't say the President has the right to go to war either but that didn't seem to bother the right when we invaded Iraq. The constitution doesn't say the state can commit murder but that doesn't bother the right when it comes to capital punishment. I don't understand something, the author implies the government has taken over those industries or is trying to yet there is no evidence of any of this. The government did not take over the banking industry during the last administration though it did prop it up. The government did not take over the auto industry though it did prop it up. The government has not proposed to do away with the health insurance industry tho it boggles the mind why people would actually defend such an industry that provides nothing of value to society as a whole. While the constitution may not say the government cannot do the things the author is "complaining" about (to suit a political agenda I'm guessing), it does not say the government cannot do those things either.

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darla j.
Grand Forks, ND     11/02/2009 11:21 AM

What is another word for an easily influenced person? answer, gullible!!!

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Casey O.
11/02/2009 11:00 AM

I agree that our president needs to make his decision on our troops. He either needs to send more, as requested, or he needs to start pulling out. It is a war. We can't leave our troops short staffed.

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