http://www.hometownsource.com/blogs ECM Publishers Sat, 10 May 2008 17:18:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Scott Johnson is, and the journalism community should be, very concerned with Rep. Mindy Greiling's irresponsible letter to the Star Tribune, in which she accused columnist Katherine Kersten of being "reckless," and for writing a "gross distortion of the facts" that put children's lives at risk. Based on those assertions, ... http://www.hometownsource.com/blogs/index.php/2008/05/10/greiling-the-heavy/ I just don’t see the point. I mean, I know we’re talking about swords here, but kicking two kids out of school for the rest of the year for purchasing a couple of souvenir swords on a choir trip in England seems like overkill. The District 196 School Board can’t elaborate publicly ... http://www.hometownsource.com/blogs/index.php/2008/05/09/the-policy-is-mightier-than-the-sword/ According to the Tax Foundation, Minnesota has the third-highest corporate tax burden in the known universe, 41.4 percent. That's higher than all but Pennsylvania and Iowa in the U.S., and significantly higher than more socialist nations like Germany, France, and Canada. It's an outrage! Call your representative today and insist that ... http://www.hometownsource.com/blogs/index.php/2008/05/08/propped-up/ Despite providing zero evidence that anything Katherine Kersten wrote about TIZA was in error, Rep. Mindy Greiling is a-okay with calling for her ouster at the Star Tribune. Far less surprising is the Star Tribune's willingness to run such a letter, extremely short on substance but long on personal attacks, ... http://www.hometownsource.com/blogs/index.php/2008/05/08/no-love-lost/ May brings flowers, long walks in the park and a good game of Frisbee golf, a.k.a. “frolfing.” It brings the first smells of barbecue, excitement for farmer’s markets and the chance to sip coffee outside of cafes. If you can’t tell, sunshine in my face and a warm breeze are some of ... http://www.hometownsource.com/blogs/index.php/2008/05/07/slather-on-the-sunscreen/ Never one to miss an opportunity to gain politically from a tragedy, the Goracle yesterday blamed the Myanmar cyclone on global climate warming change: ...we’re seeing consequences that scientists have long predicted might be associated with continued global warming. "Predicted." "Might be associated." In Al Gore's world, even the vaguest and insupportable ... http://www.hometownsource.com/blogs/index.php/2008/05/07/fiction-over-fact/ In this season of high gas prices and finger-pointing, the Tax Policy Blog notes that - since 1981 and the passage of the Windfall Profits Tax - government has made more off of oil than...well...oil companies. The cumulative total is: government - $1.65 trillion, oil companies - $1.12 trillion. Here's ... http://www.hometownsource.com/blogs/index.php/2008/05/05/misguided/ After my last somewhat depressing when you really think about it entry about the rising cost of life, I couldn’t help but sarcastically chuckle to myself when I came across Mukesh Ambani’s plans for his family’s 60-story home. That’s right. Not six stories, which would still be more than ridiculous. Nope, ... http://www.hometownsource.com/blogs/index.php/2008/05/04/what-rich-people-buy/ Minnesota Monitor, ground zero for the local Sorosphere and another entity that would be shrieking were Franken a Republican, instead goes after the source of the story, Michael Brodkarb. It's line of attack is exceptionally disingenuous given past stonewalling about its own funding sources. It's also humorous to note that ... http://www.hometownsource.com/blogs/index.php/2008/05/03/whos-on-the-payroll-again/ Suddenly Lars and the gang are all about file sharing? Apparently so in this recent interview with Rolling Stone. "We have FLACs and MP3s for sale. It was never about downloading per se." These guys are a complete joke, I think I got my last Metallica CD when I was in I ... http://www.hometownsource.com/blogs/index.php/2008/05/02/metallica-got-hypocracy/