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		<title>Comment on A blog campaign? by harrywelty</title>
		<link>http://lincolndemocrat.com/?p=991&#038;cpage=1#comment-5545</link>
		<dc:creator>harrywelty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello Diane,
In answer to your questions.
1. YES!
2. Supt. Dixon told me after last Tuesday&#039;s School Board meeting that it would take two months to prepare the presentation for the state.
3. Yes. You should send your comments to the Governor at:
     Governor Pawlenty
     Office of the Governor
     130 State Capitol
     75 Rev. Martin Luther King Dr.
     St. Paul, MN  55155
4. Yes, but Brad should call me. I&#039;ll be vacationing during early August. Let him know.
5. No its not too late. I think the Governor will be highly unlikely to have his administration OK this without the approval of Duluth&#039;s voters. I wrote him a letter on the subject which is the next thing I will post.  If he comes to the conclusion that we want a referendum I doubt that he would ignore our wishes. He will not want to alienate his own voters. The philosophy of the GOP these days is strongly inclined toward referendum and initiative. None-the-less we must not be complacent.

If the State finds the Red Plan problematic I don&#039;t think a 4-3 school board will dare put it into effect. I&#039;m still researching what could be done should I be wrong on this point. If the School Board does decide to come up with a plan B everything will be on the table again. Proposing a second plan will take us nearly to the election and that almost certainly means a new Board will have to sign off on it. At least that&#039;s what I anticipate.

Thanks for the inquiry. 

Harry</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Diane,<br />
In answer to your questions.<br />
1. YES!<br />
2. Supt. Dixon told me after last Tuesday&#8217;s School Board meeting that it would take two months to prepare the presentation for the state.<br />
3. Yes. You should send your comments to the Governor at:<br />
     Governor Pawlenty<br />
     Office of the Governor<br />
     130 State Capitol<br />
     75 Rev. Martin Luther King Dr.<br />
     St. Paul, MN  55155<br />
4. Yes, but Brad should call me. I&#8217;ll be vacationing during early August. Let him know.<br />
5. No its not too late. I think the Governor will be highly unlikely to have his administration OK this without the approval of Duluth&#8217;s voters. I wrote him a letter on the subject which is the next thing I will post.  If he comes to the conclusion that we want a referendum I doubt that he would ignore our wishes. He will not want to alienate his own voters. The philosophy of the GOP these days is strongly inclined toward referendum and initiative. None-the-less we must not be complacent.</p>
<p>If the State finds the Red Plan problematic I don&#8217;t think a 4-3 school board will dare put it into effect. I&#8217;m still researching what could be done should I be wrong on this point. If the School Board does decide to come up with a plan B everything will be on the table again. Proposing a second plan will take us nearly to the election and that almost certainly means a new Board will have to sign off on it. At least that&#8217;s what I anticipate.</p>
<p>Thanks for the inquiry. </p>
<p>Harry</p>
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		<title>Comment on A blog campaign? by Diane K</title>
		<link>http://lincolndemocrat.com/?p=991&#038;cpage=1#comment-5543</link>
		<dc:creator>Diane K</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Harry, 

    Are you running because the public did not get a chance to vote on the $257 million?
    How soon would we know whether the finance department okays what happened? Is there time for input? Now that you are a candidate are you willing to call in to a radio show, such as Brad Bennett&#039;s etc. to revisit the letter you wrote in the paper.  If candidates are running for school board positions simply because there was not a vote, is it too late to make an impact?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Harry, </p>
<p>    Are you running because the public did not get a chance to vote on the $257 million?<br />
    How soon would we know whether the finance department okays what happened? Is there time for input? Now that you are a candidate are you willing to call in to a radio show, such as Brad Bennett&#8217;s etc. to revisit the letter you wrote in the paper.  If candidates are running for school board positions simply because there was not a vote, is it too late to make an impact?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Where are the Prez candidates getting their $ by Roger Fossum</title>
		<link>http://lincolndemocrat.com/?p=986&#038;cpage=1#comment-3518</link>
		<dc:creator>Roger Fossum</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1.)  We&#039;re broke.
2.)  They&#039;re madder than we are.
3.)  We&#039;re sleepier and gentler than they are.  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1.)  We&#8217;re broke.<br />
2.)  They&#8217;re madder than we are.<br />
3.)  We&#8217;re sleepier and gentler than they are.  <img src='http://lincolndemocrat.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Roger Fossum</title>
		<link>http://lincolndemocrat.com/?p=985&#038;cpage=1#comment-3516</link>
		<dc:creator>Roger Fossum</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wish I had room to address the book&#039;s concerns here.  He&#039;s right- the church in America is not too bright and is easily bamboozled by politicians who know how to make a &quot;quick hit&quot; and &quot;schnooker&quot; the unsuspecting.  The problem is less the &quot;theo-cons&quot; in the GOP but what makes the &quot;theo-cons&quot; what they are today.  If they were intelligent, sharp and incisive, you could have the tools to help regenerate the party right there.  But it&#039;s going to take some doing to make that happen.

The church in America is inherently anti-intellectual in part because of how it was formed.  The church grew up on the frontier in America where hard work and initiative were treasured more than a college education.  You had to have &quot;what it takes&quot; to survive on the frontier, rather than a degree in philosophy.

Before the American Revolution, the evangelicals were primarily Episcopalian or Presbyterian- two &quot;high church&quot; denominations.  After the revolution, most evangelicals became Methodists or Baptists.  Methodists and Baptists hired circuit riding preachers without PhDs.  The Episcopalians and the Presbyterians insisted on preachers with high academic credentials.  When the cost of getting into a job is too high, you&#039;ll have fewer and fewer applicants.  The high church denominations are continuing their near ruinous decline in numbers while the denominations with the lowest academic requirements tend to grow.

Christianity is not anti-intellectual by nature.  Rather American Christianity has become anti-intellectual by culture.

Another problem relates to the belief in the soon return of Jesus Christ to earth.  If he&#039;s coming back tomorrow, wouldn&#039;t I be better off trying to win my neighbor than going to seminary and studying for a degree that&#039;s several years off down the road?  It leads to a very &quot;present&quot; orientation rather than a &quot;future&quot; orientation.  Why study for years if Jesus will be back next week?

The trends towards a more post modernist culture in America are also interesting.  It means churches that are oriented with a more &quot;experiential&quot; spiritualism are probably set for growth while the academically oriented denominations are going to find it more of a problem to get converts.  Look for continued growth in the charismatic churches as a result of this trend.

The Bible is not first and foremost a book of philosophy.  You have to read it deeply to pick up on themes and ideas that lie behind the stories in it.  There are a few simple things such as &quot;Thou shall not kill&quot; and &quot;Thou shall not commit adultery&quot; that are easily extrapolated into policy positions.  For example, no killing might mean no abortion and no adultery means no prostitutes.  A politician wanting to pick up another fragment of a coalition can take a stand on an issue like one of those and try to rope in another coalition partner.

I&#039;m rambling.  Have a nice day, Harry.
Your friend,

Roger</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish I had room to address the book&#8217;s concerns here.  He&#8217;s right- the church in America is not too bright and is easily bamboozled by politicians who know how to make a &#8220;quick hit&#8221; and &#8220;schnooker&#8221; the unsuspecting.  The problem is less the &#8220;theo-cons&#8221; in the GOP but what makes the &#8220;theo-cons&#8221; what they are today.  If they were intelligent, sharp and incisive, you could have the tools to help regenerate the party right there.  But it&#8217;s going to take some doing to make that happen.</p>
<p>The church in America is inherently anti-intellectual in part because of how it was formed.  The church grew up on the frontier in America where hard work and initiative were treasured more than a college education.  You had to have &#8220;what it takes&#8221; to survive on the frontier, rather than a degree in philosophy.</p>
<p>Before the American Revolution, the evangelicals were primarily Episcopalian or Presbyterian- two &#8220;high church&#8221; denominations.  After the revolution, most evangelicals became Methodists or Baptists.  Methodists and Baptists hired circuit riding preachers without PhDs.  The Episcopalians and the Presbyterians insisted on preachers with high academic credentials.  When the cost of getting into a job is too high, you&#8217;ll have fewer and fewer applicants.  The high church denominations are continuing their near ruinous decline in numbers while the denominations with the lowest academic requirements tend to grow.</p>
<p>Christianity is not anti-intellectual by nature.  Rather American Christianity has become anti-intellectual by culture.</p>
<p>Another problem relates to the belief in the soon return of Jesus Christ to earth.  If he&#8217;s coming back tomorrow, wouldn&#8217;t I be better off trying to win my neighbor than going to seminary and studying for a degree that&#8217;s several years off down the road?  It leads to a very &#8220;present&#8221; orientation rather than a &#8220;future&#8221; orientation.  Why study for years if Jesus will be back next week?</p>
<p>The trends towards a more post modernist culture in America are also interesting.  It means churches that are oriented with a more &#8220;experiential&#8221; spiritualism are probably set for growth while the academically oriented denominations are going to find it more of a problem to get converts.  Look for continued growth in the charismatic churches as a result of this trend.</p>
<p>The Bible is not first and foremost a book of philosophy.  You have to read it deeply to pick up on themes and ideas that lie behind the stories in it.  There are a few simple things such as &#8220;Thou shall not kill&#8221; and &#8220;Thou shall not commit adultery&#8221; that are easily extrapolated into policy positions.  For example, no killing might mean no abortion and no adultery means no prostitutes.  A politician wanting to pick up another fragment of a coalition can take a stand on an issue like one of those and try to rope in another coalition partner.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m rambling.  Have a nice day, Harry.<br />
Your friend,</p>
<p>Roger</p>
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		<title>Comment on Where are the Prez candidates getting their $ by John</title>
		<link>http://lincolndemocrat.com/?p=986&#038;cpage=1#comment-3283</link>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Harry, 

The map is very interesting.  There is however no surpize that most of the money comes from California and the New York areas.  Notice how little is coming from the Midwest.  What do you think that means if anything?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Harry, </p>
<p>The map is very interesting.  There is however no surpize that most of the money comes from California and the New York areas.  Notice how little is coming from the Midwest.  What do you think that means if anything?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Obama is looking better to me all the time by John</title>
		<link>http://lincolndemocrat.com/?p=979&#038;cpage=1#comment-2261</link>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Harry, 

As you know I am not a democrat.  I do agree with you however, that Obama would be a good fit for the Dems 08 run.  He is much better the Hillary would ever be.  

I think what people will say is that he is to young and not experinced enought and that will cost him in the party.  

I am looking for a good canidate for the unity party and see what if anything they can do, in our election process.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Harry, </p>
<p>As you know I am not a democrat.  I do agree with you however, that Obama would be a good fit for the Dems 08 run.  He is much better the Hillary would ever be.  </p>
<p>I think what people will say is that he is to young and not experinced enought and that will cost him in the party.  </p>
<p>I am looking for a good canidate for the unity party and see what if anything they can do, in our election process.</p>
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		<title>Comment on To Russ on Abortion by Becky</title>
		<link>http://lincolndemocrat.com/?p=966&#038;cpage=1#comment-2032</link>
		<dc:creator>Becky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice abortion argument, Harry.  You did a good job of taking the emotional out of an emotion driven controversy.  Kindness to all is a better motto in this kind of disagreement.
Reb</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice abortion argument, Harry.  You did a good job of taking the emotional out of an emotion driven controversy.  Kindness to all is a better motto in this kind of disagreement.<br />
Reb</p>
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		<title>Comment on Dick Morris projects it for Rudy an Hillary by John</title>
		<link>http://lincolndemocrat.com/?p=976&#038;cpage=1#comment-1932</link>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Harry I question Rudy winning.  I think McCain would be a better fit and in fact is the real leader for the party.  

As far as Clinton yeah I agree. I thnk Obama is a good candidate for the Dems but it is to early for him.  He will finsh in thrid or worse.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Harry I question Rudy winning.  I think McCain would be a better fit and in fact is the real leader for the party.  </p>
<p>As far as Clinton yeah I agree. I thnk Obama is a good candidate for the Dems but it is to early for him.  He will finsh in thrid or worse.</p>
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		<title>Comment on I&#8217;m going to Hell by Roger Fossum</title>
		<link>http://lincolndemocrat.com/?p=965&#038;cpage=1#comment-1607</link>
		<dc:creator>Roger Fossum</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s hard to put my finger on what bothers me about Rev Young but maybe this is it- he hasn&#039;t earned the right to condemn you.  He thinks he&#039;s warning you but you&#039;re not hearing a warning- you&#039;re hearing a condemnation that seems a bit irrational.  

Remember Paul the apostle?  What did he say when he climbed up on Mars Hill to talk to the polytheists?  He said he had come to talk to them about &quot;the unknown God&quot;.  He started where they were at and accepted them for who they were.  It didn&#039;t mean he approved of everything about them- merely that he respected them as individuals and set out to reason with them as people of good faith.

I don&#039;t get that sense with Rev. Young.  He seems quick to assume you don&#039;t have good faith.  I don&#039;t like that.  It&#039;s not right.

Don&#039;t let him bother you.  You guys are speaking past each other anyhow.

Your friend,

Roger :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s hard to put my finger on what bothers me about Rev Young but maybe this is it- he hasn&#8217;t earned the right to condemn you.  He thinks he&#8217;s warning you but you&#8217;re not hearing a warning- you&#8217;re hearing a condemnation that seems a bit irrational.  </p>
<p>Remember Paul the apostle?  What did he say when he climbed up on Mars Hill to talk to the polytheists?  He said he had come to talk to them about &#8220;the unknown God&#8221;.  He started where they were at and accepted them for who they were.  It didn&#8217;t mean he approved of everything about them- merely that he respected them as individuals and set out to reason with them as people of good faith.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t get that sense with Rev. Young.  He seems quick to assume you don&#8217;t have good faith.  I don&#8217;t like that.  It&#8217;s not right.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t let him bother you.  You guys are speaking past each other anyhow.</p>
<p>Your friend,</p>
<p>Roger <img src='http://lincolndemocrat.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on And I voted for McGovern by Roger Fossum</title>
		<link>http://lincolndemocrat.com/?p=969&#038;cpage=1#comment-1606</link>
		<dc:creator>Roger Fossum</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did you see that article in the American Conservative magazine on George McGovern?  He&#039;s a lot more conservative than you might think.  Only he would lean paleo and not neo.  

Since when is fighting a war we can&#039;t afford against an enemy we can&#039;t identify in a country we have no need of controlling conservative?

Since when is spending one trillion dollars in debt every 18 months prudent, careful and conservative?

Since when is it conservative to consolidate power in one man and to try and give the federal government more influence over our lives conservative? 

I&#039;m dismayed...  :)  Bill Clinton was far more conservative than George W Bush will ever be.  The only thing I&#039;m pleased with with George is the high caliber judicial choices he&#039;s made.  I&#039;m upset about a lot but it doesn&#039;t do any good to complain.  What can I do?  :)

Your friend,

Roger</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did you see that article in the American Conservative magazine on George McGovern?  He&#8217;s a lot more conservative than you might think.  Only he would lean paleo and not neo.  </p>
<p>Since when is fighting a war we can&#8217;t afford against an enemy we can&#8217;t identify in a country we have no need of controlling conservative?</p>
<p>Since when is spending one trillion dollars in debt every 18 months prudent, careful and conservative?</p>
<p>Since when is it conservative to consolidate power in one man and to try and give the federal government more influence over our lives conservative? </p>
<p>I&#8217;m dismayed&#8230;  <img src='http://lincolndemocrat.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   Bill Clinton was far more conservative than George W Bush will ever be.  The only thing I&#8217;m pleased with with George is the high caliber judicial choices he&#8217;s made.  I&#8217;m upset about a lot but it doesn&#8217;t do any good to complain.  What can I do?  <img src='http://lincolndemocrat.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Your friend,</p>
<p>Roger</p>
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