Comments by Brandon_Minster

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Posted on April 23 at 11:12 a.m.

I really enjoyed this article. Good job.

On College basketball referee at the top of his game

Posted on March 10 at 11:51 a.m.

"All men are created equal" is justification for murder?

On Mangiaracina : Life began nine months earlier

Posted on February 25 at 4:57 p.m.

Wait a minute, Zach: McCain's a Republican? Are you sure?
Why don't I write something like this about all the candidates? I have space considerations, but two weeks ago I wrote this:
http://www.kansan.com/stories/2008/feb/1...
Simon: I agree that both parties suck, but I think they've gone too far to tell which one sucks "more." It's like arguing that infinity over one is bigger than infinity over two.

On Minster: McCain’s blundering demonstrates effective PR

Posted on February 14 at 9:20 a.m.

Plus, Free For All is often backwards, with older comments further down the page, so many comments don't make sense when first read. And comments were funnier when they weren't just online responses to online comments. Typical Free For All now reads like this:
"No, you're the idiot."
"Anyone who doesn't like beer is an idiot."
"I don't like beer."

On Mersmann: We’re through, Free for All

Posted on February 11 at 5:09 p.m.

eredin and GO_UK:
The Ron Paul spokesman at the caucus said Paul was anti-NAFTA, anti-CAFTA, anti-free trade. However, on the link supplied by eredin, Paul says, "Free trade is not the problem." His position is more nuanced than his caucus spokesman gave him credit for, and I'm sorry my article didn't make that distinction. Paul's position on the website makes more sense than my article would suggest.

On Minster: Republican caucus: tiger cages, scripture and free trade reform

Posted on January 29 at 8:53 a.m.

Linguo, it's hard to take you seriously. I try, because I'm just that nice a guy, but you have to know that I have no ability to remove any posts, nor do I have access to information. Of course, you know exactly who I am, and you can easily find my address and phone number, but as soon as you start to think maybe I can find out your name, you come up with paranoid ramblings. Look over your shoulder, quick! I'm watching you!

My article contains no jabs at women and the poor. It contains jabs at Darion Hammie and Ambrosia Ortiz, but I can see them as individuals, not as members of a group identity. I jabbed at Darion and Ambrosia, not at women. And as for the poor, my article is written in defense of the world's poor who experience real hardship while rich Americans convince themselves they are poor.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that you think the industrialization of India and China is a bad thing. Am I right? Yet you console yourself with thoughts of caring for the poor.

On Recession needs new definition

Posted on January 24 at 5:19 p.m.

This is a great article. I was interested the whole way through. It made the Kansan a delight to read today.

On Looking at both sides of the scalp

Posted on January 24 at 5:18 p.m.

I access the Doomsday Clock all the time and I'm not a Rush 24/7 member. It's at the bottom of the page, in the same box where you can order Rush Limbaugh Peace Prize shirts.

On Greening it

Posted on November 9 at 4:19 p.m.

Cited my initials to what end? Of what are my initials apt? You're lying again right now.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/21/new.orl...

Is this an acceptable source for you? Included here are such things as: "All New Orleans residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina should be allowed to rebuild if they choose, and the city will not stand in the way of reconstruction in areas considered vulnerable to flooding in future storms, Mayor Ray Nagin announced Monday." "The mayor said he had rejected a controversial proposal for a moratorium on issuing building permits in flood-damaged neighborhoods that don't have a viable redevelopment plan, which triggered anger at recent public hearings." "The suggestion by the commission that some areas of the city might not be redeveloped triggered a political firestorm among displaced New Orleans residents." "But critics complained that limiting redevelopment would discourage the city's mostly black diaspora from coming home."

So areas which lack viable redevelopment plans can still get building permits because no one wants to limit the return of the city's mostly black diaspora. Which is what I said. Articles that say the same can also be found at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather/j...
and http://www.nola.com/katrina/

On Minster: Race factor inhibits effectiveness

Posted on November 9 at 3:36 p.m.

My arguments are, like, totally better than yours! So THERE!

On Hayes: Neutral territory true test of team

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