Black Lives Matter verses All Lives Matter

I know this will sound nuts, but there are times when someone says "all lives matter" I get very angry.  It's because the phrase is being said not as a true statement of conviction, but rather as a cheap way to try to shut up the group Black Lives Matter.

For the record, I believe all lives do indeed matter, and I believe the African American community has been kept at a lower and different standard than the white community; a discrimination I cannot understand fully, but I still know is wrong.  I have no problem with Black Lives Matter.  The real crime is how we allowed their lives to be so neglected for so long.

Most people I know who say "all lives matter" are only doing so as a way to dismiss Black Lives Matter.  What they don't want to hear, or do hear and just want to silence the outrage, is the undeniable history of racism and bigotry that has lead the African American community to finally say enough.  The black community has been screaming for decades about unfair treatment at the hands of law enforcement, prosecutors and the courts, and white America went about their business, ignoring them.

It's the prolific abundance of cell phone cameras which is showing the real story. The African American community was telling the truth; they are being treated differently, many times with fatal consequences.  The horror is obvious to everyone, even the most racist of fools.

I was getting ready to start screaming and typing less than flattering things to the "all lives matter" trumpeters, but Bill Corbett, from RiffTrax and MST3K fame, sent me a link to a piece on the Reddit "Explain Like I'm Five" board from GeekAesthete which addresses this in a calm and rational manner, with incredible simplicity.  It's so good:

Imagine that you're sitting down to dinner with your family, and while everyone else gets a serving of the meal, you don't get any. So you say "I should get my fair share." And as a direct response to this, your dad corrects you, saying, "everyone should get their fair share." Now, that's a wonderful sentiment -- indeed, everyone should, and that was kinda your point in the first place: that you should be a part of everyone, and you should get your fair share also. However, dad's smart-ass comment just dismissed you and didn't solve the problem that you still haven't gotten any!

The problem is that the statement "I should get my fair share" had an implicit "too" at the end: "I should get my fair share, too, just like everyone else." But your dad's response treated your statement as though you meant "only I should get my fair share", which clearly was not your intention. As a result, his statement that "everyone should get their fair share," while true, only served to ignore the problem you were trying to point out.

That's the situation of the "black lives matter" movement. Culture, laws, the arts, religion, and everyone else repeatedly suggest that all lives should matter. Clearly, that message already abounds in our society.

The problem is that, in practice, the world doesn't work the way. You see the film Nightcrawler? You know the part where Renee Russo tells Jake Gyllenhal that she doesn't want footage of a black or latino person dying, she wants news stories about affluent white people being killed? That's not made up out of whole cloth -- there is a news bias toward stories that the majority of the audience (who are white) can identify with. So when a young black man gets killed (prior to the recent police shootings), it's generally not considered "news", while a middle-aged white woman being killed is treated as news. And to a large degree, that is accurate -- young black men are killed in significantly disproportionate numbers, which is why we don't treat it as anything new. But the result is that, societally, we don't pay as much attention to certain people's deaths as we do to others. So, currently, we don't treat all lives as though they matter equally.

Just like asking dad for your fair share, the phrase "black lives matter" also has an implicit "too" at the end: it's saying that black lives should also matter. But responding to this by saying "all lives matter" is willfully going back to ignoring the problem. It's a way of dismissing the statement by falsely suggesting that it means "only black lives matter," when that is obviously not the case. And so saying "all lives matter" as a direct response to "black lives matter" is essentially saying that we should just go back to ignoring the problem.

Well said indeed.  Now if we can only stop the anti-Black Lives Matter folks, and their incompetent media, from using every death of a white person at the hands of a black person as an equalizer, a way to dismiss 10 or more dead African Americans by implying the one dead white guy makes it even; a macabre quid pro quo to delegitimize from a different angle.  Yes, please stop that too.

If only it was that easy.

The Friday Link for 8/28/15

After 10 or so years of watching the Daily Show and Colbert in the mornings, it's been pretty quiet lately.  Ever since Jon Stewart finished up, it's been really silent, not as much fun.

Being Trevor Noah will stink. There is an old adage in media - You don't want to be the guy who replaces the legend.  You want to be the guy who replaced the guy who replaced the living legend.  It holds true in all of entertainment (sorry Moose Miller).  Much like Larry Willmore, who took over for Colbert, there is going to be a loss of wind in the sails, but Willmore was much better positioned to take over a timeslot of that magnitude.  I have some real big concerns about Noah.

Willmore was the "black correspondent" from the Daily Show, with years of top notch bits.  His take down of the folks who think the Civil War wasn't about slavery was epic.  When he transferred to 10:30 PM, he understood the show had to be his and his alone.  His take on the daily news from the African American perspective isn't as witty or polished at Colbert, but it is hilarious when he calls out the racial hypocrisy with his own brand of hosting.  He's ramped it up very quickly, becoming a pretty good watch in only a few months.

Trevor Noah has some funny jokes from his stand up days, and the few bits he did do on the Daily Show were somewhat funny, but I was very surprised he got the gig.  Considering I felt he was the fourth or fifth choice, he either must have really impressed in the interviews or he was the only one who would take the job.  Here's to hoping he got the gig due to his hosting ability.

Then again, it'll all be moot soon.  It was going to be tough enough with Fallon, Kimmel and O'Brien to compete with, but with Colbert soon to rule the roost at CBS late night, they'd better have their A game ready.

To give them, and you, a taste of what they are in store for, here's just Colbert cracking up.  The last time a late night host gave me giggles by just losing it with he rest of us, it was a guy named Carson.  Enjoy.

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/w9dj97/the-colbert-report-5-x-five---colbert-moments--stephen-cracks-up

I'm Back, and Feisty!

Hi all!  Thanks for understanding my blog quietness after the passing of my father in law.  Sometimes you just have to walk away.

What got me back was something that happened this morning.  There's a listener who interacts with the show on Twitter, John Appleseed, @WhizkeyDreamer.  He's been interacting with the show for awhile, and whereas some of the staff think the guy is just a troll, I disagree.  Although he and I didn't see eye to eye on everything, and he hated when I'd do a character voice, we got along fine.  That all started to change when I was talking about the shooting of the 16 year old armed robber in St. Paul.  I'm not going to revisit my stance, but let's just say JAWD intensely disagreed with me.

This morning, for some reason, he took offense at my asking questions about what happened in regards to the tragic death of a worker at the new stadium being built for the Minnesota Vikings.  Two workers were on top of the building, and as I said this morning, either they weren't using safety equipment, the safety equipment failed, or (as I realized a little later) there could've been a structural failure of some sort which cause the accident.  Really, those are the only three options on the table.  I also insisted that we, as taxpayers who are funding this boondoggle, have a right to know what exactly happened.  I'll not mix words; I want to know it the roofing subcontractor was skipping safety regulations for some reason.

This triggered JAWD to come after me.  He initially insisted I sounded like an idiot and I shouldn't be talking about the accident.  Both Bryan and I were scratching our heads, wondering what he'd heard to set him off.  We asked what was bothering him, and he just got more and more belligerent and more and more insulting.

I warned him, saying I wanted nothing more to do with the discussion, but that didn't stop him.  He just kept pushing and pushing and pushing.  Finally he said a pretty nasty insult, and that's when I blocked him.

I'm married, have three kids, a house, a dog.  I work hard on the radio show, love to be active with the kids, help them out with school and sports, garden, cook, love music and partake in the great Twin Cities art scene whenever I can.  I love Rush, Doctor Who and baseball.  Most days, I have a hard time fitting it all in.

My point is this.  I have no time for angry fools or derogatory and disrespectful jerks.  I have discovered there is a way to block people I don't like on social media, and I have no problem in doing so.  This isn't saying a person can't disagree with me.  Not at all.  Everyday I have numerous people tell me I'm wrong, defending their position with varying degrees of facts and determination.  If you think I'm wrong, challenge me, but don't become furious, indignant, foul-motuthed or hostile.  I don't mind ornery, but if I see you ramping it up more and more, and if my telling you you're getting too extreme, to tone it down, or to walk away, goes ignored, C'est la Vie.

I love interacting with you, but I don't have time to be the wall a person just wants to yell at.

The Friday Link for 8/21/15

Here's a little gem I have wanted to share.  Jerry Seinfeld is a genius.

It's not like I have to tell anyone this.  He's been the high water mark of comedy in this country for 20 years, and his "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee' is one of the purest interview shows ever, where you get a true glimpse into the person he interviews, a lot of laughs, and a masters course on comedy.  His episode with Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner is perfect.

His complete understanding of how the entertainment industry works is highlighted in this quick four minute bit with Seth Meyers.  He breaks down the entire falsehood of late night talk shows, and all interview shows for that matter, and subtly makes a tremendous point about talk show hosts; you shouldn't have to be spoon fed your interviews.  As a talk show host, you should be able to go out there and wing it, and still be able to put on a good show, especially when an entertainment titan is sitting across from you.  It's why Carson and Letterman were so good.  It also explains why Seinfeld's CICGC is so good.

It's also fun to hear him fall into classic Seinfeld cadence.  Enjoy!

Not Feeling it

Forgive me...please.

For the last few weeks, I've not been feeling it, with the 'it' referencing me sitting down and writing.  I have a ton of posts I'd like to write, but the motivation to actually type them out isn't there.

The funeral was very nice.  St. Mary's in White Bear Lake was lovely.  The cemetery plot is shaded by a big oak.  The luncheon afterwards featured some amazing Italian food from Donatelli's.  Exceptional tortellini.  The family in town was delightful.  A lot of support from family and friends.  Thanks.

My mother sent me a line from Pericles - "What you leave behind is not what is engraved on stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."  So true.

I will try to write more serious posts soon.  Until then, the Friday link will be here and I'll try to get a fun post or two up this weekend.

Thanks for understanding.  Thanks for reading this blog.  Thanks for being you.

I leave you with really cool art.

The Friday Link for 8/14/15

It's been a sad week.  Having to go through the motions of burying a loved one is sad, draining, and exhausting.  Tomorrow, I'm at a funeral.  Tomorrow I mourn.

I need a smile, with intelligence.  I'll miss Jon Stewart...

Thanks Jon.  I needed that.

Donald Trump IS the Republican Party

Many Republicans have a look of horror on their faces, jaws hanging, staring in stunned silence at what's happening to their party.  The 2016 election cycle is underway and Donald Trump, a racist, misogynist, wealth worshipping, blowhard, who's short tempered and always looking for a new grudge, is the face of the GOP.  Not only is he leading the GOP field, he seems near impervious to what some might describe as attempts to sabotage his own campaign.  He's leading despite himself.  As Republicans try to define why Trump resonates, they need to realize he's not a freak show, he's a Republican mirror.

Reality:  the Republican party of yore has disappeared.  Beloved Presidents who proudly wore 'R's next to their names wouldn't even recognize what their party has become, and many current Republican's wouldn't endorse many of their signature policy decisions.  If this GOP existed back in the time of Lincoln, you really think they would've gotten rid of slavery?  Of course not!  Many modern GOP'ers insist African Americans had it better under slavery.  If this GOP existed back in the time of Teddy Roosevelt, you think large swaths of the American West would've been set aside for public park land?  Of course not!  They would've handed the American West to the wealthiest industrialists and just asked for campaign donations in return.  If this GOP existed back in the time of Eisenhower, do you think the Interstate Road System would've been built?  Of course not, at least not the way he built it.  It would've been done for wealthy communities only, at an astronomically higher cost, with kickbacks to the industries that got them elected.

It wasn't one thing that changed the Republican party, rather people and events changed it over time.  If the pre-1960's Republican party was a thick forest, the embracing of the Dixie-crats was the beginning of them cutting down the trees.  Reagan was the next step, building a dirt road on the cleared land.  Gingrich and Dole upgraded the dirt road to a country highway, and Karl Rove and Dick Cheney finished the job by paving over the whole thing.  The funny part is, as the modern Republican voter cruises across this asphalt wasteland, they insist the best part of the drive, and the main reason they continue to vote Republican, is the lovely shade of the long gone trees.

The Republican party morphed over time to fit the Trump mold.  It explains why he wasn't fully embraced when he broke onto the scene in the 80's and 90's.  He was ahead of his time, needing the Republican Party to catch up, which they did after the last Presidential election cycle.  After the 2012 debacle, the Republican's did their own 'autopsy' to try to figure out what went wrong with the Romney campaign.  They correctly pinpointed the problem.  They'd alienated African-Americans, Latinos, women, the GLBT community and anyone who supported those groups, which in turn is the majority of American voters.  But then, the Republicans ignored their autopsy results, and doubled down on the bigotry, misogyny, homophobia and hatred.  Much like Anikan Skywalker killing off Mace Windu, completing his turn to the dark side, after 2012, the GOP arrived at their current destination, welcoming in the Age of Trump.

Trump embodies every element of the GOP, much to their chagrin.  

Trump mimics the wealthy financiers who create these presidential candidates, but he does the Koch brothers and their ilk one better.  Their model involves getting some brainless low level Republican stooge, who can be sold as a pillar of political integrity, lifting them out of their obscure community or state position, giving them tons of money and some advisors, and propelling them onto a much larger stage.  If they can maintain the mirage of competence, and if they pay back the wealthy donors through massive quid pro quo, they then get groomed for the big stage, a Presidential race (see Walker, Bush...well most of the GOP field).  

Trump turns their model on it's ear.  He doesn't need to find a brainless Republican stooge; he is one!  He doesn't need the money people to back him up; he has that too.  He's their worst nightmare, a candidate who's blown up the modern GOP grooming system, simply by eliminating the middle man!

Trump takes what the Republican politicians and pundits do, and has made it a way of life.  Look at Trump's current war with Megyn Kelly from Fox News.  Clearly she, and the rest of Fox News, wants Trump out of the GOP race, making it crystal clear at the first GOP debate in Cleveland.  I don't think they were smart enough to bait him, but after taking the line of debate questions as a personal attack, Trump did what he always does, and took out his frustration, tearing into Megyn Kelly specifically, attacking her with shallow and ugly woman based insults.  

Trump's insults not only opened the criticism door for GOP talkers who hate Trump, it exposed the massive level of hypocrisy within the GOP.  As Republicans defend Megyn Kelly, insisting attacking her as a woman is crossing a line, they're trying desperately to avoid acknowledging they loved when Trump did the exact same thing to Rosie O'Donnell, because she's a lefty.  Regardless of whether he's attacking women, Mexicans, or war records, Trump's only using the same play book the GOP themselves wrote!  The Republican's love attacks on women, just not Republican women.  You can't call someone a glutton for eating 50 value meals when your main problem is that they went to McDonald's, not Burger King.

It's the voters who Trump really resonates with, but why?  A guy like this would've been run out of the presidential race instantly in 1992, but today, he says amazingly ignorant things and he gets higher numbers.  After 25 years of wealthy donors and corporate media driving their agenda, Republican voters consistently see themselves as poor victims, with never-ending justifications for why "those people" are the "real reason" they're not more successful.  The modern GOP voter has been cultivated to never try to solve their own problems, just baste in a brine of their own self pity, trying to figure out how to punish the people they think have wronged them.  This is why the GOP draws in racists, misogynists, homophobes and religious zealots.

The GOP victim game started with Reagan.  He sowed a seed with his followers; the reason they hadn't all become millionaires was the U.S. government, not corporate interests who started to erode the workers rights, wages and benefits in the 60's and 70's (proof of this is Reagan's 9 most terrifying words line).  It worked so well, the GOP started applying it to more and more groups (Democrats, African-Americas, Latinos, all non-white minorities, gays, women).  There wasn't a group they couldn't use to justify a Republican voter's personal failure.  When we got to the W. Administration and their version, a hyper paranoid "them verses us" dogma, it became the Republican rallying cry.

This insularly view is constantly proven wrong.  Cliven Bundy wasn't a western hero, rather a racist, tax-dodging, debtor who threatened to shoot government agents, while hiding behind women and children.  Police officers aren't always the innocents, repeatedly under attack by African American 'demons,' rather some maintain a policy of racial profiling, sometimes with lethal consequences.  The Confederate Flag isn't a symbol of southern pride, rather the flag is embraced and beloved by racists who feel the enemy of the United States was right in their treatment of minorities.  Gay Marriage isn't an assault on traditional marriages, and it's not right to scream at gay couples because they dared asked for a crappy Indiana pizza. 

Trump reverses the fight against ignorance, saying, "your delusional thought processes were correct, you're a victim, and I'm willing to double down, regardless of how insanely stupid it sounds, just to let you continue to live in your make believe world."  To confirm this, let's just look at one of Trumps insanely stupid arguments he's made the last few weeks.  Under Trump, Latinos aren't hard working people, desperately coming to the United States to perform menial, low paying jobs.  No, "they're stealing you wages!  Blame them for all of your problems!  And don't feel bad about the undeniable racist element of what your thinking.  They're all drug dealers and rapists, so being racist to them is OK!"

In the "poor us" Republican party, Donald Trump is a protective shield against reality encroaching in on their pity party.  Of course the resonates.  He validates them!

Look in the mirror Republican's, Trump is you, and you are Trump.  Accepting this is the only way you can stop him.  Until then, since you've made this excrement and hair piece pie, you have to eat it.  Bon appetite!

The Friday Link for 8/7/15

This morning, halfway through an interview at the end of the 7 AM hour, I got word from family that my father in law had passed away.  Forgive me if the remainder of the show was not the most coherent.  I was having a hard time.

The Friday Link today will not be a comedy bit, but rather a John Denver song.  My father in law liked John Denver.  Jack Rice will be in for me on Monday.

The Death Penalty - Minnesota Style

This has been a frustrating day.  After laying down and getting a little perspective time with my dog:

I'm ready to address this mess.

This morning, I talked about the case of Lavauntai Broadbent.  This young 16 year old is dead.  He's dead because he attempted to rob a couple on Friday night in a St. Paul park.  He drew a gun in the process of the robbery, and demanded the couple's valuables.  He was then shot by one of the two people he was trying to rob, a person who was carrying a legal weapon via a Carry and Conceal permit.  He died on the scene.

Some facts:

• I never said this young man was innocent.  He was attempting armed robbery with a weapon.  If he was still alive today, he should be facing charges in a court of law.
• The individual who shot Lavauntai, will not be arrested.  In my opinion, he shouldn't be charged with a crime, because even I agree he didn't commit one.  Under current Minnesota law, he was within his rights.
• The gun Lavauntai had was never fired, at least that's what we've been told.
• As I said numerous times this morning, you can't presume Lavauntai was going to harm or kill anyone, but you also can't presume he would have just taken the valuables and left the victims alone.  Any speculation of the sort is purely hypothetical, and academic to the reality.

We can only deal with facts.

Minnesota, as a society, has approved the death penalty.  It's not called the death penalty, but rather Carry and Conceal, but it's the death penalty all the same.  In the case of Lavauntai Broadbent, he was instantaneously arrested, tried, convicted and executed for the crime of armed assault, without firing his weapon, by an individual who may or may not have any legal or police background.  This death sentence was handed down onto a 16 year old, instantaneously, by a regular citizen.

Carry and Conceal has failed miserably in Minnesota.  Not only has it not stopped or decreased crime (something that was promised it would do.  Look at a February post from this year on the blog, where I address that charade), it rarely has even had a chance to operate as it was intended.  What happened on Friday night in St. Paul was what Carry and Conceal legalized, instantaneous death penalty verdicts.

Most of the criticism I've taken has been expressed as such; self defense and the death penalty are two different things, and my labeling of what happened in the park being the death penalty is crossing a line.

The death penalty is not supposed to be legal in Minnesota, and is something which isn't supposed to be administered indiscriminately.  The death penalty, where legal, is supposed to be weighed heavily, in a process which is applied over years, with layers of reviews by law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, juries and appellate courts.  But with Carry and Conceal, we've given that power to individuals without a law enforcement, legal, judicial or appellate background, many with minimal weapons training and experience, and we allow them to enforce, in a split second, whether the person across from them lives or dies.

Self defense is a vague term.  Self defense doesn't have to be a bullet, as there are numerous ways for people to defend themselves, but in this case, self defense was administering an instant death penalty.  I'm saying it was self defense, but for some reason stating the punishment (the penalty for 16 year old Lavauntai's attempted robbery was death) angers some, likely because it sums up the punishment truthfully.  Lavauntai committed a crime, and was sentenced to an instant death, wrapped in a blanket of self defense.  That's just reality.

Depending on the circumstances, Minnesota had the harshest death penalty in the nation.  There isn't a state in the union, where the death penalty is legal, and where a 16 year old would be sentenced to death for an attempted robbery with a weapon which was never fired.  Not one.  He would, and should, go to jail, but no court in this country would have treated this as a death penalty case.  But in Minnesota, thanks to Carry and Conceal, that's exactly what it was.

And this was a 16 year old too.  A dumb, stupid 16 year old, who, thanks to Carry and Conceal, will never bother anyone else ever again.  The punishment, although legal, was WAY too harsh for the crime.

Carry and Conceal is a ticking time bomb.  How long until someone approaches a person in a park, asking for directions, and ends up dead because the shooter thought the cell phone the guy was reaching for was a weapon?  By labeling what happened to Lavauntai as self defense, it candy coats the incredibly harsh nature of what Minnesota has deemed as appropriate punishment.  How do we look at the shooter in the accidental case and insist he was a bad guy for instantaneously administering the death penalty while yet defending the death of Lavauntai?  Hindsight is not how these cases should be approved.

Apathy and bravado are not defenses either.  We need to think about what we are allowing here.  Just because you don't like calling it the death penalty, doesn't mean it's not.  Maybe we should rethink this entire law before we end up having a Minnesota Trayvon Martin, complete with people insisting the shooting was self defense, just like they did when they rallied around George Zimmerman.

Lavauntai Broadbent was committing a crime, the shooter was legally administering the death penalty through Conceal and Carry, and a 16 year old is dead...pardon me if I don't celebrate.

Turning on the Light

I wanted to post this.  Here's an interaction with a far righto who thinks he can bluff his way to neutrality/independence.  The original post he's attacking is where I take on the Pioneer Press' Joe Soucheray's ignorant take on the Cecil the Lion story.  It's a hoot. According to Joe, you are a far worse individual for going to, or supporting, a zoo than anything Walter the Dentist did in Zimbabwe.

I post this because these guys still think we are all stupid idiots, that they can hide their true intentions.  They can't, as Dennis finds out.

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  Dennis Breisler What are you smoking I need some.

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  The Morning Grind with Matt McNeil Read the column. It IS in the paper. Ha!

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  Dennis Breisler I did and I listen to what he said. Try it sometime. Oh I don't always agree with him. But he makes you think.

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  The Morning Grind with Matt McNeil I did read his ignorant column. That's the whole point. Maybe You should be the one who questions what you so blindly follow.

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  Dennis Breisler I don't blindly follow him. Maybe you should go back and my post.

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  The Morning Grind with Matt McNeil No, I am reading your dickish posts right. I don't know too many people who defend someone they only mildly agree with. You are his fan and you rushed to his defense, but tried to disguise it. As far as Souchy, the 'liberals' at Safari Club International even disagree with him. And he really must hate chipmunks and zoos, high moral ground indeed. And he did insist no one rides the light rail and the only reason the GOP losses in St. Paul is because of bus loads of homeless exchanging votes for cigarettes. Good luck with that.

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  Dennis Breisler I'm not going to argue with a closed minded high and might it's only my way person.

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  The Morning Grind with Matt McNeil Okay, pick a fight you think you can win, and when you can't defend the undefendable and you start getting your caboose handed to you a platter, run away. I guess that's easier than admitting you, and the guy you're defending, are wrong. A lot more cowardly, but hey, at least you think you saved face. HA!

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  Dennis Breisler Look I told you I don't agree with all the time. But you chose to ignore that. That's fine I watch and listen to all sides. Not single minded listener you have. If something's not right on ether side I will state My opinion. Sorry for working you up into a lather.

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  The Morning Grind with Matt McNeil I think you're lying. I just looked at your Facebook page and you sure seem to like far righto's and Fox News. You think you're the first guy who comes to me and throws himself on a sword for a guy, who you insist you only agree with part of the time? Maybe you wish he was more extreme to the right. I think you're a hack and you don't like getting called out on it. What all sides do you listen to? KSTP AND Fox news? I do read all points of view and make up my own mind. Then I can defend my points. I think you want your opinion validated, and act as if being told what to think is original thought. For God's Sake, you follow and like Dinesh D'Souza. That tells me a lot about you. Its a shame. The beer joke about dancing is funny, and as a veteran, I believe we should fund all care for the troops too (Health care, mental health care, education, job placement and benefits) prior to sending troops to fight. But your fake pedigree, representing yourself as neutral when you clearly aren't, negates any ability to actually have a discussion with you.

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