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And if it be not redeemed

Christ — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:05:02 -0500

And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.

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But the houses of the

Christ — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:42:58 -0500

But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile

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Update: They collected 7,462

Leah Shaffer — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:58:21 -0500

Update:
They collected 7,462 pounds of food during Eden Prairie Night Out this year.
In 2007, 6,162 pounds were collected.

We really need this, because

PL — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:27:45 -0500

We really need this, because we just don't have enough low income housing, welfare...

In the 7/23/08 issue of Eden

Cherylvins — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:35:57 -0500

In the 7/23/08 issue of Eden Prairie News, I read Leah Shaffer's article on Town Center planning. It made reference to a proposal to use the former Franks Nursery location for a new business, The Top Dog Country Club and Vet Clinic.
Eden Prairie already has 4 Veterinary Clinics/Pet hospitals and it has 3 pet grooming places, including Hound Dog Pet Hotel on Valley View Rd.
If Eden Prairie really needs a "Dog Country Club", perhaps another location can be found, which would be more appropriate.
It seems like the former Franks Nursery space could be developed into retail space, or something more necessary and appropriate for the location. Let's carefully and seriously consider other options now.

Cheryl L. Vinson

Karla - if you have any

twoputttommy — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:09:02 -0500

Karla - if you have any source that says China is "exploring" sixty miles off the Miami shoreline, I'd like to see it.

If you cannot back that assertion up, you should take it down.

The link you provided me off-line,

http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_press/task,view/id,4368/

clearly states:

She said China's oil company, Sinopac, has conducted exploratory drilling on a lease on land in western Cuba, but is not involved in the offshore development.

CORRECTION: The letter from

Karla — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:21:16 -0500

CORRECTION: The letter from Bill Cullen contained an error. It has been edited to reflect the change from "drilling" to "exploring." The correct version appeared in the print edition of the newspaper.

In addition, I would like to note that our "bad word" filter cannot be disabled for comments, so it just automatically blocks Vice President Cheney's first name. Mr. Johnson did not use any inappropriate language in his comment.

(Karla Wennerstrom is the editor of the Eden Prairie News. She can be reached at editor@edenprairienews.com.)

Peter, here's the point you,

twoputttommy — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:09:26 -0500

Peter, here's the point you, Paulsen, Cheney, Cullen, and the vast majority of GOP leadership misses: when you have to make stuff up to make your point, your point probably isn't worth making.

And this goes back to the beginning of the Bush Administration, where there "Clear Skies Initiative" allowed MORE air pollution, not less. It continued with the drumbeat to war, with (as previously cited) over 900 misrepresentations of the intelligence, etc that led this great nation to the fiasco that is Iraq.

And I find it highly ironic that Cheney would get his talking points on the alleged Chineese oil drilling off the Florida coast from a columnist; then again, why wouldn't he? It sounded good to him, so Cheney went with it.

Just like the cherry-picked Iraq intelligence sounded good to Cheney, so he went with that.

And this is exactly why republicans need to be removed from office; they make decisions based on what sounds good; not what is sound policy.

At least Cheney retracted his "sounds good" mistake; let's see if Bill Cullen has the decency to do the same.

Tommy, you are correct on

sd42webmaster — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:43:33 -0500

Tommy, you are correct on one fact and incorrect on another. And you miss -- totally -- the point of Bill Cullen's letter.

Yes, you are correct, China is not currently drilling for oil off our coast.

No, you are incorrect, the story did not originate with Vice President Cheney.

Here is the background: The China story actually originated in a George Will column who wrote:

"Drilling is under way 60 miles off Florida. The drilling is being done by China, in cooperation with Cuba, which is drilling closer to South Florida than U.S. companies are."

It was then picked up by Vice President Cheney who used it in a speech. But he later retracted the statement. Their statement read in part:

"It is our understanding that, although Cuba has leased out exploration blocks 60 miles off the coast of southern Florida, which is closer than American firms are allowed to operate in that area, no Chinese firm is drilling there"

All the liberal blogs then ran with it: Aha! – they screamed -- Cheney admits he lied about China drilling, oh oh oh....

My answer: They are idiots.

Here are the facts:

There is no actual drilling going on right now but Cuba clearly is interested in developing its deep-water oil resources (estimated at more than 5 billion barrels) including areas within 60 miles of Key West, FL.

Cuba has awarded offshore oil leases in its offshore waters to six oil companies -- none of them Chinese -- and soon may announce an agreement with company from Brazil.

So -- there is no drilling -- yet. There is exploration. And it is just off our coast.

It isn't China but, frankly, that is beside the point. The point is that AMERICAN companies are prohibited from drilling there. The point is that vast oil resources just off our coast are being exploited (or soon will be) by everyone BUT the United States. That is just plain crazy.

While you may have gotten poor Bill Cullen on an innocent mistake, you miss the point that Americans are sick and tired of high oil prices. 67% want off shore drilling and 64% expect that it will lower prices.

The Democrat answer is don't drill anywhere -- ever. You don't like $4 gas? Get ready for $12 gas.

The Republican answer is: Whether the oil is being pumped by China or Brazil or Timbuktu -- who cares. Why are we not getting OUR OWN OIL instead of paying $4 gas bills and paying double for food and watching our economy crumble? Why are we not getting OUR OWN OIL instead of enriching a bunch of Middle East dictators?

On this issue, there is a definite difference between the two political parties. It will be interesting if the Dems continue to vote in favor of higher oil prices rather than in favor of helping American families struggling to pay for gas and food.

As for me, I am happy to vote for Erik Paulsen who will vote in favor of allowing off-shore drilling.

That Bill Cullen is

twoputttommy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:29:12 -0500

That Bill Cullen is repeating a factually incorrect GOP talking point, claiming “China is drilling for oil sixty miles off the Miami shoreline” should come as no surprise. It simply is not true. That it was first uttered by Vice President Cheney, should also be of no surprise; Cheney is the one that claimed in Iraq, the American military would, “…in fact, be greeted as liberators.” A VFW Convention in 2002 heard Cheney claim: “Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.” Clearly, all of these statements are wrong.

Political leadership saying things that are factually incorrect is not a new phenomenon; what is new is the level of mendacity by today’s Republican Party leadership. Recently, the independent Center for Public Integrity found over 900 instances where President Bush and those working for him made factually incorrect statements prior to the Iraq war.

Just last month Cheney held a fundraiser in Wayzata to specifically help Republican federal candidates; Erik Paulsen attended as he will benefit from the money Cheney helped raise.

So what we have here is a formerly endorsed Republican candidate, Bill Cullen, making a factually incorrect statement in a letter in support of a Republican endorsed candidate, Erik Paulsen, whose election prospects are enhanced by Republican Vice-President ****** Cheney – who has been uttering inaccuracies since the beginning of the Bush Administration and hasn’t stopped.

Ladies and Gentlemen, if you like George W. Bush and ****** Cheney and you want to reward the Republican Party for their mendacity and the results of their leadership (and Iraq is but one), vote for Erik Paulsen.

Click here for a short slide

Leah Shaffer — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:27:45 -0500

Click here for a short slide show on the shoreline restoration.

And I've got links galore.

Leah Shaffer — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:28:55 -0500

And I've got links galore. The Mitchell Lake Association
has an awesome site that includes lovely photos of the lake.

Here's the link to the DNR page on shoreland health

On the video, toward the

FAdams — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:47:14 -0500

On the video, toward the end, you see the bird deterrent on the top of the Solar Bee. The spikes prevent birds from sitting on it.

Here is a link to more

Leah Shaffer — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:03:43 -0500

Here is a link to more about the iQ Academy.

And for more crazy Guiness

Leah Shaffer — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:27:23 -0500

And for more crazy Guiness stuff, click here.