thankheavenfornumberseven says: Apr 24, 2012 10:07 AM

racksie says:Apr 24, 2012 12:11 AM

Ok the Vikings guy you keep using for the picture is not only not a registered voter in Minnesota, he’ CANADIAN! If it matters. It’s my money that is being spent, not his.
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And the money he brings into the state every year is about 5000 times more than what you would be asked to pay for this stadium. And guess what? If you don’t want to pay a cent for it, YOU DON’T HAVE TO!!!
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So as a tax paying citizen of Minnesota, how do I NOT have to pay for this stadium?
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Why don’t you look at what the deal is about before you make comments about it? The state’s portion comes out of new gambling revenue. If you don’t use electronic pulltabs or tip boards, you don’t pay. The city’s portion comes from an existing sales tax. If you don’t want to pay it, don’t buy anything in Minneapolis. It’s people like you who don’t even know how this is being funded that cause this to be such a problem getting passed.

racksie says:Apr 24, 2012 12:11 AM

Ok the Vikings guy you keep using for the picture is not only not a registered voter in Minnesota, he’ CANADIAN! If it matters. It’s my money that is being spent, not his.
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And the money he brings into the state every year is about 5000 times more than what you would be asked to pay for this stadium. And guess what? If you don’t want to pay a cent for it, YOU DON’T HAVE TO!!!
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So as a tax paying citizen of Minnesota, how do I NOT have to pay for this stadium?

Good luck on the gobblers.

Enjoy your day in your cubicle at Target Corp, your bland meal tonight, and your exciting evening of talking with your fellow Minnesotans about how elite you are compared to the other 49 states and about art, sculpture, and other things you only pretend to know about. Just be sure that when others are around, you smile and nod and be very agreeable. You can’t trash anyone to their face. That’s just not the Minnesota way.
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So what your telling all of us “Sotans” ruvelligwebuike is that if we cross the St. Croix into Sconi to live, all of us would be in for more and better beer, more fun, better food(not bland…..I didn’t know you all spiced up your food so much more in Sconi than us over here??) and we would meet people we banter with on the internet face to face and settle our differences mono e mono……Sconi style?? Nah…… I guess I like my sculpture and art too much……I’ll go look at it after I get out of my turkey blind tomorrow morning. Get a life and quit hating so much dude.

Enjoy your day in your cubicle at Target Corp, your bland meal tonight, and your exciting evening of talking with your fellow Minnesotans about how elite you are compared to the other 49 states and about art, sculpture, and other things you only pretend to know about. Just be sure that when others are around, you smile and nod and be very agreeable. You can’t trash anyone to their face. That’s just not the Minnesota way.

Senate Rules Committee: Alan Thicke

Senate Jobs and Economic Growth Committee: Famous Dave

Ways and Means Committee: Grover from Sesame Street

I heard Marcel the Shell was on one of tickets, but didn’t quite get the votes. Probably because he was too confrontation and not artsy enough for a Minnesotan.

Ok the Vikings guy you keep using for the picture is not only not a registered voter in Minnesota, he’ CANADIAN! If it matters. It’s my money that is being spent, not his.
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And the money he brings into the state every year is about 5000 times more than what you would be asked to pay for this stadium. And guess what? If you don’t want to pay a cent for it, YOU DON’T HAVE TO!!!

I’d be remiss in my duties in my duties as a Packer fan if I didn’t point out that your goals do not include winning a Super Bowl. It’s good to see people not get carried away.

Maybe I am mistaken, but have they addressed one of the biggest road blocks in the Metrodome sight? The fact that Minneapolis city charter says a public vote must take place to use public money for a stadium.”

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Thank you for pointing that out. The plan being “passed” in the legislature calls for $150 million from the City. THE CITY.

The City Charter DEMANDS a public referendum on an expenditure of this size. No way to get around it. Every poll says that vote goes AGAINST the deal.

Theres LOTS more needed before folks start celebrating a broke state fronting hundreds of millions to a billionaire.

Uff da! Please just relocate the team now. I’m so sick of the annoying droan from up there.

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Sorry, maybe if we spoke Spanish instead of English you’d feel more comfortable…

Minnesota is Wisconsin’s doormat in terms of football. My apologies for not being specific. If WI is a flyover state, then MN is too. They are essentially the same place, except WI has more bars and better football. Simple statistics prove that.

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There are lies. There are damn lies. And then there are statistics.

WI is a better football state on both the college and pro level. That extends down even to UW-Whitewater who in 2011 won its third consecutive NCAA Division III national championship (Go Warhawjks!).

MN is colder than WI.

MN gave the world Bob Dylan.

WI gave the world Les Paul.

MN gave the world Tyrone Guthrie.

WI was the home of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontaine.

WI and MN are cousins.

And civil wars are the worst.

They will have to move it to an alternative site or more than likely face law suits if they go ahead without the vote.

I always wondered why a business that makes billions a year in profits doesnt just use NFL funds to build a stadium. They could build a new stadium in a different city each year. That way every city would get a new or renovated stadium every 32 years which is about the normal life of a stadium anyways.

But of course they wont because they always sucker the tax payers into paying for their profits. Could you imagine a company like Microsoft asking tax payers to build them a new factory because Google just built a new one in another city?

We want the team to stay, so over 40,000 Packer fans can enjoy the new Viking venue.

Face it, there’s a large majority that doesn’t want to fund the stadium with public funds. Might as well use loans and make it yours!

Squared80

Where do u get your imformation from?
How many blackouts have the jaguars had the past 2 years?

Also….check this link out
The Vikings only drew 500 people more then the jags avg
Please check your facts……how about teams like Tampa and Miami??

http://espn.go.com/nfl/attendance
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Dude, i would be frustrated too, but you need to face facts….. The Jags drew less than 75% capacity for the 2009 season. It will be a while before people forget that. Drawing attention to a link that shows the Vikings at 98% and the Jags at 90% Doesn’t help your case much, either….

Minnesota is Wisconsin’s doormat in terms of football. My apologies for not being specific. If WI is a flyover state, then MN is too. They are essentially the same place, except WI has more bars and better football. Simple statistics prove that.

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You are, essentially, correct. As a truck driver who has operated extensively in both states, I will attest to the fact that there is little difference, both in landscape and people, between the two states. However, that just encourages the back-and-forth, especially amongst football fans. (MLB and NBA fans don’t get this heated….)

While I know it was not your intention, i still chuckled at the thought that more bars and better football make Wisconsin a batter state. Part of me agreed with that sentiment….. But the other part remembered I am no longer a frat boy.

sbxxix says:
Apr 23, 2012 8:41 PM
Finally Vikings fans have something to cheer for. It’s been rough for you guys lately but I respect the fan base. Very loyal fans up in Minnesota

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How pitiful but typical. You vikequeef toads are so hard up for respect so now you’re posing as fans of other teams and post comments praising yourselves. LMFAO

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You know, the first time I ran across the Troll and Toad web store, I clicked on it, thinking it was your own personal site to vent your….well, whatever you call your diatribes.

Take a closer look at this guys screen name…. he’s a Chargers fan, you idiot.

Minnesota is Wisconsin’s doormat in terms of football. My apologies for not being specific. If WI is a flyover state, then MN is too. They are essentially the same place, except WI has more bars and better football. Simple statistics prove that.
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Better football, yes I will give you that. More bars maybe, but they are filled with Redwing boots and Carhartt jackets, and that is in Milwaukee. I guess if the Wisconsin “good life” is making 50,000 a year working 3rd shift riding atop a d8 Cat at some papermill in Park Falls, I will take my life here in Wisconsin’s doormat, the other “flyover” state….Unless you are flying Delta, which has a major hub at MSP, making it not really a flyover state afterall. Freeing that prestigious designation for Wisconsin to have all to herself….Congrats.

Oh well Go Vikes get that Stadium the NFL would never be the same without the Vikings.