To the editpr,

In response to the editorial on September 3, "No coal, but then, no stimulus?" - we cannot forget about our country's unbelievable dependence on foreign energy sources. As we come out of this economic malaise, there will be renewed calls to utilize a known commodity - clean coal.



The Powder River Basin project is alive and well and bringing coal trains through southern Minnesota. It may take a little more time than originally thought, but it will happen. A DM&E Rail spokesman said so just last week when asked if the project was still moving forward. Of course it is. Why else would Canadian Pacific spend millions of dollars to purchase a struggling rail line if not for the potential the PRB offers.The city of Rochester needs to be prepared and build the Southern Rail Corridor now.



We need a regional rail solution to provide for the long-term economic viability of southeast Minnesota. The Southern Rail Corridor will give Rochester that security, while also being a first important step toward improving our transportation infrastructure.



Alan W Anderson

4316 Thornhill Lane

Vadnais eights, MN 55127

651-407-7206 cel 652 485 6631

I am an 81 year old retarded pharmacist having retired at age 75.

Two frequent political rivals are joining forces to pursue radical changes to the nation's voter-registration system, a bid aimed in part at eliminating massive voter drives by groups such as ACORN that last year saw people fraudulently registering under the names of cartoon characters and sports figures.

When Obaba was a "community organizer"a leading proponent of ACORN. He claimed that he had nothing to do with ACORN so why was his St.Paul office at 777 Raymond Ave and the ACORN office at 757 Raymond.

LOS ANGELES — Dismayed by the number of poor children about to be dropped from a publicly subsidized health insurance program, California lawmakers voted Thursday to levy a tax on insurance companies to help maintain the program, which had been slashed into near nonexistence as part of the state’s budget.

Do these stoopid people not realize that the tax on insurance companies will naturally lead to an increase in premiums to cover the cost? This also happens when you tax a corporation the consumer pays the tax and that amounts to a sales tax.

Since the days of Ronald Reagan, Republicans have wanted legal reform, believing that our economic competitiveness is being shackled by the billions we spend annually on tort costs; an estimated 10 cents of every health care dollar paid by individuals and companies goes for litigation and defensive medicine. For Republicans, tort reform and its health care analogue, malpractice reform, speak to the goal of stronger economic growth and lower costs.

The bipartisan trade-off in a viable health care bill is obvious: Combine universal coverage with malpractice tort reform in health care.

The bill, HR 3200, sponsored by Obama and Democrats nowhere in it's many pages makes no mention of controlling frivoulous lawsuits where Republican bill, Patients Choice Act by Republican Senator Tom Coborn puts strict limits on lawsuits. The reason for this is that the trial lawyers donate 97% of their money to Democrats. You do't bite the hand that feeds you. I report,U decide.

“hey it’s Monday let’s spend another trillion dollars”