College Republicans fight bottled water ban at College of St. Benedict

• Kirk wrote: "Hey green23, these were high school kids that set up a booth in the parking lot of this car wash" Well then, Dean is lying. He insists that only certified "ministers" run his fundraising operations. A minor cannot be a certified minister. Kirk wrote: "He had no Idea who exactly these kids represented, only that they we kids representing a church group." It sounds like the car wash owner was lied to, as well. This is an established pattern with Dean's operation. Remember the whole "suicide prevention" pitch he gave to other businesses? It turns out that he only mentioned suicide in passing, in a single sentence. Saying "suicide is bad" is not suicide prevention, and does not require hundreds of thousands of dollars. Dean NEVER tells these businesses that his REAL pitch is anti-gay. It's complete deception. Dean NEVER tells the schools that he gives his "presentations" to that his REAL pitch is anti-gay. Why do you defend someone who is obviously a liar? Do you think that these high-school kids get the money? These are just saps that Dean has suckered to beg for him, while Dean gets the tax-free money for his mysterious and vague financial statements. And even those statements prove that only 2.7% of his take goes to his "school ministry" - a figure which I find to be grossly inflated. Where does the OTHER 97.3% go? He grosses over a million a year. He pays no taxes. But he's so "persecuted" that he's pocketing tax-free money hand over fist. Poor guy.

• I have always cringed when I bought a bottle of water.  (I buy less than 12 a year)  We live in "the land to ten thousand lakes" people!   And a $1.00+ each when bought singly.  Talk about "windfall profits".  We have some of the best tap water in the world.  Sometimes it needs some additional active carbon filtration, like a brita water filter to get certain flavors and smells out of it. But still, it is funny to see some people buy bottled water.   I love giving the breakdown of a bottle of water to my "environmentally conscious" friends.  Somehow I always get a look of "deer in headlights" from them.   It's kinda like when I tell them that around 40% of the lifetime enviromental damage done by an automobile comes from it's manufacturing process. (as they pull up in their new Prius, believing "their saving the environment".)  Lawyers and advertisement; two of the biggest evils in today's society...

• Nobody "protested" or "harassed" the owner of the car wash. Some people boycotted the place, which means *they stayed away from it*. Only you could see avoiding a place as "harrassment". Only you could see staying away from someone as "bullying". Also, Dean's "ministers" are all adults (not 'teenagers") and get paid quite well in tax-free money. According to Dean's own financial disclosures, less than 3% of the money he collects goes to his school ministry. Once again, you have managed to remain completely fact-free. I don't see anything in the article where it was mentioned that these College Republicans do not have the right to protest. Stupid protests are obviously allowed, but they are still stupid. Since you are "boycotting" the college by not being enrolled there, you must be "protesting" and "harassing" the college administration, right? And your absence from the campus is clearly "bullying", by your own twisted definition.

• Bradlee Dean's group is a hate group.  Any business that associates with them should be protested.  My guess is you are lying about your little insider information.   Either that or you were lied too.   You aren't smart enough to figure out when you are being lied too, that's why you think Michele Bachmann is so great.   I'll follow the reports in the media and not from the scumbag that made fun of dead children like you did kirk. 

• Consumer choice is a silly concept here. It assumes everyone is making a rational choice based on available information. The bottled water companies are happy to tell us their product is somehow purer or better tasting. How many consumers know it's just tap water from somewhere else? Consumers don't know how the bottled water compares to the tab water. They don't know the bottles end up as waste. They don't know the energy involved in putting the water in each bottle and shipping it however far. It would be fair to argue it's their own fault if they won't take time to learn the difference or lack thereof between bottled water and tap water, but everyone has to cope with the larger amount of waste because of the throwaway bottles, even if they have all the information and would never make that choice. If it's about choice, the bottled water buyers are making the choice for everyone else.

• You mean like the classy queer fraction of society that was protesting and harassing the owner of a car wash for allowing some teenagers to have a booth there? Gay bullies picking on a bunch of kids!  BTW, I learned last night, the findings of a preliminary investigation into the Anoka-Hennipen accusations, that story, and those accusations will die. They found NO proof to back up the claims and their lawsuit. We're hoping the LBGT will keep pushing and try to pursue this in court, they their lies and slander will "come out of the closet".  (pun intended) Then WE can sue! Edited per the comments of a bigot covering up the actions of his peeps. Hey green23, these were high school kids that set up a booth in the parking lot of this car wash. Did you not see the harassing interviews of the owner? He had no Idea who exactly these kids represented, only that they we kids representing a church group. I saw an in depth interview on either channel 5 or 9. Look there ya doorknob!

• Only Republicans would protest something this stupid is the point of the article.  Learn to read.  

• Whhaaattttt??????? So anyone can protest anything unless they are Republican? 

• If you're drinking Mr. Pibb, you need rehab, man. Once you're that far gone, you're only a half-step away from mainlining RC Cola.

• Remember when the hippies wanted us to drink bottled water instead of Mr. Pibb?

• Oh college, you so crazy! Never change.

• OK kids, did your college shut down all of the convenience stores nearby, or any other places where you might purchase bottled water?  No?  Excellent!  Then your precious consumer freedoms and ability to choose are intact.  Thanks for playing!

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