I’m So Sorry…
Dear Seattle Metro,
I am sorry I dogged on you last week. I know you try your best and it was unfair of me to accuse you of incompetence and ineptitude when obviously the work you do is so very difficult and tiring.
I’m glad you got a chance to sleep in today. The thousands [...]
Archive for January, 2008
How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative
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What I Learned from the South Carolina Primary
Published by January 27th, 2008 in Politics. 0 CommentsBarrack Obama is “black enough.” Like about twice as black as Clinton. Oh, and apparently he’s white enough too.
People are tiring of Hillary’s chief campaigner Bill and his less than truthful accounts of Obama’s positions. Bill is too big a dog. He needs to go lay down for a while.
Unfortunately, Edwards’ campaign is all but [...]
10. “Red Cat Till I Die” – Ry Cooder, from My Name is Buddy
9. “Don’t Make Me a Target” – Spoon, from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
8. “Windowsill” – Arcade Fire, from Neon Bible
7. “My Own Eyes” – Mavis Staples, from We’ll Never Turn Back
6. “I Can’t Take it No More” – John Fogerty, from Revival
5. [...]
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The Center for Public Integrity has a project which created a database which documents the lies which led to the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
935 comments from 8 top administration officials including President George W. Bush are documented in the story:
On at least 532 separate occasions (in speeches, briefings, interviews, testimony, and the like), Bush and [...]
The transit system in Seattle is pretty good, even without light rail, but what is one to do when they miss the bus? Should a person walk to their destination or simply wait for the next bus?A recent article in the NewScientist article addresses the topic:
Scott Kominers, a mathematician at Harvard University, and his colleagues [...]
A few weeks ago, Rose — who is 91 — went with her daughter Elizabeth, 52, to enjoy a Christmas Eve cocktail at Von’s Grand City Cafe, a martini bar on Pine Street in downtown Seattle’s shopping district.
Rose didn’t bring along her purse. She’s been forgetful of late, leaving things behind. Her daughter was buying [...]
It was in the late 1940s when, as a pre-teen, I first heard the word “bigotry.” Washington State had restrictive liquor laws. No Sunday sales. You could not carry a drink in a bar. If you wanted to change tables you had to call for a barmaid (hey, it was 60 years ago) to take [...]
Explained in just three paragraphs, with a viable solution in paragraph four.
Having insurance is not the same thing as receiving care. Nothing proposed by the top-tier candidates of either party would end the thousands of horror stories of insurance companies denying needed care, access to specialists or diagnostic tests, even when recommended by a doctor.
Nothing [...]
Last week I came across two websites that tell you which presidential candidates line up best with your political views.
The ABC “Match-O-Matic” asks you about fifteen questions and then displays your top three candidates and shows you where they lined up with you and where they differed.
The Pick Your Candidate page asks you twenty-five questions [...]
