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Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/10/1500602/gop-can-get-rid-of-obamacare-when.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1AiqbbWNG
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Don't let the door hit you on your way out!
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Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/10/1500602/gop-can-get-rid-of-obamacare-when.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1AiqbbWNG
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Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/10/1500602/gop-can-get-rid-of-obamacare-when.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1AiqbbWNG
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Doomsqual's trials and tribulations
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This is self-explanatory.... :-)
We should note, however, that Doomsqual was not above spamming the threads by posting the following sentence at least 39 times, sometimes multiple times in one comment: The shooter is solely and fully responsible for their actions and the deaths and injuries they caused.
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Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/10/1501248/military-ariz-shooting-suspect.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1AierUfMi
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Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/10/1501248/military-ariz-shooting-suspect.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1AifaciRm
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Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/08/1499138/congressional-officials-say-congresswoman.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1Aih1lj6y
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This is self-explanatory.... :-)
We should note, however, that Doomsqual was not above spamming the threads by posting the following sentence at least 39 times, sometimes multiple times in one comment: The shooter is solely and fully responsible for their actions and the deaths and injuries they caused.
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Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/10/1501248/military-ariz-shooting-suspect.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1AierUfMi
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Monday, January 10, 2011
Shooting update
The latest update on the hearing and no bail for the nutjob that shot the Congresswoman and others in Arizona is on the lead page of The Olympian.com.
It appears they have closed the comments thread.
I wonder how soon JoeVoter or one of Sondra's many characters will go to a similar thread and blame me for the thread being closed?
It appears they have closed the comments thread.
I wonder how soon JoeVoter or one of Sondra's many characters will go to a similar thread and blame me for the thread being closed?
WILL PALIN URGE HER SUPPORTERS TO COOL THE INCENDIARY RHETORIC?
Giffords tragedy could be a defining moment for Palin
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... some believe that incendiary rhetoric like Palin's bears some responsibility in the tragedy. Giffords herself had previously raised concerns about Palin's map: "The way that she has it depicted has the cross hairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do that, they have got to realize there are consequences to that action."
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... Palin has become a focal point in the debate over heated rhetoric, and her response is likely to be a defining moment in her political career. One informal but telling sign of the potential stakes for Palin: According to Facebook, the top question dominating debate on the site over the weekend was "Is Sarah Palin to blame?"
So far, Palin's team, angry that the former governor is being linked to the shooting, has struggled to contain the controversy. On Saturday, the map citing Giffords was abruptly pulled from the SarahPAC site — even though it remained on Facebook. Rebecca Mansour, a Palin aide, said on Twitter that the map was pulled because it "was no longer relevant" since the 2010 campaign was over.
In a subsequent interview with GOP radio host Tammy Bruce, Mansour defended the map. They weren't gun sights but "surveyor's symbols," Bruce suggested, according to Alaska Dispatch, and Mansour agreed. But that contradicted Palin's own prior characterization of the map's symbol as a "'bullseye' icon."
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Palin is hardly the first politician to use gun or military imagery in campaigning. As the Palin's supporters on the right noted, even President Obama has used similar metaphors, ...
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But the bigger question is whether Palin will seek to passionately defend her comments and political ground — as she has been known to do during past controversies — or whether she, like other political figures in recent days, will urge her supporters to cool the rhetoric.
As Politico's Jonathan Martin says: "Whether she defends, explains or even responds at all to the intense criticism of her brand of confrontational politics could well determine her trajectory on the national scene — and it's likely to reveal the scope of her ambitions as well."
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... some believe that incendiary rhetoric like Palin's bears some responsibility in the tragedy. Giffords herself had previously raised concerns about Palin's map: "The way that she has it depicted has the cross hairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do that, they have got to realize there are consequences to that action."
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... Palin has become a focal point in the debate over heated rhetoric, and her response is likely to be a defining moment in her political career. One informal but telling sign of the potential stakes for Palin: According to Facebook, the top question dominating debate on the site over the weekend was "Is Sarah Palin to blame?"
So far, Palin's team, angry that the former governor is being linked to the shooting, has struggled to contain the controversy. On Saturday, the map citing Giffords was abruptly pulled from the SarahPAC site — even though it remained on Facebook. Rebecca Mansour, a Palin aide, said on Twitter that the map was pulled because it "was no longer relevant" since the 2010 campaign was over.
In a subsequent interview with GOP radio host Tammy Bruce, Mansour defended the map. They weren't gun sights but "surveyor's symbols," Bruce suggested, according to Alaska Dispatch, and Mansour agreed. But that contradicted Palin's own prior characterization of the map's symbol as a "'bullseye' icon."
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Palin is hardly the first politician to use gun or military imagery in campaigning. As the Palin's supporters on the right noted, even President Obama has used similar metaphors, ...
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But the bigger question is whether Palin will seek to passionately defend her comments and political ground — as she has been known to do during past controversies — or whether she, like other political figures in recent days, will urge her supporters to cool the rhetoric.
As Politico's Jonathan Martin says: "Whether she defends, explains or even responds at all to the intense criticism of her brand of confrontational politics could well determine her trajectory on the national scene — and it's likely to reveal the scope of her ambitions as well."
What can you expect from a deranged person?
Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/08/1499138/congressional-officials-say-congresswoman.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1AelDHA3p
The Congresswoman "exploiting" this issue has been anti-gun since her first run at office. She ran for office because of the loss of her husband and son to gunfire.
The Right Wing Extremists have an interesting way of manipulating issues and then claiming "innocence", or maybe that should be "ignorance".
1. Of course, they claim that Jim Brady was wonderful as Press Secretary to Reagan, until he was shot and began campaign against guns.
2. Cindy Sheehan is an "attention whore" because she took up the cause after losing her son.
3. The WTC widows are "media whores" for fighting for the rights of survivors of 9/11
We are dealing with a mentally unbalanced person here, who significantly needs psychiatric help, probably hospitalization/incarceration.
Now, I'll address the shooter of the Congresswoman. He's nuts also.
I don't even want to know how radec knows if bodies are still warm after being shot to death.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
"Anyways"???????
Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/08/1499138/congressional-officials-say-congresswoman.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1AbVmFsaL
We all know who makes "anyway" plural......LOL
Guilt by association?
Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/08/1499138/congressional-officials-say-congresswoman.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1AbBS8Lk4
Well now, considering what I have seen Red Foreman comment concerning Rachel Corrie's death, I don't understand why he would feel "taunted" by such a question. He has made equally crude statements about her death in The Olympian comments. The Red Foreman that comments in The Olympian thinks he has the "right" to say all sorts of things, under "freedom of speech", thus the question posed is nothing close to a taunt.
Fact is stranger than fiction.
From Giffords wiki:
Giffords supports gun rights.[41] She opposed the Washington D.C. gun ban, signing an Amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court to support its overturn.[41][42] She has a D+ rating from the NRA[43] and a D- from the GOA
Giffords supports gun rights.[41] She opposed the Washington D.C. gun ban, signing an Amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court to support its overturn.[41][42] She has a D+ rating from the NRA[43] and a D- from the GOA
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Shooting of AZ Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Judge John Roll, and others
Presently there are around 130 comments on this item in the Olympian (http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/08/1499138/congressional-officials-say-congresswoman.html), and IMO, the following comment is the best written and most reasoned of the lot:
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From The Olympian
Lucias Daye, a contributor to The Olympian, wrote his swan song and it was published in the last couple of days (sorry, I didn't really pay attention to how long it had been on the site. It was milked for 73 comments)
Daye, in another op-ed http://www.theolympian.com/2010/10/29/1419774/has-push-for-inclusiveness-diversity.html, admitted to his Conservative leanings and was applauded by the usual crowd. His final piece was about "celebrating diversity" and the catcalls came out like there was a female in heat. Typical attacks of Daye being "communist", "socialist" - all the namecalling you'd expect. I guess Lucias is no longer "Conservative enough".
Such is the folly of the new GOP. They are already fighting amongst themselves about what is "Conservative". This is typical of the three word phrase crowd. No critical thinking.
Just so that he doesn't feel left out as he lurks our blog and stalks me on the internet, a copy and paste from the comments:
Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/07/1497598/recognizing-and-celebrating-diversity.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1AT0yhU3e
Now maybe Joey was talking about SondraK.com where the moderator ran a head for a month or so that called "Emma" a filthy euphamism for "vagina". A quick aside - I still would love to know who "Emma" really was. He/She certainly had Sondra in excrement fits.
Joey, just to set the record straight - ThurstonBlog was created because you and others like you were abusing the report feature on The Olympian when they had "Pluck" and forcing The Olympian to shut down the comments thread on almost a daily basis. I provided a forum for people to enjoy when The Olympian was shut down.
ThurstonBlog was originally an open blog, but immediately the same crew thought they'd pull similar stunts here. We made it members only. Frankly, if The Olympian would truly qualify the identity of their commenter contributors, you and many like you would disappear because you lack the courage to stand up for your beliefs. You live in the fear that someone is "out to get you" and said paranoia is probably because of all the lurking and hiding you do. Here is a clue - MOST of the world is not like YOU.
ThurstonBlog exists because the JoeyVoters of the community want to start bar fights and then crawl out the front door and watch from the cheap seats. Here, that can't happen. Every contributor is responsible for their own contributions.
Now, if you are whining about the many parodies done on your multiple monikers in The Olympian and your whiney ways, ThurstonBlog - me in particular - is guilty as charged. Joey, tell me....seriously, how can we not parody your constant threat to take matters into your own hands whenever an Evergreen student farts sideways? How can we avoid making fun of your constant religious performances while fantasizing the jail rape of TJ Johnson? How can we not find humor in what is obviously a very off balance individual who stalks people on the internet and then cries about them being "mean"? You are a comedian's delight!
ThurstonBlog loves a good laugh and you make it so easy...... Actually, I've got a few more up my sleeve.
Keep reading.
Daye, in another op-ed http://www.theolympian.com/2010/10/29/1419774/has-push-for-inclusiveness-diversity.html, admitted to his Conservative leanings and was applauded by the usual crowd. His final piece was about "celebrating diversity" and the catcalls came out like there was a female in heat. Typical attacks of Daye being "communist", "socialist" - all the namecalling you'd expect. I guess Lucias is no longer "Conservative enough".
Such is the folly of the new GOP. They are already fighting amongst themselves about what is "Conservative". This is typical of the three word phrase crowd. No critical thinking.
Just so that he doesn't feel left out as he lurks our blog and stalks me on the internet, a copy and paste from the comments:
Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/07/1497598/recognizing-and-celebrating-diversity.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1AT0yhU3e
Now maybe Joey was talking about SondraK.com where the moderator ran a head for a month or so that called "Emma" a filthy euphamism for "vagina". A quick aside - I still would love to know who "Emma" really was. He/She certainly had Sondra in excrement fits.
Joey, just to set the record straight - ThurstonBlog was created because you and others like you were abusing the report feature on The Olympian when they had "Pluck" and forcing The Olympian to shut down the comments thread on almost a daily basis. I provided a forum for people to enjoy when The Olympian was shut down.
ThurstonBlog was originally an open blog, but immediately the same crew thought they'd pull similar stunts here. We made it members only. Frankly, if The Olympian would truly qualify the identity of their commenter contributors, you and many like you would disappear because you lack the courage to stand up for your beliefs. You live in the fear that someone is "out to get you" and said paranoia is probably because of all the lurking and hiding you do. Here is a clue - MOST of the world is not like YOU.
ThurstonBlog exists because the JoeyVoters of the community want to start bar fights and then crawl out the front door and watch from the cheap seats. Here, that can't happen. Every contributor is responsible for their own contributions.
Now, if you are whining about the many parodies done on your multiple monikers in The Olympian and your whiney ways, ThurstonBlog - me in particular - is guilty as charged. Joey, tell me....seriously, how can we not parody your constant threat to take matters into your own hands whenever an Evergreen student farts sideways? How can we avoid making fun of your constant religious performances while fantasizing the jail rape of TJ Johnson? How can we not find humor in what is obviously a very off balance individual who stalks people on the internet and then cries about them being "mean"? You are a comedian's delight!
ThurstonBlog loves a good laugh and you make it so easy...... Actually, I've got a few more up my sleeve.
Keep reading.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Larida's Passage
Publishers Note: I've deleted the attempted art from this blog, rather than have blank spaces on the page. This action has nothing to do with the content or context of the blog, but a desire for aesthetic value.
LARIDA’S PASSAGE
Foreword.
I have chosen the Larida Passage project as my first essay here in an attempt to promote a full and rational discussion of a controversial local issue. I have made no secret of my support for this project. By way of full disclosure, I would note that I am a former employee of Triway Enterprises (although Larida Passage was not my project). However, I would also note that my support for this project stems not from my employment at Triway but from 30+ years of experience as a planner, and from my lifelong advocacy for quality downtowns.
Triway President Tri Vo has consistently stated that his primary goal in proposing the mixed-use Larida Passage development is to create a “signature project” as a catalyst for development in downtown Olympia. This statement is fully consistent with his publicly-stated desire to create “signature projects” for each of Thurston County’s three major cities. Absent the current economic climate, it is likely that each of the three projects that have been proposed would be in advanced stages of development.
Intro.
Larida Passage is proposed to be developed as a 5 – 7 story, mixed-use building on the “isthmus” located in downtown Olympia. The proposal calls for retail uses on the first floor, offices on the second floor, and residential condominiums on upper floors. The top floor features a publicly accessed viewing platform, with the possibility of a restaurant. The interior of the building is a parking structure designed to exceed the site’s minimum parking requirements.
Brief Regulatory Summary.
At the time of application, the height limit allowed by the City of Olympia was 35 feet, although the city had previously granted approval for a 3-story, 42-foot-high office building for the site. The approval for that office building remains valid.
In 2008, property owner and developer Tri Vo of Triway Enterprises requested a zoning variance to permit the construction of the mixed-use development described above. The variance is necessary because the zoning of the property limited building heights in this portion of downtown. When the Olympia Comprehensive Plan was drafted in the early ‘90s, the ‘isthmus’ area was the only part of downtown Olympia where heights were this strictly limited. One of the arguments for the variance request was to make the height limits and permitted uses in this area consistent with the remainder of downtown. Following extensive and well-attended public hearings before the Planning Commission and the City Council, the Council granted approval of the variance, subject to conditions.
Following the last City Council election, the Council voted to restrict height limits within the area to 35 feet. However, despite these recent height restrictions, the project appears to be vested under the approved variance.
The property also requires site plan and design review approval from the City of Olympia, and shoreline development from the State of Washington Department of Ecology.
Arguments Against the Development.
Opponents to the project have argued that:
- A 5 – 7 story building will significantly limit views. Opponents cite a 1911 Capital Campus study that purports to limit development between the Capital campus and the water, in order to preserve views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains from the Capital.
- The variance constitutes an illegal “spot zoning” that would grant preferential treatment to the developer.
- The “market-rate” housing proposed for the site would not be affordable.
- The project will create too much traffic.
- The plan doesn’t provide enough parking.
- Six former governors oppose the idea.
- The site is better suited to become a public park.
- Tri Vo can’t be trusted.
As to the “views:” I’ve actually read the 1911 Wilder and White Capital Campus Study. It does, indeed, call for the preservation of a very specific view corridor. That corridor runs directly north from the Capitol Building, across the fountain and the building that houses Traditions Café. The line of the view corridor is east of, and does not include the Larida Passage property. The project application included an exhaustive view survey. That survey took more than 2,000 pictures from every possible angle. All of those unedited photos were made available to the City Council. Among the conclusions of the study:
- A total of less than four percent of views of Puget Sound from the Capital Campus would be impacted.
- No mountain views from the Capital Campus would be impacted.
- No water views from any residential property would be impacted.
This last finding is important because a specific part of the state’s Shoreline Management Act requires “minimal” impacts on views from residential properties. In previous cases (and one specific 2008 case from Bellingham), the Shoreline Management Hearings Board determined that a 10% reduction in views from a residential property met the requirement as a “minimal impact.
As a planner, I have dealt with the issue of “spot zoning” in many venues across the country. Spot zoning occurs when a single piece of property benefits from the granting of a zoning designation significantly different than the designation of surrounding properties. In the Larida Passage application, four properties were included. And the application requested that these four properties be granted the same zoning status already enjoyed by other downtown properties. The application meets no definition of spot zoning that I have ever encountered.
Much has been made about the proposal for “million dollar condos” and market rate housing, when opponents clearly indicated that they would prefer affordable housing to be a component of the project. According to publicly-available information, downtown Olympia is made up of two census tracts. Within those two tracts, fully 95% of the housing stock is either subsidized or below-market-rate (source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, bureau of the Census). So, the question that needs to be asked is, how much “affordable housing” is enough? To some project opponents, it appears that “enough” is something more than 95%.
It is true that any development on this site will create traffic. And given the site’s location at the west entrance to downtown, this is a sensitive issue. The observation I would make is this: Triway submitted a traffic study that, with mitigation, met with the city’s approval. In addition, the traffic study clearly indicated that the Larida Passage project would result in less traffic than would be generated by the three-story office building that was already approved for the site.
With regard to parking, the project’s opponents steadfastly refused to acknowledge that which the city staff noted: the project provides significantly more off-street parking than what is required by ordinance. In other words, people wishing to visit Percival Landing or Capitol Lake would be able to take advantage of the additional parking to be provided on this site.
And the opposition of the six former governors begs the question: why didn’t any of them take action to protect this property while they were in office?
The public park argument is interesting in that it has captured the imagination of many. It hasn’t garnered any money, mind you, but many imaginations. One of the things that makes the argument interesting is that the subject property has been on the market twice in the past dozen years or so. And each time it’s been on the market, its availability has been brought to the attention of city and state officials. And each time, both the city and the state have passed on the opportunity. In short, the property had no value to the public, until it had value for development. Funny how that works.
To those who say they can’t trust Tri Vo I can only say, that has not been my experience. I have found Tri to be an honorable man. Is he a tough negotiator? Absolutely! But in the time I have known him, he has stood by his word.
More About the Opposition.
One of the driving forces behind the opposition to Larida Passage is former Olympia Mayor Bob Jacobs. Jacobs has a long history of opposing any development downtown, with the exception of subsidized housing. He was especially energetic in his opposition to the Farmer’s Market. The ‘flying pig’ weathervane on the roof of the Market is a testament to his infamous quote, “We’ll build that Farmer’s Market when pigs fly!
The Chicken or the Egg?
Like many business leaders in the community, Tri Vo has contributed to many causes. His contributions have included donations to the campaigns of many local political leaders in city and state government. Some have argued that campaign contributions to members of the City Council “bought” their support for Larida Passage. In light of the way that political campaigns are funded in this country, I find these arguments troubling. They suggest that members of the City Council are incapable of independent thought or action when dealing with a development proposal submitted by a campaign contributor. I believe that if we were to demand recusal of any member of a governing body on the basis of prior campaign support, virtually no action would ever be taken. The issue begs the “chicken or egg” question: do individuals contribute to candidates whose positions they agree with, or do candidates agree with the positions of the individuals from whom they receive contributions?
Author’s Note: I have not personally made a contribution to the campaign of any current or former member of the Olympia City Council. However, in the interest of full disclosure, I will note that I have made past contributions to Capital Playhouse. The most recent contribution was in 2008, within a few days of the vandalism that occurred there as a result of Jeff Kingsbury’s support of the Larida Passage project.
In Closing …
Preparing this material has been an interesting process for me. I love downtown Olympia. I am excited by the renovations being done to Percival Landing. I’m looking forward to the Farmer’s Market reopening in the Spring. There are some great shops and restaurants downtown. BUT there’s one critical element missing: residents with disposable income. Sure, it’s good that so many state office workers and others are there during the day. And it’s great when the Washington Center, Harlequin, or Capital Playhouse bring people out at night. But we need people living there to make downtown Olympia an “eighteen-hour city.” We need the kind of night life that only happens when people live downtown, and the folks living in the subsidized housing just aren’t doing it for us. I believe that Larida Passage can be the catalyst to start that process.
I have not been associated with Triway Enterprises for more than two years. During that time, the economy that caused my departure from Triway has gotten significantly worse. Most of the trusts created for Triway development projects have been foreclosed upon, and Triway has filed for bankruptcy protection. However, this same fate has befallen many, many other builders and developers in Washington and across the country.
It may seem naïve, but I remain hopeful that Larida Passage will someday be built. I’ve worked in the field of planning and development long enough to know that these economic conditions happen in cycles, and that things will eventually change. I am very much looking forward to that.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Good Bye, Dick Pust
I'll refrain from the politics of KGY's business decisions, but will just say that this is only the beginning of changes in "local" media.
Meanwhile, although Dick was a "good old Olympian", as a guest on his show on two different occasions, representing BBBS, I had to laugh while leaving the building after his question "how do you handle perverts?"
Uh, Dick - we don't have any We screen before allowing contact with kids.
On the other side, keep your ears open for the name "David Black". This Canadian buys presses and buildings.
Meanwhile, although Dick was a "good old Olympian", as a guest on his show on two different occasions, representing BBBS, I had to laugh while leaving the building after his question "how do you handle perverts?"
Uh, Dick - we don't have any We screen before allowing contact with kids.
On the other side, keep your ears open for the name "David Black". This Canadian buys presses and buildings.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Who in the Hell is "Intertubes"?
Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/04/1494748/last-january-was-olympias-second.html#ixzz1ABByqlhe
As usual, Joey's paranoia is kicking in. He has probably taken the bullet from his pocket and put it in his gun.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Peremptory censorship at the Zero?
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Apparently comments aren't going to be allowed on New coroner changes Ronda Reynolds' cause-of-death ruling to "undetermined"??
As of 4:45 pm, the "comments" section has not been enabled.
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Apparently comments aren't going to be allowed on New coroner changes Ronda Reynolds' cause-of-death ruling to "undetermined"??
As of 4:45 pm, the "comments" section has not been enabled.
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Michele Bachmann-- a problem for the GOP
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Analysis: The GOP’s Michele Bachmann problem
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“... Bachmann presents a particular headache for the GOP. The Tea Party helped propel Republicans into office by attacking Democrats; now, with the dirty work done and popular support for centrist compromise growing, wild cable TV statements are looking more like a liability. And Bachmann is Exhibit A. But by withholding from her the formal power she believes she has earned, the GOP has probably compounded the problem. As Bachmann's time in the Minnesota state senate made clear, rejection by party elders has a way of energizing her. If things had gone her way, Bachmann might have been tempted to move past Mama Grizzly extremism, but now, she'll be sticking with it. Boehner should have seen this coming.
The new dynamic is already in effect: After the GOP put the less tea-stained Jeb Hensarling of Texas in the conference chair position, Bachmann moved rapidly from faux-graciousness to promising an insurrection "against our own leadership" if it failed to accomplish what the Tea Party had asked for. ...
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The next slight came when Bachmann was passed over for a seat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee for which she was rumored to be canvassing and which would have inserted her into tax-policy debates and into the coming health care showdown. Instead, the steering committee slotted her for the House Intelligence Committee, a rather Machiavellian move: While on paper it's a prestigious assignment, the committee's workings are intrinsically hush-hush. As one observer told Politico, "If you're looking for media and controversy, that's not the committee to be on." That's particularly rough for Bachmann, powered as she is by media attention. ...
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Twice disappointed, Bachmann turned back to the business of making her own news. ...
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... she certainly won't slouch away in the face of the House leadership's rejection, nor will she work quietly at its bidding. And in one sense, that's admirable: For all the talk about how the Tea Party has been particularly welcoming to women, and for all the movement's championing of traditional womanly jobs as excellent preparation for politics, it's striking that its two most prominent faces, Bachmann and Palin, have approached their political careers in what could be considered a stereotypically male fashion. ...
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In some ways, Bachmann is quite workmanlike: She is a tax attorney who wears sensible shoes, one who got to be a demagogue the hard way, by doggedly showing up to throw flames at appearances large and small. But when it comes to the bigger picture, she, like Palin, has figured out that putting her nose to the grindstone won't get her where she wants to go all that quickly and that she can make better use of that appendage by keeping it out of joint—and on cable news, preferably. Had Boehner and company given Bachmann a seat at the table, they might have contained her. Ambulatory, she'll run amok.”
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Analysis: The GOP’s Michele Bachmann problem
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“... Bachmann presents a particular headache for the GOP. The Tea Party helped propel Republicans into office by attacking Democrats; now, with the dirty work done and popular support for centrist compromise growing, wild cable TV statements are looking more like a liability. And Bachmann is Exhibit A. But by withholding from her the formal power she believes she has earned, the GOP has probably compounded the problem. As Bachmann's time in the Minnesota state senate made clear, rejection by party elders has a way of energizing her. If things had gone her way, Bachmann might have been tempted to move past Mama Grizzly extremism, but now, she'll be sticking with it. Boehner should have seen this coming.
The new dynamic is already in effect: After the GOP put the less tea-stained Jeb Hensarling of Texas in the conference chair position, Bachmann moved rapidly from faux-graciousness to promising an insurrection "against our own leadership" if it failed to accomplish what the Tea Party had asked for. ...
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The next slight came when Bachmann was passed over for a seat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee for which she was rumored to be canvassing and which would have inserted her into tax-policy debates and into the coming health care showdown. Instead, the steering committee slotted her for the House Intelligence Committee, a rather Machiavellian move: While on paper it's a prestigious assignment, the committee's workings are intrinsically hush-hush. As one observer told Politico, "If you're looking for media and controversy, that's not the committee to be on." That's particularly rough for Bachmann, powered as she is by media attention. ...
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Twice disappointed, Bachmann turned back to the business of making her own news. ...
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... she certainly won't slouch away in the face of the House leadership's rejection, nor will she work quietly at its bidding. And in one sense, that's admirable: For all the talk about how the Tea Party has been particularly welcoming to women, and for all the movement's championing of traditional womanly jobs as excellent preparation for politics, it's striking that its two most prominent faces, Bachmann and Palin, have approached their political careers in what could be considered a stereotypically male fashion. ...
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In some ways, Bachmann is quite workmanlike: She is a tax attorney who wears sensible shoes, one who got to be a demagogue the hard way, by doggedly showing up to throw flames at appearances large and small. But when it comes to the bigger picture, she, like Palin, has figured out that putting her nose to the grindstone won't get her where she wants to go all that quickly and that she can make better use of that appendage by keeping it out of joint—and on cable news, preferably. Had Boehner and company given Bachmann a seat at the table, they might have contained her. Ambulatory, she'll run amok.”
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Monday, January 3, 2011
I really want to apologize to ThurstonBloggers
A few days ago, I allowed "radec" to have an account, as a gesture since "radec" had been whining consistantly about ThurstonBlog.
Now despite the whine that we are a hate blog and that we use profanity, "radec" took the account and immediately launched into a couple of childish blogs. Needless to say, I could see the writing on the wall and I cancelled the account and deleted the offensive blogs.
I sincerely apologize for allowing the good name of ThurstonBlog to be smeared by such a negative, vile person.
I noticed that our stats were down during that time, but have picked back up since the deletions.
Thanks for your understanding.
Now despite the whine that we are a hate blog and that we use profanity, "radec" took the account and immediately launched into a couple of childish blogs. Needless to say, I could see the writing on the wall and I cancelled the account and deleted the offensive blogs.
I sincerely apologize for allowing the good name of ThurstonBlog to be smeared by such a negative, vile person.
I noticed that our stats were down during that time, but have picked back up since the deletions.
Thanks for your understanding.
Ooooh, the end of the world will begin May 21, 2011!
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End of Days in May? Christian group spreads word
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End of Days in May? Christian group spreads word
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Hey Hater
Once again should you like to talk to me in the real world here is how:
Laurian Weisser
Email: Oly202@gmail.com
By phone: 360 753 9771
By snail mail: 611 capitol Way S. #512 Olympia WA 98501
I am ashamed of nothing nor do I fear anyone. If you would like to be real, get a hold of me and we can hash over the shit. It is time you and I stop throwing insults at each other. Are you ready t do that?
Funny thing is I have posted my contact info several time on many forums before an yet to have hear from any of the Right wing. Does the meat world scare you?
Laurian Weisser
Email: Oly202@gmail.com
By phone: 360 753 9771
By snail mail: 611 capitol Way S. #512 Olympia WA 98501
I am ashamed of nothing nor do I fear anyone. If you would like to be real, get a hold of me and we can hash over the shit. It is time you and I stop throwing insults at each other. Are you ready t do that?
Funny thing is I have posted my contact info several time on many forums before an yet to have hear from any of the Right wing. Does the meat world scare you?
Screaming at Squirrels.
Caestus
Has anyone else noticed this daily barrage of "new" progressive commenters here and their hateful angry very personal rhetoric from the get-go?
It appears that most progressive do repeat the same angry hateful spiteful personal rhetoric regardless of the topic.
Uncanny!
sage1 in reply to Caestus
Not really. What I have noticed is you charging off-topic at the drop of a hat. Exactly like your contribution above.
It really is all about you isn't it? All I can say is thanks for the un-intended comedy. This forum would be so less entertaining without your Dadaesque contributions.
Caestus in reply to sage1
It really is all about you isn't it?
Obviously.
sage1 in reply to Caestus
QED.
And so it goes. The little *itch seems to embraced her meth habit again.
Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/02/1492023/pharmacy-ruling-is-mind-numbing.html#disqus_thread#ixzz19umpfyNl
Has anyone else noticed this daily barrage of "new" progressive commenters here and their hateful angry very personal rhetoric from the get-go?
It appears that most progressive do repeat the same angry hateful spiteful personal rhetoric regardless of the topic.
Uncanny!
sage1 in reply to Caestus
Not really. What I have noticed is you charging off-topic at the drop of a hat. Exactly like your contribution above.
It really is all about you isn't it? All I can say is thanks for the un-intended comedy. This forum would be so less entertaining without your Dadaesque contributions.
Caestus in reply to sage1
It really is all about you isn't it?
Obviously.
sage1 in reply to Caestus
QED.
And so it goes. The little *itch seems to embraced her meth habit again.
Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/02/1492023/pharmacy-ruling-is-mind-numbing.html#disqus_thread#ixzz19umpfyNl
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Hypocrisy in Christianity
Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/01/1491320/reality-church-pulls-together.html#ixzz19qZSWGNF
Now, folks, this is a post from a person known to stalk people online from various monikers and post jail rape fantasies on newspaper comments blogs directed at political foes.
Pray for yourself, Joey. I doubt that any God would endorse your vile behavior.
The more things change, the more they stay the same
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reagan/timeline/index_4.html
| 1983 | January 1: The official unemployment rate reaches 11.5 million. Hardest hit is "rustbelt." In Milwaukee, 20,000 wait in 20 degree weather to apply for 200 jobs at auto-frame factory. January: Reagan's approval rating plummets to 35%. January 31: Reagan submits his fiscal 1984 budget to Congress; $189billion deficit. A combination of the recession, tax cuts, and an increase in defense spending are to blame. Advisors urge Reagan to either raise taxes or cut defense, Reagan rejects the advice and vows to "stay the course." March 8: In a speech to National Association of Evangelicals meeting in Orlando, Florida, Reagan says that U.S.S.R. is the "focus of evil in the modern world" |
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