A little mouth crap out of Too_Opinionated and the word gets out!
Let's keep signing up. All I need is your email and make sure I know who you are, so that I don't ignore your registration request. Once you get the invite you can author, comment and read.
By the way, great blogs by our new authors!
Keep it up. I'll delete inappropriate comments for awhile longer so that I can keep the blog open for sign ups
Thanks - Larry
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Washington Freeway Speed Cameras to Begin Ticketing ( from theNewspaper.com)
The Washington State Department (WSDOT) will unleash its freeway speed cameras in the southwest portion of the state on Monday, September 15. WSDOT officials held a kickoff event in Chehalis on Friday to announce the date that ticketing will begin. The cameras will first appear in white Ford SUVs parked on the side of the road in a work zone on Interstate 5 south of Chehalis."Along with our Washington State Patrol partners, we place a high priority on highway safety," WSDOT State Traffic Engineer Ted Trepanier said. "The automated traffic safety cameras are just part of the highway safety program."This program is designed to generate millions in revenue from $137 citations generated by the fully automated vans. Washington officials neglected to mention that ATS, an Arizona-based vendor, is the primary partner in charge of all aspects of the ticketing process in exchange for a significant portion of the revenue.Washington officials also declined to disclose the speed at which cameras will trigger a violation notice. Instead, this will change over time to generate the precise number of citations desired, depending on the locations where the cameras operate. The WSDOT program may face significant political opposition if it continues to operate after voters adopt Initiative 985 (view detail in November. The measure will force cities operating local photo radar programs to turn over all revenue to a congestion relief fund -- preventing municipalities from using the program as a source of revenue. Five cities have already dropped photo ticketing plans as a result.Illinois was the first state to begin operating speed cameras on a statewide basis, followed by Arizona. Over the past five years, fatal collisions in Washington work zones have declined 41 percent without any photo enforcement.
Invite your friends.....or let me
I really want to encourage participation on ThurstonBlog, but we have to keep it members only because of continual abuse by "TooHotAchmed, et al".
The way we can do this is to register everyone as an author, but I'll need their email address to do so. So, here is my plan -
If you know someone that would enjoy and not abuse ThurstonBlog, get their permission and send me their email address and I will send them the electronic invite that all of you got. They will then be registered to post, comment and read.
Thanks - Larry
"Keeping ThurstonBlog Sockless"
The way we can do this is to register everyone as an author, but I'll need their email address to do so. So, here is my plan -
If you know someone that would enjoy and not abuse ThurstonBlog, get their permission and send me their email address and I will send them the electronic invite that all of you got. They will then be registered to post, comment and read.
Thanks - Larry
"Keeping ThurstonBlog Sockless"
Moments of Zen
Feast on the Dada theater that is the Tea Party nee Teabagger movement.
This gem from Politico's coverage of the Tea Party Express national convention:
Yet, Chuck Smith, a 66-year-old convention-goer from the Knoxville area, said "it may be too early for the movement to have a leader. I think Sarah Palin is more of a symbol of a grass-roots, everyday, hard-working American fighting back against Big Government."
Sarah as a symbol for the American hoi poli.
Rich.
And just a paragraph down:
"I see her as possibly becoming the media face of the movement, kind of like Al Sharpton is the official black guy," said Mark Williams, an official with the group.
Sarah Palin: The Al Sharpton of the Jacobin Right.
Priceless.
And finally:
We proved that this movement is more than just standing and yelling at big buildings; and we are just getting started. Michigan Tea Party spokemodel commenting on a rally held around June 14th, 2009
Yell at buildings. Not all buildings mind you. That would be crazy. Just the big ones.
This gem from Politico's coverage of the Tea Party Express national convention:
Yet, Chuck Smith, a 66-year-old convention-goer from the Knoxville area, said "it may be too early for the movement to have a leader. I think Sarah Palin is more of a symbol of a grass-roots, everyday, hard-working American fighting back against Big Government."
Sarah as a symbol for the American hoi poli.
Rich.
And just a paragraph down:
"I see her as possibly becoming the media face of the movement, kind of like Al Sharpton is the official black guy," said Mark Williams, an official with the group.
Sarah Palin: The Al Sharpton of the Jacobin Right.
Priceless.
And finally:
We proved that this movement is more than just standing and yelling at big buildings; and we are just getting started. Michigan Tea Party spokemodel commenting on a rally held around June 14th, 2009
Yell at buildings. Not all buildings mind you. That would be crazy. Just the big ones.
The Foul Toy that keeps on giving
IndependentVoter wrote on 02/06/2010 06:44:51 AM:
The convoluted method of teaching math, that leaves kids unable to even count change, is reason enough to vote against the dumbing down of our kids and grandkids.
This from our favorite RepugnaBot's response to a LTE advocating for the North Thurston Levy. Beyond the obvious logic that less school, not more, actually dumbs children down, the irony was too rich to ignore.
Friday, February 5, 2010
The Kangas Repoor
John Kangas is a long time Olympian who, to paraphrase Hunter S. Thompson, has spent most of his adult life in a profoundly active balance of Terror with local law enforcement. In the pages of Kangas Repoor John un-apologetically tells his (mis)adventures in salvaging bits and pieces of our disappearing architectural and nautical history lovingly built by craftsmen from bygone days. In today's environmentally sensitive Olympia it is possible to argue John is an eco-warrior hard at work reducing our carbon footprint by de-constructing and re-purposing: Then, and quite possibly to this day, the cops and courts think of him as an incorrigible scofflaw. The Man is right.
The Kangas Repoor is a smart, funny, honest and subtlety spiritual memoirs of a true Olympia Iconoclast. A must read.
The Kangas Repoor is a smart, funny, honest and subtlety spiritual memoirs of a true Olympia Iconoclast. A must read.
Did its feelings get hurt?
Our poser - "AchmedTooHotTooOpinionated" et al got its feelings hurt.
"Too_STUPID2blog" had posted several times during the past two days and Oliver Sudden....
All posts deleted!!!
I guess they don't want anyone to play the same game as them.
"Too_STUPID2blog" had posted several times during the past two days and Oliver Sudden....
All posts deleted!!!
I guess they don't want anyone to play the same game as them.
More Palin scandal
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35238034/ns/politics/
Looks like Todd had his fingers where they didn't belong.....and other amazing stuff.
The e-mails that were released open a curtain on the behind-the-scenes preoccupations of the Palins, particularly the flash points of family and the media, personal finances and state finances.
The governor coached her staff on how to disguise the amount of electrical work needed at the mansion to hook up her new tanning bed.
Palin and her staff stewed over the refusal of the state Public Safety Department to provide a plane so the children could fly to Todd's family's home in Dillingham; after all, they were going to attend a bill signing, so the travel requests could be justified. Sarah Palin called the decision "outrageous," and an aide said it provides "a great excuse to privatize" the governor's jet service.
The manager of the Palins' travel schedule searched for a public event to use as justification ("I just need one") to charge the state for an airplane flight for Palin's daughter, Willow, who made the trip but had missed the event given as its justification.
When Sarah Palin complained that the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner wrote a critical editorial after she did them the favor of meeting with the editorial board, Todd Palin advised the press chief to "take the news miner off the press release address list for a few days, see how long it takes them to realize their not on the list."
"Man, that gossip crap bugs me," Sarah Palin wrote after the Anchorage Daily News wrote about mansion repairs in its Alaska Ear political column. "Any time it has anything to do with home or family, it's irritating." A press aide apologized, saying the columnist did not to call check out stories before publishing. The residence director added, "Reminds me of junior high school, where hormonal teenagers are always looking for the drama. ... I'll do my best to avoid giving them any news nuggets."
What a governor!
Looks like Todd had his fingers where they didn't belong.....and other amazing stuff.
The e-mails that were released open a curtain on the behind-the-scenes preoccupations of the Palins, particularly the flash points of family and the media, personal finances and state finances.
The governor coached her staff on how to disguise the amount of electrical work needed at the mansion to hook up her new tanning bed.
Palin and her staff stewed over the refusal of the state Public Safety Department to provide a plane so the children could fly to Todd's family's home in Dillingham; after all, they were going to attend a bill signing, so the travel requests could be justified. Sarah Palin called the decision "outrageous," and an aide said it provides "a great excuse to privatize" the governor's jet service.
The manager of the Palins' travel schedule searched for a public event to use as justification ("I just need one") to charge the state for an airplane flight for Palin's daughter, Willow, who made the trip but had missed the event given as its justification.
When Sarah Palin complained that the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner wrote a critical editorial after she did them the favor of meeting with the editorial board, Todd Palin advised the press chief to "take the news miner off the press release address list for a few days, see how long it takes them to realize their not on the list."
"Man, that gossip crap bugs me," Sarah Palin wrote after the Anchorage Daily News wrote about mansion repairs in its Alaska Ear political column. "Any time it has anything to do with home or family, it's irritating." A press aide apologized, saying the columnist did not to call check out stories before publishing. The residence director added, "Reminds me of junior high school, where hormonal teenagers are always looking for the drama. ... I'll do my best to avoid giving them any news nuggets."
What a governor!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
The key word is.......
Mac_Wade wrote on 02/04/2010 09:05:23 PM:
Yanno what, come to think about it, she should apply for a position in the Obama administration. That's where all the tax cheats go
Is Mac in drag as Sondra or vice versa? Then, of course, there is the Mac/Achmed/TooHot combo plate that is a taco short.
Yanno what, come to think about it, she should apply for a position in the Obama administration. That's where all the tax cheats go
Is Mac in drag as Sondra or vice versa? Then, of course, there is the Mac/Achmed/TooHot combo plate that is a taco short.
She Palined It Again!
From the Anchorage Daily News -
Records show that Sarah Palin hasn't paid any property taxes on cabins that have been built on two backcountry plots partially owned by the former Alaska governor.
There are no tax assessments for the two-story, house-sized cabins, a workshop and a sauna spotted Thursday in an aerial survey. Property taxes totaling $156.13 were paid on the land in 2009 -- but that bill did not include anything for the structures because the local assessor didn't know about the new construction nearly 100 miles north of Anchorage.
The issue has attracted the attention of local tax officials who conducted the scheduled aerial survey of properties in the area on Thursday. The area is accessible only by floatplane, snowmobile or four-wheeler.
Dave Dunivan, the assessor for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, said such a survey had not been done there in five years, before construction started on the cabins.
Palin's attorney, Thomas Van Flein, said it is not the responsibility of property owners to report structures that go up on their land.
"It is the borough's job," he said in an e-mail. "The property taxes on this parcel are fully paid and have never been delinquent."
Dunivan, however, said owners are required by state law to report any omissions or errors in their tax assessments. Often, the borough learns of new structures in remote areas when neighbors report them. Dunivan said no one has called the borough on the Palin lots, among many in the region to add structures, the flyover survey found.
But she's a real American and knows what Americans want.
Here's my question. Since she needed money, so she quit her state job to whore her book, how could she have afforded this little getaway with A SAUNA?????
Records show that Sarah Palin hasn't paid any property taxes on cabins that have been built on two backcountry plots partially owned by the former Alaska governor.
There are no tax assessments for the two-story, house-sized cabins, a workshop and a sauna spotted Thursday in an aerial survey. Property taxes totaling $156.13 were paid on the land in 2009 -- but that bill did not include anything for the structures because the local assessor didn't know about the new construction nearly 100 miles north of Anchorage.
The issue has attracted the attention of local tax officials who conducted the scheduled aerial survey of properties in the area on Thursday. The area is accessible only by floatplane, snowmobile or four-wheeler.
Dave Dunivan, the assessor for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, said such a survey had not been done there in five years, before construction started on the cabins.
Palin's attorney, Thomas Van Flein, said it is not the responsibility of property owners to report structures that go up on their land.
"It is the borough's job," he said in an e-mail. "The property taxes on this parcel are fully paid and have never been delinquent."
Dunivan, however, said owners are required by state law to report any omissions or errors in their tax assessments. Often, the borough learns of new structures in remote areas when neighbors report them. Dunivan said no one has called the borough on the Palin lots, among many in the region to add structures, the flyover survey found.
But she's a real American and knows what Americans want.
Here's my question. Since she needed money, so she quit her state job to whore her book, how could she have afforded this little getaway with A SAUNA?????
A back door slam at ThurstonBlog??
Too_Opinionated wrote on 02/04/2010 11:09:37 AM ... Whatever happened to the openess promised by the Democrats? Everything is closed door, members only, you even have to be a member to be a cricket these days!
Poor baby sock......
Poor baby sock......
Due to abuse of ThurstonBlog
The only people allowed to comment will be those that are registered as "authors". We want comments, but we don't want assholes, so if you wish to comment, just contact us to become an author. That way we can screen who gets access.
Cleaning up Internet forums one sock at a time.
Cleaning up Internet forums one sock at a time.
And yet, he makes no reference to the LTEs
IndependentVoter wrote on 02/03/2010 09:33:03 PM:
Those new identities must not be working out so well as we all expected. I notice they keep getting replaced.Just another day with the angry, but tolerant and diverse, left.
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What a loser!
Those new identities must not be working out so well as we all expected. I notice they keep getting replaced.Just another day with the angry, but tolerant and diverse, left.
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What a loser!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Sound familiar??
We all know who the socks are, but this was just to good to resist..
sidrat38 wrote on 02/03/2010 04:27:21 PM:
OlyRagToo wrote on 02/03/2010 04:25:07 PM: Time to go. I've got a life.
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How Sondra-esque of you...
sidrat38 wrote on 02/03/2010 04:27:21 PM:
OlyRagToo wrote on 02/03/2010 04:25:07 PM: Time to go. I've got a life.
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How Sondra-esque of you...
The way to make IV's head explode
supreme_being wrote on 02/02/2010 09:48:18 PM: The military's top officer says it's OK for gays to be in the military? IV's head must have exploded upon hearing this news. Way to go, Admiral.
Of course, it depends on which "head" we're talking about, doesn't it? Remember, we ARE talking about gays, one of IV's favorite subjects..... [snicker]
Of course, it depends on which "head" we're talking about, doesn't it? Remember, we ARE talking about gays, one of IV's favorite subjects..... [snicker]
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Childishness abounds
Somebody got home from work and started playing indiscriminately with the reporting button. Rather cowardly, IMO.
Another great Pitts op/ed
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/1123264.html
Pitts reports on a "whites only" basketball league start up attempt, and then goes into depth on caucasion stars of pro basketball.
A great op/ed, tarnished only by the stupidity of........you guessed it....
IndependentVoter wrote on 02/02/2010 05:19:26 AM:
According to Pitts, everything is the fault of white males.
No wonder the O likes him so much.
Pitts reports on a "whites only" basketball league start up attempt, and then goes into depth on caucasion stars of pro basketball.
A great op/ed, tarnished only by the stupidity of........you guessed it....
IndependentVoter wrote on 02/02/2010 05:19:26 AM:
According to Pitts, everything is the fault of white males.
No wonder the O likes him so much.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Wrong again, Sondra!
GoIdfinger wrote on 02/01/2010 08:18:56 PM:
Gimmie a break rusty... TB'ers? sounds like a respiratory disorder.
The Welcome MatIndependentVoter wrote on 02/01/2010 06:00:57 PM:Larry sure gets a lot of mileage out of these new identities.
Hey Felcher, I have a great idea. Post on ThurstonBlog, where The Olympian doesn't get pissy with you and then you have a hissy fit about your "freedom of speech".Tell us who all my new identities are. I'd love to know and I'm sure the rest of the ThurstonBloggers would get a chuckle or two.Of course, you could be a coward and afraid to not hide behind The Olympian's Terms of Service that you love to whine about.What do you think TBers???? Want an open forum with Indy Felcher where he can't hide behind The Olympian's skirt?LOL
First of all, she hijacked that name from someone about two weeks (maybe three) ago. The original "Goldfinger" was a reasonable commenter. Now she's using it to intimate that I am "rusty nails".....which I'm not.
She probably got pissed off when The Olympian closed her "Joan Hill" personna this morning. I wonder how she'll react to GoIdfinger getting the boot tomorrow?
Gimmie a break rusty... TB'ers? sounds like a respiratory disorder.
The Welcome MatIndependentVoter wrote on 02/01/2010 06:00:57 PM:Larry sure gets a lot of mileage out of these new identities.
Hey Felcher, I have a great idea. Post on ThurstonBlog, where The Olympian doesn't get pissy with you and then you have a hissy fit about your "freedom of speech".Tell us who all my new identities are. I'd love to know and I'm sure the rest of the ThurstonBloggers would get a chuckle or two.Of course, you could be a coward and afraid to not hide behind The Olympian's Terms of Service that you love to whine about.What do you think TBers???? Want an open forum with Indy Felcher where he can't hide behind The Olympian's skirt?LOL
First of all, she hijacked that name from someone about two weeks (maybe three) ago. The original "Goldfinger" was a reasonable commenter. Now she's using it to intimate that I am "rusty nails".....which I'm not.
She probably got pissed off when The Olympian closed her "Joan Hill" personna this morning. I wonder how she'll react to GoIdfinger getting the boot tomorrow?
The Welcome Mat
IndependentVoter wrote on 02/01/2010 06:00:57 PM:
Larry sure gets a lot of mileage out of these new identities.
Hey Felcher, I have a great idea. Post on ThurstonBlog, where The Olympian doesn't get pissy with you and then you have a hissy fit about your "freedom of speech".
Tell us who all my new identities are. I'd love to know and I'm sure the rest of the ThurstonBloggers would get a chuckle or two.
Of course, you could be a coward and afraid to not hide behind The Olympian's Terms of Service that you love to whine about.
What do you think TBers???? Want an open forum with Indy Felcher where he can't hide behind The Olympian's skirt?
LOL
Larry sure gets a lot of mileage out of these new identities.
Hey Felcher, I have a great idea. Post on ThurstonBlog, where The Olympian doesn't get pissy with you and then you have a hissy fit about your "freedom of speech".
Tell us who all my new identities are. I'd love to know and I'm sure the rest of the ThurstonBloggers would get a chuckle or two.
Of course, you could be a coward and afraid to not hide behind The Olympian's Terms of Service that you love to whine about.
What do you think TBers???? Want an open forum with Indy Felcher where he can't hide behind The Olympian's skirt?
LOL
Can't wait for Cheeseburger to respond
Mac_Wade wrote on 02/01/2010 07:11:16 AM:
Public employee union pensions are sucking up taxes at an alarming rate. How about a little reform there?
Public employee union pensions are sucking up taxes at an alarming rate. How about a little reform there?
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