Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

Washington State’s Presidential primary is worse than a joke

Not only do they provide bizarre images to include on MySpace, to appeal to the under 18 voting crowd I presume, but they try to suggest that voting in the primary actually matters. It doesn’t. It’s the equivalent of a CNN web poll, for the Democrats, completely non-binding. It’s pretty much the same for the [...]

Seriously? COME ON!


Oh, Senator Clinton, you know just what to say

Hillary Clinton is in Seattle, with no way to see her without paying for the privilege, is quoted as saying:
“I’m not running because I am a woman. I’m running because I believe I am the best qualified and most experienced person.”
Did someone somewhere suggest that she’s only running because she’s a woman, or is she [...]

Ron Sims, Roads, and Transit

Danny Westneat’s editorial on Ron Sims changing his mind about light rail. I agree with his main point: it sounds like Ron Sims could use a break. In an earlier story his wife had to remind him of his duty to the people that, as a public figure, he needs to speak out for or [...]

Clinton’s health care proposal

Hillary Clinton’s new health care proposal has too much emphasis on “insurance” and not enough on “care”. It reads like it is a gift to the insurance industry, rather than a true benefit to the populace. The middle-man insurance companies will continue to raise their rates and care will become ever more expensive, only under [...]

Cheap Labor

<rone> “If we had those 40 million (aborted) children that were killed over
the last 30 years, we wouldn’t need the illegal immigrants to fill the jobs
that they are doing today.” — Tom DeLay, 2007/07/13
This is brilliant! What source of labor could be cheaper than the unwanted, abused, and neglected-as-children? Oh but damn, who would we [...]

My crush continues

Keith Olbermann: Bush & Cheney: Resign already.

Olbermann’s Special Comment

From IRC:
<Arian> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh9rFNPeKx0
<Arian> damn yo
I think I could get to like this Olbermann guy.