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 [...]

Yeah, I’m not going to be shedding any tears over the loss of the Sonics, should they actually make good on their threat to leave town. Let some other state’s suckers^Wresidents pay hundreds of millions of dollars so a few people can toss a ball around.
If only our political leaders could have handled the “Qwest [...]

I wrote this letter to my representatives this morning. The core idea is that banning cell phones won’t improve safety (because it’s only one distraction, popularized by the media simply because cell phones have spread so rapidly), and that one of the best ways they could help make the roads safer is to enforce a [...]

Seattle Bus Service, as described by the Seattle PI. I do agree with the general premise, that the current bus system is woefully inadequate. Full busses and infrequent trips just means less “new” riders, forcing more people to drive.
However, it seems to me that if Seattle really wants better bus service for their residents, they [...]

Washington state legislature passed a bill to fund hundreds of transporation projects, funded by a $.03-.09/gallon gas tax. In case you haven’t ever visited Washington state, we have some of the worst traffic ever, and of the major cities I’ve visited recently, some of the hardest to use public transit (it’s mostly centralized in Seattle [...]

It’s damn hot!
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