From the Spokesman Review Former Democratic Congressman Jay Inslee declined to promise that he would add a billion dollars in the next two-year budget to improve basic education in a way demanded by the state Supreme Court in a ruling made earlier this year. His opponent, Republican Rob McKenna did,[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Democrats’
First District Democrats Require Litmus Test on Charter Schools
Candidate Should Get Out and Stay Out, Democratic Official Says – No Room for Dissent on Charter Schools The Democrats’ 1st District Chair, Nicholas Carlson, has written a letter to Guy Palumbo, a candidate State Senate. Carson tells Palumbo that he can not run as a Democrat because P[...]
April 19th, 2012 - 9:44 am § in Misc.
I Support Sarkozy, The French have a right to their homeland.
I am proud to say that Sarkozy and I are both Zionists. Ironically, French history creates a problem similar to that facing Israel. The French and the Israelis both benefited from colonialism. The French and the Israel right to exist needs to be counterbalanced against the debts and obligati[...]
March 11th, 2012 - 10:00 am § in Misc.
Celebrating the Girl Scouts!
Stephen, Eat a cookie — tomorrow we’re celebrating the 100th birthday of the Girl Scouts! When my daughter Amelia was growing up, I was a Brownie leader. On Tuesday afternoons, I had a dozen little girls show up at our house to work on earning their badges. When the girls were about eigh[...]
Can You Define “Independent?”
A look at Washington state party identity Darryl Holman. UW Antropology About four years ago, I examined how party identity had changed in both the U.S. and Washington state over a two year period following the mid-term elections. Writing about Washington state in 2007, I pointed out: We have a so[...]
Redistricting Screws Black Folks in Seattle
Our leaders have used a soupcon of melanin to flavor a soup made of grits, dashi, menudo and matzoh balls. The redrawn 9th Congressional District is “only” 49.67% non-Hispanic white. However, it already has a well-entrenched incumbent in Adam Smith. And, as I noted yesterday, the voters of the[...]
November 18th, 2011 - 11:41 am § in America
BREAKING NEWS: A Big Stick, A REALLY BIG STICK!
(The Ave News Agency, January 9, 2011) President Obama has announced that Iran no longer has a nuclear capability unless Iran wishes to commit suicide. (From (Agence Presse Francaise)The Pentagon on Thursday held a successful test flight of a flying bomb that travels faster than the speed of s[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Reprican Reaction to The President’s Effort to Create Jobs
with color coded repartee from the Washington Post, excerpted “Seven birdies, five bogeys,” Boehner reported to Biden. “You’re kidding me!” the vice president said. “I missed a four-foot, straight-on birdie on the last hole,” Boehner said of another round. Whoa!” the vice presi[...]
August 18th, 2011 - 11:33 pm § in Misc.
Free diabetes and blood pressure drugs for Brazilians
Brazil is to provide free medicines for everyone suffering from high blood pressure or diabetes. The drug s will be distributed through a nationwide network of budget pharmacies, where many medicines are already heavily subsidised. President Dilma Rousseff said the measure was part of her campaign t[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Ross Hunter endorses Suzan DelBene
It seems to me that in re BURNER VS. DelBene, Burner brings a committed group of progressives but likely can not win. DelBene brings the endorsements of every major Democrat and organized labor . It is likely that Suzan can win and will hold that seat for a very long time. She also brings a [&he[...]