Olympia City Council member T.J. Johnson recently joined protestors against Iraq-bound military vehicles loading onto cargo ships at the local port, but the council as a whole is not entirely daft. The Olympian reports today the council has rejected a proposed corporate scorecard scheme advanced by area activists, which would have (falsely) decreed the city had rights to shut down businesses who did not raise their scores above a certain level on issues such as community giving, wages, overtime pay and allowing unionization. Olympians should give thanks their often-deluded council this time had the sense to avoid feel-good symbolism that would have resulted in large legal bills for the city. The absurd ordinance, admittedly aimed at large chains such as Wal-Mart and McDonalds, was advanced by the South Sound chapter of Reclaim Democracy. Funny, I wasn't aware we had lost it to begin with.
At least these glass-five-sixths-empty poseurs didn't end up with Daryl Hannah as a mouthpiece. But maybe next time, huh?
Posted by Matt Rosenberg at June 15, 2006 06:48 PM | Email ThisPssss. Matt. That paranoid delusion of the right is the only reason this board exist. See the post two below yours.
Posted by: JDB on June 15, 2006 10:02 PM"Funny, I wasn't aware we had lost it to begin with."
I was watching the MSM this morning (I know,but I like noise in the house when getting ready for work), anyways, the Democrats are "staging" for the president's visit this morning, and the one thing that was reported was the "TAKE BACK AMERICA" slogan the dem's are using.
My question is, who took america, and where is it now? I also noted that the word, "take". They don't say "EARN Back America" it is just TAKE.
Our country is truly divided.
Posted by: Chris on June 16, 2006 07:20 AMHowever, the fact we even have numbskulls who believe their set of standards should be the measuring stick for how a business operates - lest it be boarded up and shut down - shows just how viciously desparate some leftists are to impose their vision of utopia onto others.
Posted by: jimg on June 16, 2006 07:48 AMBlown away that $10k was spent to evaluate this...I would have hung a large Soviet Flag in the Council Chambers tacked up pictures of Mao, Pol Pot, Lenin, Marx and Fidel and handed out the score cards for a trial run...then I would have had my secret police storm the room and round up part of the crowd and imprison them for an offense I deemed appropriate. Hey I run the show here and not the 3 member South Sound Commies!
Incredible....the enemy is everywhere.
This isn't Russia is it Danny?
I don’t know if anything will bring the left back to America…they may live here but they are as despotic as any stone hearted gulag master, Taliban Buddha basher, NV Army regular, North Korean Government enforcer or WEA Union organizer.
I guess the continued attempt at further implementation of leftist acid tests (things like college freshmen orientations, sexual harassment reeducation, hiring quotas are good examples of Daddy Marx policies already implemented) means that we should try and impose more freedom on America.
Iraq has homicide bombers in America we have just cowards hiding behind city councils and John Murtha’s skirt. Come on you CS leftists whip out the guns and bombs and empty the cities!!!
BTW Who in the Heck is the Consultant that got paid the $10k??…can you see that business card….Analyze Probable Communist Course Adjustments for City Improvements at $200/hour
Amazing stuff.
Posted by: NWconservative on June 16, 2006 09:05 AM