Sound Politics: Axis of evil

April 16, 2007

Axis of evil

The Olympian reports: "Olympia looks at Rafah for sister city"

Proponents of the sister-city relationship say it would result in cultural exchanges and friendships.

But the proposal is not without controversy

Because of the controversy surrounding the Middle East conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, council members say it won't be an easy decision.

Not an easy decision? What part of "Eschew friendships with Jew-murdering terrorists" is not easy?

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at April 16, 2007 12:56 PM | Email This

Comments

1.
Someday Washington state may become part of the United States of America.

Posted by: John Bailo on April 16, 2007 01:33 PM

2. Why, exactly, do they need a sister city, and how much will it cost us? And if you're going to adopt a buddy, why choose one that will alienate members of your own community ... why not pick a Japanese city or an Australian one for Pete's sake?

Posted by: PeggyU on April 16, 2007 02:20 PM

3. So, in the interest of fostering "cultural exchanges and friendships", where they planning on also adopting an Israeli city?

I didn't think so.

Posted by: Mike H on April 16, 2007 02:26 PM

4. Seattle alerady HAS a sister city relationship with a city in Israel, and has since 1977:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Seattle_sister_cities

Or, if you are so far to the fringe that you won't look at anything from Wikipedia:

http://www.seattle.gov/oir/siscity.htm

Posted by: Mike P. on April 16, 2007 02:37 PM

5. I emailed the Olympia City council about this over the weekend. I told them if they are truly looking for a sister city why not choose one in Afghanistan. I told them they could help out all the women who were oppressed by the Taliban. I can't wait for their response if I get any at all.

Posted by: TrueSoldier on April 16, 2007 02:37 PM

6. Kind of makes you wonder if Chamberlain ever considered making Dusseldorf a sister city of London during the late 1030s.

Posted by: RBW on April 16, 2007 02:41 PM

7. Make that 1930s.

Posted by: RBW on April 16, 2007 02:42 PM

8. An example of the Anti-American leftists in control of Olympia, both the City Hall and worse yet, the Legislature.

Aren't tolerance and diversity wonderful?

Posted by: Rando on April 16, 2007 02:54 PM

9. Mike P., we're talking about Olympia, not Seattle

Posted by: Mike H on April 16, 2007 03:20 PM

10. Awwwww, but they just want to show their compassion. Give me a break, here is another shining example.

Report on Gore energy use prompts hate-filled messages
(http://www.dailysouthtown.com/news/opinion/guests/342999,161GUC1.article)

April 16, 2007

By Deroy Murdock

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research recently
generated headlines when it announced that former Vice
President Al Gore's Nashville, Tenn., estate "devoured
nearly 221,000 kilowatt-hours" of electricity in 2006,
"more than 20 times the national average."

This free-market think tank's phones lit up when it
analyzed Nashville Electric Service's public records
and identified an inconvenient gap between Gore's
conservationism and his energy consumption. The
research center's one-page press release was greeted
with enough megawatts of hatred to power the South.

"I was accused several times of being a 'stupid,
redneck bitch,' " recalls Nicole Williams, who fielded
numerous calls. "I repeatedly was called a 'whore' and
asked 'Whose whore are you?' for three days straight,
almost as if those were talking points ... I was
shocked by these sexist insults -- basically attacking
my gender."