1. You have to make these a little harder. No brainer- George Bush.

My lovable liberal today told me my sore finger was the fault of George Bush.

Posted by: swatter on September 29, 2008 01:20 PM

2. Haven't you heard? Everything's great here! We're the envy of the rest of the nation. The Queen told us so. Forbes told us so.

Posted by: Palouse on September 29, 2008 01:20 PM

3. Not Bush... ROVE! He hasn't been frog marched through throngs of cheering horsesasses...er, Seattlites!

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on September 29, 2008 01:32 PM

4. Blame the Dems. WA has been suffocating under their thumbs for the past 20 years.

Posted by: bob on September 29, 2008 01:37 PM

5. Oh look at the bright side! Oil is now down to $96.36 a barrel, and we didn't spill one drop in the Gulf, kill a Polar bear in the anarctic, and most of all the democrats had no time to F up the gas price fall. Gore will be livid!

So now we can pave over Olympia, send em all home without pay, and Gregoire's 3.2 Billion dollar defecit will be solved. We'll have a 39 Billion dollar surplus.

Posted by: gs on September 29, 2008 01:49 PM

6. The democrats will not take responsibility for any of it, even though they control Seattle, King County and the state of Washington.

What they're effectively saying, as we saw democrat New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin and fellow democrat LA governor Kathleen Blanco say in 2005: "We want the power, but we don't want the responsibility that comes with it."

Over and over we see this with democrats. Nancy Pelosi and her gang of leftist thugs constantly do the same thing in DC. It's immature, and that's putting it mildly.

Posted by: Michele on September 29, 2008 03:12 PM

7. Careful Michelle, its only a matter of time before the Dem's "Truth Squads" find their way here. After all, "immature" is such a hurtful word...maybe not enough to get arrested, but this being Washington, it is probably worth a time-out.

Posted by: Diogenes on September 29, 2008 03:31 PM

8. That has been my point all the long. Liberals don't do anything. The 520 bridge, the via duct, the monorail, the Sonics, WAMU, etc. etc. They have done nothing but raise taxes and pander to special interests that hurt the middle class.

Posted by: Thomas B. on September 29, 2008 03:50 PM

9. Sonics = Good Riddance...they should lower the pay for players and fix the damn Area themselves. Not the taxpayers problem.

Safeco sold = Ummm, yeah. Maybe the Republicans shouldn't have run the DUI CEO for the Senate. Besides I thought the GOP believed in Free Market principles.

Mariners & Huskies = M's have always sucked. Husky players sucking means more studying time, they are the future of the country. Study away.

3.4 billion plus state budget deficit = This coming from a party that's responsible for the biggest growth in size of National Govt. and run up the largest debt in history. We've still got 3 months and 23 days left of this insanity. Not to mention the Republican party managed to eliminate 1.1 Trillion dollars from the economy today over a partisan speech. Seriously, what a bunch of whiners. Suck it up and vote to save the economy.

Posted by: Cato on September 29, 2008 04:12 PM

10. Bailing out Wall Street may or may not work. What WOULD work is sending a $30,000 mortgage credit to everyone in America who has a mortgage. This would:

1. Allow balloon mortgages to be refinanced.
2. Stop the downturn in real estate prices.
3. Provide older home owners a chance to pay off their mortgage.
4. Genuinely stimulate the economy in a significant way.
5.. Cost far less than the bail out.

Posted by: Doc-T on September 29, 2008 04:34 PM

11. So, Pacto... how is it that when things are going good, you whack jobs take all the credit... but when things suck, someone else gets all the blame?

You morons run the entire state. And all you can do is pathetically deflect to DC.

Did your mother have any kids that actually lived?

Queen Chrissy the Tribal Ho is where this particular buck stops. And she deserves everything she's gonna get for bending us over while she bends over for the tribes that own her like the hooker she is.

Posted by: Hinton on September 29, 2008 05:13 PM

12. You'll probably have to wait a long time for Cato to somehow explain how the 3.4 billion projected state budget deficit was somehow due to George Bush and Republicans.

Actually in Cato and Gregoire's world I don't really even understand why we have a governor. According to her it's the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee that is responsible for the deficit.

Posted by: Bill Cruchon on September 29, 2008 05:23 PM

13. First Boeing moves its headquarters to Chicago. Then one by one they go; Safeco sold, WAMU belly up, Sonics to Oklahoma, Mariners and Huskies to oblivion. Add in Nicklesville, monorail bust and a $3.4 billion plus state budget deficit and one begins to wonder.

To complete the perfection, let the Sound Transit money grab fail miserably this November.

Maybe Mayor Nickles and his old Sound Transit stooges could go and get real jobs - I hear Fannie Mae is looking for some help.

Posted by: Insufficiently Sensitive on September 29, 2008 05:31 PM

14. The only Viable job in this state with cadillac benefits and a cadillac retirement plan is working for Gregoire and her den of state thieves.

Non responsive to anyone but her precious Olympia motherland.

Seig Heil

I wonder how she will replace the business tax once all businesses exodus this wasteland.

I wonder how she will pay for all her social engineering once the money dries up.

Posted by: gs on September 29, 2008 05:51 PM

15. I think John McCain has the solution. John McCain has a comprehensive economic plan that will create millions of good American jobs, ensure our nation's energy security, get the government's budget and spending practices in order, and bring relief to American consumers.

Posted by: Lucy on September 29, 2008 06:07 PM

16. Not only did they lose the Sonics, they lost Rick's. But I guess we can blame that one on Bush too, since the FBI and IRS were involved.

Posted by: russell garrard on September 29, 2008 06:27 PM

17. I got emailed this plan today, and although it is a little longwinded, I couldn;t help wonder what would happen if instead of the 85 Billion this individual was talking about, we did this with the whole 700 Billion thay are proposing

"Now here's a bail out plan that works!
I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.
Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in "We Deserve It Dividend".

To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+.

Our population is about 301,000,000 ± counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might b e a fair stab at adults 18 and up..

So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billon that equals $425,000.00.

My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a "We Deserve It Dividend".

Of course, it would NOT be tax free.

So let's assume a tax rate of 30%.

Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.

That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.

But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket.

A husband and wife has $595,000.00.

What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?

Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved.

Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads

Put away money for college - it'll be there

Save in a bank - create money to loan to entrepreneurs.

Buy a new car - create jobs

Invest in the market - capital drives growth

Pay for your parent's medical insurance - health care improves

Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.

If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it...instead of trickling out a puny $1000.00 economic incentive that is being proposed.

If we're going to do an $85 billion bailout, let's bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+!

As for AIG - liquidate it.

Sell off its parts.

Let American General go back to being American General.

Sell off the real estate.

Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.

Here's my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn't.

Sure it's a crazy idea that can "never work."

But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party!

How do you spell Economic Boom?

I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion "We Deserve It Dividend" more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC .

And remember, this plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

Ahhh...I feel so much better getting that off my chest.

Posted by: gs on September 29, 2008 06:29 PM

18. Even Skipper's went belly up in the People's Republic Of Washington.

Posted by: Independent Voter on September 29, 2008 06:31 PM

19. I'm no math whiz, but knock 3 zero's off of that.
$85,000,000,000 / $200,000,000 = $425

Posted by: mvray on September 29, 2008 06:44 PM

20. #17:

Go to Start, Click Accessories, than Calculator.

85,000,000,000 /
200,000,000 =

850/2 = $390

Posted by: John Bailo on September 29, 2008 06:45 PM

21.
Anyway, the Fed is still going ahead with inflating the money -- and they have to do it:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a9MTZEgukPLY&refer=home

"The Federal Reserve will pump an additional $630 billion into the global financial system, flooding banks with cash to alleviate the worst banking crisis since the Great Depression."

Posted by: John Bailo on September 29, 2008 06:59 PM

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