http://soundpolitics.com/ Sound Commentary on Current Events in Seattle, Puget Sound and Washington State en-us jimxc1@gmail.com 2009-07-02T17:05:34-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/013064.html 13064@http://soundpolitics.com/ 2009-07-02T17:05:34-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/013063.html 13063@http://soundpolitics.com/ 2009-07-02T11:34:16-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/013062.html I'll be performing at the July 4th Tea Party in Everett, at the Snohomish County Courthouse Plaza. I'll play two or three songs, starting around 12:30. The rally starts at 1 p.m. The group putting on the Tea Party, Renew... 13062@http://soundpolitics.com/ Snohomish County 2009-07-02T09:03:11-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/013061.html 13061@http://soundpolitics.com/ Local Media 2009-07-01T15:04:22-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/013059.html 13059@http://soundpolitics.com/ Local Media 2009-06-30T14:06:31-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/013058.html 13058@http://soundpolitics.com/ Local Politics 2009-06-30T10:03:36-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/013055.html In a June 30, 2009 Seattle Times opinion piece, Seattle economist Bruce Flory and Todd Myers from the Washington Policy Council proposed replacing the state property tax with a carbon tax. Such a tax would reduce the use of carbon-based... 13055@http://soundpolitics.com/ Washington State 2009-06-29T22:33:41-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/013054.html 13054@http://soundpolitics.com/ Local Media 2009-06-29T11:06:38-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/013052.html The Seattle Times couldn't avoid mentioning "an anti-tax rally" in its short hit piece on Tim Eyman's appearance Saturday at the Tea Party in Olympia. I call it a hit piece because two words "Professional activist" are intended to delegitimize... 13052@http://soundpolitics.com/ 2009-06-28T21:35:30-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/013046.html Our friends over at NW Digest note that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Obama's planned increase of corporate taxes could cut profits by 10 to 15 percent and force the company to hire more overseas labor. Take that, add cap... 13046@http://soundpolitics.com/ National 2009-06-26T23:29:39-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/013044.html Professor Robert George of Princeton University is leading an effort to enable Americans to reaffirm the principles our country was founded on: The American Principles Project The United States of America does not need new principles. It needs renewed fidelity... 13044@http://soundpolitics.com/ 2009-06-26T21:06:39-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/013039.html 13039@http://soundpolitics.com/ Politics and Environmental Policy 2009-06-25T13:40:08-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/013038.html The US Congress's big rush to pass Cap and Trade legislation HR 2454 this week is based on a foundation of sand. Roger Peilke, Jr. shows how one of the foundation reports from Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) misuses research... 13038@http://soundpolitics.com/ Politics and Environmental Policy 2009-06-24T11:20:46-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/013033.html The PI provides some evidence for that conclusion. King County's internal financial controls are a haphazard mishmash of systems with plenty of holes for potential abuse of public funds, a state audit released Monday concluded. Investigators from the Washington State... 13033@http://soundpolitics.com/ Local Politics 2009-06-23T13:25:10-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/013032.html At that time, Cameron was the editorial page editor of the Seattle Times, and a good one, in my opinion, though she and I did not always agree on issues. Here's how Cameron explained her decision. That was back in... 13032@http://soundpolitics.com/ Local Media 2009-06-22T15:57:29-08:00