http://soundpolitics.com/ Sound Commentary on Current Events in Seattle, Puget Sound and Washington State en-us jimxc1@gmail.com 2008-07-24T16:51:45-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/011174.html 11174@http://soundpolitics.com/ Courts/Legal 2008-07-24T16:51:45-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/011170.html A note from an otherwise interesting P-I article on the environmental activism/beliefs of some fervent Christians: Even opposition from evangelicals, the Christian group considered least likely to embrace warnings of climate change, might be lessening. This is the problem with... 11170@http://soundpolitics.com/ Local Media 2008-07-23T21:53:08-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/011167.html Tomorrow's Wall Street Journal reports: The stumbling U.S. economy is forcing states to slash spending and cut jobs in order to close a projected $40 billion shortfall in the current fiscal year. That gap -- identified Wednesday in a survey... 11167@http://soundpolitics.com/ Washington State 2008-07-23T21:34:27-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/011168.html Over in Spokane, things seem to be getting testy in the Republican race to squeeze through the top two primary and topple sitting Democratic Representative Don Barlow. I caught wind of that in noting a post over on the public... 11168@http://soundpolitics.com/ Washington Legislature 2008-07-23T20:45:51-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/011165.html ...what could go wrong there, right? Well, one really gets the strong impression from watching the trailer below that Bill Maher never learned the very important lesson that being a smart-ass skeptic who thinks he knows it all, but doesn't,... 11165@http://soundpolitics.com/ 2008-07-23T19:20:40-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/011164.html More proof Seattle is one: Seattle has always had an identity conflict. Gay bathhouses are allowed, street protests are legendary, and marijuana is, by voter initiative, the police department's lowest enforcement priority. Each summer a two-day event called Hempfest draws... 11164@http://soundpolitics.com/ Seattle 2008-07-23T18:45:20-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/011162.html 11162@http://soundpolitics.com/ Local Media 2008-07-23T14:09:13-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/011161.html 11161@http://soundpolitics.com/ Maria Cantwell 2008-07-23T09:50:44-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/011159.html Patrick Ruffini posted this image of a German language poster for 0bama's upcoming speech in Berlin, prompting Glenn Reynolds to quip "He's running for President of Earth" Don't laugh. Be sure to read the current New Yorker article by... 11159@http://soundpolitics.com/ National 2008-07-23T09:40:22-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/011160.html What kind of Barack Obama supporter are you?... 11160@http://soundpolitics.com/ 2008-07-23T09:38:00-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/011158.html Dino Rossi's campaign announced yesterday that he has already raised more money in 2008 than that which he compiled in his entire 2004 campaign (he's over $6,250,000 already this year). This should come as little surprise when one considers that... 11158@http://soundpolitics.com/ Washington State 2008-07-23T07:33:25-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/011157.html Behold, the first TV ad of the campaign season from either Christine Gregoire or Dino Rossi: Objectively, partisan politics and fisking of content aside, it's a very good ad. Upbeat, good visuals, touting accomplishments (or trying to at least), and... 11157@http://soundpolitics.com/ Washington State 2008-07-23T07:25:23-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/011155.html Professor Morris Coates and another professor recently conducted a study to examine what the impact of opening up ANWR would be on today's oil prices. Their conclusions speak for themselves: "We find that oil that is expected to reach the... 11155@http://soundpolitics.com/ 2008-07-22T21:02:36-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/011152.html Former Sound Politics contributor Don Ward sends the below note now that his new gig at the Seattle Weekly has started (you can read his big cover story and catch him on assorted Weekly blogs): About two years ago I... 11152@http://soundpolitics.com/ Blogosphere 2008-07-22T08:12:42-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/011151.html Long-time readers will recall I'm not Tim Eyman's biggest fan (ahem), but it must be noted he deserves particular credit for a recent turn of events. When Eyman was making the rounds at the Snohomish County GOP convention this year,... 11151@http://soundpolitics.com/ Washington State 2008-07-22T08:09:35-08:00