10 Troubling Questions for Obama
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/56968 Earl Ofari Hutchinson March 30, 2008 Here are ten troubling questions for Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama. There are others equally troubling but these are the starters. The questions were sent directly to him at his national campaign headquarters Friday, March 28. The questions are not campaign rhetoric, gossip, and partisan allegations. They are fully documented, and totally a matter of public record. If Obama won´t answer them, then the challenge is for his supporters to answer them point... [read more]

Lights Out for Climate Change
Lights Out for Climate Change Here we go again. The World Wildlife Fund's "Lights Out for Earth" much ado about nothing campaign to have everyone on the planet turn out their lights for one hour to raise awareness of climate change swept the world yesterday. While darkness fell on snowy Seattle, Al Gore was no doubt dimming the reading lamp on his private Lear jet enroute to yet another award ceremony honoring his scientfic achievements in climotology. Unfortunately, Gore's popularization... [read more]

Hollywood Just Doesn't Get It
Every week Drudge points to articles talking about the weekend box office. This week one of the films opening was "Stop Loss". (If you can't guess what the film was about based on the title, you aren't qualified to read Sound Politics.) It was typical lefty anti-war drivel. It (predictably) flopped at the office. The article bemoaned its fate in a particularly clueless and amusing way. "Paramount wasn't expecting much because no Iraq war-themed movie has yet to perform at... [read more]

Barack Obama's Middle Name
"Barack Obama's middle name is Jimmy Carter." Quote by Steve Beren, Candidate for Congress, 7th Congressional District, Washington State. Could be. During Carter's four years we saw the military weakened, double digit inflation, long gas lines, US support for replacing the Shah of Iran with a radical Islamist (favor repaid by seizure of our embassy), national malaise speech and canceled US participation in the Olympics. On the good side, he did lay the groundwork for Ronald Reagan. Obama would have... [read more]

Dean Logan in the news again
L.A. County's election pilot is taking flak again Interim Registrar-Recorder Dean Logan left Washington state after a disputed election. Now he's facing criticism over the county's ballot design. But he still wants the job. By Jean-Paul Renaud, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer March 27, 2008 Ask a Republican in Washington state about Dean C. Logan, Los Angeles County's interim elections chief, and this might be the answer: "I'm really shocked that anyone would consider hiring Dean Logan to run... [read more]

Prosecutors: Saddam Hussein Paid for McDermott Iraq Trip
Prosecutors Say Saddam Hussein Paid for McDermott Iraq Trip Breaking news - excerpts from an Associated Press report: Saddam Hussein's intelligence agency secretly financed a trip to Iraq for three U.S. lawmakers during the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. An indictment unsealed in Detroit accuses Muthanna Al-Hanooti, a member of a Michigan nonprofit group, of arranging for three members of Congress to travel to Iraq in October 2002 at the behest of Saddam's regime. Prosecutors say... [read more]

Rev. Jeremiah Wright on Israel
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDY0ZGVhMmE4OWZmNjVmYmM1OWQzNDRiYzZjODM2Nzg= Wright and Israel [Yuval Levin] This Trinity United Church of Christ newsletter (PDF link) from last June seems to be making the rounds in Jewish circles. I have now had it e-mailed to me three times in the last 24 hours from friends who all more or less seem to have gotten it through their synagogues. On page 8 of the newsletter, entitled "Pastor's Page", Jeremiah Wright prints an "Open Letter to Oprah from Ali Baghdadi on her visit... [read more]

I've been telling you this; Pudge!
PRINCETON, NJ -- A sizable proportion of Democrats would vote for John McCain next November if he is matched against the candidate they do not support for the Democratic nomination. This is particularly true for Hillary Clinton supporters, more than a quarter of whom currently say they would vote for McCain if Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee. These conclusions are based on an analysis of Democratic voters' responses to separate voting questions in March 7-22 Gallup Poll Daily... [read more]

SUCCESSFUL LIBERAL POLICIES OR IDEAS.... ARE THERE ANY?
I have been thinking long and hard about one persons repeated comments regarding the failure of the GOP in WA State. It makes me wonder what exactly is it about liberalism that has drawn such a disproportionate number of people to it in this area. My bias tells me liberalism for the masses is fairly easy, that rarely do the words of any individual liberal require any action. However we know for a fact that there have been plenty... [read more]

Hillary Sounds like a Defense Conservative...Wha??
...Not recently, mind you, but check out this video five-year-old video from March 6, 2003: Hopefully you made it through Hymn #321 of the Code Pink Peace Sing-A-Long Book without ripping your hair out by its roots. If you made it through the whole video, you can also enjoy the beginnings of Code Pink Chant #4, found toward the back of the book. Back to substance...Of course Senator Clinton is whistling a different tune now. Yeah, she still found a... [read more]

Darcy's Plan to Kill the Troops
Darcy takes to the newspaper to air her "Plan to Withdraw". That plan coincides with the release of a new Harvard study... Insurgents in Iraq get a boost from coverage in the news media that shows support for troop withdrawals from the war torn country, according to a study. Two Harvard University economists found that insurgent groups are responsive to "antiresolve" statements in the media. "It shows that the various insurgent groups do respond to incentives and shows that a... [read more]

Anti-War group disrupts Easter Mass in Chicago
This is just pathetic (posted on Litlle Green Footballs): Another Pathetic Antiwar Tantrum in Chicago Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 8:55:37 pm PST This time it's our old friends in the International Solidarity Movement, the left-wing pro-terrorist group that spawned Rachel Corrie: Iraq war protesters disrupt Chicago Mass. CHICAGO - Six Iraq war protesters disrupted an Easter Mass on Sunday, shouting and squirting fake blood on themselves and parishioners in a packed auditorium. Three men and three women startled the... [read more]

Hispanic VP Candidate?
PORTLAND, Ore., March 21 -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson offered a strong endorsement of Barack Obama for president Friday, appealing for peace in the Democratic Party and hailing the Illinois senator as a unifying force for the country. "Your candidacy is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our country, and you are a once-in-a-lifetime leader," said Richardson, the nation's only Hispanic governor, before a cheering crowd of about 12,000 in Portland's Memorial Coliseum. "You will make every American proud to be... [read more]

Happy [fill in the blank]
Today, March 21st, 2008 marks a day of celebration or remembrance in general for about half the people around the world for some reason or another. Today is special for you today if you celebrate one of the following holidays: -Good Friday, if you're a Christian or a Catholic -Vernal Equinox, if you're a hippie -Holi, if your Hindu -Baha'i Naw-Ruz, if you're Muslim or...Baha'i -Benito Juarez Day, if your Mexican Maybe those politically correct holiday catch phrases were meant... [read more]

Darcy Burner and gang ...
This candidate ad popped up in my Gmail, with the "progressive" tag, so I clicked over just to see what a "progressive" looks like in Colorado. The top article mentions Darcy Burner and pals, might be of interest locally. -- Seattle... [read more]

Go Get 'em TOBY!
Finally, the voters in the 45th District who still think that Toby Nixon is representing them in the State Legislature (that's what recent polls showed!) can have their wishes come true! Toby is going to run for the State House and HE WILL WIN. Go up on http://www.tobynixon.com/ and give money. Even if you can only do a $50 shot, that's fine we will forgive you...THIS TIME!... [read more]

Demo/Moveon.org's Senate Strategy!
Having has some experience with voter targeting, Saros will have to come up with some BIG BUCKS to pay for very much MICRO TARGETING and in states where Senate Seats are the result of LOCAL POLITICS. Anyway here is part of their plans in a "nut" shell: The biggest untold story in politics today is the historic chance we've got to win a decisive majority in the Senate this fall. Electing Obama or Clinton isn't enough to win big progressive... [read more]

Toby Nixon to Seek Return to State House of Representatives
Former State Representative Toby Nixon announced today that he will seek election this year to return to the legislature as state representative for the 45th District. Nixon, who served in the state house for five years from 2002 through 2007, will challenge Roger Goodman, who was elected to the seat Nixon vacated when he ran for state senate in 2006. Reversing an earlier statement that he would not run for office in 2008, Nixon said, "After watching the legislature's failure... [read more]

NeoCons always said they could do it!
Elect a President of the United States? Hey, I'm willing to give them a shot. Here is the latest: The poll showed Arizona Sen. McCain, who has clinched the Republican presidential nomination, is benefiting from the lengthy campaign battle between Obama and Clinton, who are now battling to win Pennsylvania on April 22. McCain leads 46 percent to 40 percent in a hypothetical matchup against Obama in the November presidential election, according to the poll. That is a sharp turnaround... [read more]

Obama's Speech: Why he is still wrong.
So we heard Mr. Obama's speech today in defense of the big controversy regarding the fiery words of Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright. After hearing the speech, one must conclude that Obama is a gifted orator. But as gifted as the delivery and flourish or words were, there was a key philosophical flaw in Obama's arguments. In the speech there are definitely some important aspects of where we stand today that Obama properly identified. But the question voters should really be... [read more]

Supreme Court Upholds Washington State's Open Primary Election System
Per Fox News, the US Supreme Court today decides with the voters and not with the every diminishing parties. By a 7-2 vote, the court says the state may use a primary system that allows the top two vote-getters to advance to the general election, even if they are from the same party. Just like the initiative campaigners have found, Washington voters do want a say in the process. They are tired of politics as usual from both sides. Writing... [read more]

A FORK in the road?
Wow, is this the moral condition of the National Democratic Party or is this just restricted to New York? HMMMM! http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/03/17/2008-03-17_gov_paterson_admits_to_sex_with_other_wo.html If you don't mind me paraphrasing from the late Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen who was a MASTER of the English language: "A sleazebag here, a sleazebag there, pretty soon you are talking about a lot of sleazebags!" AND they are running Congress and the State of Washington? Maybe the high temperatures brought about by 'global warming' have fried what's... [read more]

Kick this can down the road!
The Clinton News Network (CNN) says it best: The national Democratic Party banned Florida and Michigan's delegates from attending the party's national convention this summer. But with the fight for the nomination nearly deadlocked and the reality that winning both Florida and Michigan is crucial for the Democrats to take back the White House in November, there's now a movement toward letting both states vote again. I say yeah, let them re-vote, have the DNC pay for it and let... [read more]

Paul takes Whatcom County
In this article from The Bellingham Herald we learn that despite McCains narrow win in the first round of Caucuses, Paul is coming out ahead in delegates at some of the county conventions. Why? My answer to that question is he inspires people to actually support him whereas McCain inspires no one. McCains support comes from the media telling people he is the nominee. It looks like it will become self fulfilling. While McCain attempts to take the party further... [read more]

DRUDGE: "Major Political Bombshell"
Headlining on The Drudge Report: Apparently the new governor of New York, David Paterson, has some scandal of his own (as does his wife), albeit he confessed it himself and didn't use government money to pay for his infidelity: The thunderous applause was still ringing in his ears when the state's new governor, David Paterson, told the Daily News that he and his wife had extramarital affairs. In a stunning revelation, both Paterson, 53, and his wife, Michelle, 46, acknowledged... [read more]

HOW MUCH? Naww!
EPA: Cost estimate of the Lieberman-Warner global warming bill! EPA's analysis of the Lieberman-Warner (LW) global warming bill is out -- and it ain't pretty. EPA estimates that the bill may reduce GDP by a non-adjusted $2.9 trillion in 2050 while reducing atmospheric CO2 by around 25 ppm by 2095. What a bargain -- reduce GDP by an estimated 6.9 percent for no meaningful change in atmospheric CO2! Money for nothing... and the chicks ain't free (just ask Eliot Spitzer!)... [read more]

America's real domestic enemies
What would you call an organization that works to undermine American policy before we go to war, then works to undermine the American war effort by promoting our enemies' talking points, by advancing only the news that would hurt American troop morale, threaten American support for our troops, and ultimately, use our enemies' arguments to drive us into defeat? Would anti-Bush Democrats have the national support they have if not for this domestic enemy? In fact, would Americans even be... [read more]

Does Oprah Attend Obama's Church Too?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/religion/chi-070121-relig_wright,1,271630.story?cset=true&ctrack=1&page=1&coll=chi-religion-topheadlines Yes, according to the Chicago Trib story at the above URL.... [read more]

President who?
For those of you who might believe in National Defense you might not find these comments comforting. This is the scariest 50 seconds of video you may ever watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl32Y7wDVDs... [read more]

Glacier Melting, People will Starve to Death, Oh!
ON THE BOGUS GLOBAL WARMING FRONT IN EUROPE COMES THIS: The Observer Newspaper apparently has a double page spread on the fact that scientists report that 30 glaciers are showing signs of accelerated melting. The consequences are the usual chorus: sea levels will rise, water supplies dry up and millions will starve. Reported on the BBC the implication was made to suggest this would happen very soon. What were the facts? The 30 glaciers showed an increase of melting from... [read more]

Help!
My computer crashed so I took it into my wizards who said I had corrupted something or another and in fixing that I lost everything. I've pretty much gotten it back together ...but now for some reason I cannot post here at Sound Politics... not in a comment window, now in the permalink window. the comment window opens but with that horrible ugly 'Error on page' warning and icon in the bottom left corner. Clearly something somewhere has changed in... [read more]

NOT BANNED IN BOSTON, BANNED RIGHT HERE
NOT BANNED IN BOSTON, BANNED RIGHT HERE. 1. This comment prompted a reply from me which was deleted: " 2 . I note for the record that Wilda, a.k.a WVH, in agreeing with Kerry's comments, also therefore agrees with Ferraro, who WVH claims is racist, and that WVH is therefore racist. Q.E.D. Posted by pudge at March 15, 2008 11:09 PM 3. Wilda, I removed your lies. Posted by pudge at March 16, 2008 12:00 AM 4. Wilda, you said... [read more]

"Nobody else is DOING the whole economy like we are!"
As lawmakers and elected officials looked on, Gov. Chris Gregoire laughed out loud Thursday as she signed into law a measure aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions. A measure that directs Washington state to come up with plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions was signed into law Thursday by Gov. Chris Gregoire, who said the state has taken another step to create a new economy based on clean energy and sustainable practices. Attending were "FAST" Hans Dunshee from Snohomish and... [read more]

Missing Money FOUND!
NRCC Says Ex-Treasurer Diverted Over $1 Million The former treasurer for the National Republican Congressional Committee diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars --up to and maybe more than $1 million -- of the organization's funds into his personal accounts, GOP officials said yesterday, describing an alleged scheme that could become one of the largest political frauds in recent history. For at least four years, Christopher J. Ward, who is under investigation by the FBI, allegedly used wire transfers to funnel... [read more]

End of Global Warming?
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Data center says that 2007 was the coldest year since 2001 and temps are headed down! That should be good news for Governor Gargoyle who is determined to outlaw the bubbles in your can of beer: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080313_coolest.html In addition the Arctic Ice sheet came down further south this winter than it has in 45 years.... [read more]

March 18 election: property rights protection
This from CAPR ... [ KCD election page - looks like Vos is unchallenged? ] You must walk in to vote, no ballots in the mail. To All CAPR Supporters, Next Tuesday, March 18th, we have an opportunity to re-elect Bob Vos to another three-year term on the King Conservation District Board of Supervisors. KCD is an autonomous agency, which works on real projects that benefit farmers and rural landowners while respecting their properties. Bob has worked hard to keep... [read more]

Obama preacher: "God Damn America"
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4443788&page=1 From ABC News: An ABC News review of dozens of Rev. Wright's sermons, offered for sale by the church, found repeated denunciations of the U.S. based on what he described as his reading of the Gospels and the treatment of black Americans. "The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no, God damn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people," he... [read more]

New $5 bills...wait...am I really that blind?
So if our paper currency (or really our currency in general...remember Sacagawea?) couldn't get any more ridiculous looking already, the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing is introducing a new $5 bill. Of course, we all know that new bill designs are issued every so often in order to combat counterfeiting, but honestly...that "5" on the bottom right hand corner of the flip-side of the new $5 bill is GINORMOUS. Oh, and notice how the Associated Press just points out... [read more]

Dean Logan in Texas?
Wait, I thought Dean Logan had moved to LA? Democratic Caucus Results delayed in Texas... [read more]

Snohomish County's Transportation Scandal
39th District Representative Dan Kristiansen's proposed legislation to repair Highway 2 was initially promised a hearing on three bills in this year's short legislative session. It was declared 'dead on arrival' by controlling Democrats at the end of this session. During last year's Legislative session, Kirstiansen introduced a funding bill for safety improvements to Highway 2. The measure was Co-sponsored by John Lovick, who has since been elected Snohomish County Sheriff. The bipartisan bill never got a hearing because it... [read more]

No Smoking Gun Found (Part Duex)
The on-going argument that the current administration has put forth with regards to the Iraq war was based a lot on two major premises. The first premise was that Sadaam was attempting to develop Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and could provide them to terrorist groups. The second premise was that there was a link between Sadaam and al Qaeda. Since al Qaeda attacked us on 9/11, then we were justified in going after countries that were supporting them. We... [read more]

The 2008 Election Season
With the 2008 election season we once again find ourselves looking towards the future with great hope and a bit of excitement. We post our entries on this blog and others discussing ideas and thoughts we have to better our state and our nation. This is all great, but is it really doing enough to realize our goals and dreams? If Reagan had just posted his ideas on a blog do you think they would have become reality? It is... [read more]

NY Gov. Spitzer busted for prostitution... let the double standard begin!
Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring New York Times By DANNY HAKIM and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM Published: March 10, 2008 ALBANY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer has informed his most senior administration officials that he had been involved in a prostitution ring, an administration official said this morning. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/nyregion/10cnd-spitzer.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin So... now we'll see how the left deals with this. Or if they deal with it at all. The guy can't be a fiscal conservative, since he was paying, according to the... [read more]

Everett Herald (Washington Post's local paper)
I call everyone's attention to page B-1 in today's Sunday Herald. In some of the worst reporting I have ever seen in any newspaper, Katya Yefimova headlines: "Bill sets goal of 2020 for cutting greenhouse gases". While the piece does include a valid comment by Val Stevens, it completely fails to mention what the bill is really all about: a major tax bill on the people of the State of Washington complete with sweeping regulatory big brother control of any... [read more]

U.S. Soldiers-Defending your right to hate them publicly
Another hat-tip to Orbusmax.Com for being on top of, well, everything 'round these parts, including this abomination: Fort Lewis officials are alerting soldiers and their families to avoid the Tacoma Mall between noon and 5:30 p.m. March 15 because of a planned anti-war protest at the commercial center of Pierce County. Mall officials are preparing accordingly. Local protest groups have announced their intention to "shutdown" the Tacoma Mall, specifically the military recruiting station in the commerical tower located on the... [read more]

A Suggestion for Anti McCain Conservatives
The anti-McCain conservatives have a theory. It goes something like this. Let the Democrats win the White House and as with Jimmy Carter, the public will be so disillusioned they will vote for a conservative in 2012. A new Reagan will arise from the mist to not only win the presidency but also lead the conservative movement to a permanent majority. Carter begat Reagan, Bill and Hillary begat a Republican House and Senate and Barack or Hillary will open the... [read more]

Boeing Tanker French Fried in Congress
While we Washingtonians certainly wished Boeing had won the tanker contract, one has to chuckle hearing the reaction from our powerful Democrat dominated Congressional delegation lead by defense hawk Rep. Norm Dicks and Senator Patty "Wave the Flag" Murray who said she was "frustrated, angry and in shock at this announcement." (The award to Northrop-Grumman and EADS - European Aerospace and Defense Systems.) She added "You can put an American sticker on a plane and call it American, but you... [read more]

Products of The One-Child Rule: Chinese Hackers
Blaring on the top front of The Drudge Report this afternoon was the headline:    Chinese Hackers: We tapped into Pentagon My first reaction was, HOW does that not surprise me? I clicked on the link and skimmed the CNN article; to summarize, Chinese hackers are stereotypically pale-faced and thin, spend all their time waging cyber warfare on government and private websites, and claim they are secretly paid by the Chinese government, which in turn vehemently denies such allegations. So my... [read more]

Bogus Climate Change into Law?
Bogus Global Warming bill Headed to Governor's Desk Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill, E2SHB 2815, sponsored by Rep. Hans Dunshee, D-Snohomish, passed the Senate with no amendments this week and is now headed for the Governor's desk. Senate members offered more than a dozen amendments to the bill, but all were defeated. Futurewise (Thousand Friends of Washington) and the Brainerd Foundation were the powers behind the scenes in the passage of this bill and beating back all opposition. The bill... [read more]

25th Anniversary of Reagan's Evil Empire Speech
25th Anniversary of Reagan's Evil Empire Speech Steve Beren, March 7, 2008 www.berenforcongress.com Tomorrow - March 8 - is the 25th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's "evil empire" speech. During the Cold War, liberty was endangered by a harsh reality - the global threat of Soviet communism. But conventional wisdom - especially liberal conventional wisdom - did not properly understand the magnitude of the threat. President Reagan disagreed with the liberals, who accepted the idea of a Soviet "sphere of... [read more]

Looking at the NYC Times Square bombing
OK, in case you didn't know, a small bomb was detonated in New York's famed Times Square, just outside the door of a USMC recruiting office. Now, I admit when I heard this, my first inclination was similar to many of my blogging peers, that the anti war activists had decided to take their show to the big apple, in a big way.  Hot Air summarized it well: Given the escalating protests over military recruitment, it seems inevitable that people... [read more]

The Heartland Institute's Declaration on Global Warming
Several hundred scientists participating in the Heartland Institute's Conference on Global Warming issued the attached declaration: http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=22866 This important gathering of climate scientists from around the world has been ignored by the main stream media. At a time when recession is a grave risk, politicians at all levels of government are preparing to initiate many futile actions that are designed to achieve the impossible. that is to change the global climate. What is certain is that inflation will be exacerbated... [read more]

Scott Olson & Fred Walser...Republicans and just don't know it?
Scott Olson, the gregarious (and genuinely nice guy) candidate for State Representative against incumbent Dan Kristiansen has criticized his opponent for not doing enough for US2 safety. Fred Walser, the try-hard chair of the US2 Safety Coalition is a candidate against Senator Val Stevens and has made US2 improvements his primary campaign issue. But here is the irony...both are running as Democrats. Why is this ironic? Because the GOP and Rep. Kristiansen in particular have beat the drums of US2... [read more]

And the world rolls on...
Yes, "my guy", Gov. Mike Huckabee dropped out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination last night after conceding defeat in all four contests of Super Tuesday II. Did I cry? Nah. I think I recovered fairly quickly after the initial hour after I got the news. I did get a little emotional though last night, at the thought of losing contact with all the friends I had made in this process through Huck's Army, but it looks like... [read more]

Ruth Gibbs opens GOP Establishment hunting season on Ron Paul delegates
Saturday, I watched as Washington State's eleventh Legislative District Republicans held their caucus. If it is any indication of what is to follow we'll get to watch John McCain defeat Dino Rossi this year. It was the first of 49 legislative districts to elect delegates to the State Convention (in various ways), thus beginning the second stage of a five-step caucus/convention process to determine who will be our national convention delegates and, hence, to determine which Presidential Candidate gets the... [read more]

US Presidential Debate In Iraq During 2008
I have been thinking about the upcoming Presidential debates and I have come up with the following idea. I propose that there be a Presidential debate in Iraq with the troops asking the questions. After all the President is the Comander in Chief of all the Armed Forces, so would it not make sense that the troops get to ask questions of the two people most likely to become their new boss? I am sure that some will say well... [read more]

The facts on Global Warming!
This is essentially a primer on Global Warming or Climate Change that I have put together for the scientifically impaired. I have included a number of internet links that are labeled at the end of this report for those who wish to read extensively on the subject. I have been following the issue for more than a decade and after seeing what the radical environmentalists are doing with this concept, I have decided to do something about all of the... [read more]

Doing the Delegate Math: An Accurate Approach
So I've been trying to figure out the actual delegate count for the GOP side of things, and the news outlets are no help because they all have different numbers. Henceforth, I attempted a little digging for myself. Here's what I found after about five minutes of searching: 2008 Republican Pledged and Unpledged Delegate Summary All the news outlets are reporting different numbers for McCain's delegate count. These are the actual numbers. Many are just assuming, for instance, that McCain... [read more]

Barack Obama's church - comment on Stefan's post
Have at it. by Stefan Sharkansky, 11:25 PM Barack Obama said today: that he is a devout Christian who prays to Jesus every night. He told audience members they would feel right at home at his church in Chicago. I usually shy away from discussing other people's faith. But since Obama is injecting his church into the campaign, it's fair to recall this New York Times article about Obama's church and its pastor, Jeremiah Wright: On the Sunday after the... [read more]

Pork, Bacon, and Fiscal Conservatism
Pork, Bacon, and Fiscal Conservatism How GOP Can Win in 2008 - Steve Beren Interview Last fall, Rico Halo of ThatPoliticalBlog.com interviewed Steve Beren on fiscal conservatism, limited government, the war against Islamic terrorism, stopping illegal immigration, moral values, global warming, and the 2008 elections. Steve Beren is seeking the 2008 Republican nomination to run for Congress against Jim McDermott. Below are some excerpts from the interview. For online access to the entire interview go to http://tinyurl.com/yvjqco Question from ThatPoliticalBlog.com:... [read more]

State Legislature v. State Auditor
Washington State Legislature Threatens to Hamstring State Auditor Check out this article on the Washington Policy Center Blog. Apparently, the Washington State Legislature wants the State Auditor to reimburse School Districts and Educational Service Districts for the costs they incur in providing information to performance auditors. Never mind that the information the auditors request should be readily available. If the entities that they audit need to take an enormous amount of time, or expend great effort, to provide information, that,... [read more]

Dallas Morning News: Re-endorsing Mike Huckabee
The Dallas Morning News in effect re-endorsed Gov. Mike Huckabee this morning for the GOP nomination. The Dallas newspaper had endorsed the ex-Governor of Arkansas back in December, calling him "decent, principled and empathetic to the views and concerns of others -- an antidote to the power-mad partisanship that has led U.S. politics to a dispiriting standstill." In an editorial this morning, the Dallas Morning News made it perfectly clear that they were not backing down from that original choice:... [read more]

Tuesday Night Election Get Together
How about a Sound Politics North End Get Together for Tuesday night's primaries? We can boo for both Hillary and Barack, and grumble when McCain goes over the top. Suggestions for locations are welcome. Bill Cruchon suggested the bar at the Wedgwood Broiler (8230 35th Ave NE). Or the Caroline Tavern (13702 15TH Ave NE). I haven't called either of these places to see if they would be willing to turn their TV's to FOX News for the night, but... [read more]

TAKE THE SOUND TRANSIT SURVEY
Sound Transit has a feedback survey that you can take from now until Mar. 9, 2008. I urge you to go take the survey, and answer politely but candidly. Help the Sound Transit folks realize that their own listed goals are unattainable. Here's the list: Frequency: Fast, convenient, timely with more daily trips and expanded bus service. Reliable Service: Environmental Benefits: A system that protects air and water quality while at the same time offering real transportation options. Affordability: People... [read more]