WEEKLY NEWS MAGAZINE-NEW BREAKING NEWS!
GROUP PLANNED TO FIRE BOMB REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AND KIDNAP DELEGATES! In what may turn out to be the biggest scandal in politics this year, local police with help from the FBI and the US Secret Service raided the headquarters of a group that had planned everything from kidnapping Republican Delegates to fire bombing the convention itself. This violent and extremist, anarchist group may have connections to the far left producers of the independent news program "Democracy Now". This blogger called... [read more]

Palin Can Put The Experience Issue To Rest
Governor Sarah Palin has a unique opportunity to use and modify the old Ronald Reagan answer that put an abrupt halt to the issue concerning his age when running for a second term against Walter Mondale in 84. The Press: Governor Palin, Do you believe the lack of experience is an important issue for voters to consider this November? "Absolutely. I realize the voters want some assurance that those in charge have some history when it comes to creating and... [read more]

Obama as cowardly scum? behind a Palin smear site...
Well, now I know why that waste of skin never served in the military. Didn't take that sewer rat scum bag long. Hat tip to Little Green Footballs... [read more]

The Palin Pick: Cutting Through the Spin
One day after the announcement of John McCain's running mate, the pundit class has already begun to spin the choice of Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, in a way that's favorable to Barak Obama. In doing so, they've made a number of claims about McCain's motives that I think are simply untrue. Lets take a look at some of them: 1. The Experience Meme: Almost across the board, commentators have agreed that the choice of Sarah Palin makes it difficult,... [read more]

A Comparison Of Two Presidential Candidates
Finally back from vacation and once again all caught up at work (always the worst part of vacations is all the catching up you have to do), I figured it was about time I get back to blogging. I received the following email from Doug Kotrba, I know Doug from Vets for Dino. It is a great side by side comparison of both the Presidential Candidates (let's face it the third party candidates don't really stand a chance). Now I... [read more]

Obama Must Have Taken The Same Class I Took
While standing in line at the local Safeway today, I stared at a newspaper photo of Barack Obama's big white stage on which he gave his acceptance speech at Invesco Field in Denver. And all of a sudden, I remembered a college instructor's words to me, and they describe the Obama campaign perfectly. It was in a photojournalism class at UW, and one day the instructor only half-jokingly advised: "Remember the rule we have in this business, whatever photo you've... [read more]

IT'S PALIN!
Talk about waking up to a surprise this morning--and a pleasant one at that: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is the GOP VP pick for Sen. John McCain. I was sure it was going to be Pawlenty--I had secretly hoped for Palin or Huckabee, but I hadn't heard Palin's name thrown around all that much recently. I knew McCain was not stupid and would not pick Romney or Ridge, but Palin...I can't even express in words my excitement at the pick.... [read more]

Thoughts on Palin as VP choice.
Many, many pros on this... and very few cons... but there are cons, and we must be mindful of them, because the fringe left infesting us will never let us forget them. Among the other pros is the immediate problem Palin as VP becomes to Oh? SHE is the gender that O should have picked, Hillary notwithstanding. Palin as VP pick will be difficult for O to attack because she is a she, and he already has a huge gender... [read more]

GOP Makes Best Choice for VP of Past 40 Years
It will take some time to fully research her record to find potential lightning-rod issues, but at the onset it appears as though Sarah Palin is a silver bullet choice as McCain's VP. Her genuine working class credentials will appeal to the heartland and she's a real conservative who has actually done with Alaska what McCain wants to do for the country. Obama's convention bump is completely pre-empted. All of the soul-points in the Obama campaign that have been resonating... [read more]

Barack Obama - The Wall Drug of Politics
If you have ever traveled Interstate 90 across South Dakota, you are dreadfully aware of Wall Drug. Located in the little town of Wall, SD, Wall Drug epitomizes the art of self-promotion. From Chicago to Coeur d'Alene, an un-ending string of road signs tell you just how far it is to that free drink of ice water at Wall Drug. By the time you reach Wall, you just absolutely have to stop to see what all that hoopla was about.... [read more]

Obama and Offshore Drilling
Obama has already flip flopped on the offshore drilling issue, but Democrats as a whole, have not. This quote by Obama is pretty reflective of Democrats on the issue. Their point is that it won't have a substantive effect on oil prices. "[O]pening our coastlines to offshore drilling would take at least a decade to produce any oil at all, and the effect on gasoline prices would be negligible at best since America only has three percent of the world's... [read more]

Engine of prosperity
Every community has problems, some more than others. But when one or a few of the 562 recognized Indian tribes has problems, the op-ed columns and talk shows are full of generalizations about "the Indians." Bad news sells. "If it bleeds, it leads," and this is as true on the right as it is on the left. So it's no surprise that tribal success stories are generally ignored. Particularly when they run counter to cherished myths. The Tulalip Tribes are... [read more]

WEEKLY POLITICAL MAGAZINE-NEW STORIES!
THIS BLOG WILL BE UPDATED DAILY AS EVENTS UNFOLD! HILLARY SUPPORTS MCCAIN'S VP CHOICE http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/29/clinton-congratulates-palin/ PALIN A SURPRISE PICK FOR WHOM? OBAMA? For those of you who missed it, here is Palin's acceptance speech: http://www.breitbart.tv/html/163813.html OBAMA CAMPAIGN IMMEDIATELY ATTACKS PALIN? I have to say that Obama's campaign must be totally BRAIN-DEAD to start off disking a woman after the problems they are having with the HillBilly's. What were they thinking? Or were they? http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080829171140.5123i228&show_article=1 DRUG WAR IN MEXICO DEATH TOLL... [read more]

As another Boeing strike looms, I wonder: Does Boeing want the strike?
Washington has a plethora of industry, but there are two names that pretty much come to people's minds when they think of the state: Boeing and Microsoft. I have worked for both, and while I have mentioned my high tech industry experiences, I don't talk about Boeing much. I hired on to the 777 plant in Everett in 1996, about a year and a half after I left the Air Force. Prior to my hiring on, in 1995, I began... [read more]

So, how is it that Obama let's his brother live in a hut in Nairobi for a dollar a month?
BREITBART: 'The Inconvenient Obama' Andrew Breitbart Tuesday, August 26, 2008 ANALYSIS/OPINION: Sen. Barack Obama has a problem. And it lives in a hut. His name is George Hussein Onyango Obama, and he is the 26-year-old half brother of Mr. Obama, the multimillionaire autobiographer who neglected to write that his paternal sibling lives on less than a dollar a month in the outer slums of Nairobi, Kenya. They have met twice. Unearthed by Italian Vanity Fair and virtually ignored by the... [read more]

The rank hypocrisy of democrats: How come they're not sniveling about draft-dodger Biden?
Beat the hell out of Bush and Cheney... but Biden, who graduated from college in 65 and law school in 68... what about HIS draft dodging? WHy didn't HE put his ass on the line? Is that somehow different? Of course there is... to a leftist KosKid moron. Neither Empty Suit Oliar nor Stuffed Shirt Biden ever bothered to serve in the US military... and not a peep out of their leftist scum supporters. Because it's ALWAYS different when the... [read more]

BE VERY AFRAID
Directive 10-289 for Indie Businesses What is this real-life version of Directive 10-289, you ask? It has the very Orwellian tag of the "FDA Globalization Act of 2008." In a nutshell, this shining socialistic example of government interference would force all cosmetic/personal care businesses to pay the federal government an annual $2,000 "registration fee" -- for which neither the business owner nor consumer derive any benefit -- in addition to the accompanying bureaucratic time-suck of extra paperwork to fill out... [read more]

A New Logo For King County
I have created a new logo for King County -- one that fits its wasteful and oppressive taxation. Not based on a civil rights leader, quite the opposite... New KC Logo Yes, it's King John Of Lackland...that of Robin Hood fame...... [read more]

DRUDGE: It's Biden
Anyone who has watched any major cable news network or listened to talk radio in the last two days has most likely been inundated with one question: who will Obama's veep pick be? Well, apparently someone's let the cat out of the bag (or maybe the AP ripped it out themselves), and the latest Drudge headline says it's Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware. Here's the entire AP article, via Breitbart.com: WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware is Barack... [read more]

Political hijacking of American Indian culture
News is starting to get around that a lesbian couple from Evergreen State College obtained license to marry from an Oregon Indian Tribe: Kitzen and Jeni Branting have been in a committed lesbian relationship since high school and plan to get legally married in Oregon next spring. ... Kitzen Branting, 25, is a member of the Coquille Indian Tribe on the southern Oregon coast. - Coquille Tribe says yes to Gay marriage in Oregon, by Bill Graves, The Oregonian, Wednesday... [read more]

Memo to Dino about Veterans
Dino: I hope you'll copy Ohio's plan for veterans. "Any and all military personnel who served in the Iraq or Afghanistan theaters shall be considered an "honorary" citizen of Washington State for the purpose of College or University tuition." If Gregoire and her pals can give in-state tuition rate breaks to illegal aliens, Dino Rossi should stand and offer the same breaks to our military heroes. And...we'd be getting a much better citizen in the deal.... [read more]

Times and PI to increase newstand price 50%...
As if. So, jacking up the price at the newstand to 75 cents for a couple of out-of-touch fishwrappers REALLY ought to skyrocket circulation, eh? And, of course, soon subscription prices will take off as well, REALLY putting it into the stratosphere. Down here in Clark County, our local Pravda (The Columbian) has decided that the way to increase circulation is to reduce size and reduce features... giving people less for more. Both of these positively brilliant strategies sound like... [read more]

Falling Behind: WA Doesn't Do Hydrogen!
If there was a good reason to unseat Gregoire and the rest of the pack (Cantwell, Murray, Sims, Nickles...), it should be their allowing Washington State to slide into a technological backwater by ignoring the new Hydrogen Economy. Currently a hydrogen road tour, of fuel cell and standard engine cars running on hydrogen is touring the country...but it won't come to Washington. The FCX Clarity is being leased (mostly to Hollywood hotshots) in LA...the BMW Hydrogen 7 is for sale... [read more]

WEEKLY POLITICAL NEWS MAGAZINE-UPDATED
HEADLINES JOE BIDEN, YOU'RE JOKING? NO LeCerveau ISN'T! VIOLENCE IN DENVER? OBAMA'S MOB MANSION HILLARY UP TO HER EYEBALLS IN DEBT? SOUND POLITICS EXPLOSIVE EXCLUSIVE: DEATH ON THE ROAD! SWING VOTERS NOW MCCAINIACS? CLINTON SENDING E-MAILS TO DELEGATES OBAMA LOSING IT? HERALD BEING CUT TO SHREADS? SOROS MAY GET MILLIONS FROM TAXPAYERS? COLD WINTER IN THE SOUND THIS YEAR! SECRET JAIL IN DENVER FOR CONVENTION? KING COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES OFF THE CHART TOP TWO PRIMARY DOWN THE TUBES? NEWS YOU... [read more]

Had It with Seattle - Move East
I attended my high school reunion in Warren, Ohio last weekend. Once a vibrant steel town, home of a GM assembly plant and several other long gone manufacturing companies and a frequently nationally ranked high school football team, it now suffers from the rust belt economy. But if you don't have to live in Seattle, consider this. A three bedroom, two bath colonial near the Trumbull County Golf and County Club, probably $800,000 in Seattle, can be yours for $159,000... [read more]

Will Reichert betray the GOP on Oil?
This is from Red State: http://www.redstate.com/ What's Wrong With These 52 Republicans? Will They Oppose an Extension of the Offshore Drilling Ban? Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 02:55PM A majority of House Republicans have made their way back to Washington to take part in the energy uprising in the U.S. Capitol during the August recess. Even more have signed a letter opposing an extension of the offshore drilling ban. The joint effort by Reps. Jeb Hensarling (R-Tex.) and John Shadegg... [read more]

Chasing Edwards into the Pottie
Being a bit of a nighowl, I sometimes watch the Fox News news satire program Redeye. A couple of nights ago the host Greg Gutfeld (no I'm not making that up) interviewed National Enquirer Senior Reporter Alexander Hitchin. It was just way too much fun. This was the guy trying to push into the men's room to interview the cowering Edwards. His recounting of the evening is priceless. I will try to link in the video, but if that doesn't... [read more]

Is Sam Reed in Trouble?
As I filled out my mail-in primary ballot last evening, I darkened the squares for most all Republican candidates until I got to the Secretary of State. I just could not forget the pivotal role played by Sam Reed in the fraudulent placement of Christine Gregoire in office as Governor of Washington. Lately Reed has blaming the courts for the inclusion of King County ballots cast by Convicted Felons and some that were deceased because the Judge could not determine... [read more]

WEEKLY POLITICAL NEWS- UPDATED
HEADLINES: DEMS GOING NUTS OVER LIMO SHORTAGE IN DENVER? GANGS NOW CONTROL DOWNTOWN SEATTLE? I-26 MIGHT CHANGE KING COUNTY ELECTIONS DEMOS FOR MCCAIN RAISING MONEY, LOCALLY BLOGGERS BRING DOWN THE NY TIMES MAJOR POLITICAL STORY: HILLBILLYS HELPING MCCAIN HILLARY TO UPSTAGE OBAMA AT CONVENTION OBAMA THREATENS CONSERVATIVE GROUPS HIGHWAY 2'S POLITICAL KISS OF DEATH HILLARY READY TO STEP IN? WHO OWNS OUR GOVERNOR GARGOYLE'S BBQ BERNIE MAC, IS HE REALLY DEAD? POLITICAL NEWS ITEMS YOU WANT FIND ANYWHERE ELSE (includes... [read more]

Gregoire Gifted Yacht, Mansion by Tribes
In a blatant attempt at character assassination, Naked Loon Political Reporter Ash Grimm reported Friday that Gov. Gregoire has received a 9,000 square foot mansion and 120-foot yacht from "the state tribes": "According to a statement released today by Christine Gregoire's campaign, a $50 million yacht and $5.4 million mansion given to her by the state's Indian tribes do not constitute a conflict of interest, and anyone that suggests they do is racist, and probably also sexist." - Gregoire Gifted... [read more]

Cancer On Rails...
Many of you will have read the reports today of sky-high cancer rates along the corridors of South Seattle: Beacon Hill, Rainier Valley... It struck me -- isn't this the exact same corridor that Lite Rail is being built through...in fact, isn't it the social planning goal of Nickels, Sims, Gregoire to densify this area with "urban townhomes" and "mixed use" structures? Great...find the most toxic region of the Puget Sound and put as many people into it as possible!... [read more]

Rasmussen Poll Confirms Elway off base
It was posted on the main SP blog that Gregoire had a 12 point lead in an Elway poll. That poll was rightfully questioned. Rasmussen just came out with a poll a few minutes ago that has her lead at 4 points. When added to the Surveyusa, Strategic Vision, and Moore polls, we now have four showing a 0-4 point Gregoire lead and only Elway outside of that. Tossing out Elway and averaging the rest, it's about a 2% Gregoire... [read more]

So, Edwards was cheating on his cancer-fighting wife...
Are our fringe leftists going to go after him the way they've gone after those amoral enough on the right to do the same thing? Nah. The requirement to be a hypocrite in order o qualify as a leftist will keep that from happening. But I hope the dems choke on it. Big time.... [read more]

Blogger's Block
I don't know what it is, but every time I come here to write something that was just on my mind, or barely on the tip of my tongue, I either forget what it was that I wanted to communicate with my small readership, or I freeze, afraid that I can't correctly communicate what I want to write. Or I suddenly lose all my energy, too lazy to find links, quotes, and pictures, too weary to reword an awkward sentence,... [read more]

WA-05 Blog Q&A with Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Mark Mays
Sound Politics readers in the Washington 5th Congressional District are invited to participate in a candidate Q&A being conducted at Palousitics. Both Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and her Democratic challenger Mark Mays have agreed to particpate. You may post your question on the blog as a comment here or e-mail me here with your question. Please be respectful and give your first name and hometown. You need to submit your questions no later than Midnight, Monday, August 11.... [read more]

Dave Reichert! Join The Oil Vote Fight back in D.C.
Dave: Get back to D.C. and help lead this fight....please! From the http://www.redstate.com/ blog: Today marked the fifth day that Republicans took to the U.S. House floor to talk about their "all of the above" energy strategy. The "Don't Go Movement," as conservatives are calling it, shows no sign of slowing down. House GOP Whip Roy Blunt told me he returned to Washington today after constituents in Missouri encouraged him to head back to Capitol Hill to be part of... [read more]

Kissy, kissy, hoochie, moochie, talkin' wonky wonky about nothin'
Hillary's brand new boyfriend The husband of a friend of my sister (follow that??) created this...PASS IT AROUND!... [read more]

The Republican revolt is on! And it's a great thing too!
Yes, I admit, it is a stunt.  But it is a brilliant one.  Here is the situation: Last week the House adjourned for the 5 week summer break.  Republicans were trying to force a vote on the oil drilling issue and on energy in general.  The Democrats, lead by Speaker Pelosi would have none of it, and they voted to adjourn anyway. So the Republicans didn't.  They refused to leave and ended up essentially performing a sit in protest. Pelosi not... [read more]

Who killed our kids?
One aspect of corrosive liberalism that gets little attention is what it has done to the relationships between parents and their children. We get a reams of material on WASL, class sizes, student sloth, and other lame excuses for expanding NEA/WEA's obscene, seditious taxing power, but nothing is mentioned about how the educational system has poisoned the parent-child relationship. Many older parents I know are now confronted with the results of decades of classroom-fostered rebellion against their values, their generation,... [read more]

On Liberal Locusts and "Egalitarian" Elitists
Over on Crosscut David Brewster writes about the flow of Democrat voters into the heartland from coastal cities. He states that many of these workers are heading for "places with good schools, nearby fishing streams, and plenty of people like us." He continues that, among other characteristics they "yern for better schools". This last phrase got me thinking, these types of voters are a lot like locusts or other viral organisms that move from area to area, decimating the resources,... [read more]

Am I the only one here voting democrat for Secretary of State?
I am heartily sick of Sam Reed. His mishandling of the 04 election; his slavish devotion to mail-only ballots; his failure to demand anything approaching realistic election reform, even in the face of public demand (Require proof of citizenship to register, and legal proof of identity to vote) and his insistent, constant whining over allowing felons to vote before they've completed their sentences... all because it's "too hard" to scrub the voter rolls... Not only will I vote for his... [read more]

Will 835% tax increase drain life from Seattle's last working farm?
Danny Westneat column, "Will 835% tax increase drain life from Seattle's last working farm?", in Sunday's Seattle Times was simply outstanding. This is the kind of work all journalists should strive to produce. He uncovered one of the unfortunate effects of bureaucracy. So much so, in fact, that I sent an email to every member of the city council, the three members of the 37th Legislative District in which Ms. Sferra lives and the director of Seattle Public Utilities, petitioning... [read more]

Gov. Gregoire: The truth about tribal gaming
http://www.governor.wa.gov/news/news-view.asp?pressRelease=966&newsType=1 Office of Governor Chris Gregoire FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - August 1, 2008 Contact: Governor's Communications Office, 360-902-4136 The truth about tribal gaming OLYMPIA - Recent media coverage questioning removal of a revenue sharing provision from a tribal compact is inaccurate and ignores the facts. Following the lead of state voters who in 2004 overwhelmingly rejected Initiative 892, which would have led to a massive expansion of gambling in Washington state, Gov. Gregoire and a bipartisan group of state and... [read more]

Alexander Solzhenitsyn Dies
Famed author of the Gulag series, which exposed the horrors of unchecked liberalism in the Soviet Union, died recently. His dark writings about his experiences in communist labor (death) camps earned him the Nobel Prize for literature. He examined the soviet psyche and its genocidal appetite. He warned a similar fate awaits us if we allow atheistic leaven to worm its way into our mores and folkways. When that happened to his country, which had a constitution similar to ours,... [read more]

Viaduct Project Boondoggle Just One More Nail in Gregoire's Political Coffin
As if Dino Rossi needed any more ammunition in his quest for the governorship, we now have one more bureaucratic comedy of reckless mismanagement to add to the list of causes for Governor Gregoire's unelection in November.During Gregoire's tenure, the Washington State Department of Transition has not made a decision about what will replace the viaduct, and will not do so until December of this year. And yet, the Alaskan Way Viaduct budget is more than 33% spent or committed... [read more]

A Letter To John McCain: I Want A Warrior!
Typed this up and sent it to McCain. Thought it would be theraputic. Am I alone out here in feeling this way? -------------------- I want a warrior! Dear John McCain, I'm just an average American. You wouldn't know me from Adam if you walked past me. I'm a devoted husband and father and I'm an idealist when it comes to the potential of people here in America. But I'm a realist when it comes to the realities of politics. Politics... [read more]

Gregoire's new ad strategy: Anyone but Bush?
So far I have seen two ads promoting incumbent governor Chris Gregoire, and both had the same theme:  George Bush. In both ads a comparison was made to how Gregoire was nothing like George Bush. I have one question:  Did I miss something, or is Bush running for Governor of Washington? Seriously, the ads are frankly no better than the Better Then Bush sentiments in the 2004 presidential elections. One of the ads does carry it further and that provides... [read more]