Why did the Seattle Chicken cross the road?
Why, because it had full and express government permission to do so. Otherwise no Good Little Seattle Chicken would dare cross. The recent SPD jaywalking/punching incident brings up a question: do we really need government to tell us how to cross the street? Even local liberals Dan Savage (of The Stranger) and Lee (of Horsesass.org) question the criminalization of jaywalking. According to Savage it does not improve safety. According to the Wikipedia entry on jaywalking, most other countries don't do... [read more]

PCO filing - King County online form
This week is filing time for candidates, including Precinct Committee Officer (PCO), the fundamental unit of the political parties. Elected PCO's have voting privilege in their Party, shape its platform, operating rules and elect Officers. In King County registered voters can now file as PCO candidate using an online form ... https://info.kingcounty.gov/elections/candidatefiling/pco.aspx Filing closes June 11, 4:30pm... [read more]

Newspeak, or fair warning to BP?
As Janet Napolitano informed us last December, and John Brennan reiterated just days ago, "terrorism" is so 2008. It has gone the way of "cowabunga" or "neat-o", and been relegated to the dustbin of disused speech. Terrorism, in short, is a non-word. Only scholars of dead languages will remember it before the year is out. Henceforth, the attack on the World Trade Center (well, both of them actually) will be referred to as "man-made catastrophes". The Presidential office of Newspeak... [read more]

But it will work here, right!
Here is Canada announcing that soaring costs may derail their socialist healthcare system. Remember too that a similar system is failing in the UK. But it will work here with Obamacare right? BTW, for those who believe in Obamacare, I have a bridge for sale.... [read more]