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    I wanted to cross post this from Politics is a blood sport for a wider audience

    As always, The News Hour ends their report with the photos and names of the recently fallen in Iraq, and for some reason, Durrell Bennett’s death has really touched a nerve personally:

    SEATTLE — A local soldier who was set to come home in just days was killed [...]



    Congratulations FVTV!

    FVTV Fort Vancouver Television, channel 11 is the little station that could. Tonight, the cable commission awarded FVTV, our local public cable access provider, a $206,000 grant to completely revitalize their equipment.

    Two years ago, FVTV was in no condition to be awarded such a grant. Through the extremely hard work of people such as Mark Kennedy, Ron Carr, and Ann Warren, FVTV kept [...]



    KXLY: One hundred thousand dollars?

    I need everyone to please watch this video from tonight’s KXLY 5 o’clock report (you might need to click the “play” button twice):

    Video Launch Here

    About 40% of the way through, there’s the following (my transcription):

    “Investigators claim Cody Castagna then blackmailed Curtis threatening to go public with their tryst, unless the representative handed over a hundred thousand dollars”

    If you could, please [...]



    Aneurin’s Political Machine Endorsements

    [crossposted from Aneurin's Blog]:

    My ginormous Chicago-style political machine recommends the following votes:

    I-960: Vote No. Tim Eyman can stuff it

    Measure 67: Vote Yes. Insurance companies need a tweak on the nose.

    SJR 8212: Rejected! Expansion of prison labor? No thanks!

    SJR 8206: Rejected! The rainy day fund. Sounds good in principle, the only problem being that this thing is backed solely by [...]



    Why candidate selection is broken

    For those who were unclear as to how to get to the link provided earlier regarding VaNessa L. Duplessie‘s 2005 Life-Pac responses, here’s the full images taken from the Internet’s Wayback Machine:

    Disclaimer: The original image length and width were modified in order to fit the blog formatting width limitations of this site, nothing else has been tampered with.

    I’m sorry, but [...]



    Lifepac endorsed candidate running as a Democrat

    There’s generally a vetting process for when candidates decide to run for office, with the local party doing the heavy lifting with a prospective candidates positions. After some simple Googling of announced 18th Legislative District State Representative candidate Vanessa Duplessie on the Democratic side, we learn the the following:

    8. When is taking the life of a pre-born child through abortion permissible?

    a) To [...]



    Coalition of the Willing

    Jeff Mize for The Columbian reports:

    The furor over Congressman Brian Baird’s change of position on Iraq showed no sign of abating as almost 300 of his constituents turned out Thursday to hear two anti-war speakers challenge Baird’s conclusion.

    “Your congressional district, like it or not, is in the national spotlight,” said Tom Andrews, a former Democratic congressman from Maine and national director of [...]

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