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    There's a Man With a Gun Over There

    This is complete crap.  Next thing you know there will be an army of people with their guns strapped to their legs at every political rally in the country.   If this guy came anywhere near a Bush speaking event, he would be hauled off never to be seen again.  Just the sign he is holding up would [...]



    Welcome to the RNC, Here are Your Handcuffs

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    The police once again lock up some innocents right away as a show of force in order to presumably intimidate the rest into behaving.  Different event, same old tactics.  Ho-hum.

    Statement forwarded from Democracy Now!:

    Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time.

    Goodman was arrested while [...]



    Carrier – Benton Race About More Than Taxes

    Kayaker Carrier in action

    David Carrier ended last night’s election tally with a very respectable 47% of the vote against Benton.  Benton is an incumbent with gobs of special interest money.  Carrier is a newcomer to politics with limited resources and lots of energy.

    Why is Carrier giving Benton a run for his money (pun intended)?  It seems the tired old Republican talking [...]



    Sociometrics

    lthough I am a native Washingtonian, Seattle born, I knew nothing about Vancouver until I came here in 1992. It did not take long for me to appreciate why some people–including native Vancouverites–refer to Vancouver as “Couve Holler” or “Vantucky”. In the apparent establishment, such as it is, the same names, associations, backgrounds and networks kept coming up over and over. And in [...]



    The Benton Apple Falls Not Far From the Money Tree

    The race for State Senate in the 17th legislative district will be heating up soon after the general election officially ‘starts’ after the August 19th primary.  The primary, designed to produce a candidate to take on incumbent senator/serial fund raiser Don Benton, was rendered moot when software developer Martin Hash dropped out in favor of David Carrier, economics instructor and political activist.  Hash worried [...]



    Thinking about Food and Food for Thought

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    Above is an audio segment of The Conversation from KUOW Public Radio up in Puget Sound. The first 41 minutes deals with current food issues. At around the 41 minute mark, there is a conversation with Craig Salins, Executive Director of Washington Public [...]



    sell it to the 24%, asshole

    President Bush again sought to politicize the issue, saying Americans are paying the price at the pump due to obstruction by Democrats in Congress.

    “I know the Democratic leaders have opposed some of these policies in the past. Now that their opposition has helped drive gas prices to record levels, I ask them to reconsider their positions,” he added.

    Wanna run and ask [...]