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Straight Talk in a Crooked World
Thanks to Amy Rolph at the Seattle PI for sharing this video from The 206 crew. If you’re a fan of the old Almost Live series, you’ll recognize who’s involved instantly. There is so much truth to this video. For years this has been the typical format for a campaign video in Washington State– showing the candidate engrossed in […]
Read More Vote for JohnThomas Jefferson, our third president, once said, “We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.” How true dat, in the parlance of our times, is that? This November, races all over the country, including the presidential race, will be won and lost not by people […]
Read More Apathy Will Decide This ElectionWhat a crazy day in American government! I was on pins and needles before SCOTUS announced its decision on Obamacare this morning. Initially I was dismayed at the ruling because I strongly disagree with things that reek of socialism when my people have fought and died for a democratic republic since the founding of this nation. Why, […]
Read More Oh Yeah!Hillsdale College is offering an online course to teach people about the Constitution: Constitution 101: The Meaning and History of the U.S. Constitution – Hillsdale College. Here is information from their website. Please note that the class started this week, but the lectures are archived, so you can catch up. This is a fantastic opportunity […]
Read More Constitution 101The nonpartisan website OnTheIssues (http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm) has a quiz that will help match your values with the presidential candidate who most closely represents them: http://www.ontheissues.org/Quiz/Quiz2010.asp?quiz=Pres2012 The quiz makes the distinction between social and economic issues and by clicking on corresponding links you can find out what a particular candidate believes. What a useful tool for undecided voters […]
Read More VoteMatch QuizLast week I was tooling along in my motorcar listening to a well-known Seattle area talk show host. He began to discuss legislation that frowns upon fundraising car washes and sets requirements in place for how to conduct them in an ecologically friendly manner. I anticipated that he would not like this being mandated at […]
Read More Storm DrainsThis week Law.com featured a brilliant website called MapLight, http://maplight.org/. Don’t let the fact that this came out of Berkeley scare you. MapLight follows the money trails from organizations and corporations to legislators and legislation. In other words, you can see where political contributions are coming from and what they’re intended for. Click around on […]
Read More MapLightI am a Fighting Sioux, and as a woman with a few Native American ancestors and ancestral ties to North Dakota, I’m proud of it. Today I was disappointed to see an email go out from University of North Dakota leadership saying that the State Board of Education has directed the school to resume the retirement […]
Read More The Fighting SiouxIn 2006, King County, Washington Councilmember Reagan Dunn was roundly panned for drawing attention to an issue with county records that were accessible to anyone via the Internet. His constituents’ social security numbers and signatures were displayed on many documents that were considered public record. Obviously such information could be misused for identity theft or […]
Read More The Questionable State of Police RecordsLike many bloggers, I visit other blogs to read various viewpoints of topics I’m interested in. It never ceases to amaze me just how many people who disagree with a majority viewpoint go off on others without any consideration for individuality. I frequently see, and hear, people attacking others as a group from emotion rather […]
Read More Bashing vs. Reasoning
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