Posted Tue, Nov 8, 3:15 a.m.

Louploup, your references were discursive and non-responsive. Your arrogance is just so typical of Seattle's smug, self-righteous liberals, who love to portray anyone who doesn't toe their line as ignorant, and so on. I have news: You have no corner on the truth. Your assertions of intellectual superiority are laughable.

Posted Mon, Nov 7, 4:54 p.m.

In short, we're heading for a crash. That's "so what." I've been hearing that prediction since I was a kid, and it's been a long time since I was a kid.

Posted Sun, Nov 6, 2 p.m.

However, many scientists and analysts believe we are close to the end of the era of "growth" as defined by most economists "Many scientists and analysts" believe all kinds of things. So what?

Posted Sun, Nov 6, 1:58 p.m.

So, you despise it when people want to live in a detached single-family house, with a yard, and have a car. That's really what it boils down to. Well, I've got some news: We don't all crave an apartment in a trendy section of town, with lots of noise and ...

Posted Sun, Nov 6, 1:53 p.m.

I'd like to see a ballot proposition to reorganize the city council. It should include a provision that would oust all of the incumbents and prohibit them from occupying those seats ever again. I bet that'd pass next year.

Posted Sun, Nov 6, 1:29 p.m.

Oh, and by the way, we need a new Steve Jobs? What, we need someone who starts by building a device that allows people to steal communications services, then steals a major corporation's patents, and then convinces a bunch of sheep to pay way too much for toys made in ...

Posted Sun, Nov 6, 1:27 p.m.

What shallowness. No wonder the Seattle Smugsters are about to have their asses handed to them on a platter, with the impending defeat of Proposition 1, the impending passage of I-1183, and very possible victory of I-1125 and defeat of "Families and Education." You'll lose at least two of those, ...

Posted Sun, Nov 6, 12:38 p.m.

Status quo, you say. Hmm. Chances are strong that the voters will end the state's liquor monopoly, and tell the cyclista fringe to take a hike by defeating Prop. 1. There'll be a fair amount of carnage in the school board races. If I-1125 wins, and "Families and Education" is ...

Posted Sun, Nov 6, 12:13 p.m.

How about the robo-call I just got asking me to vote "yes on Proposition 1, for faster transit and safer streets," when in fact it has nothing to do with either of those things? Selective outrage from Seattle smugsters, Eric? See ya on Wednesday, when we get to pick through ...

Posted Sat, Nov 5, 9:29 a.m.

Geez, Eric, could you possibly be any more self-righteous? In the end with you, it always gets back to Kemper Freeman having more money than you do. Poor, poor you. Boo-hoo. As for poor people, well, they won't be riding light rail. It's too expensive. They'll be on whatever buses ...

Posted Mon, Oct 31, 8:11 a.m.

When will people quit it with this "world class" stuff? Seattle is not Barcelona or Paris.

Posted Mon, Oct 31, 7:13 a.m.

@Skeptical, I am in favor of self-reliance for Eastern Washington, which currently scams a couple billion a year from King County. In any case, transit isn't about self-reliance. It is a quintessentially collective responsibility. I'm not sa fan of light rail, or of Prop. 1, but preaching "self reliance" on ...

Posted Mon, Oct 31, 6:39 a.m.

I am reluctantly voting against the levy. You don't double taxes during a depression, especially when the recipient of the money is a school district notable for its waste and corruption. This is very hard for me to do. I have never voted against a school tax or levy, but ...

Posted Mon, Oct 31, 6:34 a.m.

Want to be "motorcycle friendly?" Then job #1 is fixing the streets. A pothole or three will irritate a motorist, but can easily kill a motorcyclist. Pavement, pavement, pavement! It's harder than words, words, words, but it's what we need. Not planning. Not education. Not friendliness. Not awareness. Not this ...

Posted Mon, Oct 31, 6:29 a.m.

When I was in public health and working to eliminate the calamitous health effects of smoking, we landed on a mission statement that I thought summed up what we were trying to do: make King County the hardest place to smoke, and the easiest place to quit smoking, and live ...

Posted Wed, Oct 26, 8:48 a.m.

When "Bridging the Gap" was promoted, the backers claimed there was $600 million worth of road maintenance to perform. Shortly after it was passed, we learned that there was $1.8 billion of road maintenance to perform. So tell me: Were they incompetent, or dishonest, or both? There's no liar quite ...

Posted Wed, Oct 26, 8:25 a.m.

What shoddy journalism on your part! Page 8-14 of the report reveals that 57% of pedestrian collisions lack sufficient data to analyze. Of the 230 accidents with data, another 19 are impossible to interpret from the data provided ("ther actions") and need to be excluded by a report reader due ...