Posted Tue, Jan 4, 12:35 p.m.

One more thing, Adam: Do you think the the rich elite should sacrifice as well? Or is "sacrifice" just for public employees and other working people? Do you think it's good that the wealthiest 1% of our country holds 24% of the wealth, as opposed to the 9% they held ...

Posted Tue, Jan 4, 12:18 p.m.

"How I became an anti-union Democrat" By selling out? By mouthing the cliches and taking the public stances that curry favor with those people who might become your future employer or client? Adam, it doesn't surprise me that you now live and work in the cesspool of corruption that is ...

Posted Wed, Mar 24, 1:26 p.m.

Knute, Still think that kids in turtle costumes are exactly the same as these Tea Baggers who show up armed at their protests? Check this out for a dose of reality: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/24/extra-security-for-member_n_512030.html

Posted Wed, Mar 24, 12:46 p.m.

Nice try, Knute, but this is quite a stretch. If you can't make the distinction between some of the admittedly outrageous characters protesting against globalization and the WTO, or Bush's invasion of Iraq, and the "tea baggers" shouting "NIGGER" and "FAGGOT" and holding up signs with guns on them, implying ...

Posted Tue, Mar 23, 9:28 p.m.

Sorry, David. President Obama didn't "force his hand." McKenna did this of his own free will. And he has to take responsibility for it. He has joined with some of the most extremist Attorney Generals, from places like Alabama and South Carolina. This wasn't expected by many of his King ...

Posted Wed, Nov 4, 6:55 p.m.

Wishful thinking, Chris. Only someone of your extremist ideology and twisted views could miss the obvious. The Republicans were the only alternative to those who are suffering economically and wanted to send some sort of a message; current polling shows that only 19% of American voters feel Republicans have the ...

Posted Tue, Sep 15, 8:43 p.m.

LOL. So predictable that VanDyke would cite Robert Samuelson, who hates the very idea of the public sector, as an objective source. Give it up, Ted.

Posted Tue, Sep 15, 8:41 p.m.

How surprising to hear that Ted "I haven't been a liberal since HHH" VanDyke is against yet another progressive idea. Ted is obviously taken care of when it comes to his health care. Aren't you Ted? This column can be summarized as follows: "I, Ted VanDyke HATE the idea of ...

Posted Tue, Sep 15, 8:36 p.m.

Hey Todd, how much are you being paid by big interests to act as their toady? While you're at it, why don't you also test that "silly theory" that the earth revolves around the sun? I think "the liberals" probably made that one up too. After all, it certainly looks ...

Posted Tue, Sep 15, 8:30 p.m.

It's simple; private, for-profit companies will only do something if they can make a profit from it. Why would they do otherwise? They're not set up to serve the common good. That's not their purpose. Most people understand that. So what else or who else will step up and do ...

Posted Tue, Sep 15, 2:56 p.m.

What President Obama has succeeded at is giving the Republicans something to unite against. They're out of power, they're still angry about last year's election, and they're terrified that Obama might actually keep his word and make changes that will help the country. The 30% of the country that hates ...

Posted Fri, Apr 10, 8:32 a.m.

Ted Van Dyk is so wrong, on so many points here. Claiming that our former police chief Norm Stamper was "nationally known for his permissive law enforcement" is bunk. Can Ted come up with anything to document this slander? Leave it to someone as old---and out of it---as Van Dyk ...

Posted Thu, Jan 8, 10:56 a.m.

Dick, The election should have taught you something: There are changes in America since the 1960's. It really did happen: A black man named Barack Hussein Obama was elected, despite the classic hysterical attacks using racism, xenophobia, and ever-escalating charges of first, "liberalism", "socialism", "Marxism" and eventually even "communism" and ...

Posted Thu, Jan 8, 10:40 a.m.

Actually, it appears that Van Dyk may lack any "idea about the merits of charges" against anyone mentioned above. But he sure is good at spreading innuendo. Van Dyk, of course, is very quick to describe all of the above as "political messes for Obama" with absolutely nothing substantive behind ...

Posted Thu, Jan 8, 10:18 a.m.

Sorry, David. You're a bit sloppy here: Norm Rice and Paul Schell, did indeed enter their respective mayoral races late in the game: But Rice ran in 1989, not 1991. Schell ran in 1997, not 1999. To my knowledge, there were no races for Seattle mayor in either 1991 or ...