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puyallupan's comments
Posted Wed, Jan 28, 3:34 p.m.
I would like to see more interest in the original names of our landmarks. It's not a matter of finding a new name, but reclaiming the old ones. We should take down Rainier and put up Tahoma. We should also rename Puget Sound with the original Chinook term "Whulge."
MOREPosted Sat, Dec 27, 7:52 a.m.
Chris, You write, "Soaring rhetoric can go down in history, but events drive politics." I agree that events drive politics, and I agree that soaring rhetoric is not everything to the art of good politics. It also requires good strategy and good principles. In the past century, four presidents and ...
MOREPosted Fri, Dec 26, 11:33 a.m.
Chris, Thanks for the reply. There are two extremes that I think we can fall into in politics - one is to be overly intellectual, the other is to be overly practical. Politics is both things, an intellectual and a practical endeavor. First, I'll agree with you (as I suggested ...
MOREPosted Fri, Dec 26, 9:18 a.m.
Purple - two things 1. "The problem with modern conservatism and WA state Republicans, IMO, is the Crasswell/ Eyman factor. Quite simply it comes off mean, selfish and most importantly, short sighted." Totally agreed. Which is why I'm proposing going deeper than this to discuss Pacific Northwest, which are certainly ...
MOREPosted Fri, Dec 26, 9:04 a.m.
mikerol - thanks for your comment, but I know that this isn't "the usual set of platitudes." I've been thinking through these ideas and discussing them with conservatives in the area for awhile. What I'm talking about here is something that very few conservatives have talked about of late: I'm ...
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