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Jamesa's comments
Posted Thu, Nov 10, 12:32 p.m.
I must have missed half of this article. I missed the half that spoke to any positive aspects of locating a coal terminal in Bellingham. There was not one serious contradiction of any of the claims made by NO Terminal advocates. Can you spell "Puff Piece"? With one sided "journalism" ...
MOREPosted Wed, Jul 20, 1:38 a.m.
I just watched "The Patriot". In the end it came to mind, if the press is no longer with the people. If they no longer have the stomach to stand up and defend us, in word, against those who will use us as cattle, serfs, the meager fodder of high ...
MOREPosted Tue, Jul 19, 2:25 p.m.
PS. sorry for the obvious mis-spells. I was trying to talk on the phone and write at the same time. receive focus etc. J.
MOREPosted Tue, Jul 19, 2:22 p.m.
No need to take survey - same advice I've given before ...... Hire at least ONE ! person who can provide an alternative voice to the Metro status quo ! ALL the local media essentially speak with one voice. They only compete on the basis of who can go further ...
MOREPosted Tue, Jun 28, 12:06 p.m.
Correction: Mr Insleeves announcement has been reported and covered most thoroughly by supplicants and Party mouthpieces. My report here will be very short and contain more information than you have otherwise heard or read elsewhere. Extra Extra ! Read All About It !!!!! Never-done-nothing politician is snatched from obscurity to ...
MOREPosted Tue, Jun 28, 11:37 a.m.
Dear Craig Parsley, I would hate to see the Pasayton over-run by urbanites looking for a quick fix of Wilderness. Your photos were helpful in this regard. I have been fortunate enough to do some serious back-packing in the Pasayton country and had not seen the likes of it anywhere ...
MOREPosted Mon, Nov 29, 1:01 a.m.
Hey Wilbur Watson, I know you are being sarcastic, but the funny thing is that you are not too far off course. The so called Left and Right are not different. Human belief is more of a circle than a straight line. The ends of the line are actually the ...
MOREPosted Wed, Nov 17, 3:35 p.m.
I think the "unbiased" moniker has been a sham after the 1960s. Not only are the media writers, organizations, and celebrity heads living the lie, but they work hard to convince their consumers that the lie can still be convincing if it is spoken with emotion and certainty. To those ...
MOREPosted Wed, Nov 17, 2:25 p.m.
It must be tough to be hitting up the same monied liberals as everyone else. Why not consider hiring a couple of less doctrinaire writers and editors. If they can gain a little traction, you could leverage yourselves into a whole new world of contributors/supporters ! You might even attain ...
MOREPosted Thu, Nov 11, 3:20 p.m.
Seattle: Utility rate increases needed; zero (0) This is all about political patronage, not climate change nor real system maintenance. If there was really a maintenance problem it would have been taken care of during the recently past boom years when City Light was raking in the dough. If the ...
MOREPosted Mon, Sep 27, 2:53 p.m.
Wow ! What a stretch ! Making existing policies race and patron neutral is targeting "Indians" ? You may want to follow the logic of that. It should lead to you the conclusion that most of the Demo-only legislation has been feeding the pockets of their public patrons. Therefore ......
MOREPosted Tue, May 4, 2:27 p.m.
Yes, it is very sad to hear that one of the few voices of dissent has gone silent. As the Dr. P. knew, much of the time, a personal phone call or email is the only way contrary views are seen or heard in the Metro Area. I think these ...
MOREPosted Mon, Aug 31, 4:12 p.m.
Here's some more dirty math. $ 3.2 million tax break ? 1,000 jobs average total compensation per job, low estimate $60,000 / year total compensation for 1,000 jobs = $60,000,000 WA sales tax (rounded) 10% Question to answer ............ How long will it take for the State to recoup its ...
MOREPosted Mon, Aug 24, 12:59 p.m.
Its very disturbing to hear and read the local press coverage of this issue. Their tendency is to reduce a complex and difficult issue into a "big bad corporation versus tiny little labor groups and their neutered politicians". This approach is just a continuation of the old-timey liberalism of the ...
MOREPosted Fri, Apr 3, 9:25 a.m.
I second the comment above. Until we have a Rico Act to apply to politicians, political parties, and unctuous media supplicants, we will continue the slide forward, into the past .... the day may come when we discover the depths of WA. corruption and waste, by watching a reality show; ...
MOREPosted Sat, Jan 10, 3:20 p.m.
Any union that receives benefits from the publication of the PI, should step up with some cash to help buy the paper. I would include the obvious direct employee unions, but I would also include all of the public employee unions (bureaucrats, teachers, etc.)since the paper(s) has been a faithful ...
MOREPosted Sat, Jan 10, 12:37 p.m.
Any union that receives benefits from the publication of the PI, should step up with some cash to help buy the paper. I would include the obvious direct employee unions, but I would also include all of the public employee unions (bureaucrats, teachers, etc.)since the paper(s) has been a faithful ...
MOREPosted Wed, Dec 17, 11:57 a.m.
You would be surprised at the popularity of GM cars in China. Just from a business, and public goodwill point of view, it behoves them to have a pavilion at the Expo. One would hope that criticism of this (G.M.) expenditure would be withheld until some research is done by ...
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