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[Trisket]

After all that’s happened, I just can’t take my pooch to Westcrest or any another dog park.

[JoB]

thank you.. nothing has changed but something has been added… it appears that top directors from both the West Seattle Food Bank and the Seattle Dress for Success plan to attend.. and perhaps to shop…

and we have had at least one inquiry from a member who wants to bring other bags.. such as book bags and the like.. so we may have something to offer the fellas after all.

I picked up the first lot of bags today.. and there are definately some high end bags in this group!

[Trisket]

I think it’s rude to use a garbage can other than your own, especially for pooch poo. A few times collecting my can after I get home from work, I’ve found empty Cafe LLadro cups and fast food bags. I think some people are just too lazy to walk their garbage home.

[JoB]

charlabob.. i will gladly do a luna park run any time.. but i think i ought to walk this one off first:)

[JoB]

I was following JanS’s link to McCain when i found this… on Geraldine Ferraro…

“In a letter to Clinton, first reported by CNN, Ferraro says:

“Dear Hillary, I am stepping down from your finance committee so I can speak for myself and you can continue to speak for yourself about what’s at stake in this campaign. The Obama campaign is attacking me to hurt you. I won’t let that happen. Thank you for everything you’ve done and continue to do to make this a better world for my children and grandchildren. You have my deep admiration and respect, Gerry.”

The back-and-forth between two Democratic trailblazers — Obama, seeking to be the nation’s first black president, and Ferraro, who in 1984 was the first woman on a major party presidential ticket — continued for a second day as they appeared on network and cable morning news programs.”

these aren’t Obama suporters.. this is Obama…

This is what she actually said…

“If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.”

Ferraro said she stands by her assertion that Obama’s success in the Democratic campaign is due “in part” to his race.

Obama, however, said that if someone in his campaign had suggested that Hillary Clinton “is where she is only because she is a woman” she would be offended.”

Notice that Geraldine Ferrao says “in part” and Obama responds with “only because”…”

Geraldine never said or implied that his success was due only to his race.. but that is how he is replying to the comment.

he is making this a racist issue.. not her.

…

“Ferraro, who was Walter Mondale’s vice presidential running mate, said Wednesday that her remarks were not racist and had been taken out of context.

“I was talking about historic candidacies and what I started off by saying (was that) if you go back to 1984 and look at my historic candidacy, which I had just talked about all these things, in 1984 if my name was Gerard Ferraro instead of Geraldine Ferraro, I would have never been chosen as a vice presidential candidate,” Ferraro said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “It had nothing to do with my qualification.”

Ferraro said she has a 40-year history of opposing discrimination of all kinds, including race, and that she was outraged at criticism of her remarks by David Axelrod, Obama’s chief media strategist, because he knows her and her record.

“David Axelrod, his campaign manager, has chose to spin this as a racist comment… ”

She’s goes on to comment that this is one of his campaign strategies… it is not the first time he has done this…

and… it worked taking comments out of context with Bill Clinton… Bill backed off. I don’t think Geraldine will.

In fact, i think this is precisely why she left the Clinton campaign.. so she would have the freedom to defend herself against that sort of attack.

In this case, there is a great deal of difference between what was actually said and the innuendo that was implied…

I would say who is really making race an issue? .. but i don’t think it’s that exactly.

i think he is using the same political ploy that McCain used when caught with the lobbyists… misdirection inspiring indignation creating support for the underdog.

good campaign strategy if you realize that is all it is…

and if you don’t happen to be Geraldine Ferraro with your reputation slurred as a result of that strategy.

[WSB]

Assuming nothing has changed with this – someone let me know if anything has; I’m plugging it on the home page in a post scheduled to go up in about an hour for late-night site-related notes (along with the Metroblogs contest).

[WSB]

charl, our cats would log on if they could. We do catch our boycat near our son’s laptop sometimes in the early morning. Hmm. Anyone remember that old Steve Martin routine about ordering $1,000 in cat toys, and you can’t take them back cause …

[Trisket]

I voted!

[Trisket]

If these are the former police-type cars with the “Club” on the steering wheel then all I have to say to you Mr JT is RIGHT ON! There has to be five or six and I see them all over when walking my pooch.  I’ve thought about taking down the license plate numbers just to know how many of them are out there.Thank you for taking the time to report the owner as these cars are just a nuisance!  I’ll think of you, Mr JT everytime I see one orange-tagged.  :)

[JimmyG]

It won’t lessen your chance of being robbed, but it may in fact lessen your chance of burglarized (sorry but a pet peeve of mine is people using robbed for when they mean burglarized).

Anything you can do to “harden the target” i.e. make your house less attractive to break into than your neighbors, does help. So start with good lighting, no landscaping which obstructs the neighbors or the police view of your property, decent locks, a big dog bowl by your back door, etc. and you make your house less of a target.

An alarm (one with signage) may also increase your odds for not becoming a victim, but nothing is for sure. You need to weigh the monthly costs of a monitored alarm versus how much safer you feel. Plus you may get a homeowners insurance discount for having an alarm.

Like everything else, it’s a trade-off of what is important to you.

[charlabob]

G-d, JoB–the woman sounded EXACTLY like you. And spoke like you and … identity theft takes all forms.

I told you not to read the RS article about Hillary –or look at the caricature. All I can say is don’t put Matt Taibbi in your kill file yet, even though he wrote it. He still is a great political writer..definitely an iconoclast.

I may have to make a sympathy trip to Luna Park — or we can make it the next site of a get-together.

c

[JoB]

Seattle photo is ahead by 9 votes at 9 on wednesday… WSB members.. show some support!

[JoB]

you never know what cats will do:)

[JoB]

charlabob..

i am not happy with you for sending me to rollingstone. i read the hillary article tonight at the library and it took a chocolate banana shake, a works burger plus egg, fries, catsup and about 3 dollars worth of dowap at the Luna Cafe to restore my good humor. It’s difficult to be unhappy in there.

yes House.. i am aware that everything but the dowaps went straight to my hips:(

my husband fed them to me… and played dowap for me… so it must be ok with him.

and worse.. i don’t even get to claim props for the call-in.. it wasn’t me. There is apparently another really cool intelligent woman in Seattle named Joanne… i need to meet her ;->

hope you had a great time in Portland.

[JoB]

beachdrivegirl..

i can understand your perspective..

but if the only difference between her and him really is experience.. then what did you expect her to focus on?

and why does her talking about his lack of experience show a lack of respect?

This contest is not between a younger Bill and Barak… and i would contend that being a governor is better experience for the Presidency than the state legislature and a couple of years of the senate… but that is another story and one that i don’t think has relevance here.

The experience question was a contrast between Barak and Hillary… and he just plain isn’t old enough to have been in the game as long as she has. and she has been in the game.

His campaign can play with the numbers any way they want.. and dismiss all of the hard work she has done.. but it still doesn’t change the reality.

as for the changing tune.. it’s not something i have noticed much until barak kept saying he had won and she should withdraw… and she had to keep defending her right to even stay in the race…

Barak’s latest emails say that she kept changing her tune and all her tunes are wrong.

but if i remember right, the reasons the Barak campaign put out that caused her to defend her right to stay in the race kept changing.

You should actually have to win the race before you insist that everyone bow out and call it for yourself.

I have been amazed every time she pulled it out at the last minute because there really hasn’t been much hope some days.. but she does. It isn’t over.

I don’t think it’s so simple to write off Florida and Michigan…

nor do i think it unfair that Hillary spent time earning the respect and commitment of superdelegates when Barak ignored them.

There are still plenty of delegates to be won by one candidate or another.. and until that happens.. this race can’t be called by anyone.

[charlabob]

nope — we’re talking about IPs at home — unless our kitties logged on while we were gone, we have complete control over them.

[WSB]

Does the bob access from say a work IP or something else that’s likely to be shared with others? that seems to be a flaw. Thanks for trying, though, we appreciate it!

[charlabob]

The charla and the bob have separate machines (and IP addresses) and Bob got the “You’ve already voted” message when he tried to vote for the first time. Anyone figured this out? Thanks!

[acemotel]

?I don’t understand. It sounds like someone is parking four police cars in random locations in West Seattle? What am I missing?

[beachdrivegirl]

Hillary lost my respect for a couple of different reasons.

The original reason is because I feel that she started the game of dirty politics with Obama. Yes it is an opinion, but in my mind she started attacking him first. She has really given him a lack of respect. He has more experience and is older than Bill was when he ran, but yet he just doesn’t have experience.

Furthermore, I am tired of the way that she continually changes her stance on why she is going to win and consistently changing why she is actually winning. I have more delegates, I have won the popular vote, have won the bigger states. I am sorry I believe that she needs to take a stance and stand by it not change it to favor herself every other month.

I am trying to find a reason to like her, respect her, and vote for her if needed in November, but she is making it very difficult for me.

[charlabob]

I’m not going to participate in this debate anymore. But I am going to start the STOP McCain thread before someone goes off and starts a GO McCain thread. Go away, maybe. :-)

Meantime, our JoB called in for the last segment of the Rachel Maddow show today (hosted by David Binder). She was, as always, articulate and intelligent in her defense of Ferraro. Binder listened and moved the conversation along. They ran out of time.

Obviously, my mind has not been changed–but I did want to extend props to JoB for her passion and her intelligence in this debate. And say how cool it was to hear someone I know on a call-in show other than Rush. We were driving home from Portland and when they announced, “Joanne from Seattle,” we just knew. We were right.

I don’t think the program is repeated, but you can find a podcast or itunes. (JoB, we also record it on Radio Myway — if you want a copy…or is just me who collects my performances?)

http://www.am1090seattle.com/

http://www.airamerica.com/maddow/

[Crowe]

Back in 98′ lived on California Ave in the cutest apt ever. I loved West Seattle. Left,(Long Story) and now have been back for almost 2 years. When I moved back, I felt like I was “home” I love it here and wouldn’t want to live anywhere else in Seattle.

[JoB]

Jeff is a great guy…

and we attended his classes…

and had him over to the house to consult…

and… he believes in Yuki (the people aggressive dog) as much as we do…

but for this aggressive dog.. we got more help from packworks…

and we got strategies that are working for our dog aggressive shiba.

I am not suggesting packworks for every owner of a dog they consider aggressive… although if they can help us do this with these two.. it may be a good investment…

but i am definately suggesting packworks when you have reached the point you think your only option might be putting the dog down.

That one (long and somewhat expensive) training session has turned a major corner for us and restored both harmony and hope.

for those who love the more difficult of dogs.. that can be a life saver.

[BB]

Jeff Tinsley (Sound Animals) knows how to deal with aggressive dogs. He has even trained bears for movies. He is a West Seattle guy and extrodinary with dogs.

[ADW]

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