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[ellenater]

Ok, I’m gonna totally screw this up, but here goes:

After the debate I saw a news segment (might have been CNN) and they were discussing if what the candidates had said were true. From what I can remember, Obama was involved with the committee and attended one of the meetings. McCain, who was bringing this point up had attended none of his. What I personally got was that Obama wasn’t lying about his involvement but may have exaggerated. And McCain didn’t specifically say he had attended his committee meetings but he did try to make Obama look bad on this point, which is hypocritical.

I don’t know about Freddie and Fannie but do remember hearing some rumors about BOTH candidates.

Hope this helps. :)

[TheHouse]

This one I had to respond to…..I actually had a conversation with someone a few months back about eating bovine milk products vs human milk.

If you really think about it, drinking another animals milk is pretty nasty and unnatural. We drink cow milk because we’ve become accustomed to it over the years and it’s what our parents gave us. Cows are some of the most filthy animals around and require quite a bit of processing to be safe for the masses.

And the answer is no. I don’t agree with PETA and I would not drink a glass of breast milk even if it was processed….I’ve been conditioned to drink cow milk the same as everyone else. Sad, but true.

[ellenater]

Ya, Thursdays at Uptown at 7pm. I will bring extra needles this week if anyone wants to practice purling.

Ashley, I hope you can come. I want to learn to crochet, too at some point.

See you all on Thursday!

[Traci]

Ashley, we changed the day to Thursday from here on out.

So Thursday at 7, Uptown Espresso. I hope to see you there!

[Ashley]

Hello I would love to maybe come to this group but I just want to make sure it is Wednesdays at 7 at Uptown Espresso. Avid crocheter and used to knit a lot but found crocheting easier. Thanks!

[Ken]

Read the full story rather than this one sided crap.

With a 3 billion shortfall predicted, there are going to be even more programs and probably more important programs left idle this year.

No one is repealing the law or stopping the program, but it is not going to be done by the original 2009 estimated date.

http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/597940.html

I am sure Rossi will be happy to push this program to the front of his list….

Right after instituting a state income tax to pay for it.

[RainyDay1235]

Very sad….my heart goes out to Joanne Woodward. Forget John and Yoko or Brangelina – THEY were the penultimate couple.

Remember, try to buy ‘Newman’s Own’ products when possible. Exceptional quality (the salsas are to die for!) AND all proceeds after taxes go to charities. I hope they can keep it going.

[Aim]

I’m making some snacks this afternoon to bring with us, so we will come bearing food.

[CountingCoup]

In the case of McCain making any statements about SPAIN, he would have been better off saying nothing.

I listened to the questions posed to McCain several times by the reporter in Miami who had a Spanish speaking accent.

And I could not help but conclude that McCain believed she (reporter) when asking if McCain would meet Spain’s Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, he immediately thought Zapatero was a leader in our Latin countries.

In fact McCain started talking about Latin America immediately. When she corrected him into the side of the world, and that she was asking about a meeting with Spain, he seemed dumbfounded.

The stance his campaign in trying to cover up for a Homer Simpson “doh” moment was that McCain is not guaranteeing a meeting with the NATO Ally Spain.

I guess his campaign thinks that is the lesser of two decision based on a huge gaffe of his broad generalization that if you speak Spanish you must be from Latin America.

Now that was a classic Bush moment!

[GenHillOne]

I think I’ve a little fried and still digesting, but why isn’t any of the media talking about McCain’s utterance of “horsesh*t” twice during Obama’s mention of his Spain gaffe? (4:30 mark)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/26909249#26909711

[JoB]

Ok.. to the smokers who have posted on this subject… and to those who just lurked.

i know that smokers want to defend smokers because they have the idea that their rights are being violated left and right..

i live with a smoker who quit over a year ago after 40+ years of smoking… so i know just how hard it is to quit. but he did quit … simply because he could see the writing on the wall. He knew how unpleasant it was going to get for him to continue smoking.

I know you have no sympathy for the cigarette police…

but what about those of us who literally have to get up and leave or risk a trip to the emergency room because smokers have decided it’s no big deal and as long as they sort of pay attention to the rules it’s ok?

do you have sympathy for us?

I had to avoid many places i might have wanted to go.. including public theaters.. for decades because of people who chose to smoke and figured their smoke and the residue on their bodies and clothing was no big deal.

It was a big deal.

Now the law is on my side and those like me and for the first time we can somewhat safely sit down to a movie or a play or dinner out…

forgive me if i have a hard time feeling sorry that smokers are now expected to obey the law.

i won’t patronize any business that breaks those laws. I can’t.

I understand that smokers now feel persecuted.. but that is no excuse for them to automatically jump to the defense of any smoker… any where… any time.

You all puffed away for decades without giving those like me any thought at all.

as for the disrespectful way cjboffoli has been treated… he was there. You weren’t.

Would you like us all to jump on you and call you a liar next time you report something?

probably not.

if you don’t treat others the way you would want to be treated…

no matter how much you think you have been mistreated because you still smoke…

you can’t expect consideration yourself.

[mellaw6565]

I agree with most of the assessments so far. I also thought Obama looked a little pale and sweaty vs. earlier Democratic debates.

I also thought Obama was too diplomatic and McCain was too condescending. Obama needs to beef up his “slam dunk” moments. One of the best tonight was the “why use a hatchet when what you need is a scalpel” remark.

Still, I’m disappointed that I didn’t hear a lot of substance from either of them tonight, despite Lehrer’s attempts to pin them down – especially when he asked them what they would cut next year as part of the bailout plan. They both skirted the issue several times.

Obama’s steadfastness on doing a surgical strike in Pakistan if Osama Bin Laden turns up is the right approach, IMO, given Pakistan’s unwillingness/inability to stem the rise of extremism in the area. McCain made a couple of clear historical mistakes in talking about Musharaf’s rise to power. It was clear he didn’t know much of their history.

Zen – you’re right about the 100 million – I glanced at the number too quick! That’s why I teach LA and Social Studies:) LOL

[CountingCoup]

Thanks Rainy Day, I am almost tentative about that Vice Pres debate after seeing clips of the Katie Couric interview but what the hey, its all about selecting a VP…

[MissK]

RANT RANT RANT!!

Reasons

1. The owner

2. The owner

3. The owner

I would sit in a 10 car wait at a SBUX in hell before stepping foot in Jave Bean – West Seattle or Ballard. You must notice the constant staff changes in West Seattle….hmmm I wonder why???

[add]

HunterG, I agree. At first he was being what would be considererd “normal” and respectful – agreeing on principle and then adding his nuances. But of course it will be spin (and already has been – apparently the McCain campaign already has an ad out with clips from the debate). But then I realized that McCain didn’t make eye contact when shaking hands with Obama either before or after the debate, so he really doesn’t deserve that kind of respect if he isn’t willing to offer it up either

[TheHouse]

NewRes, what’s up? Hope you and your boyfriend (I forget his name, but I thought he was a trip) are doing well.

After many spirited debates with the some old hypocrites on this board, I finally realized what one person once stated is true. Debating on here is like banging two bricks together…it will never accomplish anything. The hypocrisy of me being accused of personal attacks and others personally attacking me being allowed, put a bitter taste in my mouth as well.

I still read most of the posts on this blog, but I’ve found that a white male, under 40, married with children, happy in life, without any physical, mental or sexual disfunction really doesn’t have a place on this forum.

I’ve decided to use WSB for what I originally used it for before they started forums. A place where I can find out about new restaurants and businesses.

There were many of you that I enjoyed bantering back and forth with and was delighted to meet you all in person (even the opposition, JoB, Jan and Charla). I completely disagree with 95% of you on here, but I respect your passion.

Since I’ve rediscovered Facebook and a few other sites, I spend more of my time there. Who knows, perhaps I’ll feel inspired to argue with the Obamabots once again one day?

[CountingCoup]

Regardless of the banter after the debates, I just wanted to say that I believed Jim Leyher did a good job of allowing the canidates to engage and he didn’t try to steal the show…

He also injected the ecomomic questions and allowed the canidates to move it toward the intended goal of foreign affairs.

Good on Jim for that IMO…

My hope can be the rest of the debates are run as well as this one was…

[Erik]

Ellenater – I just got back from a bike ride and found my copy of Marshall’s book. In it is his website, there is a short video of him on the main page. I remember seeing this video, but I mostly remember the other longer video of him with his jackal and giraffe sock puppets…lol.

http://www.nonviolentcommunication.com/

[mellaw6565]

The problem with the current bailout proposals is that none of them address the bad corporate behavior and CEO compensation issues that caused this to happen in the first place. We’re just throwing good money after bad!

[WSB]

Grr posted it a couple nights ago and asked that I delete it after I pointed that out. The math done by whomever originated the mass forward is bad.

[Ken]

While the email attempts to make a complex problem simple to the point of simple minded, it does rest on one firm pillar of truth. If you added up all the defaulted mortgages, and those who might still be expected to default due to ARM’s, health emergency bankruptcies, self reported income (self employed, contract and commissioned workers) and even a few thousand out and out fraudulent mortgages, no one seems to think it would add up to the first 700 billion.

Most of the estimates I have seen can only add up the 170 to 350 billion (at the outside.

The banks are not worried about those defaults so much as the way the credit swap instruments were used by the banks to back the 30 to 40 times that amount they created out of thin air to loan out to other customers and trade on the stock market (where brokerage houses were also allowed to trade on up to 50% margin if not more)

The protections installed after the depression to avoid this kind of meltdown/ cash evaporation, were systematically removed from federal law as a direct result of the aftermath of the Newt Gingrich contract on America.

Conservatives, republicans, and DLC/bluedogs (including both Clintons) pushed this or at least helped grease the skids and we can only watch as the American dream slides into the past at an accelerated rate.

The banks wanted to be “too big to fail”. The Neocons are willing to let the banks fail anyway on the off chance that it will bankrupt the federal government to the point it could be “drowned in the bathtub” and the New Deal, social security, medicaid, and the threat of health care for all, can be pruned off easily.

[Erik]

Marshall Rosenberg’s ‘the jackal’ and ‘the giraffe’ characters are wonderful teachers wrt non-violent communication.

Annie – thanks for the inspiration, I’ll have to dig up that book.

[Irukandji]

I’ve been disappointed in the WS Java Bean as well. I was a daily customer of the shop in Ballard. I was happy to find Java Bean here and went in a couple times.

The staff consistently seemed both annoyed and bored, unable to catch eye contact, and the drinks were nothing special.

The owner was on site at the Ballard shop and did a lot to make the place inviting, fun and comfortable. WS shop doesn’t have it. Best of luck.

[Anonymous]

Got this in my email this morning and thought it entertaining enough to share with you all (sorry, it’s a little long):

“Here’s a new twist on our financial crisis..

I’m against the $85,000,000,000 bailout of AIG.

Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in

a ”We Deserve It Dividend”.

To make the math simple, let’s assume there are 200,000,000

bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+.

Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman

and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..

So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billon that equals $425,000.

My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a

‘We Deserve It Dividend’.

Of course, it would NOT be tax free.

So let’s assume a tax rate of 30%.

Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.

That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.

But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500 in their pocket.

A husband and wife has $595,000.

What would you do with $297,500 to $595,000 in your family?

Pay off your mortgage – housing crisis solved.

Repay college loans – what a great boost to new grads

Put away money for college – it’ll be there

Save in a bank – create money to loan to entrepreneurs.

Buy a new car – create jobs

Invest in the market – capital drives growth

Pay for your parent’s medical insurance – health care improves

Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean – or else

Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks

who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company

that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.

If we’re going to re-distribute wealth let’s really do it…instead of

trickling out a puny $1000.00 (‘vote buy’) economic incentive that is

being proposed by one of our candidates for President.

If we’re going to do an $85 billion bailout, let’s bail out every adult

U S Citizen 18+!

As for AIG – liquidate it.

Sell off its parts.

Let American General go back to being American General.

Sell off the real estate.

Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.

Here’s my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn’t.

Sure it’s a crazy idea that can ‘never work.’

But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party!

How do you spell Economic Boom?

I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion

‘We Deserve It Dividend’ more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC.

And remember, The Family plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because

$25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

Ahhh…I feel so much better getting that off my chest.

Kindest personal regards,”

[nuni]

Last night on our way back to our car after my birthday dinner in the Alaska Junction my hubby and I heard what sounded like moans coming from a 2 story apt building. We both looked at each other like “no, really?” and that is when we started hearing a man moaning too. It was very loud. I’m assuming they either didn’t realize everyone outside can hear them or they really didn’t care. Anyhow, we had a good laugh over it. So thank you, whoever you are, for the laugh! That’s all!