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[voodoo]

FYI, at the Anniversary Sale that’s going on currently at Fred Meyer, all 7th Generation products are 50% off. I picked up a box of dish detergent for something like $4.50.

[JoB]

Ignorance is not a virtue.

After the discussion I just endured I can’t tell you how grateful I am for the WSB living room..

Where I can almost always find someone intelligent to talk with

And where so many have my back

[DP]

Thanks for your informative link, Ken. It’s amazing to see what a slick video one can make using nothing more than a corncob, a novelty balloon, and a couple of squiggly yellow lines!

Though I’m neither Catholic nor Rhythmic, I believe that Catholics have something called the “Rhythmic Rapture Method” to ensure that none of their particulars go missing during the Rapture.*

The Rhythmic Rapture Method (or RRM for short) allows the Faithful to use certain forms of mechanical birth control for periods of up to three days prior to, or three days following, the Rapture.

Many Catholic couples have reported great satisfaction with RRM. Unfortunately, the RRM is only about 5% effective at preventing Rapture. In fact, some couples claim that this particular method actually encourages it.

– David “C-U-N Hell” Preston

*In the theological terms, this is known as aproctogenesis.

[chinook]

I had a great experience with a West Seattle merchant yesterday.

I needed to replace a watch battery; it’s become more difficult over the years to find someone who will not only sell you the battery but install it.

Wyatt Jewelers has moved from their original location near Eats Cafe in Westwood Village; they are now in the stretch near Chico’s.

It seems they will replace your watch battery AND install the new one. For the product and this service, they only ask that you make a $10 donation to the White Center Food Bank. Really – they didn’t take anything at all for themselves.

I found myself writing a check for a little bit more than the amount requested AND thinking what a nicer place the world would be if everyone thought of something THEY could do to make it easier to do

something nice for someone else. I think we all have good intentions, we just often don’t make the time or take the trouble to find out what we can do that will make a difference.

Wyatt Jewelers is a local business that cares about their neighborhood and for that, I think they deserve OUR business.

[redblack]

big phil: fine line, though.

our house has room for two normal-sized cars at the curb between my driveway and my neighbor’s. i would rather have someone park 0 – 4 feet from my driveway apron than take up both spots.

my neighbors and i are in agreement, too. so i always err on the side of leaving room for another car – if possible.

[Dr.Moxie]

I was driving home today around 6:30pm on Roxbury and did a double take when I saw someone waiting to cross the street going north at 30th SW. He was a larger guy, with curly blonde hair and a leashed RACCOON on his shoulders. The raccoon seemed perfectly happy to be chilling out on this guy’s back. Does anyone know his story? I’ve always found raccoons fascinating, but after reading “Where the Red Fern Grows” when I was a kid, I’ve had a healthy respect for them. As cuddly looking as they are, I think I would worry about having one as a pet.

[DP]

We can see very well how cute he is.

However, is Saddam-dog theoretically capable of assembling a team of rogue scientists who might then, given sufficient quantities of yellowbiscuit uranium, assemble a WMD with which to create a smoking gun in the shape of a mushroom cloud?

[Carson]

not really, he is like the Saddam of dogs, lots of bark, very little bite, not worth the effort to try and take over….but unlike Saddam, he is cute as could be in the right social situation.

[St. Stephen St.]

I enjoyed reading everyone’s comments. I too have been trying to decide who would be a better fit. “He aint Heavey, He’s my brother!” hahaha.

I have to say I recieved a call from a Heavey phone banker and the older gentleman directed me to read the Seattle Times Endorsement of Heavey. I told him that I don’t agree with the Times very often and he laughed and agreed. He did point out that this year they endorsed Patty Murray, Suzan DelBene for congress, and Denny Heck who is running in congress for SW washington. All solid democrats and each one of their Op/Ed’s was dead on. I encourage you to read Heavey’s endorsement. It makes a compelling case that really when it comes to balancing the budget and protecting critical services Heavey has the experience and the independence to balance it with out being swayed by Olympia heavyweights (unions and business interests alike).

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2012425837_edit23heavey.html

I support unions but I don’t agree with them 100% of the time. And I think Heavey can replicate the success that Dow has shown at the county to get the unions to come to the table.

I do like Fitzgibbon’s environmentalist support but I am cautious after doing some research and seeing the same coalitions that elected our current mayor are the same groups that are supporting Joe (ie SEIU Union, Cascade Bicycle Club, Sierra Club). Especially with him being so young a worry that he might be a lock step vote much like the mayor.

Plus I see on Heavey’s website he is endorsed by the Veterinarians Association, as a dog person I am impressed!

[Jeffrey]

Nope, I’ve never even met the neighbors there. The spot is a last resort, and while a large car might not fit there, my small sports car fits just fine. Yeah I’m going to ask around to see if anyone saw anything.

On the issue of parking illegally: Parking in a disabled spot or in a tow away zone is much worse than say… parking an SUV in a compact space, parking 13″ from the curb, parking a little less than 5 feet from a driveway, parking a tricycle in a motorcycle parking only area, etc.

I agree with you Phil, people who blatantly park illegally wherever they go often seem to be arrogant and self-absorbed.

[BigPhil]

“I was not parked fully legally” means “I was parked illegally.” There’s not “partially legal” and “mostly legal” and “somewhat legal.” There’s legal and illegal. People who park illegally seem to me to be inconsiderate at best, blithely arrogant at worst. Parking is already a nightmare without people parking in random spots.

That rant aside, smashing someone’s windshield with a golf club on a vigilante quest is by far a worse crime and I hope they get found and prosecuted for damages (and undoubtedly lost wages, if you have to take time off work to get it repaired). Might ask some of your less aggressive neighbors (if you can figure out which ones) if they saw anything. Sucks, though :(

[BigPhil]

Could be injectors, fuel pump, fuel filter, air filter. Hesitation and/or dying are a result of fuel or air starvation. Fuel quality is kept within very strict guidelines and I’ve never heard of a fuel that was poor enough to cause engine troubles – some have more additives or more gunk left, but not so much as to cause measurable engine difficulties in the short term.

[Smitty]

HMC, spot on. We started anticipating an Obama victory in October and made contingency plans accordingly. Once elected, those plans were put into place, so those “cool graphs” that supposedly illustrate “saved or created jobs” should attribute Nov 2008 – January 2009 job loss numbers to BO, imo.

But get ready! Even though Jan linked to Huffpo you will get called out for linking to CATO and Heritage – what these folks don’t realize is that’s it’s difficult to link these kinds of stories in the LMSM because they don’t run them!

[redblack]

starbucks is not a small business.

as i keep saying ad nauseum, obama’s “tax hike” won’t affect small businesses. he’s reducing – and even eliminating – capital gains taxes for the little guy and maintaining or increasing taxes for the top 2% – because they can afford it. in other words, the president is trying to encourage the wealthy to invest in the economy instead of taking profits, which will be taxed at a higher rate if democrats can break republican road blocks or convince them to play along.

and i really couldn’t care less about wall street’s confidence. the middle class is learning to fare for itself without those clowns.

here’s what i hear from conservatives, as translated by your latest post:

“we are going to hoard our money and not encourage economic activity unless we get our tax cuts.”

does that sound about right?

now please tell me when, since 2008, obama or congress has raised anyone’s taxes. and since taxes are and have been low, then the wealthy should have been investing in job growth like crazy, right? and tax receipts should have been exploding, right?

oh, i see. it’s just the threat of regulation and taxation that’s stifling the economy. it has nothing to do with wages, foreclosures, jobs leaving the u.s., profit-taking, or the supply side failing to supply.

[HMC Rich]

Hey Dobro: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/08/cnntime-poll-was-bush-better-president-than-obama/ I was off by one point. How about that, pal? Trust me now? Have a nice day.

Oh Redblack. For the past two years the democratic party basically owned both houses of the congress. (Do I need to cite that to Dobro? ) Republican obstructionism? Pahh. The Republicans were and still are essentially powerless. It was fighting among Democrats that watered down certain bills. In fact most bi-partisanship came from Democrats siding with Republicans in NO votes. Why aren’t most Democrats proudly proclaiming how they voted instead of mudslinging and running away from Pork, Obamacare and other massive spending bills? All Boehner and McConnell could do is flap their lips and watch.

Really, passing 2300 page bills without reading them while Pelosi said “trust me”? Ridiculous. What if Republicans had done that?

What economic plan do you propose? Lets hear it. So far, I just see spend and spend. The Federal government is borrowing 37 cents on every dollar spent? How can you support that? Because it feels right or is meant to help the less fortunate? That is not reality.

That evil Bush guy caused the lowest wage earners to pay less in taxes. I guess he hated the little guy. I was against the Prescription drug plan but Democrats wanted twice as much spent. (Although just for fun I did defend it once on this blog just to be contrary).

Now, I said I would have supported infrastructure rebuilding. That is not really a huge concern for the current Executive Branch. I do not support wasteful temporary bandaids to larger problems that first Bush and then Obama pushed in the financial meltdown. Did unemployment stay below 8%? No. Has it gone down? No. Did the stimulus work, by most accounts no. Was healthcare really fixed? Probably not and it is already costing us. Did the unions benefit from the financial bailouts, Their unsustainable benefits have. Geez if Bush had taken over GM, cries of fascism would be resonating everywhere. Has Obama really dealt with entitlements? Not on your life.

And yes, where were the fiscally responsible Republicans? They were spending too much money just like their Democratic friends. They are getting booted. You are right, we who claim fiscal responsibility, We should have been more vocal and they were exorcised in 2006 and 2008, weren’t they. McCain was a joke but he wouldn’t have been bankrupting us (as much).

Little did people like me know that the Progressive wing of the Democratic Party would swoop in so quickly and start a new era of fiscal irresponsibility. I admit, I was surprised at what has transpired.

IT IS NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS JOB TO MANDATE HEALTH CARE. IT WILL BE FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL. It was meant to be dealt with by each individual state. Regulation is a different story. I want a health plan that involves the following. Children and Seniors, NO COST. 18 to 65, either a single payer system or true interstate access to health insurance. I must be evil. Giving free healthcare to some and making others pay.

OK Redblack, As far as tax rates, First I would see what the cost of government is. I would cut some spending and make cuts in some areas and kill some departments or agencies. I believe taxes would fall somewhere between 15 and 25 percent. I would abolish all loopholes. State and local taxes would take another 10 to 15%. Live within a budget. In fact I am more in favor of a higher state tax burden than federal. I believe local is better than national. I also believe that the government should not be entitled to more than 30% of anyones income. What do you propose?

Someone was bitching about the military. Under Kennedy Military spending was a whopping 42%, Reagan 22% and under Bush 17%. Over 50 years, Military spending has decreased from 42% to 17%. That means more money for other parts of the government. Proof link for Dobro: http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/323.html down near the bottom of the article.

Jan, interesting video but it is flawed. I will admit debt went up in the Reagan and Bush years. But Congress reneged its pledge to keep spending down under Reagan because he phased in his tax cuts over 3 years, and W hardly vetoed any bill after 9/11. Plus Clinton had a relatively fiscally responsible congress which convinced him the era of big government is over. Supply side economics cannot work if too much is spent. So if that makes you right then you are right. But the Keynesian model is not better unless you like stagnant or little growth.

[HMC Rich]

Interesting conclusion. Let us clarify a few things. Extending the Bush tax cuts will allow tax rates to stay the same. Not much of anything will change. There would not be any NEW growth incentives. It would not be a tax cut. If not extended it would become Obama’s tax hike and it will affect everyone.

Allowing those tax rates to expire will hurt business confidence and stifle job creation. Confidence in the economy will shrink even more. Conversely when the business sector had confidence under Reagan and Clinton, we had some pretty good times and people were hired.

Small businesses hire the majority of the workers. Businesses cut staff even before actual revenue declines just from speculative economic downturns or major negative events (9/11)

For example, a few years ago I saw an article about Starbucks. They were going to cut some stores and jobs despite the fact that they were going to make (the exact numbers escape me) 63 million profit for that quarter? or year? which was a decline in projected numbers. Because projected revenues were less than anticipated the business took steps to minimize possible future losses in case the economy weakened more. If only government would act in such a way.

The sales staff I worked with a few years ago were deeply affected just because business confidence was low and budgets were excruciatingly reduced. In fact some people lost their jobs because the company I worked for did not make their goals.

So when Smitty said Oct/Nov of 2008, he was correct because once we knew Obama was the man and the financial meltdown started, executives went into cutback mode. During our current financial and economic recession, the only area where we have seen real growth has been in government jobs. Somehow that just doesn’t seem right to me.

Reductions in capital gains helps businesses and consumers. Obama wants to raise that rate and bring the death tax to 55%!!!

Such moves do not inspire confidence for the business sector. Couple that with upcoming health care costs which are already rising, you have a recipe for a minimalist recovery and possibly another recession.

Lowering tax rates at various times has spurred revenue to come into the federal government coffers. Kennedy, Reagan, Bush. Spending needs to be curtailed by our politicians.

Redblack, supply side economics did not cause other economic downturns throughout our history. Bad business and bad government have caused most of our problems. But wealth creation has also flourished under the free market system more so than any other. I salute the risk the small business owner takes.

Here is an article which addresses tax cut myths. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/06/The-Three-Biggest-Myths-About-Tax-Cuts-and-the-Budget-Deficit

I would ask you to read it.

Read this also from the CATO institute. http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=12172

Until businesses and consumers feel good about the economy, many of us will remain unemployed or…. many of those who are complaining need to retrain in areas where there is a growth trend which can be fairly difficult when you need to pay the rent.

[Jeffrey]

Haha I actually broke the cup holder in my car with a Costco box full of stuff. I did once fit a 42″ flat screen in it too :). It’s a 350z

[redblack]

well, there you go.

mint has proven that tax cuts actually kill jobs and increase poverty.

case closed, smitty.

it’s disgusting that any american would believe in supply-side economics after 30 years of this b.s.

[redblack]

smitty: prove it.

show me how a tax cut ever produced a job.

anywhere. ever.

and don’t try using george w. bush. i’m on to that old trick. as a matter of fact, i believe i saw you try that one on usenet a few years ago.

[Wanda]

Pretty good shape, but I have no room for it. Just moved it to the curb. Great “MAN” chair. Come get it before the rain this weekend. 4446 50th SW

[sarelly]

JoB…I have a hard time believing problems can be solved within the system that generated them (or even by actively resisting the system – better to tune out, drop out, create a functional subculture with a different paradigm)…but I’d love to be wrong. Care to elaborate on any successes? What works?

[celeste17]

Tom Bosley, who played Howard Cunningham, died Tuesday 10/19 at the age of 83.

[dawsonct]

A million dollars spent on American infrastructure goes much further in creating a better America for all Americans than a million dollars spent on bombs, which either kill, or create lifetime enemies.

Republican politicians like the fear raised by continuous war, their big-money contributors like selling expensive weapons systems, which break down, are destroyed, or are quickly obsolete, so must be replaced with another multi-billion dollar system.

Democratic spending focuses on making better the lives of the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF AMERICANS WHO CAN’T ALREADY PURCHASE EVERY COMFORT THEY DESIRE.

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The super-wealthy don’t need our help retaining their wealth. If they are too stupid to hold the wealth which most of them have inherited (class mobility is extraordinarily rare in the US), then it is NOT incumbent on the rest of us to make certain they retain their estate in the Hamptons.

Those living in poverty, on the other hand, DO need and often deserve our help. Take some time to talk to the homeless. For the most part, these aren’t people who decided to drop out of society and live on the scraps and detritus they can find, it was usually forced on them because of medical problems, the loss of a manufacturing sector in our Nation, the loss of mental capacity brought on by the wars we have asked them to fight.

Certainly, theirs is a position to resent and fear; who wouldn’t prefer to live the life of the hyper-wealthy over that of the terminally destitute?

As one of America’s greatest humanitarians said, “the measure of a Nation is in how they protect their weakest and most helpless citizens,” It is not in how they coddle and pander to the already well-insulated.

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IF the Republican Party ever moves back from their current neo-liberal position to one of less govt. intervention in both foreign AND domestic issues, while understanding the value of maintaining and nurturing a flourishing American middle class by providing them, us, with a functioning education, recreation (parks and play-fields), and transportation system, then they can be taken seriously again, but as long as they play the “foreverwar against the bogeyman” and the “God, Guns, and Gays” cards just to scare people into electing them in order to line their pockets and those of their friends, it is important to keep them on the sidelines.

[JoB]

Sarelly

Apparently if the mainstream press doesn’t report it.. it doesn’t happen.

I have participated in most of the progressive public action campaigns that have been waged in the past two years.

In spite of producing record numbers of calls, letters and emails these attempts to apply public pressure get very little press.

It apparently takes comics to focus press attention on liberal political action.

[Smitty]

Never “bragged” about downsizing, and if I did I didn’t mean to.

IIRC the discussion had to do with downsizing as a result of O’s presumed policy decisions (made clear during the election) and their impact to biz on taxes, healthcare costs, etc. My contention (from just one company) was that job layoffs for Nov-Jan of 2008 could be attributed to O as well and not to W.