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[JayDee]

Sorry DP, I gotta call BS and Photoshop on this story. Would you hold a case or more of wine above your head?

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I suspect the photo was of pirates surrendering and someone pasted the photos of the supposed wine boxes into the photo.

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That being said, I will say I plan to vote No on both liquor initiatives. Why? Both are self-serving perversions of the public initiative process. Yes, I’d like better choice, and lower prices at the liquor store. I love visiting Bev’ Mo’ in California, but I don’t want 1000’s of outlets selling booze. The state liquor stores offer limited selection, moderate pricing, and somewhat less than stellar customer service (due to the monopoly, no doubt). Costco’s proposal is the least worst one, the other one is a horror–let the middlemen control things? I prefer state control and limited outlets to poorly crafted measures meant to further specific private interests.

[lizru]

JoB, I still think you’re barking up the wrong tree if you’re looking for accuracy. These are the same people who sold us cigarettes!

[JoB]

lizru..

i am not asking for impartiality in TV ads…

but even minimal accuracy would be greatly appreciated.

[lizru]

OK folks, please. Do not count on TV ads for impartial election information. Really the wrong place to get information.

What’s your favorite place for accurate, unbiased information for making decisions in a democracy? In particular local decisions?

[Diane]

so I started this thread, wow, it’s been 7 mos ago already; very helpful info from everyone; I was still a bit stumped and sat on it for awhile; then learned from JanS about Virgin Mobile in another thread about cell phones/plans; I was very excited about the VM unlimited $25, but alas, no budget for the good phone that goes with that plan; then digging deeper on the VM site, learned about the prepaid PayLo plan ($20 for 400mins) with super cheap phones ($20); I’ve been with Verizon for 10 yrs and VERY unhappy with reception, cost, and service; and very nervous about quality of switching to super cheap VM PayLo; so far it’s been fantastic, same Sprint network as Credo; perfect reception everywhere that I’ve tried so far, but it’s only been a couple weeks; most important is it works in my home; with Verizon, more than half my calls would drop or horrible reception; and I’m on top of Admiral hill; the prepaid thing is new for me, so that was biggest adjustment, along with learning how to use a new phone with very limited features, and very limited customer service; the cs folks are very nice, sometimes hard to hear or understand (they’re in Nicaragua) and only have live help from 5am to 9pm; but my biggest concern, the reception, has been no problem at all; huge relief for me to have phone/service that works well, at less than half of what Verizon charged me

[JoB]

carson…

contrary to what seems to be current popular opinion… winning isn’t everything.

there was a time when Americans demanded that even their sports teams play fair.

[inactive]

Well, in the five minutes since I b*tched @13, it’s picked up.

But.

It has been doing this in cycles for *days*. And I couldn’t get to email/login page or even to the speed test thingy…such a p*sser when people pay so much. I mean really, *what* is their excuse?

Grumbling and spitting with frustration.

Grrrr.

[hollyplace]

We use bento boxes for lunches. It is a real hit with the toddler in my home. We use these cool egg molds to mold hard boiled eggs into shapes. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=egg+molds&x=12&y=22

There are also great books on bento lunches for kids. The Diaso stores have lots of cool shape cutters, paper trays, picks and separaters for the boxes with fun characters or designs on them. Uwajimaya has some stuff too.

[hammerhead]

Here Here Jiggers. I agree with everything you said. My outdoor ferals coexist with the raccoons and possums.

I am sorry the lady lost her cat and that any human gets attack by a bear, especially the one that was protecting her cubs. Now the cubs are god knows where. Wouldn’t you human moms go to any lengths to protect your kids?

Interesting thing, feral cats tend to better with coyotes around than, friendly cats. I have noticed that in my rescue.

[JanS]

I have used Credo mobile, and now Virgin Mobile. Both use the Sprint Network. Credo was great, just didn’t like their selection of phones, frankly.Always seemed to be refurbished phones, and no smartphones unless you want a Blackberry. Or offered last years models. The Sprint coverage was terrific. The only place I really had a problem was north of Admiral District, around 44th-45th, just north of College St. and on the top of the hill over Me-Kwa-Mooks Park on Genessee Hill – 55th and Genessee, and along Hillside Ave, where it cuts back from 55th and Genessee…I always got dropped calls there. Other than that, I have never, ever had a problem with weak signals or dropped calls. Not ever.

Map your address here:

http://coverage.sprintpcs.com/IMPACT.jsp?covType=sprint&id9=vanity:coverage

[JoB]

Dr Moxie..

rhetoric driven solutions are seldom cost effective…

this one is no exception

[JoB]

Smitty…

defense numbers are one thing..

but Bush’s military numbers have to be more accurately labelled offense :(

smart of Clinton to pull the peace card

wasn’t it:)

[herongrrrl]

We’re considering switching to Credo and were curious about WS coverage; in doing the research I stumbled across this thread. Can anyone comment about Credo/Sprint coverage along the western shore of WS? Say, Alki/Beach Drive areas?

[Dr.Moxie]

Well put, NicNDub! What bothers me the most about the cuts to pharmacy benefits is that they are supposed to save the state money, but I strongly believe that eliminating coverage for maintenance medications will end up costing DSHS much more in the long run than they realize. If people have to choose between food, shelter, or medications, most of them will choose the first two. DSHS might save a few hundred dollars a month by not covering a patient’s medications, but if that patient’s non-compliance puts them in the hospital, a 2-3 day stay could cost $10,000 or more.

I don’t really have a solution to this – the system is broken in many ways. We need more money for social programs, but where that money will come from is a mystery. The truth is even if prescriptions are covered by Medicaid, at the current reimbursement rates more and more pharmacies (especially independents) will follow Walgreen’s and Bartell’s lead and stop filling Medicaid patients’ presciptions. The state pays pharmacies far less than it actually costs to obtain a drug, to the tune that on average, each Medicaid Rx loses a pharmacy $20-$40 or more. If small pharmacies (or even big ones) continue to lose this much money, EVERYONE’S prescription prices will go up.

But again, although I wish I had the answer, I don’t. I just think it’s sad that the healthcare of our community is considered such a commodity, when it should be a basic human right.

/sorry for rambling!

[dobro]

From Rich…” No wonder his approval rating is near the previous Prez).”

This demonstration of math ability is telling about the right-wing way of thinking…Obama currently at 43% approval according to Rassmussen

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

GW Bush, the previous president, final rating according to a CBS poll…22%

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/16/opinion/polls/main4728399.shtml

So, according to Rich, 47 is almost 22. you can see why some of those other figures don’t quite add up.

[DBurns]

As I made what felt like my 50 billionth school lunch for my kids this morning I started thinking it would be cool if I could hear what other people make for their kids that is new and different. Dinner too for that matter – I get SO tired of thinking about what to make for dinner every night!

I was thinking of a cookie-exchange format meet up where everyone came with a dozen ideas – we could pick the ones we liked and each walk away with some new great tricks and ideas!

Or if that sounds too much – share here??

Today’s lunch was open faced bagel with cucumber herbed cream cheese (pretty much all I had in the veggie bin), sliced oranges and a yogurt. I’m not talking complicated – my kids are older but kind of picky – nor am I only interested in super healthy, though I am pretty opposed to junk food at school…maybe I’m just so sick of it I’m goin a little cRaZy!!

[JoB]

it really makes a difference if the information they are getting is accurate

[JoB]

HMCRich…

FYI..

as to the actual attendance at the Beck rally..

a link exploring the politics behind crowd estimate vs reality..

http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2010/08/30/glenn-beck-rally-attendance/

another stating the actual numbers where what Glenn Beck expected…

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5736202/glenn_beck_rally_attendance_estimates.html?cat=9

both using actual body counts based on this CBS report of the numbers…

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20014993-503544.html

who based their estimate on actual empirical photographic data… and rounded it up to 100,000.

while Fox based their reporting on Freedomworks CEO Matt Kibbe’s projection aired on ABC’s Top Line prior to the march… 400,000 to 500,000 people.

the attendance at the One World march is more difficult to pin down.

i could find satellite photos.. but it turned out that the two photos were taken at different times of the day.. the Glen Beck rally photo showing full attendance.. the one nation photo taken early in the day before the rally was in full swing.

objective reports would indicate that the One Nation rally was smaller than Glen Becks’s but not by the margin that FOX reported.

I would link you.. but after going through 20+ similar reports without finding the evidence i was looking for i can only suggest you do the search yourself.

the litter issue was as difficult to nail down. the news coverage on that seems to have originated with right wing pundits and while there are photos of the mall as people are leaving the One Nation march.. there are no photos of the mall showing litter after the march was over.

there are no photos at all of litter or lack of litter for the Glen Beck march.

Did the liberals litter more than the conservatives? Who knows.. there is no objective evidence one way or the other.

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What i can’t understand after looking into this more deeply is the comparison between the two marches.

Glen Beck’s was announced well ahead of time and heavily promoted by the entire FOX news organization.

The One Nation march was not well publicized until a week before the event and backed by 400 or so political organizations that are loosely united at best.

The march to watch will be the Stewart/Colbert march.. media personality to media personality and both heavily promoted on national media.

I’m laying bets that by any count.. in any weather.. the Stewart/Colbert march will win the body count.

anyone silly enough to take that bet?

[JoB]

nice joke…

but to someone who gets the minimum social security disability in this state.. just under $800 a month.. the small change that COLA increases generate matter.

[JoB]

and there’s the rub..

rhetoric translated into programs often kills people.

[redblack]

“vixen?” interesting word choice.

she scares me because she wants to take us down the same path that bush did – and she can’t articulate why. we bash because all she knows how to do is bash, wink, and bash. and there’s really no debating her policies beyond her platitudes: she has none.

but please, by all means, split that ticket and vote for palin. 80-85% of your party doesn’t agree.

[redblack]

no, no, and no. either you don’t understand the tax structure, or you’re lying.

and if there are only a few rich fatcats by birth, then why the fuss over the inheritance tax? it only affects estates of what – $3 million or more? (and the tax is zero this year, by the way.)

when obama talks about the top 2%, he’s not talking about you. you’ll never be in the top 2%. neither will anyone reading this thread. small business owners average $80,000 – $140,000 per year in income. (and don’t start that stupid revenue-versus-income b.s. we’re talking about income tax.)

acknowledge the numbers, rich:

the top 10% own 90% of the nation’s wealth.

yes, the top 10% pay 60-70% of the nation’s taxes. they have 60-70% of the nation’s income. your inference that they should pay only 10% of the nation’s taxes suggests you have no understanding of the numbers or of taxation. even if there was a flat tax, they would still pay 60-70% of the nation’s taxes.

almost 50% of the country is living below the poverty line. it’s why most of them pay no taxes. with the exception of exxon/mobil, of course. they also paid no taxes last year.

w and the republican congress kept the wars and the tax cuts off of the budget. obama put them back in, adding to the deficit and debt. who’s more “fiscally responsible?”

tax rates – and tax receipts – are lower than they have been in 200 years. obama has raised no tax. yet. wall street’s nervous about taxes, so they’re withholding investment? that speaks volumes. if there was ever a time for the rich to take advantage of low taxes and government incentive, it was after obama took office. they didn’t. why? greed. they’re hoarding wealth, and they don’t give a flying shit about creating one single job. as a matter of fact, i challenge you to prove that any tax cut has ever created any job. anywhere.

so the only conclusion i can draw is they don’t care about their country enough to invest in it.

class warfare? okay.

this growing anger toward the extremely wealthy and corporations among progressives and liberals is what it looks like when you squeeze people to the point where they want to start oiling up the guillotines again. and we understand that it isn’t the government that’s been doing the squeezing. if and when the teabaggers ever figure that out, taxes will be the least of the rich folks’ worries.

instead you poor saps are carrying water for people who wouldn’t bother to piss on you if you were on fire on the sidewalk.

[redblack]

hey, rich. you understand that nic-n-dub’s reality is imploring us to not cut a government-funded social medical plan for the poor simply because of anti-taxation rhetoric, right?

[HMC Rich]

Redblack. Please look what happened when tariffs were raised in the 1930’s. It didn’t go well. Ask a Canadian apple farmer about NAFTA. Not real happy about that.

Why am I on deficit and debt kick? Because I have a four year old son who should not be burdened by our mistakes. Because entitlements are going to most likely fail. I will be paying into a black hole which has and will help many people but is not sustainable. Government cannot and should not be involved in all aspects of our lives. It is already too intrusive.

Social Security. Is it solvent? Ryan has a plan. Another lets people invest 1/3 into the private sector at their own risk while 2/3 would still go into a broken system that pays out to 53 million people a month. Both parties f^T^ed that one up.

I have never supported thieves. We all elected people to regulate various industries. I thought the financial industries were fairly heavily regulated but maybe someone in that industry could enlighten us. I am not a financier or a person involved, but Private Sector fraud is just as bad as government fraud. Were the payouts to the Fannie and Freddie crowd a bit excessive too? Hmmmmm

I support opportunity. Government is needed in certain areas but sometimes (usually) it hinders growth.

Also Redblack, the top two percent probably pay about 40 to 50 percent of our taxes. The top 10% pay about 50 or 70% (I can’t remember) Krugman wants them to pay 91% (how magnanimous of him). Next time you go to the grocery store, why don’t I just take half of what you bought, OK?

Which side of the coin works best?

I find it embarrassing to think with all of Obama’s “successes”, the Democratic Party is in complete denial. I find it embarrassing that the only way some of these candidates will win is to claim they (dems) voted against healthcare and are localizing their races. They are afraid of their voting record.

I find the struggle in the Republican party refreshing. RINO’s are going to become much more scarce. Conservatives. Get used to the term. Fiscal Responsibility just might return. Maybe even some confidence in our country will return.

I find it embarrassing for the mainstream media to say the dums are cutting into the leads of their Republican opponents when polling shows Republicans are gaining in the Senate races except for CA and CO. Wow, that could mean Republican control of the Senate. Even two months ago that was unthinkable.

I find it embarrassing that the Dums are losing 53 seats currently held by Dums and 20 more seats are within 5 points.

What is the Dum message? ? ? ? ? ? What? ? ? ? ? George Bush sucked???? Defending Obamanomics? Health Care? Cap and Tax? Porkulus? Except for slinging mud, those candidates are going to fail for what they have done in the last 21 months.

I did find it embarrasing to have Murkowski, Crist and Castle listed as Republicans. I am now convinced that the Progressive plague is finally being rooted out of parts of the Republican party. Even W grew the government. Shame on him.

I hope ODonnell casts a spell on you. Normally you secular fascists would be supporting a witch. Not Christine. Moonbeam probably didn’t need Allred throwing her client under the bus but she did. OK, I have to admit Paladino seems nuts to me. So did Mr. Green in South Carolina.

Global Warming. When the data is accurate, maybe I will believe it. Supposedly it went up this year, but it remained about the same for the past ten years. We are not Chicken Little (the sky is falling). There are good arguments for and against but I don’t see the seas rising 20 feet like Gore said. I will trust good science, not science that can’t find or threw out the original data and applied a formula which manipulates the data just to get more funding. I believe in climate change but let us not get too far ahead of ourselves. Lets be reasonable about this.

Lets compare rallies and litter. Beck Rally 4 to 500,000, very little litter, Union rally 200,000 or so and the place was trashed. Reality. The fiscally responsible people were more tidy. I bet some environmentalists were pissed.

Even George Soros knows this election is lost for his evil ilk. Bye Bye Pelosi. Say hello to Boehner and his sun tan. Bye Bye Reid, say hello to anyone who doesn’t think the American People STINK. Now that is embarrassing. Yes Harry, 14.4% unemployment doesn’t bode well for Nevada’s own Mr. Reid.

Let the Tea Party begin. In fact you had better get used to taking a lickin’ from the “tea baggers”. Did I say that?

[HMC Rich]

First hand experience teaches us about reality and rhetoric. Thanks NicNDub