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[voodoo]

I confess, I did that on Meyer Way on the way to the 1st Avenue South bridge this morning. I don’t usually go that way, but decided to when I heard about the traffic on the WS Bridge. Because I don’t normally take that route, I found myself in the wrong lane when turning off of Roxbury and had to cut into a long line of cars to make the northbound ramp. I felt terrible about it but my only other choice would have been to go to Burien.

I guess what I’m saying is that sometimes people make honest mistakes when driving and they really aren’t out to be jerks.

[c@lbob]

In the midst of Tea Party candidates in other states attacking the constitutionality (and existence) of the minimum wage, we have our own, home grown, “reasonable” Republic, Dino Rossi.

Oh, we support the federal minimum wage, says the Rossi campaign, it’s only the pesky state minimum wage that needs deflation. Lower for teenagers, capped for adults.

Imagine a Republic majority in the US Senate, when the vote comes up to trim, limit, or eliminate the minimum wage, how do you think Dino will vote? Will he buck his caucus and defend the minimum wage?

Don’t count on it.

That’s all I need to know about the “reasonableness” of the GOP. It is a myth.

[HMC Rich]

I am a really awful Christian. I am more like Ben Franklin. It is personal. I often wonder why non religious people attack religion. I also wonder why some religious people won’t respect others non belief (beyond trying to “enlighten” the non believers). This line of thought is mostly relating to our Judeo-Christian ethic.

I am not offended by Christians, Muslims or who or whatever people are trying to convert me. Do I find it sometimes uncomfortable? Yes, at times. But the word “NO” seems to work. Unless it is the idiots who claim to be religious but spread hate like the Westboro Baptist Church.

Of course (as I have mentioned before) the State Constitution does say in the PREAMBLE

We, the people of the State of Washington, grateful to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties, do ordain this constitution.

Better not tick off the Supreme Ruler in this state!!!!!

Fortunately the state constitution also is very clear on the role of religion in government: SECTION 11 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. Absolute freedom of conscience in all matters of religious sentiment, belief and worship, shall be guaranteed to every individual, and no one shall be molested or disturbed in person or property on account of religion; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the state. No public money or property shall be appropriated for or applied to any religious worship, exercise or instruction, or the support of any religious establishment: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That this article shall not be so construed as to forbid the employment by the state of a chaplain for such of the state custodial, correctional, and mental institutions, or by a county’s or public hospital district’s hospital, health care facility, or hospice, as in the discretion of the legislature may seem justified. No religious qualification shall be required for any public office or employment, nor shall any person be incompetent as a witness or juror, in consequence of his opinion on matters of religion, nor be questioned in any court of justice touching his religious belief to affect the weight of his testimony. [AMENDMENT 88, 1993 House Joint Resolution No. 4200, p 3062. Approved November 2, 1993.]

Our founding documents for our federal government laid out the role of religion. Toqueville wrote about our fledgling republic. The library of congress has a website which shows various founding father views and the views of those people.

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel06.html

If you hate religion, that is your problem. If you love religion, that is your problem too.

But instead of focusing on the negative aspects it is nice to know the positive aspects that religion has brought to our society. I love the Salvation Army and their people. If only I was as good as them.

Ken nailed it with the L. Ron Hubbard quote. Plus the internet has spawned a whole new number of new religions. It must be fate. http://www.coimbra-group.eu/IMAGES/2010/New%20religions%20in%20cyberspace%202009%20Markus%20Davidsen.pdf

[cjboffoli]

I cannot rave enough about that French toast dessert (with grilled figs and honey ice cream) at Blackboard Bistro. It is epic! I’ve made some tasty pain perdu in my day (with eggy, buttery brioche). But the texture and flavor of theirs is in a league of its own.

Obviously, just about anything in the case at Bakery Nouveau is toe curling. But the classic chocolate cake is a standout. As is the pistachio and strawberry (or blackberry, depending on the season) mousse cake. I’m still trying to figure out how he manages the crispy/sweet texture of that lower middle layer.

And as much as I’ve said that tiramisu is a cliche in American restaurants at this point (not to mention the fact that it is not even a dessert in Italy), the Tiramisu at Café Revò is definitely in the top for versions of that dessert. Really great.

[lesleyt]

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[DP]

—I think there’s something we should all be talking about. With our families. With our friends. With each other.

In the past month, there have been two shooting incidents here in West Seattle that have left a total of four people dead (including two children) and two others seriously wounded. In both cases, mental illness was a factor that was almost certainly known to family members beforehand.

I feel that these tragedies — and thousands like them that occur each year — are preventable. Regardless of how we, as individuals, feel about the Second Amendment, I would hope we could agree that people with severe mental illness or suicidal urges should not be allowed anywhere near a gun.

If you are close to someone who has access to a gun and is delusional, or has made threats to harm himself or others, then you are society’s first line of defense.

Please do something to get that weapon out of harm’s way.

[JoB]

I watched King % fact check an adv for those opposing 100 & 1105.

According to the state assessors office’s estimates..

these initiatives would create 10 times as many locations where you can buy hard liquor…

and if you use those estimates… it wouldn’t quite double the number of liquor outlets per person of those in California…

(1.8 as opposed to 2.0)

and it wouldn’t take 200 million (?) from the police and fire departments..

just 200 milion from city and country budgets….

which could cut other services instead.

they labeled the ad misleading :(

[spana]

Help WSB!

We are working on installing the car seat for our first child (due this month!). It’s proving difficult. We followed the directions to put the (giant) car seat into our (tiny) car, but it still seems to have too much give.

The word on the street is that fire departments are the places to go for child restraint inspections, but I’m not finding any info about that online. Does anyone have any experience getting installation help or an inspection or both?

Thanks!

[todd_]

Amen! Get in line, you are adding to/creating road rage!

[furryfaces]

One or more of us will be there! Thanks for pulling this gathering together! Cheers, F3

PS: The Beveridge Place Pub is our South Headquarters!

Remember: Neuter is Cuter!

[peedub64]

I am so tired of sitting in a long line of traffic (usually northbound on 35th in the morning), just to have someone run up along side us and cut the line just before the entrance the bridge. Would you do this at the grocery store? Would you do it at the movie theater? Why is it OK for you to do it when you’re in your car? Be considerate of the rest of us, please!

[service dog academy]

did mom have a vacuum or a wheelchair? we need them for our service dog training studio.

[MargL]

Cleaning out the remnants of Mom’s storage unit.

This microwave has been sitting in it’s box in storage for about 10 years.

I checked it works – boiled a cup of water in about a minute.

It’s large but free!

I have pictures posted on the craigslist ad:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/zip/1988118255.html

[service dog academy]

Im opening up a dog training studio in the Morgan Junction. I need a mini fridge in order to store our diabetic alert and epilepsy alert training samples (they have to be refrigerated). Anyone got an extra one lying around the house they dont want? I would prefer a used one because it means one less fridge in the dump.

We will also need a vacuum cleaner in the coming weeks if anyone needs a reason to upgrade their existing one :)

And if anyone has an extra wheelchair they dont need anymore we would love one to help teach our dog students how to pull one.

Id better quit before this turns into a list.

Thanks for your help!

Happy Tails To You!

Mary McNeight, BGS, CCS

Service Dog Academy, Seattle WA

Owner/Head Trainer

http://www.servicedogacademy.com

mary@servicedogacademy.com

206-355-9033

[dawsonct]

A gentleman can dunk his ‘teabags’ in a cup of either gender. It would be advisable that the partner be willing. Hope they don’t sneeze.

[MargL]

I suppose it could be worse and I could have a cubic yard (3 feet x 3 feet x 3 feet) that’d be a LOT. This would really only fill a 3-foot long shelf 1 foot high by 1 foot deep.

My husband won’t let me touch his collection that’s currently filling a cedar chest and a large shelving unit.

[MargL]

I estimate there’s about 3 cubic feet of records. They’re easily transportable (and currently stored) in 4 liquor/whiskey bottle boxes.

Email me at eyrse at yahoo dot com if you want to coordinate a pickup.

Thanks!

[JoB]

worldcitizen…

you state that 1100 will not change the availability of alcohol….

“According to the description prepared by the Washington Secretary of State:

This measure would direct the liquor control board to close all state liquor stores; terminate contracts with private stores selling liquor; and authorize the state to issue licenses that allow spirits (hard liquor) to be sold, distributed, and imported by private parties. It would repeal uniform pricing and certain other requirements governing business operations for distributors and producers of beer and wine. Stores that held contracts to sell spirits could convert to liquor retailer licenses.”

one of the stated purposes of this bill is to allow any retailer with a current license to sell beer and wine to convert that to a liquor license.. that would increase availability.

local municipalities may pass laws restricting hard liquor to behind the counter sales as you suggest… or they may not.

so far.. it doesn’t look like that strategy is keeping cigarettes out of the hands of minors..

but hey.. it might work better with booze.

or it might not.

That beer fueled rage that extended to one man might become a vodka or tequila or whiskey fueled rage that escalates to include several targets.

stats indicate that when you add alcohol… violence increases..

it’s all well and good to say a drink is a drink..

but the likelihood of even responsible drinkers consuming more alcohol in a single event when the alcohol is supplied as hard liquor is so well known that it’s a basic tenant of the hospitality business.

It’s possible this measure wouldn’t sell more hard liquor to more people.. but that is the clear intent.. and the assumption built into revenue projections.

so i have to ask.

Why should the public assume the increased costs and risks associated with increasing liquor outlets so that stores selling alcohol can produce more revenue and individuals who choose to drink can save money and drink better?

I just doens’t make sense to me.

[Oliver]

We have been loyal to Fat City German Auto Car (near Seattle Center) for years! They are all highly skilled, trained at the factory and very ethical/honest people. We had a computer problem with a passat several years ago and they spent days free of charge trying to figure it out. I also feel like they don’t try to up-sell you on things you don’t really need when you go in for an oil change. As a woman that doesn’t know much about cars I feel like I can always trust them and they weren’t trying to rip me off. Really, I’ve never liked mechanics, until I met the people at Fat City. My husband is meticulous in caring for his cars and was not impressed by WS shops.

[DP]

WSB wins the prize.

Yes it is lovely, isn’t it?

This Madonna and Child was done in the classic Vietnamese-Catholic style of sacred imagery, and was donated to Holy Family by a local family of Vietnamese émigrés.

Interestingly, there are thousands of images like this all over VN — even in the more communistic North. If you were to judge solely by the number of active churches and temples in VN, you would never believe that religious worship has been persecuted there. (I’m not saying that it hasn’t been persecuted. I’m just saying it’s hard to believe from looking at all the churches and religious symbols.)

Here’s another shot of the same. It’s located on the west side of the chapel, about midway down.

[Diane]

the sticky seems pretty clear to me; and the OP who was advertising services as housekeeper/housecleaner did not post within these rules

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from the sticky:

First, our forum “advertisement” rules:

If you are a business or serviceperson you CAN do any of the following here in the WSB Forums, absolutely free of charge:

-Respond to a request for recommendations in your line of work, provided you identify yourself (no recommending a business without saying it’s yours or you’re related to it!).

-Post about a deal, sale, or free offer in the Freebies, Deals, Sales section (bonafide major price cuts on merchandise/services, not just consultations – we reserve the right to evaluate whether a deal posting crosses the line to “free ad”).

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I seem to remember couple years back, shortly after forum started, that they made a stab at offering a jobs wanted option; my guess is that was too much work to monitor when way too many try to bend the rules or not even read the rules, and that was before the recession; I’m with JanS, now a job wanted section would be a nightmare for them to monitor

~

And for those of us who are a “serviceperson”, offer a service, have a service to sell, it would be terribly unfair to all the sponsors who pay to advertise on here, for me to place a free ad in the forum; I totally get that

[BBGuest]

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[JoB]

smitty…

i can’t speak for anyone else.. but i am a reasonably educated woman who didn’t know that the term tea-bagger had any implications other than the tea-bag party until i was informed of some homosexual connotation here.

i still don’t know what that connotation is.. nor am i the least bit interested in finding out. i suspect like other group specific slang it that one will be buried in obscurity long before the political movement that labeled themselves tea-baggers.

charlabob..

when i speak of democratic advertising i am speaking of selling a bill that has more benefit to the health insurance industry than to middle class americans struggling to pay for health care bills as health reform.

to be honest i don’t watch the political ads on eighter side unless they come into my mailbox.. and even then it is a toss up as to whether i watch or delete…

i wouldn’t have approved of Alan Grayson labeling his opponent taliban but sure would have enjoyed seeing it ;)e

[redblack]

smitty and carson, if i recall correctly, the term “teabagging” was actually first used by online gamers. there was a feature in the half-life add-ons that allowed players to squat/hide. when a player would do this over his dead foe’s face, it looked like the – shall we say prurient? – act that has come to be known as teabagging.

i should also point out that teabagging – as used in the prurient form – doesn’t necessarily have to be a homosexual act, and i find your homophobia accusation kind of telling. :)

but to your point, smitty, i agree with carson. (i’m sure that you’re surprised.) this wave of anti-taxation cheerleading is anathema to the spirit of the boston tea party, and the blood of its patriots is actually watering the tree of corporate hegemony.

you’re correct that they foisted the label on themselves unwittingly; partly i don’t want them to forget their embarassing oversight when they chose to pin tea bags to their hat brims. i also don’t like them falsely appropriating the revolution of 1776 or the culpepper minutemen. the colonists who destroyed british east india’s tea in 1773 would be insulted.

furthermore, republicans and conservatives have a long record of pinning insulting and diminutive labels on liberals (e.g. traitor, socialist, communist, appeaser, commiecrat, demon rat, democrat party, hitlery clinton, obama bin laden) and have often regarded us as unamerican, despite the fact that, like them, we speak up for what we believe this country should be and do. we usually take it with good nature and respond as we see fit. so it’s kind of a secret pleasure to watch them scrunch up their faces indignantly when one calls them “teabaggers.”

so, yeah. it’s largely retribution that they’ve earned. what the hell? like i’ve said before, this is blood sport, not a tickle fight. and until they register a viable political party calling themselves the tea party, i will continue to call them teabaggers.

[charlabob]

Smitty, this may be even more annoying (but we know I live to annoy R’s:) :-) Frank Rich agrees with you about the possibility that Christine may a “rope-a-dope” and I was just looking for an excuse to post this link so here goes:

I’m so happy that the NYT headline writers are allowed to use the word “idiocy”.