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[KatHP]

Thanks for reviving this issue again. I received no response at all to my email sent to the school Superintendent. I’ll be curious to know what you find out, lowmanbeach.

[beachdrivegirl]

JT,

I had found that site myself JT back when I was looking into the issue. I was quite amazed and what I learned from the site all by having an *open* mind on an issue I was interested in.

“simply not wanting to be told what to do.” – For me that is not the issue. For me the issue is that we are not really fixing any problem. They have created a bandaid to make people feel like they are doing something great for the environment when in fact we arent really addressing any issue at all.

And yes, Mickeymouse, I would love to see the city’s bill on all the nonbiodegradable garbage bags i see being used in our public parks and buildings garbage cans. Seems that might be a better issue to addresss than the plastic bags @ a grocery store. Wouldnt that be a thought to be leading by example…

[JoB]

rs261

you forgot deregulation from the Reagan presidency that allowed banks to overextend in that reckless manner.

and the pressure exerted by those financial institutions to keep interest rates down to fuel the mortgage industry.

you also forgot the cost of this war which has placed an incredible debt load on America…

What about the cost of oil and the price gouging engaged in by the oil companies (record profits) that have added not only to the price of gas but to every consumer good that is transported.

Did i forget to mention using corn and soy as fuel depleting farmlands once used to produce food products driving up the price of grains?

Oh.. and how about the growth of the middleman industry to process insurance claims adding one more layer of cost to medical care.. not to mention price gouging and benefit cuts by insurance companies (record profits).

or pharmacy companies indulging in price gouging (more record profits).. hitting the united states where they have received public money to help develop their drugs the hardest…

gosh. the loss of jobs as American companies diversify into the global market and exploit cheaper labor markets…

what about the shift in perception towards measuring a manufacturing company in terms of shareholder price and profits instead of production…

depressing if you really think about it, isn’t it.

America took a wrong turn when we elected an actor president and doesn’t seem to have come to it’s senses yet.

yes, Clinton was in the white house.. but the republicans ruled congress… and seem to have gotten their way more often than not. heck.. they tied up the last half of his presidency with a sex scandal.. nobody got anything done.

while they ignored real threats.. like Osama Bin Laden.

What ever happened with Newt’s pledge to America anyway?

[Gina]

It was the Herfy’s that is now West Seattle Nursery. That was the Herfy’s that closed first. I think business really fell off after the stomping.

The Neilson bulding has a really deep basement, a couple stories below ground. It was not a morgue. Most of the buildings in the Junction have deep basements. How many morgues did West Seattle need in the past? All deep basements do not equal morgues.

[JenV]

why charla, you elitist snob you. how dare you wish for effective, responsible government! how dare you see through the doublespeak? Now, where is my pablum, I think it’s getting cold.

[rs261]

I hardly think we’ll have a depression…recession is definitely possible, depending on your definition, we are already in one now. There are really 3 things to blame for our current financial crisis.

1. The banks/financial institutions that over leveraged themselves in hopes of a quick profit

2. Greenspan (yes greenspan from Clinton times as well) slashing the interest rate, and all for deregulation of the financial institutions.

3. Congress/senate and Bush for passing all the laws so that fiancial institutions could “self regulate” come on now….we all know thats not going to happen.

For more information…read http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/17/stiglitz.crisis/index.html

[JenV]

Seriously. Can any right winger on here actually defend what is going on right now? We’re headed for a depression because of the economic policies of this administration…now they’re talking bailouts left and right. What a frightening thing, and yet people want to keep the right wingers in office for four more years. They have run this country into the ground in more ways than one. I just don’t get it.

remember- “it’s the economy, stupid!”

[charlabob]

From a great internet blog:

http://la-the-sage.diaryland.com/

8:37 p.m. – 2008-09-15

Had enough dumb yet?

Things you never hear:

“Actually my mechanic doesn’t know any more about my car’s fuel injection system than I do, that’s why I go to his garage!”

“You’re using that architect for your house? But he graduated near the top of his class! How elitist! Me? I hired Joe Gobnik, he did a correspondence school course he saw on a matchbook cover. My kids’ bedroom ceiling fell in, but I could really relate to him.”

“My dentist? No experience whatsoever, but damn she has great hair!”

“That wedding caterer made pancakes at the firehouse breakfast four times? Wow, gotta go with her! That Gourmet editor chick can take a hike. Huh. Miss Fancy Pants with all her degrees from the Cordon Bleu. For my wedding I want firehouse

flapjacks!”

“My doctor grew up near Johns Hopkins so I know he must be the best surgeon ever!”

“Billy’s teacher keeps changing her answer about what 5+5 equals, but boy howdy she’s so smiley! My kid’s future is in great hands.”

“I had to fire my investment manager, with all his talk about ‘options’ and ‘margin calls’ and ‘growth potential’ he made me feel like I didn’t know as much about the stock market as he did! Not going to stand for that.”

I don’t need the people I hire to run my government to be folks I can ‘relate’ to. In fact I want them to be out of my league, off the chart with brilliance. That’s why I’d want to hire them, to handle the things I’d be lousy at. I want them to outclass me in areas like diplomacy and trade and the environment and understanding the delicate dance between sovereign nations. I want them to be able to solve problems, not just hit stuff with heavy things. I want the people I hire to be intellectually curious and computer literate. I figure if you have to know how to use a computer to apply for a job at Target shouldn’t the President of the United States be at least as tech savvy as a Target applicant? If you couldn’t get hired at Target you shouldn’t be allowed to be hired to run the country.

If I want a drinking buddy then I will go to the local booze house and find one. If I want someone to be my proxy in Washington and do a great job looking out for my interests then I’m going to find the brightest most able person I can. Preferably someone who has a firm grasp of the Constitution since, you know, our nation’s laws and policies are supposed to be based on it.

Smart. Able. Law abiding. Well traveled. Understands the importance of surrounding himself with other smart able people, folks well versed in their own areas of expertise and can offer a different view. I want someone who understands good government involves a bit more than hunkering down with loyal dingbats who think cows are cute.

Call me crazy but among all the skills I expect from my elected officials gutting a moose hasn’t ever been on the list. Very little call for moose gutting in D.C., whereas there’s a whopping need for competency and brain power.

[JoB]

What would you do to prevent someone from hitting a child?

Tedd Tripp is delivering a seminar in Seattle this weekend at all Mars Hill churches that teaches parents to spank their children regularly…. starting in infancy…

He believes that children are born with evil tendencies and the only way to produce a sweet obedient submissive child is to spank them regularly for lack of submission as well as offenses… starting in infancy. He states that you can not raise a child of god without regular physical discipline… He even teaches to spank in private on bare bottoms to avoid being prosecuted for child abuse.

It is not ok to advocate hitting children… even in the name of God. The severe kind of punishment he advocates is prohibited by Washington law and the American College of Pediatrics says studies show it is ineffective… as well as harmful to the physical and mental well being of children. The effects of this kind of abuse last a lifetime.

There is something you can do…

Join us locally at http://groups.google.com/group/stopthehitting.

You will find a handout to help spread the word, alerts to media attention and information about protests so you can stand with us in silent protest… and a mostly like minded community of concerned neighbors. This group was formed out of the concern of local mom’s groups.

You can do as little or as much as you like… everything helps.

Parents need to learn that there are ways to raise a good Christian child that don’t include regularly beating them. Spanking is far more effective when it is not a regular occurrence.

This program will be broadcast at the West Seattle Mars Hill Church. We are planning a silent protest in front of the West Seattle Mars Hill Church this friday (9/19)night at 6 PM.

We will do nothing more than hold hands and give handouts that offer alternative child rearing resources to anyone who will take them..

I would really appreciate it if you would take the time to join us.

If you want to do more, you can join us at a city-wide protest at the main Mars Hill location in Ballard on Saturday around noon.

I hope you understand that i am not anti-religion. I am not anti-church. I am not even anti Mars Hill Church.

But i don’t believe that regularly spanking children in the manner Tedd Tripp teaches… with the frequency he teaches is effective. I don’t believe you capture hearts by beating children into submission.

I suffered that kind of abuse as a child and i can attest to the fact that the harmful effects last a lifetime.

If we can convince even one parent that there is a better way to discipline.. one that might even include judicious spanking.. it is well worth the time spent.

anyone wanting to talk to me about this can contact me at joanne@brayden.org

[JoB]

What would you do to prevent someone from hitting a child?

Tedd Tripp is delivering a seminar in Seattle this weekend at all Mars Hill churches that teaches parents to spank their children regularly…. starting in infancy…

He believes that children are born with evil tendencies and the only way to produce a sweet obedient submissive child is to spank them regularly for lack of submission as well as offenses… starting in infancy. He states that you can not raise a child of god without regular physical discipline… He even teaches to spank in private on bare bottoms to avoid being prosecuted for child abuse.

It is not ok to advocate hitting children… even in the name of God. The severe kind of punishment he advocates is prohibited by Washington law and the American College of Pediatrics says studies show it is ineffective… as well as harmful to the physical and mental well being of children. The effects of this kind of abuse last a lifetime.

There is something you can do…

Join us locally at http://groups.google.com/group/stopthehitting.

You will find a handout to help spread the word, alerts to media attention and information about protests so you can stand with us in silent protest… and a mostly like minded community of concerned neighbors. This group was formed out of the concern of local mom’s groups.

You can do as little or as much as you like… everything helps.

Parents need to learn that there are ways to raise a good Christian child that don’t include regularly beating them. Spanking is far more effective when it is not a regular occurrence.

[acemotel]

MSN headlines: Couric lands 2nd Palin interview! (woo hoo)

I don’t know, this strikes me as bizarre. Like the whole republican campaign is taking place in an alternate reality. Or something.

(speaking of celebrities, Jeannie)

[inactive]

Bump.

And, Ellenator – way to take a cookie for the needlecrafty team!

See you all there!

[Zenguy]

This seems like such an easy answer that I have actually taken several days to think about it. I keep coming back to the same thing. My friends and family are the most important to me, everything else can be replaced.

[Jeannie]

I particularly find it disturbing that Palin seems to be taking the “Celebrities – They’re just like us!” approach.

Palin is NOT “just like us.” I like to think I have more integrity. Plus, I am not a governor, I don’t engage in corruption or cronyism, I believe in a woman’s choice (including those of rape victims), I am not a gun-lover or a patsy for the oil companies.

On the other side of the coin, I don’t want a vice president who is “just like me.” I want someone smarter than I am, a hell of a lot more experienced and knowledgeable about national and world affairs, with proven and successful leadership abilities, and of statesman-or stateswoman quality. I want someone I can respect.

I have been a feminist for many years, and I find it incredibly insulting that

1. The Republicans think women will vote for Palin because she is a woman.

2. The Republicans are playing the “sexist” card. What utter hypocrisy – and just the thing we’ve come to expect from the likes of Karl Rove.

It is almost sacrilege to say this, but perhaps Palin should devote more time to her family. That isn’t being anti-feminist – it’s just that I know Down’s Syndrome infants need a LOT of affection and attention, even more so than other infants. That’s the kind of family values I would respect.

[Anonymous]

Interesting website on the subject. Note this is NOT the same organization as stop the Seattle bag tax. This is a non-profit that focuses on economics and public policy. A very reasoned argument against the bag fee (Letter to Seattle City Council), as well as information from other states and countries that have addressed this issue.

Northwest Economic Policy Seminar

http://www.seattlebagtax.org/index.html

[JanS]

Jerald…I’m not so sure about the Rocksport thing. Before it was Rocksport, that building was a bank…Westside Federal Savings and loan. I banked there when I moved here in 1974, financed my home there in early 1977…never heard of any type of murder there..

[JanS]

the axe murderer had been more active in the north end of Seattle, but he ultimately was caught when the house that he broke into on 49th SW had a handprint left behind. There was no murder there…I believe he was scared off or something like that.

The house that had the gas explosion was on 48th SW south of Alaska…I lived on 54th SW at the time, and my house shook.

Gina..the Herfy’s thing…was that in the one on Calif. Ave? or was that at the Herfy’s that is now Jack in the Box? My ex-hubby told me it was that one…just curious..

[Loo]

Whenever I walk past the park next to the Pathfinder School (across from 50th on Genesee) at night, the hair on the back of my neck stands on end. I can’t say what it is about that park – seems fine during the day. It’s just at night I get bad vibes. I don’t think I could bring myself to walk through that park at night – even with my 100lb rottweiler….

[Jerald]

My kids and their friends who go to Garfield HS are all driving or carpooling to school now that they don’t have yellow buses. The Metro commute is insane, considering how early they have to leave and how little bus space there is on the final leg to the school. So now there are more cars on the road.

[muddbutt]

I need a new furnace and ducting and have gotten quotes from 4 contractors. Trane XL 90, Lennox G61 and Carrier. I hear different things about each. Does anyone have these and if so any problems or raves?

Thanks!

[JoB]

Obama/Hillary was a guaranteed winning ticket .. according to Nancy Pelosi…

and still Nancy Pelosi didn’t want that ticket for a score of political reasons that had far more to do with the democratic party than with the election..

That is what Biden was referring to when he stopped a heckler for bashing Hillary.

That.. and maybe party unity.

not that he wasn’t prepared for the job.

where’s hillary?

I know she has been speaking. where’s the press coverage of her?

[Loo]

She’s not in West Seattle, but I used Jenny Manes in Magnolia for my wedding dress in April. She did an excellent job on a delicate fabric (Chantilly lace with silk underneath), so I know she has talent!

Her website mentions that she does curtains, so she might be able to help. If anything, she might be able to give more info about other seamstresses in the area.

http://www.jennymanes.com/

[JoB]

i think you hire jeff. he seems to know what he is doing.

Jeff, would you please post contact information?

if you put it in your profile, we can all click on your member info and find you.

[mellaw6565]

Kudos to Joyce who stepped up even while grieving for her own lost dog. She’s really my hero;)

[JoB]

i was willing to contribute substantially to vet bills if need be.. but it looks like it wasn’t needed:)

this is the forum at it’s best.