Bonnie.. you stole my rave.. and all because i thought it tacky to rant and rave on the same day:)
i love the internet. I love being able to be connected to others no matter what time of day or how i am feeling… or for those lurkers out there.. whether i am dressed or not ;-)
(ok…truth in advertising :( .. the jammies are fleece)
I especially love the West seattle Blog. I have lived here less than 6 months and i already know where to take my car, find sushi and pho, do my dry cleaning and a hundred other little things i would never have been able to find this quickly… just because of the west seattle blog…
I know what’s happening in my community and where i can go to make a difference…
but more than that.. i am well on my way to making friends… and all because of a topic telling me how hard it might be to do here:)
I debated for days and finally told the WSB that I’m coming out of the closet.
What better day to do it than when McCain wins the GOP?
I hope it will give you all great pleasure to put a face to the name you despise.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=713054684
i’ve been eating licorice and sesame-honey almonds… no chocolate in the house when i need it:(
msnbc, not cnn — other than that, you are right, JoB — what happened to the offer of chocolate? (Buttermilk just isn’t making it…)
I accidentally watched it. It was horrible. I am disgusted and out-raged. I don’t suggest watching it. It makes me feel far too much anger towards my fellow man.
Charlabob.. you are suffering from an overdose of CNN. Back away from the televison before you are sucked right into that black hole.
it is too early for any democrat to be calling McCain…
New Resident… I don’t discredit McCain because he is a republican… I once thought i admired him.
My husband (who happens to come from Arizona) went postal on me when i said that i had once admired him and proceeded to give me an Arizona viewpoint on McCain politics.
Then, my father-in-law.. who was mucky muck enough to be a republican delegate from the state of Arizona for two presidential elections followed up with a few choice words last week on how he felt about his party’s candidate. And he is no friend to the party’s religious right… so this wasn’t an uber conservative bashing. He saw McCain’s tactics from the inside.
It’s what he has done since the Hanoi Hilton that we ought to be concerned with… not that he spent time there.
I don’t remember John Kerry’s war record doing him much good in the last election… in fact… it was turned into a liability… and he was a hero. (Being shot down and surviving a prison camp is was not the only way to become a hero in vietnam.)
besides.. that was a long time ago and McCain has been riding on the credits from that experience ever since.
This is why i said that whoever gets the democratic nomination had best be prepared to play hardball… John McCain is a tough political opponent.. and it isn’t because he is a war hero… it’s because he is willing to do whatever it takes to get elected….
I didn’t watch it, but just reading about it made me nauseous. At least I hope that’s what’s making me feel sick. I’ve heard several reports of stomach flu going around.
Actually, NR, I’ve been known to speak snarkily of candidates on my side whose only or main qualification is some notion of heroism — Tammy Duckworth was a helicopter pilot who lost both legs and ran for congress from Illinois in 2006. I’m sure she’s a fine person, and I’m also sure she’s a hero, but I’m sure that was no reason to elect her when she ran to the right against a powerful progressive candidate. They split the Democratic vote and a Republican won the district. (She’s now head of Veteran’s affairs in Illinois and doing a fantastic job — when we elect a Democratic president, I fervently hope she’ll be appointed the head of the VA. That’s a job directly related to her heroism.
As an aside, my second hottest button is the meaning of words and I really fume when words like “hero” and “coward” are cheapened because every “X” is one. Every POW is not a hero. Every war protestor is not a coward. Some of each are.
I do hope you’re right about the outcome in November, NR — I keep remembering the inevitabiliy of Hillary and Rudy (and even having discussions with my NY friends about whether that would be as bad as a Mets/Yankees World Series. The notion that whatever Democrat was nominated would just win seems to fall into the same dangerous category.
If we win, I’ll buy you a beverage of your choice and vice versa; not the usual bet, but it works for me.
the c half
Btw.. nothing wrong with a cheeky old broad!
Very well put, charlabob. I agree with your assessment of the “untouchability” of particular candidates. However, being black or being a woman is on no scale, whatsoever, to being a prisoner of war. That doesn’t make him “better”, it is just a fact. I suspect that, because he is Republican, this is why you are so quick to discredit this fact. Or, not give it much merit.
http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/trafficsignals.htm
Start here and you can find out more than you want to know about how Seattle makes decisions about traffic signals. I couldn’t find specific links to your questions, but it’s all in here — you do have to get through paragraphs about algorithms and weighting, but it’s worth it — and there are email addresses for questions and concerns.
We’ve tried to get a signal at the corner of Admiral and 47th (the site of the fatal pedestrian accident two years ago) and the list of excuses was admirable. Seems that putting a signal there would screw up traffic as far away as Omaha — well, almost. They do have tons of flashing yellow lights, flags to carry across the street for drivers who can’t see moving human beings, and a very visible police presence. But that doesn’t stop me from seeing my life flash in front of me whenever I cross.
Pamela…it was a wonderful wedding and reception. The best I’ve been to in a long, long time. The food was delicious, the “entertainment” superb…hehe…and who knew you had two gorgeous, gorgeous brothers ;-)
love you…
Hi NR,
I tend toward exaggeration, but my real belief is that anyone who goes to war and is “in harm’s way” (where *did* that come from?) is a hero.
Frankly, if I had to rate the actual heroism of Senate POWs, Chuck Hegel would be far ahead of McCain in any heroism scale, because he continues to show amazing courage. And I wouldn’t vote for him either. McCain’s heroism seems to have piqued in the Hanoi Hilton.
There may be more or less degrees of heroism, but in a political race, annointing one candidate as a “hero” (or a saint) puts everyone else at a disadvantage and that’s the reason to do it. (I have the same feeling about the untouchability of black or woman candidates — I can dislike and dis Hill or Barack and not be a sexist or a racist. The worst you can say is I’m wrong.
I’m not at all surprised when Republicans refer to the heroic Senator McCain and practically nominated Reagan for sainthood. (a) Many of them probably believe it and (2) It’s in their enlightened self-interest that other people believe. But I don’t understand when Democrats go along.
It’s up to the Democratic opponents to point out what McCain has done since 1974 and how much of our current economic disaster stems directly from Reagan’s work. In essence, McCain is the descendent of wrong-headed Republican ideas that started with Reagan and unless we’re willing to take on the heroism of McCain and the untouchability of Reagan, we’re doomed.
As I said, I tend toward hyperbole and I am exceptionally daring and cheeky for an old broad, so “How dare you” is high praise. And, strangely, some of my best friends are Republicans — but none of my living relatives :-)
I don’t know, but I would love to see the traffic light on Delridge and Genessee changed to a sensor light instead of a timed one! All too often I have sat on Genessee for-e-ver waiting to turn left onto Delridge, while zero cars were actually coming down Delridge. I admit, I have decided to just run it on occasion!
Good grief, I go to work for a day and look what happens??? I thank the moderators and the vocal majority who banded together to make something good happen. It’s easy for these communities to turn into a shouting match; eventually no one listens except the shouters. (That’s probably the point).
Now, when’s the next informal get-together?
charlabob – Not only as a Republican, but, also, as an American, I cannot let it go by without comment that you would question McCain being a hero. He was a prisoner of war! I know that you state that you can’t imagine being in that situation, but to fault McCain for anything he did in that situation is out of line. How dare you.
As far as Republican’s taking it again… I’m not so convinced. I have said before that I do believe this year, there are Republicans that will vote Democrat. Don’t get too discouraged yet.
Congrats and best wishes to both of you — sounds like a very excellent West Seattle kind of event. We hosted our mom’s (my MIL’s) 90th birthday dinner at the Homestead, before the change of ownership, and it, too was perfect. I’m especially happy to hear they’ve maintained their caring and attention to detail.
Maybe she’s doing so well because she was on the Daily Show yesterday (have you heard of the Colbert bump?) :) McCain knows the value of Jon Stewart, he’s been on the show a bunch of times.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=163164&title=ultimate-last-final-showdown
I’ve been listening to MSNBC’s election coverage for the past 3 hours and, as far as I can tell — here’s where we are:
1. Hillary is going to stay in the race — running against Barack.
2. Barack called McCain to congratulate him and look forward to the race in November. He’s now running against McCain.
3. Hillary says she and McCain are ready to answer the red phone at 3 a.m. and Barack is not ready.
4. McCain says only he is ready to answer the red phone.
5. Barack says Hillary and McCain are the same person — antichangers.
6. Everyone in the race seems to agree that McCain is a good man, just a bit confused.
The last item is the one that scares me and here is where the rant begins: McCain jumps on whatever bandwagon seems to be ahead and as long as the press and the democrats feign awe, we will lose.
He *did* confess under pressure from the Viet Cong when he was a prisoner — I can’t imagine who wouldn’t. But I can’t imagine how that makes him a hero.
We all seem to have “imbibed of the McCain kool-aid(tm)” It’s a much more dangerous beverage than the Obama brand and it will defeat progressive values if we don’t go on the wagon.
As far as I can tell, the Democrats have done their usual exemplary job of providing ammunition for the other side and it will be displayed prominently right-wing ads this fall.
When I started this evening I was still in the “either of them is a star and either of them can win.” Now I’m just depressed. I do think the “Third Bush Term” idea has legs — so I’m sure we’ll abandon it at the first whimper of protest from the right.
JoB — more jokes would be most welcome!
Congratulations to you! That is so nice to give kudos to the local businesses so that we can all see what a great job they all did! Thanks.
I can’t post the link because it’s too disturbing. It’s a horrific situation. I’m not sure if it is real, I guess they are still investigating, but I really hope it’s not.
We are writing in this blog to praise all of the business who made our wedding a wonderful success. First Alki Homestead: all of the staff and Chris the manager. We had 100 people at the restaurant. The food was not only hot but excellent we can not tell you how many compliments we got on the food. the waitstaff wow you talk about being on it. A big hand to all of you.
Jessica the owner of the Forsythe hair salon. She made me look like a girl. Which for those who know me can a be a bit difficult. Head to Toe who did the make up. All of my bridemaids and I looked great.
Bobo botanical the flowers were beyond beautiful. She made a lovely garter.
Coffee to Tea did the cakes. I had many people tell us they had two pieces of the different cakes we had available.
West Seattle Christian church thanks for the sun. Dan your sense of humor it was much needed.
Darlene’s Dog house for making my dog beautiful and smelling great.
Salty’s for our rehearsal dinner again the waitstaff were great.
Menasche and Sons for making my wedding ring the way I wanted it. As my husband says he looks good for getting me the bling bling!!!
Words can not express how beautiful our wedding was. All of the above mentioned business went beyond the call of duty to make our day the best day we could have had. A great big hug and hand to all of you.
Sincerely
Pamela Brumell
On the news JoB. He killed a puppy on video. I can’t bring myself to read past the title.
i must have missed something…
