But that's not a lie! How is pointing out the truth "sad"? Dino even brags about his big business friends! Note that I'm not bashing Dino for calling Gregoire a lawyer, because that's true, just for claiming he's an "Olympia outsider," which is not true.
What's Dino's plan to replace the B&O? He hasn't got one,has he? The Dems at least have a plan (income tax), even if it's a bitter pill. I'd rather take medicine that works than take a sugar pill just because it tastes better than the real medicine.
I'm not laying this at Dino's feet; as you point out, it's big enough to cover a lot of feet.
However, Dino's ads claimed he's an Olympia outsider, a businessman not a politician. Nothing could be further from the truth. His campaign claims are the "sad attempt" here.
The Libertarians are always there, too. As are the Socialist Workers and the Greens and the Reform Party and all the rest. But most people vote Republican, and most people buy Crest. My point was name recognition, not how many alternate choices there are.
Oh, and the Aquafresh guys also make Sensodyne, which I did mention. But Crest is number one, and not because it's better. Ask anyone to name a toothpaste and most people will say "Crest."
What you say would be true if Boeing were going to hire those 10,000 people "for the long run". The truth is those jobs are just short-term jobs. The largest part of Boeing's breaks was a reduction in the unemployment benefits (which affected me, thank you so much, even though I wasn't laid off from the aerospace industry, let alone Boeing in particular), because they know from past experience that those jobs will only last 3-4 years, tops. And as for "bring many other jobs to the area", I doubt it. Those 10,000 are mostly current and former Boeing employees who will be hired back for the 7E7 (after being laid off from the 757 and 777 programs), only to be laid off again.
Washington needs stable long-term employment, not the short-term jobs Boeing offers. If the Legislature (including Dino) took a long-term view they never would have approved Boeing's demands. If they are really interested in helping make Washington "business friendly" they should eliminate the B&O tax. Funny how the Democrats are the ones pushing tax reform, while the "pro-business" Republicans like the tax code as-is. I can only guess that's because the business will support them over the Dems no matter what, and the voters revolt at the idea of tax reform (which is not the same as tax reduction, which the voters are all for while simultaniously complaining about declining public services -- go figure).
If you run the numbers, you'll see that the State of Washington could have employed 10,000 people at roughly $65,000/year for the cost of the tax breaks they gave Boeing to supposedly "bring" 10,000 jobs to Washington for the 7E7. Those 10,000 public employees could work in schools or build better roads or pick up the litter or something. But no, we gave the money to Boeing to hire people they were going to hire anyway (Boeing never said "give us the tax breaks or we won't build the airplane", they said "give us the tax breaks or we won't build it here," which, as a former Boeing employee, is just fine with me. The OLD Boeing was an active member of the community. The NEW Boeing takes from the community (infrastructure) without giving anything back (massive tax breaks). Let Texas have that sort of corporate citizen; Washington doesn't need it, thank you very much. They moved their headquarters to Chicago, let them build the airplanes there, too. Oh, wait, I forgot -- the 7E7 will be mostly built in Japan and Italy, so we gave Boeing massive tax breaks to outsource even more of their production! Thanks, Dino!
I think you missed my point. Today they essentially are running unopposed, as no Democrat has a snowball's chance in hell of getting elected in this District and no Republican is going to spend money to run against an incumbent. In this new system, a Republican challenger no longer has to beat the incumbent to reach the general election, they only have to beat the Democrat -- and if they can't beat the Democrat in this District, they aren't much of a Republican.
Why do this? Name recognition. The incumbent has to retire sometime, and the challengar who's been on the ballot a few times -- even though they lost -- has way more name recognition than a total nobody. Unless the dimbulbs out here think they must be Democrats since they're running against incumbent Republicans. That's a distinct possiblity I hadn't considered. Hmmmm...
Ah, but the new system changes everything. Before, a strong potential candidate would not even run in the primary against an incumbent of their own party. Now, they might, because they have a good chance of getting on the ballot along with the incumbent. In my district the Republican always wins, so there's no point in anyone running against the incumbent -- the Democrats won't win, and the Republicans are fighting an uphill battle. Under the new system it won't be The Republican Incumbent vs. The Democrat, it could easily (and I predict will) be The Republican Incumbent vs. The Republican Challenger.
You did not provide your source. You said "a friend". Give us a name and phone number, so we can do the follow-up you didn't do, and ask her for her source. Is she a Nazi, and she saw him at a rally? Did she read this in a newspaper? Is his name listed as a "member" on the Nazi Party web site? And if he is a Nazi, why didn't he run as a Nazi Party candidate? Oh, wait -- he did!
Yeah, we were "sold" the idea that we were voting for the same system used in Louisiana, but as you point out Washington's new system is NOT like Louisiana's. In Washington we will now have an open primary, with the top two vote getters moving on to the general election, regardless of party.
I pray this nonsense is overturned by some "activist" judge.
I live in rural King County, a place with its share of stupid conservatives. But I've visited much of the state, and I find it all beautiful. I'm not sure I'd enjoy living in the "inland empire" but that's mostly because of the weather. I wouldn't want to live in the mountains or at the ocean, either, for the same reason.
I don't care who you are or where you live, if you think the place you live is "an ugly shit hole full of stupid [people]" then I suggest you move. Seriously. If you have family in the area, you can easily visit them from just about anywhere else in the state, so move already. It will do you a world of good.
Did it occur to you that might just be the way they wanted to vote?
I'm sure it's the way they wanted to vote, but why did they want to vote that way? I'm sure most people want to buy Crest or Colgate, but there are other toothpates out there if you'd take the time to look. Well, there were other toothpastes out there until Crest and Colgate took over. Oh, sure, there's the minor third-party toothpastes (I use Sensodyne and occasionally Tom's), but if you shop at Costco or Target you basically get the Big Two.
(most) People buy candidates the way they buy toothpaste -- they chose the name they recognize. It's that simple. That's why campaign finance reform is such a big issue -- politics is all about advertising.
For the life of me, I can't think of any other reason to vote for him. But while "Governor Dino" sounds cool, it doesn't sound cool enough to turn over the state government to Boeing (oh, too late -- Dino already did that when he was in the Senate last year). 20 years in the legislature, outgoing chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and he ran as an "Olympia outsider". Riiiiiiight.
Washington State, a place so beautiful and wonderful that we purposely screw up the government and tax systems (and now, voting process, too) to actively discourage Californians from moving here so we can keep it to ourselves.
Where do you live? Out here in District 5 it'll be two Republicans. If you look at the map you'll see Washington is mostly "red", with just enough "blue" folks in Seattle to tip the overall balance toward the dems. I predict most elections will have two Republicans, except in Seattle. Statewide it will be one of each. Libertarians and the other "3rd" parties are screwed.
Naturally, you can only get justice in America if you have money, so since I'm poor (our household income is under $100,000, which makes us poor AFA politics is concerned) I can't do anything about this. It's enough to make me understand why people turn to violence to affect change -- it's often the only tool we have.
At only $180 for a new Xbox, less for a used one, there's another alternative: buy a second, unmodified Xbox for exclusive use on Xbox Live. If you can afford Xbox Live and a mod chip, then you should be able to afford a second Xbox.
If you live near a coal plant or garbage dump, and you'd rather live near a nuclear plant, MOVE! Far more effective than hoping someone will tear down your neighbor's house and put up a nuclear plant.
Um, no, not in "every other router box," only those that are willing to open their code. If Microsoft (to pick on a clearly closed-source company) were to make a router, I'd bet my life they'd never use GPL code in it.
Well, OK, but I'd bet your life;-)
It's much more fun, I must confess, when lives are on the line.
Not mine of course, but yours old boy, now that would be just fine.
-- Oogie Boogie, "The Boogie Song"
Sorry, it's that time of year and I've got NMBC on my mind...
Yes, but there is no such thing as a "misspelling asfasfasf", but there is such a thing as a "Lynndie England" and there are lots of photos of her on the internet, not all of them of her at Abu Ghraib. Why don't any of them show up? Why was the link given in the main story if it lead to nothing? I believe it led to non-controversial photos of her, and shortly after the/. story broke they removed those links, too. The other links, abu graib and charles graner, still work. I'm sorry, but I refuse to believe that Google is simply broken. I find it more likely that they're avoiding controversy now that they're a publicly traided company. Of course, their self-censorship only generated more controversy, so they're backpedaling fast. Shooting themselves in the foot is more like it.
That link opens in a Google News search. Click on "Images" and guess what? NONE of the controversial photos appear. Also, the main story's link for lynndie england gets you to a page with zero photos asking if you meant lyndie england, a page that also returns no photos at all. There are lots of photos of here out there, so what gives? Something about this whole story smells.
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But that's not a lie! How is pointing out the truth "sad"? Dino even brags about his big business friends! Note that I'm not bashing Dino for calling Gregoire a lawyer, because that's true, just for claiming he's an "Olympia outsider," which is not true.
What's Dino's plan to replace the B&O? He hasn't got one, has he? The Dems at least have a plan (income tax), even if it's a bitter pill. I'd rather take medicine that works than take a sugar pill just because it tastes better than the real medicine.
However, Dino's ads claimed he's an Olympia outsider, a businessman not a politician. Nothing could be further from the truth. His campaign claims are the "sad attempt" here.
Oh, and the Aquafresh guys also make Sensodyne, which I did mention. But Crest is number one, and not because it's better. Ask anyone to name a toothpaste and most people will say "Crest."
Washington needs stable long-term employment, not the short-term jobs Boeing offers. If the Legislature (including Dino) took a long-term view they never would have approved Boeing's demands. If they are really interested in helping make Washington "business friendly" they should eliminate the B&O tax. Funny how the Democrats are the ones pushing tax reform, while the "pro-business" Republicans like the tax code as-is. I can only guess that's because the business will support them over the Dems no matter what, and the voters revolt at the idea of tax reform (which is not the same as tax reduction, which the voters are all for while simultaniously complaining about declining public services -- go figure).
If you run the numbers, you'll see that the State of Washington could have employed 10,000 people at roughly $65,000/year for the cost of the tax breaks they gave Boeing to supposedly "bring" 10,000 jobs to Washington for the 7E7. Those 10,000 public employees could work in schools or build better roads or pick up the litter or something. But no, we gave the money to Boeing to hire people they were going to hire anyway (Boeing never said "give us the tax breaks or we won't build the airplane", they said "give us the tax breaks or we won't build it here," which, as a former Boeing employee, is just fine with me. The OLD Boeing was an active member of the community. The NEW Boeing takes from the community (infrastructure) without giving anything back (massive tax breaks). Let Texas have that sort of corporate citizen; Washington doesn't need it, thank you very much. They moved their headquarters to Chicago, let them build the airplanes there, too. Oh, wait, I forgot -- the 7E7 will be mostly built in Japan and Italy, so we gave Boeing massive tax breaks to outsource even more of their production! Thanks, Dino!
Why do this? Name recognition. The incumbent has to retire sometime, and the challengar who's been on the ballot a few times -- even though they lost -- has way more name recognition than a total nobody. Unless the dimbulbs out here think they must be Democrats since they're running against incumbent Republicans. That's a distinct possiblity I hadn't considered. Hmmmm...
I do live at the school, you insenstive clod!
So, if I show up for school but forget my Student ID, I'm officially absent? Fine, then I'll just put my ID in my sister's backpack and stay home.
Ah, but the new system changes everything. Before, a strong potential candidate would not even run in the primary against an incumbent of their own party. Now, they might, because they have a good chance of getting on the ballot along with the incumbent. In my district the Republican always wins, so there's no point in anyone running against the incumbent -- the Democrats won't win, and the Republicans are fighting an uphill battle. Under the new system it won't be The Republican Incumbent vs. The Democrat, it could easily (and I predict will) be The Republican Incumbent vs. The Republican Challenger.
You did not provide your source. You said "a friend". Give us a name and phone number, so we can do the follow-up you didn't do, and ask her for her source. Is she a Nazi, and she saw him at a rally? Did she read this in a newspaper? Is his name listed as a "member" on the Nazi Party web site? And if he is a Nazi, why didn't he run as a Nazi Party candidate? Oh, wait -- he did!
I pray this nonsense is overturned by some "activist" judge.
I don't care who you are or where you live, if you think the place you live is "an ugly shit hole full of stupid [people]" then I suggest you move. Seriously. If you have family in the area, you can easily visit them from just about anywhere else in the state, so move already. It will do you a world of good.
(most) People buy candidates the way they buy toothpaste -- they chose the name they recognize. It's that simple. That's why campaign finance reform is such a big issue -- politics is all about advertising.
Washington State, a place so beautiful and wonderful that we purposely screw up the government and tax systems (and now, voting process, too) to actively discourage Californians from moving here so we can keep it to ourselves.
Naturally, you can only get justice in America if you have money, so since I'm poor (our household income is under $100,000, which makes us poor AFA politics is concerned) I can't do anything about this. It's enough to make me understand why people turn to violence to affect change -- it's often the only tool we have.
At only $180 for a new Xbox, less for a used one, there's another alternative: buy a second, unmodified Xbox for exclusive use on Xbox Live. If you can afford Xbox Live and a mod chip, then you should be able to afford a second Xbox.
If you live near a coal plant or garbage dump, and you'd rather live near a nuclear plant, MOVE! Far more effective than hoping someone will tear down your neighbor's house and put up a nuclear plant.
All well and good, but which of these units gets CNN?
Well, OK, but I'd bet your life ;-)
Sorry, it's that time of year and I've got NMBC on my mind...Yes, but there is no such thing as a "misspelling asfasfasf", but there is such a thing as a "Lynndie England" and there are lots of photos of her on the internet, not all of them of her at Abu Ghraib. Why don't any of them show up? Why was the link given in the main story if it lead to nothing? I believe it led to non-controversial photos of her, and shortly after the /. story broke they removed those links, too. The other links, abu graib and charles graner, still work. I'm sorry, but I refuse to believe that Google is simply broken. I find it more likely that they're avoiding controversy now that they're a publicly traided company. Of course, their self-censorship only generated more controversy, so they're backpedaling fast. Shooting themselves in the foot is more like it.
That link opens in a Google News search. Click on "Images" and guess what? NONE of the controversial photos appear. Also, the main story's link for lynndie england gets you to a page with zero photos asking if you meant lyndie england, a page that also returns no photos at all. There are lots of photos of here out there, so what gives? Something about this whole story smells.
What? It's not? Well, then, isn't that name some sort of trademark infringement?
Geeze, an AC who's right for a change! What's next, will Boston win the Series?