Washington 2020: The Calm Before the Drizzle

[CultureKing]

I almost want to go to a few of their meetings and after a good amount of time shred apart their arguments. Too bad they would never allow any sort of intellectual conversation and also since many of them bring guns to the meetings I would actually be terrified that violence would erupt as a result of someone challenging their ideas.

[bgwah]

Tea Party speaker wants to hang Murray

lolz...?

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

This thread is reaching PA-13 territory.

[Meeker]

The House and Senate have voted to suspend I-960 which means a tax package is in the works. I don't know why they didn't do this last year when people would've had a chance to forget about it, but whatever.

[CultureKing]

Tea Party speaker wants to hang Murray

lolz...?

Did you watch the tv news story? It almost seemed like they were trying to portray them in a positive light. Truly disgusting in my opinion (in regards to calling for someone to be hung).

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQYlLQWvEr0

[Хahar 🤔]

The teabaggers are as genuinely fascist as anything we've got in America.

[bgwah]

Article on Pam Roach: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011140963_roach21m.html



And every once in a while, I remember why I read the comments...


Among the laws Roach has sponsored: Bestiality: Approved in 2006. Made sex with animals a crime."

Of course this was AFTER she'd had kids...

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

So Washington didn't have a bestiality law prior to that?

[CultureKing]

So Washington didn't have a bestiality law prior to that?

I don't think so. The bestiality law was created because a man in Roach's district (in Enumclaw) died after having sex with a horse.

[CultureKing]

Olympia's mayor pro tem has been arrested for selling pot:

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/415615_olympia.html?source=mypi

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/02/21/1145973/supporters-speak-for-hyer.html

Being a native I find this quite funny, especially after reading some of the statements from the city council in the above article which basically amount to: so what?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

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That's pretty awesome. I can't see that type of attitude being widespread even like 10-15 years ago.

[Meeker]

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That's pretty awesome. I can't see that type of attitude being widespread even like 10-15 years ago.

It probably was in Olympia.

[bgwah]

So Wallace dropped out...

[CultureKing]

So Wallace dropped out...

I would love to see a poll of the primary race on both sides...

[bgwah]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011259101_incometax05m.html

So much for your gubernatorial ambitions, Lisa...

[CultureKing]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011259101_incometax05m.html

So much for your gubernatorial ambitions, Lisa...

Meh, its kinda sad that it hurts her so much. Income taxes are a much better way of doing things, especially progressive taxes.

[RI]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011259101_incometax05m.html

So much for your gubernatorial ambitions, Lisa...

Meh, its kinda sad that it hurts her so much. Income taxes are a much better way of doing things, especially progressive taxes.

Yeah, I agree. Hopefully the referendum will reach the ballot and be approved though. If they go ahead with coupling the income tax with a sales tax reduction, it just might work. (Will it reach the ballot though? I've been listening to AM570 and 770 far too much today to get a really accurate picture...)

[bgwah]

Here is something I'm working on. It shows the top Asian group by census tract in Seattle! I plan on doing the Eastside next, and hopefully all of King County eventually. I do have a shaded version but it's messy and I will post it later. Here is what I have so far... Can you guess which ethnicity is which color based on the map?? The key is after the (large) picture:



Red = Chinese
Green = Japanese
Blue = Vietnamese
Yellow = Filipino
Orange = Korean
Cambodian = Purple

Beacon Hill and SE Seattle are about what we would expect, though the Cambodian tract is a surprise to me. Japanese dominate rich white neighborhoods, as well as ultraliberal white neighborhoods. Filipinos are #1 in Ballard... And Chinese dominate the NE part of the city. Interesting...

No Indians--there will definitely be some on the Eastside, though. Much of the Eastside will probably just be India vs. China but we'll have to see. South Bellevue/Newcastle will probably have a lot of Japanese. I also want to say there will be a Korean area in South Bellevue...

[CultureKing]

And Baird endorses (drum roll):

Denny Heck!

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/mar/13/baird-endorses-heck-for-3rd-district/

I feel like at this point there really are only four real candidates left. Heck, Pridemore, Herrera and Castillo. Anyone know if any polls have been done of the race? I have been dying to get my hands on some hard numbers...

[Meeker]

The Democratic side is quickly turning into establishment, old-school Democrats (Heck) vs. progressive, netroots, Obama-brought-in Democrats (Pridemore).

It's also clear they're trying to knock Pridemore out of the primary before the filing deadline.

[CultureKing]

The Democratic side is quickly turning into establishment, old-school Democrats (Heck) vs. progressive, netroots, Obama-brought-in Democrats (Pridemore).

It's also clear they're trying to knock Pridemore out of the primary before the filing deadline.

Hopefully the democrats will be able to get a better slit than the democrats and lead to a D v D scenario. That would be amazing.

[bgwah]

I'm thinking Heck will probably win the primary, but I'm not really basing than on any facts...

[Frodo]

I would like to thank McKenna for having made my choice in the 2012 gubernatorial election that much easier:

McKenna: New health care law violates state's rights

Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna on Monday said he would fight to repeal the new, comprehensive national health care measure Democrats passed Sunday night.

"I believe this new federal health care measure unconstitutionally imposes new requirements on our state and on its citizens. This unprecedented federal mandate, requiring all Washingtonians to purchase health insurance, violates the Commerce Clause and the 10th amendment of the US Constitution," McKenna said in a statement. "I'm concerned that the measure unconstitutionally requires all Washingtonians to purchase health insurance and places an extraordinary burden on our state budget by requiring Washington to expand its Medicaid eligibility standards in violation of our state's rights guaranteed under the10th amendment."

McKenna and other Republican attorneys general from Florida, South Carolina, Alabama, Nebraska, Texas, Pennsylvania, Utah, North Dakota, and South Dakota say they'll file a lawsuit against the federal government. President Barack Obama is expected to sign the new law soon.

Gov. Chris Gregoire, a Democrat who was previously attorney general, says she opposes McKenna's move and said she'd file her own legal brief against McKenna.

"I totally oppose what he's doing," the governor told reporters.

"He doesn't represent the people of Washington who would get assistance so they could afford quality health insurance. He doesn't represent the thousands of small businesses that would benefit from tax credits to provide coverage for their employees. He doesn't represent the thousands who will no longer be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. He doesn't represent the half million young people in our state who would be covered under their parents plan until they are 26. He doesn't represent our state's Medicare recipients. He doesn't represent the taxpayers of Washington."

From a political standpoint, McKenna's move is interesting. He is widely considered the presumptive GOP nominee for governor in 2012 and many believe the Democrats would have a tough time finding someone who could beat him. By joining the Republican fight against health care reform he can shore up his support on the right. However he also risks alienating Democrats and moderates he's going to need to win over to make it to the governor's mansion.
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So how do you think this impacts his chances at becoming the next governor of Washington state?

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Wow, that's funny, I was just thinking McKenna would probably be one of the few Republican AGs that wouldn't jump on that bandwagon, since he wants to be Governor.