Hillary vs. Barack The past few weeks, it’s really been getting to me how much the different candidates – from the same party – beat each other up. I have to admit that when the republicans do it, I tend to think it’s cute. Gee, let’s watch the stupid conservatives self-destruct… It’s a great spectator sport. I think any democrat (like me) feels that way. But by the same token, when your own (democratic) candidates are doing it, it takes on a slightly different light. My point is that the past few weeks, the fights between Clinton and Obama have…

Statewide Prop One – Roads and Transit – Vote Yes Prop One is one of the most important ballot measures we’ve seen in recent years. In addition to funding the expansion of mass transit, it provides funds for key infrastructure improvements. After the disappointing and untimely demise of the Seattle Monorail, the region is getting a second chance at mass transit with light rail. If the Seattle metropolitan area is to succeed in becoming a world-class city, we have to start building mass-transit systems. Our current freeway system is maxed out. It can’t handle the traffic that currently exists, much…

Well I for one was completely surprised when George Bush came out publically in support of General Petraeus’s plan for Iraq. Yeah, right. Petraeus’s plan is nothing more than Bush administration propaganda designed to justify prolonging the war in Iraq. And Petraeus himself is nothing more than a figurehead, a puppet doing Bush’s bidding. The 30,000 troop “drawdown” Petraeus proposes is a meaningless gesture designed to appease critics of the war. It’s not in any way a genuine move to end American involvement in Iraq. The only words you will consistently hear from Bush and his cronies are, “more time.”…

Al Qaeda are coming!!! I was watching Meet The Press this morning – Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was on, pushing the company line for the Bush administration. What a shit-for-brains idiot! It’s all, al Qaeda, al Qaeda, al Qaeda! The surge is working! We must stand firm! Our national security is at stake. If we leave, al Qaeda will win. Blah, blah, blah. al Qaeda. He must have said “al Qaeda” 10 times in maybe a minute. It’s like Bush and his cronies figure that if they say the magic words – “al Qaeda” – then everyone will stand at…

Now we’ve heard it all. Today Vice President Dick Cheney told America that the threat of terrorists detonating a nuclear bomb in an American city: “It’s a very real threat … something that we have to worry about and defeat every single day.” And then he went on to warn that if the United States withdraws from Iraq, then basically we’re just paving the way for terrorists to plant such a bomb in some US city. So let’s get this straight. According to Reichsmarschall Von Cheney: US stays in Iraq = US safe from nuclear terrorism US leaves Iraq =…

The controversy over the firing of the eight US Attorneys continues to percolate in Washington DC, amid new charges by President Bush of partisan politics and democrats leveraging for political “show trials.” House and Senate Judiciary committees are now preparing subpoenas for senior Bush administration officials, including Karl Rove and Harriet Miers. President Bush has counter offered to have Rove and Miers testify “informally” in closed door sessions with the committees, where they would not be under oath, and no transcripts would be kept. If Bush is worried about having them testify under oath, and have a transcript kept of…

Anyone remember Colin Powell jumping up and down at the UN, holding a vial of what he said was something that proved Iraq was manufacturing Weapons of Mass Destruction? Oh, yeah! Well that information was given to him by the very same people that are now claiming that Iran is providing Improvised Explosive Devices (IED’s) to Iraq. And the information is likely about as good as the old WMD charges. The news media has been busy digging, looking for sources to confirm the validity of the Iranian ties, but to date, not one single substantive tie has been made. Even…