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Report on Amy Goodman's speech at the Seattle Green Festival
Sunday afternoon I heard Amy Goodman and Dennis Kucinich speak at Seattle Green Festival. Both speakers received standing ovations. This article covers Amy Goodman’s speech. Here’s my photo of her during the book signing...
Homeless encounter
On my way to and from my office in Seattle I pass a variety of homeless people and beggars. Some of them are regulars: I see them begging at the same spot nearly every...
Bye Bye, Bybee
Bye Bye, Bybee Jay Bybee is the notorious author of the torture memo that the Bush Administration used to justify harsh treatment of prisoners. Here are new lyrics for the song Bye Bye, Birdie...
Why Abortion isn’t Murder
Anti-abortion activists like to call embryos “unborn children”, “innocent babies” or “developing human beings.” Their obvious aim is to shame people into believing that abortion is murder. But just repeating these phrases doesn’t change...
Koch-Blocked: a great video and an over-wrought essay
“Tired of the Koch Brothers buying our political system?” Koch Blocked An email went out promoting the above clever and powerful video. The email contained an essay, reproduced here, that calls the Koch Brothers...
Louder Than Words — a video about President Obama; notes on my LD
Louder Than Words — Roots Action’s video critical of President Obama The timing of this video is perfect. President Obama is back in full campaign-mode, and he’s a brilliant speaker and campaigner. But too...
Guns N' Religion: an anti-elitist, anti-government song
Guns N’ Religion: a (satirical) anti-elitist, anti-government song (sung to the tune of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall”, lyrics only)
Right wing think tank WPC pushes for state constitutional amendment about super-majority requirements
This website has published a series of articles challenging the constitutionality of I-1053, the voter initiative that imposes a 2/3 super-majority requirement on the legislature to raise taxes or eliminate tax breaks. See I-1053...
Redistricting: a map and hearings
Washington State is undergoing redistricting, in response to changes in population. At Sunday’s Legislative Action Committee meeting, Sarajane Siegfriedt passed around a redistricting map of King County. Districts which have grown in population (compared...