The Nation is reporting today “Beginning at 10:30 PM Pacific Time Wednesday, workers at dozens of Seattle fast food locations plan to strike, launching the nation’s seventh work stoppage by fast food employees in eight weeks. Organizers expect workers from chains including McDonald’s, Burger King, Taco Bell, Subway, Arby’s, Chipotle, Qdoba, and Jack in the…
by MartinTheCoug
The collapse of the Skagit bridge over I-90 has generated lots of discussion about the need to maintain our infrastructure, and about the need to raise tax revenue to do so. Someone suggested we should blame anti-government terrorist Tim Eyman for the collapse, since lack of funds resulted in poor maintenance. Someone else said that…
The National Campaign to End Corporate Personhood and Demand Real Democracy! They Broke IT… Corporate Personhood (Citizens United) legalized a tsunami of money from PACs, lobbyists and multinational corporations under protection of the First Amendment. We the People will Fix IT… Corporations are NOT people and Money is NOT speech. We are going to amend…
Vox Populi: Rap your legislators Record your message to our legislators, concerning the state budget. I will compile the various recordings into a group rap performance. I’m testing the tool and soliciting feedback and suggestions. Click here to add your voice.
Eastside Organizers Delivery of Petitions to Reduce Gun Violence Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:00PM – 2:30PM Rep. David Reichert Vanguard Building 22605 SE 56th Street, Suite 130 Issaquah, WA 98029 Sign up to help deliver online petitions to Rep. Reichert here Organizers, Volunteers, Supporters and Interested Folks, When the President changes his mind, we change…
According to Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are divided by politics and religion, liberals and conservatives differ significantly on the moral foundations on which they base their lives. Haidt thinks that conservatives base their ethics on additional principles beyond those used by liberals, and those extra principles give conservatives an…
Rep. Suzan DelBene (D, WA-01) is inviting constituents to workshops, in Mount Vernon and Bothell, on deficit reduction. The workshops are presented in conjunction with the “bipartisan” Concord Coalition, whose mission is to educate “the public about the causes and consequences of federal budget deficits, the long-term challenges facing America’s unsustainable entitlement programs, and how…
At the meeting of the 41st LD Democrats last night, Rep. Judy Clibborn, state house transportation leader, discussed the gas tax, tolling I-90, and auto tab fees. She said that the gas tax will be raised maybe $0.10, and eventually I-90 and other roads will have some sort of tolling. I asked: but will Republicans…
According to the Pulitzer Prize winning book Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, the transition from a society based on hunter-gathering to a modern state progressed hand-in-hand with the development of agriculture. Government protections and laws enabled trade, storage, and distribution systems. Surpluses resulting from agriculture funded government.  Farm labor could be enlisted for…