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Sen. Kline wants a state response to Citizens United “..Kline said his bill simply asks Congress to draft the language and put it out to the states for ratification. He indicated there are some...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Backbone Rises Again & We The People March Onward! Backbone’s 1st ever CSO and New Staff Join Team Backbone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Upcoming Actions & Workshops: Monday January 21st in Washington, DC Backbone Campaign...
A friend of mine ordered a sandwich two weeks ago and by the following Saturday was down with the flu. How did that happen? The worker at the cash register was feeling lousy, sneezing...
As our legislators start their 105 day work year Climate and Sustainable jobs was the theme for this years rally. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a 105 day work year?
Hallelujah,   I heard there was a Tax Accord parody by Anne Smith, with apologies to Leonard Cohen. Guitar and singing by Don Smith: G                            Em                      G                      ...
The Hitler gun control lie: Gun rights activists who cite the dictator as a reason against gun control have their history dangerously wrong As it turns out, the Weimar Republic, the German government that...
The musical “The Book of Mormon” is showing currently in Seattle. Its entire run is sold-out. It makes fun of Mormons. Why can the producers get away with ridiculing Mormons? They wouldn’t be able...
Name Photo Position Annual Salary Net worth Approximate percent of income paid in Washington state taxes Steve Ballmer Microsoft CEO $1.3 million about $15.7 billion Mark Ritz Restaurant cook $25,500 about $3000 Sources Microsoft...
