On Friday, March 2, 2012, Washington State Democratic Senators Rodney Tom, Tim Sheldon, and Jim Kastama voted with 22 Senate Republicans to approve a regressive budget that favors the 1%. See Outrage as Road Killers help Republicans seize control of the Washington State Senate.

This bill would guarantee due process. Seattle University Law professor, Lorraine Bannai, a Japanese American, spoke about her family’s ordeal during internment. Stephen Bradburg, former BushCo official who helped install US torture policy, testified that NDAA is needed to maintain ‘flexibility.’ Hats off to Professor Bannai,

“King County Executive Dow Constantine today expressed grave concern over the Republican-led budget proposal adopted in the early hours of this morning in the state Senate:“  See: Constantine condemns State Senate meltdown

Goldy reports on The Stranger’s Slog: Republicans Just Seized Control of the Washington State Senate.   Road Kill Democrats Jim Kastama, Tim Sheldon and Rodney Tom team up with Republicans to try and push through a regressive Republican budget. They used a parliamentary maneuver to force a vote on a Republican budget that hadn’t yet had…

Republicans believe and promote some pretty crazy and destructive ideas.  How many of them actually believe their own rhetoric? Not sure Most believe it. About half believe it. Few believe it.

Yep, it’s snowing again in Western Washington. Very pretty, just an inch or so here in Chehalis. I expect it will be gone soon, but as daylight appeared, the neighborhood was especially appealing to the eye. I collect quotes. They are useful in so many ways. Sometimes the author captures something large in very few…

My email buddy Austin Kelly gathers and distributes some really amazing stuff. Here’s something that I got from him today under Gender and Liberation: Critique of Liberal Anti-Racism: A Way Forward or Regression on Race?2009 DECEMBER 7The following essay by Walter Benn Michaels appeared in the London Review of Books.Here are some excerpts:“My point is…

‘Reform” is usually considered a good thing — but some education advocates talk as if a handful of charter schools and firing teachers based on their students’ test scores are the magic bullets that will “fix” our schools. Their efforts may be well-intentioned, but they don’t actually address the real problems. First, it’s important to…

See Why Democrats Have a Problem with Young Voters from Rolling Stone.