Washington Liberals

Political pressure expressed through our collective wallets is very effective. Count me in:

The 45th Legislative District Democrats, Washington State Progressive Caucus, and The Washington State Democrats have voted unanimously to endorse the adoption of this Joint Memorial and ask our Washington State Senators and Legislators to pass the resolution with the same unanimity. Click here to sign a petition in support of this Joint Memorial. TO THE…

In Olympia and  in D.C. Democratic politicians are delivering progressive legislation on gay rights and women’s rights.   That’s good. But these issues ARE wedge issues and I feel like I’m being taken for a ride.  I want to see action on other important issues as well:  tax fairness, corruption, jobs, income inequality, health care, green…

Stand with arrested journalists So far more than 50 journalists, including eight last week, have been arrested in the U.S. while covering the Occupy Wall Street movement. Last Wednesday a documentary filmmaker was arrested for trying to film a congressional hearing; another had his footage erased by police. Unfortunately, the situation is grim on many…

US Business and Government Colluding to Fill American Jobs with Foreign Workers?

The Thurston County Progressive Network are a great bunch of folks who work year-round to produce a more progressive community in the Olympia area. In this week’s calendar they share a link to World Life Expectancy website and a cancer cluster map. It’s an interesting website from an epidemiology perspective. The suggestion in the cancer…

Army officer challenges Pentagon’s Afghanistan reports “How many more men must die in support of a mission that is not succeeding?“

There were only a few competitive State Senate races in 2010. The Republicans won all of the close races with the exception of the 44th LD and 26th LD, where conservative Dems won by outspending their Republican opponents more than two to one. The following campaign spending figures are from the Public Disclosure Commission. (The…

Source unknown Ayn Rand (conservative hero): “I am against God. I don’t approve of religion. It is a sign of a psychological weakness …. I regard it as evil.” Jesus Christ: “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom…