Washington Liberals

Last Sunday afternoon I joined twenty or so others at the Renton library to watch the muckraking documentary An Inside Job. The two hour video tells how deregulation and a revolving door between regulators and industry fueled risky practices and huge profits on Wall Street. The two hour video is filled with interviews with knowledgeable…

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The Washington State Revenue Council just released their revised revenue forecast admitting for the first time that State revenue will only be $30.3 billion – a $1.4 billion decline from their prior forecast in June of $31.7 billion.  But here’s the REAL Washington State Budget…Billions of Tax Payer Dollars are diverted every year to Out…

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Hope this is true. Hope something comes of it. Unlikely given the preference of the President to coddle the GOP. Ex-Bush Insider Colonel Wilkerson Willing To Testify Against Bush And Cheney Wilkerson also said: George W. Bush ‘knew Guantánamo prisoners were innocent’ Those bastards need, like the rest of the GOP, to be held accountable.…

For the sake of the Democratic Party, President Obama should allow a strong, more authentically Democratic candidate to run in 2012.  Otherwise, like the Pied Piper, he’ll likely drag the rest of the Democratic ticket over the cliff.   He is unpopular even among his base. Obama’s approval rating drops to all-time low; Public split on…

I got email from DOJ – civil rights division that two NO police officers were sentenced in the killing of Raymond Robair: Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 15, 2011 Two Former New Orleans Police Officers Sentenced in Connection with the Death of Raymond Robair WASHINGTON – Two former…

A Plowshares activist was released today after serving the majority of her sentence, only to be promptly arrested for allegedly violating the terms of her probation. Lynne Greenwald was released earlier today from the SeaTac Federal Detention Center in Washington State after serving five and a half months of a six month sentence for her…