Gregoire's Xmas Gift to the Republican Party

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Saturday December 25, 2004 · 12:50 AM PST

2004/12/25 · 00:50

Santa Claus brought the Repuboicans a great Xmas gift:

Christy Gregoire became governor by 130 votes!

Why are the Publicans happy?

In her election campaign she painted herself as a mean minded Democrat ... no new taxes, reform the state's business rules and spend .5 billion cloning workers from stem cells. ... sort of Schwarzenegger without muscles.

Unlike Arnold though, our gubber-nator isn't all that likable. AAs Attorney general she lost credibility by bklaming subordinates whenever the office screwed up. As a candidate, she tried to paint her primary opponent with the black tar of liberalism ... alienating those of us who admire Sims. Then Christy tried to duck out of the bdebated but accused her moderate Republican opponent of all the sins of being a devout catholic ... or so it appeared to the huge number of Kerry votes who voted for Senator Rossi.

What now?

Well first she needs to fill in the billion dollar deficit with cuts in services. That ought to make her popular with the Republicans who hate her now for ... for winning and loose some more Demo voters. Read More

How to Count WA State

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Sunday December 05, 2004 · 7:38 AM PST

2004/12/05 · 07:38

I'll give Gregoire credit. This is something she should have done in the beginning. Now Rossi should challenge her or she challenge him to accept the result. Much better than settling this on the dueling field.

To make sure that the result is fair, we need to be sure the rules for the count itself are well thought out. The Seattle Times estimates that each Counter will have to count 11,000 ballots a day.

This is a an awful lot of stray marks and chads.

My suggestions:

No blind counters will be allowed.
Counters will be paid on an hourly rather than a piece work basis. However, to encourage the work, winning teams will receive Christmas bonuses.

Stevesm

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Wednesday December 01, 2004 · 11:12 PM PST

2004/12/01 · 23:12

the Americans left Iraq to its own resources. That was the beginning of the end of Bush's dream, Three years later, the Shi-ite governments of Iraq and Iran united as the Federation of Islamic Umayya .

Elections in the Umayya were very different then elections in the USA. Everyone actually voted in Iraq-Iran, while the US had gone to proportional elections after the debacle of 2012 when no President could be elected. The US system also took advantage of the American system ... advertising, free enterprise, the free market ... all these had been built into the US system ...

The ELECTORAL LOTTERY Read More

NOK Next of Kin Law vs. "marriage"

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Tuesday November 30, 2004 · 7:57 AM PST

2004/11/30 · 07:57

There is a simple solution to the debate over marriage that secures the existing marriage law while solving the problem of legal rights for other relations:

NOK

We should have a law that allows each of us to assign ONE person as our next of kin. By default this NOK can be as dictated by the present law or it could be a lover, a brother, a sister or a close friend. The NOK acquires ALL rights of a married partner.

NOK laws have several advantages over even civil unions. Read More

Iraq 2020

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Sunday November 28, 2004 · 5:33 PM PST

2004/11/28 · 17:33

The wolves felt we should use our nuclear bombs. Their reasoning was that the US simply did not have the manpower to invade a joint Iraqi::Iranian union.
The doves wanted use to accept the people's will, withdraw our troops and hope this gesture wold prove our peaceful intent.
The moderates said we should accept the new government but insist on maintaining our occupation of Iraq.

The moderates won. Read More

Iraq according to Reagan: 2020

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Saturday November 27, 2004 · 4:29 PM PST

2004/11/27 · 16:29

Reagan had been, well .. more political. She remembered when the Iraq colonial government had announced it was going to hold elections after all. Most Americans believed these elections would be a fraud but Reagan believed in George Bush's vision.

"Carol, these Democrats are full of shit. The PEOPLE will choose. They have been waiting for this chance since we liberated Iraq."

Reagan even had a portrait of his namesake on the wall ... next to the pictures of Jesus and Dr. King. Our home was .. well a honeymoon nest of patriotism.

When the election was held, however, Reagan was devastated. Read More

The Year we Land on Mars

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Friday November 26, 2004 · 9:59 AM PST

2004/11/26 · 09:59

The news droned on. Barbara Bush, dressed in her trademark safari suit with a rose in the lapel, interviewed Steve Forbes about the crisis in Detroit and Mr. Forbes, Mrs. Arafat's second husband, offered to show the Vida viewers the room where the negotiations were to take place. The mirrors, the gold, elegant damask ... all seemed too elegant for negotiations on extracting hostages from the Detroit Mosque. Typical of the effete French, no taste!

Mrs. Gordon saw that Simon was up and politely asked the Vida to mute itself.

"Simon, what are you going to do?" Read More

BLOGVEL: 2020, page 2.

Stevesm

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Thursday November 25, 2004 · 11:50 AM PST

2004/11/25 · 11:50

"Blessings from Jesus, and now the news"

Tonight's major stories include progress in the negotiations between the United States and The Islamic Republic, meeting in Paris. Ambassador Arafat has assured the American representatives that all hostages would be released in time for Easter.

In other stories, the Journal Nature announces the discovery of a cure for homophilia, race riots break out again in Scarsdale, and the Disney Network denies rumors that its scientists in Edinborough have cloned Prince Charles.

And now we go to our correspondent in Paris, Barbara Bush, how's it going BB? Read More

BLOGVEL : 2020, The Year We Land on Mars .

Stevesm

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Wednesday November 24, 2004 · 11:29 PM PST

2004/11/24 · 23:29

2:00, the mailgirl rang the bell and asked the young man to thumb the form. There it was. On the floor, under the mail slot, with the Christmas catalogs .... the red white and blue envelope Simon had been dreading. "Mom, its here ..."

Mrs. Gordon came to the door, picked up the envelope and led Simon to the kitchen table. "Sit down Simon, I'll pour us some Kaf." She did, then Simon opened the seal. "Greetings ..." and then he read "marine Corps." "Damn, damn" and then Simon ran to his bunk and slammed the curtain shut. Mrs. Gordon sat still, staring at the letter. "Marines?" What could be worse???? Read More

We need Gingrich.

Stevesm

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Friday November 19, 2004 · 12:16 AM PST

2004/11/19 · 00:16

Newt understood that in a steady-state congress, any scandal favors the minority.

I suggest the Demos launch a Gingrich like A CALL TO REASON ... a plan that attacks mediocrity and mendacity in government.

The Call would have eight elements:

1. A call for Science. Stem cell research, evolution, genetics should be critical criteria for public service. Creationist politicians, e.g. Thune, need to be outed.

Action: The Party should regularly expose some of the bizarre people the Republicos have put up for office or given high visibility jobs.

Action: The congressional delegation should call for hearings on global warming.
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News from aljazeera

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Saturday November 13, 2004 · 10:54 PM PST

2004/11/13 · 22:54

I wonder how many folks here read al jazeera?

I began to do so around the time Bush invaded Iraq and have been very impressed.

http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage

Al Jazeera is obviously a proponent of the Arab side, but it is a fair proponent that provides a coverage of facts we simply do not get in our media. The Bushies denigration of al jazeera is one their most successful efforts at creating a de facto censorship ... worse even than their mantra that the NY Times is a left wing publication. Read More

Poll Question: tax harvard?

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Saturday November 13, 2004 · 9:45 PM PST

2004/11/13 · 21:45

Read the Business Week article on "public education." The major state universities are rapidly turning into private schools. Typical tuitions are getting into the 20K range, what a bargain!

Kerry's proposal would do little to fix this... adding more money to a two tier system, community colleges for the proles and Yale for the elite.

If we do not have equality of educational opportunity, any pretense that the US is the land of opportunity is deeply wounded.

Combined with Our Dear Leader's Imperial Army, the national dedication to spreading theistic democracy around the world under the banner of American man's burden, the two tier education system looks awfully like the British Empire at its peak. Read More

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