For those who missed it, Tuesday was the anniversary of the founding of the GOP. It should be a real source of pride that our party was the one to abolish slavery. Of course, that begs the question: why was an anti-slavery party needed, when we already had the Democrats? Hmmmmmm? Good old Dems. They always give …
Month: February 2012
State Employees Hard At Work?
King 5 News presented an interesting piece a couple of days ago concerning the Washington Military Department. I'm guessing this department would come into its own if the state declares war on somebody. While there is some good reporting here, the impression given is that all we have is a bunch of well compensated people misusing …
Progressively Worse
Many of us will have derived much of what we know of Progressive Insurance from their commercials featuring Flo, a character who looks like a nurse. At first, I thought these commercials were pretty good. Now that the average American watches 326* hours a year of Progressive Insurance commercials, Flo is looking distinctly shopworn; maybe because …
Producing Oil From Coal
I remember decades ago reading that in World War 2, Germany - a country with little oil but plenty of coal - produced both oil and rubber from coal. I've often wondered whether the technology still exists, and if anybody is using it. I found this old but instructive article on the subject, which describes both …
We’re Proud Of You, Jay
Washington's Democrat gubernatorial hopeful Jay Inslee will apparently be the beneficiary of a fundraiser at the home of disgraced former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, according to the NW Daily Marker. It seems that the shameless Inslee is showing early that his lacck of integrity will not be overshadowed by that of current governor, Christine "I'm only here …
Another Beef About Cars
It seems as though the Chevy Volt, GM's "electric" car is selling only slowly. This is no surprise. The people most likely to buy electric cars are the green urban professional types in cities like San Francisco and Seattle. And these are the least likely people on the planet to buy an American-built car.
A Beef About Cars
When I'm driving around, I will often see vehicles emplazoned with decals advertising that the vehicle belongs to the city, the county, the state or any of the other levels of government that pay people to drive around in cars. My beef is that every other one of such cars seems to be a Toyota …
11th Legislative District Republican Caucus
11th Legislative District Precinct Caucus, March 3rd Location: Home Run Restaurant 423 Airport Way, Renton, WA Registration 9:00 – 10:00 AM Of course the restaurant and bar are always open for refreshments, as well as food following or before our meetings
Jay Rodne Response
5th District representative Jay Rodne adds these comments on the Democrat budget, and the Republican proposals: Dear Friends and Neighbors: The majority party released its budget proposal yesterday to address the state’s $1.1 billion spending gap. You may recall the $1.5 billion number I referenced in my last e-mail update, but recent caseload and revenue …
Irresponsibility In Olympia?
As we have noted before, the Seattle Times seems to be finally waking up to the financial shenannigans in Olympia. Today's editorial even uses the word "irresponsible". What has them upset this time is state Democrats trying to plug the state's $1 Billion plus deficit by simply delaying some payments to schools until the next budget period; thus …
11th District Republicans 