Month: July 2006

Cross posted at MyDD The difference between the Bad Boss contest sponsored by Working America (AFL-CIO) and the SEIU’s Since Sliced Bread contest redoubles my already heald impressions of both organizations. It also reinforces the two ways liberals/Democratics/Progressives are approaching things these days. The AFL-CIO represents bad politics: bitter, tearing down, win at all costs…

UPDATE: Darryl at Hominid View says it better than I. Just to say it again, let us make it about protecting communities, not about red tape or costing government or writing an unclear initiative, because all we care about is our own lives, not how unclear things are. Because, boy it sure sounds good. Amen…

A job ad from the Olympian (found again the TNT) this morning: ROLE PLAYERS NEEDED Arabic ROLE PLAYERS NEEDED Arabic speakers $20 HR DET/OP $13.16 DD214 COBs M/F $11.70 Call SMI 253-588-7529 The SMI in the ad is SMI Global Mission Support, an outfit with two locations, each right next to a major Army facility….

In case you missed it. We should all be more like Sam.

It was strange today, I was going to write two blog posts which basically came down to what I thought about color choices, so I figure its better to do them all at once than spitting them up. First, what is going on with the new wa-democrats.org. I take Dwight seriously when he says “is…

At Gnomedex in Seattle, Edwards says what other 2008 donkeys should all be saying, knowing and putting into practice. It isn’t about the technology, it is what the technology does to the conversation. It opens it up, calls for more acoutability, accesability and authenticity. Seattle PI: “I’m trying to retrain and recondition myself when I…

In the last few weeks the Protect Communities Coalition has evolved into the No on 933 campaign, which was bound to happen, but I wish it didn’t have to when it comes to their message. It seems like the No on 933 folks are taking too close of a look at the old messages from…