Author: Emmett O'Connell (Page 176 of 177)

The best thing about Pat Ryan not running was that Mike Ditka coulda been running. Now that Ditka isn’t… All the good Ditka jokes that will not be.

Ditka vs. John Kerry. Ditka will do to Kerry what da Bears did to the New Englad Patriots during the 1985 Super Bowl. Ditka 46, Kerry 10.

Ditka vs. Saddam Hussein. Ditka will have problems here. Its a road game, played under hot Iraq sun. Ditka 102, Saddam 3. Apparently he has a good kicker.

Aug 19 and Fourth time is the charm. MLB has missed three chances to finish this tired old dog off. Lets hope they finally put PDX MLB out of its misery.

Three Dems vote to continue debate, FIVE Republicans voted against. Four of the five hail from jolly ol’New England. John McCain being the only not.

A National Party No More?

It looks as if the Grand Ol’Party is forgetting its New England roots. Oh yeah, and the best example of this phenomenon, Jim Jeffords (from R to I fame) voted no as well.

Portland Expos dead, all but… Mariners Empire safe

Hopefully on July 13, or soon thereafter, we can put this entire sordid tale behind us. The idea of ever having a major league baseball team in Portland was a poor one to begin with. Now, finally, it may be over.

…three people with knowledge of the relocation process told USA TODAY on Tuesday that those locations are ahead of Las Vegas; Norfolk, Va.; Monterrey, Mexico; and Portland, Ore., but that the committee is having difficulty reaching a final choice.

This will be the last time I run down the list. Hopefully.

1. The Mariners currently have a disproportionately large tv market. Carving off Portland and all the southern markets would harm the Ms. Rule numero uno, don’t harm the Ms.

2. Portland better than Montreal? Hardly. Even with a ravenous following, they’d be one of the smallest of small markets.

3. Why not Mexico? I did this little study, looking at the distances between Monterey, Mexico City and other Major League cities. It turns out that Mexican cities are pretty darn close.

Walk Olympia. Now, this campaign I can really get behind. I can’t wait.

Nice, my only problem with this, and it is just a little tiny problem is that both funding ideas give less money to sidewalks than to parks. Our park situation in Olympia is pretty good, our sidewalks are almost non-existant. Except in newer cul-de-sacs and developments down on my side of town, there are almost no sidewalks. This means that the higher traffic streets, such as 18th, Boulevard for the most part, Fones and 22nd, lack sidewalks.

I don’t need to talk about this. Dave Ross can deliver the 8th to the Rs for all I care right now.

Dave Ross’s top ten reasons to run for Congress. Well at least he’s taking this seriously. I heard somewhere that he is deciding on Thursday. Today? Next week? Has he already announced and I’m just not paying attention?

Update: Here it is:

And by all indications, KIRO radio personality Dave Ross also will announce that he is running as a Democrat within a week.

Portland in the hunt, not in the hunt. Well I don’t care. Go Monterrey!

I guess it all depends on how you spin it:

Spun well.

Not spun.

I’m having trouble with Jim Francesconi’s candidacy for mayor. The actions of his campaign and his record as a city councilor raise doubts about his ability to be our city’s CEO.

First is his inability to collect the money owed to the city while head of the Bureau of Licensing. According to the bureau’s new director over 10,000 businesses failed to pay their city taxes and over $10 million was lost during Francesconi’s watch. That money would have done a lot to close our city’s budget shortfall.

Plus, he was given access to office space used by the Ball Janik law firm to raise funds. He first failed to report it as an in kind contribution on his campaign finance report, and when once he was caught he amended his report saying that the contribution was worth only $160.

These are the actions of a poor manager.

Humor overload, must mock… Too many jokes

“I applaud the people that are trying to save species that are endangered,” said Gretchen Borck, a lobbyist with the Washington Association of Wheat Growers. “But it might be good that we don’t have dinosaurs now. We’ve gotten oil from the dinosaurs. If we had preserved the dinosaur, we wouldn’t have that oil.”