Brancaccio and Moeller: two liars who should get a room.

You all remember Baghdad Bob, don't you?



The guy was a hoot.  No lie he wouldn't tell... or repeat.... over and over again.

Well, our local example, Light Heel Lou and Communist Rep. Jim Moeller (Communist - 49) are cut from the same cloth.

They REALLY ought to get a room.  Politically, of course.

Brancaccio exhibits Baghdad Bob-type hypocrisy with his tripe this morning, whining through inference over Sen Benton's failure to respond to that moron and the efforts of others to "deflect."

When you're a punk like Brancaccio... a bully used to getting his own way no matter what damage he causes with an owner, Scott Campbell, who apparently lacks the testicular fortitude to bring this clown to heel, it's easy to engage in both the lies... and the rank hypocrisy... that Brancaccio is known for.

Today's babble is where Brancaccio whines over the legislators taking an allowable expense as if they did something wrong.

They didn't.

We may not LIKE the idea that they get this benefit as legislators, but they do.  If we have a problem with any of this, then it should be taken up with the administration of the legislature itself: THEY were the ones who put this benefit in place.

For a cretin like Brancaccio to whine about THIS.... why, that's as moronic as Brancaccio whining about the thousands in B&O tax cuts his newspaper received while everyone else's went up to help cover it.

That's a special kind of rank hypocrisy.  It's right up there with Lou's moronic support of the ballpark scam, and his continuing insistence on ignoring the CRC scam, and continuing his damaging support for this rip off.

Which brings us to his Majesty, The Arrogance, also known as lying Jim Moeller.

Moeller is a slimebag of the old school tradition.  Corrupt in a variety of ways, there's is ABSOLUTELY no lie he won't tell to get what he wants, or to attack those who oppose his agenda.

This scumbag is even suing his own constituents over the 2/3rds vote for tax increases rule, voted into place in this state... AND IN HIS OWN DISTRICT... FIVE times.

Today's lies?  (And this clown lies every day he speaks or writes)

Jim Moeller ·  Top Commenter

Mike: The old bridge needs to be replaced. It's unsafe both seismically and traffic-wise. The North bound span was built for the horse and buggy era and the South bound span was built in the 1950's. Both now lack the capacity for the increased traffic, freight mobility and river commerce. It remains the only remaining draw-bridge on the I-5 corridor and is considered a "choke-point" for business and commuters alike. 

Replacing the I-5 bridge has been discussed since the 1980's and in the Locally Preferred Alternative (adopted in 2008) a compromise plan was developed and light-rail was selected as the transit option (over Bus Rapid Transit) for the new bridge as it meets the needs (both present and future) of Portland/Vancouver economic region. Besides the thousands of jobs created during construction, the long term economic benefits for Vancouver and SW Washington's connection to the economic center of our region are clear through increased growth and development from investment in our transportation infrastructure, creating options for getting around connecting to an already established and functioning 56 mile light-tail system. One only needs to look at Portland to understand that light-rail = growth and redevelopment. 

Connecting to Portland with a 2.5 mile light-rail spur is a economic deal that we should not pass up. In the larger system, we pay very little for the initial construction of light-rail as most of the cost is born by the federal government. No increases in local sales tax, no increases in local property taxes, no increases in local B&O taxes leaving those that use the bridge - help pay for the bridge with tolls is a common and conservative user fee. Getting large amounts of people for point A to point B is the job of a transportation system. Creating options to getting there is the job of roads, bridges and transit. 

Will people and businesses be disturbed? Of course - we are building a new bridge across the Columbia River! However, most will be mitigated We are, after all, creatures of habit and all progress and change is resisted. 

But eventually, we have to stop planning and start building. Standing still and arguing over the details as the world goes by is NOT an option. Is it everything we all want? No. Are we all please with the plan? No. It's a compromise - between two cities, two states, and the federal government. A lot of thought and effort from a lot of people, time and money from both sides of the river have gone into this plan. It's time to fund it and build that bridge!

Lie, after lie, after exaggeration after lie.

Lie 1: "The old bridge needs to be replaced."

A long disproven lie.

Lie 2: "It's unsafe both seismically and traffic wise"

Then retrofit it and add another bridge to re4duce traffic demands.  Both WADOT and ODOT have declared the bridge safe.  Lying about it doesn't change that.

Lie 3:  that the massive waste of a new bridge with the same number of through lanes and no Rose Quarter increase in capacity will magically "have the capacity for increased traffic (traffic across the bridge, of course has been falling for several years)  freight mobility (Even the CRC says that this will do nothing for either freight mobility or congestion) or that a bridge built too close to the river will IMPROVE river commerce."

When you're lying scum like Moeller, this is the kind of pap you spew.

Diversion 1: It's the only draw bridge on the I-5.

So what?  The BRIDGE is "considered a choke point?"  What about the Rose quarter and the I-5 through Portland?  Here's a clue, moron: the scam of this bridge and your loot rail fetish will do absolutely nothing to change anything except to enrich your fellow leftist scum.

Lie 4:  Replacing the I-5 bridge has been discussed since the 1980's and in the Locally Preferred Alternative (adopted in 2008) a compromise plan was developed and light-rail was selected as the transit option (over Bus Rapid Transit) for the new bridge as it meets the needs (both present and future) of Portland/Vancouver economic region,.

That Moeller and his fellow scum want this rip off doesn't make it "preferred by any means.  It just means he's worn out some knee pads in an effort to ram this garbage down our throats.  In fact, as the Oregon Supreme Court pointed out, the rip off he's supporting so loudly was the plan from the beginning: it was the ONLY alternative no matter WHAT we wanted.

It's also been REJECTED BY THE VOTERS since the 80's.  "Discussing" something and keeping the people out of the process: refusing to allow us a vote, insulting our intelligence, belittling us and lying is hardly a reason to implement it.

Nothing from this clown on the horrific impacts to small business in Clark County when the $100,000,000 a year vaporization of disposable income hits.  This moron talks about the "economic region" as if making these billions go away for decades won't cripple the local economy.

Lie 5:  Besides the thousands of jobs created during construction, the long term economic benefits for Vancouver and SW Washington's connection to the economic center of our region are clear through increased growth and development from investment in our transportation infrastructure, creating options for getting around connecting to an already established and functioning 56 mile light-tail system. One only needs to look at Portland to understand that light-rail = growth and redevelopment.

It's not "thousands," it's TWO thousand mostly non-local jobs, temporary in nature.  Moeller knows this: and furthermore, of course, I don't give a rat's ass that his union butt-buddies will scam jobs by ripping us off.  That justifies nothing, because it's not the taxpayer's responsibility to provide make work for the scum who own Moeller like the 13th Amendment was the 13th Suggestion.

And to use Portland with it's current $1.6 billion deficit for it's loot rail system is to emulate a disaster.  Why does Moeller want us to be like that?

Moeller apparently lives in a vacuum with the mental acuity of a rock ape.  Baghdad Bob is actually blushing in the face of these lies and exaggerations.

Lie 6:   Connecting to Portland with a 2.5 mile light-rail spur is a economic deal that we should not pass up.

Since the people don't want this theft, then yes, in fact, we SHOULD pass it up.  $2.5 miles?  Since the ENTIRE PURPOSE OF THIS SCAM IS LOOT RAIL, that will make the ultimate cost just short of $4 BILLION.... PER MILE.

The most expensive loot rail/transportation project in the world.

 Lie 7:   In the larger system, we pay very little for the initial construction of light-rail as most of the cost is born by the federal government.

First, where does the fed get that money?

Moeller the Moron is like those people who believe that milk comes from Safeway.

Second, again, as pointed out by the Oregon Supreme Court, THIS ENTIRE PROJECT WAS DESIGNED, START TO FINISH, TO GET LIGHT RAIL'S NOSE UNDER THE CLARK COUNTY TENT FLAP.

WE are paying AT LEAST THREE BILLION IN TOLLS FOR THIS SCAM.  AT LEAST.

Lie 8:  No increases in local sales tax, no increases in local property taxes, no increases in local B&O taxes leaving those that use the bridge - help pay for the bridge with tolls is a common and conservative user fee.

Let's just ignore the fact that the voters (even the few who were allowed to vote on this 4rip off ) CRUSHED the EFFORT to jack our sales tax.  And how is $8 or so per trip "conservative?"

Frankly, Moeller wouldn't know "conservative" if it bit his crank off.

Lie 9: Getting large amounts of people for point A to point B is the job of a transportation system. Creating options to getting there is the job of roads, bridges and transit.

And doing it in the worst possible, most expensive way imaginable to produce a project that will accomplish NONE of those goals?

That's the job of an out of touch, arrogant, fringe-left whack job who can't seem to understand that Sen. King will not allow this money to move forward... and Oregon isn't giving up any cash until we do... meaning NO MONEY.

Diversion 2:  Will people and businesses be disturbed? Of course - we are building a new bridge across the Columbia River! However, most will be mitigated We are, after all, creatures of habit and all progress and change is resisted.

You know, this "resistance is futile, you will be assimilated" bullshit didn't even play on TV.

Moeller doesn't give a rats ass about the people and businesses he's screwing here:  He's made it clear in so many ways that what the people want is meaningless to him: his Hitlerian arrogance shines through with every word.

But you see, the people... the people.... the people WANT "change," when it MAKES SENSE, or when WE HAVE TO HAVE IT.  And there is NO reason we have to have THIS rip off... except Moeller and the rest of the downtown mafia WANT it.

Resisting the rank stupidity of the variety this scumbag is trying to ram down our throats is the job of the people.  And it will continue as long as scum like Moeller darken our door way.

Lie 10:  But eventually, we have to stop planning and start building.

Says who?  In fact, he's right.  To a certain degree, the time HAS come to stop planning.  Period.  We should burn this entire project, engage in a federal grand jury and start locking up those scum who've been ripping us off.

But it's NEVER time to build a project we don't need, don't want and cannot afford.

Lie 11: Standing still and arguing over the details as the world goes by is NOT an option.

Perhaps the biggest, most arrogant lie of all.

This "we have to pass the bill to find out what's in it" bullshit is just that.  In fact this is PRECISELY not ONLY the time to "stand still," it is, in fact, the time to "step back."  It's is time to end this farce.  It is the time to reject this rip off completely.  It is the time to either do what SHOULD be done, or do nothing at all.

Lie 12:  Is it everything we all want? No. Are we all please with the plan? No. It's a compromise - between two cities, two states, and the federal government.

There's NO compromise here: it was a scam from the beginning.  And, of course, the most important element is left out of this scumbag's equation:  The People.  And the real lie here?

Dillwad Moeller is THRILLED with this plan.  Like so many of the scum special interests who've worked so hard to ignore us, Moeller DOESN'T CARE that WE DO NOT WANT THIS.

That he doesn't give a shit makes him unfit for elective office.

And the final lie, Lucky 13:  A lot of thought and effort from a lot of people, time and money from both sides of the river have gone into this plan. It's time to fund it and build that bridge!

But none from those who matter the most:

None from us.

And it's long since past time to kill this bridge.

Long since.

So, as I say, when it comes to intellectual cowardice, rank hypocrisy and absolute lies... Moeller and Brancaccio REALLY ought to get a room to exchange their views.

Because we are damned sure sick of them out here.