SHUT IT DOWN.

The very same people whining about shutting down government were the very same slimeballs who told us the world would end if sequestration was implemented.

How'd that work out for us?  You still here?

I am.

Shut it down.  It can't be any worse than it is.

I'm more than willing to risk it.  And if the GOP gets "blamed," well that's too damned bad.

This isn't about "blame."  It's about DOING THE RIGHT THING.

Shut it down.  Do it now.

Let's see what happens.

Smokey's Pizza to close: one CRC Scammer down, how many to go?

It's been awhile since I picked up some pizza at Smokeys... like, ever since the day I found out they supported the CRC Scam.

They were on the list that came out last March.

Should this rip off ever get built, the vaporization of a $100,000,000 a year in what had been discretionary income going to tolls every year means that Smokey's is just the first casualty, albeit self-inflicted, that small business in this community will suffer as a result.

Smokey's is closing?

Great.  I won't miss them.

Another reason that Seattle is a great place... to be from: business can no longer ask about criminal backgrounds as part of hiring.

The place has lost it's mind.

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Last June, the City of Seattle passed a law limiting employers’ ability to use criminal history information in hiring and employment decisions. Proponents hailed the law as giving a second chance to people with criminal records and preventing discrimination against racial minorities, who make up a disproportionate number of those incarcerated. Opponents criticized the law as imposing undue restrictions on employers.

The law’s protections apply to all job applicants, employees, and independent contractors who perform at least 50% of their services within Seattle city limits. It takes effect on November 1, 2013, so employers should act quickly to make sure they are in compliance with these key points:

Initial screening: “Ban the box”

During the initial screening process, employers cannot perform a criminal background check or even ask about an applicant’s criminal history (e.g., by asking applicants to check a box on their application indicating whether they have a criminal history).  

After initial screening: limited use of criminal history

After an initial screening has been completed, employers can perform criminal background checks, but their ability to use the information in these reports is subject to certain requirements.

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Another example of why the democratian is to be despised: they lie. Apparently, on purpose. (UPDATE: error has been partially fixed.)

Greg Jayne, editorial page editor commented thusly having fixed one of the more egregious errors: 

Greg Jayne - The Columbian

Thank you all for the comments. I have made two corrections in the editorial above, and we will run a correction in Tuesday's paper. The first involves the timing of Madore's quote; that was an error on my part in not double-checking with the reporter who wrote the story. The second involves when the language of the resolution became available. If there is confusion over that, it's because it was poorly worded on my part. I apologize for the errors. Thank you for bringing them to our attention and for the lively discussion.

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Still present and still troubling is the reference to the Benton hiring, a specious reference that had no place in the editorial.
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One of Lefty Lou Brancaccio's many problems is this: his paper lies.

Now, there aren't all that many reasons why a newspaper WOULD lie.  Unless, of course, that was editorial policy.

In this case, the fish obviously rots from the head, down.

But here's the thing, thanks, once again to Lew Waters.

An Honest Error or a Media Smear?

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The Lazy C once again shows their inability to write an accurate story as shown in the video below,

An Honest Error or a Smear

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 I have a difficult time believing it to be a simple error, given numerous contacts of the error throughout the day and it still remaining.

But, even if they do correct it online, it is likely it went out in the printed edition to both subscribers.

Absence of malice?

Update: Over 24 hours since first notification and the error has not been changed nor have they responded on it.

More and more it appears to be a deliberate smear. In our view: C-Tran Plan Has Holes

This kind of thing is problematic.  What is the value of a news organization when they wrongly report the news and do it with such an obvious slant and bias?

And then this garbage:

 On several fronts, we agree with Madore, although his assertion would carry more weight had he shown due diligence in hiring the county’s director of environmental services. The C-Tran financing plan was hastily put together and, as governments frequently prove, haste makes waste. Copies of the resolution, which was made public earlier in the week, were passed out just minutes before the vote was taken. In addition, the board rejected a motion put forth by Madore that any financing plan go to voters for approval.

And this despicable rag wonders why anyone to the right of Stalin hates them?

Why can't they apply the same standard either to themselves, or to someone on the left?  Like this:

On several fronts, we agree with Moeller, although his assertion would carry more weight if he hadn't been the force behind that idiotic "what is, what isn't" candy tax that was crushed at the polls statewide.

Why is it that we never see that sort of thing?

Or this:

On several fronts, I agree with the democratian, although their positions would carry more weight if they weren't lying scum concerning anything having anything to do with their agenda or Republicans they happen to hate... which is most.

Brancaccio and the rest of the scum there give the left a pass: compared, for example, to Jim Moeller's theft of  per diem and Jim Jacks' drunken molestation of female staff in the legislature, this obsessive hatred of Madore is the kind of thing that cements the psychotic nature of Brancaccio's management; the years of abuse that slimeball encouraged from the departed-but-not-missed pit yorkie, John Laird, for example, even in the midst of Brancaccio's bizarre "civility offensive."

There is no excuse for this.  None.  And the more Lefty bitches about the Benton hiring, the more I know it was the right thing to do.  It's like a simple equation.  he harder the scum at the democratian push, the more dug-in the majority will get.

Madore is either correct about this (and of course, he is) or he isn't. 

The Benton hiring is even more irrelevant to this situation than it is generally.  And if Madore IS right, then THAT is where the focus of attention should be.

Benton IS hired: the hiring WAS legal; there's nothing anyone can do about it except get over it.  But that hiring has so poisoned the leftist well, that the scum at the democratian simply cannot let it go.

And this serves as the prime example of why this paper is failing.

And failing, it is.  And it's their own fault.

Memo to Scott Campbell - New democratian web site: lipstick on a pig.

A while back, Lefty Lou Brancaccio mentioned a plan to kill traffic at the democratian web site: he wants to charge people to look at that garbage.

There are a variety of ways around the so-called "pay wall," but here's the thing: many newspapers have tried that idiocy... and many of those are bailing on the plan.

The local disgrace to journalism will likely, ultimately join that club of failure.

That said, the web site's appearance makes no difference.  No matter how they dress that pig up, it's still a hog with lipstick.

If Scott Campbell has any interest at all in revamping his rag, he needs to start with the staff.

Every current reporter needs to be fired.

Lefty Lou Brancaccio?  He's unfit to run a middle school newspaper, let along this rag.  You want increased circulation?

Then get rid of him, as well.

Next, get rid of the idiotic political blogs where the fringe-left leanings of the slime "reporters" are babbled at will without the constraints of "facts," under the guise that the "blogs" are "opinions."

Crap.

Reporters are reporters.  News is news.  The tenets of journalism should apply to every word they write.  The blogs, in Lefty's "mind," relieves them of that responsibility much like Lefty himself ignores it.

Get rid of Brancaccio, Rice, Hidle, et al, and even I would consider paying for the paper.

Keep those scum... and, well, you get the drift.

Just sayin'.

Springfield Arms XDs Recall: They still don't get it. (FAQ)

So, Springfield Arms is starting to feel it.  The XDs recall is putting them in the hurt locker, and it's their own fault.

They finally have come clean on their FAQ:

Why it's taking so long:

We pledge to you that we are working as fast as we can, and have greatly increased our staff and number of shifts to ensure that we are leveraging every hour in the day.

We understand that our decision to announce a voluntary safety recall without a final solution in place has caused confusion and frustration. We sincerely apologize for that inconvenience. However, your safety is, and always has been, our paramount concern. And that is why we decided to issue the voluntary safety recall before we had a guaranteed upgrade solution in place.

Bull

Shit.

Here's the thing: they could have issued  a warning to not fire the weapon and then begin the recall AFTER they had set up the system to fix it: (i.e. manufacture the right parts in big enough numbers, distributed to parts to gun sellers who could handle the repair, paid them to do it; enabled us to bring our guns in for a "while you wait" or at least an overnight repair, and then thrown in a 7 round magazine to apologize with.)

That way, many of us who bought this thing for personal protection would actually HAVE it for personal protection, instead of allowing it to gather dust in an SA warehouse.

This has nothing to do with OUR safety: instead, it has to do with THEIR perceived liability.

Our decision not to wait was based on putting you, our customer, first. Some companies build in several weeks of lead time before announcing their recalls. But, we didn't feel that was the most responsible approach in this case since our priority is your safety.

Since even THEY call this a "voluntary recall," this has squat to do with OUR safety.  OUR safety demands that we have personal protection weapons.  Right now, and apparently, for the indefinite future we are not GOING to have our personal protection weapons available to us.

Please know that we are committed to resolving this matter as quickly as possible and we are committed to ensuring that you will be very pleased with your upgraded 3.3 XD-S™. As a reminder, do not use your 3.3 XD-S™ until the upgrade has been performed.

*I* won't be "pleased" with it, ever, because I am going to get rid of this garbage as soon as possible, and get a gun where the company doesn't screw up, and then screw you by lying and misleading about the recall in the first place.

They should offer a full refund to everyone who can prove they bought it.  That's what I want, and that's what I and the thousands of others who find their XDs's held hostage by incompetence while we wait... and wait... and wait... for some nebulous, to be determined date to get this garbage back.

So, here's the thing, Springfield Arms: if I ever find myself in a situation where I NEED a gun but don't HAVE a gun because it's sitting on one of YOUR shelves, I'll just tell the bad guys to wait until you people get off the dime and ship my unfired, brand new .45 back before they shoot me.

OK?

I will never, ever, by a Springfield Arms product again.  Ever.  There is no excuse for this.  None.

I respectfully disagree with Jaynes on Baird.

It's relatively easy to treat someone from the loyal opposition with respect when they, in turn, treat us all with respect.  In this case, a true example of disagreeing without being disagreeable.

I continue to express some amazement at the work of Greg Jayne.  Comparing his efforts with those of his predecessor, who, like the editor of this waste of wood pulp view(ed) their positions not as responsible stewards of the news, unvarnished, unslanted and without bias... but as a lever to TRY and influence the people of this community to accept their agenda... what the people want or need be damned... is like comparing Murrow with Goebbels.

Over the course of the campaign running up to his election and for the campaigns beyond that, the democratian supported Brian Baird in every way.  They held news, slanted news, belittled or ignored information provided by others and generally acted like they were a wholly-owned Baird-subsidiary.

For the most part, Baird's tenure will be marked by two elements of note, both of which will brand it as something less than desirable.  And here, of course, is where I disagree with Jayne's conclusions:

"Baird actually did his job"

To the extent that he showed up and cast votes.... then yes, in the technical sense, he did do his job.

But this is a man who set a standard, and then repeatedly violated that standard having set it, and that, of course, makes him a hypocrite.

This is also a man who lied repeatedly and particularly towards the end of his tenure about threats to him personally as an excuse to forgo town hall meetings.  And these two elements are what he is known for.

This blog discovered the truth concerning Baird's lies and excuses for not holding town hall meetings and printed it from the FBI, word for word.  Having read the truth, 2 weeks latter, the democratian did the exact same thing, failing to note the source (me) and failing to note that I had, in fact, once again beaten Brancaccio to the punch.  (Brancaccio's well known disdain for bloggers notwithstanding, this blog among others have been repeatedly used for story sources and ideas.)

Our own, current, Congresswoman is just as cowardly as Baird... and oddly, who could of her own admittance, "find no reason to criticize Baird," because she to, is too much of a coward to hold open town hall meetings herself.

So, we have a congressman that demanded a 72 hour window to consider legislation, and then, ignoring the overwhelming opposition to Obamacare, proceeded to violate his own standard by voting "yes" for a bill he could not have read... because he did what he was told.

Baird's claim that he read 2700 pages during the 36 hours or so it was available is pure fantasy.  Further, had he read that crap and then voted "yes" on it KNOWING what it contained?

There is absolutely and utterly no excuse for that.  Which leads to two conclusions: Baird is lying, or Baird has the common sense of a rock ape.

Baird's insistence that, for example

"coverage for people with pre-existing conditions was the deal-maker.

"That is a terrifying reality for people," he said. "The choice was not between the ACA and some fair, comprehensive alternative. It was vote for that or nothing. Do I wish we had another alternative? Yes."

Excuses nothing.

If there was no "alternative," then his choice was between driving a car that ran badly (what we have) and a car that didn't run at all (what we're getting).  And it is Brian Baird's legacy that he aided the slime who are stuffing this ill-conceived, lied about legislation down our throats.

What amendments did he offer?  What effort did he make to PROVIDE "another alternative?"  WHY did he vote for something that violated his own 72 hour rule?  Why did he ignore the vast majority of the American people generally and his district specifically?

That, of course, doesn't even mention his other abysmal failure... his complete betrayal of our community by doing absolutely nothing to impact the CRC Scam, which he support(ed).

I oppose the pre-existing issue being forced on private companies.  I freely admit it.

I've read the Constitution many times and there is nothing in there that gives the government the right to force private entities to produce any product for consumption by the public any more than, for example, government has the right to force gas stations to sell tires.

Forcing an insurance company to my mind to accept pre-existing conditions is right up there with forcing car dealerships to accept cars without engines on trade and then paying full price for it.

So, by making one claim (false as I believe it to be) he falls into another category of just... plain stupid.  He would have been better off allowing the people to believe he was a crook then, by his own admission, verifying it for all to see.

So, when Jayne tells us:

Baird actually did his job. He considered all the facts, he employed due diligence, and he did what he thought was best for the country. I happen to disagree with him, and that's OK. Reasonable people can disagree reasonably, something that all too often is lost on Washington, D.C.

I completely disagree.

Had he done his job, he would have considered ALL of the massive, adverse impacts confronting us today.  He should have known, like we all now know, that the basis used for Obama's lies were fallacious, that when a bill has to be lied about, it shouldn't be passed, and that when a slimeball like the Belle of Botox has to babble that we "have to pass the bill to see what's in it?" then his duty, particularly when combined with his own requirement of a 72 hour window, was to vote "no."

Thus, Baird did NOT actually "do his job," particularly when you consider that like most of those in the position to ram it down our throats, HE will not have to utilize these services.

And how easy it is for those in a position to do so to use OUR money for the programs THEY support... but won't have to pay for.

Shades of the CRC Scammers. 

I don't understand the revisionist element of Jayne's column, nor the image rehabilitation effort.  But leaving out the true picture, which Jayne appears to have done because that picture contains "inconvenient truths" is troubling indeed, and smacks of a Brancaccio/Laird column.

I hope it doesn't happen again, because I hate this nibbling at the edges.  ALL of the facts and issues have to be included... not just the ones attempting to justify the unjustifiable.

For light reading, here's my "cowardman" series that details all this concerning Baird.

Memo to Boehner: Don't even think about it if you won't see it through.

There's a reason Gingrich is castigated for the last government shut-down: eventually, he caved.

I supported the shut down then, I support it now... under the following condition:

Don't back down.

The point of all of this is to make sure your agenda wins.  If you're not willing to do that by any means necessary, then don't even try it.

Obama is the national version of that scumbag Leave-it.  He doesn't listen to people because he doesn't think he has to.  He's ignoring the American people on this: that's why we have a system of checks and balances in the first place.

As much as Obama thinks, acts and actually channels Mussolini, he is not that.  And Mr. Speaker, it's up to you to make sure that Obamacare does not happen... no matter the political cost.

That's, among other things, what you were sent there to do.

But if you cave, it will be a sign that there is no legislative power in this country.  Obama has already summarily violated immigration law as well as this farce of a health care bill.  If you cave on this, they'll be no end to his perfidy.

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When Republican Senators lie: Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham called a liar after tweet saying he voted to defund Obamacare

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On Friday, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., issued a tweet touting his vote to defund Obamacare, but a number of people took him to task, Twitchy said, calling the embattled Republican a liar. While Graham did vote with other Republicans to defund Obamacare, he joined a number of Senate Republicans in voting for cloture -- a key vote that allowed Majority Leader Harry Reid to put funding for the massive law back into the continuing resolution.

"I proudly voted to #DefundObamacare and am proud every Senate GOPer united in support of the House-passed #DefundObamacare provision," Graham tweeted.

"With Dems in control of Senate we needed Dems to join with the American people who want Obamacare stopped in its tracks," he added some time later.

But those tweets didn't sit well with quite a few people.

"[S]top lying.....we all know what you did," one person said.

"Enough with your lame excuses. You failed the American people," another person said in response.

Twitchy called Graham's messages "unbelievable."

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It's bad enough that the Senate GOP is, in effect, supporting this massive rip off... now, one of those most responsible, tries this smoke and mirrors con job?

Proving once again the road to hell is paved with the best of intentions.

A humble proposition: change the name "Vancouver" to "Portlanistan," and "Clark County" to "North Clackamas"

It never ceases to amaze me how the people of this county have allowed the scum running the Soviet Socialist Republic of Vancouver to take over our lives.

The Kangaroo Court masquerading as the CTran Board last night was a case in point: I won't go into the details of the betrayal of the people of this county to the special interests who own them like slavery was still in vogue; others will be poetic in their condemnation of the slime infesting us who would govern us.

So, in honor of their rape of the people of this county, I offer this humble suggestion:

Once the charter is adopted, I suggest that we start the process of changing the names of our two largest governmental entities around here: first, we change the name of Vancouver to Portlanistan, and second, that we change the name of Clark County to "Clackamas North."

I suggest the name "Portlanistan" frankly, because the corruption that runs Tim "The Liar" Leave-it and Steve "Broken word" Stuart is reminiscent of Hamed Karzai, the clown running the show in Afghanistan.  It's like they were classmates in PoliSci 101 or something.

Renaming Vancouver "Portlanistan" would just formalize what we already know: That the people running that city are among the most corrupt in politics here locally today: that Leave-it, Smith and Hansen are a disgrace, and that the city should be treated as just another province of one of the most corrupt governments on earth... and that they continue to ignore the will of the people as they scutter around like cockroaches of John Laird lore... just on the other side of the issue.

Renaming Clark County would be an acknowledgement of the tragedy of Clackamas, where the outgoing scum commissioners of that county in Oregon raped their people like Leave-it, et al, raped us, and where the people's wishes, also expressed at the polls, have also been ignored, and loot rail is being rammed down their throats.

Steve "Broken Word" Stuart deserves special mention, in that he had pledged to numerous people to vote to utilize the county's block veto to stop this crime.

If nothing else, Stuart has proven himself to be, in every regard, precisely what I knew he was.  And he is going to pay a high political price for this.

Perhaps he can check with Marc Boldt and find out if Nutter's got any more truck driving jobs available?

Lately, it's become increasingly easy to be ashamed of our government at every level.

Yesterday, September 26, 2013 is a day that will live in infamy.  And the names of the most perfidious: Leave-it, Stuart, Smith, Hansen, Onslow... will be sunk in concrete with the worst political scum in this area's history.

The CTran CRC Scam, about as I expected. (Congrats to Jim Karlock)

The corrupt scum that voted for this were never swayed by any of the testimony... even the recorded testimony of then candidate Tim "The Liar" Leave-it... who repeatedly heard himself talk about how he would be opposed to tolls and how unfair they were.

The usual liars lied, the usual people pled, the board members had made up their minds before it started.

leave-it (one of, if not perhaps THE most corrupt politicians in office today) had his marching orders.  The only way he'd vote no would be if he was assured there were enough votes to carry this illegal act forward.

Leave-it's scam, to cut bus routes and shift the money to the M&O of the crime train, is illegal on its face.



That won't make any difference to our local version of Benito Mussolini.

Ultimately, we'd be better served by a responsive CTran Board, instead of one who sees the voters as untermensh,  But it's not likely the CRC Scammers will care what the people have to say.

They haven't yet.

Lew Waters lays it all out on the Ciraulo in Battle Ground city council race.

The Bobbsey Twins, aka Mike Ciraulo and Mikey Dalesandro, are running for city council, again, in Battle Ground.  While Dalesandro has been the perennial loser and is a fringe-left whacker, Ciraulo, allegedly sworn to uphold the law, cavalierly decided to ignore it with his $50 per head poker game scam fund raiser.

Apparently, the usual leftist scum showed up: to be expected, I guess.  But, as usual, Lew Waters has done the heavy lifting on the whole thing has he illustrates Ciraulo's violation of a law: Allegations Fly In Battle Ground.

Fascinating how Peyton Place-ish the whole thing is.  Give it a read.

Colion Noir channels me in his "Response to Starbucks" video.

Look, I came to loath Fivebucks the moment I became aware that their efforts to engage in social engineering played a greater role than achieving corporate profits... so Howard's decision to attempt to painfully straddle the cyclone fence with their position on guns didn't effect me in the least, since I wouldn't be caught dead using their products.

That said, Colin Noir, an attorney a social commentator ion 2nd Amendment issues has channeled me brilliantly with his response to the whole thing: both to Starbucks, and the divide between the open cary/concealed carry superiority crowd.

I don't go anywhere unarmed.  I don't go to the shop on my property unarmed.  It's foolish to do so in this day and age of the increasing requirements of self-protection from the criminal elements. (When seconds count, cops are only minutes away.)  But I usually carry concealed because, first, I believe that if I'm carrying or not is nobody's business but my own and second, I like the element of surprise.

I freely admit I ignore private "no weapons" signs.  I do NOT carry on public property where weapons are banned by law.

But since that moron blew those people away in the movie theater in Colorado, I ignore those signs completely... because those bringing guns into these areas with ill intent just see fat targets who can't shoot back.  Well, imagine their surprise...  And concealed carry enables me to do that.

Having set the table for that, I give you Colion Noir, the Pied Piper of the 2nd Amendment, who has a clarity of vision that is rare to find through all the clouds of media=-driven hype, lies and gross exaggerations (What model of AR15 was that shotgun in the Navy Yard shootings again?)

Memo to Washington State Rep. Mike Hope: My position on gun control articulated by Colion Noir.

I admit it, I'm an NRA Member.  I joined as a direct result of the left's moronic efforts to take our weapons away... after Sandy Hook so they can turn the entire country into utopian gun-free zones.  You know... like Chicago and DC?

The NRA's throw-weight exceeds that of the fringe-leftists infesting us: even post-Sandy Hook the gun-grabbers were stymied by their efforts.

Most recently, a malignant shot-gun kidnapped a guy and forced him to shoot 13 people at the DC Navy Yard... his security checks and background checks notwithstanding.

For those like Rep. Hope, a fake Republican, who seem to believe the utter nonsense that punishing those of us who follow the law will somehow have any impact on those who ignore the law, I offer the following:

Memo to our Congresswoman: long since past the time to act to kill the CRC.

Like a fungus, we've been forced to deal with the mold of both the CRC Scam and the CRC Scammers now, literally, for years

Time's up.

We've had a representative in Congress for this, her 3rd year.  Before that, she was a representative in the 18th District House seat here in Washington.

And in all that time, she's done squadoosh to actually kill the CRC dead.  As a result, the Hydra is attempting to come back to life in Oregon.

We've been regaled with her public stances of various types on the CRC: many letters, statements and off the cuff remarks designed to make the people of the WA03 believe that she really and truly is opposed to this rip off.

Any casual observer is likely to say that... or believe that.  Except, of course, I'm not a "casual observer."

And Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler has done precisely nothing to kill this project.

Smoke and mirrors politics is the confusion of motion... with action.

There is only one question that matters: what has Herrera done to make it stop?

The political version of tinnitus, the CRC Scam is the political zombie of SW Washington, in large part because, from all appearances, our representative has done nothing to harpoon that White Whale.

We need a Captain Ahab and we've got Tom Sawyer with a fishing pole on the Mississippi.

That is not to say that she hasn't gone through a few of the motions to get that favorable PR the democratian's been slavishly pumping out for so long... though only God knows why.

For example, she had no difficulty wasting everyone's time with her bogus Pearson Air Museum bill (And how has that worked out for us?  Besides exactly the way I repeatedly said it would, I mean?)

She has had the ability to defund the CRC Scam from the moment she arrived, and has chosen not to do it.

She has had the ability to strip off loot rail since the moment she arrived and she has chosen not to do it.

She has had the ability to set a minimum height for the bridge and she has chosen not to do it.

She has had the ability to require a binding vote in Clark County... and, stunningly enough, she has chosen not to do it.

What she HAS done: "ADVISED" the Coast Guard not to issue a permit... a permit I believe, now, they ARE going to issue... a permit likely to be tied up in court for years as the Coast Guard violates maritime law at the behest of the Administration who wants this steaming pile built.

The key word, of course, is "advised."  "Advising" is as meaningless a political adjective as is available today.  "Advising" means the possibility... and in this case, the PROBABILITY of "ignoring" the good Congresswoman because there are precisely ZERO CONSEQUENCES for the Coast Guard if the DO ignore her, and plenty of consequences for the Coast Guard if they don't.

And, of course, there's the "report" they have to submit concerning the massive waste of mitigation...

...big whoop.

Those who look at this effort and who don't want this thing built are likely to actually believe this smokescreen constitutes some sort of action when, in fact, it's yet another example of the "bright, shiny article" politics she loves to play.

After all, when her top donors are prospective bridge contractors, one has to ask the question: why?

Well, now is the time.  I believe that any second, the Coast Guard is likely to announce the granting of this permit.  And THEN what is she going to do?

Don't wait, Jaime.  Drop the damned bill.  Do it now, for God's sake.  You've had 3 years to put a bullet through the head of this project and what do we, your constituents, have to show for it?

Our congresswoman sits on Appropriations in a GOP controlled House of Representatives.  She, again, has the ability to kill the entirety of this thing dead, and is deliberately choosing NOT to do it.

Why?

Don't know for sure.  Don't CARE... for sure.

Next year isn't so far away that you won't have to answer for your contrived failure to act.  If this thing somehow makes it back into life and becomes our reality, you're going to have a great deal to answer for politically... and you do not want that... do you?

Gotta wonder: is Dalesandro still a huge Obama fan?

One of the things Mike Dalesandro is trying desperately to keep quiet is his unabashed support for that blithering idiot in the White House.

Among other of the idiocies he wrote about, both real and (mostly) imagined, here are those this fringe-left nutter is so enamored of::

Mike Dalesandro

November 6, 2012 near Battle Ground

Not many Presidents can claim list of accomplishments as long and as important as President Obama: Access to affordable healthcare for most Americans, saving the US automobile industry, putting a stop to the economic free fall in 2008-09, killing Osama Bin Laden, appointing 2 women and the first Latina to the Supreme Court, equal pay for equal work, Wall Street reform, supporting marriage equality, eliminating don't ask don't tell, elimination of preexisting conditions, elimination of life-time health insurance caps, over 4 million private sector jobs created, 20+ months of job growth, increasing domestic oil production, increasing our nations commitment toward renewable energy, ending one war and ending another, putting both wars on the "books", infrastructure improvements all over the nation (economic recovery act), and payroll taxes reduced. I know many of my friends are not supporting this President because they feel he has not done the job of turning around this economy and/or they don't support his views on the right to choose, marriage equality, tax policy, etc. I respect your voice, and I will admit at times I was not 100% behind this president. But as this election cycle progressed, it became clear to me that Romney was promoting the failed economic policies of the last decade and the President was promoting the prosperous economic policies of the 90's. It became clear to me that Romney will not support the type of change we really need to get this nation moving forward. The election tonight is huge...either we affirm the change that has happened or we go back to the way it was and we are forced to fight those battles again. I am confident that we will not change our course tonight. I am proud to support President Obama. Regardless who wins, let our nation come together and start working together at not only the national level, but at the local level...no matter the victor. We must respect the voice of the people. We can disagree without being disagreeable. Debate is healthy and at the heart of our republic. Please vote if you haven't. Support YOUR choices, let your voice be heard. God Bless America!!

Most of what Mikey has blathered about is sheer fantasy... everything from his lies concerning "equal pay for equal work," a proven fantasy even in Obama's own White House; through the obvious lie of "payroll taxes reduced."

There can only be two issues here: first, Mikey is politically ignorant, in which case he shouldn't be elected hall monitor; or he knows he's lying, in which case he shouldn't be elected hall monitor.

I don't know what happened to Mikey... he used to be so transparent about his fringe-left positions and allegiances.  Now?

Not so much.

Why Obamacare must go.

We are run by an Administration and Congress of hypocrites.

The fact is this: if this scam were all that great, then every swinging richard in the Administration and Congress AND their staffs would be lined up to get on board, instead of clamoring for exemptions.

That they're not yet in the concentration camp... well, that means the camps must suck, right?

I went to that bizarro website to see how much I'd get screwed out of  if I signed up for this scam.

At 527% of the poverty level, I was pretty sure the numbers weren't going to be encouraging.

I could be wrong, however.  Figuring in ALL income, including that from my college kids... (left out last time) the number is a paltry $1,279 per month... $15,348 per year.

My house payment in Battle Ground for a 4 bedroom, 3 bath, 1/4 acre lot house wasn't that much.

Hell no.

Whip me, beat me, make me write bad checks, but I am NOT going to do that.

Memo to Tim "The Liar" Leave-it.

So, someone put a piece out there bitch-slapping you for being lying scum... and the best you can do is say you "will stay focused on issues?”

Here's the memo, Timmy: that you were and are lying scum IS a campaign issue... second only to your CRC Scammer fetish.

Leavitt is scum.  He's the worst politics has to offer: paid for by outside interests like any other prostitute fo0r political services... not to those he would govern, but to those who own him liken the 13th Amendment was the 13th Suggestion.

"No Choice" Royce had it right:

Pollard told me that Leavitt had 'duped the citizens of America’s Vancouver.' He also told Miller that Leavitt 'checked his honesty and integrity at the door somewhere way back down the line … people bought that bull … this was a campaign based on a lie'.

Leave-it's entirety in public office has been a lie.

This blog repeatedly called Leave-it out for lying during his campaign.  I knew he was lying about tolls... repeatedly said as much.

Now, the voters of Vancouver know he's lying scum.  He's lied... repeatedly, about the largest project in the history of the Northwestern United States... which begs the issue: what else is this little slimeball lying about?

If the people of Vancouver vote this scumbag back in they will have no one to blame but themselves, because to vote him back in is to vote for someone who would lie about anything or anyone to gain  [political advantage.

Stephanie Rice wears out another set of kneepads on this piece, doing all she can to neutralize it, overlooking the obvious: who funded this piece isn't nearly as important as what the piece itself has to say... and the only question that really matters:

Is it true?

My review of it indicates that it is.  And since it is, one wonders: what's Rice's bitch?  Beyond the obvious, I mean: that she's a lay-down for Leavitt?  (That's the name of Leavitt's supporters, BTW: Lay downs for Leave-it.)

This is the second in a series of democratian campaign pieces for Leave-it.  Expect many more in the near future... after all, ballot drop is in 3 weeks so they're going to crank it up for The Liar much like they did for Marc Boldt... and hopefully with the same results.

Dalesandro's sniveling.

Readers know I loath this fringe left whack job.  But this on his campaign face book page is the kind of sniveling punkism that proves he's unsuitable to be elected dog-catcher:

Mike Dalesandro for Battle Ground City Council shared a link.

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Happy to report this offensive sign has come down. A very positive thing for our city and her residents. We ARE better than what was displayed over the last couple days. Thank you to all who spoke up and made a difference!

BG council upset with Cortes, Ciraulo

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During a Sept. 16 Battle Ground City Council meeting, several council members voiced anger and frustration regarding an opinion piece written by council members Adrian Cortes and Mike Ciraulo that appeared in two area newspapers.

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Yo, Mikey: that sign isn't nearly as offensive as your efforts to keep people from finding out what a fringe-leftist you really are... particularly, unless you're on the city council (which you hopefully will never be) or your name is Ciraulo, Cortes or any other member of the city council, then it's nunja.

It;'s just a shame that your fellow leftist, Ciraulo, can't fight his own battles and needs a sock-puppet like you to do it for him.

The sign is not offensive, and if I could find it, I'd put it back up.

So, I guess the only real question is this: which one of you stole it?

Stop whining, Mikey.  Save it for after you hopefully lose... and Ciraulo with you.

How Springfield Armory is screwing up their XDs recall. (UPDATE) No end in sight.

UPDATE to my post of 5 September. (24 Sep) :  Thousands of people interested in this recall and how it's being handled so badly have read this post... by far, among the most viewed that I've ever done... a sign of the lack of information and mishandling by Springfield Arms with this recall.

Unfortunately, of those having read my meager effort, Springfield Armory does not appear to be one of them.

I received and then verified the following update: It's disturbing in that any company similarly situated could respond this way to their screw up.... and I join with Mark in concluding that SA will never get another dime from me... again.

Mark Carroll said...

New Information I just got off the phone with a supervisor in customer service and she finally after much prodding gave me the low down. Springfield does not have the fix for the issue yet. The 30 day period that they are telling you will not be correct. All of the guns are being held until their final testing is done and they have the final fix for the problem. With the guns being produced in Croatia, the testing and final parts production for the fix are being done there. I guess I will only buy guns made in the good old US from now on. Be prepared to do without your gun for a long period of time. The supervisor told me that they honestly do not know when the repairs will be made or when the final testing will be done to give the OK to even start producing the parts to fix the guns. The Sig recall on my P238 was done and back to me in less than a week with a free magazine. That is customer service. I will get rid of this gun when I get it back and will NEVER buy another Springfield product.

The way this should have been handled is to have issued a "stop-firing" order, done nationwide PR on that effort, and simultaneously developing and producing the parts needed to fix this issue... and then distributing the parts to the, at minimum, retail centers who sell these weapons for their instant repair on the spot.  They then shouldn have gi9ven at least one 7 round magazine to each of us who've now gone weeks without the weapons we purchased in good faith based on a reputation up to now of a solid product, backed by a company that actually gave a damn.

Well, I'm about to start my 4th week without my relatively expensive, unfired handgun... with, apparently, no end in sight.

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Springfield Armory makes a few models of pistols that I like.  As a result, I decided to get a smaller .45 (That Colt Government is getting heavy...) so early last month or so I picked up a XDs .45 3.3... a nice weapon, but not exactly what I was looking for, as it turned out, but nice, none-the-less.) So, I swung by the Cabela's in Olympia, where I got hosed on the price (My bad, not theirs... no one made me buy it, but discovering it was 84$ cheaper in Portland at NW Armory didn't give me a thrill.)





So, imagine my dismay when, even before I could fire it, they recalled it over the grip safety and a single pull/double-fire issue.

That's OK, I guess.  Even Bentleys have been recalled, I thought.

They did a really good job of setting up the FedEx return, although, because it's a firearm, you have to take it to a FedEx store and not a drop off box.  I'm not sure why... the guy never asked me what was in the package.

Anyway, FedEx did what they do, and the weapon was received in Moline, IL on Tuesday this week.

But then, the thought occurred to me that nowhere had they posted what the turn-around time was going to be.

So, I thought I'd call them to find out.  And that's where it got stupid.

Their phone system is wholly inadequate for the call volume, so I kept getting a "circuits are busy" intercept.

I called back repeatedly, and on my 8th attempt, got through.

The first option they offered was to hit "7" for information relevant to the XDs recall.

As you might expect, there was a wait.  A LONG wait, with annoying elevator music and a witch doing a voice-over every 30 seconds to tell us we could wait or hit 1 to leave a message.

When I finally got to a human, I asked him: so what's the turnaround time on this?

He didn't know.  Somewhere towards the end of September was all he had.

And that, folks, is no way to run an airline.

It wasn't this guy's fault: he can only say what he was told to say.

But after dropping almost 6 bills on a pistol that I haven't even been able to fire, and then to be told they don't know when they can return it?

That.

Sucks.

So, I did what I always do when the service or information is inadequate.

I asked to talk to his boss.

"She's gone for the rest of the day," I was told.

What the hell is up with that?

I told him "Look, I appreciate that none of this is your fault, and I'm even willing to eat the fact that my unfired weapon has been recalled.  But between the absurd phone system and your complete lack of useful information, what on earth makes you think that I'd ever even consider buying another weapon from your company?"

Well, he said, this is the first time we've had a recall.

I responded: "And?  I'm talking about some common sense here.  I used to be an armorer in the Army: I know how long it takes to pull a grip apart and replace the parts.  We're not talking about a missile warhead here."

He offered to take down my name and number and have her call me tomorrow,.  I provided it, and I look forward to it.

But the customer service better get better and fast, or I will never darken SA's doorway again.

Glock is right down the street.

Another in the series of examples of how the GOP left me.

Partisan politics is a fascinating... but frequently poisonous... world.

It's a fine line between obstructionism and avoiding what could be called "political slut-ism."

Whenever the elected GOPers oppose a democrat position, they're "obstructionists."  At the national level, there's the added bonus of racism due to the fact that 1/2 of the president is black.  The equation, then, based on Moeller-like arrogance, is that the ONLY reason to oppose democrat positions at the national level is race.  No other alternative is possible.

At the local level, we're subject6ed to an organized LTE campaigns by pro-CRC Scammers (It has the stench of Montague about it) who neglect to mention they stand to personally benefit where it matters most... their own, personal, checkbook... using specific terms like those used by a CRC Scammer named Phillip Parkerr, who just happens to leave out of his letter that he is, apparently,  is a friend of CRC Scammer extraordinaire Royce Pollard, in Identity Vancouver type, IBEW, all the labor councils. Former governor appointed vice chairman of the Washington State Transportation Commission... because, after all, his moronic reference to the legislators actually representing the people of Clark County is to call them "defeatists" while he lies about their alleged "lack of effort" in finding "solutions for problems."

Like all of his ilk, the CRC Scammers offer no alternative... no compromise position. To these scum, the ONLY solution is THEIR solution. No other idea will be tolerated.  Compromises have been offered... all have been ignored.

Not unlike, come to think of it, Obamacare.

For me, the issue is much simpler: like so many other things he's done, the President lied.  I don't have the days it would take to list all of his many documented lies to the American people; in this instance, we generally know, and are felling the effects directly, of the many lies of Obama and his socialist health-care/wealth redistribution scam.  The people have repeatedly made our position clear: the democrat author of this garbage heap was right when he referred to this idiocy as a train wreck, and the majority of the American people have never wanted this implemented.

The duty of the GOP, then, is to do everything they can to stop the implementation of this Titanic that will cost us additional trillions to those the Narcissist and Chief have already wasted.

And that means EVERYTHING, short of the illegal.

Every legislative trick.  Every obstruction.  A complete filibuster.

A shut down of government.

The left counts on the pussification of the GOP.   They know, because they have no reason NOT to know, that the GOP is made up of cowards who would... and likely with this effort on the part of Mitch McConnell, WILL, sell their souls to stay in office.

It's like so many other things the GOP caves on: they're afraid of the "blame."

Tough.  There is ALWAYS going to be "blame," and like our local soap-opera on the CRC, "blame" is a badge of honor to be worn by those with the courage to fight the battle, and frequently, the odds.

I do not want to be a part of the "when rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it" party.  McConnell's effort here is a prime example of that.  Other efforts include retreating against the issue of illegal aliens.

Like "sequestration," which I advocated for in the months leading up to the act, the left assures us that "shutting down government" would be a national disaster.

Well, we've been in sequestration for months.  Obama's bogus efforts to make it hurt as much as possible notwithstanding, we're still here... the Nation still stands.  So how'd that work out for these same lying scum?  How was the presidents prognostication on the impacts of the idea that his own White House originated?

In the words of a mildly famous democrat, we have nothing to fear but fear itself.

Unless you're a GOPer.

Then, like McConnell and the rest of the hierarchy, you're afraid of your own shadow.

Obamacare must be stopped.  The Cruz Plan, like it or hate it, is our last, best hope of doing that.  But when you put fear over principle... when you allow what others might say to move you off the path of doing the right thing.... then you wind up increasingly irrelevant.

The GOP can stop Obamacare.  The choice is entirely up to them.  And if it means "shutting down government" to get it done, then that's what it means.  And if they don't?

Because I, for one, believe it to be better to shut government down now... then to have it, and the rest of the country, collapse later. 

It's the right thing to do, or it isn't.  And if it is, as I suspect, the right thing to do, then it must be done, political consequences down the road notwithstanding.

And those are the options as I see it.  Their is no upside in GOPer's selling the people out, as they dissolve the line between Republican and democrat to the point where it's a meabningless, non-existent matter of worthless symbolism.

The GOP can do the right thing now... and maybe lose... or they can cave now... and certainly lose. 

Their call.

McConnell won't support Cruz on Obamacare vote

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Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

In a break with tea party-aligned Senate conservatives, Republican leader Mitch McConnell announced he will not vote to block legislation aimed at preventing a partial government shutdown, even though Democrats intend to rewrite it to restore funds needed to keep the nation's 3-year-old health care law in existence.

Referring to a bill the House passed last week, McConnell's spokesman said Monday the Kentucky lawmaker supports the measure "and will not vote to block it, since it defunds Obamacare and funds the government without increasing spending by a penny."

The spokesman, Don Stewart, added that McConnell will vote against any Democratic attempt to restore funding for the health care law.

The announcement came shortly after Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said that anyone who votes to let the bill advance toward final passage will be choosing to allow the Democrats to restore the health care money by majority vote, one they will almost certainly win. "I think that vote disserves our constituents," he said.

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