In the democrat's view: do it our way.

Ahhh, yes.

Compromise.

Of course, in this state's government and in the democratian's view, compromise has one meaning: do it the leftist way.

That, of course, is why both the rag... and the left... demand that the legislature kow-tow to the Supreme Court on McCleary.  Clearly, the daily dud wants the GOP to move to the left.

Otherwise, they'd be pounding on the left to pass a budget WITHOUT raising taxes... and I must have missed that part.

First of all, like any other governmental body, the legislature can take whatever time they need to do what must be done.

Nothing was presented by the rag today to justify anything they wrote.

The Legislature is certainly in a position to implement something approaching the Federal Congress's "continuing resolution."

A short term budget pending additional action; a budget exactly like the last biennium's budget to keep the doors open.  It's not like the money isn't there.

The lie that government has to "shut down" if the GOP fails to cave in a timely manner is just that: a lie.

The whining about the budget process of various agencies and so forth is no reason to do anything: agencies can double budget just like I do.

There are two plans on the table.  Budget for both, plus or minus them when the final budget is done.

How is that so damned difficult?

It isn't.

That the moron who wrote the editorial for today (Whoever that anonymous individual is) used THIS language:

Republicans who hold sway in the state Senate and are clinging to a no-new-taxes pledge...

When he could have written

"Democrats who hold sway in the state House and are clinging to a jack-up-taxes pledge..."

Did it deliberately to blame the GOP.

See, words have meaning.  In this case, both are absolutely true.  But who gets the negative connotation?

The GOP.

It's like Johnny Cockroach was still running the show on the editorial page.

But here's the thing:

There is no hurry.

If the Legislature was hurtling towards the GOP side, the left would be imploding.

They would rather get some victory in the name of politics than take the GOP side and spare the taxpayers, already raped over the amount we're paying now.

There's no way we're getting off Scott-free.  That same "clinging" Senate has screwed us sideways by corrupting their own rules, jacking up the gas tax, making sure there's no referendum clause and... AND... adding an emergency clause to make it even harder for the people to have a say before it's implemented.

The left will throw something out there that even they know is absurd and toss it out there deliberately, counting on getting half of what they asked for in the first place... and then call that "compromise," have played the ignorant media and the pliable GOP like a violin.

Everyone up there has a part in the drama, but it's a long-held and established pattern and the gutless, corrupt Senate GOP won't do anything to change it.

The Senate screwing us is obvious.  That they will cave is also obvious: that's what the GOP does, that's what the GOP does at EVERY level, and while leftist worms like Jimmy "Molehill" Moeller will couch it in terms of "compromise," make no mistake:  there's a difference between "compromise" and "caving."

Of course, the Supreme Court could just shut down the Legislature and take over... kind of like they're trying to take over the part involved with McCleary.

There's no way they can force the legislature to legislate on McCleary or anything else as far as that goes, but the Court won't care if the legislature dutifully complies.  And since the Court's taken control of the school funding mechanism, there's no end to what they can take control over.

In this case, as always. "compromise" means "doing it the left's way."

And the Senate GOP will... it's just going to be a matter of degree.

If the GOP Senate really wants compromise, they should offer up another version of the budget with every dime in the House budget deducted from the Senate budget.

For example, right now, the rag tells us that the Leftist House wants around $38.8 Billion and the GOP Senate wants $38 billion.

So, the Senate releases a new proposal pegged at $37.2 billion, making $38 billion the "compromise" number.

Let's remember, gang, we're talking about adding almost $5 BILLION to the budget of a mere 2 years ago.  Where does it stop?  When is "enough," enough?

Meanwhile, the leftists generally and the rag particularly will do all they can to assist in the ongoing rape of the taxpayers, minus the newspaper's tax break, of course.  And they'll do it by lying, exaggerating and misrepresenting the situation.

Kind of like they did today.

I take a different view:  After all, what's the worst that can happen?  A government shut down?

God... I hope so.

CORRECTED: Forsman Criminal Record (Running against Hansen)

Look, I think Bart Hansen is a slimeball from the old school.

His efforts have helped to screw the entire county, particularly as a butt boy for CTran.

THAT sad, I would not and could not vote for someone who views laws as mere suggestions.

Below is the corrected record as I understand it.

Based on the information Provided by Mr. Forsman, his record is as follows:

Name		Court	Case Number	Judgment Record	Court Information
1	Forsman, Justin  Defendant	Clark Superior	06-2-03944-4		07-28-2006
2	Forsman, Justin M Defendant	Clark County Dist	93947A		06-14-2006
3	Forsman, Justin M Defendant	Clark County Dist	91660		03-09-2006
4	Forsman, Justin M Defendant	Clark County Dist	268824		03-07-2007
5	Forsman, Justin M Defendant	Clark County Dist	298607		05-02-2006
6	Forsman, Justin M Defendant	Clark County Dist	284364		02-27-2006
7	Forsman, Justin M Defendant	Battle Ground Muni	28435		03-21-2006
8	Forsman, Justin M Defendant	Clark County Dist	14268V		12-21-2005
9	Forsman, Justin M Defendant	Clark County Dist	73183		03-12-2007
10	Forsman, Justin M Defendant	Clark County Dist	68688		06-26-2006
11	Forsman, Justin M Defendant	Clark County Dist	284831		05-04-2007
12	Forsman, Justin M Defendant	Mason District Court	13CV00140		01-29-2013
13	Forsman, Justin M Defendant	Clark County Dist	283884		06-19-2006
14	Forsman, Justin Matthew Respondent	Clark County Dist	Y6-009842		05-30-2006
15	Forsman, Justin Matthew Defendant	Clark County Dist	103088		01-17-2007
16	Forsman, Justin Matthew Defendant	Clark County Dist	96348		05-30-2006
17	Forsman, Justin Matthew  DEFENDANT	Clark Superior	08-1-00599-2	Available	04-15-2008
18	Forsman, Justin Matthew  DEFENDANT	Spokane Superior	08-1-03934-1		12-11-2008
21	Forsman, Justin Matthew Defendant	Cowlitz District	3Z0553963		07-23-2013
22	Forsman, Justin Matthew Defendant	Clark County Dist	123105		10-30-2012

As the reader can see, removing the inadvertently added entries makes a great deal of difference over all.

Clark County Politics regrets the error.

It's not all political combat: a small gesture that brought me to tears. Literally.

Today is the annual Luke's Lego-cy Carnival at King's Way School, a Children's Cancer Association fund raiser and, well, Lego-raiser for Doernbecher who fought Luke's Leukemia so long and so well before ultimately losing the fight for him.

ALL the money and Legos go to the CCA and Doernbecher.

Many of the children there are simply unable to do much physically.  But almost all of them can use Legos.

Luke Jensen loved them.

So, I was tasked with getting some of the candy they'll be using today... like most in the political realm, I went to Winco, which certainly gives you the most bang for your parade candy buck.

Because of some temporary back issues, I was using an electric scooter cart.

I was loading up a variety of candies, mostly chocolate as per the directive.

A gentlemen I did not know was getting something else in the bulk aisle, and he looks over and says "that looks like quite a party you're going to have there."

Well, I launched into my Luke-spiel, and he said something to the effect of remembering something about that... the snow... which got quite the media coverage.

(A few days... a very few days... before Luke left us and he knew the end was near, he indicated that he regretted the fact that he'd been in the hospital the previous winter and had missed the snow.

An idea was hatched that resulted in 3 or 4 semi-trailers full of snow being brought to Luke's front yard...

I told him about the fund raiser... He said, "that sounds like a great idea... God Bless!" patted me on the shoulder and went on his way.

Well, a few minutes later, I was still at it... and this same guy comes up to my cart, and puts 10 pounds or so of candy into the basket... says "the receipt's inside the bag," and he turns... and walks away before I could say "Boo."

So, I'm sitting there like an idiot, tears rolling out of my eyes in wonderment.

I have no idea who he is.  But his gesture... so simple... so unexpected... so heartfelt, was a lesson I needed to learn.

Thank you.

And please take a moment to pray for Luke.

If you felt the earth shifting on it's access, that was me partially agreeing with the Lazy C.

In politics, one takes positions when positions are a reflection of your views.

One opposes positions when those positions run counter to your views.

I did not vote for David Madore in the last election.  The choice was between Madore and my brother-in-law, Marc Boldt, who was also my former boss in the Legislature for 6 years.

That I could not vote for Marc last time... or this time... was a reflection of what I considered to be the abysmal job he was doing of acting, for the most part, like Steve "I only speak for Steve" Stuart's faithful lackey.  I see nothing to indicate that he's learned a damned thing from his tenure.

I was not the only one to feel that way; Boldt was kicked out of the local GOP for completely forgetting that he worked for the people instead of the downtown mafia and his fellow democrats.

So, I voted for neither.

For the most part, Madore has stood strong and made the right decisions. But this time... this most critical time in the run up to the primary, Madore has screwed up big time and the paper fairly points that out.

You cannot... you CAN NOT... threaten action against anyone or any agency without following through.

It's why I despise the GOP leadership of the US House.

You CAN NOT threaten to shut down government and then fail to follow through only to cave at crunch time.

On the matter of the pass-thruough funding to CREDC, I believed Madore was right.

I defended him and his ideas on that to anyone who would listen.

CREDC has always been a rogue agency; they DO support the CRC/Light Rail scam and they certainly support the rip off of the economic transportation balck hole on the project list of the CRC related and entirely unnecessary rebuilt of a perfectly good intersection on the I-5 freeway that will inhale the vast majority of available transportation dollars for an unneeded and unwanted project.

And the lies they distributed in support of the ballpark scam?

Please.

Their support of that project and the CRC generally disqualifies them from getting any taxpayer dollars.

Madore came out swinging.  He stood up to them and stood up for a principle that could have well served as a precedent in the future, an example of how extra-governmental agencies dependent on our money had better behave.

The problem with that is simple: if you're going to draw a line in the sand, then you'd BETTER be willing to defend it instead of wilting like a flower left out too long without water.

The rag, of course, will usually always support higher taxes, bigger agencies, more bloat... exactly like they supported the ballpark rip off, loot rail and why they continue to support replacing a paid for, functional bridge.  They either will benefit directly or indirectly, but it usually ALWAYS involves spending other people's money.

I try to keep in mind that the rag's hatred of Madore has so colored their perspective that if Madore came out in favor of sunrise, they'd argue against it.

But this time.... this time... he screwed up.

Like John Boehner, he threatened an action publicly that he was unwilling to carry out.  And how'd that work out for us?

Why?  Why bother?

People who supported that position (and believe me, we're out here) immediately picked up the gauntlet and fought the battle Madore started.  No, he didn't ask me to do that, I was foolish enough to do it on my own.

But NOW the question has morphed into this:  when is David Madore serious about his positions?

How do we know if he is or isn't?  I just stupidly presumed he was serious.  Now?

Not so much.

And I can't have that.  I can't listen to the man state a position or a vision and then ask myself, "Gee.... does he really mean it, this time?"

I agreed with David Madore's position on CREDC and the Chamber.  I don't believe they should get a damned dime from the taxpayers.  Mike Bomar, whoever, didn't do anything but whine, and this is the result.  Madore got nothing he was looking for, except to get crushed by this issue.

But I will not and cannot support someone who either intentionally or accidentally but ultimately, incompetently plays this kind of game.

Had he opposed the pass through like he was indicating he would, I wouldn't have written this because then, even if he'd come out on the losing end, he would be standing up for principle.

But he didn't.  And those of us defending his positions found ourselves leading with our chins as a result.

I will not vote for David Madore in the upcoming election.

To me, the choice is clearly between Tom Mielke and Jeanne Stewart... and I am leaning Mielke... FWIW.

I wish that they had voted against the pass through as well.  But neither one of them declared a position on the matter... and then backed off of it.

I'm sorry this happened.  But the political pressure brought to bear by those who had no business speaking to the matter publicly, namely, the legislators involved, should have had no bearing on the ultimate outcome.

Political pressure should never trump people pressure.  And that it appears to have worked shows a weakness I didn't know existed for certainly until the time I was told about his vote.

And we need strong leaders, not the malleable variety who can be pushed into voting for something they disagree with.

The left does that every day.  And I'm sick of it.

Politics and "Solyent Green."

The thought occurred to me today while I was reviewing the comments on the efforts of local legislators to pressure our county council into allowing the pass-through of several tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to CREDC (Columbia River Economic Development Council) that politics and the 1973 movie "Soylent Green" have a great deal in common.

This post would make a little more sense if you had seen the movie prior to finish reading this post.

So, if you've got some time, take an hour or two and watch this effort with a star-studded cast.

Otherwise, you might miss the point.

For those who HAVE seen the movie, this is the critical line in it at the end.  And yes, it's a spoiler.



So, what does this have to do with politics?

It's simple, really.

Politically, the only thing I will tolerate is action based on the will of the people.

Earlier this year, when the "It-was-oh-so-important-to-have-the-GOP-take-over-both-the-US-and-State-Senate-because-they-were-Republican," caucuses betrayed us, I made the decision to get out of campaigns.

Every day that goes by serves to reinforce the idea that my decision to end involvement in campaigns after a mere 25 years was absolutely the right thing to do.

One can only take so much betrayal.

Today, we have an issue that is so minor as to be almost laughable.  But it's certainly a symptom of the greater disease.

Recently, many in local and legislative government have been telling us something I believe to be completely false:

The CRC is dead.

That's like a Republican Senator who ran for the job telling me and all of us as they ran on a platform of not supporting a gas tax increase when they were elected that all of that declaratory statement was, well, "negotiable."

It's kind of like Republican Scott Weber, county clerk, lying about his desire to get rid of the position of county clerk as an elected position.

It's kind of like Tim "The Liar" Leavitt lying when he falsely claimed he was opposed to tolls.

It's kind of like the scum behind I-502, the pot initiative, lying their collective asses off on the amount of revenue legalization would provide... only to get bailed out by the Legislature instead of punishing those behind it by recriminalizing pot and forcing those same scum to go BACK to the people and tell the truth about revenue if they want to increase the number of ways to get wasted..

It's kind of like letting our Lieutenant Governor, Brad Owen, off the hook for breaking about every rule in the book concerning ethics violations so one might "have a friend in the Lieutenant Governor's office."

It's kind of like that same Lieutenant Governor declaring a GOP Senate rule "unconstitutional" to get a gas tax passed, only to suddenly discover it WASN'T "unconstitutional" when he didn't want it to be...  to get the General Fund budget passed.

When I was in Combat Arms in the Army, we had a a saying:

"Everyone wants to be Infantry until it's time to do Infantry stuff."

We elect people and we support people for a variety of reasons.

I have supported people in the past because I foolishly believe they're telling the truth.

This year, so many I've supported and fought for have proven me wrong.

The upshot of all of this is the bruhaha over the pass-through CREDC funding that Councilor David Madore has threatened because he believes CREDC has been advocating against the will of the people of this county.

I support Madore's position primarily because I support the idea that agencies, public or private, that work against the will of the people should not be subsidized with public dollars for that effort.

Obviously, I'm a simple guy.

If CREDC has been advocating against the will of the people of this county... than they should be cut off without a dime.  As should the Chamber of Commerce.  As should ANY agency that sees their view as superior to that of the people living here.

I know in the past CREDC HAS been engaging in that sort of thing: who can forget their complete idiocy and bogus economic reports in conjunction with the rest of the downtown mafia's stupidity concerning the ballpark scam, for example?  ($200 million in economic activity, indeed.)

If CREDC has, in ANY way, been lobbying/supporting the rip off of the I-5/Mill Plain interchange which was on the CRC project list AND will only serve to assist one single company, then they shouldn't get a dime.

In discussions, I'm told about all of the wonderful things CREDC has done, and how great Mike Bomar is (He's never impressed me all that much; he's on the anti-people side of far too many issues for me) and how the earth rotates on it's axis because CREDC so ordains it.

The result was what I consider to be an idiotic letter that, essentially, is being used by many who signed it to publicly flay David Madore... because, well, hell, there's no politics or favoritism involved in that and none of these legislators would even consider using this issue to further the candidacy of the those THEY support at his expense, right?

Leftists like Mark Brown, who never saw a waste of taxpayer dollars he didn't like (as long as unions received the largess) and complete scumbags like Ed Barnes are tap-dancing on Madore's skull over this issue.

Rhetorically speaking, of course.

And that's kind of what brought me to the conclusion that with those in politics, the last thing they concern themselves with, on either side of the aisle, is the will of the people.

The last thing they give a damn about is right and wrong.

What they care the most about is who they know and what they can get.  And if that aligns with the people, then great.

If it doesn't, then, oh, well.  Google Steve Stuart for examples.

But I don't play that.

I take a different view.

Right is right and wrong is wrong.  Those we elect must ALWAYS put the people first.

Not their buddies.

Not the special interests.

Not the big money.

And that's the connection between politics and the movie.

"Solyent Green is made of people."

Literally, manufactured from the corpses, processed and then used for feed.  People feed.

And it's a big secret. The people providing the corpses don't know.  Government lies to them about the eco-system recovering, to make them THINK one thing while they DO another.

So is local politics.

So is all politics because the people we elect are far too quick to forget what they're there for.

For example, to get elected, someone once wrote this:

I believe in the concept that every dime of taxpayer money (meaning every dollar of revenue from whatever the source) should be squeezed until it screams. I will not support an increase in the gas tax. I will not support increases in tab fees. The people have spoken and I have listened. We will spend billions to move the tiniest number of people when we should be finding an implementing new and innovative ways to move the MOST number of people for the LEAST amount of money. Wasteful spending like that on the CRC is not what we want or need. Massive projects like that MUST have the permission of those who, allegedly, will “benefit” from such a project at the ballot box. At minimum, ALL of the financial impacts, including the obvious negative impacts on families and small business depending on the hundreds of dollars per year must be considered: not just the cherry-picked variety favored by proponents of light rail and replacing a bridge in the same location

And now, what is the GOP-controlled Senate going to do without asking us?  And what did the GOP-controlled Senate vote to allow municipalities to do?

1.  Raise the gas tax.

2.  Raise tab fees.

And what did this legislator do about it?

Supported both of those.

So many people forget.  I try not to.  I try to hold those who promise, cajole and threaten accountable, much like I try to hold those who "never let a crisis go to waste" for political reasons accountable.

I am not even remotely concerned about the party they claim allegiance to.  None of that makes any difference.

What matters is that those we elect act as a reflector of the will of those who put them there.

And every day that goes by, it becomes more and more obvious that those who should matter the most, in reality, matter the least.

The legislative gamble on a non-legislative issue: what happens if the CREDC Snivel Crew fails?

Face it: it was a bad idea... in fact, a stupid idea for local legislators to make an attempt to muscle into an area of local government that was none of their business.

Yes, I'm talking about the infamous CREDC snivelfest, reeking with politics, wherein local legislators make the false claim that "the CRC is dead" as they proceed to go out and flay David Madore because, well, by golly, he's exercising his right to question the use of taxpayer dollars by a group with a history of political involvement firmly at odds with the voting public of Clark County.

Leftists are giddy, of course, at this internecine foolishness, but those behind it seem to lack the necessary vision as it is used to provide the perception of political advantage for various favorites running for county chair.

There is, of course, a simple solution:  CREDC should just jump through whatever hoop the council by majority vote holds up.

That they refuse to do so strengthens Madore's position that they're not going to consider the will of the voter in this county in their agenda and thus, may not be worthy of the expenditure of tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars in a system put into place by the very Legislature where those whining about this situation are members.

So, they are out publicly beating the hell out of Madore, as if that sort of thing will move him off his position... a position he is legally entitled to.

To me, any agency publicly financed by taxpayer dollars that opposes the will of those taxpayers is not worthy of that money.

So, today's question is this: if the council... as I suspect... stops the pass through... what does that mean for those who wasted their political gravitas on it?

Does it make it more likely or less like they'll be listened to in the future?

If the Council DOES pass the money through, it will suddenly make Mike Bomar the biggest elephant in the zoo, because he can just pick up the phone, call somebody, and voila!  Make a bunch of legislators insure his paycheck by demanding that they muscle someone in his way.

Like that's not a trigger he wouldn't subsequently pull whenever he felt like it?

In the overall scheme of things, this isn't that big of a deal.  But those politically or special-interest motivated are trying to make it a big deal.

So, I've got to ask myself:

Why is that?

Will CREDC disappear without this cash?

Of course not.  Pay cuts may be needed, but they'd survive.

And I have yet to hear any sane explanation that doesn't involve favoritism and "who you know" over what's best for the people and what the people actually want.

It's like neither side cares.  And both sides ride "the people" as long as it suits their purposes.

Then, we're forgotten about it because somebodies buddy got to somebody, or a deal was made, or some other political motivation is behind it when the ONLY motivation they are SUPPOSED to be engaging in is that of The People.

I don't support Madore's position because it's from Madore.

I support it because it's the right thing to do.  And Legislators?

Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining.

MMmmmm K?

Wow. I had no idea that Chuck Green's only electoral experience was getting CRUSHED in 2013 in a school board election!

Wow!  Must be Mr. Personality like his faithful lackey, "Mussolini" Mikey Briggs.

Green's been bit... hard... by the political bug.  He's got that self-deluding arrogance that actually makes him believe that he can win in a councilor district when he was positively DESTROYED in one community while running for school board... Ridgefield, to be precise.

 He lost in every Ridgefield precinct, save for the smallest:

November 5, 2013 General Election

Last updated on 11/26/2013 3:44 PM

RIDGEFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 122 SCHOOL DIRECTOR, DISTRICT NO. 4
Precinct	Becky Greenwald	Chuck Green
Total	2202	1252
480	335	158
483	293	226
485	172	97
487	97	63
490	222	93
491	26	15
500	308	174
502	248	153
503	188	105
505	308	161
522	5	7

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And like Mussolini, Chucky managed a paltry 36% of the vote.


Pathetic, actually.

And instead of getting the message from THAT embarrassing humiliation, he believes he can use his hate group, C3G2, to springboard into yet ANOTHER crushing defeat running for councilor.

Well, time will tell.

Will it be Chuck the Schmuck?

Or will he pull it out, so we can be cursed by having yet another fringe-leftist in government?

Hardly.  And his abysmal lack of fundraising tells the tale, as neither leftist is putting a dime together to speak of... also following the Mussolini Mikey Campaign model.

Simple-minded idiot in the White House takes one in the chops: Federal appeals court deals blow to President Obama’s amnesty

We already know that our resident fringe-left nutburger in the White House uses the US Constitution has his own personal brand of Charmin.

But the idea that he can simply ignore the laws of this country make as much sense as the idiots babbling that our State Supreme Court can force the legislature to legislate.

Which, of course, they cannot.

So, Obama's effort to destroy immigration law to load up the 2016 election with illegal alien voters seems to have run into another road block.

Meanwhile, the issue of illegal aliens remains unresolved.  Even that empty-suited moron congresswoman for this district supports allowing illegal aliens to remain here, as she stupidly supports allowing illegals to enlist in the military.

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Federal appeals court deals blow to President Obama’s amnesty

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Updated: 5:05 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 2015

A federal appeals court refused to lift an injunction against President Obama’s deportation amnesty in a ruling Tuesday that delivers a second major legal setback to the administration and keeps millions of illegal immigrants on hold.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sided with a lower court that ruled Mr. Obama probably broke the law in taking unilateral action last year to grant an amnesty from deportation. The three-judge panel, ruling 2-1, shot down Mr. Obama’s hopes of quickly re-starting the amnesty, and make it likely he’ll have to go to the Supreme Court to try to win his case.

The majority, Judges Jerry E. Smith and Jennifer Elrod, said the president’s new program, known as Deferred Action for Parental Accountability or DAPA, is a new binding policy that probably should have gone through the usual public notice and comment period, instead of being announced unilaterally by Mr. Obama and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson late last year.

“We live in a nation governed by a system of checks and balances, and the president’s attempt to bypass the will of the American people was successfully checked again today,” said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who as his state’s attorney general last year began the lawsuit challenging the new amnesty.

Twenty-five states joined Texas in suing to halt the amnesty, arguing they would bear new costs in having to issue driver’s licenses to the illegal immigrants and provide health care and other services to them. The states said the president’s actions were unconstitutional or, at the very least, illegal.

First a district court, and now a federal appeals court, have sided with Texas, serving as twin legal rebukes to Mr. Obama and his defenders, who had insisted the steps he took were consistent with the law and with previous presidents’ actions.

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Mussolini Mikey Briggs jams his foot in his mouth up to his knee.

As readers know, Mussolini Mikey Briggs had THE worst showing against THE weakest incumbent of anyone running for election to the legislature in Clark County last cycle.

An arrogant narcissist along the lines of both Benito Mussolini and his other hero, Barack Obama, no one was more clueless about the district they were running to represent than ol' Mussolini.

A rabid CRC/Loot Rail scammer with no lie he would not tell, Briggs and his positions were thoroughly repudiated at the polls, earning him the sobriquet "Mr. 36%."

Continuing to show his rank political stupidity and his "I'm the smartest guy in the room" attitude, this moron left the following comment under the whinefest article in the democratian over the teacher snivelfest masquerading as the waste of time "education town hall" meetings where the local slime acting like teachers could burn Sen. Ann Rivers at the stake while Rep. Lumpy Vick took cover under the nearest table.

Mike Briggs · Top Commenter · CEO at Ex-Candidate WAI know of two people who tried to do something for the teachers, the students and the schools and stood up directly against Rep. Vick and Rep. Pike but could not gain enough votes nor enough interest from the registered voters to get elected. Maybe in 2016 Sen. Rivers, Rep. Pike and Rep. Vick will have challengers that will have better success and WILL stand up for our children and our Education System here in WA State.
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It takes a special kind of political scum to blame the voters for any outcome.

And it takes a particularly retarded world view to suggest that running again, or running scum like Mussolini or the pathologically lying "Bully" Loserham would be successful on THIS issue since few agree that the taxpayer should be ritually bent over and screwed by Mussolini's ilk to help fill the coffers of the WEA that he enslaved himself to... and want to enslave us all to.

In the end, both of these political clowns cemented their subservience to their WEA masters.  And in the end, BOTH of these scum were crushed at the polls in an embarrassing way.

Both the teachers and their education plant are a disgrace, Musso's slavish devotion to them notwithstanding.

And someone so thoughtless, so clueless and so arrogant as Mikey shouldn't be elected 3rd grade hall monitor.

While Rivers may find herself dealing with a primary challenge from the right as a result of her inexplicable pro-gas tax meme, no one but the fringe-left and the self-flagellating teachers will be upset with her positions on ripping our wallets out and emptying them into teacher's purses.

GOP steps in the event the Supreme Court overturns this obviously unconstitutional Obamacare.

The idiotic idea that the GOP has to do ANYTHING to save these subsidies is just that: idiotic.

Does anyone realistically believe that most who would be impacted by this outcome vote GOP regardless?  It's not unlike worrying about the hispanic vote when they're going to vote their race every time... and the illegal alien vote will go dem... every time.

There's nothing the GOP can do about that so they shouldn't even try.

Running around in a panic to take ownership of this stupidity is EXACTLY what the dems want.  As it is now, the GOP has mostly clean hands on this extortion.  The idea that the GOP MUST act to save subsidies in the event they're tossed is the exact thing they should NOT do.

What's the worst that can happen?  People getting screwed by Obamacare will suddenly see the dems as the way, the truth and the light?

The vast majority of those impacted by this outcome are as likely to vote GOP as an illegal alien voter, or an Obamaphone voter.

That the GOP should panic is clear.  That they likely will?

Equally clear.

That said, Obamacare is unconstitutional.

It's BEEN unconstitutional since it was rammed down our throats by the founders of the Ku Klux Klan Party.

My "free" medical care that costs me 4 figures a year through the VA in copays would have cost me $9000 a year in premiums with a $9000 deductible and a $250 per visit copay.

Without the VA, such as it is, I would be breaking the law because I cannot afford to waste almost $20,000 a year to pay for the leftist fantasy of Obamacare.

The reality is that the government can no more force me to buy any commodity than they can levitate.

It's not unlike most government lies, when it comes right down to it.

But that issue may be partially addressed with today's Supreme Court ruling.

Of course, media and the democrats are already blaming the GOP for the outcome, whatever it may be, because as that White House moron has shown, he really doesn't give a damn about the constitution save for it's multiple ply toilet paper uses.  That ti was an unconstitutional bill, written and implemented by leftists will not be the subject of discussion: that it will result in a few million people suddenly being forced to do what the rest of us have to do... pay for our insurance without subsidy... will be "blamed" on the GOP.

So, what does the pantie-waste GOP do about it?

That there seems to be no plan on what to do is typical of the RINO-confusion and incompetence blind support of milquetoast leftists using the Republican banner for political purposes (Not unlike Greg Kimsey, for example) the lack of a coherent message and plan in the face of the likely outcome is typical of the high level of incompetence the GOP is typically known for.

There are only so many possible outcomes.  The GOP SHOULD have been capable of anticipating most any of them, planning for all of them, and implementing the plan immediately after whatever the decision is reaches the public.

But it's like so many other aspects of governance that seems so alien to the GOP: issues and actions that seem self-evident to the blindest political student seem to make as much sense as Sanskrit to those in the GOP.

The criticality of anticipating these possible outcomes at all levels down to the county cannot be overstated.

But if the Supreme Court declares this element of Obamacare unconstitutional as many expect, then what?

Well, if the GOP was competent, that answer would already be known and those impacted systems already in place.

What should they do?

What can they do?

Well, what they SHOULD do is come up with a plan to undo/eliminate Obamacare over a period of time... say, 12 months.

They SHOULD implement a system of coverages that keeps the government out of it.  When has the government EVER taken over part of the private sector and made it "better?"

The GOP should have been working on the alternative for years.  It should have been stuffed in the can, ready to go, for this very thing.

1.  Make a determination of what is constitutionally required.

What does that critical document say about providing universal health care?

Nothing.  The Founding Fathers never anticipated a blithering idiot running the show or a Congress that would willingly screw up the entirety of our health care system.

2.  Every element of the health care system that has been taken over by these morons should be sunsetted over the next 12 months with time limits along the way.

First, eliminate the "mandatory" element.

The vast majority of the uninsured remain uninsured: get rid of the idiocy of this being required.

Second, unwind the IRS enforcement of the mandatory nature of this crime.

3.  Make the private sector competitive.

Allow health insurance to cross state lines exactly like car insurance.

Enable the private sector to set up health care menu coverage.

The stupidity of EVERY individual requiring maternity coverage... including me... is as artificial and moronic as declaring women to be a minority because of their gender when the numbers clearly show something completely different.

Meanwhile, the leftist scum who thought so highly of this rip off should be identified and tossed out of office.

Locally, that fringe-left nutjob running for county councilor, Dalesandro, creamed his jeans at the thought of this unconstitutional idiocy being implemented with his slavish devotion to the White House scumbag.

He should be hearing it.  Like the CRC Scam, every democrat running anywhere should be held accountable for this rape of our Constitution and the American people.

Will the GOP do ANY of that?

Of course not.

Another typical democratian screw up: Veteran's Day really isn't in September.

The daily rag once again shows off it's level of worthlessness.

Of course this garbage was written by a typically leftist, ignorant non-serving pogue.

But to not even know that Veteran's Day is the 11th of November EVERY YEAR is to show you were too fucking lazy to get up and go look at a damned CALENDAR.

THAT is the level of low-rent journalism I've come to expect from this horrific waste of wood pulp.

It is neither more nor less significant than Veterans Day, which is observed in early September and recognizes all those who have served in the military.

And, of course, whoever wrote the idiotic line in question is full of crap.

Yeah, unlike the slimeball who wrote this tripe, I served my country for many years.  In fact, for every 10 years I've been alive, I spent over a year serving overseas.  (6 years and 3 months) so  I get the whole Memorial Day/Veterans Day thing.  Clearly, the clown who wrote this garbage and the editor of it did not/does not.

Veteran's Day salutes our service.  But service, in and of itself, comes no where close to providing the ultimate sacrifice that has resulted in Memorial Day.

It is MUCH more "significant" than Veteran's Day.  Immeasurably so.

But to expect an ignorant, non-serving dillwad to understand either the difference or the nuance is to expect this despicable rag to tell the truth about ANYTHING.  And I gave that up years ago.

Somebody should be fired over this.  It's offensive and it cheapens the day for those of us who served and those who've given the sacrifice the writer clearly does not understand.

Idiots.

Credit Lew Waters.

It's Memorial Day. No posting.

Today is for remembrance.  Think about who made the sale you're going to, the BBQ you're holding, the beer you're drinking.... possible.

by John McCrae, May 1915

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

State House GOP idiot backs off from plan to lift 1% property tax cap.

REPUBLICAN State Rep. Larry Haler from Richland actually dropped a bill to get rid of the 1% property tax cap voted into place by the people of this state a few years back.

This is yet another sign that, all too often, it really doesn't make any damned difference whether the GOP or the dems are in charge or the Republicans are in charge.

Rightfully, Haler got smacked around like a rented stepchild for his obviously democrat-inspired bill.

And the Seattle Times is now reporting he's withdrawn it.

Local NewsPolitics
After conservative pushback, tax proposal disappears 

Originally published May 24, 2015 at 3:57 pm 

After conservative opposition, a bill that would have raised the 1 percent cap on local property-tax levies was pulled by its sponsor. 

By Joseph O’SullivanSeattle Times Olympia bureau 

OLYMPIA — Big-idea revenue proposals this year have come and gone, attracting momentary attention before drifting away as state lawmakers focus on what they think could gain enough votes to pass. 

But last week, one recently introduced proposal actually, formally disappeared.
House Bill 2255, which would have lifted the 1 percent cap on local property-tax levies, was sponsored by Rep. Larry Haler, R-Richland. 

But after immediate criticism from conservatives, Haler removed his name from the bill, and the two co-sponsors declined to sign on as the main sponsors, according to Barbara Baker, chief clerk of the state House. So the bill was pulled Wednesday, meaning it no longer exists, according to Baker. 

“I think he got beat up,” Rep. Ross Hunter said of Haler. 

Hunter, D-Medina, and Rep. Cindy Ryu, D-Shoreline, were the co-sponsors.
Haler’s bill would have replaced the tax cap with a formula related to inflation and population growth. Under the formula, some areas would have been able to increase the caps to as high as 5 percent. 

In a May 7 email to supporters, anti-tax initiative activist Tim Eyman called HB 2255 “terrifying.” 

It was Eyman who in 2001 sponsored Initiative 747, which voters approved to cap property tax-rate increases at 1 percent per year. In 2007, I-747 was struck down by the state Supreme Court as unconstitutional — but lawmakers and then-Gov. Chris Gregoire reinstated it in a special session that year. 

“Can taxpayers afford a 5-fold increase in their property tax increases?” Eyman wrote in his email. “Massive increases in property taxes mean skyrocketing house payments, skyrocketing rent payments, and skyrocketing commercial lease payments (meaning higher prices for most everything you buy).” 

KIRO radio host Dori Monson also took issue with Haler’s proposal. 

The reaction “didn’t take me by surprise,” Haler said. But it was overblown, he added.
Instead of HB 2255, Haler says he now intends to propose a study of the 1 percent property-tax cap to help encourage a discussion. 

That proposal would direct the state Department of Revenue and Office of Program Research to assess “what has the 1 percent affected or not affected and what would be a reasonable (tax-cap) rate,” he said.

Democratian blows it again: Poor Editorial Report.

Apparently, the leftists at the daily democrat have forgotten altogether exactly who gets represented in "representative government."

Here's a clue: fortunately, it ain't the newspaper.

It won't be the first time; after all, the rag never gives a damn about representational government or "will of the people" whenever the risk is ran that the outcomes will run counter to their agenda.

"Stop sniping at teachers?"

WEA lackies have earned our scorn.  "Sniping" is the least those arrogant putzes should receive for their greed and incompetence.

However long it takes legislators to get to an agreement is however long it takes.

There's no hurry, and I, for one, would much rather see a leisurely stroll towards achieving the best deal than watch a sprint to a bad one.

You know... like the unnamed clown who wrote today's garbage heap?

The Transportation package is a political disaster: I will never vote for any Republican who through their teacher-like arrogance believe they we can be scammed into cheerfully having a huge gas tax increase rammed down our throats under cover of the non-existent threat of an Inslee Carbon Tax.

They will lose control of the Senate in November next year, and they'll have this one, stupid scam to point to as the proximate cause.

The general fund budget is something the leftist scum infesting us insist on expanding every session.

We've seen zero cuts in the overall size of the budget at any time since I started working in the Legislature some 20 years ago.

Every year, it gets bigger and bigger.  To what end?

The rag is attempting to foment some sort of fear... some terror of a second special session.

Were it up to me, I'd keep the Legislature in pro-forma session year-round.

In short, the longer this takes, the better it is for those of us who actually earn the money that pays for it. And I'm fine with that.

I've got no problem with the shutdown of many (Most?) state services.  A large number of them aren't noticeable when they're running and sadly, won't be noticeable when they're not.

The rag, of course, is pressuring the Leg (Pronounced "ledge" by aficionados...) to cave on every leftist demand for sticking it to the taxpayers save for increasing their own B&O tax which, oddly, we've never seen and never will see.

With the rag, as with every fringe-left organization, it's always about squeezing us for more money. They babble about a 5% tax as if that's the final number instead of just the start... a number that will creep upwards as the leftists keep finding ways to waste our money.

I have no problem whatsoever holding up my position on these issues: the leftist slimeball, whoever it is, who wrote this garbage has no problem holding up his.  Ultimately missing from his screed, however, is any reason whatsoever for the GOP to cave, for a new tax to be implemented, or for any upset of an additional special session, save for democratian fear mongering.

To her credit, Sen. Ann Rivers, who risks political implosion over her bizarre and inexplicable efforts on an unneeded and unwanted gas tax scam, questions the idea that teachers can break the law by walking out on their students and holding their education hostage for teacher-pay extortion.

Teachers, of course, break the law when they go on strike.  That can be ended in a variety of ways, such as the permanent firing and revocation of any teacher's credentials bent on taking the day off to watch Maury or whatever; any or all teachers can be replaced and the fact that no one actually talks about these things is part and parcel of why these clowns keep screwing us... as students, as parents and as taxpayers.

The BEST "governance" is that "governance" that "governs least."  But secondary to that is an understanding on the part of our legislators that we have only delegated our political authority to them, not abrogated it.

They do not replace us in the political equation, they are there to implement our view and act on it.

No fake games by the Lieutenant Governor on tax increases... no silence by the Senate GOP on those games... and no imposition of multi-billion dollar tax increases without asking.

Meanwhile, I urge the delegation to ignore the incessant whining... where there is no such thing as "enough" when it comes to taxes.

Do what you can to slow the growth of the democratian/teacher-preferred neo-communism creeping... ever-creeping... around us and infesting us.

THAT is your charge.  THAT is what you're there for.

And remember that the democratian agenda represents nothing and, in the over all scheme of things, means nothing.

The People mean everything in this equation.  And that charter member of the downtown mafia ain't that.

As expected, the education town hall meetings were a waste of time:

Here was my take of a few days ago:

But the teachers will invade the meeting and make sure that they threaten and cajole Rivers and Vick... not that there's anything Vick can or will do about any of it... and the teachers will do what they always do: make demands, whine, snivel and, lets be honest about it... they will lie their ass off about how much they make, how bad they've got it... and continue to run the utterly false narrative that because the Supreme Court has made a huge attempt to rip away a chunk of legislative authority by holding up a mythical hoop, legislators are required to jump through it like this is the USSR Soviet instead of a co-equal branch of government... even though that's simply untrue.

So, since the teachers are going to dominate these meetings, there's really no point in going to them.

Nothing the legislators can say will change any teacher's mind since it's all about more cash in the teacher's pockets, and nothing the teachers can say will make any difference to the legislators who first, have already made up their minds and second, won't make any difference in Lumpy's case anyway because he's got the throw weight of a Frisbee and is buried as a wallflower in the minority.

That's exactly what happened, of course: a blind man could see it coming in a minute.

Bitching, whining, moaning and complaining.  These prima donnas somehow are arrogant enough and egotistical enough to stupidly believe that THEIR voices should somehow be louder than ours.... those of us who actually pay the fricking bills.

It led to rank idiocy like this whining moron:

Jennifer Ireland, a special education teacher with the Camas School District, told the legislators she needs a cost-of-living increase.

"When I have to stop putting money in my own child's college savings account to put gas in my car, I don't get paid enough," Ireland said. "My sister has less education and makes three times more than I do and works less hours. I could go to the private sector and make a lot more, but ... I've been a teacher since I was born. I'm a second generation teacher. That's where my heart is."

Over the last two years, however, Ireland has seriously considered switching careers, she said.

Ireland said she also takes issue with standardized testing, which she calls "garbage." She loses about six weeks of teaching time to the tests, and they are not user-friendly, she said.

After the meeting, Ireland said she hopes the legislators "heard our voices."

"I'm hoping they take this seriously. If not, the next step is a walk out in September. I really don't want it to come to that," she said.

Quit, Ms. Ireland.

I am MONUMENTALLY SICK of your incessant whining and sniveling... and lying.  That you can't manage your money simply isn't our problem.

As of LAST year, you made AT LEAST $72,349 dollars in pay, bonuses and insurance benefits for your 183-day, part-time job.

And we're supposed to feel SORRY for your greedy ass?

 Quit.  And take every damned one of those lying, sniveling punks with you.

Because here's a clue, Ireland: You lie when you threaten to change jobs because no one would hire you at anything close to what you're making now, PLUS, you would actually have to WORK 250 days a year like the rest of us to EARN whatever chump change you would make.

MY legislators had better ignore you and those like you.  Because as "bad" as you stupidly think you've got it, hundreds of thousands in this county have it much, much worse.

McCleary, of course, is meaningless and the legislature will make a HORRIFIC mistake if they don't ignore it.

But this sniveling, crying, bitching and moaning sounds like a bunch of punk 3 year olds complaining that they ran out of ice cream at the day care.

And as those reading this ponder the issue, here's a chart from OSPI that helps put it all in perspective:



Teachers in this state as a whole, are doing essentially a miserable job.

The idea that they should be paid MORE for doing substandard work is insane.

So, by all means, Ms. Ireland: do us a favor:  When you abandon your children or hold them hostage so YOU can extort MORE money from us... don't come back.

You won't be missed and you can be replaced.  Don't EVEN think that Jennifer Ireland is irreplaceable.

Because *I*, for one, am willing to risk it.

Another spectacular Facebook screw up on Memorial Day weekend.

Speaks for itself, but for whatever the reason, the geniuses at Facebook found a picture of a headstone... of a fallen warrior... put up by his wife... to be a violation of their "community standards."

While most all the talking heads on FOXNews blew it, Megyn Kelly nailed it: Free Speech Under Attack.

I support the "Draw Mohammad" meetings in this country, whole-heartedly.

Those of the limper wrists recoil at the thought that we might anger muslim thugs.

I relish the idea of angering those who would destroy us.

Morons like O'Reilly and VanSustren and others want free speech, as long as they are the ones who exercise it.

But they condemned Geller's efforts in Texas, essentially blaming her for the events leading to a couple of jihadi idiots getting ventilated... as the all should be.

Here's Megyn's take.

When your daily paper's hate jihad stems from an overgrown adolescent.

It's just a shame that Lefty Lou Brancaccio is let out without a keeper.

It's an even bigger shame that Scott Campbell hasn't fired many of the scum he's hired.

If an early death were the goal for Lefty, I believe he'll achieve that.

In my experience, the kind of psychotic hatred that drives him typically takes years off your life.

Hatred is a cancer.  It has metastasized throughout every cell of Lefty's body.

If you publicly push back against the left, that puts you into Lefty's cross hairs.

The list of those Lefty has slithered out to use his rag to attack is long and distinguished.

But reviewing that list quickly shows that oddly, no leftists are on it.

I'm on it.  God knows Madore, Mielke, and back when he was to the right of Mao, Marc Boldt was on it.  Brent Boger was on it, though God alone knows why.  Peter VanNortwick is on it.

Don Benton was the first name on the list, along with Boldt.

But no one from the political left.

All the years it's been our misfortune to have had the slime we've had running the democratian since I got here after leaving the military back in 87 or so. we've been cursed with two slimy individuals running the rag's show:  Tommy "The K" Koenninger and now, the total scumbag running the show, Lefty Lou Brancaccio.

Hatred inculcates anything this clown does.  And what he doesn't realize is that his obvious hatred and bias against anyone to his political right who pushes back against his agenda automatically discredits anything he has to write... because those watching know that when hatred drives your agenda... when hatred is your motive... truth is the first casualty.

I didn't read the garbage Lefty troweled out today.  The scumbag always sees himself as being the smartest guy in the room... and when you combine that with his well stated hatred of all things Benton... what's the point?

Lefty doesn't know anything about Mary Benton.  I do.

While I'm completely staying out of the 2nd District issue since it doesn't involve me, the fact is that if she manages to get elected, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

On the other hand, I would certainly enjoy being in the room on election night if Benton wins so I can watch Lefty's pin head explode.

Yes indeed... what's in a name?

In the case of Lefty Lou, it's the very worst of yellow journalism.  Of lies, exaggerations and efforts to whip up leftist lynch mobs.

As our local version of Goebbels, it's not terribly surprising he appeals to the pure Nazi mentality... the political bigotry and hatred of his hero's day.  And it's not surprising that those with such a mentality... such as the C3G2 haters... respond to it.

One day, we'll be rid of both that slimeball and the rag he works for.  Then, perhaps, someone else will get a chance and we'll actually have an unbiased, unvarnished news source that doesn't lie about it's bias.

Like Brancaccio has lied about his for so long.

Leave it to the hypocrites at the democratian: Candidate turnout key.

Whining about a lack of competition in the upcoming election, the moron who wrote today's editorial idiocy on the upcoming election finds himself embroiled in the all-too-typical democratian hypocrisy.

Of the 80 races that drew a candidate in Clark County, 59 will be uncontested. Three of those are for various Cemetery District positions; eight of them are in various fire protection or fire and rescue positions. And it is reasonable to question why some races — particularly for cemetery districts — remain elected positions.

Anybody who chooses to run for public office is deserving of gratitude and admiration. It is a time-consuming and often thankless endeavor, and it requires a great deal of personal sacrifice. But while kudos go to those who have decided to run this year, it must be noted that democracy is better served when more candidates enter the fray. Candidate turnout — not just voter turnout — is a valid measurement of the strength of our political system.

"But while kudos go to those who have decided to run this year, it must be noted that democracy is better served when more candidates enter the fray. "

Said the clown not running for anything.

And that's just another sad chapter in the democratian's hypocrisy level.

They do a great job of holding coats while they seek out and enjoy B&O taxbreaks.

They waggle their fingers at the rest of us for not stepping up for any of these positions as if every one of us can magically wave a wand and overcome all the obstacles against running that confront us all:

Live in the wrong place.  No knowledge about the office... and the difficulty in getting the knowledge.

All of that, however, is neither here nor there.

Whoever wrote this pap didn't break a sweat during filing week, either.

And who could POSSIBLY want to run when, if you disagree with out local daily neo-communst mouth piece, they will rape and pillar your reputation and destroy you... not because you break the rules... but because you break them on the wrong side of the issue.

Recently, however, the rag has decided to go after the Port Commissioners who approved the hated oil terminal deal.

Do you think we'd be reading any of this if the commissioners had gone the OTHER way on the oil terminal?

If they had done the EXACT same thing and voted differently?

Of course not.  Lefty Lou has his agenda which is completely separate from that of the people, and if you knock over a bank as long as it's for the right reasons, he'll let you slide.

It's what that rank hypocrite does.

Meanwhile, there's no demands for investigations or resignations for the lying scum who wasted $200 million on the CRC Scam.

Nothing about the criminals on the CTran Board.

Nothing about the massive waste of taxpayer dollars on downtown waterfront development.

There's all KINDS of crap going on out there.  And what does the rag fixate on?

The issue that conflicts with Lefty's agenda.

If that slimeball came out and told us that the commissioners were all guilty of axe murder, I'd call him a liar.

This is the same kind of lynching that scumball tried against David Madore/Tom Mielke.

They're still in office, if memory serves.

So, here's the thing; whoever wrote that crap: you don't like the number of unopposed elections?

Then go out there and oppose one.  But shut the hell up when you're just as guilty has the rest of us for sitting it out.

Thank you so much to the RINO-controlled US Senate

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