Jeers to the morons at the Columbian for slamming the voters of Clark County over R71

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In what seems like one of the usual, and therefore, pathetic, efforts by John Laird in his babbling editorial; that scumbag again takes the opportunity to slam the majority of people in the region his despicable rag of a paper serves who were wise enough to oppose the institutional discrimination in R 71.

That it passed statewide might mean something to Laird and his boyfriend, but to the rest of us, it once again means that King County runs the entirety of the state with it's useful tools like Laird who front for their fellow fringe-leftists every chance they get.

Yes, in the end, those who had a clue simply couldn't overcome the leftist idiocy that runs this state. We had no difficulty, however, overcoming the rank hypocrisy and stupidity of morons like Laird here, locally. That was done with ease, and yet that scumbag couldn't help but insult those of us smart enough to just say "no" to yet another incremental step of mainstreaming a behavior as if it were on the same level as race, gender, or any other actual minority trait.

Here's the moronic quote of the day:

Jeers: To critics of last month's Referendum 71 who insisted that expanding benefits to domestic partners would trigger all kinds of social upheaval. Fortunately, R-71 was approved by 53 percent of voters statewide (Clark County voters rejected the measure by 54 percent), and guess what happened on Thursday? Virtually unnoticed, Senate Bill 5688 (which was affirmed by R-71) quietly took effect and as best we can tell, the world did not end and the institution of marriage seemed to be surviving quite well.

We should've known that no crisis would have erupted on Thursday because, since R-71 passed on Nov. 3, the number of domestic partnerships has seen a rapid increase with no apparent impact on anyone's health or well-being. About 90 same-sex couples and opposite-sex senior couples have been registering each week since the election, about double the pre-election rate. More than 13,000 domestic partnerships now exist in the state, and we're still waiting for the catastrophic impacts predicted by the alarmists.

As Laird is such an obviously lying lowlife, (Because, of course, NO ONE predicted a "crisis would erupt on Thursday") that's what lends itself to my belief that it was that scummy little worm who attacked us with his cowardly keyboard.

Like the loss of our freedoms, social engineering doesn't take place over night like this blithering idiot infers. The steps are incremental. Allowing "opposite-sex senior couples" to registers as anything is as blatant a form of discrimination as anything that asswipe ever whined about. But his utterly rank hypocrisy keeps him from saying anything about THAT.

So, we mark this up as yet another blow against this steaming pile of crap's legitimacy as any force in our community.

Let me re-iterate: I will never buy this disgusting pile of dung.... EVER... as long as that scumbag is employed there.

Yes, the people of this state have spoken. This is their will, for now, and because the tyranny of the majority has once again been visited upon the minority, we have to live with that.

But those of us wise enough to see the crass discrimination and bribery needed to pass this pile of crap at the polls do not need the judgement of cretins like Laird as a result.

To quote some comedian babbling about Rush, "I hope HIS kidneys fail." And soon.
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So.... what do leftists David Letterman and Max Baucus (D Senator from Montana) have in common?

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Why, they both screwed their staff.

Except Baucus, as a token of his appreciation, nominated HIS girlfriend, a staffer also his State Director, as US Attorney for his home state, Montana. That they live together in DC, and did so before Baucus was divorced from his LAST wife, is purely coincidental.

Seems like he wants to do to his state what he's doing to her.

And of course their inter-sheet combat had nothing to do with it, right?

Roll Call said Hanes, who also is divorced, now lives with Baucus in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Matsdorf said Baucus' relationship with his girlfriend had nothing to do with his decision to nominate her.

Right. And I'm the Queen of Sheba. Clearly, her skills go beyond those of the mere legal.

"Senator Baucus recommended each of the three candidates based solely on qualifications, and merit, knowing whichever one the White House selected would
serve Montana well," Matsdorf said.

The spokesman said Baucus and Hanes decided during the nomination process that she should withdraw her name because the couple wanted to live together in Washington.

Matsdorf declined to say why the senator was just now disclosing the circumstances surrounding the nomination.

Baucus and his ex-wife Wanda announced last April that they planned to divorce after 25 years of marriage, his second. In a joint statement, they said they had "parted ways amicably and with mutual respect." Baucus previously was married to Ann Geracimos before marrying Wanda Baucus.

Main Justice, the Web site that broke the story, had this comment from Hanes' ex-husband, Thomas Bennett of Billings: "She was recommended for the position because of a very close and personal relationship with Max Baucus, and she withdrew because of a very close and personal relationship with Max Baucus."

Roll Call said Hanes worked as the regional finance director for Baucus' 2002 re-election campaign. From 2003 to 2005, she served as field director and counsel to his office. Hanes was Baucus' state director and counsel from 2005 until this spring.

The newspaper said Hanes previously was a deputy county attorney in Yellowstone County and mainly prosecuted felony sexual assault and child abuse cases.

"Mel is supremely qualified and she got to her current position based solely on her merit," Matsdorf said.

So, why is it OK for Baucus to boinc someone on his staff, and then do this as a result of her "supreme qualifications?"

And more importantly, whatever is the leftist Caucus going to do about Baucus?

Nothing.

As Letterman has proven, it's perfectly OK to screw the staff and act like a lowlife scumbag, with no fear of retaliation.

And, by the way? I believe that ANY politician acting this way should get nailed, REGARDLESS of Party. Ensign should have been kicked out and Vitter with him.

SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE, has to hold these scum accountable.

There's Something REALLY wrong with this: WWII veteran, homeowners group at odds over flagpole

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For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty on 23 May 1944, near Carano, Italy. With his platoon heavily engaged during an assault against forces well entrenched on commanding ground, 2d Lt. Barfoot (then Tech. Sgt.) moved off alone upon the enemy left flank. He crawled to the proximity of 1 machinegun nest and made a direct hit on it with a hand grenade, killing 2 and wounding 3 Germans. He continued along the German defense line to another machinegun emplacement, and with his tommygun killed 2 and captured 3 soldiers. Members of another enemy machinegun crew then abandoned their position and gave themselves up to Sgt. Barfoot. Leaving the prisoners for his support squad to pick up, he proceeded to mop up positions in the immediate area, capturing more prisoners and bringing his total count to 17. Later that day, after he had reorganized his men and consolidated the newly captured ground, the enemy launched a fierce armored counterattack directly at his platoon positions. Securing a bazooka, Sgt. Barfoot took up an exposed position directly in front of 3 advancing Mark VI tanks. From a distance of 75 yards his first shot destroyed the track of the leading tank, effectively disabling it, while the other 2 changed direction toward the flank. As the crew of the disabled tank dismounted, Sgt. Barfoot killed 3 of them with his tommygun. He continued onward into enemy terrain and destroyed a recently abandoned German fieldpiece with a demolition charge placed in the breech. While returning to his platoon position, Sgt. Barfoot, though greatly fatigued by his herculean efforts, assisted 2 of his seriously wounded men 1,700 yards to a position of safety. Sgt. Barfoot's extraordinary heroism, demonstration of magnificent valor, and aggressive determination in the face of pointblank fire are a perpetual inspiration to his fellow soldiers.[7]

The citation above accompanied the Medal of Honor, Awarded to then Techical Sergeant (Now Colonel, USA, RET) Van Barfoot.

There are a group of out and out scum known as the Homeowners Association of Sussex Square, Henrico County, VA. These miscreants have "ordered" COL Barfoot to remove the flagpole from his yard from which he flies the flag he fought under, bled under, and killed for.

An actual picture of the offensive and not aesthetically pleasing flag and pole.

These scum have problems with it because the flag pole and its flag aren't "aesthetically pleasing."
Although I am not located within 3000 miles of this pack of jackals, my outrage should reach that far, and a copy of this post is getting emailed as soon as I can scrounge up an email address that goes directly to their nest of vipers.

This is a short post, because I simply cannot find words adequate to the task. The idea that a bunch of sniveling scum who enjoy the life that people like COL Barfoot have enabled them to enjoy would tell THIS man that HE CANNOT HAVE A FLAG POLE AND FLAG IN HIS OWN YARD???????

Despicable doesn't begin to cover it.

Huge HT to Smash Mouth Politics, who investigated this sorry episode and took the picture of the offending flag pole and flag.
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So, the Ducks beat the Beavs, and that's just a damned shame.

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I detest both Oregon State and Oregon. But the Oregon Ducks are the football team with a criminal who should be in prison, instead of in school, so he can stay in a program reminiscent of the Jailblazer's halcyon days of basketball not so many years back.

Yes, Oregon proved they were the better athletic team. But in allowing this thug to remain on the team (which, of course, guaranteed his return to the playing field, just like I indicated it would the day he was "kicked off" the team.) they also proved something else. Something much worse... something much darker and underhanded.

I played college ball at a local Division 1A school. My involvement never got beyond "tackling dummy" stage, and orders to Saudi Arabia killed my budding walk on career before it ever started.

I have a clue about both the physical caliber of the athletes (One guy, who killed me on the field in high school, killed me on the field in college, and then went on to kill people on the field for the Oakland Raiders for several years... "kill," of course, being a rhetorical term) and the mental acuity it takes to play. Cursed with fullback's size but offensive tackle's speed, it just wasn't in the cards for me.

So, when I look at a thug taking up a scholarship that a much more deserving student could both use and appreciate, given the tens of thousands of dollars a grateful state pays for his "education," it infuriates me that the critical elements of character and integrity have no place while wearing a Duck's uniform.

Their win represents the most Pyrrhic of victories, where, ultimately, people around the world who follow football will forget the Ducks going to the Rose Ball LONG before they forget the thuggish behavior, and subsequent wrist slap of one of it's players.

There are all kinds of respect. And there are all kinds of reputations. The sham/scam of non-punishment this guy received when anyone else reading this would have went to prison for assault had they engaged in this kind of behavior is the thing that will become a legend.

And the scumbag Duck organization will deserve it.

Shame on them. And shame on the entire state of Oregon who has joined with them in looking the other way while this criminal continues to play a game that he didn't care enough about to stop himself from becoming a national embarrassment to the program and the entire state around this planet.

With any luck at all, Ohio State will drop these clowns by 38 to nothing.

Karma being what it is, that's what they deserve.
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In My View, Dec. 4: Get rid of the bridge scam altogether.

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As it becomes increasingly clear, even to the most ardently delusional bridgeophile (and anyone supporting the destruction of our perfectly serviceable I-5 Bridge to waste billions to bring loot rail into a community that has repeatedly said they don't want it IS delusional) that there is no money for this massive crap pile, we get grudging acknowledgement of this known-for-years fact with columns like the bizarre effort in the paper today.

This same paper banged it's drum for the nonsensical plan to cap the freeway (You know.... JUST LIKE SEATTLE?) another feature that bridge fanciers fantasize about that would only toss a few hundred million more dollars onto the back of the 65,000 commuters to Portland expected to pay for this cow pie of wasteful spending. This same paper has REPEATEDLY told us that twelve lanes (when, in fact, it was NEVER more than SIX through lanes) was the ONLY acceptable way to go.

One would suppose that a grudging acceptance of reality is better than none at all. But in this instance, the factual reality is that the people of Clark County and environs who actually USE these bridges DON'T WANT TO PAY ANY EXTRA MONEY FOR UNNEEDED, UNNECESSARY BRIDGES WHEN THEIR ONLY PURPOSE IS TO GET LOOT RAIL, WHICH WE ALSO DON'T WANT, TO THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER.

As it is, we've wasted as much as $100,000,000 on this steaming pile. The new mayor of Vancouver lied his way into office when he continued to lie about tolls like Adams lied about having sex with a teenager.

So, I have a better idea: just..... stop.

Walk away now.

If THE PEOPLE of this area want a new bridge in the same place, well, I'm sure we'll let you know.

Meanwhile, you know damned well we don't. So, the best thing to do at this point is dump the project altogether; end this charade of so-called (and fake) public involvement; cutoff the leeching consultants; fire all the unnecessary bureaucrats, wiz on the fire and call in the dogs.

Otherwise, 2010 is going to be the start of a great deal of elective pain.

Starting with Steve "Yeah, Barnett owns me, what about it" Stuart, wholly owned tribal subsidiary and bridge cheerleader extraordinaire; just one of the corrupt, non-responsive elected officials who'll be wearing that bridge around their collective necks come next November.
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