Brandon Vick gets his THIRD committee assignment... having claimed SIX during the campaign

We all remember Brandon Vick's campaign lies, dutifully echoed by the democratian in their nonsensical endorsement of this legislative dwarf:

During his first two years in the Legislature, Vick demonstrated the capacity for hard work. He served on six committees — including appropriations, finance and government accountability — and boasts that he never missed a vote. On the other hand, it did take Vick awhile to find his footing. He was the primary sponsor for no bills during the 2013 Legislative session, telling The Columbian at the time, "You can write a bill for whatever you want; whether you should write a bill is the question." He added at the time that he was working on some legislation, but that it wasn't ready for "prime time."

Those were lies, of course.  Vick never "served" on "six committees."   that was purely for eyewash and a calculated effort to get people to, wrongly, believe that he'd actually done something in Olympia... after taking his first year in office off, much like an absentee land owner.

The fact is that he accomplished the impossible: he did as little in Olympia as Ridgefield Barbie.  And I simply didn't believe that to be possible.

He also accomplished the difficult feat of lying more than she did.

The democratian was lying for Vick; that's what they do according to a "reporter" there by the name of Dake.

And those lies, admitted to by Dake, go to the heart of the matter as to why the Columbian's endorsements are so utterly worthless.

That also just goes to show how utterly worthless and abysmal Vick's opponent in the general, Mussolini Mikey Briggs actually was. (I'd call him pathetic, but frankly, that does a disservice to the word.)

I pointed out at the time that Vick's claim was a lie and that as soon as session started, he'd have to go back to 3 committees that everyone else had... if he could find 3 committees to take him.

So, I wasn't terribly surprised to discover that not only couldn't Vick find THREE committees... he could only find TWO.

The democratian, being the lying scum they are, haven't said anything about that, of course.  After all, you rarely find "truth" and Brancaccio in the same room.

If at all.

So, I wasn't all that surprised when this press release was blasted out a few days ago:

Jan. 29, 2015
CONTACT: Kylee Zabel, Public Information Officer - (360) 786-7031

Rep. Vick assigned to Finance committee as House adds an extra seat 

Rep. Brandon Vick, R-Felida, was assigned to fill a position on the House Finance Committeeduring the third week of the 2015 legislative session after Washington House Republicans were provided an additional seat.

Vick served on the committee last session. The committee considers issues relating to state and local revenues, such as tax increases or decreases, tax preferences, and tax administration. 

"I'm thrilled to be back serving on the Finance Committee this session, and bring my expertise to the table," said Vick. "This is an important committee to serve on, especially this session as we work to craft a two-year budget. Since the governor released his budget proposals, there's been a lot of talk about increasing taxes. Though we have many important programs and services that need funding, we need to ensure taxpayers' dollars are spent wisely."

The committee of 16 now consists of nine Democrats and seven Republicans.

"With a tight margin in the committee, we'll all have to come to the table, ready to take part in some serious negotiations. I'm looking forward to the conversation and hope we can agree on sound policies that move Washington forward," said Vick.

The 2015 legislative session is scheduled to adjourn April 26.

He lied about the committees he was on as a part of campaign... and he's making this announcement on the off chance that someone like me doesn't come along and point out the obvious:

If they had really wanted him there, they'd have put him there.  Adding a seat wouldn't have been necessary.

Vick is something of a political minimalist.

He does absolutely the minimal amount needed to remain in office... not unlike that clueless moron repping us in Congress.

 And he lies about it.

How democrat of them: the idiocy of Obamacare continues....

OBAMACARE TAX MESS: WHITE HOUSE TO OFFER MORE EXEMPTIONS

And now, not even buying off the unions will be enough. 

Anyone following politics knows three things: 

1.  Obamacare is a disaster and will not work.

2.  Like our CRC locally, it's the gift that keeps on giving... to the GOP

3.  It's the penultimate signature of democrat incompetence and may, ultimately, be the reason for the leftist nadir:  democrats know it is clobbering them politically, but they stubborn refuse to get rid of it even as they're decimated as a result.

I am not going to sign up for it; I am not going to pay penalties or fines or any of the rest of it.

I cannot afford paying the usurious amount of money they want with completely unaffordable copays ($250 for each visit) for the few, remaining doctors that will take it.  The hundreds of millions wasted on the Oregon web site and the billion or more wasted on the federal site were the beginning signatures of this Ride of the Valkyries that was doomed from inception.

And, as Obamacare architect Gruber told us, there is zero doubt that Obama was counting on voter stupidity (After all, he was elected twice, and what does that say about the American voter?) which was delivered in spades... but now the chickens continue to come home to roost... and the American people have wised up.

Local leftists of the Moeller-Cleveland ilk, remain enraptured by the slimeball in the White House.

But as IRS actions against the millions refusing to become involved in this scam ramp up, the bloom will have long since fallen off the rose, and Obama will have cemented himself into first place on the list of the worst presidents this country has ever known.

Thanks, Barry.

Barry throws a hissy fit over Bibi and democrats make security political?

So, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is coming in to give a speech to Congress on Iran.

 BIBI BE BAD

Obama, who is and will be known for his many disasters on both the domestic and foreign fronts, is a bit upset at the whole thing, claiming that, among other things, this will help Bibi with his upcoming election in Israel, and Netanyahu's reelection, which I believe is assured, is the LAST thing Barry wants... to the point that Obama is aiding Bibi's political opposition... in Israel.

In short, the hypocritical, empty-suited, anti-American racist-in-chief has no problem interfering IN Israel with the upcoming election; he's just got a problem with Bibi's allies in DC countering his carefully laid plans to screw Bibi by having him speak in Congress.

Here's the thing: every time Obama throws a hissy fit over what's happening, those involved can be pretty sure that they're doing the right thing.

Obama's policy initiatives are pretty much like the democratian's: if either Barry or Lefty Lou support or oppose something, one can be fairly sure that the right position, the best position, is the opposite.

Democrats, who see the obvious need for taking foreign policy initiatives away from that incompetent moron, suddenly have backed off on joining with the GOP on Iranian sanctions as Obama would sell his own kids to get a deal... any deal... just so he can say he's got one. 

Now, all of a sudden, these leftists are telling us that there's no hurry, and they might get around to it in March when  it had been front-burnered for the next few days.

Why are they doing this?  To retaliate for Netanyahu's speech.

Gee.  Here I thought that American security would transcend partisan politics.

Silly me.

I'm not a huge Boehner fan by any means.  But like when the Klingon Princess got it right by refusing to wear that idiotic head scarf muslim's demand in Saudi Arabia (And when I was there, I saw many western women go around without that scarf) I give credit where I believe it's due, and this is one of those times.

Any time Congress takes any matter out of the hands of that idiot, it's likely going to be a good thing.  Because with his miserable record, he is arguably the worst president this country has ever known.

The democratian's confusion of an opinion piece as news and their image rehab effort for Ridgefield Barbie.

One of the many reasons the local democrat daily newsletter damages this community so much is their confusion of news with opinion.

Earlier, I printed a post where Lauren Dake, who unfortunately works for the Lazy C which is hopefully temporarily, still in business; detailed the sham that is the editorial process for screwing candidates they oppose.

Correspondingly, today shows an article where they slavishly (albeit moronically) try to rehab the Camas Manikin's image with the GOP... a fool's errand, given that so few in the GOP actually read their tripe.

The article, idiotically (and falsely) entitled "Censure effort could benefit Herrera" is a mishmash of quotes from sources that don't know what they're talking about and even aren't from this state.

Herrera, who even now, having lied about it at the time of her appointment, was recently referred  by the democratian as a "Republican moderate," one who has failed to act on behalf of the people of Clark County in any meaningful way on the CRC scam since she rabidly supports that still very-much-alive project; has taken a number of votes which show she's nothing more than a sock-puppet for the GOP establishment that built her.

That's been her meme ever since McMorris parachuted her back here after an 11 year absence to take on democrat Brian Baird who she so admired and during her abortive tenure in the state House, she managed to co-sponsor SEIU legislation as well as vote for a bill that cleaned out the states reserve fund... just like many of her democrat buddies.

Now, an effort is under way to hold her accountable for her political treachery, and the rag, ignoring the political realities of the local GOP which, politically, should be her only concern, go out of state to some GOP powerhouse such as the chair of the Multnomah County GOP to get their take.

As if.

As if Multnomah county wasn't a deeper and darker blue than downtown Moscow, Russia.  But then, Dake knew that when he asked, and if she had asked a party chair from a county as Red as Clark, she likely would have received a different answer.  Not that she'd use it, you understand: that wouldn't have fit into her opinion piece masquerading as "news."

While Herrera would likely fit like a glove in the Multnomah GOP, this is where I point out that this ain't Multnomah and his opinion on something he knows nothing about is as bogus as democratian "journalism."

Further, if you're going to quote a GOP leader, maybe you should find one that doesn't get tattooed by the democrats every election cycle.

Did, for example, Multnomah county vote GOP for congress... or the senate... or Governor?

Is that even a question?

So, why did they talk to another by-necessity RINO to get their take about an issue he likely knows little to nothing about?

Because he'd say what the democratian wanted to hear.

The quote itself shows his ignorance:

"If I were her, I would be working with her staff to do that triangulation because she has strong conservative credentials and if she can say, 'I can also be a moderate when I need to be a moderate,' that may help," Fruits said. "Plus, if she is like most politicians, she has her eyes on something bigger, and it may give her broader statewide appeal she might need." 

And how has that formula worked out for the GOP in Multnomah?

Sere, here's the thing: Herrera NEVER needs to be a "moderate."  Even the PHRASE "moderate" just means "voting with my fellow leftists."

That's what she did when she voted to raise the debt ceiling.  That's what she did when she voted to cut veteran retirement and disability.  That's what she did when she voted for Boehner.  That's what she's done on the shut-down.

I agree with the assessment that she "has her eye on something bigger."  But the dimbulb who both said it and the one who subsequently printed it failed to realize that a conclusion like that is part and parcel of Herrera's biggest problem:  this isn't ABOUT her.

Fortunately, having lacked the guts to even hold open town hall meetings, there's little likelihood she'll succeed at doing anything save boot herself out of politics and give the senate seat back to the democrats.

Again.

One of her many, many failings is her inability to remember what she's supposed to be doing there.

It's SUPPOSED to be about US.

She is not SUPPOSED to be feathering her own nest.  And I, of course, sincerely hope that she DOES run for the senate: she would get her clueless ass kicked and then she'd be out of government altogether.  That would mean the end of her crashing White House Super Bowl parties so she can get selfies with Russell Wilson, and no more videos of her climbing over her colleagues to get pictures with Obama at SOTU speeches.

That Fruits would actually say such a thing... which plays directly into the opposition organizing within the party shows that politically, the only thing missing with Fruits are nuts and flakes.

With friends like that, who needs enemies?

The rag, of course, wants her in because she's their biggest local friend on the CRC Scam.  Because of Lefty Lou's obsession with that rip off and Herrera's support of it, she could have committed axe murder, relatively speaking, and the rag would be engaging in image rehab, no matter how much they're missing the demographic.

It's what they do.  Look up "Jim Jacks" for a big example.

What they fail to understand... as they have failed to understand so much for so long, is that the more these fringe-left whack jobs defend her, the more damage they're inflicting to her cause.

Few items in the local GOP have greater radioactivity than the support of the cancer on our community.

The local GOP should NOT have shown indecision on this obvious issue, much like they should not have shown indecision on expelling Greg Kimsey.  This should have already been over and done... no long, drawn out, painful play.

Both of these scum make me ashamed I ever was part of the GOP at any level.  And the failure to act shows how weak the party actually is when decisive leadership is needed.

Let's not forget: these same kind of people like those at the democratian were saying the same kind of crap about Marc Boldt... and how'd that work out for them?

GOP Establishment in Congress: the disappointment I'd thought they'd be.

For years now, we've been told by moderates that we had to keep the faith, that once the GOP took control of BOTH Houses of Congress, why, by golly.... things would be different.

Indeed.

I had... and continue to have.... a different view.

I've long since concluded that both parties in power have absolutely zero concern for this country's welfare.

On the fiscal level, both parties are doing all they can to force us off the fiscal cliff: the democrats look to have us sprint off the edge while the GOP has us going over the edge at a somewhat more sedate pace.

On the issue of illegal aliens and border security, neither House has done anything of substance; I don't expect that either House will.  When it comes to internal security, government agencies shatter our constitutional rights when it comes to our private communications while doing nothing to close down militant islamic camps and, in fact, refusing to even use the phrase "islamic extremist" in conjunction with muslim terrorists.

On the issue of Obamacare, that cancer in our community that every GOP'er alive ran against during the last cycle, nothing had been done to repeal it; no one has offered a plan to replace it, and things are no different now than they were on Election night.

On the issue of foreign/military policy, nothing different has been going on; we're still nibbling at the edges of ISIS, aka, the "junior varsity."

While we have increased the number of airstrikes to a paltry 5 sorties per day, when ti should be 50 or more, all we have to show for our latest idiocy is the loss of the government of Yemen and a clueless president who is blowing off our closest middle eastern ally, the Prime Minister of Israel.

There are more.... many more issues of this sort where promises were made and subsequently blown off.

I protested to those who kept assuring me that everything would be "different."  I knew better.  I know better.

Meanwhile... nothing has changed.  The military grows weaker by the minute, Obama continues to lie like he breathes, those he sends up to Capitol Hill to be yelled at take it (What choice do they have?) but Holder is still in contempt, the IRS is till going to be enforcing the lie of Obamacare and millions of illegal aliens are being invited to stay here.

Yeah.  Vote GOP.

That'll change everything.

Unbreakable - The Seahawks

My support of the death penalty.

Leftist, caving to fringe-left pressure from the likes of whack job Ed Murray, clueless mayor of Seattle, have trotted out a bill to halt the death penalty in Washington State.

Sorry.  I can't support that.

These leftists are of the fringe-left core of their parties:  State Reps. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines, Maureen Walsh, R-Walla Walla, and Chad Magendanz, R-Issaquah.

Walsh, if memory serves, is a former legislative assistant to a democrat and a former county democrat party-chair before she switched parties along with her then democrat state representative Dave Mastin, is the epitome of a RINO.  Her support of this idiocy is to both be expected and a huge warning flag as to the motives behind it.

Those shilling this idiocy make no compelling argument for it: they cite costs, time, DNA, a bogus concern for the victim's families (Like these clowns speak for the victims?) a fake "difficulty in finding jurors willing to impose the death penalty" and that sort of thing.

Similar arguments concerning costs and time are routinely ignored by leftists when it suits them: take a look at the rank incompetence of the Seattle Big Dig. Locally, take a look at the idiocy of the CRC/Light rail scam.

In the end, I use a tiny filter when it comes to this issue, a filter that clearly none of these leftists use:

What if it were my wife, daughter, son, mom or dad?

If these people had just suffered that loss... what would their position be then?

The problem for this motley crew is that it's not their views that matter.  It's ours.  And ours say that while the appeal system obviously needs reform and that's what they should be focusing on, THIS "solution" is based purely and entirely on their feelings... and not ours.

And guess which ones are what they should be concerned with?

Those who argue that 150 (Or whatever the number may be) death penalty sentences have been overturned unfortunately do not cast any gravitas when it comes to that:  how many non-death penalty cases have been reversed?  Does that mean we should get rid of prisons?

The death penalty isn't perfect.  But I cannot imagine someone such as Wesley Allen Dodd not being put to death (As this group and their ilk would not have allowed) for what he did.  Because if he had done that to one of my children, I would have done my best to blow his brains out myself.

It's simple, really: what would I do in this case?

What would I do if the death penalty were applied as a result of the murder of a family member?

What would YOU do?

Veteran's Choice is a scam; Moeller's toadying over a program he knows nothing about.

Murray, with the assistance of the democratian, continues to practice the art of "Shiny object" politics.  She frankly has done nothing for veterans and who was a disaster as Senate Veteran's Affairs Chair, sends out a press release babbling about the Veteran's Choice scam.

Readers here may recall my past experience with this idiocy, which is a permanent program designed to buttress the abysmal program that our state cow had direct oversight over known as the Veteran's Administration.

It's not terribly surprising that Murray would climb on the backs of the wounded veterans to get another self-flagellating press release out there: after all, the most dangerous place in the world is that space between Patty Murray and a reporter.

But to have Jim "Molehill" Moeller, a non-serving POG if ever I've seen one, babble:

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  Jim Moeller · Follow ·  Top Commenter · Clark College -- Vancouver, Washington · 142 followers

  Thank you, Sen. Murray!!

  Reply · Like · 2 · Follow Post · 14 hours ago

For what, Jimmy?

What would you know about it?  You never bothered to put on a uniform.

And that's just one of the many things I despise about Moeller.  He's not involved in any way, manner shape or form, and he's got to jump in with this kind of crap?

That said, I was told today that, after my series of calls, I finally have received a referral to Veteran's Choice for my right hand.  The 30 day window for a procedure being a pipe dream and the scheduled date for the surgery on my hand now being April 15.

The worker in Veteran's Choice when I called her warned me that it might take at least as long to find a doctor who will accept the hassle of Veteran's Choice in the local area as it would if I just stayed on the schedule for April.

That, of course, means that neither Murray NOR our cardboard cutout of a congresswoman, Jaime Herrera, have done a damned thing to be thanked FOR when it comes to veterans... or much else, either.

Remember, this is the same system that forces veterans to wait over a year, typically, to get a determination on their disabilities.  The same system that charges $27 for a prescription anyone else can get for $10 at Fred Meyers among other places.  

The same system that has caused veteran deaths.

Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside that those who never served get a better deal than those of us who have.

Meanwhile, my right little finger is slowly being pulled out of it's socket as the ligament continues to shrink.

Months go by.  And nothing happens.

THANK You, Sen. Murray!

And drop dead, you fringe left partisan hack.

Who's on my presidential short list?

In no particular order:

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.

Dr. Ben Carson

At this  point, no one else.

Who I will not vote for?

Paul, Christie, Rubio, Romney, Bush, Graham (Who once told me to my face he was never going to run for president, in fact, telling me that I could chair his campaign in Washington State if he ever did.) Huckabee, King, Pataki, Palin, Perry, Santorum or Trump.

Others not listed have zero chance at this point and I haven't considered them as a result.

Gov. Walker has shown a level of political courage that I can only dream of.  He stands as a beacon of political integrity that all in office (Particularly the clueless moron representing us in Congress here) should emulate.

Walker, who has achieved the fantastic goal of returning Wisconsin, a state once deeply and darkly blue as the Soviet Socialist State of Washington, turned that state into a right-to-work state, facing down hordes of union scum, personal and legal attacks and character assassination of the democratian variety while he triumphed in 3 statewide elections, including a recall where union's money of the variety a fringe-left loon by the name of Seabrook was whining about just the other day.

Finding a politician with convictions is about as rare as discovering oil in your own back yard.  I know Herrera has none.  Others I believed had them have shown otherwise.

Walker, on the other hand, is that political rarity:  He's put his political future on the line for what he believes in.  He's fought and won.  And who has done that around here or even nationally?

Unlike the blithering idiot currently staining the White House, Walker's got executive political experience.  He obviously appeals across much of the political spectrum, he's withstood the typical leftist attacks and emerged victorious.  And he's got the courage so lacking among so many.

Deciding questions include those related to the 2nd Amendment, Obamacare repeal, tax code reform, foreign policy questions, tax questions and the like; but those apply to any candidate running, and if answered wrong, would likely result in voting them off my island.

Here's what got my attention concerning Dr. Carson: (If you haven't seen this, take 28 minutes or so and watch.)




It take a special kind of person to stand right next to the President of the United States and to, effectively, tell him that he's as full of crap as a Christmas goose.

The introduction for Dr. Carson sums up the reason I so admire him.

He rose up out of poverty, performed brilliantly in his chosen field for decades, became respected around the world in that field and obviously is a man of integrity and courage.

He would make an ideal vice-presidential candidate due, in part, to his lack of political experience.

But his brilliance and grasp of the issues confronting us show me that he's more than willing to mix it up, take positions and fight for what he truly believes... another set of character tenets our own congresscritter could use.

Dr. Carson has had issues with the 2nd Amendment, but I am satisfied with his position on this issue as laid out here:

“Perhaps I didn’t convey it appropriately,” he said. “I wanted to convey that, you know, I’ve lived in urban areas. I’ve worked in urban areas. I’ve seen a lot of carnage, and I’d prefer a situation where the kinds of weapons that create that kind of carnage don’t fall to the hands of criminal elements or insane people. But that is secondary to the desire to always defend the Second Amendment.” 

Carson said that “under no circumstances” would he “allow a bureaucrat to remove any law-abiding citizen’s rights for any kind of weapon that they want to protect themselves.” 

If he were in a position of national leadership, Carson said he would seek to allow people to possess any kind of weapon they can legally buy, including “automatic weapons and semi-automatic weapons.”

That's good enough for me.

Others may work their way up, but it's going to be difficult.

Failed democrat 18th District State Senator Candidate Dave Seabrook shows why he lost.

Although he deliberately failed to mention that he lost to Joe Zarelli back in 2004, he has perfectly illustrated the lack of integrity and fringe-left ardor that caused his defeat.

Seabrook was a fire captain who lost that job if memory serves, because h failed to keep his certifications up to date.  He eventually was recredited and apparently went on to retire as a battalion chief.

Democrats, taking care of their own like the mafia, unfortunately put him on the PDC where, fortunately, he now is a FORMER PDC commissioner.

Here's the bizarre letter Seabrook had published in the daily democrat:

Letter: Follow the Tesoro money

Published: January 24, 2015, 6:00 AM

As a former commissioner for the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission, I learned about the corrosive influence of money in our political process. Tesoro wants to build the largest oil transfer facility in the country in Vancouver and they're trying to grease the skids with political spending.

According to a recent report from the Sightline Institute, Tesoro has spent more than $500,000 in our state over the last two election cycles on candidates, PACs, lobbying and ballot measures. In addition they are sending out fact-challenged mailers and airing advertisements.

The public should pay close attention to who among Clark County's Olympia delegation is taking Tesoro money. Visit www.pdc.wa.gov to search the database. We need our legislators to prioritize support for crude-oil safety laws that protect our communities, specifically HB 1449 and SB 5087, over profits for Texas-based Tesoro.

Dave Seabrook

BATTLE GROUND

Seabrook, who accepted in excess of $70,000 from unions directly or laundered through democrat organizations indirectly who helped finance his loss to Zarelli certainly DOES know "the corrosive influence of money in our political process."

Just not the way he's letting on.

As regular readers know, because of Maureen "Bully" Loserham's hypocrisy which matches that of Seabrook, I already did this research and discovered the following:

Eric Pettigrew.

Judy Clibborn

Jeff Morris

Gael Tarleton

Pat Sullivan

Larry Springer

Christopher Hurst

Brian Blake

Ross Hunter

Dean Takko

Steve Kirby

Are all democrats who took money from Tesoro.  Some took money from Chevron and BP.

Loserham, of course, had nothing to say about THESE recipients of Tesoro funds.  And, of course, Seabrook had nothing to say about the corrosive influence of union money, or of fringe-left whack job billionaire Tom Steyer's money for the democrats...

And that goes to the heart of the matter of leftist hypocrisy.

Like I repeatedly told Loserham: you got a problem with money from Tesoro? 

Then you have to hold EVERYONE accountable from BOTH sides.

Otherwise, it's just political prostitution.  And as both Seabrook and Loserham have shown...

Are the Patriots PAYING their consultants? And is this the end for Goodell?

Good God.  What a mess.

Ballgahzi, deflategate, or ball-gate, or whatever they're calling it... I'm watching it in disbelief.

Not that the Patriots cheated.  After all, all football teams cheat and sometimes get caught; is that not why refs are in the game?

But how badly they've mishandled it.

This shows either complete incompetence on the part of the PR staff, the media consultants and the team staff... OR, the owner/coach/QB are simply clueless idiots who had no idea how to end all of this.

Right this second, the biggest story in sports is this issue.  ESPN, FOXNews... just about any news outlet, is running it.  It won't go away.

And part of why it won't go away is the stupidity of those dealing with it connected to the Patriots.

This whole thing could have been over had Bellichek, Brady, or whoever owns the team, got out behind the microphone and said, you know what?  The whole thing is stupid.

Yeah, we did it.  Stupid move, trying to find every little edge; shouldn't have done it; won't do it again, thanks.

That would have been the end of it even if it HAD been on purpose... (Which, of course, it was.)

They'd have fined the team, the coach, the QB or whoever at least as much as Marshawn, taken away a draft choice and that would have been the end of it.  At this point, it would hardly be mentioned, if at all.

NOW, of course, much of the focus of the SB itself is going to be along the lines of: What ELSE are these clowns cheating about?

The ghost of Richard Nixon will tell you: it's not the crime that's the problem; it's the cover up.

These guys are stuck on flypaper and they put themselves there.  All they had to do was have somebody in the top end of the organization take responsibility for it and that would have been it.

Now, they're just plain lying.  And the more they lie, the more stuck they get.  The team is not focused, they're out of synch... any time any of these players or staff even go to a local 7-11, they're likely being bombarded with this crap and it ALL could have been avoided... or at least dramatically reduced... had somebody just taken responsibility for it.

Now, when they ARE punished, Goodell isn't going to have any choice but to hit them with a 16 pound sledge hammer.  The more they talk, the more they lie, the harder it's going to be for Goodell to just blow this off.

I simply cannot believe that they're not getting this advice from folks paid a whole hell of a lot more money than I am.  And if they're NOT getting this advice... then they need to fire whoever is providing this swimming pool full of quicksand.

Goodell has already failed... again.  He should have acted by now.  His failure here may be enough to finally break him.

And it's about time.

Brancaccio's Jihad Babble.

I freely admit it: I didn't read his garbage.

It's the same column, written hundreds of times with just little bits changed to fool his fellow leftist morons.

Think in terms of a Nickelback song.

Anyway, Lefty Lou wants Madore... and most of this county.... to fail.

That's been his agenda much like the failure of this country has been Obama's agenda.

In this case, Lefty's pique is the East County Bridge.

Now, Madore has been Lefty's fetish since he politically arrived on the scene.  Madore has, for the most part, opposed Lefty's narcissistic, arrogant agenda on an active basis.  The result?

What I'd call "democratian hatred."

Lefty and his minions have lied, exaggerated, insulted and belittled Madore and damned near anyone who supports any of Madore's vision.  In fact, just this past election, Lefty came across like a blithering little leftist idiot, doing his best to tie any local Republican candidate in any competitive race to Commissioner Madore.

The result?

Commissioner Stewart.  Representative Pike.  Representative Wilson.  Sheriff Atkins.

Lefty is so far out of touch that he needs daylight to get delivered to him by the truckload.  You know, along with tankers full of "Just for Men?"

Now, Lefty has yet to address our cross-river transportation issues, save to join the idiocy of his fellow fringe-lefters and try to resurrect the hated CRC that he... and they... were so embarrassed over.

They've offered zero alternatives to that scam.  They attack ANY idea that isn't the CRC.  They do everything they can to block any effort NOT the CRC.

Now, for me, I support the East County Bridge concept.  I support it for a couple of simple reasons:  First, it's the only idea with a pulse.

There are other ideas out there, ideas of merit.  But they lack a beating heart.  We ARE going to need an East County Bridge at some point, now's as good a time as any and no alternative has moved an inch.

Second, the fringe-leftist idiots like Brancaccio have yet to offer any viable alternative.

Which of his fellow leftists have offered any other ideas?  This past election cycle, NONE of the fringe-leftists running offered any alternative.

That makes it easy.  When it comes to actually addressing the issues confronting us, namely solutions to our cross-river transportation problems, none of the leftists generally... and Lefty Lou particularly.... have offered a damned thing.

The entire leftist community hates Madore's plan essentially, because Madore authored it and it's not the CRC.

They don't give a damn that the people of this county don't want their plan, that we can't afford it and it does nothing to address congestion, safety or freight mobility.

But then, the democratian to date has gone 3 years without publishing the Oregon Supreme Court decision that exposed the entire scam as a loot rail plan that required a new bridge to get Vancouver's cooperation.  it's not like Lefty or any other of his ilk actually want the people of this community to know the truth.

So, what does Lefty do about all of this?

He attacks Madore.  Because that's all he's capable of doing.

Hopefully, the rag will soon die an untimely death... or the owner will get sick of losing money and fire the main cause for that:  Lou Brancaccio.

Tick-tock, Scott.  Tick-tock.

Benny beating on Obama.

Face it: Obama's clueless Middle East foreign policy makes as much sense as our local fringe-left nutter's CRC/Loot Rail obsession.

In short, none at all.

Like so many other things in life, politics is an outcome-based business. That simpering idiot in the White House has screwed up the perception of this country in ways that, I believe, we'll never recover from.

Meanwhile, ISIS is a direct response to his incompetence.  Both nature and politics abhor a vacuum, and this guy has extended the one in his skull to the entire Middle East.

He stands there in front of the entire world and lies.  Such whoppers as "the war in Afghanistan is over," for example... while he restocks the terrorist ranks:

His debacle with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

His complete mishandling of the Iraqi SOFA.

The bizarre idea of reducing the ranks of the military... while engaging in rampant social engineering that will spill blood, reduce effectiveness and cause us to suffer.  (There's a reason the latest poll gives Obama only 15% support in the military.)

His efforts to keep us dependent on ME oil by reducing and slowing drill permits and jamming the Keystone Pipeline.

His failure to even have that lowlife Attorney General drive across town to participate in the Leader's demonstration... that he, himself, should have attended... had he been able to tear himself away from his golf game.

His complete lack of stature and cowardice in the face of Russian/Iranian/Terrorist provocation... And let's remember, the bumbler-in-chief's characterization of ISIS as"the JV team..." a team we've done essentially nothing about as they grow stronger, slaughter more and decapitate the odd American.

Since the moron running the show is in so far over his head they have to pipe daylight to him, it's no wonder that someone... anyone... makes the effort to step up and fill the vacuum of leadership that Obama represents.

Obama's inexcusable and insulting behavior to Prime Minister Netanyahu, head of the government of our closest ally in the entire region, begs for an intervention.  While I am by no means a Boehner fan, I do support this action on his part, and if Obama gets all butthurt about it, that's just too damned bad.

That Obama fails to understand or care that the people of this nation support Israel, well, that's just par for the leftist course, mirrored here locally by our leftist cult on the CRC Scam that has cost them almost everything.

It's also just too... damned... bad.

I look forward to watching the prime minister use Obama as his pinata given how many times Obama has done the same.

Seattle doing it's best to hang their waste of hundreds of millions on us: The Bertha Debacle.

Six years ago, I warned us of the Seattle version of Boston's notorious "Big Dig,"

In a nutshell:

The Big Dig was the most expensive highway project in the U.S. and was plagued by escalating costs, scheduling overruns, leaks, design flaws, charges of poor execution and use of substandard materials, criminal arrests,^[2][3] and one death.^[4] The project was originally scheduled to be completed in 1998^[5] at an estimated cost of $2.8 billion (in 1982 dollars, US$6.0 billion adjusted for inflation as of 2006).^[6] However, the project was completed only in December 2007, at a cost of over $14.6 billion ($8.08 billion in 1982 dollars, meaning a cost overrun of about 190%)^[6] as of 2006.^[7] The Boston Globe estimated that the project will ultimately cost $22 billion, including interest, and that it will not be paid off until 2038.^[8] As a result of the death, leaks, and other design flaws, the consortium that oversaw the project agreed to pay $407 million in restitution, and several smaller companies agreed to pay a combined sum of approximately $51 million.^[9] 

While amounts vary, I knew from the beginning that like the CRC Scam, we were being lied to in two critical areas that no one in government cares about:

Money... and time.

MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2009

The only public works project more idiotic than the Bridge/Loot Rail? The Alaskan Way... Tunnel?

You know, I'm FROM Seattle. And every day, in every way, Seattle becomes an increasingly greater place to be FROM. 

The problem here is that in this instance of insanity, we can neither afford this nonsense nor is it necessary. In those respects, the situation in Seattle is not unlike the situation we face here: the unneeded and unwanted, as well as indecently expensive replacement of the I-5 Bridge for purposes of bringing loot rail into Vancouver. 

The Alaskan Way Viaduct would be replaced
by a tunnel under an agreement reached
between the state, King County.

I vividly remember the pro-gas tax campaign not too long ago: we were repeatedly (and wrongfully) told that if we voted the gas tax down, the Alaskan Way Viaduct would collapse, killing millions and that the world would end as we knew it. 

They were lying, of course... but our state supreme court has approved the process of campaign lies, so the messaging continued. The result? The people spoke. We were, as I pointed out, lied to... and the project list underwent a massive (30% or so) cut (all another part of our government lying to us) 60 seconds or so (figuratively speaking) after the vote passed. 

So now, instead of doing the right thing...instead of repairing and/or upgrading the Viaduct (much like we should be considering when it comes to the I-5 Bridge, but an unacceptable option to the downtown Mafia who demand loot rail at any price) the idiots running our government want the most expensive possible option: tearing down the viaduct and putting in a tunnel. 

Think "Big Dig," and what an utter, complete disaster that was and is. Think in terms of $4.25 billion only being the opening charge. Think in terms of additional, unspoken billions and tax increases to pay for it. Think in terms of special interests blowing holes in our collective wallets.

More:

There was and is no way.... NO WAY... this idiocy was going to come in on time and on budget.  None.  It was no more possible than pot legalization bringing in $582 million in revenue every year.

 I knew it 6 years ago and I'm a nobody.  How come *I* knew it and apparently, no one else did?

So now, the city is trying to stick it to the entire state to pay for their stupidiy when the ONLY alternative that made any sense was the same alternative we face down here on the I-5 bridge: retrofit and repair.

Had that route been taken, what is spinning out of control and requiring additional billions (Not unlike the idiocy of the CRC Scam and the SR 520, $400 million spent without a shovel full of dirt being turned floating bridge scam)  could have been accomplished for a few hundred million, the esthetic sensibilities of the fringe-left, Seattle-centric slime behind this scam notwithstanding,

And then, the House Transportation Chair (and where's she from?) wouldn't have needed to go full potato on this:

Change-order requests by STP have reached $210 million, including $125 million STP seeks for Bertha’s repairs and delays, Trepanier told lawmakers. The state holds $144 million in contingency and intervention funds, he said. 

Rep. Jesse Young, R-Gig Harbor, asked an uncomfortable question: If $20 million is slipping away, what happens after $210 million in claims, if the state losses exceed the tunnel’s reserves? 

That prompted Chairwoman Judy Clibborn, D-Mercer Island, to ask that members take detailed questions “off­line” after the hearing. 

Yeah.  Because we damned sure can't have the people actually KNOWING the answer to that question NOW, can we?

Is it any wonder people hate their government?

Not that the liars behind the CRC Scam care, but this could have been our future:

The vast majority of scum behind the CRC/Loot Rail scam, who would rarely have ever used the idiocy of the CRC/Loot Rail scam had it ever been built did not and do not care about that pesky toll issue.

Here is what our future would have been.

Tolls for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge have tripled since it opened in 2007.

Read this article.  Heed it.  Understand it.  And remember: the special interests like Thompson Metal Fab who stood to pocket $100 million plus from this deal would likely not have had to suffer the consequences from it that your average commuter, going over that bridge to the tune of roughly $2000 per year would have felt had this massive waste of billions and a 40 year minimum on ever increasing tolls ever been implemented.

State Department of Transportation officials explained the toll fund is projected to be short $5.7 million for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and $16.7 million the next year. That will have to be made up through higher rates, which are now $4.50 for electronic payment, $5.50 at the booths and $6.50 for pay by mail.

These tolls started some 8 years ago at $1.50 and $3.00.

And this is just the start:

Rates need to keep being raised because construction bonds keep increasing until they’re paid off in 2030. Next year they’ll jump 16 percent, and 15 percent more the year after.

It goes without saying that whoever agreed to this kind of deal should be shot.

Rhetorically speaking, of course.

I think.

Meanwhile, the local leftists continue to throw various hissy-fits in their struggle to keep their massive fraud alive, including attacking any alternative provided without, of course, giving up one of their own.

I support the East County concept because nothing else seems to be out there of any weight.  We need at least 4 bridges crossing the Columbia and we have to start somewhere.  We also need a bridge to the west of the I-5 Bridge.

After those 2 things happen, then we can take a look at replacing the I-5 Bridge, sans loot rail, after the two new bridges are built.

And if tolls are required?

They'd damned sure better come up with a better plan than the Tacoma Narrows idiocy that should have resulted with people going to prison.

Not unlike, come to think of it, our own CRC rip off down here.

On the lighter side: NFL Bad Lip Reading new edition.

No lie they won't tell: The bill to let the liars on I-502 off the hook.

Here's the plan: you want to get your initiative passed?

Feel free to lie.

from the pro-pot site

That's the message those behind a bill to let the scum who lied their asses off to get legalized pot passed in this state where they made IMPOSSIBLE promises on revenue... $582 million per year into the general fund... (You remember the pro-pot side's argument all these years, don't you?  "Legalize it and tax the hell out of it and it will solve all of our budget problems?"  THAT lie?)  well, *I* knew it was a lie, perhaps the biggest political lie ever uttered on a ballot measure.

I said as much.  Repeatedly.

So, how does the legislature respond?

They coalesce around a bill that COMPLETELY lets the scum who were behind this fraud off the hook.

It's a democrat bill, of course: they never want to raise taxes on a group of their friends... and believe me, potheads, retail and otherwise, ARE their friends.

Sponsored by Sen. Brian Hatfield (D -19), best known for covering up his then 14 year old son's rapes of another juvenile... and getting a sweetheart deal from his buddy, Brad Owen (Lieutenant Governor) who made up a job in his office that result in massive, bow wave pay increases in Owen's office for him, one has to wonder how they got to Hatfield.

And who's co-sponsoring it?

My own Senator, Ann Rivers.

Here's the thing:  this has nothing to do, for me, with the product.  You want to get wasted every hour, on the hour?

Knock yourself out as long as *I* don't have to pay for it.

You run into medical problems because of pot?  Pay for it yourself.

You under the influence while you're driving if you hurt my family?

Expect to get shot.

That said, the problem I have with this reaction to the lie of an initiative campaign is that this reaction, which lets those who perpetrated this fraud off the hook, is absolutely the wrong response.

Somewhere... at some point... those behind these efforts... those who financed these efforts.... those who ran this fraudulent scam... should be held accountable for their lies.

The bill in question does nothing to accomplish that end.

Politicians, of course, are in the messaging business.  And the message sent out here is this: go ahead and lie to the voters to get your scam passed.  And when you do, don't worry about facing any consequences.  Who cares if you lie?  Never mind that the legislature is being scammed here; never mind that they are being played by the same people, directly or indirectly, who played us.

The simple solution to hold these scum accountable would be to re-criminalize pot if they fail to deliver what and how promised.

No $582 million?

No legalized pot.

But the people behind this?

They KNEW they were lying.  AND, they KNEW they could get the legislature to react this way.

After all, money talks.  Just ask the WEA, the major franchiser of democrat pols.

Pot money screams.  And this is what we get.

Talk about the tail wagging the dog.

Is it any wonder that so many people despise their government?

I cannot adequately express my disappointment at this betrayal.  No excuse.  No reason, except for the special interests making bank to manipulate the people and our legislature.

Obama channeling Mussolini.

I didn't watch the State of the Union: the president of there United States is such lying scum that I've renamed my "mute" button on my remote my "Obama button."

Apparently, that empty suited, anti-American racist bigot must have forgotten this:


Those policies were, of course, crushed just about everywhere in one of the worst defeats in modern mid-term history.

But, like most fringe leftists.... Like Tim "The Liar" Leave-it, Jimmy "Molehill" Moeller, most of the Vancouver City Council and just about every other political leftist in the country, their pet policies were maimed and destroyed at the polls

There are several things we can take from this speech.... and none of them matter.  When your president and most in his party are pathological in their lies, it's fairly clear that none of these policies are going anywhere.

But that's not the point of this post.

The point is to point out the obvious arrogance and narcissism of our own version of Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator from the 30's until shortly before the end of World War 2.

We are cursed with essentially the biggest lying hypocrite we've had the misfortune to have in the White House.  He lives in an alternative universe, not unlike Hitler in the bunker in Berlin.

This moron is even further out of touch than our congresswoman, and I didn't believe that was possible.

Obama channeling Mussolini.  That's why I haven't bothered to watch any of his SOTU addresses, since they would merely be lie built upon lie, exaggeration built upon exaggeration and fraud built upon fraud.

The man doesn't give a damn about either the people or his military.  As a result, I don't give a damn about him.

Simple, really.

Yawn: WSRP backs Herrera. So what?

Naturally, the rag is backing their pet, pro-CRC scamming congresscritter with some notice (Press release) that is typically misleading: the fact is that the WSRP does not back Herrera; Susan Hutchinson does.  Those two things are certainly different, and the rag is deliberately misleading.... as if that's different.

The WSRP is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the ubiquitous Bellevue Mafia.  So is Herrera.  Why would anyone believe they'd say anything different?

The problem here locally is that the CCGOP feels compelled to discuss this internal matter with the media.... and an unfriendly, actually hostile media at that.

The CCGOP Chair's decision to debate this in public is a mistake.  The ONLY response to ANY question, EVER, from the democratian should always be "no comment."

To suggest that the democratian cares about accuracy or fairness... to suggest that they would do anything but cast the local party in anything but an unfavorable light is to suggest that the Nazi Party newspaper would have been fair in an interview with a rabbi.

In this instance, less is more.  In the end, what Hutchinson thinks or does not think is completely irrelevant: Herrera does not represent Hutchinson, she allegedly represents US.  The decision, in it's entirety, is up to the local party.

That said, there is absolutely nothing the local GOP can do to achieve fairness or a lack of bias on the part of the editorializing in this article typically masquerading as "reporting" in a democrat newsletter.

Stop.  Stop trying.  Everyone shut the hell up.  Just shut up, stop commenting officially or unofficially and throw this idiot out.

She's just another RINO, doing what she's told and ignoring us.  That's what she's been doing since McMorris parachuted her in here to take Baird on.

Or don't.  And allow them to keep using you as a piñata.

It's up to you.

The hypocrisy of the Lazy C editorial: Voter's Will Followed.

Most readers know me so well that they already know what this post is going to say.

When a vote takes place and it's on the up and up (Unlike the pot initiative, the gun grabber initiative and the Charter scam, all 3 of which involved campaigns of lies and deceit) I'm all about the "will of the people."

I don't fear that will.  I, in fact, embrace it.

For example, I opposed the gay marriage initiative.  That said, the people passed it at the polls, so, it's the law and that's that... until, or unless, somebody comes along and reverses it through the ballot.

I appreciate the fact that the Senate has adopted the 2/3rd's Rule.  That thing has passed the vote of the people by overwhelming numbers almost as many times as the democratian has lied this week.

Almost.

That said, the "will of the people" switch ALWAYS needs to be in the "on" position.

Those elected should always honor it.  This excuse of a newspaper should always honor it.  They should be a voice for that will, not acting as if it doesn't exist when it runs counter to their worldview; not a self-appointed group of liars and bullies who will hammer those most effective in fighting to have the people's will implemented when that will opposes that of Lefty Lou.

And they frequently, all too frequently, don't honor that will as much as they attack, ridicule and ignore it. 

We all remember this, don't we?



Take the fireworks vote, for example.

It was an advisory vote on the ballot; fireworks lost, and that should be the law county wide.  I wrote that at the time, I support that now and was disappointed by what I considered to be some prevarication on the part of Commissioner Madore who felt compelled to parse those results based on the geography of the county.

The people of this county have REPEATEDLY made their position on the CRC Scam, loot rail and the BRT rip off clear to those in office... AND the cancer on our community known as the Columbian.

And that position as routinely ignored by the arrogant scum in office and our local sad excuse for a newspaper on a frequent, if not routine, basis.  There's been no alternative presented to address our cross-river transportation problems, for example.  Why not?  Is that not the expressed will of the people?

I am never impressed when the rag waits to get out in front of a popularly expressed opinion.  The rag, which once again endorsed Jim "Molehill" Moeller's reelection, seems to have forgotten the Candy Man's joining of the lawsuit that threw out the 5 time expressed will of not only his district, but the entirety of this state on FIVE separate occasions.

How is the will of the people such a big deal on this issue, but something to be ignored, ridiculed and attacked when that will runs afoul of the democratian's agenda on the issues most important to us?

The problem here isn't that THIS editorial is wrong; it's not.

The problem is that they don't apply the same standard to EVERY time the will of the people is expressed.... even when THEY don't like it.

That's just part and parcel of why I despise this rag.

Situational ethics: it's what's for supper.

For them.

When does Obama's debt become "unpatriotic?"

PAPER: Obama spent more for dinner in Hawaii than his tax credit for families...
Tax Hike on College Savings Plans Breaks Pledge...
Worst record on promises kept since Gerald Ford...
Full list/montage...
Biden pitches 'free' stuff...
$7.5 Trillion in Debt Added Since O...


You all remember this, don't you?

 

Well, Obama's debt has now reached $18.1 trillion dollars ... "and we're going to have to pay that back."

Odd, isn't it?

Obama has put us into more debt.... "by his lonesome..." then all of the presidents this Nation has ever had.

So... when does Obama's debt become "unpatriotic?"  And when is Congress, now controlled by his willing partners in the GOP who HELPED him generate that debt by lacking sufficient testicles between them to stop him.... going to do something about it?

 

What can we learn from yesterday? (Seattle Seahawks come from behind victory)

At the ripe old age of 59, I look back on over 50 years of involvement in playing and watching the game of football.

I would’ve liked nothing better than staying home yesterday and watching the Seahawks play; but our monthly commitment to donating the truck and our time to the food bank comes first.

I have an app on my smart phone called “TheScore”, which keeps track of most major sports events around the country, from racing to basketball to football at college and professional levels.

So yesterday, while I was in Yacolt, I was reduced to keeping track of the game using this app, on the very edge of any kind of data transmission. There were times when I had a data signal and could get information, and there were times when the little wheel grinding was just going round and round on the screen.

The Score disheartened me at the end of the first half, as I'm sure many Seahawk fans were equally disheartened. We were supposed to kick the hell out of the Green Bay Packers, for a variety of reasons, none of which matter at this point and we were failing to do that. Our game manager, our rock on offense, Russell Wilson, was doing an abysmal job at the quarterback position. Our statistics up through halftime were a joke. I'm sure I'm not alone when I tell you that I think that many of us felt that the team was dead and that it was just a matter of rolling over, playing that role, and allowing the inevitable to happen.

Those who've read my column for any length of time will probably conclude several things about me and hopefully one of those things is that I’ve never ascribed to the concept of when rape is inevitable, I should just relax and enjoy it.

No one should do that.

Nevertheless, things were looking bad… Until we had that spark of light in the form of the fake field goal, when all of a sudden the monster that had just been pricked with the Seahawk pin started to bleed.

I was keeping track of the clock to the extent possible, as much as any Seahawk fan or player. I knew that time was both an ally and an enemy. To the extent that it was an ally, because frankly, there was time available to actually come back and take control of the game, to the extent that as an enemy there was a finite time available to make that happen.

After we scored the touchdown through the fake field goal, I was thinking the defense could shut these guys out and we would win the game, 17 to 16. But then Green Bay responded, coming back and kicking a field goal, making the score 19 to 7. At that point, my timing became a very long putt to make.

The game went on, the clock wound down; we go into the fourth quarter… Nothing happens… Both teams are slugging it out with each other… with five minutes or so left in the game, things started happening quickly.

It all started unraveling for Green Bay.

It seems like somebody had kidnapped the Russell Wilson who actually showed up to start the game and replaced him with the Russell Wilson that we've had all season long, who finished out the game. I won’t even begin to try and understand what was going on with him, for the first 55 minutes. Suffice it to say, however, that I am sure nobody on this planet feels worse about the events that transpired in the first 11/12ths of the game, some of which were not his fault, others of which that were, during that time frame.

Nor can I adequately explain the feelings that I was undergoing as I watched this all come apart for Green Bay in a way that was simply beyond by my belief.

As I said, I played a lot of football and watched a lot of football. I have never seen a football game like the football game that took place in Seattle yesterday. I may never understand the mechanics of it. I may never come up with the answers, with how the dots seem to magically align at the last possible moment. How things began to happen that were inexplicable, how Green Bay suddenly started to make mistakes that were simply beyond my comprehension, and how suddenly all the passes, which seemed either be intercepted or fall harmlessly to the ground, began to connect with the intended receivers.

Or how Beast Mode (“Pay the man!”) kept carrying the game on his back, doing his job, play in and play out.

The courage of many of those athletes out there, some of whom have been vilified such as Richard Sherman, who never stopped laying his soul out on the field to win this game, who never stopped rallying the troops, who never stop demanding of himself and others. The excellence that it would take to actually win… Who simply never gave up.

Typically, I feel no sympathy for the team that loses. As a matter of course, they come in, or we go there, and when they lose it’s all good. Yesterday was the exception.

I actually empathized with the players and the fans of the Packers. To have your heart ripped out like that? To be so close, but so far away? And the young man who screwed up the onside kick for Green Bay. Brandon Bostic, who was the third string undrafted free agent from a college no one has ever heard of (Newberry College) to mishandle the kick and fail to do his job, which had he done it, would likely have resulted in a Seahawk defeat.

I can’t help but think that his name will forever be etched next to names such as Bill Buckner, immortalized because of his legendary failure at first base. (Buckner cost the Red Sox a World Series victory in 1986 (the fact that I can even remember that some 29 years later gives testimony to the legendary name of Buckner)). He will, at minimum be vilified locally in the Green Bay area if not around the country for the rest of his life because he tried to do something he wasn't supposed to do and is blamed for everything bad that happened as a result. I believe that aspersion is unfair, and while his actions did play a role in the outcome, they certainly weren't the only thing the Green Bay did that was the wrong call on the field in Seattle yesterday. (And I in fact can empathize with Bostic for his actions on a professional level… and in how some in political circles around here when it comes to the issue of blame being placed, lies being told, and grudges being held.)

All of which sets the table for the title subject: what can be learned from yesterday’s Seahawk victory?

Life is a tough business. This might be an interesting time to load up on bumper sticker sayings, such as: “it really doesn't matter how many times life knocks you down; the question is how many times are you going to get up?”

And there’s an element of truth to that question. When do we give up? When is enough, enough?

There’s something to be said about never giving up.

There’s something to be said about perseverance.

There’s something to be said about faith.

There’s something to be said about not letting the doubts of others determine your destiny.

Along with every other game Seattle played this year, I have this game on my DVR. I have Wilson’s tearful post game remarks. I've played the game of football (In fact, between that and my time in Combat Arms, there isn't a day that goes by that I don’t pay the price for It.), though not for some 29 years. I will watch it repeatedly.

It will teach me.

I know the emotions of it, the focus of it, the playing through pain, the study, the travel. The broken bones, sprains, bruising, concussions. Watching Richard Sherman get up in agony, stagger back out to the field and play with a screwed up arm.

It will teach me.

Watching these men come together to triumph over adversity… a microcosm of purpose, unity, leadership, vision.

That will teach me.

Most of the elements of life in a nice, neat, 4-hour package.

This game is likely to be replayed ad infinitum. If you missed it, watch it. If you can hear a “wired” version of it (Some of these players were actually wired for sound) then do that. Do both.

Learn from it. Remember it.

Most of us will be met with personal disaster. Many of us carry crushing burdens. We begin to stare up at the clock wish it would go to 00:00…. Game over.

Let this game serve as a metaphor for life. Help can come from the strangest places when you least expect it.

And you can persevere. You can survive.

You can win.