<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387</id><updated>2012-01-26T16:02:17.718-08:00</updated><category term='Freedom ... What is it worth?'/><category term='Right Wing Extremist'/><category term='False Allegations'/><category term='Brass Balls Award'/><title type='text'>Thurston Pundits</title><subtitle type='html'>A political blog of all things Thurston (aka Hazard County) and many things from the fathers' rights front.

The Olympian's Brad Shannon says this about the opinion and commentary expressed on this blog:

"Filled with hate,"
"Disturbed,"
"Out of the mainstream."

Hey, that's a call to action for the Tea Party generation if ever there was one.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>752</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-3055832946842964532</id><published>2012-01-26T06:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T16:02:17.749-08:00</updated><title type='text'>on Sopa, PIPA and the anti-Patriot Act . . . Get Ready!</title><summary type='text'>I found the perfect theme song for our time, in modern day Amerika, when buying some new classic rock iTunes.  "Get ready, get ready . . . Stormtroopers coming, get ready."  This is a classic and so is the album it came from; Ted Nugent, Ted Nugent.  "Hey, Baby", "Snakeskin Cowboys", "Stormtroopin", "Just what the Doctor ordered."  Are you kidding me?  Talk about kick ass!  They don't write R&amp;R </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=3055832946842964532&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3055832946842964532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3055832946842964532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2012/01/on-sopa-pipa-and-anti-patriot-act-get.html' title='on Sopa, PIPA and the anti-Patriot Act . . . Get Ready!'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/IaqyvigNvAk/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-5280316339277847845</id><published>2012-01-24T16:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T16:12:30.858-08:00</updated><title type='text'>John Kerry runs into the door with his face... 3 times.</title><summary type='text'>No wait, it was a rough and tumble back yard hockey game with Wally, Eddie Haskel and the Beaver. 

  

In other news, Theresa Heinz Kerry caught gonorrhea from riding a tractor in her bathing suit.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=5280316339277847845&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5280316339277847845'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5280316339277847845'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2012/01/john-kerry-runs-into-door-with-his-face.html' title='John Kerry runs into the door with his face... 3 times.'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FSYK9iBIdC8/Tx9IXsDYb5I/AAAAAAAAAJU/sAYmfeGZMcI/s72-c/jkerry.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-1333917637683935945</id><published>2012-01-24T12:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T12:10:23.163-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Warren Buffett dodging IRS agents at SOTU address?</title><summary type='text'>I hear tax criminals go to jail.  Willie Nelson for instance was looking at the barred hotel for his tax problems.  So perhaps Buffett is sending his secretary to attend the SOTU because he's afraid of the IRS arresting him for the millions in unpaid taxes he owes.

Buffett lecturing us about paying more in taxes is like a crack addict lecturing us on the merits of clean living.  
Geeze I wish </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=1333917637683935945&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1333917637683935945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1333917637683935945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2012/01/warren-buffett-dodging-irs-agents-at.html' title='Warren Buffett dodging IRS agents at SOTU address?'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-5561172064489089537</id><published>2012-01-23T20:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T20:13:00.839-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Gregoire and the gay marriage crisis that won't go to waste</title><summary type='text'>Having solved all of the state's other issues, Gregoire is going to take on a crisis that impacts all of us: Gay marriage.  I mean just the other day I was looking at our near 9% (16% effective) unemployment rate and declared what a horror it is that I can't gay marry another man.

It was extremely wise of our Governor to call the legislature into an emergency session in 2011 so they would have </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=5561172064489089537&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5561172064489089537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5561172064489089537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2012/01/gregoire-and-gay-marriage-crisis-that.html' title='Gregoire and the gay marriage crisis that won&apos;t go to waste'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-8484915852636136010</id><published>2012-01-14T10:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-14T10:21:35.874-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Down town Olympia would be a better place if</title><summary type='text'>...they hired Officer Ian Birk, the former Seattle police officer who shot and killed the drunken hobo who walked toward him waving a knife. 
In fact, I might shop downtown if they did hire him.  Of course since the people of Olympia value the non-business of the homeless anarchists protesting capitalism more than they value commerce, I'll take my dollars elsewhere.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=8484915852636136010&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8484915852636136010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8484915852636136010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2012/01/down-town-olympia-would-be-better-place.html' title='Down town Olympia would be a better place if'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-625440642198056976</id><published>2012-01-14T10:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-14T10:11:11.494-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Homework assignment; What is wrong in America</title><summary type='text'>Stack ranked in order of difficulty to obtain, this is what's wrong in America today.  
An Abortion
Welfare 
Never ending unemployment benefits
A job
A building permit
A land use permit for business or industrial purposes.
</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=625440642198056976&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/625440642198056976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/625440642198056976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2012/01/homework-assignment-what-is-wrong-in.html' title='Homework assignment; What is wrong in America'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-2303670449173972172</id><published>2012-01-13T14:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T14:54:10.441-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brass Balls Award'/><title type='text'>Tim Tebow: BB winner</title><summary type='text'>I usually hand out the Brass Balls award for an act of standing up to thuggery.  So handing it out to Tim Tebow is a bit of a new theme in the BB.  Tim's life long pursuit of not only athletic but also moral excellence puts him in a class of all his own and the envy and hate has reached a boiling point among the narcissistic self centered morally depraved thugs who typically dominate the sports </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=2303670449173972172&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2303670449173972172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2303670449173972172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2012/01/tim-tebow-bb-winner.html' title='Tim Tebow: BB winner'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ul7khOV060M/TxC1haZLmwI/AAAAAAAAAJE/jtb-jRWtcV8/s72-c/joe_willson.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-7925240140719059675</id><published>2012-01-12T18:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T20:07:43.571-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Lawyer Rob McKenna</title><summary type='text'>Rob McKennaATTORNEY GENERAL OF WASHINGTON1125 Washington Street SE · PO Box 40100 · Olympia WA 98504-0100FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJan. 12, 2012  McKenna joins call to reauthorize Violence Against Women ActIn a liberal, feminist, Bar Association ran state like Washington State, Rob McKenna has to be a whore for VAWA.  This is where I dislike Rob and his color purple campaign.  First and foremost, he </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=7925240140719059675&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7925240140719059675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7925240140719059675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2012/01/lawyer-rob-mckenna.html' title='The Lawyer Rob McKenna'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-6582786227386913169</id><published>2012-01-12T11:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T11:52:11.087-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Stop taking awesome logos and associating them with your causes</title><summary type='text'>Waxing philosphical...after reading this article.

Yeah- this message goes out to a time machine to the Nazi German Third Reich and to the white supremists of the 1970s and 80's:  Stop taking symbols that really ought to mean something cool and turning them into your perverted branding campaigns.

How about a time, which includes the majority of the course of human history when the swastika stood</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=6582786227386913169&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6582786227386913169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6582786227386913169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2012/01/stop-taking-awesome-logos-and.html' title='Stop taking awesome logos and associating them with your causes'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-2322676102210187386</id><published>2012-01-12T06:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T09:08:43.764-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Gay Marriage - Have at it.  The Bar Association will thank you.</title><summary type='text'>So, the special interest lobby groups and anti-traditionalists want to "legalize" same sex marriage.  The law makers in Olympia will be passing new legislation very soon.  This will be passed by the same legislative group that created the anti-family court laws and opposes shared parenting.  This is Liberal Washington State.  It will be passed.  Regardless, we go back and forth with the </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=2322676102210187386&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2322676102210187386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2322676102210187386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2012/01/gay-marriage-have-at-it-bar-association.html' title='Gay Marriage - Have at it.  The Bar Association will thank you.'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-5158849729536107647</id><published>2012-01-09T16:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T16:13:32.170-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mia Love- Endorsement from the Olympia Chapter of the Winston Churchill Fan Club</title><summary type='text'>I'm going to echo Legal Insurrection's hat tip to Mia Love for Congress.

While I'm never a fan of race based politics, there is a rare occasion when race is an asset for situational purposes, NOT for public policy making.  Example: While I would be thrilled with Allen West's machismo and conservative stand regardless of race, I am totally enjoying the living hell out of what I know he is doing </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=5158849729536107647&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5158849729536107647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5158849729536107647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2012/01/mia-love-endorsement-from-olympia.html' title='Mia Love- Endorsement from the Olympia Chapter of the Winston Churchill Fan Club'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-6383683639102779703</id><published>2012-01-06T13:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-06T13:51:45.496-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Counter Transference in GALs and DV mandated counselling ? duh!</title><summary type='text'>For years I've heard this complaint from fathers going through the ringer in divorce.  

The court appointed man-hating feminist who is also a volunteer lobbyist for the state recognizing and condoning alternative forms of family (ie- gay marriage) is biased against them.  It turns out there is actually a clinical term for the dynamic of the extremely biased results:   Counter Transference.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=6383683639102779703&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6383683639102779703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6383683639102779703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2012/01/counter-transference-in-gals-and-dv.html' title='Counter Transference in GALs and DV mandated counselling ? duh!'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-509004347975825316</id><published>2011-12-28T21:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-28T21:19:31.406-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ineptocracy (def.)</title><summary type='text'>Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) - a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. In U.S., Fear of Big Government at Near-Record Level - GallupWASHINGTON, </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=509004347975825316&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/509004347975825316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/509004347975825316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/12/ineptocracy-def.html' title='Ineptocracy (def.)'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-8335903496111975640</id><published>2011-12-21T14:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-21T14:29:43.282-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Merry Christmas from OWS</title><summary type='text'>Give us some money, we'll beat you up if you don't hand it over.


</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=8335903496111975640&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8335903496111975640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8335903496111975640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-christmas-from-ows.html' title='Merry Christmas from OWS'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/3xEopHCtEUo/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-8211817788142614727</id><published>2011-12-21T14:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-21T14:23:15.655-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mary Bradley bump 2011</title><summary type='text'>Mary Bradley sends her regards.




My Christmas wish is to piss a liberal or two off by reposting a wonderful video featuring a protest song turned on its ear to honor our fighting men and women.
Thanks troops.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=8211817788142614727&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8211817788142614727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8211817788142614727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2008/12/mary-bradley-sends-her-regards.html' title='Mary Bradley bump 2011'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-3311914863128243444</id><published>2011-12-19T07:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T19:23:54.405-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Einstein's Theory of Obama</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=3311914863128243444&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3311914863128243444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3311914863128243444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/12/einsteins-theory-of-obama.html' title='Einstein&apos;s Theory of Obama'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0LszPRWPLqk/Tu__CbbiTbI/AAAAAAAAAWE/XuLzIrKKq1M/s72-c/einstein.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-8726602754161207269</id><published>2011-12-16T11:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T11:15:48.357-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Video Exclusive: Olympia Occupiers clean up Heritage Park</title><summary type='text'>Our Pundit roving video reporter captured the following late last night as the deadline arrived for the flea bitten / lice infested occupiers to get their trespassing asses out of Heritage Park.  Those occupiers may be dumber and lazier than a box of rocks, but boy, they sure can sing.

</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=8726602754161207269&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8726602754161207269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8726602754161207269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/12/video-exclusive-olympia-occupiers-clean.html' title='Video Exclusive: Olympia Occupiers clean up Heritage Park'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/BB54JGNu6vQ/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-2168493702403290996</id><published>2011-12-12T18:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-13T08:38:29.440-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Islam 101 and America the Free</title><summary type='text'>Why am I harping on Islamo-fascism lately?  Because it really bothers me that we don't seem to be able to stop ourselves from self destruction in this country.  Why do we send young men and women over to police the middle east (which I disagree with) to be killed by the thousands and yet we want to embrace the same fanatical group of people at home?  Is it really somehow tolerant and American to </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=2168493702403290996&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2168493702403290996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2168493702403290996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/12/islam-101-and-america-free.html' title='Islam 101 and America the Free'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-6510635045307620723</id><published>2011-12-11T22:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-11T22:29:42.435-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Lowes pulls adverts from Muslim white wash TV show</title><summary type='text'>I'm expressing my support for Lowes on this decision.  Not because I agree or disagree with the content (I haven't seen it), but because they reviewed the content and came to an assessment that it would piss off enough of their customers and create a brand association that they would not be comfortable with.  

I'm sure Mens Warehouse made the same assessment.  I back them in their freedom to </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=6510635045307620723&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6510635045307620723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6510635045307620723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/12/lowes-pulls-adverts-from-muslim-white.html' title='Lowes pulls adverts from Muslim white wash TV show'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-9079028181487887941</id><published>2011-12-10T22:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-10T22:02:01.334-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Political word of the month: fugue</title><summary type='text'>For Eric Holder and Jon Corzine

fugue (fyg) n.
1. Music An imitative polyphonic composition in which a theme or themes are stated successively in all of the voices of the contrapuntal structure.
2. Psychiatry A pathological amnesiac condition during which one is apparently conscious of one's actions but has no recollection of them after returning to a normal state. This condition, usually </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=9079028181487887941&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/9079028181487887941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/9079028181487887941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/12/political-word-of-month-fugue.html' title='Political word of the month: fugue'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-1928193895563961895</id><published>2011-12-10T22:01:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-10T22:22:21.094-08:00</updated><title type='text'>All-American I wanna chop your infidel head off on the TLC channel</title><summary type='text'>All-American Muslim on the TLC channel.  What's next?  All-American Nazi?  All-American Communist?  What part of we will kill anyone who disagrees with our religious views do you not understand?  They have no business in America.  Ask Europe how this tolerant embracing of Islam has gone for them now.  Here are some signs from an Islamic demonstration (not in Syria, not in Beirut) in Europe.  It </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=1928193895563961895&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1928193895563961895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1928193895563961895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/12/all-american.html' title='All-American I wanna chop your infidel head off on the TLC channel'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aOrMdCzzQcQ/TuRJlTXCCRI/AAAAAAAAAV4/K7sOY9wSkkw/s72-c/england_4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-2639304626374623431</id><published>2011-12-10T11:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-10T12:16:06.815-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Classic Ann Coulter</title><summary type='text'>I know this video below is a re-run.  But, you have to love her disdain for political correctness and her tell it like it is approach.@ 2:15 on analyzing terrorist suspects; "When there is a 100% chance, it ceases to be a profile."  "It's called a description of the suspect."  This woman has more brains, beauty, courage and honesty than the entire liberal feminist party put together.  No wonder </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=2639304626374623431&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2639304626374623431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2639304626374623431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/12/classic-ann-coulter.html' title='Classic Ann Coulter'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MwtwtZrmEMY/TuO8ka6uyZI/AAAAAAAAAVs/e6paybukJlQ/s72-c/Ann-Coulter.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-929819901691523909</id><published>2011-12-09T17:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-09T21:47:32.355-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Girlfriend arrested for Domestic Violence after trying to claim she was "the victim"</title><summary type='text'>What are the DV scream queens going to say about this one?  I thought women can't commit domestic violence and that when they do it must be the man's fault for causing her mental condition or something?  What is awesome about this story is the police called Bee Ess on her attempt at gaming the system by playing the famed "DV Card."  Incredible, in most cases, mandatory arrest law means MANdatory.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=929819901691523909&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/929819901691523909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/929819901691523909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/12/girlfriend-arrested-for-domestic.html' title='Girlfriend arrested for Domestic Violence after trying to claim she was &quot;the victim&quot;'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-6142620189104039021</id><published>2011-12-09T05:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-10T11:18:59.016-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Ron Paul REVOLUTION</title><summary type='text'> http://www.ronpaul2012.com/This is no endorsement (yet).  But, I will be voting with my conscience in this election.  I'll let God sort out the votes and the political games.  The GOP better put up somebody like Ron Paul or a ticket with Ron Paul or we are going to end up with a disastrous final four years of Obama because Ron Paul will split the vote.  It will be another Ross Perot/Bill Clinton</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=6142620189104039021&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6142620189104039021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6142620189104039021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/12/ron-paul-revolution.html' title='The Ron Paul REVOLUTION'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uJhcxzMocwY/TuJy7Nf0kBI/AAAAAAAAAVg/Kt_Iy5mkjmk/s72-c/ron-paul-revolution.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-7405441427056159452</id><published>2011-12-08T22:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T23:18:02.270-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How To Spot Narcissists On Facebook</title><summary type='text'>Ha ha ha,  Facebook.  "They consider themselves fascinating."  and "go on and on about every little detail of their lives."  Yawwwwwwn.  Really? Are some people so starved for attention that they post every detail of their lives on the internet?  Hard to believe. Call me old school, but I just don't get it.  Why would you do this?  I don't want YOU to know anything about me or my personal life.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=7405441427056159452&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7405441427056159452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7405441427056159452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-spot-narcissists-on-facebook.html' title='How To Spot Narcissists On Facebook'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Iv2Blgj5kcE/TuGzVb1y7iI/AAAAAAAAAVU/6rssDwoFeAI/s72-c/250px-Michelangelo_Caravaggio_065.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-8205437764745022482</id><published>2011-12-07T01:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-07T01:13:18.794-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Trading devils</title><summary type='text'>This came to my inbox.  While Perry remains my favorite imperfect candidate, I've been warming up to Newt.  Why?  Politics is a brawl and Newt is a freaking street fighter.  It's not that I disregard my Christian values when it comes to picking candidates, it's more that if I want to vote Christian, the Christ team had better start delivering better brawlers else we will continue to end up with </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=8205437764745022482&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8205437764745022482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8205437764745022482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/12/trading-devils.html' title='Trading devils'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-5267667548939153271</id><published>2011-12-05T18:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-05T18:54:06.667-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Why women come to Thurston County to declare victim status: it works</title><summary type='text'>Over the years I've seen a lot of cases where mothers flee their own county/state and move from locale to locale seeking a biased judge to gum up their ongoing custody battles.  Below is recent case that came floating through Thurston County.  After causing the father tens of thousands of dollars in proving his innocence and making our prosecuting attorney's office look like absolute morons, the </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=5267667548939153271&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5267667548939153271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5267667548939153271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/12/why-women-come-to-thurston-county-to.html' title='Why women come to Thurston County to declare victim status: it works'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-8724345096401584566</id><published>2011-12-02T12:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-02T12:34:48.134-08:00</updated><title type='text'>About that 8.6% unemployment number</title><summary type='text'>About a week ago, I was doing a handyman favor for someone, along with several other men.  I'm not implying who is or is not employed, but from that effort I have this observation:  In one setting this was the most people I've seen out of work and since Jimmy Carter was POTUS.

While in 2008-2009, I was aware of a lot of people (who are not friends of mine BTW) who were in fact gaming the system.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=8724345096401584566&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8724345096401584566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8724345096401584566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/12/about-that-86-unemployment-number.html' title='About that 8.6% unemployment number'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-3747497711579895551</id><published>2011-12-01T12:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-01T19:32:16.024-08:00</updated><title type='text'>"Blame it on DV," the not so new Feminist Party Line</title><summary type='text'>Hey Ladies - Run off to sunny California with your lesbian lover, leave your kid at day care and all of your worldly troubles behind. Come on Thelma, Louise wants to road trip to Cali.  Let's blow this Popsicle stand and burn some bras on the way.  Just blame it on DV.  I'm sure the WSCADV DV pimps can market that to our state lawmakers in order to pass some more gender biased feminist laws.  "</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=3747497711579895551&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3747497711579895551'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3747497711579895551'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/12/blame-it-on-dv-not-so-new-feminist.html' title='&quot;Blame it on DV,&quot; the not so new Feminist Party Line'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YgPiCTQ0w20/TtgP0xVfQ7I/AAAAAAAAAVI/JJ-Vc_XAtGM/s72-c/jakebio.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-4546037906205529177</id><published>2011-11-29T19:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-05T23:08:18.973-08:00</updated><title type='text'>NEW CAMPAIGN: Tell Officials to Reunite Solomon Metalwala with His Daughter Maile!</title><summary type='text'>Cross post to the Thurston County Family Court Reporter . . . http://tcfcreporter.blogspot.com/2011/11/contact-all-relevant-washington.htmlWe want you to contact all relevant Washington authorities and demand that Solomon and little Maile be reunited***12-5-2011*** UPDATEget the 411 over on the court reporter . . . http://tcfcreporter.blogspot.com/2011/12/metalwala-campaign-update.html</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=4546037906205529177&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/4546037906205529177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/4546037906205529177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-campaign-tell-officials-to-reunite.html' title='NEW CAMPAIGN: Tell Officials to Reunite Solomon Metalwala with His Daughter Maile!'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-6533098493408269396</id><published>2011-11-29T09:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-29T09:52:32.064-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sales tax increase on parade, but no revenue sharing from the tribes?</title><summary type='text'>Gregoire and the Democrats who own the state house and senate are parading around putting a sales tax increase on the ballot.  They are desperate for revenue, but not desperate enough to revisit the giant payday they gave to the tribes on gambling revenue.

Washington State is (I believe) the ONLY state where tribes do ZERO revenue sharing on gambling revenue.  Meanwhile the tribes enjoy a nearly</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=6533098493408269396&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6533098493408269396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6533098493408269396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/sales-tax-increase-on-parade-but-no.html' title='Sales tax increase on parade, but no revenue sharing from the tribes?'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/E4TXWF2Ejj0/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-3566730883505501849</id><published>2011-11-27T21:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-27T21:57:33.513-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Newt engages in hillarity</title><summary type='text'>Newt challenges Obama to a debate.  Says he's ok with Obama bringing his teleprompter.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=3566730883505501849&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3566730883505501849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3566730883505501849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/newt-engages-in-hillarity.html' title='Newt engages in hillarity'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-7696581786202639131</id><published>2011-11-25T05:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-27T15:23:24.134-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Oath Keepers</title><summary type='text'>You are going to be glad there is such a group as this when the sh*t hits the fan.  Isn't it incredible how far we have come as a nation when people will tolerate the socialist lefty lawyer groups coming on national TV calling a group of true patriots like this group a Hate Group?  Really?  That is down right insulting.  It's all part of the propaganda war going on right now.Oath Keepers . . . </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=7696581786202639131&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7696581786202639131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7696581786202639131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/oath-keepers.html' title='Oath Keepers'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4-59zzrAoqM/TsrbFhWJRxI/AAAAAAAAAUk/G8Vax7a4gVc/s72-c/New-Banner-Logo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-7336226483125000082</id><published>2011-11-21T21:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-21T21:35:59.694-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Update on the Baby Sky Story</title><summary type='text'>The facts are rolling in and it appears Thurston County Family Court Commissioner Chris Schaller has nothing on King County's family racket commissioner Jacqeline Jeske.  Schaller who was recently sued back in 2009 (in a similar law suit for gender bias and abusive use of her position etc) has that in common, as well.  There is current litigation against this King County commissioner Jeske who </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=7336226483125000082&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7336226483125000082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7336226483125000082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/update-on-baby-sky-story.html' title='Update on the Baby Sky Story'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-5306637584391015454</id><published>2011-11-21T18:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-21T18:37:00.266-08:00</updated><title type='text'>This is what happens when a woman gets a restraining order filed on her</title><summary type='text'>You won't read this story in the Olympian.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2064147/North-Carolina-shootings-Woman-kills-1-wounds-5-turns-gun-herself.htmlNow we know why DVPOs don't stick when a man files one on a woman.  So, I ask the age old rhetorical question . . . Is THIS domestic violence?  Ok, just thought I would ask.  Silly me.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=5306637584391015454&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5306637584391015454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5306637584391015454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/this-is-what-happens-when-woman-gets.html' title='This is what happens when a woman gets a restraining order filed on her'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-5495534982651368801</id><published>2011-11-21T11:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-21T11:37:45.338-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Prenups revisited:  Reducing the motivation for false allegations</title><summary type='text'>If your spouse should ever hate you enough to call the cops and cry DV, who gets to stay in the house and who gets to find a couch in someone else's living room.  Is someone writing a check to the party who has to move out or is every cat responsible for their own litter box?

Well you could leave that up to the courts (who will rule against a male every time, with few exceptions), or you could </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=5495534982651368801&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5495534982651368801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5495534982651368801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/prenups-revisited-reducing-motivation.html' title='Prenups revisited:  Reducing the motivation for false allegations'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-5245987631985632594</id><published>2011-11-20T11:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-20T12:21:47.872-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Our national motto at Hoover Dam: E Pluribus... oops</title><summary type='text'>While Angler was off giving credit to congress for reaffirming our national motto is In God We Trust, it turns out the man child President of the United States isn't the only one who can't get it right.  I've just returned from Las Vegas where I went off strip to check out Hoover Dam.

Behind the two bronze statues near the visitors center is a couple of speakers piping recorded audio explaining </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=5245987631985632594&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5245987631985632594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5245987631985632594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/our-national-motto-at-hoover-dam-e.html' title='Our national motto at Hoover Dam: E Pluribus... oops'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cu7IkiUNt8Q/TsgmR_hZMoI/AAAAAAAAAI8/NTcgTB4_80I/s72-c/100_0542.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-7274469979510182637</id><published>2011-11-17T07:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T12:21:55.186-08:00</updated><title type='text'>DV Charges at the Thurston County Sheriff's Office</title><summary type='text'>It will be interesting to see how this pans out.  The Sheriffs on the street, that I've talked to, know what a racket the DV industry is when they are handing out Protection Orders for the family court.  One said; "That happened to my cousin Jim last week because his wife wanted a divorce."  "Unfortunately, I have to hand these out all the time and most of the time it doesn't seem right but I </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=7274469979510182637&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7274469979510182637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7274469979510182637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/dv-charges-at-tc-sheriffs-office.html' title='DV Charges at the Thurston County Sheriff&apos;s Office'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6-GZ5_dl-Gw/TsVsNwfrYzI/AAAAAAAAAUM/9zjbGpqqLbM/s72-c/core-values.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-8462406079021516118</id><published>2011-11-17T07:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T11:34:02.301-08:00</updated><title type='text'>King County Serves up another "P Pass" for Jennifer Kolone</title><summary type='text'>This is no indictment on King Cy., per se.  It's the same way all over Washington, save for the "red" side of the state where Div. III manages to make some decent judicial decisions.  But, on the I5 corridor, it's a different story.  The P pass is alive and well in the Wa. Courts.  We've posted many a hypocritical story before on how these feminist courts and judges only see Domestic Violence in </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=8462406079021516118&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8462406079021516118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8462406079021516118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/king-county-serves-up-another-p-pass.html' title='King County Serves up another &quot;P Pass&quot; for Jennifer Kolone'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cnA6yez4QMU/TsVUGGBVT9I/AAAAAAAAATo/tJtDD1YfwVs/s72-c/kc-logo.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-1254120310485975225</id><published>2011-11-14T18:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-14T18:12:31.288-08:00</updated><title type='text'>In God We Trust</title><summary type='text'>Gotta give credit where credit is due.  The House reaffirmed our National motto of "In God we Trust."  Perhaps the single most reason why this country rose to power and dominance in an unprecedented fashion and time.  Yet, Obama would like our motto to be something else.  He actually didn't know that this was indeed our national motto.  Kudos to the House.  BTW, I wasn't overwhelmed with news </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=1254120310485975225&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1254120310485975225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1254120310485975225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/in-god-we-trust.html' title='In God We Trust'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kzh9HsV12cQ/TsHIntb4vlI/AAAAAAAAATQ/KFYoHqNmTIk/s72-c/in_god_we_trust.27144840_std.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-4803380805795399965</id><published>2011-11-13T23:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-13T23:02:35.640-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Run Maria. Run!</title><summary type='text'>....away from Barack Obama.

Anyone else notice that Maria Cantwell who is up for election in 2012 was pretty much absent from all recent Obama events locally?

She is holding a joint fundraiser this coming week with the shill who is bidding to unseat 3/4 ton disappointment Scott Brown. You know cuz our states are so connected.


I'm not sure how "in play" the Washington State Senate seat is at </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=4803380805795399965&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/4803380805795399965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/4803380805795399965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/run-maria-run.html' title='Run Maria. Run!'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-7136229056169354517</id><published>2011-11-11T16:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-11T17:15:57.827-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The "P" Pass . . . again.</title><summary type='text'>Sadly, a 2 year old Bellevue boy is missing.  In some cases the mom is not always the best and most suited parent to give custody to.  But, don't tell the Washington legislature and Washington Courts that.  She said she ran out of gas.  Yet, the police drove her car away with the gas that was in it.  This is where the "P" pass comes in.  Perjury is excused on the lines of gender in Washington </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=7136229056169354517&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7136229056169354517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7136229056169354517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/p-pass-again.html' title='The &quot;P&quot; Pass . . . again.'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-2492134418058059710</id><published>2011-11-07T23:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T23:25:02.934-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey ladies: How to get custody of your kid and send your ex to prison.  Fool proof!!!</title><summary type='text'>Hey gals, 

This advice goes nation wide to all 50 states.

Ready to dump your man?  Ready to move on to something easier than dealing with that grumpy tight wad hubby but concerned you'll have to still deal with the bitter SOB after the split because you've squeezed out a couple of curtain climbers?

Here's your fool proof answer:  Drive to Thurston County Washington and file a protection order!</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=2492134418058059710&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2492134418058059710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2492134418058059710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/hey-laides-how-to-get-custody-of-your.html' title='Hey ladies: How to get custody of your kid and send your ex to prison.  Fool proof!!!'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-8756648801123298957</id><published>2011-11-07T10:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T17:29:45.647-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Men's Warehouse- OWS supporters, we guarantee it</title><summary type='text'>I saw the picture of the smashed window in Oakland which ironically said they support the 99% and it got me wondering if it was just that store or if that was the MW corporate stance.  It seems others have been doing their research as well and confirmed my concerns. 

I've dropped some serious coin at the Olympia Men's Warehouse over the past few years in suits, shirts and accessories.  No more.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=8756648801123298957&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8756648801123298957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8756648801123298957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/mens-warehouse-ows-supporters-we.html' title='Men&apos;s Warehouse- OWS supporters, we guarantee it'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-3590410354108115806</id><published>2011-11-03T17:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-03T17:41:05.569-07:00</updated><title type='text'>More OWS fun with John Galt</title><summary type='text'>In case you are as ignorant as the typical occupier and don't know the story, the #OWS crowd is begging for the exact style of government and taxation as was described in Atlas Shrugged. </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=3590410354108115806&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3590410354108115806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3590410354108115806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/more-ows-fun-with-john-galt.html' title='More OWS fun with John Galt'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-3170524663753739692</id><published>2011-11-03T11:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-03T11:56:22.966-07:00</updated><title type='text'>#OWS thought of the day.</title><summary type='text'>As if you didn't know that I like to look at a situation from all angles...

I'm not a cop, but if I were, I'd be thanking the Occupiers for putting my kid through college with all of the overtime they are getting.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=3170524663753739692&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3170524663753739692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3170524663753739692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/ows-thought-of-day.html' title='#OWS thought of the day.'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-7341832617361528383</id><published>2011-11-01T09:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T09:37:48.225-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The real races in 2012</title><summary type='text'>While America at large watches the prelims to see who the 2012 GOP nominee will be, the answer is moot.  The likelihood of Obama holding the White House is slim.  Caveat: never discount the GOP's aptitude for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.  The real races are the Senate seats up for grabs and this will be critical to turning around public policy and the economy.

Even if the GOP holds</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=7341832617361528383&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7341832617361528383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7341832617361528383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/11/real-races-in-2012.html' title='The real races in 2012'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-4254431299267742749</id><published>2011-10-21T12:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T20:29:13.427-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mass Exodus?  Well, it's a start</title><summary type='text'>Mass exodus: 3 of Thurston County's 8 Superior Court judges leaving next yearRead more: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/10/20/1873815/mass-exodus-3-of-thurston-countys.html#ixzz1bS3B7fdBCasey, Pomeroy and McPhee . . . "ba bye"Thanks for throwing in your dirty towels, even though it's 15 or 20 years too late for the men and children victimized by your family court abuse and extortion.  None the</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=4254431299267742749&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/4254431299267742749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/4254431299267742749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/10/mass-exudus-well-its-start.html' title='Mass Exodus?  Well, it&apos;s a start'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/_50-gOeBilc/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-5620441302198727620</id><published>2011-10-18T22:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-18T22:04:48.953-07:00</updated><title type='text'>#Occupy the tropical island from Lord of the Flies</title><summary type='text'>Reports are coming out that the Occupy New York bunch of losers are now stealing from each other and in Cleveland a 19 year old girl is reporting she was raped in her tent over the weekend.

I've tried to avoid watching any news coverage of these dirty unwashed losers, but noticed that our own local news crews will only do quick pans of the scene in Seattle.  If you focus on it for more than 5 </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=5620441302198727620&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5620441302198727620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5620441302198727620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/10/occupy-tropical-island-from-lord-of.html' title='#Occupy the tropical island from Lord of the Flies'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-3516100520409228156</id><published>2011-10-11T10:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-11T10:20:52.969-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cain continues to rub me the wrong way</title><summary type='text'>I can't believe this guy is getting any traction at all.

First Cain shot his mouth off at the racist rock that had the N-word on it back in the 1980's prior to Rick Perry's family taking rights of the property.  

Then yesterday I hear him on Dave Ramsey saying that with his 9-9-9 plan, businesses would only be able to deduct purchases for products if they were made in the United States.   This </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=3516100520409228156&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3516100520409228156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3516100520409228156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/10/cain-continues-to-rub-me-wrong-way.html' title='Cain continues to rub me the wrong way'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-249105571159602554</id><published>2011-10-05T17:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-05T17:39:36.174-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Urgent announcement on my candidacy for POTUS</title><summary type='text'>I am not running for President.  I now join the field of Gov Palin and Gov Christie in announcing to America that I am NOT running for the office of President of the United States.  I have thought about it long and with much soul searching, it would not be fair for my family for me to seek this office.  I will continue to serve my country in my current capacity.  Though I hold all of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=249105571159602554&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/249105571159602554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/249105571159602554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/10/urgent-announcement-on-my-candidacy-for.html' title='Urgent announcement on my candidacy for POTUS'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-6912666494570740349</id><published>2011-10-04T09:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-04T09:23:23.068-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Blog: Poor Richard's Piggy Bank</title><summary type='text'>Poor Richard's Piggy Bank A blog about personal finance.


As much as I love railing on about government, I'm really one of those conservatives who loves personal finance.  The American dream is and should be about creating multigenerational wealth and prosperity for your family.  That's your job, not the government's.  

Not that I have to defend wanting to be rich, but I will.  Broke people </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=6912666494570740349&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6912666494570740349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6912666494570740349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-blog-poor-richards-piggy-bank.html' title='New Blog: Poor Richard&apos;s Piggy Bank'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-9139448374886998317</id><published>2011-10-04T07:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-04T18:36:35.059-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Iran and the Jihod Gang; Convert or Die Pilgrim</title><summary type='text'>Days after the head statesman from Iran's vitriolic rant at the UN and Netanyahu's brilliant speech (that Andy posted up), there's this news out of Iran from the lovers of peace and tolerance . . .Earlier this week, the 11th branch of Iran’s Gilan Provincial Court, on remand from the Iranian Supreme Court, determined that Pastor Nadarkhani has Islamic ancestry and therefore must recant his faith </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=9139448374886998317&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/9139448374886998317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/9139448374886998317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/10/iran-and-jihod-gang-convert-or-die.html' title='Iran and the Jihod Gang; Convert or Die Pilgrim'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/RX1gcUgz9ps/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-5968115487544523506</id><published>2011-10-03T17:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T17:32:47.247-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Washington's Secretary of State: clueless and useless overhead to businesses</title><summary type='text'>Just got this bit of mass mail spam from the Secretary of State's office.  

So in one month I have L&amp;I sending me bogus invoices for 2 quarters on a closed account AND employment security doing the same thing, and now it looks like the Secretary of States office learned how to use SQL and decided to do a mass nebulous mailing to small business owners.  Honestly my businesses would have higher </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=5968115487544523506&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5968115487544523506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5968115487544523506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/10/washingtons-secretary-of-state-clueless.html' title='Washington&apos;s Secretary of State: clueless and useless overhead to businesses'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-1514333738243137398</id><published>2011-10-02T23:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-02T23:42:07.854-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thurston County Tax Assessments- a lesson in the cost of government</title><summary type='text'>The 2012 property tax assessment just came in the mail. Overall it's down over 25-30% since the bubble burst. Since a lot of services are funded by the per thousand dollar assessment, I expect I'll be paying lower taxes in the coming year. Yay.

However, it was largely irresponsible for the county to have jacked our assessments with bubble valuations that were completely unsustainable. Now the </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=1514333738243137398&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1514333738243137398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1514333738243137398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/10/thurston-county-tax-assessments-lesson.html' title='Thurston County Tax Assessments- a lesson in the cost of government'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-4793330255484377977</id><published>2011-09-23T14:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-23T22:55:18.705-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I'll give you 10 Obamas for 1/10 of a Netanyahu</title><summary type='text'>Again. This is what a leader sounds like. To date, I've always held that Winston Churchill was the greatest statesman of the last 100 years (Reagan is in my top 5), but Benji is giving him a run for his money.Update: Must read the comments over at WZ. Apparently I'm not the only one coming to these conclusions.  Money quotes. Apparently several were thinking the same thing as me:1- "We can make a</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=4793330255484377977&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/4793330255484377977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/4793330255484377977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/09/ill-give-you-10-obamas-for-110-of.html' title='I&apos;ll give you 10 Obamas for 1/10 of a Netanyahu'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/imJFnqi5rEs/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-7497302426062727987</id><published>2011-09-15T06:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-15T09:03:20.067-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Shariamerica: Islam, Obama, and the Establishment Clause</title><summary type='text'>It is funny how things come at you sometimes.  Oh, call it coincidence (if you must).  Yesterday, in my travels, I heard a Seattle radio station setting the table for their topic dejure on "Should Islam be taught in our public schools?"  Really?  By the same people that want school prayer and "in God we trust" out?  Mention Buddha, Karma, Crystals 0r Allah and it's all about tolerance and </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=7497302426062727987&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7497302426062727987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7497302426062727987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/09/shariamerica-islam-obama-and.html' title='Shariamerica: Islam, Obama, and the Establishment Clause'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/ErzxOz3Dzv8/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-2492085469779587482</id><published>2011-09-09T13:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-09T13:21:59.907-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tea partier infiltrates longshoreman union ILWU Local 23 in Tacoma and creates "climate of hate"</title><summary type='text'>Just kidding, it's a union goon.  I'll cut him some slack, he's probably tired and grumpy from committing acts of domestic terrorism against private property owners.  Cuz being up all night cutting brake lines and putting sugar in gas tanks can really wear you down.  posted over on WZ.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=2492085469779587482&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2492085469779587482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2492085469779587482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/09/tea-partier-infiltrates-longshoreman.html' title='Tea partier infiltrates longshoreman union ILWU Local 23 in Tacoma and creates &quot;climate of hate&quot;'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/wFHBGGvuQhA/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-949595644681288431</id><published>2011-08-17T10:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-17T11:16:19.635-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Quick wins from a Tea Party Terrorist</title><summary type='text'>Note: I'm using the title "terrorist" more often now, thanks to Joe Biden who referred to fiscal conservatives championing the cause of smaller government as such. Earlier we were just "Brown Shirts" (by Brian Baird). Baird was replaced by a Republican in 2010. Let's hope we can say the same for Joe Biden in 2012.A very small spur to the economy has been the reduction in employee social </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=949595644681288431&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/949595644681288431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/949595644681288431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/08/quick-wins-from-tea-party-terrorist.html' title='Quick wins from a Tea Party Terrorist'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-7954699747458542936</id><published>2011-08-14T17:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-14T18:03:48.425-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fight the Good Fight</title><summary type='text'>Win or lose, sometimes it's just enough to fight the good fight.  Win or lose, it's enough to be the man in the arena.  It's enough to not shrink from an unfair, rigged fight and go down swinging if David doesn't bring down the giant this time.  Even when the days are dark and it seems corruption is everywhere in this fallen world, keep fighting the good fight.  For those of you that were around </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=7954699747458542936&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7954699747458542936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7954699747458542936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/08/fight-good-fight.html' title='Fight the Good Fight'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/2-lGhKrypb0/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-1613131339897499482</id><published>2011-08-11T08:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-11T09:11:07.157-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Seattle-ite nails it</title><summary type='text'>Conservatives in Seattle (and Olympia) are a brave lot. Putting a conservative bumper sticker on your car in the city of "co exist" is an invite to have your car keyed, tires slashed or an angry confrontation with someone who is not comfortable enough with their own politics to allow you to have yours. That's why I got a good laugh from this one from Seattle sent to Legal Insurrection.Given </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=1613131339897499482&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1613131339897499482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1613131339897499482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/08/seattle-ite-nails-it.html' title='Seattle-ite nails it'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-4670430732259972225</id><published>2011-08-08T08:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-08T08:21:38.723-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Japan effect, or happy Monday</title><summary type='text'>Japan has been flat since the mid 90's. Take our current downturn and extend it by 10-15 years; that's what Japan has.Couple that recession with low birth rates. Low birth rates mean fewer workers paying into social programs that support retirees. In the US those programs are social security and medicare, which are already bankrupt at today's socio economic demographics. Once upon a time those </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=4670430732259972225&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/4670430732259972225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/4670430732259972225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/08/japan-effect-or-happy-monday.html' title='The Japan effect, or happy Monday'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-529442652377418611</id><published>2011-08-04T12:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-04T12:56:06.178-07:00</updated><title type='text'>If you had zero confidence in Obama's abilities</title><summary type='text'>I heard Obama was asked to leave the room during the debt limit discussion, however this has still been the biggest job killing president in my life time and that includes Jimmy Carter.However if you thought a catastrophic blizzard was going to hit and you stocked up on generators and gas, you'd be sitting pretty when the disaster hit. So with the stock market erasing nearly all gains for 2011, </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=529442652377418611&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/529442652377418611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/529442652377418611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/08/if-you-had-zero-confidence-in-obamas.html' title='If you had zero confidence in Obama&apos;s abilities'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-2349098581889810990</id><published>2011-08-04T10:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-04T10:44:28.977-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='False Allegations'/><title type='text'>Thank you Ann...</title><summary type='text'>A few weeks back I lambasted Ann Coulter's article which proposed police charge men for time used for DV calls/investigations. This week Ann lays out a pretty good argument of why that is a bad idea: False allegations. The topic is rape, but this sort of BS is exactly what surfaces during custody battles. An accusation runs up tens of thousands in attorney bills and clouds credibility even when </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=2349098581889810990&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2349098581889810990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2349098581889810990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/08/thank-you-ann.html' title='Thank you Ann...'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-5339284086019114311</id><published>2011-08-02T17:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-02T17:16:59.512-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Body found near trail in Lacey--- :-(</title><summary type='text'>This one is a major bummer. Doesn't sound like the Chehalis Western Trail, but is in the same line up of violence against women we've been seeing. Recall about a year ago, out by Tenino, a woman was killed while on the trail by herself. Though a nice place to walk and unwind these trails are a haven for predators.This begs the question about all the VAWA money congress pours into the states. The </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=5339284086019114311&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5339284086019114311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5339284086019114311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/08/body-found-near-trail-in-lacey.html' title='Body found near trail in Lacey--- :-('/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-3525966454618440392</id><published>2011-07-29T09:33:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-04T15:52:55.538-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"Compromise is a language of the devil" Pep talk to Eric Liddell</title><summary type='text'>In all of the talks for raising the debt ceiling, I've been hearing one sided calls to "compromise," largely meaning that the GOP should abandon the mandate of the 2010 election and go along with DC politics as usual."Compromise" is a word you will never hear from the mouth of someone who knows they are right and knows the consequences for not doing what is right. Churchill's "Never quit" speech </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=3525966454618440392&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3525966454618440392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3525966454618440392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/07/compromise-is-language-of-devil-pep.html' title='&quot;Compromise is a language of the devil&quot; Pep talk to Eric Liddell'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/ZjF59VB0h6g/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-8090456647445955546</id><published>2011-07-23T21:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-23T22:04:30.526-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Right Wing Extremist'/><title type='text'>I am a right wing extremist, so you should label him "Sting"</title><summary type='text'>Yep that's right. I'm white, I'm christian, I am for low taxes, the rights of a fetus to not have a hole drilled through its skull in the third trimester and an individuals gun rights and I'm all about limiting the scope of government not to mention enforcing our immigration laws. My thoughts and prayers (yeah prayers, you know that thing that Right Wing Extremist Christians do when they want to </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=8090456647445955546&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8090456647445955546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8090456647445955546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/07/i-am-right-wing-extremist.html' title='I am a right wing extremist, so you should label him &quot;Sting&quot;'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/ESxjLm-x8yA/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-2653849440581852381</id><published>2011-07-20T19:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-20T19:18:41.765-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I thought we were on the verge of bouncing social security checks. No?</title><summary type='text'>Maybe I'm watching the wrong news shows, but I thought the US government was on the verge of bankruptcy if the debt ceiling doesn't get raised before Barack Obama's 50th birthday party fundraiser on August 3rd.The world as we know it is on the verge of collapse right? Social Security will NOT get paid they tell us. Then I read this:The Obama administration is committing $35 million to the [</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=2653849440581852381&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2653849440581852381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2653849440581852381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/07/i-thought-we-were-on-verge-of-bouncing.html' title='I thought we were on the verge of bouncing social security checks. No?'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-4275563486126276993</id><published>2011-07-17T08:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-17T08:39:33.816-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The parallel bars, not just a gymnastics thing</title><summary type='text'>As noted on several media outlets local editor of Seattle's The Stranger (you know that weekly periodical you see in bars and campuses with all the gay escort and prostitution ads), said,"I wish they [Republicans] were all fucking dead" on "Real Time with Bill Maher"I'm not smart like an Obama voter, but I think that qualifies as hate speech. Brad Shannon of the Olympian, the local authority on </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=4275563486126276993&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/4275563486126276993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/4275563486126276993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/07/parallel-bars-not-just-gymnastics-thing.html' title='The parallel bars, not just a gymnastics thing'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-627071988585882219</id><published>2011-07-15T13:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-15T13:15:32.306-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Your "fair share"</title><summary type='text'>Obama wants millionaires and billionaires (aka couples making 250k/year) to foot the bill for his run away spending.Since about 50% of Americans filing a tax return pay no taxes or get net money back, why does no one ask why the rest of America doesn't pay their flipping share for this run away spending? Since Harry Potter is opening tonight, why don't we force the richest 3 families in line to </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=627071988585882219&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/627071988585882219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/627071988585882219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/07/your-fair-share.html' title='Your &quot;fair share&quot;'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-7134302631453056436</id><published>2011-07-14T14:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-14T16:06:46.918-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"Don't call my bluff"</title><summary type='text'>Maybe I'm not smart like an Obama voter, but one thing you don't do in poker is tell the world you are lying.This may be like the 57 states comment, or a health care bill that will give asthma sufferers breathalyzers, or even not knowing that the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington is a bazillion dollar super fund nuclear clean up site, but maybe the most eloquent man in the history of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=7134302631453056436&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7134302631453056436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/7134302631453056436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/07/dont-call-my-bluff.html' title='&quot;Don&apos;t call my bluff&quot;'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-3197465650796766171</id><published>2011-07-07T20:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-07T20:52:00.732-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ann Coulter is wrong</title><summary type='text'>I love reading Ann's column. Week in and week out she cuts the crap with a knife so sharp she rents it out to a gnat's barber in the off hours. But this week, she stepped in a big smelly pile she knew nothing about.http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2011-07-06.htmlFrom repeat domestic violence calls to Los Angeles car chases,hit-and-run drivers and the balloon-boy hoax, worthless louts consume </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=3197465650796766171&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3197465650796766171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3197465650796766171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/07/ann-coulter-is-wrong.html' title='Ann Coulter is wrong'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-6015451847614997371</id><published>2011-07-04T06:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-14T18:07:44.057-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom ... What is it worth?'/><title type='text'>A Stark Contrast and the Price of Freedom</title><summary type='text'>On this Independence Day Holiday, what does it really mean to be a FREE AMERICAN?  What does the old saying "Freedom is not Free" mean and what made our founding Fathers so great?  If I am to be thankful for sacrifices made long ago, what are we talking about?  What were they?  What kind of price was paid for the freedoms I enjoy (or still have left)? What kind of sacrifices and principles drove </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=6015451847614997371&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6015451847614997371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6015451847614997371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/07/stark-contrast-and-price-of-freedom.html' title='A Stark Contrast and the Price of Freedom'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-9050191206926020703</id><published>2011-06-30T20:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-30T20:09:00.924-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Punish the high earners</title><summary type='text'>Hearing Obama's speech yesterday, I didn't realize that my wife and I's combined income made us private jet owners.I can't wait to fly off to our private island in our 2003 Kia Rio (manual windows, no AC and no power steering) and 2003 (purchased used) Nissan Maxima.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=9050191206926020703&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/9050191206926020703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/9050191206926020703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/06/punish-high-earners.html' title='Punish the high earners'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-5019875247987585862</id><published>2011-06-23T18:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-23T18:51:00.558-07:00</updated><title type='text'>If you had zero confidence in Obama's abilities</title><summary type='text'>...and were 100% certain he would run our economy into the ditch, then the last few years in the stock market have been been VERY good to you. Last year I read the Reagan diaries. The man was obsessed with the economy, not the golf course or celebutard parties or fund raisers. Obama...eh not so much. Further, every thing Obama has touched during his Presidency has turned to rot. Even getting Bin </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=5019875247987585862&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5019875247987585862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5019875247987585862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/06/if-you-had-zero-confidence-in-obamas.html' title='If you had zero confidence in Obama&apos;s abilities'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-4782832793165883098</id><published>2011-06-14T06:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-14T10:23:28.718-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Uncle Ted on the 2nd Amendment</title><summary type='text'>This video is a bit of a re-run.  But, it showed up in my inbox recently and I felt it post worthy for discussion.  Love him or hate him, agree or disagree, Uncle Ted does remind us that we still have the 1st because of the 2nd.  They weren't having this discussion in Soviet Russia nor are they in modern day China, North Korea or Iran.  Will WE (free Americans) be having this discussion in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=4782832793165883098&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/4782832793165883098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/4782832793165883098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/06/uncle-ted-on-2nd-amendment.html' title='Uncle Ted on the 2nd Amendment'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/T_QjEL0uUgo/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-1472435212292522987</id><published>2011-06-06T22:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-06T22:45:07.285-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What they should have spent the money on</title><summary type='text'>I've often pointed out that the stimulus money in Thurston County was funnelled to the tribes, specifically to the Great Wolf Lodge- whose entrance we dropped a cool million or so into and who still is not paying any property taxes. Good for the tribe, bad for the rest of us. Must be nice to have some elected officials in your pockets eh?But suppose I ruled the world- or at least controlled the </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=1472435212292522987&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1472435212292522987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1472435212292522987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/06/what-they-should-have-spend-money-on.html' title='What they should have spent the money on'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-8066665010672603241</id><published>2011-06-06T21:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-06T22:21:17.824-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Elizabeth Stamatina</title><summary type='text'>Elizabeth Stamatina better known as Tina Fey, better known as funny girl on SNL and Liz Lemon on 30 Rock is preggers. Lovely Lemon is 41 (pushing 42) years of age. Well Ms Lemon- at your age, there is greather than 1 /100 chance your baby will be born with Down Syndrome.Gonna make fun of faith and bitter clingers this election season? Gonna fight for that right to an abortion when you're carrying</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=8066665010672603241&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8066665010672603241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8066665010672603241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/06/dear-elizabeth-stamatina.html' title='Dear Elizabeth Stamatina'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-6509904197956219361</id><published>2011-05-20T17:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-20T17:44:00.624-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brass Balls Award'/><title type='text'>Profiles in leadership:  Netanyahu</title><summary type='text'>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu- you effing ROCK!!!!!!I am highly disappointed that our country is not standing by the defense of Isreal. Bet your ass if someone stands on our boarders with rocket launchers and starts firing rockets into our civilian populations- we'd leave nothing but a greasy spot where the terrorist was standing. Next, contrary to comrade Obama's assertion, we would </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=6509904197956219361&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6509904197956219361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6509904197956219361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/05/profiles-in-leadership-netanyahu.html' title='Profiles in leadership:  Netanyahu'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vfG7856RGjU/Tda5OiVpdCI/AAAAAAAAAIU/0r2WrBt-qrA/s72-c/joe_willson.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-781600228008639166</id><published>2011-05-18T18:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-18T18:52:36.066-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Right Wing Extremist'/><title type='text'>and what if they didn't have a government program?</title><summary type='text'>In response to this bit of government spending: Community Youth Services in Olympia has been awarded $1.08 million to continue its YouthBuild program for three years. A few right wing extremist thoughts about this bit of government spending.First: The federal government is on the brink of being insolvent if they don't raise the debt ceiling.Next: For the past several years, in a yard near the </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=781600228008639166&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/781600228008639166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/781600228008639166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/05/and-what-if-they-didnt-have-government.html' title='and what if they didn&apos;t have a government program?'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-6371362046778397104</id><published>2011-05-05T17:52:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-05T17:57:14.911-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Cinco de Cuatro</title><summary type='text'>This year I'm celebrating the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Cuatro with the smartest POTUS evah!Yes, the video is old now, but it was an instant classic from our Jackass in Chief.  Perhaps he was too busy trying to find the Hanford superfund site on the map of the 57 states to brush up on his spanish.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=6371362046778397104&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6371362046778397104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6371362046778397104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/05/happy-cinco-de-cuatro.html' title='Happy Cinco de Cuatro'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/F3_OWAs0aIU/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-8408885297287404001</id><published>2011-04-25T19:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:58:47.118-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Anyone else smell a Duke Lacrosse shake down on this Tacoma "S&amp;M Torture Chamber" story?</title><summary type='text'>It never pays to chase a Jerry Springer story like this, but the hooker accusing the Tacoma dude with kidnapping and torture smells like a shakedown. While any jack ass picking up a hooker deserves what they get in both VD and extortion, this story has a lot of holes in it. She is creeped out early in the evening and puts on a blind fold anyway? The text message is to her 'boyfriend'--- er you </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=8408885297287404001&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8408885297287404001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8408885297287404001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/04/anyone-else-smell-duke-lacrosse-shake.html' title='Anyone else smell a Duke Lacrosse shake down on this Tacoma &quot;S&amp;M Torture Chamber&quot; story?'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-2565782827667876269</id><published>2011-04-22T18:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-22T18:18:00.155-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Initiative 1122- Do not sign/ vote no.  Post 2</title><summary type='text'>I'm bumping this as it is a good topic where I think the 1122 initiative owners don't have a good understanding of small business and the impact of process overhead to a small business owner. The logic of 1122 is this: Because the federal government refuses to enforce the border and immigration laws, we need to force every employer to register every employee with the federal government. The docs </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=2565782827667876269&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2565782827667876269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2565782827667876269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/04/initiative-1122-do-not-sign-vote-no.html' title='Initiative 1122- Do not sign/ vote no.  Post 2'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-8736162436863307158</id><published>2011-04-11T21:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-11T22:41:15.259-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The State Budget and the Predictable Road to Economic Collapse</title><summary type='text'>Begin rant.This column from the WSJ online earlier in the month is a thought provoking read with some eye opening numbers.  Stephen Moore is spot on, my comrades.  The economic road down will continue until commerce and industry employment gets back to outnumbering government workers at all levels of government.  It's the basic revenue/cost equation that people around this town don't like to or </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=8736162436863307158&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8736162436863307158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8736162436863307158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/04/state-budget-and-predictable-road-to.html' title='The State Budget and the Predictable Road to Economic Collapse'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-1769612307259193766</id><published>2011-03-30T19:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-30T19:16:00.644-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Barack Obama, I've kept my tires inflated like you said to</title><summary type='text'>... but we still have $4.00/gallon gas. Posted in response to Obama lecturing the United States about our energy policy.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=1769612307259193766&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1769612307259193766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1769612307259193766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/03/dear-barack-obama-ive-kept-my-tires.html' title='Dear Barack Obama, I&apos;ve kept my tires inflated like you said to'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-1679537929278849288</id><published>2011-03-27T12:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-27T12:36:42.252-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Initiative 1122- Do not sign/ vote no</title><summary type='text'>In first glancing at the initiative, I was all for it, ie stopping the State of Washington from issuing drivers licenses to illegal aliens. The sponsors should have stopped there. However they didn't, the initiative sponsors seem to be oblivious to the headache immigration enforcement is for small businesses. This initiative mandates checking with the government on the legality of every citizen. </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=1679537929278849288&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1679537929278849288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1679537929278849288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/03/initiative-1122-do-not-sign-vote-no.html' title='Initiative 1122- Do not sign/ vote no'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-3974668110864369714</id><published>2011-03-25T18:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-25T18:00:03.747-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Great moments in bad Obama speeches about Libya</title><summary type='text'>Obama is going to address the nation about Libya on Monday.I suggest he regain momentum by starting his speech with the same strawman argument he used in pushing health care.  The statement is every bit as viable in foreign policy as it was with health care reform. "There are those in the Republican ranks who say we should do nothing..."Then he should exit the press conference immediately saying </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=3974668110864369714&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3974668110864369714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/3974668110864369714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/03/great-moments-in-bad-obama-speeches.html' title='Great moments in bad Obama speeches about Libya'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-6796308346529962132</id><published>2011-03-21T22:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-21T22:27:13.506-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Save Wisconsin: Donate now</title><summary type='text'>I'm shamelessly lifting this from Legal Insurrection (one of my top 10 favorite reads). What Republicans are doing in Wisconsin takes 9 lb balls. Hooowah. Let's show them some support. Wisconsin Republicans Ask For Help: "We are in the fight of our lives"Via Legal Insurrection via JSOnline: The Committee to Elect a Republican Senate (CERS), the main campaign committee for Senate Republicans, is </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=6796308346529962132&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6796308346529962132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6796308346529962132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/03/save-wisconsin-donate-now.html' title='Save Wisconsin: Donate now'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-5746118314467022831</id><published>2011-03-16T19:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-16T19:38:00.482-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Socialized Medicine: death panels in action</title><summary type='text'>Two recent headlines bring this to mind1- The case in Canada of the infant where Candadian doctors and government refused to allow the family to seek medical help elsewhere (ie the United States, where Obama's death panels aren't in action ).2- This case in the UK. Baby was born @ 22 weeks and though the baby was alive and fighting, doctors as a course of death panel procedure determined it was </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=5746118314467022831&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5746118314467022831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5746118314467022831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/03/socialized-medicine-death-panels-in.html' title='Socialized Medicine: death panels in action'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-8635966769723023150</id><published>2011-03-15T18:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-15T18:48:00.518-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Objectivity on Nuclear Energy</title><summary type='text'>I am VERY pro nuclear. I see the Japan earthquake / Tsunami as an opportunity to assess how robust and disaster tolerant our nuclear facilities really are and improve that infrastructure. In any field of engineering, a design gets improved only in the face of failure or intense competition.If thousands of people were to be sickened or killed by the fallout of the Japanese nuke plants overheating,</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=8635966769723023150&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8635966769723023150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8635966769723023150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/03/objectivity-on-nuclear-energy.html' title='Objectivity on Nuclear Energy'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-5422045184208887533</id><published>2011-03-04T18:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-04T18:31:00.416-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Right Wing Extremist'/><title type='text'>Civility Alert</title><summary type='text'>I defy anyone to find a similar thread of conservatives or tea partiers talking this way about Obama.If someone on the right said they wanted to bash Obama's head in with a hammer or baseball bat as is described the college educated enlightened youthful libtards on this thread about Palin and Bush, the Secret Service would come a knocking.http://verydemotivational.memebase.com/2011/02/21/</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=5422045184208887533&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5422045184208887533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/5422045184208887533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/03/civility-alert.html' title='Civility Alert'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-1130439646515275607</id><published>2011-02-23T18:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-23T19:23:43.110-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The invisible hand at work in Olympia</title><summary type='text'>The house of Andy is doing an experiment this year.  We are giving up our Costco membership.   Some of this has to do with the creepy way Costco has been leveraging the personal info about shopping habits and there are many other reasons which I won't put in a blog post but will gladly disclose after anyone treats me to two or more beers.Meat:  Mission accomplished.Going FROM: Our CostcoGoing TO:</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=1130439646515275607&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1130439646515275607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1130439646515275607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/02/invisible-hand-at-work-in-olympia.html' title='The invisible hand at work in Olympia'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-978809409418781781</id><published>2011-02-15T07:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-16T12:51:18.303-08:00</updated><title type='text'>HIGH SCHOOL -- 1957 vs. 2011</title><summary type='text'>Enjoy or cry (I'm not sure which) . . .Scenario                 1: Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck's gun rack.1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.2011 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=978809409418781781&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/978809409418781781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/978809409418781781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/02/high-school-1957-vs-2010.html' title='HIGH SCHOOL -- 1957 vs. 2011'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-2123665705152986692</id><published>2011-02-13T10:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-13T11:18:09.428-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brass Balls Award'/><title type='text'>and the award goes to...GOP Rep. Allen West (updated CPAC edition)</title><summary type='text'>Had to bump this Per this from the Zipper's site. Just in time for Valentines Day: It's official, I too have got a man crush for this American hero.Honorable mention to every GOP politician who is telling the media and democrats to shove it on toning down the rhetoric.Hell no!!!! Turn it up to 11. If the liberal double standard cowards want to hide behind a madman, let them. No one is buying it </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=2123665705152986692&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2123665705152986692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2123665705152986692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/01/and-award-goes-togop-rep-allen-west.html' title='and the award goes to...GOP Rep. Allen West (updated CPAC edition)'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X8w33L7wokk/TTNJ_TxLh-I/AAAAAAAAAHg/7lMWbTuKY18/s72-c/joe_willson.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-6093091195466227669</id><published>2011-02-11T06:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-11T10:03:32.652-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Trump's Speech at CPAC</title><summary type='text'>Like him or not.  He speakeths the truth.  Some good stuff.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=6093091195466227669&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6093091195466227669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/6093091195466227669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/02/trumps-speech-at-cpac.html' title='Trump&apos;s Speech at CPAC'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/PR1b8yKxcAo/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-2943513763334285498</id><published>2011-01-18T07:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T13:16:29.700-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Oil will spike to its highest level by 2016 or sooner</title><summary type='text'>bumped up with update and link to a timely Legal Insurrection post on Obama squeezing energy producers.It's setting up to be a perfect storm and oil imports will flourish.With no new drilling or exploration happening on American soil, offshore drilling halted, new oil being prepped everywhere but the United States, no new nuke plants coming online, hydro electric power going offline and coal </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=2943513763334285498&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2943513763334285498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/2943513763334285498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/01/oil-will-spike-to-its-highest-level-by.html' title='Oil will spike to its highest level by 2016 or sooner'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-72975636015904947</id><published>2011-01-15T21:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-15T21:13:41.744-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Is there REALLY a budget crisis in Washington State?</title><summary type='text'>Here's your litmus testWill Governor Gregoire ask the tribes to share gambling revenue with the state to resolve said "budget crisis?"Answer key:If the answer is yes: There really is a budget crisis. Gregoire and the legislature cutting public safety and core services isn't just a lot of kabuki and political theatre.If the answer is no: There really isn't a budget crisis, it's just politics as </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=72975636015904947&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/72975636015904947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/72975636015904947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/01/is-there-really-budget-crisis-in.html' title='Is there REALLY a budget crisis in Washington State?'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-8646669215983921164</id><published>2011-01-11T17:17:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-11T17:41:23.132-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Great Wolf Lodge of thieves now paying taxes?  How about other tribal revenue streams?</title><summary type='text'>Credit where it's due, the Zero actually covered this story back in April.  Credit is also due to the county for managing this case through to conclusion.  Why is this story significant?  According to the article "The lodge is estimated to generate about $1 million a year in property taxes."  Hmm... roads, fire, police, schools (the GWL has no problem marketing to children in our county).  Also, </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=8646669215983921164&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8646669215983921164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8646669215983921164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/01/great-wolf-lodge-of-thieves-now-paying.html' title='Great Wolf Lodge of thieves now paying taxes?  How about other tribal revenue streams?'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-8018553176788226303</id><published>2011-01-10T19:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-10T20:45:12.184-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Observation: The more they hate her, the more powerful she becomes</title><summary type='text'>The reactions to the AZ shootings and attempts to somehow attach it to Sara Palin are an enigma to me.  On a positive note, I'm noticing that a few in the media are actually practicing journalistic integrity in debunking such propaganda.  This gives some optimism that one day journalists will actually earn some level of credibility in a distant future year (or decade). My advice to those who </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=8018553176788226303&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8018553176788226303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/8018553176788226303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/01/observation-more-they-hate-her-more.html' title='Observation: The more they hate her, the more powerful she becomes'/><author><name>Andy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407387.post-1525689714528705107</id><published>2011-01-04T07:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-09T11:08:45.108-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Open House at the Thurston Mafia Headquarters</title><summary type='text'>I rarely pay attention to the law racketeers anymore and their Rico Enterprise known as the Wa Courts and Thurston Superior Court.  They leave me alone, I leave them alone.  Life is much better not dealing with legal psychopaths (er excuse me, "law professionals") on a regular basis.  So, most emails I receive don't get much attention or reaction from me anymore.  But, this one.  Oh, this one is </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19407387&amp;postID=1525689714528705107&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1525689714528705107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19407387/posts/default/1525689714528705107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thurstonpundits.blogspot.com/2011/01/open-house-at-thurston-mafia.html' title='Open House at the Thurston Mafia Headquarters'/><author><name>Angler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10436694460944291978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
