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14 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Puyallup parents speak... · 0 replies · -16 points

One can be a Muslim, but one teaches Islam. Islam is welcome in this country - according to the First Amendment. I find it revolting that those who proclaim the loudest that the US was founded on christian principles are usually the first to disregard the Constitution and the Teachings of Christ.

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Eyman files tax initia... · 2 replies · +2 points

No need to "push for term limits", as we already have "terms limits". It's called voting by most!

15 years ago @ CSMonitor: USA - Vanity Fair publishes ... · 0 replies · +32 points

"If you are trying to sell books or magazines or get clicks for your website, Republican Party star Sarah Palin is the gift that keeps giving."

Isn't that exactly what CS did with this title? Ms. Palin hides behind Facebook & tweets. She quit her elected position, claiming she wanted to help Alaska without a title. (Not that she helped Alaska with a title: Pipeline - not even close to being built; 200+ Alaskans died under her watch due to poor management of Medicare; villages flooded, left without food, fuel, and sundries, etc.)
The Vanity Fair article did not "attack" Ms. Palin. It simply offered another view into her life. I can't understand why the good citizens of Alaska still tremble in fear of her. Isn't it the home of the last frontier? Isn't she "just a private citizen"?
I've said before, she got lucky, period. She was in the right place at the right time. Without her crib notes, her backing by Murdoch and Koch brothers, her "behind the scenes" Facebook writer, et al, Ms. Palin has nothing to offer but fear. Recent polls show the majority of "Real Americans" find her unqualified to hold the highest office in this country.
Please, continue to use "the gift that keeps on giving".

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Memorial wall honors d... · 1 reply · +5 points

Where was the "offense" when approval was given to build a Mall at Ground Zero? Yes, on the site of the Twin Towers, not two blocks away. Where was the anger & resentment when soil from the "hallowed ground" was hauled off to a landfill? Why isn't it outrageous to have strip clubs close to Ground Zero?
The building used for this community center has sat empty for years; in fact, it's an old Burlington Coat Factory store.

Using your analogy of the churches & Native American Indians, we should be offended by the Christian churches works. And those churches weren't even the "extreme" faction. Are you willing to demand Catholic churches to be banned from building close to schools & day cares? What about the murder of Dr. Tiller? Should we condemn all Christians, for his murder, solely because his murderer was a Christian?

You realize the Imam trying to build the Community Center was employed by the Federal Government, after 9/11, to foster goodwill and understanding?
Good thing the First Amendment protects us all, otherwise, certain parties would try to turn the U.S. into a theocracy.

Once, again, this country is standing at the precipice, and as a nation, we shall overcome. Let's hope it turns out better than how we treated our Japanese-Americans during WWII.

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Tea party idol Didier ... · 1 reply · +26 points

Mr. Didier needs to pay back the tens of thousands of farm subsidies he received, before he starts talking about decreasing government spending.

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Washington\'s small fa... · 0 replies · +1 points

Now, that he's gotten his, he wants to get rid of farm subsidies. Yet the system wasn't so messed up, that he declined applying for assistance. One can't claim the system is broken while using it, or that "everyone else is doing it, so why can't I" and have a leg to stand on.
Now, if Mr. Didier would pay back the subsidies, I might consider he has a bit of integrity.

16 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Student sex offender c... · 0 replies · +1 points

The school was given "all the information". The principal failed, in this instance. Having worked within the education system for years, I've witnessed how schools can effectively handle situations like this one. Yes, we had student sex offenders; yes, a plan was implemented to protect the students; yes, the principal notified the district office and the district office was involved.
I have no interest in defending sex offenders, but the Sheriff's office did what was required. Again, the principal of the school failed to preform his/her duties to protect the students.

16 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Panel: Racial \'stompi... · 1 reply · +4 points

Agreed, with one exception - it's a part of his standard vocabulary no matter what the situation. Yet, the officer said nothing about the kick to the head being unprofessional. No apology, no mention of the kick.

16 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Huge warehouse could h... · 1 reply · +6 points

Since it part of the National Archives and Records Administration, it holds many types of historical records. The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) is a part of our nation's history; as are the Japanese Internment Camps, the resettling of Native American Indians, et al.
The inclusion has a great deal to do with the article. Archives & records are about history. Interesting, that it's included? Maybe, it's a gentle reminder - those who forget the past, are condemn to repeat it.

16 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Boeing apologizes for ... · 1 reply · +8 points

No where in the article did it say the boy was crushed. It was his father that complained. One could assume the boy was happy to have received any type of reply. The father should have shown more maturity, not cry over it.

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