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Mike Ilitch, pizza king of Detroit (better known as owner of the Red Wings and Tigers), has his own take on helping our troops. He’s provided an injured vet with a pizza franchise.
It’s always great to see someone lend a hand, especially to the troops coming home who’ve been dealt such a raw deal. [...]

Let’s get to it: Osama’s internet outages, IRA disarmament, President Bush’s French Vacation, and Seattle’s Airport antics. All that and more in Episode 206.
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… and El Jefe is averaging ten ranch trips a year.
Makes me wonder how he gets any work done. Oh wait. That’s Dick and Karl’s job.

You gotta love this. It’s a great example of the circular logic of cultural-conservative nuttiness. Here’s the how it works:
1. Conservatives see Geena Davis as a female president in the new TV show, Commander in Chief
2. They assume (without ANY evidence) that it’s obviously a nefarious Hollywood liberal conspiracy to pave the way [...]

So it looks like I-912 has some early support. Sayeth Joel Connelly:
Initiative 912, which would roll back the gas tax increase, is 20 points up, according to one recent (and tightly held) statewide poll.
The survey delivered two starkly contradictory findings.
Citizens believe transportation woes and gridlock are the state’s most important problem, with impacts on [...]

I occasionally dig on Christian-Coalitioner-turned-centrist-progressive Marshall Whitman’s Bull Moose Blog. But digging around in his archives I came across this post. I don’t think I can ever read the guy again.
And the Moose is big fan of Toby Keith, who may be a good role model for Democrats who are struggling [...]

Following up on yesterday’s post, King County Exec Ron Sims is calling the Port of Seattle’s bluff:
In interviews yesterday, Sims, who sits on the Sound Transit board, which oversees planning for the light-rail line, lambasted the Port’s actions as political posturing.
“It’s an unconscionable decision. It’s hostage-taking. It’s not good public policy, and it’s not appropriate,” [...]

So this is potentially a big deal. I wonder how much of it is a response to the London terror attacks this month. You suppose the Sinn Fein and IRA leaders got tired of hearing every news report say, “Londoners are used to terrorism, having dealt with the IRA for over 30 years…”?
Sometimes [...]

So apparently the energy bill is about to pass. Finally.
This is, of course, the piece of legislation that the President has been trying to get through congress for years. So what to make of this $11B beast? Well, it’s not great. There are lots of “incentives” to help the poor, [...]

Some of you will remember my post about taking the Foreign Service Written Exam, the necessary precursor to a career in the US Diplomatic Corps.
For the first time in my life, I purposefully did not study, hoping my education and interests would cover me. But I thought it was a stupid test, and did [...]