en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/337917 Comments by CityDude http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Preview--Investigation-finds-more-child-deaths-DSHS-facing-possible-penalties-151776725.html#IDComment361765893 It sure would be nice if the corporate media would scrutinize the military's wasteful spending, and all the people that get killed during training, or bungled training exercises, repairing weapons, planes, etc. as they do DSHS. DSHS budget it nothing compared to the military budget. Wed, 16 May 2012 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Preview--Investigation-finds-more-child-deaths-DSHS-facing-possible-penalties-151776725.html#IDComment361765893 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Lawmakers-considering-nationwide-Blue-Alert-bill-151636395.html#IDComment361220079 Not needed. Some company must be pushing this, and the Republicans. Some company must stand to make big bucks off of this. Republicans want to use this as a distraction from the real problems we face: overpopulation; dependence on fossil fuels; high unemployment and underemployment; a tax system that is raping the middle class, working class; capitalism that is corrupt, and out of control. I get so sick of Republicans saying government is too big, but then turn around, and want to use it to tell homosexuals they can't get married; telling women they don't have the right to control their body and their health; and wasting trillions of dollars on wars. Sad to watch Republicans slowly destroy this country. Republicans are so corrupt morally and intellectually. Wed, 16 May 2012 01:46:08 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Lawmakers-considering-nationwide-Blue-Alert-bill-151636395.html#IDComment361220079 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Mayors-urge-online-escort-service-to-check-ages-150541745.html#IDComment356257626 The Catholics want you to think that all these escort ads are from under aged women or men. When in reality very few are. The Catholics are lying because they don't approve of adult entertainment, or adults having sex with other adults for money. They want to force their religion on everyone, and one of the ways they do it is by lying. The Catholics should be busy working on purging their churches of pedophile priests. Tue, 8 May 2012 05:38:06 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Mayors-urge-online-escort-service-to-check-ages-150541745.html#IDComment356257626 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Homeland-Security-nabs-Seattle-U-students-buying-fake-IDs--150271565.html#IDComment354837152 "The school couldn't reveal the exact punishment for each student, but they included community service, fines, suspensions and writing research papers about forgery." The school could reveal what punishment students got. How nice of the reporter to lie for the school. This just shows me that Catholics use their religion when it is convenient. They don't even believe their own religion. Most Catholics put being cool above God. What hypocrites. Sat, 5 May 2012 19:35:01 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Homeland-Security-nabs-Seattle-U-students-buying-fake-IDs--150271565.html#IDComment354837152 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wash-state-could-be-first-to-require-abortion-coverage--140494433.html?clmob=y#IDComment302369473 I am so glad I live in Washington State. Glad we are focusing on trying to solving the real problems we face as a society. Clearly overpopulation is at the root of many of the problems we face today. We definitely don't want to have policies that will make this problem worse by making it more difficult for women to control their body, their reproductive system, their health. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:57:30 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wash-state-could-be-first-to-require-abortion-coverage--140494433.html?clmob=y#IDComment302369473 http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/126840938.html?ref=guiltypleasures#IDComment180721344 "Building owner Lisco Holdings said in court papers that McMillan violated his lease because the apartment is not his primary residence as required by rent-controlled rules. It says he lives in Brooklyn." I believe Mr McMillan is telling the truth, and I believe the landlord is lying, so they can rent the apartment out at a much higher price. Sat, 6 Aug 2011 19:03:57 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/126840938.html?ref=guiltypleasures#IDComment180721344 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/120370449.html#IDComment145066294 Yoyoyou: very well said. You are exactly right. We gave Boeing billions of dollars in tax breaks at the beginning of the last decade, and they still moved their corporate HQ to Chicago, and plan on opening a new commercial airplane plant in S.C. I am sick of corporations and the rich hording trillions of dollars that they would never have if it wasn't for the masses work, and for the masses consumption, and for the masses taxes. Boeing used to have some smart people running it, but the last seven years they have hired some real idiots at the top, and the proof is the 777 is three years behind schedule. That is what Boeing gets for outsourcing for cheap labor and cheap parts. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:46:20 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/120370449.html#IDComment145066294 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/120370449.html#IDComment145061861 "Haley says she won't allow the NLRB to bully businesses in South Carolina."...that is hilarious...the pot calling the kettle black. We all know why Boeing is opening a new plant in S.C. because they will be able to pay the workers there less. They will be able to abuse workers. They will be able to take profits that should go to the workers, and horde them at the top. Sad to watch more and more jobs either go abroad for cheap labor, or people being forced to work for less and less. It is a race to the bottom. Washington State gave billions in tax breaks to Boeing in the early part of the last decade, and they still shafted us by moving their head quarters to Chicago, and opening up a new plant in S.C. Boeing pollutes a ton, so at least the new plant won't be polluting up here. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:23:31 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/120370449.html#IDComment145061861 http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/120367974.html#IDComment144963642 Hmm, interesting how the article shielded Amazon.com from the hard ball question (were your servers attacked?) by not asking it. It was left vague by saying it was a technical problem. Amazon.com thinks it can do whatever it wants, including suppressing free speech, and thinks billionaires shouldn't have to pay any taxes, or very little. I have also heard about some of their hiring practices, and they stink. Some very nasty, conservative people, at the top of Amazon.com, are running it, and they deserve to be attacked because they are so anti-American, anti-US Constitution principles. They need to be held accountable, if the USA government won't hold them accountable, for anti-competitive, and human rights violations. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:59:16 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/120367974.html#IDComment144963642 http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing/120304024.html#IDComment144740718 Yep, it is a race to the bottom, and the people in the south are just pawns, and they don't even know it. Just about every good paying manufacturing job is either been shipped abroad, or has been located in the south so corporations can take advantage of idiots in the south that won't unionize. Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:55:27 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing/120304024.html#IDComment144740718 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/120322164.html#IDComment144740124 Seattle streets are already clogged: Duh! At least when the tunnel is built we will have a world class water front, and clogged streets. Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:51:59 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/120322164.html#IDComment144740124 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/119871824.html#IDComment142929747 Making alcohol, hard liquor distributed in more locations would make it easier to abuse. The abuse of alcohol costs society a lot in terms of lives and money. Not only would privatizing hard liquor distribution shift the profits from the state to corporations, the corporations would not have to pay for the costs to society when people abuse alcohol or drive drunk. It is a lose lose for tax payers because not only do they lose revenue from the distribution and sale of liquor, then the government has an increase in alcohol abuse which costs government more money to clean up. I think the voters are smart on this one: don't privatize the distribution and sale of hard liquor, it will only lead to more budget problems for this state, which leads to less jobs, less services that make the quality of life better for everyone in this state. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:06:25 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/119871824.html#IDComment142929747 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/119285184.html#IDComment140298434 If the state calls heterosexual unions marriage, it should be called marriage for homosexual unions. Same-sex marriage should have all the same rights heterosexual unions have, and that includes the tax benefits of being married. Marriage is a human institution, and therefore, a human right. Religion does not have a monopoly on the word marriage. If they don't want to marry homosexuals, that is their right, but they don't have the right to tell the state who they can and can't marry. They don't have the right to force their religious beliefs on other human beings, and the federal and state constitutions make that law. Wed, 6 Apr 2011 00:44:00 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/119285184.html#IDComment140298434 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/119286364.html#IDComment140283324 There are many other reasons people voted no, but since you know it all, and have such a hard life because you pay taxes, I am sure I am wrong. Tue, 5 Apr 2011 23:17:51 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/119286364.html#IDComment140283324 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/118262544.html#IDComment135914152 If you increase the logistics of selling hard liquior to tens of thousands more places, it will cost far more to regulate it, and it make it easier to abuse it. It is simple logic. Why do you think McDonald's, Starbuck's tries to be on every corner: because it makes it easier to consume, more convenient, and thereby increases consumption, which increase sales, which increase profits. Grocery stores, quick marts, etc are on every corner, just about. McDonald's, even Pepsi and Coke have employed a logistics marketing strategy as a way to increase profits, luckily pop doesn't impair you ability to drive if abused. It works too, because McDonald's and Starbuck's are not going out of business any time soon, and the obesity rate isn't going down either. This is just a push by businesses to increase their profits, while at the same causing more problems for society it doesn't have to pay to clean up, the taxpayers end up having to clean it up. Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:30:37 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/118262544.html#IDComment135914152 http://liveaction.org/blog/new-jersey-ag-investigate-manager/#IDComment131668600 Yep, lets waste resources, and time on making it harder for women to control their body, their health. The more time and resources we spend on this matter, the less time and money we have for teachers, police officers, jobs to rebuild our infrastructure, health care, regulation of corporations that will abuse humans, and the environment if they aren't penalized for it, create green economy jobs. Not only spending time on abortion takes money away from the real problems, it also, if succeeds, will cause more unwanted preganacies, which leads to faster population growth, which is stongly correlated with high poverty, high unemployment, high crime, and many other negative consquences. The real problems are finding cheap, clean, ubundant energy to run our economy, and to allow it to keep growing, creating good paying jobs since so many have been lost to cheap labor abroad and automation the last 30 years, and keeping health care and higher edcuation affordable, and making sure we hire more teachers, pay them a good salary, and keep class room sizes smaller. Tue, 1 Mar 2011 19:08:16 +0000 http://liveaction.org/blog/new-jersey-ag-investigate-manager/#IDComment131668600 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/116544988.html#IDComment129602467 Good riddance is right. We have one of the most beautiful water fronts in the world, and we ruined it by building the via duct. Removing this from the watefront will do wonder$$ for tourism and business downtown. People who are against buidling a tunnel are very selfish, shortsighted, dihonest, and evidently don't realize how badly the via duct ruins one of the mose beautiful waterfronts in the world. Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:55:18 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/116544988.html#IDComment129602467 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/116431819.html#IDComment128798111 Hope McGinn has a heart attack or a stroke. He deserves it after all his lying to the city of Seattle. If something goes bad for the dude, I won't feel a bit sorry for him. Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:29:29 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/116431819.html#IDComment128798111 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/116431819.html#IDComment128797929 Recall McGinn since he is such a lying idiot. Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:28:06 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/116431819.html#IDComment128797929 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/116431819.html#IDComment128797876 If McGinn really cared about the "public interest" or safe guarding it he would make sure that the via duct gets torn down as soon as possible, and not delay that in anyway. Peoples lives are more important than money. This guy is really scary, in the face of overwhelming evidence saying it should be torn down asap, and overwhelming support for a tunnel, he wouldn't listen to reason, consider the majorities needs, wants, concerns. This guy is an idiot. McGinn should be recalled. Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:27:43 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/116431819.html#IDComment128797876