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13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Politics getting ugly ... · 0 replies · +1 points

But that is *exactly* my point; why is this "news" article focusing on the controversy of "WHO said what" as opposed to "one side made claims X, how ACCURATE are these claims?"

I don't have the resources to chase down every claim - but that is *supposed to be* part of the job of the news media, is it not? That way, the voter, most of whom are busy with other things, CAN do other things. This story is nothing more than a "claim-vs-counter-claim by the campaigns" press release. And, because teh candidates KNOW they can spin the media like a toy, they don't HAVE to focus on issues, which is a dis-service to us all.

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Department of Licensin... · 0 replies · +6 points

Ah, I thought maybe you wanted her mom to make sure she didn't get stoned :-)

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Department of Licensin... · 0 replies · +4 points

Ah, we are talking past one another. I would agree that the girl in the picture with the story doesn't look 21 right now, at least not in that pic. My anecdote was about the *potential harm* that can come from such a misrepresentation, as demonstrated from another somewhat similar case I'm aware of. And, unless you are a monk, you are probably aware of how much "better judgment" a young, drunk, single male has in the presence of "fresh and available meat," to put it crudely. (Having seen the effects of alcohol on the brain in others is one reasons I'm a teetotaler)

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - McKenna\'s policy assi... · 0 replies · +2 points

And I think the code says "anyone that WANTS political office should be prohibited from office."

Either that or "minions are expendable, so know where you are in the food chain."

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Department of Licensin... · 2 replies · +8 points

Dim lights, a few beers, loud music at the club, knowing the bouncer had already admitted her, lead to poor judgment. My former co-worker said she was Asian (Vietnamese, IIRC), looked old for her age, and a LOT like her sister.

But the fact is, *she* committed fraud for kicks, but *he* went to jail and has a record. VERY not-cool.

In this case, the young lady did the right thing, and kudos to her for it; it prevented temptation from rearing its ugly head. If anyone else found out about it at her school, there would be a LOT of peer pressure of all kinds to use it and "make the most of the opportunity." She'd suddenly be EVERYONE'S best friend if she used it, and kicked out of the "best" cliques if she didn't; a recipe for disaster.

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Department of Licensin... · 4 replies · +4 points

It gives her the ability to totally destroy a man's life. Go to a bar, get let in, get a drink, get taken home, get caught the next morning, have mom press charges, and he's branded a sex-predator for life because some ditz thought it would "be cool to pretend to be an adult." Nearly identical thing happened to a former co-worker of mine (underage chick "borrowed" her older sisters ID).

NO, it's NOT a jackpot; it's trouble.

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - McKenna\'s policy assi... · 2 replies · +2 points

Yup, exactly. And, if it was a Dem who said it, then it would be the other way around :-)

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - McKenna\'s policy assi... · 0 replies · +1 points

Now there is a most special kind of idiot - one not only with a PhD, but also several published books and a Nobel Prize (in economics, which shows what THAT'S worth).

Apparently, he never had anyone ask him "and THEN what?" or "what if people act like they normally do, rather than how they act in you model?"

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - McKenna\'s policy assi... · 0 replies · +1 points

"Asian overlords"? Which ones did you have in mind?
The Japanese? (DEEP in debt and suffering a catastrophic demographic implosion)
The Chinese? (Elites prepping to flee the country, hard landing and implosions - fiscal, demographic, environmental - on the near horizon)
The Indians? (they, or at least many of the leadership and business community, already speak English, and they have a bureaucracy that makes DC look positively trim and efficient)
Koreans? (good tech, but precious little else)
The Vietnamese? (Yyyyaaaaahhhh, right)
Russians, Pakistanis, Kazakhstan, Thailand, etc? Not bloody likely.

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - McKenna\'s policy assi... · 2 replies · +1 points

Hey, at least he didn't get a 4.0 from USC :-)

I've got degrees from two universities, and attended three others for various things, and teaching endorsements from another, and everyone in my immediate family with a degree or two has gotten them from a different college or university (8 that I know of for sure). *shrug* I'm a firm believer that it's what you learned, now what sheepskin you have, that is important. An idiot with a PhD is still an idiot.

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