en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/212703 Comments by Washington http://queenanne.komonews.com/news/events/lions-and-lots-them-arriving-biggest-parade-seattle-history/649976#IDComment168065885 I'm confused, how is this the largest convention in 20 years? PAX alone has like 50K people.... Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:24:32 +0000 http://queenanne.komonews.com/news/events/lions-and-lots-them-arriving-biggest-parade-seattle-history/649976#IDComment168065885 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/112818469.html#IDComment119348707 "Best qualified" is an extraordinarily ambiguous term, you see. For example, should it be the richest, most educated and most intelligent that get to enter higher education? Or might it be more useful for the poorest, least intelligent population? Perhaps a balance? Mon, 3 Jan 2011 21:34:26 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/112818469.html#IDComment119348707 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/111939469.html#IDComment116043943 Are those fictional states? If you're willing to bet your house on it, lets keep this conversation going. Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:44:14 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/111939469.html#IDComment116043943 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/111939469.html#IDComment116042952 You seem to be missing the fact that Washington state has no income tax, and you also seem to think we have a huge population of people making over $50 million a year who would then be willing to donate that much to charity? Your plan is troubled on many fronts. Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:35:54 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/111939469.html#IDComment116042952 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/111939469.html#IDComment116041802 OK, most of you don't like the Governor. I'm not shocked, and I also don't really care. You didn't like the spending increases passed by the legislature. Again, not shocked. Whats shocking to me is how none of you seem to grasp the larger picture. Contrary to popular belief, the majority of those spending increases went to social justice problems like food, healthcare, education, and living expenses. We live in a capitalist society which tends to favor the rich, and - believe it or not - politicians like to solve some of those problems. Do they do it to 'buy votes' and save their own asses? Absolutely. Does that mean we should stop talking about the social justice problems because politicians can be icky? No. Our entire tax system in Washington State, and thus our social justice problems, hing on the sales tax collected from however many toothbrushes and cars we buy. As shown from the proposed cuts outlined in this article, peoples ability to get food to eat every day hinges on whether you decide to buy a toothbrush this year or not. That's the broken system we should be talking about. Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:26:58 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/111939469.html#IDComment116041802 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/111204739.html#IDComment113396469 If you are lucky and can get a monthly garage, you might pay as low as $12/day for your spot. With metro, you pay $2.50 into the city and $2.50 out (starting Jan). $5/day. So with transit, you spend less than half what you do on parking. Thats not including the cost of buying, maintaining, and fueling a vehicle. Metro continues to be substantially cheaper. Thu, 2 Dec 2010 18:58:41 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/111204739.html#IDComment113396469 http://www.komonews.com/sports/106860828.html#IDComment108587666 What a weird comment. Is your statement that 'there is more to football than screaming fans'? Thank you Sherlock Holmes. You might have done better if you had kept to that 19 word limit you spoke about. I cant tell if you wrote in just to take a jab at young people or what. Edit: having just realized you have many more bizarre comments in this story, I'm getting a better picture of your commenting style. Mon, 8 Nov 2010 18:22:41 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/sports/106860828.html#IDComment108587666 http://www.komonews.com/sports/105645118.html#IDComment106051175 The line collapsed on both sides way too much. Gotta figure out the o-line. Magic happened between Williams and Hasselbeck, we just need better protection. Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:43:19 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/sports/105645118.html#IDComment106051175 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/105450438.html#IDComment105326062 True! How many flags you got? I have two in my yard, 3 on my car, 4 in my study, 6 in my bedroom, and 9 between my each of my bathrooms. Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:44:21 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/105450438.html#IDComment105326062 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/105450438.html#IDComment105325610 You are so right. What could be more un-patriotic than a picture of the president? These people disgust me. Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:40:36 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/105450438.html#IDComment105325610 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/104163269.html#IDComment101877377 I think were talking 10-15 years to release if she did anyway, shes a smart lady. And I don't for a moment think another book from her would ever manage to "ruin the story." She released the story into the world and it's ours now. Fri, 1 Oct 2010 20:38:11 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/104163269.html#IDComment101877377 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/98624834.html#IDComment87025574 Its also news because the school was unwilling to disclose how much they spent on her, which is illegal. Students had to sleuth for the information in the trash (literally) as the article outlines. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:36:11 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/98624834.html#IDComment87025574 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/98624834.html#IDComment87025258 Public universities cant hide financial statements. The university was unwilling to disclose them, which is illegal, thus the attorney general is obligated to intervene. The issue taken up by the Attorney General is not Sarah Palin. Students shouldnt have had to dig through the trash to get that information, and the school would be in violation of the law if they failed to disclose it. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:33:29 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/98624834.html#IDComment87025258 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/82937477.html#IDComment54283086 I'm not sure this encompasses the complexity of the issue. The thing about Tonight Show hosts are that it takes time. It took Leno 2 years for the audience to get use to him, it took Conan (Late Night), Letterman, Johnny, everyone awhile to become a nightly routine in peoples lives. When you replace that routine after 16 years (or even 1 year), it will take time for people to adopt to the new host. Conan improved at a faster pace than Leno did when he started Tonight, in fact. The problem is that people no longer had to watch The Tonight Show because they got Leno at 10, so there was no need to give the new host a chance. In effect, there were now dueling Tonight Show hosts still on the air, dividing audiences. Leno should have given Conan a year, but he wanted to stay relevant on TV, and this is the result. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:04:04 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/82937477.html#IDComment54283086 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/81507942.html#IDComment52057427 I would not imagine they are in any kind of debt at all. Leno was making around $30 million a year, and Conan has never been known to spend a lot of money. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:30:28 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/81507942.html#IDComment52057427 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/81507942.html#IDComment52055279 err. The article and study we are commenting on directly contradicts your claim, and I think jwgl23 is pointing that out. The study indicates a direct correlation between when Leno started at 10 and when ratings in major areas fell by as much as 48% (NYC). While you are correct that people are watching less "TV" (actually, they are not: they are just watching TV programming online), that does not account for the giant loss in viewership for late local news. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:22:22 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/81507942.html#IDComment52055279 http://dev.www.komonews.com/news/79465447.html#IDComment47533727 .........yeah. For every federal tax dollar south carolina pays to the US Gov, they get $1.35 back. Why? Because their state economy sucks. Washington State pays $1, and gets $.88 back. Why? $0.12 goes to helping states like SC who cant sustain themselves. And thats just the way federal tax dollars are handled in the state. Don't make accusations about taxes when you actually don't know what youre talking about. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:04:11 +0000 http://dev.www.komonews.com/news/79465447.html#IDComment47533727 http://dev.www.komonews.com/news/79465447.html#IDComment47533221 Yes! How dare she point to the fact that there are no tanker plants in Alabama! She must be insane! Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:58:06 +0000 http://dev.www.komonews.com/news/79465447.html#IDComment47533221 http://www.komonews.com/news/78992437.html#IDComment46578628 Jeesh, that 6 billion a year in profits for selling sugar water not good enough Coke? Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:14:29 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/78992437.html#IDComment46578628 http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/78872212.html#IDComment46439577 Unless I read it wrong, I get the idea that they are going to try to provide an incentive for not going above the 5GB cap. Nobody on the VZW network is going above the 5GB cap, so no you're probably not seeing any network slow downs. Wed, 9 Dec 2009 22:22:49 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/78872212.html#IDComment46439577