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KOMO - Seattle, WA : Metro Transit future: Pay more, wait longer | %a%9%9%9%9KOMO News%a%9%9%9%9%9%9%9- Seattle, Washingt

Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:59:35 +0000

You are so clearly ignorant.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Woman attacked by dogs while on morning walk | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Local

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:56:50 +0000

Ya, you're probably right. The CDC is an unreliable place to get a statistic like "over half are pit bull and rottweilers". ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Publications/mmwr/wk/mm4621.pdf Though I appreciate your info - I see you didn't include any reliable source either to back up your comment. Kudos.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Woman attacked by dogs while on morning walk | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Local

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:21:23 +0000

Though certainly I blame owners for not caging their unpredictable animals -- let us remember pit bulls were bred for the sole purpose of fighting. ( a cross of a bulldog and terrier) It should be of no surprise that the Center for Disease Control finds that over half of the dog-related attack deaths are from "Pit bull-type dogs and Rottweilers". These types weren't bred to be cuddly teddy bears...

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Man who shot dog and left it to die turns himself in | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Local

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:34:46 +0000

We had a rot in our neighborhood. Our neighbor shot and killed it when it jumped the fence and started biting his daughter. Not really the point now is it? Though he'll find good company with you in hell -as I can't imagine those who wish hell upon someone are really fit to be with their christian god.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Man who shot dog and left it to die turns himself in | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Local

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:31:57 +0000

Good call - you seem like such a better man than him.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Man who shot dog and left it to die turns himself in | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Local

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:28:55 +0000

Good plan - as of today - let's rush out and prosecute any family who's put down their family pet with murder. Oh yes, even those who flushed their gold fish down the toilet or burned ants with a magnifying glass!

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Man who shot dog and left it to die turns himself in | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Local

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:25:06 +0000

Yes! That's got to be it. Dogs and other animals don't just act like animals. Bears don't just attack, dogs don't just bark and attack small children and elderly, and certainly birds don't just poop on us unprovocted. Oh wait - or do they given that in the end, they're unpredictable animals. Dogs just happen to be more domesticated. If he intended the dog to suffer, then sure, animal cruelty. Charge him with that. For all those posting that the owner deserves the same fate as the dog -- you're no better than him.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Parents unhappy over 2,900 teacher layoffs | KOMO News- Seattle, Washington| Local

Sun, 17 May 2009 19:18:44 +0000

This is our own fault. If we'd impose a mix of income and sales tax like other more healthy states -- and stop doing stupid things like insisting the state earmark only certain funds for certain projects instead of allowing it to be a collective pool. Out of who's butt do we think we can just pull money out of and pay for teachers?

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Cell phone snapshot lands man in jail | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Sat, 16 May 2009 19:05:42 +0000

As any bank employee will tell you, they're trained to NOT take aggressive action against a suspected or real robber. This concept of "protecting assets at any cost" just doesn't apply in any industry -- this is why we have insurance. Human life is never expendable for the protection of assets. However, journalists who take pictures are often arrested -- and then released after the situation is determined innocent/safe. This is how the world works. Police can take someone into custody but must release them in a 24-48 hours if they have no evidence to suggest they were involved in criminal activity. Sure, he's a self-proclaimed anarchist. But - let's remember we judge crimes not people or their past. A person may have a history of crime, and that's used to determine if there's a likelihood of committing a crime again - but ultimately guilt is determined by the actual act.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Crash of stolen car snarls I-5 traffic for hours | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Local

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:46:54 +0000

I always thought police should withdraw from the pursuit if it's deemed dangerous to the public. Seems this was pretty dangerous to the public, and rather expensive during the post-crash. I wonder why said policemen/women didn't just stop pursuing the suspect, allow suspect to feel comfortable slowing down himself, and we'd all be a lot safer. Surely this pursuit/crash cost far more than the insurance claim for a stolen car. Or maybe police dream of pursuing cars at high rates of speed just like on TV. Search "police hits kid pursuing speeder" on Google and find out why police are supposed to factor in public safety when determining if a chase is worth it.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Devastating Ike roars ashore in Galveston, Texas | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | National

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:33:44 +0000

That - and it's our tax money that pays for the "rescues" of those who choose to be beligerant towards madatory evacuation notices. I'd prefer our taxes pay $300 so someone can go stay in a motel rather than pay the millions of dollars a day it costs to run rescue operations with helicopters and what not.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Washington Mutual shares plunge to 17-year low | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:23:20 +0000

Oh crap - I need to spellcheck or something. My bad - didn't mean to cause a run on the bank. :)

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Washington Mutual shares plunge to 17-year low | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:07:33 +0000

Deposits up to $10,000 are FDIC insured. Money left in WAMU right now is only a good thing - as they're paying higher interest to the consumer for saving with them. 3.75% is their current rate for a savings account. 5% for a 12-month CD. Though some credit unions like Verity are 5.05% -- you have to make 12 debit card transactions in order to qualify. Meanwhile - if you have more than $10k in accounts with any single bank than you need a lesson on finances, insurance, and portfolio diversification. I'm just not nervous having an account at WAMU. And on a side note - who does anything more than buying short on banks that keep warning of mortgage expenses? Risky stock buying deserves big pay-off's -- and big losses. Seems like you kinda got what was coming.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Average price of gas in Washington $3.93 | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:25:39 +0000

Ridership on the Microsoft bus system is down. One of the biggest complaints -- the buses don't come close enough to their house/apt/condo. So I'm thinking - and what do I know - that maybe buses aren't meant to pick you up at your front door. So I'm wondering, could Metro/ST/CT address their concerns if they're wanting red carpet treatment? It's not necessarily that our public transit "sucks" -- it's that the large corporations are having rentention issues and continue to roll out more perks that employee's and potential employees have asked for (that my friend - is what Microsoft's HR wrote about why they started the system).

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Average price of gas in Washington $3.93 | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:04:20 +0000

It is truly a shame that folks like you and me, who have no influence on national or local policy or hold no political office, know exactly what all the problems are and are fairly confident we could solve them all.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Average price of gas in Washington $3.93 | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:51:14 +0000

Well let me go reserve my seat on Microsoft's bus! (Literally - you have to book your seat online ahead of time) Maybe Microsoft created it's own because they knew high ridership by $60k+/yr doesn't occur on buses where there's such a "class" aversion to riding with all the low income folks. Maybe. Maybe not. I didn't pay $700k for my 3 bedroom townhouse in Seattle -- so I'm thinking we have different tastes in kitchen fixtures.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Average price of gas in Washington $3.93 | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:30:49 +0000

It's a misconception that it's more expensive to live in a downtown urban center. Studies show that those folks who are moving out to find "affordable" housing away from transit and urban centers are spending all those savings on transportation costs. http://nhc.org/index/heavyload Gas will continue to rise. It's a limited commodity -- we're just being ignorant when we don't take aggresive steps to change. We don't live in the 50's -- yet we continue to "develop" our communities as if we did. Time to start using mass transit and plan our housing arrangements around urban, mixed use areas.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Photos shot before and after ice cave-in released | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:35:29 +0000

I dunno - the stream of forum posts attached to this article would beg to differ that a reminder isn't overdue.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Photos shot before and after ice cave-in released | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:30:31 +0000

Truth be told I wouldn't have read down this far but I was counting your "really's" in the same way you can't stop eating pringles once you start. Already I'm considering creating a t-shirt with "really? I mean - really?" on it as I'm sure there's market for it. It's one of the few statements that work in almost any social situation.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Photos shot before and after ice cave-in released | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:22:12 +0000

Clearly online forums do not faciliate or promote rational debate with everyone's points backed up by good references. We're on these forums to post our opinion of the news -- give our interpretation of the information laid out. Then for those who choose to traverse these string of posts - we weed out the obvious stupid ones and perhaps get a perspective we didn't otherwise think about. I'm also crossing my fingers you'll stop starting your posts with "really, I mean really - do you really..."