en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/529205 Comments by breakdown http://www.komonews.com/news/local/63290607.html#IDComment36883739 MalLover said "Sheen would have waited all night for the cops" and since he was in the city, not the burbs, SPD would have responded quickly. If this had happened in unincorporated King County, I'd be slightly more sympathetic, although I still don't think it's right or fair or just or helpful or patriotic or Christian to murder someone just for stealing your car stereo. Fri, 2 Oct 2009 20:25:03 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/63290607.html#IDComment36883739 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/63290607.html#IDComment36879910 Self defense or not, prowler or not, shooting the guy was totally stupid and unnecessary. The prowler started it, but going out there with a gun escalated the situation. Morons, both of 'em. Fri, 2 Oct 2009 19:50:49 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/63290607.html#IDComment36879910 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/63290607.html#IDComment36879470 That's nonsense. The cops will drop almost anything and get there right quick if there's any chance of catching a burglar in the act. When cars were being prowled in our garage, the management installed hidden video cameras and started catching the punks. No one got killed, no one but thieves went to jail, and the prowls stopped. Problem solved. Fri, 2 Oct 2009 19:44:36 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/63290607.html#IDComment36879470 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/59731542.html#IDComment35208320 "...and there was a little kid next to me." Honest question--why does it make any difference if there's a kid around? I think seeing parents getting stressed out about profanity is more problematic for kids than the profanity itself. Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:22:45 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/59731542.html#IDComment35208320 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/59892287.html#IDComment35207772 Yes, good on ya for doing a search and posting more info, but why give someone a hard time for making reasonable points instead of just complaining about how much they hate those damn kids with their rap music? It is reasonable to think that a journalist actually writing a news article might do a little of the legwork for us. Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:13:50 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/59892287.html#IDComment35207772 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59938107.html#IDComment35207039 KOMO, would you please fix your fucking website? Pretty please? Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:06:02 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59938107.html#IDComment35207039 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59699422.html#IDComment35009360 That's strange. Nickels has promoted a policy of making less parking available, not more. He wants to squeeze people out of their cars with fewer parking spaces overall, paid or not. His model is San Francisco, the most anti-car city in the country. McGinn and Mallahan have both announced their desire to remove requirements for underground parking from developer permitting, which is probably the worst thing they could possibly do for livability in this city. Since we're in the PNW, Electric cars with power originating from renewable wind and hydro energy will be common long before we have effective mass transit. Contrary to popular belief, buses and trains are much less energy efficient than individuals in gas-powered cars anyway. You can do something about the situation directly. When there's a public hearing about a new building in your neighborhood, go to the meeting and raise the concern that you're afraid your parking is going to get worse because tenants/employees/guests of the new building won't have enough spaces. Believe me, this works! This comes directly from a Capitol Hill developer complaining that he's being forced by DPD to pay more to build a garage big enough to house his tenants when he'd prefer to force them to look for street parking. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:31:10 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59699422.html#IDComment35009360 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59687762.html#IDComment34960849 Buy a tank of gas for an SUV and a couple cartons of smokes and you're well on your way... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:51:29 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59687762.html#IDComment34960849 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59128737.html#IDComment34216606 I am with you, man! It's not the speed. If you're drunk, you can just as easily cause a huge pile-up if you're going the speed limit. I've never driven drunk but, like most people, I drive 5 mph over the limit 99% of the time and I've never caused an accident in 25+ years. Emotionally immature people get worked up about speeding (both the kid in the lowered Civic with the fart-pipe and grandpa, toddling along at 55 in the passing lane) because in "vehicle body language," speed comes across as aggression. It's the same phenomenon that causes road rage. So, to keep banging the drum, cops should be mostly going after drunks and reckless drivers and not speeders. People who want to drive under the speed limit also need to stay out of the passing lane. There's nothing wrong with someone else being in more of a hurry than you are. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:36:35 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59128737.html#IDComment34216606 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59128737.html#IDComment34215736 All it takes to "total" a car is for the repair costs to exceed the car's bluebook value. Just scraping against the column in a garage can total a car if it damages the front bumper, front quarter panel, both door panels and rear quarter panel. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:22:36 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59128737.html#IDComment34215736 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/57565857.html#IDComment33415690 If that's what your gut tells you, I can respect that. My gut tells me the opposite. More than that, everyone I've ever known well who had a "gung ho" military man for a father (perhaps a dozen people) talked about being constantly abused as a child--verbally, emotionally and often physically. I'm not saying this is universal, but the military mindset is that people should obey orders without question and that is enforced almost entirely through punishment. Yes, structure is good for kids, but excessive punishment is the last thing they need and they experience it as abuse. These military parents love their children and do the best they can. They often have no idea what they are doing wrong. It's like they need to be de-programmed after leaving the service. Sun, 6 Sep 2009 16:26:47 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/57565857.html#IDComment33415690 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/57565857.html#IDComment33411698 99%? I don't think so. 30% is probably a lot closer. I don't have any references either, but I think you'll find that in the majority of cases, those familiar with the details believe that there is abuse involved. It's almost impossible to prove, though. Sun, 6 Sep 2009 16:08:06 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/57565857.html#IDComment33411698 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/56395402.html#IDComment32864928 This is her message to the impressionable young women watching her on Oprah? That we should all be ashamed of our naked bodies? How pathetic. Whether it was a publicity stunt or not, she had an opportunity to be a positive role model, but instead she chose to perpetuate the guilt and prudishness that lead to so much suffering in this country. How about saying something like "Well, it's unfortunate that someone chose to violate my privacy, but there's really no harm done. No one should be ashamed of being seen naked." Even if she was shocked when she first saw the video online, she had plenty of time to decide what to say during the interview and she blew it. Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:05:30 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/56395402.html#IDComment32864928 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/56666677.html#IDComment32862593 Amen to that. Wed, 2 Sep 2009 06:27:28 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/56666677.html#IDComment32862593 http://www.komonews.com/news/56220957.html#IDComment32646365 My condolences to all his friends and family. Thanks for filling in more information--I was listening to the scanner when the call came in, and maybe I was wrong about the location. Doesn't matter though. So sorry it happened! Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:45:45 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/56220957.html#IDComment32646365 http://www.komonews.com/news/56220957.html#IDComment32646248 Yeah, so would I, but the State Patrol didn't write the article. If you look at it with street view on Google maps, you can see that the ramp just isn't anywhere near that far above the ground, although I'm sure it looks like it is when you're up there looking down. But hey, believe whatever you want. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:43:20 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/56220957.html#IDComment32646248 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/56112532.html#IDComment32576250 Bullet trains are even less efficient than regular trains. We don't have anything close to the population density that would justify a high speed train in this area. You could maybe justify building one along the length of California or from Boston to DC, but not here. Let's hope it doesn't get that crowded here for a good long time. If someone could double the efficiency and halve the cost, it would be a different story. Of course, by then we'll be arguing that it would be better to replace the rails with pavement so computer/radar-guided, fuel-cell powered cars can take one or two passengers at a time through those corridors. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:48:40 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/56112532.html#IDComment32576250 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/56112532.html#IDComment32574536 Not to mention that unless they are full virtually all the time (like NYC subways), trains are also worse for the environment, requiring more fuel per passenger than single-occupant cars. Make no mistake, trains exist to connect high density residential areas with high density employment areas. This give people a lot of flexibility, and is effective at keeping the economy going. Trains are a good thing, but they aren't cheap, they do not improve life for other commuters, and they are not good for the environment. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:33:42 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/56112532.html#IDComment32574536 http://www.komonews.com/news/56220957.html#IDComment32573426 It wasn't 100 feet, it was 35 feet. He fell about three stories from the ramp onto the paved busway below. In a fall, every 10-foot story is roughly comparable to 10 mph, so this is like to flying over the handlebars and hitting a concrete wall going 35 mph. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:17:19 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/56220957.html#IDComment32573426 http://dev.www.komonews.com/news/56082992.html#IDComment32569827 What qualifies you to say what people are BAD and what people aren't when all you've heard is an accusation and no defense? That's called prejudging, and I associate that behavior with people who are just BAD. By the way, money doesn't break families apart. Being selfish and insensitive and treating each other badly is what breaks families apart, regardless of whether they are rich or poor. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:21:55 +0000 http://dev.www.komonews.com/news/56082992.html#IDComment32569827