Yeah like you think people vote? That's the whole problem. Last ballot measure something like 13K voters out of a county population of about 800,000. Let's see... that's not even 2%. The 99% need to get off their asses and occupy a voting booth (or register to vote and get a ballot) or a public office and fix the system instead of just bitching about it.

Check Block's record. She's no saint and she is a complete waste of tens of thousands of your tax dollars every year. She accomplishes nothing while tying up thousands of hours of court time that could be used to get something done.

I voted for him despite the "scandal" because it was such an obvious attempt to derail his campaign at the last minute. Let the guy do his job. He may not be perfect, but did you notice the other choices?

I should clarify that I wouldn't consider him a "Hero" now... of course he lost that designation (in my mind anyway) when he lost the rest of his mind. Prior to this tragedy however I would have been the one to pay for his meal if he was standing behind me in line at a fast food joint and I would have thanked him for his service.

It's as simple as cause and effect. He never should have been sent back in. This is a difficult type of warfare. My son came home on leave (from the first of his two tours in Iraq) and I'll never forget the changes I saw in him. Unable to relax, eyes darting everywhere (looking for the unseen threat). Over there, you can't easily distinguish friend from foe so everybody is a potential danger.

Bales enlisted on Nov. 8, 2001, less than two months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. In 11 years in the Army, Bales has been awarded the Army Commendation Medal six times, the Good Conduct Medal three times and Meritorious Unit commendations twice for superior performance of exceptionally difficult missions.

For the second year (2010) in a row, more US soldiers killed themselves (468) than died in combat (462). That little known fact speaks volumes on the mental state of our troops.

Please look just a little bit past the end of your noses when you join the bloodthirsty gang on a mission to string him up. Maybe put down the rope for a moment and think of what that says about your level of "civilization".

Evil is around every corner. Crouching in the darkness, waiting for it's opportunity to strike. A mind gone vacant is prime meat, one with access to weapons, all the better. Kill. Kill the innocent. Evil prevails on this night.

The rest of us obtain knowledge, and the defenses against evil that come with it. The real lesson learned (hopefully) was that as a society, we need to take responsibility for, and treat, the sick people that we create. He very easily could have been your son, your husband, or your father. His victims, equally as close.

People have gone "postal" after enduring far less than this American Hero has. He snapped. He lost his mind either temporarily or permanently. That's what the court will hopefully decide.

Prayers for the innocents who have lost their lives, however their (Afghan) leaders are as much to blame as that soldier. Allowing terrorism to flourish in your country is what leads to this kind of collateral damage in the first place.

Peace to all and I hope cooler heads will prevail and not turn this in to anything else than what it was. A person who unfortunately lost his mind, and the unfortunate people who were in the vicinity. A tragedy. Same as Columbine, Virgina Tech, University of Texas... the list goes on and on...

The time on a camera system is often off by an hour. Due to Daylight Savings Time. Just a thought.

It looks like the building swings both ways at the moment...

OMG! Must have been a horrible accident that left his face looking like that! The poor Jackson family... All them weirdos from one family.... Now this. Just sad.

ESSB 6130
Initiative measure no. 960
Senate vote on Final Passage as Amended by the House
2/22/2010

Yeas: 26 Nays: 21 Absent: 0 Excused: 2

Voting Yea:

Senators Berkey, Brown, Eide, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Gordon, Hargrove, Hatfield, Haugen, Jacobsen, Kastama, Keiser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, McDermott, Murray, Oemig, Prentice, Pridemore, Ranker, Regala, Rockefeller, Shin, and Tom

Voting Nay:

Senators Becker, Benton, Brandland, Carrell, Delvin, Hewitt, Hobbs, Holmquist, Honeyford, Kauffman, Kilmer, King, Marr, Morton, Parlette, Roach, Schoesler, Sheldon, Stevens, Swecker, and Zarelli

Excused: Senators McCaslin and Pflug