Wild Card Sunday April 19, 2009 25
Good afternoon, everyone...Since we are in the process of a "ramble" to Ione and beyond, I regret I will have little to say this afternoon except here is your Wild Card for today. Use it with care...Dave
Community Comment archive for April 2009
SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2009
Ramblin' Fever... 7
Good morning, Netizens... First, I'll play the chorus from one of my old Merle Haggard favorites, “Rambling Fever” which goes like this: Ramblin' fever, the kind that can't be measured by degreesRamblin' fever, there ain't no kind of cure for my disease The minute the…
FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2009
Taxes or not? 15
Good morning, Netizens...Now David Horsey's cartoon this morning is bound to set members of the conservative right wing to rattling their sabers and banging their kettles against their foreheads. What David Horsey states is impeccably true, though. The hard part about this all is how…
Man versus gophers... 3
Good morning, Netizens... The rise of the Rodenator in Spokane's Finch Arboretum has a lot of citizens up in arms over ground squirrels. In case you hadn't heard, the Rodenator injects propane and oxygen into the gopher holes and then lights up the highly flammable…
Quote of the Day -- April 17, 2009 3
Good morning, Netizens... Somehow Barack Obama has already made it into the database that powers Quote of the Day, which comes as no surprise to me, given how “quotable” he has become before, during and since his ascendancy to the Presidency of the United States.…
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2009
Too Fat? Pay Double 9
From KHQ today: United Airlines to start enforcing controversial weight policySPOKANE, Wash. - United Airlines is going to start enforcing a controversial policy when it comes to flying. The policy could get overweight people bumped off their flight. http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?s=10195776Isn't this something! First we have a…
General Growth Properties files Chapter 11...
Good afternoon, Netizens... Hot off the skillet of the Associated Press, General Growth Properties, Inc., the corporate owner of Northtown Mall, Spokane Valley and Silver Lake malls has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this morning. You can read the gory details here http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/apr/16/operator-3-area-malls-files-bankruptcy/ but the…
The Tea Parties... 25
Good morning, Netizens... The Citizenry of Eastern Washington had their opportunities yesterday to revolt against the tax system, and if David Horsey's cartoon this morning is any judge of it, the God-fearing Right Wing of the Republican Party celebrated while most of the rest of…
In the Eye of the Beholder 21
This Susan Boyle thing has sure stirred up a lot of people. We are all fascinated with her voice. Her voice is absolutely beautiful. But why are we fascinated with it? It's actually not the voice – it's that the majority of the people watching…
Quote of the Day -- April 16, 2009
Good morning, Netizens... Today's random quotation takes me back to another time, another place.The quote of the day is: You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make…
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2009
Giving Up the Bottle 7
Thought I'd slip something light in here - no cops, no pirates, no taxes.*******Giving up the bottle. . . . . Not the beer bottle – the baby bottle. When my youngest boy was born a mere 17 months after my oldest, I felt a…
Another breed of pirate...
Good morning, Netizens... Suddenly the word “pirate” is being tossed around with great frequency by various heads of American state, including President Barack Obama. In this morning's news there is even talk of bringing back privateers, who were employed against pirates in America's past: pay…
TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2009
It did WHAT?
Good morning, Netizens... Did you have fun in this morning's little renewal of winter? Well, if you thought this morning's snow storm was truly odd, guess again. Because I remembered a Spring day about ten years ago, I went and looked it up in my…
MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2009
Jay Olsen resigns from SPD... 35
Good evening, Netizens...Well, well... Imagine that...The Spokesman-Review piece http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/apr/13/jay-olsen-resigns-spokane-police-department/ states that Jay Olsen resigned effective immediately this afternoon rather than be fired by Chief Kirkpatrick on official charges. Of course by now if you haven't heard the tale of Olsen shooting Shonto Pete in the…
Quote of the Day April 13, 2009 1
It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.George Burns (1896 - 1996)
Is religion dying away? 31
Good morning, Netizens... Yesterday was Easter Sunday and if you believe David Horsey, there must be a reason why the churches in Spokane were filled to overflowing despite the fact overall church attendance is declining steadily. However, in his analysis of churchgoers, while David Horsey…
SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 2009
Captain Phillips free--3 pirates dead 33
Good afternoon, Netizens...[Picture Reuters via the U.S. Navy, story portions from CNN and The New York Times]Richard Phillips, captain of the U.S.-flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama, right, after his rescue, with Cmdr. Frank Castellano, the commanding officer of USS Bainbridge.Captain Richard Phillips of the U.S.…
SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2009
The Placation from Afghanistan... 3
Good morning, Netizens... We take a lot for granted in our great country. Most people reading this probably ate at least one good meal yesterday; even our homeless can eat a good meal occasionally. We can worship our Gods in a church of our choosing,…
A Good Presentation... 5
Good morning, Netizens... Perhaps we have discussed this issue in the recent past to exhaustion, but this link was presented in another conversation and upon watching the UTube video, as jaundiced as I might be from discussing gay marriage, I felt compelled to comment further…
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2009
Tweet? No, thanks... 9
Good morning, Netizens... David Horsey's cartoon of the day certainly hits a sore spot in my repertoire, because although I spent years talking to total strangers on the CB radio, a shortwave radio, Usenet news and e-mail, for some strange reason I have avoided these…
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009
Report suggests cop got a break. Ya think? 23
There needs to be a reckoning in law enforcement in Spokane County. The image is tarnished and they need to get back to being a public servant, rather than a brute bully who is above the law. True, it's a few bad apples that are…
College Tuition Outrage 1
There was a tiny little article in the April 2 Spokesman at http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/apr/02/otter-gets-revised-open-meeting-bill/ that is a breath of fresh air in these days of layoffs, price gouging, rate increases, and increasingly higher and higher unemployment numbers.While the Governor is supporting raising tuition for colleges and…
Isn't it time? 5
Good afternoon, Netizens... Last Friday, a depressed and angry Jiverly Wong used a 9 mm and .45-caliber handgun to kill 13 immigrants and service-center employees in Binghamton, N.Y., police said. Earlier that day, the ethnic Chinese immigrant from Vietnam mailed an envelope to a Syracuse…
TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2009
Before we're out of time... 21
Good morning, Netizens... You have approximately 29 minutes, during which time you can tell your wife and children how very much you love them. You have 29 minutes to sit down over English tea with your next-door neighbor and make amends for all the times…
MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2009
Whistle-blower told to shut up... 3
Good morning Netizens...06 Apr 2009 11:22:00 GMT Gioacchino Giuliani, an Italian seismologist, is my kinda' guy. Sensing radon emissions rising, combined with increased seismic activity, he made a prediction several weeks ago, that a major earthquake would strike in the vicinity of L'Aquila, Italy. Gioacchino…
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