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Community Comment archive for Aug. 8, 2009

SATURDAY, AUG. 8, 2009

Grant County gangs our problem... 

Good morning, Netizens... There's good story in pictures being told by a veteran Spokesman-Review photographer, Dan Pelle, at http://www.spokesman.com/photosets/2009/aug/08/grant-county-gangs/ Having worked in the Mattawa and Othello areas for over a decade, I have witnessed steadily-increasing gang activities, from the gang signs that adorn practically every…

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Sonia Sotomayor, left, President Obama's choice to replace retiring Justice David Souter, takes the oath from Chief Justice John Roberts to become the Supreme Court's first Hispanic justice and only the third woman in the court's 220-year history, in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009. She is joined by her brother, Juan Luis Sotomayor, and her mother Celina Sotomayor. Sotomayor, 55, has been a federal judge for 17 years. The Senate confirmed Sotomayor's nomination Thursday by a 68-31 vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (J. Applewhite / Associated Press)

A bit of tongue in cheek about Sotomayor... 

Good morning, Netizens...As some may know, there are two Oaths of Office when swearing in a Federal Court Justice. The second, which most of us have seen already, was administered by Chief Justice John Roberts in an ornate conference room, beneath a portrait of the…

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David Horsey,davidhorsey.com,seattlepi.com (The Spokesman-Review)

Don't upset the apple cart with FACTS... 

Good morning, Netizens... Cartoonist David Horsey opens our collective eyes to a recurring Republican Party nightmare-- the continuing evolution of extremist right-wing based theories that, upon close examination, bear no basis in fact. It is almost as if someone is saying, 'Don't upset the apple…

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Quote of the day -- August 8, 2009

Good morning, Netizens... This insightful quote comes to me from George Sands, and having read a bit more about the author of the quote thought perhaps others might enjoy reading it too. "Then there is the phenomena I call "blogulgation" -- when a group of…

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