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Community Comment archive for May 2009

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2009

Donald Trump, the owner of the Miss Universe Organization, poses with Miss California USA, Carrie Prejean, following a news conference announcing that Prejean would retain her title in New York. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson) (May 12, 2009) Reuters
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Beauty is as beauty does... 

Good morning, Netizens... On an otherwise inauspicious day in the Month of May, here we have our picture of the day, Miss California Carrie Prejean featured with The Donald, AKA Donald Trump who, after all, owns the Miss Universe Contest. This picture was taken at…

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

The real Dick Cheney revealed? 

Good morning, Netizens... When I crawled forth from my burrow hidden in the back garden of the Virtual Ballroom this morning before the sun rose, the worst mental image I encountered in my preliminary ramblings, was F. Scott Fitzgerald's infamous recipe for a turkey cockail…

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MONDAY, MAY 11, 2009


Quote of the Day -- May 11, 2009

We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it. Dave Barry (1947 - )

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SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2009

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The last SLA member walks free...

Good evening, Netizens... There are some things in my memory which, despite the passage of time, simply refuse to go away. I lived among some of the most-radical leftists of my generation in the 60's and 70's, and observed some of their most-outrageous behaviors. The…

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Happy Mothers Day! 11 

Good morning, Netizens... There is hardly anyone who recognizes the name Anna Marie Jarvis, who was borne in West Chester, Pennsylvania, which seems a bit of an anomaly since she was the originator of Mothers Day, and yet within her lifetime, having created a day…

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FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2009

Jay Olsen's case closed? 67 

Good morning, Netizens... Yesterday, in Spokesman reporter Thomas Clouse's story about Chief Ann Kirkpatrick's decision not to file additional charges against former policeman Jay Olsen, which is here: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/may/07/olsen-wont-face-more-charges/ I was continually struck by the same odd other-worldly sensations that I felt during Olsen's trial.…

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Dougbench the movie...

Good afternoon, Netizens...Seeing how everyone perked up with the news picture of the Dougbench, and with all awareness of the danger in which I am placing myself, my cats, my business interests and my collection of Doug Clark songs, I hasten to add a link…

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THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2009

Photo Courtesy of Marshall Smith (Marshall Smith / The Spokesman-Review)

The Doug Bench is open for business... 

Good evening, Netizens... In this fine picture of the Spokesman-Review's Doug Clark Bus Bench celebration, Doug, Council Persons Bob Apple and Nancy McGlaughlin are laughing it up as the “Doug Bench” is officially opened for business on Washington Street in Downtown Spokane over the noon…

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

The small investors an endangered species... 

Good evening, Netizens... Two days in succession David Horsey took his freshly-sharpened pencil to the sharks that run Wall Street, and in both instances, he hit his target dead-on. Of course, this might not be as popular an opinion with certain die-hard Republican mouthpieces, because…

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

Watch your step, folks... 

Good evening, Netizens... I do believe David Horsey is onto something. If anyone believes Warren Buffet's statement for a minute, that our national economy is out of the quicksand, all you have to do is drive by the local GMC dealer and peer closely into…

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TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2009

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

The Joker in the deck? 

Good morning, Netizens... In this morning's adept cartoon by David Horsey, we see Al Franken portrayed as the Joker in the Democratic Party's deck of cards which might be the case, at least if you are listening to Rush Limbaugh pontificate about it. What does…

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SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2009

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hold hands as they walk along the South Lawn of the White House after returning from an evening dinner, Saturday, May 2, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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Obamas walking hand-in-hand... 

Good evening Netizens...You have to admit it is difficult getting away from the office when you are the President of the United States, but on a romantic Spring evening, the Obamas seem to have accomplished that task, as they went for a walk hand-in-hand across…

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Caught the common cold... 

Good morning, Netizens... Well, I think I've got it, that being the flu, not the porcine variety; just the plain old Spring cold that comes around every year about this time and glares at me from the bottom of my lungs. I awoke yesterday at…

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FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2009

A tourist sits among empty beach chairs in Cancun May 1, 2009. The flu outbreak is hitting Mexico's tourism industry, which accounts for roughly 8 percent of the economy. Many groups of foreign tourists and students left the country earlier than planned due to the spread of influenza A (H1N1), formerly referred to as swine flu. REUTERS/Gerardo Garcia (MEXICO HEALTH TRAVEL) (The Spokesman-Review)

Swine flu hysteria... 13 

Good afternoon, Netizens... This time of year, Cancun, Mexico is typically bustling with touristas. Compare that mental image to this picture shot yesterday. Is this hysteria we see unfolding before the National News Media? What about the people in Mexico who have died of Swine…

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

The Obama Magic Show... 

Good morning, Netizens... In this morning's David Horsey cartoon we have the famous Obama Magic Show, featuring adulations by the Democrats and starring Humpty Dumpty as The Republican Party. The real question remains to be seen whether the Republican Party will be able to put…

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