Individual Liberty — Individual Responsibility

For those we lost, We will not forget 09/11/2001

“Our God given unalienable rights are given to us all as individuals. They tell us what we may do for ourselves, and they are the embodiment of liberty. The so-called rights that government gives to some of us are parcelled out to select groups as classes. They tell us what one class of people may require another to do for them, and they are the very essence of slavery.”
— Perri Nelson, February 9, 2010

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The Frustration of Voting in Seattle

Published Fri, Nov 10 2006 12:29 AM
Technorati Tags: News and Politics

AndrewsDad is frustrated with voting in Seattle. His main complaint? Serious candidates that work hard get a small share of the vote, while others that don't work hard sail through elections with little effort. I share his frustration with that.

Now I am not looking for a representative who brings home pork but for goodness sake, if you look at the entire list of sponsored legislation, except for recognizing the Duwamish tribe, there is nothing, not one thing that specifically helps the 7th congressional district or its residents. Nothing for the viaduct, nothing for transportation, no infrastructure, no social services, no Port of Seattle, no Pacific Rim trade, nothing to make Puget Sound cleaner, no homeland security projects, nothing, nothing, nothing.

Considering that it's Jim McDermott he's talking about here, that might not be such a bad thing. Having heard some of the things old Bagdad Jim has had to say, it would be frightening if he started actually trying to move something forward.