P.S. The agency I work for actually generates funds(timber) for schools, universities, prisons and other government funded projects. For example a high school I know of is being built for 25mm but the tax payers in that district only have a bill of 16mm the rest is being picked up by the agency I work for.

I sure as he** didn’t!

To Gregiore, if she really wants to be positive she should be introducing methods to spur growth through the recession. Instead of preparing for a wind storm by tying everything down, why not prepare for a financial storm through calculated risk and growth? Her denial brings far more risk than at least attempting to something different.

…then there’s Seattle. At least the housing market there hasn’t crashed yet.

The world is going to pot all around, but if if I’m in denial, its not that bad at all.

I’d add, none of the Dem/Rep politicians (Governor, Senator, Congressman or President) offer pragmatic specific solutions during their campaigns.

Maybe that’s how they got picked by the dumbed down elite?

Examples:

Overpopulation
Clogged Freeways
Water Shortages
Crumbling Bridges
Dumbed Down Public Schools
Out-sourced Manufacturing
Imported and Tainted Food
Massive Service Economy Layoffs

Etc, etc, etc…..of course the root cause of all this unanswered mess is overpopulation making it worse….but God forbid we offer pragmatic solutions during a hotair political campaign!!!

Here’s a page from the EFF that addresses issues like these.

“Copyright © The Economist Newspaper Limited 2008. All rights reserved.”

Does this web page have an agreement with “The Economist” to use the slick map which obviously took them some time to produce?

Because now that this is a “for profit” web page, doing so without permission can be consequential.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/350520_superstar08.html

Lawrence Yun says Seattle homes are underpriced, and that the typical worker here making $47K per year can easily afford the median home price!

Un friggin believable!!!

“we can see uncertainty in the national economic landscape, but we are confident that innovative Washington businesses will help us pull through. meanwhile, we are having a look at the budget and preparing for possible difficulties to ensure that services will not be disrupted, not matter what happens”

i don’t care what the governor thinks of the local economy. she is not an economist, so why should i? i do care what she is doing or thinking about doing with the state budget, services, and taxes.

Most of the states having lower unemployment than WA likely pay a lot closer to minimum wage. The unemployed in WA need to hold out for higher wages.

Starbucks coffee sucks. McDonalds coffee, which locally is Seattle’s Best Coffee (owned by Starbucks!), is superior. I agree, when it’s pushbutton, why pay more? Tully’s is pretty good; I hope they survive. Fortunately there are some mom & pop places that serve the real thing.

I think this is straight out of playbook for any politician. I guess I don’t get the outrage.

when MSFT spends all of their cash to buy Yahoo, then sees a bad quarter or two b/c of declining new computer sales, reduced IT department upgrades to Office, a saturated mp3 player market, and a slower gaming console market, there could be layoffs, or at least slower hiring.

boeing’s exposure is obvious. when business slows, business travelers travel less, and recessions lead to cheaper more local vacations. both are obviously bad for new airplane sales.

and starbucks has run it’s course. the $5 coffee was a great idea, but now everybody offers them, so why go to starbucks? they use push-button machines just like McDonalds does, so there is no product differentiation that i can see.

so, who exactly is it that thinks we have an impervious local economy?

other than our delusional Governor.

And yet, this sentiment, which would be shouted down if presented by any true professionals is seen as ’strong leadership’ when it comes from politicians. UGH!

Not sure how long this link will last, but it makes for interesting reading nonetheless

From the Economist: The geography of recession

http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10650727