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Are they taking applications yet Ira?
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019663126_streetcars12m.html
“Seattle’s streetcar dream may be getting back on track”
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By Ira Sacharoff @ 9:
I haven’t been there for years, but the last time I visited this described Evergreen College (except for the music). Being a college town would definitely help, so maybe this would be a good idea for Pullman.
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RE: Kary L. Krismer @ 2 – It likely describes the assisted living home of the 2020′s.
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RE: Kary L. Krismer @ 2 –
Hey, that’s my Alma Mater you’re talking about. Evergreen, not WSU.
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RE: Ira Sacharoff @ 4 – Ah, that explains a lot! ;-)
(Said the Husky.)
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Cops: Ariz. woman runs over husband for not voting
Holly Solomon, 28, chased her 36-year-old husband Daniel Solomon with the family Jeep SUV on Saturday night over a political argument stemming from the fact he didn’t vote.
The husband told investigators that Solomon believed her family was going to face hardship from President Barack Obama’s re-election.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57548600/cops-ariz-woman-runs-over-husband-for-not-voting/
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RE: Blurtman @ 6 – Somehow, I don’t think President Obama is her family’s biggest problem.
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CNN Reported Saturday
That most of the states in America gathered 1000s of signatures to break from the union and form their own country…I think Oregon was mentioned, but not Washington.
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RE: softwarengineer @ 8 – It is a handful of crackpots from their respective states. They clearly never paid attention in 3rd-grade social studies, as the executive branch has no such powers.
On the day after, they might be in for a rude awakening:
http://taxfoundation.org/article/federal-taxes-paid-vs-federal-spending-received-state-1981-2005
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RE: softwarengineer @ 8 – I think breaking away because some wanted to retain slavery was more likely to succeed than breaking away because you don’t like all the government debt being accrued.
Let’s say 20 states broke away. That would leave 30 states with the existing national debt. They aren’t going to like that result, and likely they are the more populated states. Not to mention the fact that those 30 states would control the military.
I think Wreckingball understates it when he uses the term crackpot.
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By Kary L. Krismer @ 7:
my guess is this family is going to greatly benefit from obamacare both now and in the future.
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By softwarengineer @ 8:
if Texas seceded it would mean a loss of 38 electoral votes for Republicans. Put it this way. Al Gore lost with 266 electoral votes and John Kerry lost with 251.
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RE: pfft @ 12 –
South Dakota Would make Out Like Bandit if They Broke Away From the Union
With that booming oil shale business and no federal government taxes.
As to the “crackpot” nature of the CNN report, I can see the thinking here…..albeit,its about as crackpot as the Seahawk’s wild eyed 12th man….but ya know, sometimes the real crackpots are the ones not listening to the “majority” of voters or the 12th man….like a lot of our Dem/Rep lobbyists for overpopulation….
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Twinkie plant closing in Seattle. Would the last Ding Dong to leave Seattle please turn out the lights.
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