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August 18, 2009
Obama-Nazi Signs Hit Seattle
Yes, the crazies who have been demonizing Obama's health care plan are here too. Even as the President was backing away from a nationalized insurance plan yesterday, a couple of middle aged guys were assailing passersby on Alaskan Way with a poster of Obama as Hitler, a little fuhrer-moustach ... More >>
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June 16, 2009
Nickels' Buck Banging
Following his decision to skirt (a.k.a. cross) a firefighters' union picket line in Providence that Obama administration officials wouldn't, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels yesterday said he and other mayors will eventually meet with the White House, in part to discuss distribution of stimulus funds. H ... More >>
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June 10, 2009
Eat Like the President
Last week NBC aired Inside the Obama White House, and about halfway through, Obama decided to make an "impromptu" visit to the local burger joint Five Guys. He went around asking White House employees what he could pick up for them, as if this sort of thing were not out of the ordinary, but he was g ... More >>
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June 1, 2009
Obama's Immigration Policy May Look to Bellingham
The immigrant rights group OneAmerica kicked off a campaign for immigration reform at a City Hall press conference today, setting the stage for a package of initiatives expected by the Obama administration. One speaker at the event was Leandro Barranco-Morales, a worker detained in the raid at Yama ... More >>
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April 16, 2009
Obama's Horrible Railroad Plan
Don't get me wrong, I love riding the train--in Europe, in Asia, back when I lived on the East Coast. But President Obama's new high-speed rail plan (per The New York Times) is just plain awful. Why? Look at the northwest corner of the map below: Because it brings Portland that much closer to us. An ... More >>
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April 16, 2009
Lawyers, Guns and Money
President Barack Obama is currently holding a joint press conference with President Felipe Calderon. Both are blaming America for the influx of guns being run into Mexican border towns being used by drug traffickers. That's bad. Muy mal. What looks like the beginnings of another political suicide p ... More >>
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March 24, 2009
Obama's Big Talk Tonight
President Barack Obama is going to be speaking to the country about the economy, tonight on all the major television networks. You can take bets on whether the stock market will continue to recover afterwards... or will it take a groaning dump? Just one request though to the President. Don't repeat ... More >>
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March 4, 2009
What Is Up With Our Need to Make Obama Food?
Today, I spied not one but two Obama food portraits in the blogs I follow. Over at the Village Voice, Robert Sietsema discovered a loaf of bread with Obama's face on it:
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February 25, 2009
Obama Administration Conducts First Immigration Raid in Bellingham
Immigrant advocates are holding a press conference this morning about yesterday's raid on a Bellingham manufacturing plant--the first nationally under the Obama administration, according to the immigration rights group OneAmerica. Does the raid portend continuation of the Bush policy cracking down o ... More >>
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February 25, 2009
Itzhak Perlman
Immigrant advocates are holding a press conference this morning about yesterday's raid on a Bellingham manufacturing plant--the first nationally under the Obama administration, according to the immigration rights group OneAmerica. Does the raid portend continuation of the Bush policy cracking down o ... More >>
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February 23, 2009
Locke Rocks Commerce?
So says the Old Gray Lady. The former Washington governor (seen at left delivering a rebuttal to a George Bush State of the Union speech, and seen recently in an ill-fated cross-Pacific business venture) is apparently a "lock" (har har!) to be Obama's next Commerce secretary, provided he's not the s ... More >>
Blogs
February 20, 2009
City Council Says "Jump", Obama Says "How high?"
Score one for the Council! Yesterday, Nick Licata put out a press release touting Seattle's leading role in asking Obama to set up an advisory council for his new Office of Urban Affairs. Today, as commenter "LH" noted, Obama called for just such a council in a speech to the nation's mayors: "[Of ... More >>
Blogs
February 19, 2009
Obama is the New Yogic Deity
It's one thing to compare our beloved new president to Lincoln, but it's another thing entirely to make a god of him. Especially in a place of worship.
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February 19, 2009
Today in Team Building
Seattle is known for its love of process and citizen input, so it's no surprise that we're at the head of a movement to call for an advisory group to a new White House office. Says the press release, from Nick Licata's office: The Seattle City Council is the first of a dozen city councils to pass r ... More >>
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February 12, 2009
Lorenzo Romar and Barack Obama: Kindred Ballers
Tonight brings the Oregon State Beavers and their now famous coach, Craig Robinson, to Montlake for a matchup with Lorenzo Romar's Huskies. As you're probably aware, Robinson is Michelle Obama's brother (and thus Barack Obama's brother-in-law), who famously auditioned Obama for his sister via a ga ... More >>
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February 10, 2009
You Know That Guy Ain't Shit. Sorry-Ass Motherfucker Got Nothin' on Me.
So says Barack Obama, reading from his book, Dreams of My Father. The fine folks at the Boston Phoenix have isolated the instances in which Obama reads expletive-laden dialogue spoken by his high school friend Ray and put them on MP3. On content, these are easily the best Presidential audio clips o ... More >>
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February 3, 2009
Just a Small Request
Can President Obama nominate someone to his cabinet who is NOT the subject of ethics violations? Seriously. Can the last honest Democrat send in his resume now?
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February 3, 2009
An Interview With Chuck D
Image via www.myspace.com/chuckdpublicenemy There are few rap songs as important to modern culture as Public Enemy's "Fight the Power," a rallying cry against political indifference. Well, it's been 20 years since PE's frontman Chuck D helped scare the hell out of white America, and a black man now ... More >>
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February 2, 2009
The Sims Announcement
It's official: He's out. The County Council will appoint his replacement (technically a non-partisan process since we voted to knock the Rs and Ds off the county positions--though party affiliation will certainly play into who gets the nod). More details on that process are forethcoming, but for now ... More >>
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January 26, 2009
Answer the Call of the Obama Era
President Obama with Dr. King The Obama era promises to foster goodwill and increased citizen participation in public service. By all accounts, we're on track toward this lofty notion, but the question remains: How are we going to go about this? Attending the inauguration last week, I was struc ... More >>
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January 21, 2009
Locked-up Kids and the Hope of Obama
What did Obama's inauguration mean to kids who are locked up? Kudos to the P-I's Claudia Rowe for visiting one of King County's juvenile detention facilities to find out. My fiancee is a public defender who represents many such kids and who watched the inauguration from the courtroom of the same fac ... More >>
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January 21, 2009
Duff McKagan: I'm All For a New Era of Responsibility
Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb."What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility." -- President Barack Obama, Jan. 20, 2009 These words, spoken by President Obama on Tuesday, have thus far made me walk a little taller, taking stock of where this new weight of responsibi ... More >>
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January 20, 2009
Streaming Obama
With the assistance of Microsoft's Silverlight software, some of the world will be watching today's inauguration of Barack Obama in a live internet stream from the the inauguration Web site, starting at 8 a.m. our time. Silverlight was also used by the Democratic National Committee to stream the Dem ... More >>
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January 20, 2009
WTF, Rick Warren?
It's no surprise that a bloated Elmer Gantry delivered a bloated invocation, but what was up with the breathless way he pronounced the names of Obama's daughters? Saa-sha! Ma-lee-ah! He sounded like a slavering pedophile, like Humbert Humbert opening Lolita. Way to add the creep factor, RIck.
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January 20, 2009
Barak, Barrak, Barrack
OK, he's in. The movers showed up with boxes as the oath was given. Millions cheered his arrival and the Bush departure. Cheney will return to his cave. The easy part is done.In a speech short and sweet, Barack Obama, president No. 44, said "The time has come..." To create new jobs, lower health car ... More >>
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January 20, 2009
So When Does the Party Really Start?
The sky is still gray, the air still tastes the same and the sun will still set this evening. Yet even after this historic inaugural celebration, ushering in the 44th President of the United States, things just don't seem any different today than they did twenty-four hours ago.Attending the Seattle ... More >>
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January 20, 2009
More Random Inaugural Errata
How in heck could President Barack Obama completely flub the oath of office? Listening on the radio, coming into Seattle this morning, it was heartbreaking to hear the Commander-in-Chief botch the most important act he'll ever do in his lifetime.Almost drove the Stang into a median while Chief Justi ... More >>
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January 20, 2009
The Perils of Having a Tech-Savvy President
My brother is in DC for the inauguration and at some point or another signed up for Barack Obama's text-messaging service. It seems that getting your number off the list isn't as easy.
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January 13, 2009
Where Are You Watching Next Tuesday Morning?
President-elect Barack Obama becomes President Barack Obama this coming Tuesday morning. Not many of us have the money or the hotel room in Washington, DC to attend the inaugural festivities. But Seattle has several local alternatives. (And, please, send your submissions to events@seattleweekly.com, ... More >>
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January 13, 2009
More Inauguration Day To Dos
Whether you're playing hookie and making it a four day weekend or you're planning on catching up in the evening, here are a few more places to go and watch the big event:South Lake Union (PM): Obama Ball at the Armory, 6:00pm to 10:00pmFor $22 per person (kids enter for free), you get a sixteen piec ... More >>
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January 8, 2009
A Vote-Toss Record
Here's the final voter breakdown - right word - from the Obama election: the ballots of 10,993 King County voters could not be counted. That's a record, total-wise, but lower, percentage-wise, than the August primary election failure rate.Out of 774,580 registered county voters who were sent general ... More >>
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January 6, 2009
Morning Links
Christine Gregoire can't be Commerce Secretary, but she can be Dino Rossi, much to the chagrine of her supporters. This means she'll still need your help on her talking points. After the Justice Department called them unconstitutional, King County to fix its jails.Farewell, Unitary Executive: Obama ... More >>
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January 5, 2009
Morning Links
In pre-emptive play for Republican support, Obama increases tax cut component of stimulus package.Al Franken, Senator.Even grumpy old Knute Berger likes some things about the new Seattle.Nickels makes good on his promise to use salt on snowy roads.One arrest in the Chop Suey shooting.Crime de jour: ... More >>
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December 24, 2008
They're Not Famous
Media were not allowed into that private memorial for Madelyn Dunham in Hawaii yesterday. But as her grandson, Barack Obama, has said before, Dunham's life, from Kansas to Hawaii and in between - that five-year stopoff in Mercer Island and Seattle - was a life most of the country lives. "She was one ... More >>
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December 3, 2008
Be A Patriot, Wear Your Obama Lapel Pin
During the never-ending Race for the White House, over the past 30 months, one of the many faux controversies Americans were treated to was a fashion statement that a certain politician affected. In short... Oh my God! Barack Obama doesn't wear a flag lapel pin!!! The hullabaloo erupted, as memory ... More >>
Blogs
November 14, 2008
$eattle and Obama
Washingtonians showered Barack Obama not only with votes but with money he could use to campaign elsewhere, the latest figures show. Obama and Joe Biden got 1.7 million Evergreen State votes compared to 1.2 million for John McCain and Sarah Palin, says the Secretary of State's office. That's 57 pe ... More >>
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November 13, 2008
Steve Earle's Career Threatened By Obama Victory
How about that Onion-esque headline, eh? But seriously, if the last 8 years have taught us anything it's that liberals love to bitch. They love bitching even more than journalists, who are among the bitchiest group of (somewhat) gainfully employed people as you're likely to find. Watching Obama's ... More >>
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November 10, 2008
Change.gov You Can Believe In
How about that Onion-esque headline, eh? But seriously, if the last 8 years have taught us anything it's that liberals love to bitch. They love bitching even more than journalists, who are among the bitchiest group of (somewhat) gainfully employed people as you're likely to find. Watching Obama's ... More >>
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November 10, 2008
Dysfunction, Not Gays, Is a Threat to Marriage
How about that Onion-esque headline, eh? But seriously, if the last 8 years have taught us anything it's that liberals love to bitch. They love bitching even more than journalists, who are among the bitchiest group of (somewhat) gainfully employed people as you're likely to find. Watching Obama's ... More >>
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November 7, 2008
Shot In The Dark: Skylark Cafe & Club
How about that Onion-esque headline, eh? But seriously, if the last 8 years have taught us anything it's that liberals love to bitch. They love bitching even more than journalists, who are among the bitchiest group of (somewhat) gainfully employed people as you're likely to find. Watching Obama's ... More >>
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November 6, 2008
"Some Day" is Here
How about that Onion-esque headline, eh? But seriously, if the last 8 years have taught us anything it's that liberals love to bitch. They love bitching even more than journalists, who are among the bitchiest group of (somewhat) gainfully employed people as you're likely to find. Watching Obama's ... More >>
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November 5, 2008
Politicians Like the Market and Mass Transit
How about that Onion-esque headline, eh? But seriously, if the last 8 years have taught us anything it's that liberals love to bitch. They love bitching even more than journalists, who are among the bitchiest group of (somewhat) gainfully employed people as you're likely to find. Watching Obama's ... More >>
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November 5, 2008
A Few More Shots from the Westin Party
How about that Onion-esque headline, eh? But seriously, if the last 8 years have taught us anything it's that liberals love to bitch. They love bitching even more than journalists, who are among the bitchiest group of (somewhat) gainfully employed people as you're likely to find. Watching Obama's ... More >>
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November 5, 2008
We Did It: Dispatch from Columbia City
How about that Onion-esque headline, eh? But seriously, if the last 8 years have taught us anything it's that liberals love to bitch. They love bitching even more than journalists, who are among the bitchiest group of (somewhat) gainfully employed people as you're likely to find. Watching Obama's ... More >>
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November 5, 2008
Black-Eyed Holograms & Fuck-You States
How about that Onion-esque headline, eh? But seriously, if the last 8 years have taught us anything it's that liberals love to bitch. They love bitching even more than journalists, who are among the bitchiest group of (somewhat) gainfully employed people as you're likely to find. Watching Obama's ... More >>
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November 5, 2008
But, Can He Govern As Well as He Speaks?
How about that Onion-esque headline, eh? But seriously, if the last 8 years have taught us anything it's that liberals love to bitch. They love bitching even more than journalists, who are among the bitchiest group of (somewhat) gainfully employed people as you're likely to find. Watching Obama's ... More >>
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November 5, 2008
The Political Is Personal
How about that Onion-esque headline, eh? But seriously, if the last 8 years have taught us anything it's that liberals love to bitch. They love bitching even more than journalists, who are among the bitchiest group of (somewhat) gainfully employed people as you're likely to find. Watching Obama's ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2008
Obama Kicks Some Ass
How about that Onion-esque headline, eh? But seriously, if the last 8 years have taught us anything it's that liberals love to bitch. They love bitching even more than journalists, who are among the bitchiest group of (somewhat) gainfully employed people as you're likely to find. Watching Obama's ... More >>
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November 4, 2008
Yes, We Did
How about that Onion-esque headline, eh? But seriously, if the last 8 years have taught us anything it's that liberals love to bitch. They love bitching even more than journalists, who are among the bitchiest group of (somewhat) gainfully employed people as you're likely to find. Watching Obama's ... More >>
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November 4, 2008
Tough Crowd at the Sloop
How about that Onion-esque headline, eh? But seriously, if the last 8 years have taught us anything it's that liberals love to bitch. They love bitching even more than journalists, who are among the bitchiest group of (somewhat) gainfully employed people as you're likely to find. Watching Obama's ... More >>
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