Displaying 1,141 To 1,170 Of 2,270 Comments Weekend Music Thread – Guilty Pleasures The all-time guilty pleasure song? Maybe.[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc-P8oDuS0Q[/img] » Posted By funksands On October 15, 2011 @ 5:25 pm Khirad, no shame in either of those songs. 🙂 » Posted By funksands On October 15, 2011 @ 5:23 pm Em, that’s the spirit!! 🙂 » Posted By funksands On October 15, 2011 @ 5:23 pm Herman Cain’s “999” Attacks the 99% Patsy, I heard this on the radio and my car nearly went off the road I was laughing so hard. Thankfully my driver has quick reflexes. 😉 » Posted By funksands On October 20, 2011 @ 12:38 pm Ad, don’t dismiss 9-9-9 so quickly. It’s simplistic, catchy, and won’t work. That makes it extremely attractive to voters. » Posted By funksands On October 13, 2011 @ 8:56 am FINALLY I can become informed again. Welcome back!! » Posted By funksands On October 12, 2011 @ 2:02 pm Occupy Wall Street Came West… Why? Cyrano, drying trend coming for the next week or so, thank goodness! » Posted By funksands On October 15, 2011 @ 12:19 pm Olympia’s budget-cutting special session begins http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016881758_legislature29m.html About 2000 protesters went to our state capital of Olympia to protest the special session that the Gov. has called to solve the 2 billion dollar budget gap that plagues the state. Right now about 46% of the gap is expected to be solved by cuts, and about 7% by new revenues, with the rest unclear. About 100 of those protesters camped out in the rotunda until they were forcibly removed by police, including 3 that were tased when they “advanced” on state troopers. What’s interesting is that the Governor and Legislators seemed completely surprised by the showing and were unsure how to handle the various groups occupying the Governors office and committee meetings. The missing context from this story is that Washington has experienced a rash of tax measures over the last 10 years that have severely hamstrung its budgetary flexibility. No fewer than 20 anti-tax measures have been proposed with many of them passing that takes tax control out of the legislature’s hands and puts it into the hands of the voters. Nearly any change in the tax code has to be presented to the public for a vote. Not surprisingly (as my friends in CA know) WA has resoundingly voted to tax themselves like libertarians and live like socialists. Income tax measures have been defeated for the last 20 years with no end in sight, while the sales tax here in King County stand at an average of about 9%. The fact that the public seems willing to shoulder an additional half-cent sales tax hike to help pay for things is commendable, but the protesters are correct that this solution comes on the backs of a populace already stressed by economic woes. » Posted By funksands On November 29, 2011 @ 9:23 am Murph, what’s the mood down there? Resignation? Determination? Is there talk of creating some long-term strategies rather than tactics? Thanks for the update. » Posted By funksands On November 16, 2011 @ 8:24 pm Khirad. Good catch. My bad. » Posted By funksands On November 16, 2011 @ 11:52 am KT, I’ll do it. Thanks for the reco. » Posted By funksands On November 15, 2011 @ 9:32 pm Of course “BAH” also works. » Posted By funksands On November 15, 2011 @ 9:17 pm Cher. I have never seen that before. I’ve never heard of it before either. This small glimpse is going to make me search out the whole thing. I can certainly see why it had such an affect on you. Do you remember what you did after this speech? How did it physically change how you led your life? I hope that doesn’t sound like too corny a question, but I get the sense that this was a “crossroads” moment for you and I love understanding how people get to become the person they are. » Posted By funksands On November 15, 2011 @ 9:09 pm OWS is the first truly technology-driven movement. The power to gather everyone outran the supply lines of being able to organize everyone. What the movement looks like today will only resemble what it will look like in the future. Like Philip Randolph’s march on DC in 1941 was seedbed for Truman’s exec. order integrating the military, which was followed by the Montgomery Bus boycott, which was followed by the creationg of the SCLC, the Woolworth sit-ins, followed by the Freedom Riders, followed by the March on DC, followed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 23 years of steady, messy, imperfect, frustrating evolution of THE SAME IDEA, but expressed in many many different ways by different people, different organizations, different agendas. Just because it has been easier to gather does not mean that evolution can be skipped. Lack of patience, lack of vision, and long term strategy is what will doom OWS if we aren’t careful. » Posted By funksands On November 15, 2011 @ 8:58 pm At the Tacoma Museum of Glass, Dale’s hometown[img]http://www.photographybyjimhughes.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/glass_museum.jpg[/img] » Posted By funksands On November 15, 2011 @ 8:47 pm Cher, good call. Arguing with me is a wholly unsatisfying experience. » Posted By funksands On November 15, 2011 @ 6:38 pm KQ, well said. I’m a fan of Sullivan also despite his GALLONS of silly comments he made during his conservative phase. In a box, in storage. People are complicated and need to be appreciated for what they rather than what we wish them to be. » Posted By funksands On November 15, 2011 @ 5:31 pm Sally, thanks for the laugh!! » Posted By funksands On November 15, 2011 @ 5:27 pm Still too long. 😉 » Posted By funksands On November 15, 2011 @ 5:02 pm There you go! » Posted By funksands On November 15, 2011 @ 4:58 pm Sally, I simply don’t have time to read your lengthy posts. 🙂 » Posted By funksands On November 15, 2011 @ 4:54 pm Cher, I am a big fan of Chris Hedges and his writing. I have decided to stick some of his sillier comments into a box and put them in storage. They are simply vastly outweighed by too much other good work. » Posted By funksands On November 15, 2011 @ 4:50 pm KQ, soooo true. 90% of voters under 30 did not vote in the midterms in 2010. » Posted By funksands On November 15, 2011 @ 4:36 pm Murph, thanks for the link. » Posted By funksands On November 15, 2011 @ 4:35 pm Seattle City Council passes Resolution from Occupy Seattle’s G.A. in Unanimous Vote (via Daily Kos) “In a resounding endorsement of a Resolution before the Seattle City Council that is likely to lead to the divestment of city funds from the Big Banks passed tonight in a unanimous vote. THE RESOLUTION ORIGINATED AS A RESOLUTION PASSED BY OCCUPY SEATTLE’S GENERAL ASSEMBLY.” *Seattle City Clerk Status: Adopted as amended Date introduced/referred to committee: November 7, 2011 1. The City will review its banking and investment practices to ensure that public funds are invested in responsible financial institutions that support our community. The Council may also consider future legislation to promote responsible banking and provide an incentive for banking institutions to invest more in our City, particularly with regard to stabilizing the housing market and supporting the creation of new businesses. This review should include evaluating City policies on responsible depositing and management of City funds. 2. The City will examine the number of home foreclosures in Seattle, the geographic neighborhoods in which the foreclosures are occurring, and lender information on homes involved in the foreclosure process, including real estate owned homes. Furthermore, the Office of Housing will work with the Seattle-King County Asset Building Collaborative’s Foreclosure Prevention Action Team to gather qualitative data on the circumstances and causes of foreclosures and the foreclosure methods and practices of lenders, including reviewing apparent inequities many people in Seattle face when lender foreclosure proceedings occur. 3. The City will continue to address economic inequality and wealth disparities by race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender. Through the City’s Race and Social Justice Initiative and 2012 City Council committee work programs, the Council will continue to identify effective approaches to asset building, job training, access to banking and other financial services, educational attainment, family support, access to health care and other ways to address historic trends in disparities. 4. The Council will request a report from the Department of Finance and Administrative Services on all exemptions or waivers allowed for City taxes to examine the impact of both tax shifts and lost revenue to the City against the economic and social benefits the exemptions are intended to bring to the City. 5. The Council will consult with advocates of tax reform and experts on equitable taxation and review past tax reform efforts in order to work effectively with the State Legislature toward a more equitable tax structure. 6. The Council will analyze how city election campaigns are currently financed and explore alternatives. 7. As federal and state assistance dwindles, the City resolves to continue to use available resources to provide assistance for the most vulnerable people in Seattle. 8. The City recognizes that reforms in education and career preparation are essential for building a viable future and that the disparities in these areas begin very early in life and they continue through adulthood. The Council will seek maximum possible funding for Early Learning and Basic Education in the State Legislative Agenda. During challenging times, it is also critically important to support community colleges, technical colleges, and state universities as they provide access to retraining and workforce development opportunities. Section 4. The Council and the Mayor recognize and support the important responsibility the Seattle Police Department exercises in protecting for everyone our First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and assembly while, at the same time, appropriately enforcing City laws and regulations. (Sorry for the lengthy post, but I thought this might be a useful template for other OWS’ers) » Posted By funksands On November 15, 2011 @ 4:34 pm For most people, 3 seconds is too long to wait for a web page to load. 5 minutes is too long to wait for something to eat. 20 minutes is too long to wait for your car’s oil to be changed. Guess the natural evolution of a movement is going to frustrate some of these people. Not that there is anyone like that here. I’m talking about other losers. 🙂 » Posted By funksands On November 14, 2011 @ 3:47 pm Bito, this deal (from what I understand of it) looks pretty darn good. If you asked me 6 months ago if the banks were going to take a 50% cram-down, I would have told you you were dreaming. » Posted By funksands On October 26, 2011 @ 8:59 pm OccupySeattle Dance Party!!!! http://www.livestream.com/owsoccupyseattle » Posted By funksands On October 26, 2011 @ 8:04 pm Khirad, this is exactly what OWS is overlooking with their protests. If the 99% get what they want, what will all of the gold-leafers, ceiling-mural painters and ferrari salesmen do for a living? Did anyone think of that? These are people too!! » Posted By funksands On October 25, 2011 @ 5:49 pm Cher, that is high-larious!! » Posted By funksands On October 25, 2011 @ 5:48 pmComments Posted By funksands
Dexy’s Midnight Runners
A RESOLUTION recognizing and supporting the peaceful and lawful exercise of the First Amendment as a cherished and fundamental right in the effort to seek solutions for economically distressed Americans at the federal and local levels.
Date adopted by Full Council: November 14, 2011
Vote: 9-0
Committee: Full Council
Sponsor: LICATA; CO-SPONSOR: O’BRIEN*
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