there so come on down and help spread democracy one pint at a time!

Drinking Liberally in the Tri-Cities

O’Callahan’s - Shilo Inn

50 Comstock Rd.

Richland

7 PM Till?

French Fries = Lodge Fries

French Dip = American Dip

I can only think of one cataclysmical blunderous foolishness where that came from and, as it turns out, the French were right!  They managed to avoid a stupid war and at the same time avoided aligning themselves with the worst president in modern history.  And best of all… I’m not even sure they know what french fries are.  Wise, wise are the French.  I’m sure if WWIII breaks out they will have our back.  With or without the french fries.

My other guilty pleasure is French Toast.  After a few days camping in the mountains I like to go to Whistling Jacks for “Lodge Toast”?

Egad….

Today is National HIV Testing Day. Planned Parenthood’s Teen Council, a group of young Tri-Cities Leaders, were scheduled to be outside of the Richland, WA Wal*Mart distributing information about HIV Testing and Prevention… until the extremist anti-choice group the American Life League stepped in!

Sad deal that Wallmart exec’s aren’t quite paying attention to one particularly glaring fact… HIV kills people. Testing and Prevention saves lives. And judging from the American Life League’s communications director, Katie Walker, they approve. The very first sentence of the recent post of ALL’s web site I find this…

Surfing through pro-abortion blogs and web pages, I’m always amazed at the twisted mentality that makes heroes out of killers.

I’m a bit confused… A group of kids want to promote education on aids and gets shot down by some anti-abortion group that convinces Walmart to ban them from providing testing and prevention information on Aids? Well, just a quick FYI for ALL… while your beef with Planned Parenthood over abortion will likely be ongoing (and there is little any of us can do about that), pregnant women get HIV too. It’s a virtual death sentence for both mother and child.

How the terms abortion and HIV get in a context of this sort of ideological dispute I can’t fathom. But if ALL is all about saving babies, they should be handing out HIV testing and prevention information themselves.

As far as Walmart is concerned, their own slogan appears to be the pinnacle of hypocracy…

Save money. Live better.

Nice…

The decision is coming in at 4pm.

Also, don’t forget my favorite wet sider Darcy Burner. She is cool, calm, collected and dead on target for changing the face of Washington’s 8th District. It’s one of the most competitive districts in this election and Darcy is an outstanding candidate.

Do it. You can make a difference.

Go read…

I was a first hand witness to the politicization of this issue by Wa. Republicans and frankly this looks kind of desperate on the Wa GOP Republicans. I found it somewhat of a paradox in that here we had a tough former AG as Governor tightening laws, and a Republican minority trying to exploit it by being more hard line.  And despite the Gaming Compact, the bargain between revenue sharing and expansive gambling, which I disapprove, did not go that far into the depths.

(As a side note, if Republicans represented the tribal interests, they would be happily accepting contributions as well so they can just get off that boat.)

There seems to be a Law and Order/Morality discussion taking place in the Wa. Governor race that I find disturbing.  On one hand, we all want a safe place to live and could live without the negatives gambling brings.  On the other, we don’t want to be over regulated and policed to death.  If we continue down this politicized path, what is the eventual outcome?  I wonder if this could produce a backlash on both parties?

]]> http://www.mccranium.org/2008/06/24/same-product-different-label/feed/ http://www.mccranium.org/2008/06/19/the-dept-of-thats-freaking-funny/ http://www.mccranium.org/2008/06/19/the-dept-of-thats-freaking-funny/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:59:20 +0000 Jimmy http://www.mccranium.org/?p=802 Brings you Chris Mullick:

Ever wonder what happens when someone stages a press conference and the press doesn’t show? Me, too. And until I leave the business I’ll never know.

But initiative promoter Tim Eyman found out today. He scheduled an 11 a.m. press conference to turn in his first batch of signatures for Initiative 985, which deals with traffic congestion relief.

They probably would have showed up if it was a slow news day, but the press was covering the State Revenue Forecast.

Ha!

He says the speculation comes from internet bloggers with too much time on their hands, and he says it is ‘ridiculous’.

Well add insult to injury why don’t you Brian. It’s not that I have so much time on my hands… I don’t. I just like the idea of an Obama/Schweitzer ticket. We bloggers dream big sometimes.

Update: Further insulting:

Schweitzer said his name pops up only on a “very long list.” The governor said “nut jobs” on the blogs are keeping his name alive.

Um… yeah, nut jobs like John Tester…

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester helped fuel speculation when he mentioned Schweitzer as a potential VP pick earlier this month on a cable news show.

The fellow Democrat says he thinks Schweitzer has the credentials for the job, and probably has made the lists because he impresses people with his knowledge of the issues. Still, he thinks Schweitzer will remain governor.

“Brian would make a great vice president — and he makes an even better governor for Montana. Selfishly, that’s where I want to keep him,” Tester said.

Guess I’ll get back to my nuts.

Seeya there…

Drinking Liberally in the Tri-Cities

O’Callahans - Shilo Inn

50 Comstock Rd.

Richland

7pm till?

But this is funny… And if only, for the sake of everything that’s good in the world, the media would at least acknowledge that John McCain’s other crazy pasture is his own mouth.

(Audio NSFW so turn it down kiddies)

Cheers!