BY: MICHAEL FROME 7.31.2010
What an interesting development. I am really not sure what to make of this joint press release by Paul Akers and Clint Didier, two nonestablishment grassroots candidates for Washington State Senator. These two gentlemen have earned my respect; indeed I have cast my vote for one of them in the primary. They both represent the [...]
BY: MICHAEL FROME 7.30.2010
Turns out that Governor Gregoire really, really wants to put another bullet into the patella of the free market. So much so, she is willing to violate her properly defined role as Governor. She does this by promulgating an executive order…that has the exact same effect as a recent bill rejected by [...]
Conservatism – not what you think it is?
BY: MIKE SCOOTER 07.29.2010
Conservatism (2): A political philosophy based on tradition and social stability, stressing established institutions, and preferring gradual development to abrupt change (3) the tendency to prefer an existing or traditional situation to change
Conservative (3a): tending or disposed to maintain existing views, conditions, or institutions: TRADITIONAL
Constitutionalism: [...]
Campaigning as the Art of the Possible…or Not
BY: MICHAEL FROME 7.28.2010
I have heard that a ‘Tea Party Republican’ such as David Hedrick couldn’t possibly win…because no businessperson would ever make a maximum contribution to such a dark horse campaign…because he couldn’t possibly win. Such an assertion is not only circular, it is demonstrably wrong. I [...]
BY: MICHAEL SCOOTER
Please note this opinion was originally written Nov 4, 2009, when Jon was still running for the 3rd Congressional District. Jon refocused his efforts on Olympia in January of 2010. The story bears repeating, as the facts haven’t changed…and it is time to choose the next Representative for Washington’s 18th District. It is unfortunate and [...]
