Idaho from a Blue perspective

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Wednesday, February 01, 2017

Counter battery fire

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Since Newt Gingrich and his memo to GoPak (see link in column at right), Republicans have employed the strategy of demonizing Democrats.  Th...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Sad tableau

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Not too long ago I dropped my wife off to run into a shop in a strip mall.  Couple of restaurants, UPS store, veterinarian, that kind of pla...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Embrace the suck

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Over the last few weeks I've been thinking about why Democrats fare so poorly in rural areas.  It is particularly perplexing because the...
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

White Nationalist in the White House

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Bleh.  That election didn't go like I was hoping or expecting.  And as usual, any forecast I made was off the mark; when will I learn......
Wednesday, October 05, 2016

The water he swims in

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It is said that a fish is unaware of the water it swims in; it knows of, and can imagine, nothing else.  I attribute a similar lack of aware...
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Monday, October 03, 2016

A new Icarus

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I'm thinking of Donald Trump as a new Icarus. Trump has toyed with running for President for several years, and of course this year re...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

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Donald Trump Jr. t weeted about a bowl of skittles containing a few poison ones, asserting that you'd foolish to eat a handful from the...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

As I've always suspected

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It's been obvious for years, but now we have some somewhat objective evidence of it.  I thought I noticed it long ago, because it just s...
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Friday, September 09, 2016

Trump's easiest money yet

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I heard a radio report today that Trump's campaign raised around $90 million in August.  I'm just sure that type of money has got Tr...
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Tuesday, September 06, 2016

Colin Kaepernick

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Kaepernick is making news these days by refusing to stand for the national anthem. At first the faux patriots sprayed spittle all over clai...
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Friday, September 02, 2016

Public sector jobs are second class jobs

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Governor Otter released a letter on Sept. 1 “celebrating Idaho’s private-sector job growth.”   He mentioned how important jobs are, but ma...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Invasive species

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A legislative interim committee is meeting today ; the Invasive Species Working Group .   Reporters at the scene say that the Republican mem...
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Monday, August 29, 2016

Kristen Armstrong Park. Say what?

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Boise has renamed its Municipal Park to Kristen Armstrong Municipal Park .  Color me unimpressed. Ms. Armstrong's athletic achievement...
Thursday, May 14, 2015

Update

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Its been a year since my last post, 13 months, actually, but I haven't given up.  What with Facebook and Twitter (which I'm not real...
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Friday, April 11, 2014

Don't get fooled again

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I was talking with a friend the other day, and he was telling me that a Democratic candidate he supports intends to make education a central...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

More of this, please

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Lynn Luker is busy in the legislature these days.  Fresh off a really stupid bill that would allow people to discriminate against, well, pre...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Awk

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I've written about my inability to understand wingers, and what/how they think, and what really motivates them.  As I continue to ponder...
Friday, January 10, 2014

Hyperbole

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Okay, I'm guilty of it.  I admit it.  I get carried away.  Saying "Republicans hate state workers" was an over the top general...
Thursday, January 09, 2014

Political courage

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Is often in short supply, and this year is no exception.  Gov Otter came into office in, what, 2006 or so, saying that he wanted to run gove...
Saturday, January 04, 2014

The failed experiment

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That is Republican leadership in Idaho. Gov Otter has just conceded that private ownership of prisons doesn't work. Government can actua...
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