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Aug 18, 2011 SandraV commented on Soup Line Standoff on Mercer Island, as Tea Partiers Shout at Liberals Shouting About Jobs.

I enjoyed the chants from the diverse crowd, "This is what America looks like," pointing out the striking whiteness of the sparse group of tea baggers across the street.

Jun 9, 2011 SandraV commented on Rob McKenna Doesn't Want Your Vote.

David, I don't know how you do it.

Apr 7, 2011 SandraV commented on Protesters Occupy Capitol Rotunda. ~~Arrests Being Made?~~.

Assignment for all who wish to take me up on this: check out the comments posted in regards to coverage of this event on KOMO and KING. After swallowing the barf back down, tell me, are most of the comments actually the work of one messed up guy, possibly on salary, with a gazillion email addresses and commenter profiles? The comments are all the same--dripping with hate, stupid, and insinuating poor people have become that way because of something they did wrong. Then please post a comment. If you think it is all the same person, as I do, say so! Thanks!

Mar 30, 2011 SandraV commented on Rob McKenna to Keynote Tea Party Event.

Dang you are good, Goldy! Thanks for the kickass reporting.

Nov 17, 2010 SandraV commented on Advice to Chopp: Give the Republicans What They Asked For.

@26 What a picture you are painting. Human prime directive is to go to work? Higher education may help us do our jobs, in which case we should scrap our way through it?

Isn't college like roads, too big of a cost for any one individual?

More of this twisted world view: When we do our jobs well, we get financial rewards. When we don't do our jobs well we don't get much money, but it is our own fault for not availing ourselves of that "level" playing field. I don't even know where to start. Since when is the playing field level? What if someone's job is to pick apples, or fix sewers, or collect garbage, or teach middle school, and they do it really well?

This is going to be news to you, but all that Shakespeare and Calculus sometimes doesn't have much to do with furthering careers. The idea is that a good undergraduate education will assist people in being able to think. I am not sure where thinking might fit into the worldview presented above...

Oct 15, 2010 SandraV commented on MoveOn's Aging Hippies Rally Against Corporate Spending.

I love the fact that hardly anyone has commented on this article. That means no one is reading this stupid column, which is great, because Matt Luby, the author, has been outed at the Stranger as a closet right winger. Case closed. Goodbye.

Oct 14, 2010 SandraV commented on MoveOn's Aging Hippies Rally Against Corporate Spending.

I'm doing unpaid intern's job for him now:
• Corporate front groups and right-wing organizations have promised to spend up to $400 million to influence this year's election, largely on TV ads, in an attempt to buy control of Congress for the Republicans. The overwhelming bulk of this money isn't being spent by the candidates themselves or the Republican party. It is coming from front-groups that can accept unlimited contributions from corporations and billionaire individuals without having to disclose the names of their donors.
• Right-wing front groups have already run $34.5 million worth of ads backing Republicans in Senate races alone. Independent groups backing Democrats have spent only $4.2 million. That is greater than an 8 to 1 ratio
• The Campaign Media Analysis Group reports that television ad spending by outside groups is more than double what it was at this point in the 2006 mid-term elections.
Rossi has already benefitted from a half million in untraceable attack ads, and the ballots haven't even dropped yet.

Oct 14, 2010 SandraV commented on MoveOn's Aging Hippies Rally Against Corporate Spending.

I don't even know where to start. I was just reviewing some photos of this event, and true to my impression that day, the MoveOn members who showed up appear to represent lots of age ranges, with an average of 30 or so. Our unpaid intern looked like he fit right in, actually. So what happened? Did he show up with the idea that we'd be aging hippies, and when we weren't, he just couldn't see it? Then when he asked me about the DISCLOSE act, I paused to get my thoughts in order so I could explain to him that it doesn't go nearly far enough. He skipped on to the next question, and in his article implied that I somehow don't support it, which is really kind of funny. The first thing I said to the crowd as I got started was a "thank you" to our unwiltting hosts, and I made the point that it is a different organization. Dude, were you even there? I have two things left to say: 1. These issues are crucial to get out into the open (no thanks to our silly and unqualified unpaid intern) and 2. We think maybe it is a good thing the Stranger doesn't pay you.

Oct 12, 2010 SandraV commented on MoveOn's Aging Hippies Rally Against Corporate Spending.

Wow, speaking of not doing one's homework...for a change I suggest Matt try building something, as it is much more difficult than tearing shit down. I am a volunteer. You are welcome.