Bellinghamsters, Listen Up...
Are you the City of Subdued Excitement?
Prove it. On Election Day.
If you live in Bellingham, you live in Whatcom County, too. You are allowed to vote for County Council.
County business is your business if you live in Bellingham, and the actions of the County Council will affect your day-to-day life.
Most of Lake Whatcom, where all of your drinking water comes from, is in County jurisdiction.
You are entitled to vote for a County Council Member who will protect your drinking water. (*cough* Jean Melious *cough*)
But you are also entitled to abstain from voting and let rural residents as well as the residents of cities like Ferndale, Lynden, and Blaine decide who will safeguard drinking water that most of them don't use. (*cough* Tony Larson *cough*)
Earlier this year, the Whatcom County Council deliberated about whether or not to expand the Bellingham Urban Growth Area. This expansion was officially opposed by the Mayor of Bellingham and the Bellingham City Council, and that opposition was presented to the County Council in writing. It was CAITAC that wanted the Bellingham Urban Growth Area expanded, and CAITAC almost got it. The decision to expand the Bellingham UGA against the will of the City itself needed five County Council votes to pass. It got four votes. The deciding vote against this expansion was cast by Barbara Brenner.
You are entitled to vote for a County Council Member who will respect the wishes of your elected City representatives. (*cough* Jean Melious *cough*)
But you are also entitled to abstain from voting and let rural residents as well as the residents of cities like Ferndale, Lynden, and Blaine elect someone who is more interested in what CAITAC wants than what the City of Bellingham wants. (*cough* Tony Larson *cough*)
Either way, the County will be making decisions that will affect the day-to-day lives of Bellingham residents.
All the TEA Party Patriots need to achieve victory is for Bellingham-pathy to prevail for another few weeks.
You can prove them wrong, or you can prove them right. There is no third choice.
The County is dropping the ballots on October 15th.
After that, the TEA Party is counting on Bellingham residents to drop the ball. Again. I strongly suggest that you disappoint them.
You don't have the time to vote?
Bravo to the Sierra.
You make time.
The TEA Party Partriots have already penciled in the time they need to cast their ballots. They will be voting their asses off this Fall. There is nothing subdued about their excitement.
Yup
ReplyDeleteThat fired them up
Try it again
On Guide Meridian
More tofu stew
From the Dems again
Which after November
Let's just remember
There will be few.
`Real patriotism involves more than "jingoistically" evoking thoughts of past glories, whether real or fanciful, or invading small third world nations to indoctrinate them with democracy.
ReplyDeletePolitical supporters from both sides of the isle proclaim, romanticize and grow poetic over this nation's great power and wealth.
But the greatness of America stands for none of these things, not for it's power, it's possessions and it's wealth, national or individual.
It's strength, it's uniqueness is derived from the simple idea that America represents something more, a promise to do better for its people through its freedoms, its tolerance, its decency, its originality and, by example, its ability to hold up an emblem for the world.
Gunnar Myrdal called it the American Creed. He defined the average American as more of a believer and a defender of the faith in humanity...we recognize the American, wherever we meet him/her, as a practical idealist.
But those days have past. Today's American is obsessed with destroying freedom and running their neighbors into the ground.
Hello Tea Party, goodbye America. Let them win! The resulting poverty and hardship that will be created from Tea Party policies will guarantee that another Republican will not take office for twenty years.
I am guilty of being proud of America's role in spreading Democracy.
ReplyDeletePhilipines
Panama
Japan
Germany
Italy
South Korea
to name a few.
Do the citizens of these countries appreciate the US leadership in democracy. From the citizens who lived during the government prior to democracy, the answer is a resounding "Yes". Future generations maybe not so much.
When measuring democracy, it helps to have experienced totalitarian government, before throwing out opinions about something so important.
While some can argue that democracy does not make the world safer, statistics do tell us a story that is impossible to refute.
Democracies dramatically lower the number of deaths committed by a government on its own citizens. Millions of innocents have been slaughtered by totalitarian governments, both of its own citizens, and by attacking its' neighbors.
That is a good thing.
No nation has not made mistakes. The US certainly fits this category, but this is no reason to intentionally diminish the successes of America.
I'm not diminishing "America" Americans are diminishing America. American government is making the world less safe by indulging in wars that are designed more to exploit natural resources than promote goodwill and economic vitality, for America and other nations.
ReplyDeleteGo turn on Glen Beck and tune out. It's alright, I'm sure that someone will be around to turn the lights out, once a totalitarian government has taken firm root here.
Our freedoms are not increasing, because of the wars on terrorism, or Communism.
But you are right. Millions of citizens have died - some for noble causes and some for not so noble causes.
It is an arrogant people that attempt to stuff democracy down the throats of a country that isn't ready for democracy.
I remember that purple finger of one of those not "ready" to have "democracy stuffed down her throat".
ReplyDeleteI am giving you the purple finger.
I do not watch Glenn Beck. That is a cheap shot.
okay boys and girls, let's try to be nice to each other....
ReplyDeleteCalling everyone who has a conservative bent a Glenn Beck watcher is cheap.
ReplyDeleteIt is political name calling, and sue sign that some one is out or arguments, and lost the debate.
The Founding Fathers actually lived under a totalitarian government, and when the designed our republic they were very cautious to prevent despotic rule. To prevent the creeping spread of tyranny, they divided power amongst branches of government, and then divided power again between states and federal government, and divided it again between the government and the people.
The growth in the power of Feral government is factually irrefutable. This growth makes people nervous.
What you so conveniently forget is that throughout the history of man, government abusing its citizens has been by far the rule, not the government being abused by its citizens.
When government get bigger there are many who climb onto the this engine of power.
Whether they are government employees, government contractors, unions which get their power from special regulations, special interests which also get special regulations, grant recipients, people who gain monetary advantage from advantageous tax laws: All sucking from the government teat.
They will do anything to cling to this power, including accusing critics of government power, of watching Glenn Beck.
Eventually we get tow groups of Americans, and one group wants to take resources from hard working people and give it to themselves.
They always want to raise taxes, on some one else.
"Feral" government? Is that a Freudian slip or what?
ReplyDeleteActually, what the Founders were afraid of was unchecked power. That's "feral" power, whether it's in the government, in the banking system, or in the media.
Hopefully that still includes the power of government being checked by its own citizen. This is the beauty of a democracy, whereby we can change those out those in power, without having to resort to bloodshed.
ReplyDeleteMaybe that is why democracy is so popular when introduced.
Not a lot of countries converting from democracy, back to totalitarian regimes.
Huh, nobody converting from democracy, I wonder why?
Except we have a Sequoia Vote Counting machine. Jean Melious has already lost.
ReplyDeleteGet over it. Your. Vote. Does. Not. Count.
Oh, they will make it look oh so close, but rack one up for Larson.
Black Box Vote Counting. Love it.
Fluffy bunnies are nice.
Love that new video about State of Mind Bellingham... Pike free!
It is all a big right wing conspiracy.
ReplyDeleteWhere have we heard that before?
At least come up with something new.