Slog - Comments on The Morning News http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143 The day-to-day commander of American forces in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, says the troop build-up will be needed into 2008. Meanwhile, House Democrats are gearing up to propose troop withdrawal by fall of that same year. President Bush is feeling pressure to pardon I. Lewis Libby. Nine people—including eight children—were killed when a fire swept through a Bronx apartment building late last night. It was New York’s deadliest fire since 1990. The UN International Atomic Energy Agency has suspended 22 technical aid programs to Iran. For the second time in less than a week, a prisoner at Clark... Copyright 2008 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:00:24 -0800 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:29:02 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by JME I'd be cool with Trump building in Seattle if he hired OMA and Rem Koolhaas to design it.

]]> JME http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c662965 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c662965 News Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:44:32 -0800 Comment by elswinger I would never be able to afford to step foot in it, but I look forward to seeing an artist rendering of it.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c662968 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c662968 News Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:54:01 -0800 Comment by Really? It's too bad that Nickels doesn't do this...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/nyregion/08office.html?hp

]]> Really? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c662986 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c662986 News Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:43:37 -0800 Comment by chunkstyle So, up until now, the IAEA has been giving aid to the Iranian nuclear program??

]]> chunkstyle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663018 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663018 News Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:25:25 -0800 Comment by ellarosa re: the uw professor: i'll play the devil's advocate here and say that gov'ts have not put enough effort into waste disposal in general. they make it too expensive and difficult in other ways to dispose of things you're not supposed to just throw in the trash or pour down the drain. the end result is predictable enough, isn't it? for instance: in california you are not supposed to throw poopy diapers into the trash, as landfills are not equipped to deal with human waste, you're instead supposed to scrape the poo into the toilet first. who the hell does that? and mercury-containing batteries in those push and play kids books, etc., you're supposed to drive these things over to special facilites and/or pay for their disposal. oh, yeah, most people are going to do that!...it's called denial. and it's going to hurt us. if we were serious about the proper containment and disposal of hazardous materials, we'd be more realistic about human behavior and set up our processes accordingly, IMO.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663024 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663024 News Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:35:50 -0800 Comment by Cook so looks like light rail won't open when expected...damn.

]]> Cook http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663056 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663056 News Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:10:48 -0800 Comment by Carollani *gag* Is anyone in Seattle really into the gold-leaf cheesy Trump bullshit? I'm all for luxury, but Trump usually turns it gaudy.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663088 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663088 News Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:36:38 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle so, can we leave Iraq, then?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663107 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663107 News Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:59:59 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew Carollani @ 7,

Note that the words "Trump" and "tasteful" have never appeared together in the same sentence... until now. Combining the two may cause a massive anti-Trump explosion.

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663142 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663142 News Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:34:21 -0800 Comment by Bastet THIS WAR NEEDS TO END NOW!!!
It will take more than commenting on the blogo-sphere for real change to take place. People on the whole are really not apathetic, they feel powerless and hopeless. In our own state people are afraid to sign petitions with their real name and are signing them with an “X” instead. People fear this government. If we the people do not repudiate all that this criminal administration has done, then its actions will be legitimized, condoned, and made permanent.
People are either FOR the rule of law or they aren’t. If your neighbor commits a crime and you see it and you do not act, then you become complicit in that crime. In your silence you become complicit in the crimes of the Bush Regime.
Your government is creating a police state – obliterating basic constitutional protections, habeas corpus, the right to privacy, the right to dissent. Your government has been openly torturing people, and legitimized it with the Military Commissions act. Your president can declare martial law at any time with the passing of the John Warner Defense act. Your government plans on waging another illegal and illegitmate war with Iran.
People must organize together to fight this! It will take more than protests, it will take an upheaval from the bottom up- boycotts, legislation, impeachment resolutions, phone calls, letters AND protests- loud and large ones – it will take a massive effort at the grassroots level.
You must involve yourself to fix this situation. If you are too fearful yourself – open your checkbook to organizations who are fighting for democracy right now. They need money to organize, to leaflet, to poster, to travel.
All it will take to have the direction of this Regime to personally affect YOU will be one more terrorist act on American soil. If that were to happen then you will see this country more resemble 1940’s Germany than the “land of the free”. This country could become, in the space of just a few hours, your worst nightmare.

]]> Bastet http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663228 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663228 News Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:05:55 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Note that the words "Trump" and "tasteful" have never appeared together in the same sentence...

Agh! Stop! You're going to disrupt the space-time continuum.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663358 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663358 News Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:26:36 -0800 Comment by ellarosa bastet, have you really seen people signing petitions w/an "x" instead of their names?! in what context was this? are you a signature gatherer, perchance? what percentage do this, and where? the entry is invalid without a signature, so what sig. gatherer would even let this fly?

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663506 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c663506 News Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:39:29 -0800 Comment by egpmkovih mkfljicgp yeqjuakod yboszu eudmtn cdsbum hjwr ixcab achx

]]> egpmkovih mkfljicgp http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c665388 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c665388 News Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:34:53 -0800 Comment by Slim Hi Jim. You letter i received. Thanks! Photos is GREAT!!!!

]]> Slim http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c674997 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_morning_news_143#c674997 News Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:29:02 -0800