Slog - Comments on The Morning News http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399 Spitzer: Will resign today, according to aides. Obama: Winner of the Mississippi primary, 60%-37%. Meanwhile, Clinton is leading in Pennsylvania, 55% to 36%. Adm. William J. Fallon: No longer commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East. Florida's Democratic Delegation: Not interested in that whole re-vote thing. The Chinese Government: Using tear gas on protesting Tibetan monks. Iraq: Now a stalemate, according to the Government Accountability Office. The Dollar: At an all-time low against the Euro. Dick Cheney: Still pimping the missile defense system. Andre Carson: Becomes the second Muslim elected to Congress. New State Toxicologist Fiona Couper: Looking to... Copyright 2008 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:50:50 -0800 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:00:06 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by cressona Re. Helen Sommers' retirement announcement...

Isn't it amazing how all these Republicans have been leaving the state legislature now that the political climate has turned against them?

Now if only that godforsaken viaduct can retire soon too...

]]> cressona http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965172 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965172 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:56:26 -0800 Comment by ahava I received my first fundraising e-mail from someone running for Helen's soon to be open seat. That is going to be a fun race to watch, as well as the scrap in the legislature as to who becomes chair of Appropriations. Will it be her vice-chair, Hans Dunshee? Should be fun -- at least to this political geek.

]]> ahava http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965177 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965177 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:01:00 -0800 Comment by clarkj What about the story on the quarter of American teenage girls that have an STI? Where's that Stranger?

]]> clarkj http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965178 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965178 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:11:04 -0800 Comment by subwlf Spock!?!

KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> subwlf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965179 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965179 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:11:34 -0800 Comment by madamecrow I don't pay much attention to the Mariners during Spring Training, a full season of frustration is draining enough. But leave it to Ichiro to make even his slumps entertaining.

]]> madamecrow http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965180 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965180 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:11:55 -0800 Comment by subwlf @3 - That's yesterday's news.

]]> subwlf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965181 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965181 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:12:42 -0800 Comment by kid icarus Tomorrow you should post Shatner's Rocket Man. Truly one of the great coked out moments of all time.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965182 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965182 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:27:51 -0800 Comment by Madashell @1 - Sommers is a Democrat. Have another cup of coffee.

]]> Madashell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965194 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965194 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:40:13 -0800 Comment by Henrietta Did one of those hobbits have a sign about Nimoy and the U.N.?

]]> Henrietta http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965195 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965195 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:41:59 -0800 Comment by Big Sven Anybody else consider it funny that Nimoy chose Tolkein's least important work for his song? No? Never mind.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965198 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965198 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:44:09 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Yeah, Big Sven?

You try making up rhyming words for Silmarillion...

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965203 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965203 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:49:50 -0800 Comment by mgsucks Madashell - that was cressona's attempt at being funny because you see she opposed some of his pet projects and maybe endorsed Hillary which makes her the enemy and therefore a Republican.

]]> mgsucks http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965204 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965204 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:50:33 -0800 Comment by unPC 1. reporting an average of polls is better than just reporting a single poll

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/pa/pennsylvania_democratic_primary-240.html

2. the link on the FL thang says Obama opposes a re-do, too.

Oh well, Obama seems to have no proposal for giving a few million folks a voice. Best for him to stay silent.....he opposes coutning the votes already cast, and he opposes, it seems, having a re-vote, too. Those millions of folks just shouldn't get a vote. Their owners (DNC/legislators/cong. reps.) fucked it up, so let's blame the voters themselves. They deserve not having a vote that counts. And they are so entrenched in the politics of the past, wanting a vote and all.

Why can't they transcend and show some unity?? It's sooooo divisive of them to want a vote that counts.

]]> unPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965209 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965209 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:53:31 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty @3, HPV just isn't breaking news - everybody in the fucking world has it.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965216 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965216 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:03:22 -0800 Comment by Madashell @12 - Oh, Sommers is a DINO, ahhhh-ha-haaah-hah, I get it. Sorry, maybe I'll have another cup of coffee.

]]> Madashell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965218 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965218 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:08:01 -0800 Comment by linus is it wrong that the video revealed a hot hobbit fetish...maybe I should write dan

]]> linus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965221 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965221 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:11:46 -0800 Comment by McCain/Crist '08! unPC, you can always join us & vote for McCain. It's so much fun to watch the Dems self-destruct. The balloon is deflating. The arrogance is gone. McCain FTW!

]]> McCain/Crist '08! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965223 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965223 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:14:28 -0800 Comment by Dod That video never gets old.

NEVER.

]]> Dod http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965226 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965226 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:16:25 -0800 Comment by Morgan Every time a Star Trek alum loses their self-respect an angel gets its wings.

]]> Morgan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965227 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965227 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:16:49 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV HEY! Mister

TAMBORINE Man....

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965230 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965230 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:20:08 -0800 Comment by Big Sven Nappy@11:

There once was a Noldor named Feanor...

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965237 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965237 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:30:34 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty And now for some REAL breaking news: Spitzer just resigned.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965238 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965238 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:31:03 -0800 Comment by Mike of Renton Thanks for the video, I'd heard the song, but never seen this.


@13 Do you have a link to a quote where Obama says he doesn't support a re-vote?

]]> Mike of Renton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965253 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965253 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:39:07 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave Nimoy did a great job doing the voice overs for Civ Iv

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965258 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965258 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:43:04 -0800 Comment by Reality Check @13 Let's face it folks... UnPC is now a troll. At first it was funny and edgy, but now it has denegrated to lame and pathetic.

UnPC please go troll elsewhere. Your rhetoric has become nauseous.

In other news...

How is it that any group looking to save the Sonics thinks that they get a "do-over" in asking for public money as part of their "rescue" effort?

It baffles me to think that King County and Seattle are facing budget deficits, yet some billionaire fools and a few loud whiny (minority) citizens trying to keep the Sonics, would have the audacity to ask for money after ALL this?

Didn't we all vote NO $$$ for the Sonics a few months back?

]]> Reality Check http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965290 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965290 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:57:39 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Obama's margin in MS is actually 61-37, and has been since late last night. His margin of victory fell 127 votes short of 100,000. Even a blowout in PA isn't enough to save Clinton now.

UnPC, neither would seating FL as-is.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965297 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965297 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:00:43 -0800 Comment by Fnarf How come "Clintons release their tax returns" isn't on this list of news items? Is it because she doesn't want people to know that her hubby was a senior advisor to a company that employs slave labor?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965312 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965312 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:09:06 -0800 Comment by K Forget prostitution and scat. Such horrid abuse of tuba, banjo, and Spock should be declared obscene.

I think I realize now why they labeled the Sesame Street DVD as "not for children".

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965316 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965316 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:12:13 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Oh, and Sven? Tolkien didn't write any important books.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965358 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965358 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:29:32 -0800 Comment by some dude "important" is a subjective word.

when I was nine and my dad read the hobbit to me, it was one of the most important things in the world. part of my love of books--which lead me to major in english lit--was born through that experience.

so if it weren't for tolkien, i might not have gone on to study Important books read by Important people.

so yes, tolkien wrote important books.

]]> some dude http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965403 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965403 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:40:30 -0800 Comment by elenchos Lots of people's first book was crap. It's hip to be nostalgic for the Six Million Dollar Man or your Big Wheel or your Tolkien, but if you're saying that stuff is good in a non-ironic way, something ain't right.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965414 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965414 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:44:37 -0800 Comment by Big Sven "The Hobbit" is a very good book. "Lord of the Rings" is a great book.

"some dude", my Mom read me the Hobbit when I was 9ish also, just as I read it to my daughter (and will to my son.) So I hear what you're saying.

On a completely different topic...

Reality Check calling unPC a troll is rich. Despite her 50% showing national, there are only two strong Clinton supporters around here (I don't count myself, since I've kind of been avoiding the subject lately)- ECB and unPC. You fanatics keep trying to hound the *only* dissenting voices off the stage. Sad, sad, sad. What are you so afraid of? If you've got it so in the bag, just ignore those two. Or could it be...

"Fear. The city is rank with it." - Gothmog.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965751 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965751 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:00:31 -0800 Comment by Gloria @24: I agree.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965760 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c965760 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:02:56 -0800 Comment by J.R. "Didn't we all vote NO $$$ for the Sonics a few months back?"

No, but Seattle voters did place specific restrictions on future city leases with professional sports teams. The Sonics savers would have to work within these restrictions.

P.S.: Love that Nimoy.

]]> J.R. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c966052 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c966052 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:36:26 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Fiona Cougar! MROWWR!

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c966157 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c966157 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:06:53 -0800 Comment by Greg Sven, a song about Feanor or Earendil would just be way too pretentious. This is much lighter and funnier.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c966506 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_morning_news_399#c966506 News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:00:06 -0800