Slog - Comments on Setting the Record Straight

Comment by blank12357

blank12357 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:46:58 -0800

"eco-absolutist"

Brilliant.

Comment by Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:50:27 -0800

So Erica, does that make you a priestess of the Cult of Transit? If so, I think we should stop drinking the blood of Republicans at our gatherings but continue with offering unfettered abortions and bible/flag burning.

Comment by Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:51:07 -0800

You can't see it because you are blinded by batshit fake outrage.

But, it's fun to watch so keep up the good work!

Comment by lorax

lorax — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:58:47 -0800

Connelly is a transit expert. He has a lot of time to think about it as he sits in his car on the way to Seattle from Whidbey Island.

Comment by typical ecb

typical ecb — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:03:49 -0800

You're so busy getting wet over the idea that you've been noticed by a writer in a big-time paper that your manufactured outrage falls flat.

Comment by StrangerDanger

StrangerDanger — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:05:50 -0800

The sexual tension between the two of you is almost unnerving.

Comment by ivan

ivan — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:10:24 -0800

What you do is not reporting, Erica. You are not a reporter, and you are not a journalist. You are a propagandist and a shill. Some of us, certainly including Joel Connelly, know the difference.

Comment by Cale

Cale — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:15:16 -0800

Wow, that article is terrible. I had no idea Connelly was such a dick.

Let the peons ride on buses!

And here I thought the PI was such a decent little newspaper.

Comment by Tiktok

Tiktok — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:35:45 -0800

I remember Connelly as the fat newspaper guy who said that the monorail was doomed to fail because no-one would want to walk a few blocks to the station.

Comment by blank12357

blank12357 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:37:43 -0800

Joel bitches about buses that never come, but I bet he doesn't ride the bus. I was at a friend's house in West Seattle on Saturday night, completely lost track of time. At 12.30 I wandered down to Delridge and rode the bus home to Madrona - no problems. Yeah, I didn't have a seat warmer or a sub-woofer, but so what.

Comment by Bauhaus

Bauhaus — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:40:28 -0800

Whenever anyone suggests replacing light rail with buses, it takes all I can do to suppress the urge to haul off and pop the SOBs right into the middle of my world where they couldn't even begin to cope.

Look, if you want to make a six or seven hundred dollar car payment, that's up to you, but don't imposed your fucked up values on people who (1) are civic-minded and (2)need to get around Seattle as quickly and as efficiently as you do.

Comment by Joe M

Joe M — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:47:28 -0800

You called him a knee-jerk anti-tax polemicist and he called you an eco-absolutist.

I disagree: I see him as more of a knee-jerk anti-tax absolutist and you as more of an eco-polemicist. Just a matter of semantics.

But more seriously, thanks for setting the record straight on the MacDonald conversation. When I read Joel's column this morning, my bullshit detector went off over that line.

Comment by Boomers suck

Boomers suck — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:53:29 -0800

Connelly is another one of those boomers who needs to die off.

Comment by joykiller

joykiller — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:59:19 -0800

I see the No on Prop. 1 vote as evidence of the Stranger's eco-absolutism: you suggested a no vote because it wasn't purely light rail and didn't live up to whatever impossible standards you hold for a transit system.

Comment by Gitai

Gitai — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:38:30 -0800

Connely's the epitome of the out of touch columnist. He talks about the Death with Dignity initiative like it creates an SS like organization to hunt down and murder old and sick people, talks about transit like an oil exec, and talks about taxes like Grover Norquist. How the fuck is he still employed?

Comment by tomcat98109

tomcat98109 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:48:40 -0800

Erica complaining about someone not contacting a source to get the full story? That's rich.

Comment by David

David — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:55:37 -0800

Wow, her name was really Louise? And does she, by any chance, have a husband named Harry?

Comment by booji boy

booji boy — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:11:54 -0800

Someone please coin the term "Borrow and Spend Republicans." It's long overdue.

Comment by Gomez

Gomez — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:16:35 -0800

This was on my RSS feed and without seeing the title or writer, I knew after one paragraph it was ECB.

Also, this is Joel Connelly. What honestly do you expect out of the played-out fish-hack? He's like Knute Berger with a paycheck.

Comment by guest

guest — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:19:37 -0800

Erica, many people, when they can't make a rational argument start attacking an individual instead. It's easier, and generally a cop-out. You might want to look out for it in your own writing. It certainly was a technique the Stranger uses from time to time.

Comment by me

me — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:45:12 -0800

Joel Connelly is so sloppy and unthoughtful in his work, it's hard to take him seriously. It might be different if he had a shred of humor, because then we could actually enjoy his personality and his writing. Unfortunately, that's not the case.

At least that's how he came off two years ago, which is the last time I read his work.

Comment by Editor's Note

Editor's Note — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:37:52 -0800

Two scorpions going after each other.

Quick, big foot! Squash 'em both!

Comment by vooodooo84

vooodooo84 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:02:00 -0800

@18 I personally like Slash-and-Burn Republicans

Comment by TheMisanthrope

TheMisanthrope — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:05:42 -0800

Joykiller @14.

Well duh. But logic doesn't enter the minds of eco-absolutists. OK, I hate that term now that I've written it. But, lets use this as evidence:

we�ll also get a 43 percent increase in miles driven in this region.

As Homer Simpson once said,

Awwwww, anybody can use statistics to prove a point, Kent. Forty percent of the people know that.

Comment by TheMisanthrope

TheMisanthrope — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:06:27 -0800

Joykiller @14.

Well duh. But logic doesn't enter the minds of eco-absolutists. OK, I hate that term now that I've written it. But, lets use this as evidence:

we�ll also get a 43 percent increase in miles driven in this region.

As Homer Simpson once said,

Awwwww, anybody can make up statistics to prove a point, Kent. Forty percent of the people know that.

Comment by Dave Coffman

Dave Coffman — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:06:14 -0800

Connelly doesn't want rapid transit to increase density in Seattle and get people around in the city. That would actually free up space on the roads for the suburbia SUV's.

The suburbanites would rather pay an extra 50 bucks a month for a 3rd seat, 4 wheel drive they never will need and seat warmers in a relatively warm climate. Their short sighted thinking means I have no sympathy for those who spend days of their life each year stuck on 405.

Comment by stop it

stop it — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:47:32 -0800

#26: "Connelly doesn't want rapid transit to increase density in Seattle and get people around in the city."

Stop it!! There is no plan to build any more light rail within the city of Seattle besides the inevitable Northgate extension that even Connelly supports.