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Friday, August 15, 2008

The Morning News

posted by on August 15 at 8:34 AM

Taking sides: Bush demands withdrawal of Russian troops, says U.S. will side with Georgia in the conflict.

Making threats: Russian says Poland’s decision to accept American missile receptor base could expose them to a nuclear attack.

I can see clearly Mao: Nepalese parliament elects Maoist as new prime minister.

An extended affair: Lawyers who provided evidence for Edwards in December may have been a part of a long effort to cover up the affair.

Ad nauseam: Banks went out of their way in advertising efforts to lure customers into debt.

Golden boy: Phelps grabs sixth gold medal.

All in the family: Report blames teen drug use on negligent parents.

Rising value: Homeowners surprised by increase in assessed value of some King County homes.

Shuttle f*ck: Federal rules bar Metro from continuing park and ride service to Seahawks games.

Paper ‘plaints: Lawyer’s concern over a 1998 article in the SPU student newspaper leads to dispute between school administrators and student editors.

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1

Yay! Either more expensive shuttle bus service, or none at all! Score another win for the magic of privatization. When will people learn that government is never the best solution?

Posted by elenchos | August 15, 2008 9:05 AM
2

Hmm, maybe football fans could pay their own way to the stadium rather than hop on the taxpayer's dime. Seeing as how they got their stadium for free and all. That's what I'm thinking.

Posted by Fnarf | August 15, 2008 9:09 AM
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Momo giggly headline of the day belongs to USA Today, front page above the fold: "Can Phelps Ever Be Topped?"

Posted by tomasyalba | August 15, 2008 9:15 AM
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Since Metro is subsidized, its us, the non-riders and people who watch the games on TV who foot the bill.

There is ample standard bus routes to Qwest.

Let's let private enterprise have a chance to offer a service without government monopolies pricing them out of the system using false numbers.

A Sounder rider is subsidized to the tune of $40,000 per annum by voters!

Posted by John Bailo | August 15, 2008 9:15 AM
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Come on Russia! You ain't got the BALLS to nuke anyone!!! Come on Russian bitches!!

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | August 15, 2008 9:18 AM
6

Pigeon O'Brien? Really?

And Ms. Marple???

Jesus...

Posted by Jubilation T. Cornball | August 15, 2008 9:20 AM
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So so many saw through Edwards, or the Breck Girl – which is Rush Limbaugh's moniker for him, as the smooth talkin' former trial lawyer was building up a grass roots campaign. Now we know we, and that not-so-innocent-and-sweet Mrs. Edwards as well, were laughing the whole time thinking they safely stored the ticking time bomb of a tawdry infidelity and a love child away. Hopefully until after the nomination. They were right about two Americas, the 'pooour' and the snobs and charlatans that they belong to.

Posted by raindrop | August 15, 2008 9:23 AM
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Fnarf, the buses are doing a public service by helping reduce Seahawks-induced congestion, which would induce a cost on the rest of us anyway. Although it wouldn't hurt for the Seahawks to chip in a bit for it.

Posted by tsm | August 15, 2008 9:25 AM
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McCain on the Georgia/Russia conflict:

My friends, we have reached a crisis, the first probably serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War. This is an act of aggression.
Posted by w7ngman | August 15, 2008 9:27 AM
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Yes, tsm, I agree in theory, and I support transit subsidies. But the Seahawks (and the Mariners) have already received SO MUCH public largesse that it seems ungrateful to keep asking for more.

Posted by Fnarf | August 15, 2008 9:38 AM
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Private enterprise did offer service: at $20 a passenger. Which is never going to sell. People will all drive instead. The end.

There is no "let's let..." or "let them pay..." Nothing happens next except a lot more car trips.

Posted by elenchos | August 15, 2008 9:38 AM
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@ 2, 4: Have either of you ever tried to take a bus from suburbia to SoDo on a Sunday afternoon? Let me tell ya, there aren't a lot of options there.

I agree with tsm that the Seahawks should chip in, but Metro 1) already has the necessary infrastructure that no private company could get, and 2) does a good thing for these fans by reducing congestion and car trips/fuel use/pollution in the city (which affect a lot more people than the fans themselves). I probably won't use the shuttle (I'm not a big fan), but I'm happy to help get the huddled suburban masses on transit.

Posted by spark | August 15, 2008 9:45 AM
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Posted by Slog Hating Internet Troll | August 15, 2008 9:47 AM
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Hey everyone! Hempfest, etc., mentioned at Reason Magazine. Pass it on to Dom.

http://www.reason.com/blog/show/128120.html

Posted by P to the J | August 15, 2008 9:55 AM
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Argh! The other great thing about the Park n Ride Metro buses on game days were that they were idiot-proof and not intimidating for people who do not normally ride the bus. This might even lead to some transit-using converts. Even my 60-year-old Dad (who normally took great pride in driving his giant Escalade to the games and paying $50 to park) began regularly using this service after I took him with me one time. The buses drop-off and pick-up right by the stadium, with ample signage and no transfers needed. This kept cars off the road. Driving anywhere before a game is always a nightmare. At $20 for private shuttle service, I can't see ANYONE using this service. *headdesk*

Posted by Tracy | August 15, 2008 10:09 AM
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@3: awesome.

(My favorite moment of the Olympics when I watch it is any time Liam Tancock swims. I may, in fact, be twelve.)

Posted by Abby | August 15, 2008 10:11 AM
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Does this mean that the taxpayer-subsidized metro shuttle busses to the ballet are going to be cancelled, too?

Posted by Mason | August 15, 2008 10:15 AM
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@4
Please put up or shut up. Provide a link, sir!

Political update :

1. Obama continues slow slide.

See realclear polls in swing states:
VA -- McCain is now ahead.
CO -- oopsie, Obama just dropped a point now he's only up 0.4.
So ...... as noted this is essentially a big fat tie race right now. All McCain has to do is overcome 0.5% margins in OH IN and now CO etc. and 1 or 2 other states, and he wins the white house.


2. HRC and BHO announced "agreement" that she will put her name in for roll call vote at the convention. Ha, ha. Nice lipsticking a pig, Mr. O! Shoulda made her your employee & subordinate, and absorbed her whole base, by picking her for VP. So obvious! I guess he's just afraid of her and Bill and feels incapable of managing them? So instead we get a divided-party type convention, like when Kennedy was fighting Carter (leading to Carter loss) and Reagan was fighting Ford (leading to Ford loss). Brilliant!

3. excellent article by Lind in Salon today about how Dems should garner that sweeping huge majority that right now we seem to have no plan to garner in the election this fall. In short, stop listening to upper class lefties and be the party of FDR not the party of McGovern. Get those catholics and baptists and voters who don't love the D's on social issues -- but aren't being spoloken to enough, on economic issues.

Unity, y'all--

Posted by PC | August 15, 2008 10:48 AM
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If the Seahawks shuttle is like the Mariners shuttle, you have to pay more money and they won't honor monthly passes. The tax payers are not out any money and the Seahawks help subsidize Metro for the service.

This is a case of a bigger government telling a smaller government what it can or cannot do. Even if you hate football, you should be pissed that Washington DC is telling Seattle what it can or cannot do.

Posted by elswinger | August 15, 2008 10:50 AM
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Light rail is coming. Admittedly not fast enough, but hell, Seattle's only about, um, 50 years late in getting mass transit. Let's see Starline drop a light rail track from the residential areas to the Stadium.

Oh, and vote yes for light rail expansion.

Posted by K | August 15, 2008 10:59 AM
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#3: I'm sure the question was rhetorical, but let me think about it for an hour or so.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | August 15, 2008 11:28 AM
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Every Seahawks fan who doesn't get there by bus, probably drove.

Do you really want drunk Seahawks fans DRIVING?

I don't think so.

Posted by Will in Seattle | August 15, 2008 11:40 AM

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