http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/06/22/welfare-queen-city Comments On: Welfare Queen City by Dan Savage en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by kk in seattle]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:04:37 -0700 The Stranger
McDermott's FY 2009 earmarks
Posted by RonK, Seattle]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:33:32 -0700 The Stranger
The "100 earmarks", BTW, are requests ... not earmarks enacted (just as the Rainier Club earmark request is not expected to pass).

And while I don't favor this earmark, it would put working people to work, stimulus-wise. Did you imagine the pointing and glazing was going to be done by out-of-work Club members???
Posted by RonK, Seattle]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:32:38 -0700 The Stranger http://tinyurl.com/nmqkvx
Posted by Eric F]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:30:22 -0700 The Stranger
History deserves a few scraps of federal funding.
Posted by seandr]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:16:20 -0700 The Stranger
Pure class.
Posted by Meatbot 3000]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:32:30 -0700 The Stranger
Worth noting is that Welcher used to work in Shrub's administration.
Posted by laterite]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:45:04 -0700 The Stranger Posted by kim in portland]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:27:10 -0700 The Stranger Posted by redwulf25_ci]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:23:35 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:01:04 -0700 The Stranger
What's the big deal?
Posted by Tizzle]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:50:35 -0700 The Stranger Posted by w7ngman]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:44:03 -0700 The Stranger
@5 The Rainier Club is a gym, event venue, restaurant, etc. It hosts world renowned poets, author, artists, etc. Members join for all sorts of reasons, including just wanting a place to socialize with people they know and people they don't.

While private clubs have the reputation of being old snobby rich white republicans, the Rainier Club is anything but. From my and other members' estimates, about 80% of the club voted for Obama. There are a lot of black members (despite being located in an extremely white city). And, furthermore, the people aren't snobby. At all.

I'm a member, and when I first read this article I was sort of appalled at this request. But then I saw that there were more than *100* local projects. Could preserving one of the oldest buildings in Seattle make it into a top 100 list of local projects? I don't know - I'll need to see the rest of the list - but I think it's certainly possible.
Posted by Gayle]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:31:16 -0700 The Stranger Posted by muggims]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:21:26 -0700 The Stranger
Huh. Actually the dictionary says the word dates to the 19th century; I had assumed it was older. Nevertheless, it's an anti-Welsh slur.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:15:48 -0700 The Stranger
A little etymology lesson: welch/welsh originated as a slur against the Welsh due to their supposed habit of not making good on their promises. The English, who were just as likely to break their treaties with the Welsh, are exempt from that slur, probably because they eventually won.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:13:31 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Cracker Jack]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:34:24 -0700 The Stranger

Posted by The Unspoken]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:33:23 -0700 The Stranger Historylink.org, which cites the late great Walt Crowley on the matter, the Rainier Club did not admit its first black member until 1978. That same year saw the admission of their first woman member.

I've been there just once, and it is a lovely setting. But, fuck them for their backwards ways.
Posted by kerri harrop]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:27:26 -0700 The Stranger
Plus the aura of the structure does help fundraising events vacuum the fancier local wallets to support, if not progressive causes, at least some decently liberal ones now and again.

On the funny throwback front, the website lists the names of its Heritage Society, charged with fundraising from members to pay for windows and such. Among the Society notables are such names as DeVere J. Burtenshaw, Penelope Peabody, and Corinne Crabs. You can't make shit like that up.
Posted by gloomy gus]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:12:57 -0700 The Stranger
How much is the unmentioned lifetime enrollment fee?


Posted by gyms are happy to accept new members without screening]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:05:59 -0700 The Stranger
Meanwhile Alaska gets ten times more per capita subsidies than our Green city ever will.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:04:45 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Simac]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:02:37 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Lacking Creativity]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:02:25 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Max J]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:58:10 -0700 The Stranger