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  1. It isn’t Google which the Times is aiming at, but the internet itself. It is the internet which makes hard-copy print publishing archaic, if not obsolete. But they know they would be foolish to say that. So they try to focus on another target. They can’t use Microsoft, it’s too close to their home turf. So they choose Google, an out-of-state rival, which conveniently has a lot of money right now, as the scapegoat for their own troubles.

    The Times concedes that Google isn’t doing anything illegal. But it tries to make you afraid that somehow Google is stealing your important private information.

    I wouldn’t be half surprised if sometime in the near future we didn’t see the Times publish an updated version of the Chronicles of the Elders of Zion, with Google executives purported to be the primary authors.

  2. I am not defending the Seattle Times, but Goldy’s healthy skepticism of big business sometimes seems to lapse when it comes to Google. I think they have the potential to be the most dangerous corporation on the planet. Enjoy the good products they produce, but never, ever take your eye off of them.

  3. The Times got this one right!

    THE Times begins its endorsements for 2010 with a nod to state Sen. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor.

    In a Democratic caucus that spent too much and taxed too much, Kilmer, representing the 26th Legislative District, has been a vote for moderation. He favored the new tax on cigarettes, but bucked Democratic leaders by voting against the $800 million in tax increases and against the final budget. His independence should be rewarded at the ballot box.

  4. The Seattle Times is a ‘homer’ paper of the first magnitude. They have the mistaken idea that being a booster for Microsoft is good for the city and the state.

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