A lot of other blogs and newsy sites tend to shut down over the weekend, but not HA, because we’re writers, and write is what we do. So in case you missed it, here’s a summary of the some of the more important stories, commentaries and observations posted over the weekend:
Is the public option a “slippery slope” to single-payer?
Gov. Howard Dean spoke about healthcare reform at Town Hall Friday night, and as he was finishing signing books, I asked him if Republican critics are right when they claim that the public option is merely a slippery slope to a single-payer system. And his answer…? Listen to the audio for yourself.
Stars and Steel Bars
King County Initiative 100, whose aim was to prevent the building of a new jail, fell short of the number of signatures needed to qualify for the ballot. But as Lee reports, the campaign did raise an important question as to why “we’re considering such a costly infrastructure investment that hardly anyone wants and is not necessary”…?
U.S. Rep. Rick Steves?
Those righties who just hate travel writer Rick Steves for his outspoken advocacy for ending our prohibition on marijuana, and who spit up bile watching his humanizing PBS travelogue of Iran, will go absolutely nuts at the thought of Steves running for Congress. But word is, that’s exactly what Steves plans to do when Rep. Jay Inslee steps down to run for governor.
Inslee announces agreement on Medicare reimbursement
And speaking of Rep. Inslee, the WA-01 Democrat held a sparsely attended press conference Saturday to announce a major healthcare agreement he helped broker, that nobody in our local press seems interested in covering. I’ll have more later today.
Is it because writing is what you do, or is it because you haven’t got a life, so you’re stuck at your keyboard?
Goldy…’fess up…when was the last time you had a date with a woman to whom you aren’t related by blood or marriage?
Or attended a non-political social or cultural event? Caught a Mariners game (Cleveland swept the weekend series, so there would be some latitude given if you are too embarrassed to admit being at Safeco)?
How about the Andrew Wyeth exhibit at SAM? I’m looking forward to catching that before it leaves in late September.
Heck, even some of the free Shakespeare in the Park events that are sprinkled all throughout King County. Get you some Ezell’s and a lawn chair, and get thee to a parkery. Don’t forget to take the appropriate Folger’s Library folio of the evening’s production. Always fun to follow along or see what gets cut or moved about.
But please don’t try to con us into thinking you hang about the HA Happy Hoolihovel awaiting breaking news to report. You ain’t no monk!
The Piper
Hmmm
Piper ……
Given all the time you spend her???????????
Piper @1,
It amazes me how critiques of mine constantly fail to draw up an even vaguely accurate psychological profile, when in fact I have always been perfectly honest and upfront about what motivates me.
Don’t believe me if you don’t want to, but I write because that is what writers do.
@2…Hole-in-the-Sockpuppet…
Read your post very carefully – Freudian slip? You should meet my friend, Red.
I’m around here in amongst my many, many other activities.
The Piper
@3…Goldy…
Yeah, and that’s what Poe used to say right up until the day he died in his version of a Hoolihovel, drunk, broke, bereft, and alone.
Enjoying a Cask of Amontillado are you?
The Piper
‘A lot of other blogs and newsy sites tend to shut down over the weekend, but not HA….’
Not surprising, as the tens of readers here and Goldy himself are habitually unemployed, so weekends become meaningless.
@6: Gee, was that supposed to be clever repartee Mark1?
You just come across as an obnoxious fool.
@ 1,
Yeah, Goldy, when was the last time you spent the weekend like a very old, very white guy?