The Seattle chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight (and every Tuesday), 8PM at the Montlake Ale House, 2307 24th Avenue E.
Once again I’m offering a free copy of Sen. Byron Dorgan’s new book, Take This Job and Ship It to the first person to show up with a functioning breathalyzer.
Washington liberals will also be drinking tonight in the Tri-Cities. Here’s a full run down of WA’s ten Drinking Liberally chapters:
| Where: | When: | Next Meeting: | |
| Burien: | Mick Kelly’s Irish Pub, 435 SW 152nd St | Fourth Wednesday of each month, 7:00 pm onward | September 27 |
| Kirkland: | Valhalla Bar & Grill, 8544 122nd Ave NE | Every Thursday, 7:00 pm onward | September 7 |
| Monroe: | Eddie’s Trackside Bar and Grill, 214 N Lewis St | Second Wednesday of each month, 7:00 PM onward | September 13 |
| Olympia: | The Tumwater Valley Bar and Grill, 4611 Tumwater Valley Drive South | First and third Monday of each month, 7:00-9:00 pm | September 18 |
| Seattle: | Montlake Ale House, 2307 24th Ave E | Every Tuesday, 8:00 pm onward | September 5 |
| Spokane: | Red Lion BBQ & Pub, 126 N Division St | Every Wednesday, 7:00 pm | September 6 |
| Tacoma: | Meconi’s Pub, 709 Pacific Ave | Every Wednesday, 8:00 pm onward | September 6 |
| Tri-Cities: | Atomic Ale, 1015 Lee Blvd, Richland | Every Tuesday, 7:00 pm onward | September 5 |
| Vancouver: | Hazel Dell Brew Pub, 8513 NE Highway 99 | Second and fourth Tuesday of each month, 7:00 pm onward | September 12 |
| Walla Walla: | The Green Lantern, 1606 E Isaacs Ave | First Friday of each month, 8:00 pm onward | October 6 |
Hopefully, all 10 locations are within walking distance of the folks drinking. Even one drink can adversely affect judgement and reaction times.
Over a week since I first pointed this out to him, and McGavick still hasn’t publically called upon the Speaker of the House or the Senate Majority Leader to pass Cantwell’s bill to make permanant the Sales Tax Deduction from federal income taxes.
What’s the matter, Mike!?????? Don’t you care about Washington families, or was your “outrage” over Cantwell’s vote against the Republican trifecta bill just another misleading campaign tactic?
Crashing through boundaries of space and time, here is how I foresee the conversation between McGavick and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (if McGavick bothers or dares to make the call):
Frist: “Hello?”
Mike: “Uh, Sen. Frist, Sir, this is Mike McGavick.”
Frist: “Mike? Mike who?”
Mike: “Mike McGavick. You know. Mike! The Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Washington Sate.”
Frist: “We have a Senate candidate in Washington State?”
Mike: “Uh, Yes Sir, we do. It’s me.”
Frist: “Isn’t that Cantwell’s seat?”
Mike: “Correct, Sir.”
Frist: “Oh, sorry, buddy. I didn’t realize we had found a sacrificial lamb, err, stooge, err, candidate to run for that seat.”
Mike: “Well, yes Sir, we did, and its me.
Frist: “Oh, I remember now. You’re the guy that got all the Safeco money. It took Rove and a team of lawyers a month to figure out how to turn that campaign contribution into a ‘bonus’. “
Mike: “Yes, Sir, that’s me. And I intend to earn the money when I get to the Senate, Sir.”
Frist: “Well, Mike, that’s what was intended. Make sure Safeco gets it’s money worth. Got to keep the big contributers happy, don’t we? Now, what can I do for you? Make it quick. We’re going out to dinner, and I intend to stiff the waitress on the tip….”
Mike: “Well, Sen. Frist, that’s kind of what I was going to call you about. “
Frist: “Oh?”
Mike: “Well, you see, I was making the whole minimum wage/sales tax deduction/estate tax repeal a campaign issue against Cantwell. You know, telling voters that she voted against the sales tax deduction bill, and it will cost them money.”
Frist: “Well, that’s why we did it! It’s a win-win proposition for us. We knew that there was no way in hell the minimum wage bill would pass with the estate tax repeal added to it, so it gave us a free pass to toss in a few more “hand grenades” while we are at it. This one was aimed right at Cantwell. We already had the ads scripted before the bill even made it out of the house”.
Mike: “Yes Sir, and I appreciate it. But see, now I’m in a bit of a bind.
Frist: “How can you be in a bind? We gave it to you on a silver platter! What could be easier?!”
Mike: “Well, see, when I was working for Slade Gorton, I was his campaign manager, and I made this misleading negative ad about his opponent….”
Frist: “So? That’s what you were expected to do!”
Mike: “Well, I kind of apologized for it….”
Frist: “YOU WHAT???!!!!! WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU DO A STUPID THING LIKE THAT????!!!!!”
Mike: “Well, they told me that I needed to be “more human”, and that if I apologized for some minor things, it would make it more difficult for my opponent to criticize me for it….”
Frist: “Well, I hope you didn’t do something stupid and apologize for anything else, like getting arrested for drunk driving in another state where nobody knows about it…”
Mike: “Well, Sir, I know you are busy, so instead of getting off on that tangent, I’d better get right to the point.
Frist: “Please do (getting impatient).”
Mike: “Well, it seems that since I apologized for one misleading ad, I’m getting a lot of heat from the papers about running the current misleading ad. What with Cantwell being the main sponsor of the legislation to continue the State Sales Tax Deduction and all, it IS kind of misleading to argue that she voted against it in the bill we loaded up with poison pills….”
Frist: “Well, screw the papers! Most of our voters don’t read anyway. Just keep hammering away with those ads!”
Mike: “Well, its been pointed out pretty clearly that if I really wanted the state sales tax deduction, all I had to do was ask you to have the Republicans in the House vote for Cantwell’s bill, which has already passed in the Senate.”
Frist: “So? I’m not sure I like the way this conversation is heading….”
Mike: “So, if I ask you to have the House Republicans approve the Senate bill, and they do it, then I can take credit for saving the Sales Tax Deduction!”
Frist: “You IDIOT! We don’t give a rat’s ass about the sales tax deduction! It doesn’t really affect our base anyway, it’s pocket change to them. The income tax is the only thing that concerns them! If we extend the sales tax deduction, then it might make it harder to get more income tax cuts for our rich contributors! Hell, even my own state is going to be hurt by the expiration of the state sales tax deduction, but you don’t see me trying to save it, do you????”
Mike: “But, I don’t think I can win if we don’t do it….”
Frist: “Look, Mike, I thought you were smarter than that. There is no way in hell you are going to win anyway. I’m surprised you even took the job. But just keep hammering away with those ads. Like I said, most of our supporters can’t read newspapers anyway, so it is bound to have some effect. Even though it won’t get you elected, it might bring in more contributors from Washington state we can add to our database for national fund-raising.
Just like that election challenge to your governor’s race. We knew it was all bogus, but we got our folks so riled up by blaming the Democrats for vote-stealing, the money is just pouring in! It was well worth the money we spent on it. Hell, now when somebody catches us stealing elections anywhere in the country, we just start blathering about King County, and even the newspapers get tired of it and move on.
Well, Mike, I’ve gotta go! Good Luck!”
“Click”.
Northwest Forum for Politics and Policy
“According to a survey almost 65% of Americans believe the war in Iraq has created more terrorists. If we consider Bush’s ratings plummeted, and anybody that disagrees with his administration is called a terrorist, it makes a lot of sense.”
Pedro Bartes’ Jokes, online at BobRivers.com
Why not just have a single, flat rate income tax with no deductions? Why do we have to have this complicated mess?
Over a week since I first pointed this out to him, and McGavick still hasn’t publically called upon the Speaker of the House or the Senate Majority Leader to pass Cantwell’s bill to make permanant the Sales Tax Deduction from federal income taxes.
What’s the matter, Mike!?????? Don’t you care about Washington families, or was your “outrage” over Cantwell’s vote against the Republican trifecta bill just another misleading campaign tactic?
Hopefully Goldy or someone else in attendance gets a DUI on the way home. That’d be divine justice huh? Oh, I forgot; but when it happens to a whiney tree-hugging Dem. it’s profiling right?
@4: If that’s true, then how is it Maria Cantvotewell supports the war?
100,000 Ex-Felons Gain Right To Vote In Tennessee – In Time For November Elections
On September 5, 2006 at the Clarksville – Montgomery County Board of
Education, Building 621 Gracey Ave., Clarksville, TN, starting at 6:30 p.m.
a special panel of guests that will include:
Representatives from the Election Commission, TN Bar Association, The
Brennan Center for Justice, as well as a Former Convicted Felon who will
vote for the first time in his life, will participate in a “Get Your Right
to Vote Back” Town Hall Meeting.
What was once the country’s most confusing voter restoration system, with
six different procedures and sub-categories for restoration, has now been
streamlined into a single restoration process which will give back the
state’s 100,000 former felons their right to vote, has many of them flocking
to town hall meetings hosted by the ACLU & NAACP across the state.
The meeting is expected to be attended by Former Felons, Family Members of
Former Felons, Attorneys, Law Enforcement, City & County Officials, Judges,
Politicians, Church Clergy, Etc. and a tentatively scheduled special
appearance by TN Governor Phil Bredesen, who signed the bill into law in
June 2006.
The League of Women Voters will be on hand to conduct voter registration for
Former Felons and any other potential voters in the Community.
We urge you, the Media, to come out to cover and learn more about this
important voting rights issue. […………………………………..Carl Grossman and the NAACP are “gettin out da MoFo vote”!!! Marlboros, KFC, and lots of King Cobra to wash down the KFC “crispies”!!]
Thus if you are one of those Insurance Office insiders who think Kreidler should be more partisan, I urge you to act on your convictions and please leak me any relevant documents. I promise to maintain your anonymity, and once again affirm my pledge to go to jail before ever revealing a source. -by Goldy, 08/31/2006, 11:13 AM
Thus if you are one of those LIBERAL LONELY HEARTS CLUB DRUNKS insiders who think LA GOLDIE AND HIS COMRADES should be OUTED AS THE DRUNKEN PIGS THAT THEY ARE, I urge you to act on your convictions and please leak me PHOTOS, DRAWINGS AND/OR TAPES OF ALL THEIR STAGGERING, PUKING, BEING ARRESTED AND DIDDLING MINOR TRAMPS. I promise to maintain your anonymity, and once again affirm my pledge to go to jail before ever revealing a source.
“Sit down, everyone! The muslims promised us they will land the plane safely. We Need to trust them!” [Carl Grossman]
“Sit down on the plane! If you rush the terrorists, it will only make them mad, and create more terrorists.” [Carl Grossman]
” Why not just have a single, flat rate income tax with no deductions? Why do we have to have this complicated mess? ”
And base it on net worth, and not “wages” right?
You would think the rich would want to pay more for better security…. That way they get to keep their $$$ and someone starving wouldn’t want to slit their throats for a sandwich.
” 100,000 Ex-Felons Gain Right To Vote In Tennessee – In Time For November Elections ”
Tennessee, isn’t that the state where almost every Republican official was officially pardoned by the governor for playing favorites on hiring?
Tennessee where the corruption is like a big Republican family…
“Attention: Sit down, everyone! The muslims promised us they will land the plane safely if we are nice to them. We need to trust them! They have rights and we must not offend their believes!” [Democrat Carl Grossman]
14……..The Democrat Ford family!!!!! hehe, JCH
I wish you all a well deserved DUI on the way home…Hic Try not to drive off a bridge with your mistress while you are at it…Hic….
You have the perfect candidate in Washington State for the US Senate. An
Independent with unique credentials…
I remember Tennessee, and Lamar Alexander’s election as Governor. In Tennessee there is a traditional date for the new Governor to be inaugurated, but the Legislature actually has the power to set the Inaugural Day. The Democratic leaders of the Tennessee Legislature went to Alexander and asked him to take office early. Seems they wanted to stop the outgoing Democratic Governor from selling any more pardons and emptying the Tennessee prisons…
Ah, yes, Tennessee. Where Knoxvile Democrat powerhouse Jake Butcher- who had been defeated by Lamar Alexander in an upset victory- plotted and connived with Jimmy Carter’s old friend and budget director Bert Lance on how to rip off banks without having to use a gun. Butcher was eventually sent off to federal prison with his bank declared insolvent- the fourth largest bank failure in American history.
Yes, Tennessee- home of such honest Democrats. And don’t forget the shenanigans of the brothers Harold and John Ford, either. Or of sister Ophelia.
Not that a Tennessee Democrat would ever do anything illegal.
JK at 19: Until the mid-1930’s, private utilities argued that the government should not get involved in providing electricity to the public, but they only served the cities (stringing line in rural areas was not considered profitable). The Republican administrations agreed, and much of the rural south was without power (the power companies were big supporters of the Republicans back then). Only when FDR created the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Rural Electrification Project was electricity available to most of the South. Sometimes, in the 1960’s when my mother would turn on the lights in our house, she would mutter, “Thank God for FDR and TVA!” I thought this was rather strange, until I visited some of her relatives and they all did the same.
So after that, the South was solidly Democratic through the 1970’s. Even though the Civil Rights movement caused some splits in the Democratic party, even Wallace wouldn’t run as a Republican, he would rather try a third-party run for the Presidency instead.
Unfortunately, this meant that any Republican who wanted to get elected to public office had to pretend he was a Democrat. It wasn’t until Lamar Alexander was elected that the Republicans found they could get elected to office in Tennessee.
I think its much better, now. Now all the crooks in Tennessee are free to call themselves Republicans, and you know where they stand.
ROGER RABBIT ON VACATION
Time for me to head for the truck stop to hitch a ride to Vegas! http://tinyurl.com/q368g I sure as hell don’t plan to HOP all the way there! Roger Rabbit is going to personally check out the salad bars in the Vegas casinos for two weeks.
Commentby Roger Rabbit— 9/5/06@ 12:32 am
Couldn’t make it to DL. Golden shower at Ann Coulter’s place last night. -Commentby Roger Rabbit— 9/6/06@ 7:49 am
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Rodent Rarebit, aka, shit on a shingle on the “town”. in classy {/snicker} Vegas
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