The Ignorance is Just Too Much!

Just reading the headlines from today's posting by ShiftWA today is enough to make me wonder how much longer civilization will be able to function before it devolves into chaos!!! (Especially the last article.)

Happening in Olympia

Washington state Superintendent of Public Instruction, Chris Reykdal, believes legislative Democrats should punish voters for passing I-976.  In a tweet sent just as the votes were coming in Tuesday evening, Reykdal states, “If Washington State Legislative Democrats do not pull down transportation projects in direct proportion to the 976 yes votes by county, then nothing will change! If certain counties want transportation taxes cut, then they don’t get the projects. Step up Democrats!” While it is refreshing to see a Democrat honestly display his belief that the public is here to serve the needs of the government, it is discouraging that he is so clueless to understand that it is this attitude which leads voters to pass initiatives like I-976. (Twitter) The latest scientific evidence against the breaching of our regions’ dams comes from the lack of wind the Pacific Northwest has experienced during the past week. Many who support the dams’ removal claim wind generated power could replace the lost hydroelectric power.  Yet during the past week during the calm weather wind generated only 0.04% of the regions power needs while hydroelectric supplied as much as 78%. (Washington Policy Center)

Western Washington

In a fundraising email sent moments after King County vote totals were released, Kshama Sawant blames Amazon for her poor showing.  Amazon had not spent a cent when Sawant had negative approval ratings in the 40’s and 50s.  Amazon did not force Sawant to play a game on her phone while a citizen tried to speak to the council.  Amazon did not participate in the primary election when Sawant obtained only 37% of the vote.  Amazon did not develop Sawant’s fundraising strategy of obtaining 40% of her funds from out of state (Seattle voters don’t like that). Amazon was not the one who made Sawant look hypocritical by having her staff make repeated purchases from Amazon.com.  And Amazon certainly was not the one who imposed a head tax on Amazon that lost Sawant support among the unions. (Sawant email, SeattleMet, YouTube, King County Elections, ShiftWA, and Crosscut) While most of America will be honoring veterans this weekend, the Mayor of Port Angeles wants to remove the silhouettes of soldiers from a fence at the city’s Veterans Park.  Mayor Sissi Bruch said, “I’ve had comments from people saying do we have to do guys with guns when guns are killing our children in schools?” Since Governor Inslee inserted himself into a picture of colonial soldiers (to call himself a “Founding Father of Climate Change”), we wonder if he supports his liberal friend in taking these silhouettes down from Veterans’ Park?  (Port Angeles Daily News and ShiftWA)