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  • Comment on soundslikepuget's answer…
    Spaceship_small

    Could also be that they've got it hemmed in by contractual obligations on either side, and didn't see the hour long format coming down the pike at them.
    Obviously splitting it in two on two different days is not the best solution, but public affairs and network news public affairs programs are extremely low priority for the local station. They basically "run themselves" without any attention paid to them.
    Obviously some people like Russ get very worked up over them, and they SHOULD vent their frustration over the programming decision. It's the way that things get done. That, and if a paying sponsor wants to complain or offer to sponsor it in the full hour format, you bet that it would be fixed PRONTO! Money talks in a commercial TV station.

  • Comment on Tracy M's answer…
    Wa_usa_small

    I think you nailed it! I had not considered the capacity aspect. I just looked it up, and all the NBA arenas are generally in the 17,000-20,000 seat range. Clearly, 10,000 wouldn't cut it. Thanks!

  • Comment on soundslikepuget's answer…
    Qlandav2ex_small

    Well, at least they have invented an apparently LAME but acceptable ruse to sell the viewing public now. I called them last week and got a spokesperson that initially didn't see any problem because they do air two halves (ON DIFFERENT DAYS!) but then later basically said "OK, well I'll pass on the comment." to stop talking to me.

    I mentioned "Meet the Press" at one point and the spokesperson jumped on the comment saying it wasn't their network, and I had to instruct them to listen to the whole point I was making because I was saying THAT program was viewable in its entirety over one continuous hour on another station.

    The reason that I don't buy this lame excuse they sold you is because they have shuffled the starting time of the CBS Sunday Morning program willy nilly on any whim over the last couple of years. You get lulled into thinking it is on at 7 am and then we would arise to see it and discover the program in progress (with only 30 minutes remaining) because they shifted it with no explanation that particular time to start at 6 am.

    I do appreciate the effort you went through, but I think that the response you got (hidden behind short format faceless comment) was just baloney and a way to shine potential viewers on. Besides, during this important election year, they have their JUNK BLENDERS TO SELL.

  • Comment on Russ Campbell, NWEBS's answer…
    Bierce1_small

    Like the media would ever let that happen!

  • Comment on Russ Campbell, NWEBS's answer…
    Yosemite_ariel_small

    public financing of all political campaigns. take away the incentive to let these criminals continue to commit crimes, and pretty soon we'll have legislators who put criminals in jail instead of going to work for la familia after their tenure in Congress has ended.

  • Comment on Fnarf's answer…
    Gold-head_small

    Pshaw. Seattle should be "Wanda".

  • Comment on Malcolmxy's answer…
    Yosemite_ariel_small

    No worries. One thing to consider about your vote - in '84, Mondale won DC, MA, and almost took WA...and that's it.

    Obama would have to screw up in a pretty major way to lose this state, which was another consideration in my choice to move away from him with my vote.

    I ain't tellin' ya what to do, only that your strategy in doing it may be doing you no good whatsoever.

    Good luck and I hope you can find something in your government to be happy about, if only because that probably means I will find something as well.

  • Comment on Malcolmxy's answer…
    Bauhaus_small

    Thanks, Malcolm. Interesting concepts. I'm not courageous enough to vote 3rd party yet because since - oh, I'd say about 1988 - my vote hasn't been a vote for someone as much as it has been a vote against someone else. Strategic elections. And I don't know that I can buy the idea that Bush and Obama are two sides of the same coin although you have plenty of ammo to argue that reasonably well. But those neo-Conservative wack jobs are scary. I think they have deep-seated ulterior motives and agendas. Many really are only interested in keeping themselves in Gucci loafers - and they are more than financially set come what may (but are always looking for ways to get more financially set). They don't care about Everyday Joe because they can drive by the poor and homeless in their limos and never have to look them in the eyes. They don't give a fuck about air or water pollution - the natural products of capitalism - because they'll always be able to afford a pristine mountaintop in Switzerland. They accuse me of trying to start a class war as if that's a bad thing. Obama may not be able to change the country for the good as much as Romney and his clan might be able change it for the worse, but I do believe President Obama is better for this country - that his heart is usually in the right place and that is why the other side hates him so. I respect your desire to express yourself in the voting booth though. That is supposed to be how it functions after all. And your proposal makes a great deal of sense: weeding out the entrenched ruling class that this country was never supposed to have in the first place.

    Thanks for the great response!

  • Comment on Fnarf's answer…
    Spaceship_small

    Oh, now you're just being silly.
    Seattle should be renamed "Jesse". He's much bigger than Michael...

  • Comment on protosaurus's answer…
    Spaceship_small

    So, what was actually accomplished?

  • Comment on protosaurus's answer…
    Mr_small

    I kept a close eye on the latest news throughout the day, and am glad that the violent criminal type people didn't act up as bad as last time.. It didn't spread to the area where I work. Bus was running just fine. Thanks for your input, protosaurus!

  • Comment on protosaurus's answer…
    Eagle_small

    So, how dis it go?

  • Comment on Fnarf's answer…
    Photo_on_2012-01-03_at_17

    Then should Seattle be renamed Michael?

    Oh, then we'd have to rename Bellingham to Latoya.

    Vancouver would become Janet.

    Pullman could be Tito.

    Spokane could be Germaine.

    of course, you could branch out to have Olympia be Jesse.

    Tacoma could be Mahalia, etc.

  • Comment on Sacrelicious's answer…
    Wa_usa_small

    For what it's worth, I always thought it was kind of unfair that Seattle has a "Spokane Street" but Spokane doesn't have a "Seattle Street." Ditto for Bellevue Ave on Capitol Hill, and no Seattle Ave in Bellevue. TANGENT I know....

  • Comment on O my captain's answer…
    Wa_usa_small

    Yeah but the thing is that Puget Sound, depending on how you define it, only touches a maximum of 12 of the state's 39 counties. (that's using the State definition incorporating all waters inward of Tatoosh Island near Cape Flattery, if you use the strictest federal definition you could be only looking at 6/39 counties)

  • Comment on Christina L's answer…
    Wa_usa_small

    Not to mention the fact that the "Salish Sea" only touches 12 of the 39 counties in the state

  • Comment on O my captain's answer…
    Subcultureoftwo_small

    I vote for Humptulips.

  • Comment on Christina L's answer…
    Subcultureoftwo_small

    Yeah, but I'm sure a lot of the non-Salish First Nations people in WA would have something to say about that. There were/are a lot of different tribes here.

  • Comment on protosaurus's answer…
    Wa_usa_small

    Oh man, I forgot about Goodspaceguy!! And Mike the Mover!

  • Comment on jeaster's answer…
    275945_100000056402162_163196_n_small

    From Wikipedia:

    The word cult in current popular usage usually refers to a new religious movement or other group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre

    But more specifically, see the article on "Cult of Personality".

    Under Noriega's hand I myself found myself often close to suicide. Indeed, if he can do to me, a old man marginalized by health and random traumatic assault, I would not be surprised to see him do most anything. You should look the man up and hear for yourself.

  • Comment on asteria's answer…
    Avatar_default

    "Discrimination" has gotten a bad name because its definition has been stretched. The "bad" kind of discrimination is better labeled "prejudice". The "good" kind of discrimination has to do with making judicious distinctions, as in a "discriminating voter". It's a good thing!

  • Comment on jeze's answer…
    Avatar_default

    Thank you so much!Was starting to think I was crazy when I couldn't find any info regarding this.

  • Comment on dionemm's answer…
    Wa_usa_small

    This is a great answer, thank you. I had not heard anything on the news reports about traffic diverting through Vashon via Washington State Ferries. Nice to hear from an islander's perspective. Sorry that your community was inundated.

    It should all give us pause from an earthquake readiness / homeland security perspective. We are surrounded by water, and have limited ways across it. If we lose one way across, it puts strain on others. Sounds like perhaps we should't suggest Vashon as an alternative but maybe the 101 through Olympia and Bremerton/Bainbridge Ferries are still viable alternatives? It would seem maybe Bainbridge could take it better having the larger boats and the Agate Pass Bridge.

    Thank you for the answer, and enjoy the mushroom!

  • Comment on Sacrelicious's answer…
    Subcultureoftwo_small

    (at least, this would have been my rationale as I sat there, stupidly freezing my ass off)

  • Comment on internet_jen's answer…
    Wa_usa_small

    Yeah, I mean I wasn't there. I was up in Bellingham this week, but from watching KOMO and seeing the news on Twitter it appeared that people just sat there in Tacoma for 7 hours bitching about how they couldn't get across Puget Sound. WTF? You're right, I would have totally cancelled an unnecessary trip, but for an important trip it doesn't make sense to me to just sit there. It would have taken, what an hour to scoot up to West Seattle and a half hour to cross the sound on a ferry to Southworth? Color me confused

  • Comment on soundslikepuget's answer…
    Wa_usa_small

    Read this CBS News article and look at this comic by Seattle cartoonist Matthew Inman, aka "The Oatmeal"

    http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57360665-503544/sopa-pipa-what-you-need-to-know/

    http://theoatmeal.com/sopa

  • Comment on soundslikepuget's answer…
    Spaceship_small

    I don't. Where can I go to find out about this?

  • Comment on Ballard Pimp's answer…
    Wa_usa_small

    I hunt on one of those bluffs.

  • Comment on capicola's answer…
    Ozomahtli_small

    LOL ...
    "I have cholera!"
    "What?"

  • Comment on Danger's answer…
    Labcoat_small

    Haha!