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Submitted by WallyCuddeford on Sat, 07/08/2006 - 2:56pm.
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»  Tear it down!
Submitted by Rick on Sat, 07/08/2006 - 1:25pm.
V-ster and I will be going undercover at the Fishbowl, looking for caimans. I think it will take at least a few beers worth of investigation to make sure the place is really clear of our reptilian overlords. Anyone who wanted to lend a hand would be welcome. Operation will commence at 7:00pm.
Submitted by Rick on Sat, 07/08/2006 - 12:57pm.
KOWA, 106.5 FM, Olympia's new progressive voice, invites community participation! If you or someone you know can help, please come to our meetings, currently scheduled for Mondays at 6, at Media Island, 816 Adams St, Downtown by the Library. KOWA will have a special place for local news and commentary (including call-in!), but will also highlight the best of progressive news, analysis and culture from around the globe. We currently schedule Democracy Now! for 8 AM and 6 PM weekdays, but will feature a wide variety of socially relevant material. See: http://kowalp.org/index.php/Schedule for more information. We are putting out the call to our community. Listen, participate, donate, and/or otherwise support Olympia's newest community voice!
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Submitted by Sarah on Sat, 07/08/2006 - 11:09am.
Or did he resign? Or what the heck is going on with those Nazis, anyway?
» Bill White Resigns Why is this important to us locally? Because this man has hassled Drew and other local activists, he posts activist names and addresses and makes false accusations, because he has been a major engine behind troubles here in town and nationally. Plus he is spilling his guts about all sorts of interesting details and he claims that the Washington State NSM may very well soon split off from national or do something else altogether. I personally want the Nazi crew to drop the Nazi and pick up useful tools for building some homes for people in need. And because if you see spontaneous dancing erupt in the streets, this might be part of the reason.
Submitted by youarealldevo on Sat, 07/08/2006 - 10:15am.
Speaking as a leftist,
» The number one problem with left politics (or progressive, as some prefer), is that very often those advancing the discussion do not bother to tailor their argument toward the general public. Instead we get a steady stream of preaching to the converted; a use of language that is tailored toward that in-group; a failure to analyze, understand, and address the concerns of the general public; A dogma that is sometimes just as bad as that from the right and an unwillingness to entertain that notion; and worse, sometimes a certain amount of (sometimes restrained, sometimes not) hostility toward the general public. It's the delivery, most often, and not the general message from the left that holds it back. In fact, it is more productive to analyze your own side than spend all your time on your opposition. "Know yourself first" is the start of all wisdom.
Submitted by WallyCuddeford on Sat, 07/08/2006 - 8:48am.
The nazis were headed to Olympia on Monday. Thankfully, Sheriff was on the case.
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Submitted by The Fire Inside on Sat, 07/08/2006 - 6:06am.
I could see this happening in Olympia. In fact, I think two of Tumwater's elementary schools are named for men who founded the brewery. I just thought this article was a bit humorous, because I can only imagine their reactions at the meeting when someone had to tell them one of the most famous streets was about to be re-named. CNN: LONDON, England (AP) -- Penny Lane will keep its name.
Submitted by rgr on Sat, 07/08/2006 - 4:13am.
Like the black and white in a YingYang, I'm Pro-life and Pro-choice at the same time!
» Pro-life because I boycott cancer causing *benzene*. Pro-choice because I chose to ride a super-clean bike instead of a dirty trash heap of metal vehicle. Americans need to remember about *middle ground*. True, a mother of five might not be able to do all the errands on a bike (assuming the kids are worthless for help), but there are other times when a mother of five *can* ride a bike instead. That's a real choice that really exists. You can't hide it under all the situations that appear not to be choices. He hee. You can't sweep BC under the rug either just because nobody died from it yet. The middle ground there lies somewhere between death and hormone imbalances that can alter many physiological functions in the body like mood and weight. There is middle ground between everything. For instance, here I am calling for a bike rally, and I don't even hardly ever ride a bike. I ride a board. Yet, the police treat skateboarders and bikers differently. Can't skateboard at the heart of America's symbol of freedom (captiol campus), can't skateboard on the fresh-paved streets. Can't skate in the parking garages when its raining. And why not? Because I'm guilty till proven innocent, cept I'm never even given the chance to be proven innocent because before I can empty my pockets to show that I have no paint and no weapons and no drugs they slap me with a fine for something else other than riding around on a harmless board. Now I could hold a sk8 rally and get my crew together and we could all go bomb down Harrison, but guess what? We'd each get $400 tickets, that would cost thousands......Bikes on the other hand can get away with it!!!!! Oly LOVE bikes!!!! We give bikes their own friggen lanes!!!!!!!! Skaters get NUTHIN!!!!! AND that sk8park behind Safeway.......maybe if the city would have NOT run out of cememt so quickly they could have built it like how the blueprints said to build it. Maybe if the city didn't hate skaters so much they would have built it without cramming it all together so that you could skate it without taking out the slow kids. But no. City built this tiny, crammed-up pathetic skatepark with no shelter in the hot sun downwind from BK's smoke fumes and then that gave the police the right to mad-fine skaters for skatin at the places where skaters have always skated (captiol campus, parks, waterfronts, ect...). I know that nothing will change because the city could care less about skaters, but the city seems to worship bikers. That's our Ace of Spades!
Submitted by Rick on Sat, 07/08/2006 - 2:55am.
Jul 14 2006 - 8:00pm The Evergreen State College to host
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