I'll be back some time after the fourth, have fun all!

And a big tip of the cap to Ruby for the heads-up.

Olympia's own Pat Tassoni (OlyBlogger) will be represented in the Aug./Sept. issue of Ready Made Magazine. While I have no idea exactly what I'm congratulating yet: Right on, Pat.

I buried this entry as a comment in another thread, but since OlyBlog's purpose and mission have been discussed and debated in other places, I have been asked to elevate this to Code Orange:

I just returned from the ALA Conference in DC. One of the presentations was by Jason Zengerle of The New Republic who gave his take on the place of blogs in journalism. His main message was that "blogs are political tools, not information tools." He gave his side of the Daily Kos controversy. In an attempt to find a progressive third party account of this episode, I looked here . Worth reading for those who regard blogging as an activist tool regardless of left/right leanings.

Thurston County voters did the proper thing not voting for this man & his warped agenda..

Results from the 2004 election (Thurston County)

John F Kerry (D) 62,650 55.55%

George W Bush (R) 47,992 42.55%

At least 3,576 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003.

The United States is spending $200,000,000 every day on the failed Iraq campaign.

Global terrorism has increased markedly since the begining of the invasion & increased %30 in 2006.

George W Bush willfully ignored intelligence estimates about the chaotic aftermath of an Iraq invasion, and has stymied investigations into the mishandling of this intelligence under the guise of "executive privilege".

Members from both political parties in the House of Representatives & Senate are right now trying to get answers and bring some accountability to this Administration & its harmful policies, but they need to hear from the citizenry.

Call or write Congress today and demand personal accountability from this failed disaster of a President..

http://www.house.gov/writerep/

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Oly Stickers circa February, 2007.