Comments | adamforest: I don't remember any Colored Only drinking fountains in Seattle, do you?

adamforest

I don't remember any Colored Only drinking fountains in Seattle, do you?

Mar 13, 2007 18:41

Call me a bigot/racist/Nazi/whatever, but I think this is a complete waste of time and money. Specifically, my tax money. And that's even after I grudgingly gave credit to the people behind it for simply doing this out of the goodness of their wonderful hearts. Personally, I think it is a CLEAR ploy by entrenched Seattle and King County politicians ( Read more... )

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adamforest March 14 2007, 02:17:18 UTC

And I shall rain hellfire upon thee!

+1 quadhome March 14 2007, 02:47:40 UTC

ARGH.

featherlady_jt March 14 2007, 06:45:53 UTC

I think if ANYONE'S face should be plastered around the county as representative of the area, it should be Chief Sealth. He had a heck of a lot more to do with here than MLK ever did.

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adamforest March 15 2007, 02:07:28 UTC

So the ends justify the means, is that what you're saying? Yes, we get to have our own state now, but all of our central counties and old federal buildings are named after East Coast politicians from 150 years ago. Maybe not something to get all riled about, but certainly something to raise an eyebrow over. And definitely a historical comparison of worthy cause when noting the current issue being discussed ( ... )

tabert March 15 2007, 04:24:52 UTC

Disdain and disgust aside, I would have assumed you'd be discussing a more important topic to the local community such as the viaduct problem. Given that that is a $1-4B issue and not a sub-$1M issue, which I'm sure is pissed away all the time without you even knowing about it ( ... )

tabert March 14 2007, 18:02:12 UTC

Um, it worked the first time--Washington got to be separate from Idaho...so why not let the county be re-branded a second time? If only we could have gotten rid of Eastern Washington as well. Or pretty much anything east of Lake Washington.

I'm really not sure what's worse...the fact that they're going to spend half a million dollars on this, or the fact that it's the most important thing you can find this week to bitch about. Aren't there a few more local, national, and worldwide hot-button issues you should be focusing your energy on right now?

tabert March 14 2007, 18:03:40 UTC

Read: mortgage issues, lower consumer spending, oil prices on the rise again, stock markets seeing their worst sell off since 9/11, Windows Vista, OMG gays might get some rights in Olympia, etc...

tabert March 14 2007, 18:04:16 UTC

Ohh and I'm sure Israel has done something this week. I haven't checked but it's highly likely.

tabert March 15 2007, 02:08:21 UTC

Hopefully they've killed some more Palestinian squatters. And with American-made bombs too. After all, they were there first.

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