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Tax Money Well Spent? E-mail
Written by Bob Sordahl   
Sunday, 26 September 2010

ImageI don't mind paying taxes...really I don't.  I will gladly pay taxes for essential services like police, fire and road maintenance.  I'm also fine with taxes for education and to take care of the helpless among us.  But I've got to say my blood boils when I hear reports that have recently surfaced here in Washington State.  A local TV station has revealed in a series of investigative reports massive abuse and waste in our State Ferry System, and the fact that welfare recipients have been using their state issued credit cards to withdraw assistance money at casinos, bars and bingo halls.

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Party Cry Babies Bigger Problem Than O'Donnell E-mail
Written by Bob Sordahl   
Saturday, 18 September 2010

ImageI thought this was about the will of the people.  Apparently only if that will follows the party line.  Who knew that establishment Republicans would be as territorial as a mama bear?  Well, actually anybody who has been paying attention.  The DC establishment is made up of both D's and R's neither of which like it when control slips from their grasp.  Christine O'Donnell's primary win in Delaware over party approved nine-term Representative Mike Castle has sent the old guard a message, and they are very uncomfortable with it.

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Oh For God's Sake Man, Quit Whining! E-mail
Written by Bob Sordahl   
Wednesday, 15 September 2010

ImageIt is inescapable.  The headlines are everywhere in the press and on the Blogosphere.  "President Blames GOP for Making Life Harder on Unemployed" "Obama Pins Lagging Economy on Obstructionist GOP" "Obama Blames GOP for Lack of Jobs" "Obama Blames Republicans for His Own Stealth Appointments" "Obama blames GOP for lack of bipartisanship" "Poor Jobs Report in August; Obama Blames Republicans".  Enough already!  I feel compelled to remind the President of a few important numbers:  56 and 41.  That is the number of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate.  Then there are 255 and 178, the number of Democrats and Republicans in the House.  If Obama's initiatives aren't moving forward, it has nothing to do with the minority Republicans.

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