by Emily Barry
I was stunned. I read it again. Sure enough, there in the How Your U.S. Lawmaker Voted report put out by Roll Call to the media was a listing of the vote in the third week of May on the 2009 military budget. I had quickly scanned the first part. By a vote of 384-23, the House on Thursday authorized a $601 billion military budget for fiscal 2009, including $70 billion to fund war in Iraq and Afghanistan for part of the year.
by Scott Frank
by Don C. Brunell
Make no mistake about it: the central economic problem facing the United States is out-of-control federal spending and the massive federal debt that continues to pile up. As welfare-state and warfare-state spending has continued to soar for the past seven years, U.S. officials have gone on a massive borrowing spree. Since 2000, the national debt has almost doubled from $5.67 trillion to $9 trillion.
ITEM Grocery shoppers would no longer be asked whether they want paper or plastic if Rep. Maralyn Chase, D-Shoreline, gets her bill passed by the 2008 Legislature. It mandates that grocery stores provide bags made from recyclable paper, compostable plastic, reusable materials such as canvas or reusable plastic that is at least 0.09 inches thick. Todays plastic bags are said to contribute to global warming when burned.
Washingtons Presidential Primary election is Feb. 19 and some local school officials and others are concerned that a lack of…
Voters in the Marysville area will have the opportunity in the
by Jonalyn Woolf-Ivory
by Don C. Brunell
Our columnist, Adele Ferguson, draws a lot of reader comments. This time she is drawing one from the publisher.
I could swear that in one of her television campaign ads, Darcy Burner, the Democrat running against U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, referred to the president as Georgie Bush. After that had run a few times, I noticed that she was now saying George. The technicians probably just nipped that second syllable out without having to re-film.
Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
