Not a good time for the I5 "Preferred Alternative"

After seeing the market crash I have concluded two things:

Now is the time buy into the stock market while the prices are low.

And two, why are we still looking at the I5 bridge Preferred Alternative when we have a projected defecit of over 3 billion dollars. With the country possibly having to come up with a 700 billion dollar bail out how can we realistically continue to throw money into this so called "Preferred Alternative" project.

It is also a fact that some of the key people like Senator Patty Murray have already stated that the funding for this project is not secured yet and probably will not be.

A great blog that discusses some of these topics is clarkblog.org.

Rossi and Gregoire debate continues

I was watching the Association of Washington Business Gubernatorial Debate which took place September 25, 2008 on TVW. The one thing that stood out the most to me is that each candidate took each others claims, or allegations, and then turned the allegations on the other saying it was not true. Interestingly, they both gave a good argument for thier point. I guess that is why it is up to us voters to figure out who is really telling the truth.

Here are the two candidates websites to help us all learn more about each candidate:
Christine Gregoire
Dino Rossi

My 2 Cents about the Government Bail Out

Here is my 2 cents. I offer my plan.

My idea is to have the corporations who are going under due to the housing crisis fix their own problem by refinancing all of their exisiting loans to prices that more realistic--that people can actually afford to pay. I realize that the lenders would lose some of their potential investments, but at least they would be generating an income and not have to rely on the legislature for a bail out. Plus, it would provide a second chance for people to keep their homes.

This way the lenders win and the home owners win--and consequently so do the tax payers because we won't have to shoulder the burden of these lenders.

This was a funny skit

This is funny :0)

Negative Campaigning Continues

The Negativity continues:

I watched the Rossi vs Gregoire debate last night. Governor Gregoire continually used the term “Now if you look at my opponent”. Rossi also did this a bit—but with Gregoire it got to the point that I was stating to myself—she just said that…stop using that phrase.

I was also very surprised how Governor Gregoire in her last statements took a good portion of the allegations that the Rossi campaign had made against her and blatantly turned them into positives. Politics are definitely tricky business and the truth can be spun both negative and positive.

A clear fact that I keep thinking about though, is that before Gregoire took office we had a budget surplus. Now at the end of her term we now are facing nearly a 3 billion dollar deficit.

Sick of negative politicking and personal attacks

The recent cvtv interview with Joe Zarelli and Jon Haugen has to be one of the toppers when it comes to negative politicking. Joe Zarelli took the high road and barely acknolodged his opponent focusing his responses to the moderator. While Haugen typically stated a personal attack before each of his answers.

Jon Haugen should show more respect for a state senator, plus he should be more Christian and stop casting stones. The last straw was when Mr. Haugen tried to paint Zarelli as less than Christian by throwing another personal attack at him.

I was very happy with how Senator Joe Zarelli took the high road and refused to engage in the negative politics that his opponent seems to have made the basis of his campaign.

All politicians out there, need to stop wasting our time with slander and negativity and focus on telling us how you will be voting and what you plan to do for us if we decide you should represent us at the capitol. Personal attacks and slander only make the average voter view the slinger of the mud as arrogant and unaware of the issues that really matter. If the candidate was aware of the issue than they would spend more time discussing the matter rather than wasting time slinging mud.

Here is a list of candidates that I feel will do a great job representing us with respect, integrity, and be financially wise with out tax dollars (note: this list will continue to grow as I research more candidates in the area):

Senator Joe Zarelli
Senator Don Benton
Micheline Doan
Joseph James
Debbie Peterson
Tom Langston