Initiative 933 is on the ballot for Washington State this fall. Here’s the summary: This measure would require compensation when government regulation damages the use or value of private property, would forbid regulations that prohibit existing legal uses of private property, and would provide exceptions or payments. Read the full initiative here: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/initiatives/text/i933.pdf I am [...]
Archive for August, 2006
My take on I-933
August 8, 2006
Flash, boom, how-ya-doin’
August 7, 2006
I was reading in bed with Kate about 10 minutes ago (about 10pm) when there was a flash of light and a low rumble outside our window. We both went outside to investigate. One by one, so did all of our neighbors. Up and down the street, doors opened and people came out to see [...]
Babies don’t hold grudges
August 7, 2006
Ruby’s lunchtime feeding devolved into a screaming match. She was hungry, but struggling. She was turning her head away from the nipple, then back on for a few sucks, then away again. And occasionally she’d arch her back or kick her legs. None of this is acceptable behavior. I can follow her face around with [...]
Pat Roberston is a Doubting Thomas
August 6, 2006
Pat Robertson has finally seen the light about global warming. What changed his mind? Not the exacting research of thousands of scientists, no. He had to experience it first-hand. Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the [...]