Good evening, Frank... Frank Reichert wrote:
> Good evening again, Dave! > > What a pleasure to finally have spk.liberty_nw up and running > again after several days of severance from the email side of the > house. Yes, indeed. However, I cannot take all the credit for getting the email side working once again, as a sharp-eyed young engineer down in Boise-land actually was the person who actually applied "the fix". However, I should note that, as of yesterday, the news and email are now running faster than ever, thanks to the acquisition of an upgrade to my DSL line. As of yesterday I am running at 7 Meg down and 1 Meg up, which makes the news behave like a brand-new toy. > It certainly IS a Libertarian issue, at least part of it is > anyway. But the stories emanating from the Spokesman-Review and > various local television news channels reflect other points that > even most Libertarians would most likely agree, where below > board, if not below the belt, no pun intended. Nah, Frank, you should leave the comment about below the belt. That seems to be where our Mayor, Jim West, pays the closest attention anyway. > Here are some of the issues being raised: > > 1. Jim West has flatly denounced gay rights, even while secretly > recruiting gay men to fill vacancies on the County Government's > bureaucracy; Actually, one of the allegations floating atop the cesspool of news and misinformation is that he has offered jobs to young gay men he met online, one of whom happened to be an undercover investigative journalist for the Spokesman-Review. ARGH! That's what we really need in this city, another Cowles employee controlling what we read in the paper! > 2. He has been a champion of the far right-wing Republicans in > BOTH the Washington State Legislature, and now as Mayor of > Spokane, Washington, in opposing any gay or lesbian legislation > that might bridge the gap in terms of social contracts, not to > mention the prospect of gay or lesbian 'marriages'; He was pretty much the same as a rabid dog when it came to any gay and/or lesbian legislation when he was still in the legislature. It has been common knowledge for years that promoting any such legislation meant you most certainly got a visit from Jim West. > 3. He has allegedly used county computers and internet access to > cruise gay chat rooms and masturbate while on duty during normal > business hours; <sigh> If this turns out to be true, he will cost the City of Spokane a bundle of cash-- so the incoming Mayor can change the office furniture, custom-made curtains and carpets. We simply cannot have those incriminating stains in the carpeting when the new Boss takes over, now can we? > 4. He has allegedly molested young boys while in the capacity of > a Scout Master, and on week-long field trips with boys checked > out of centers for the purpose of hiking for miles in wilderness > areas on camp outings. > > There are a lot more revelations, or accusations, in terms of > such allegations which seem to arise daily as more individuals > surface showing allegations at least of long term child > molestation and abuse. It used to be when one read the Spokesman-Review, you nearly always could predict what dribbled down onto the front page, since they nearly always put the Cowles' agenda first, and the people's needs last. However, in the last few days, given the explicit nature of the morning news, I might as well have purchased one of those tabloid magazines they put in racks by the checkout stand at the grocery chains. At the rate they're going, pretty soon now the Cowles will realize there is BIG MONEY in selling pornographic content on the front pages of the paper. That and a legendary history of misleading and falsely telling stories would perhaps mean that the Cowles will invent new stories about West the next time sales are suffering. > Had Jim West openly be known to be prone to a bi-sexual or > homosexual activities with consenting adults, Libertarians would > mostly suggest that he serve his term in office, if elected, and > if that were the extent of the issue. But the issues surrounding > Jim West go in the opposite direction. In other words, Mr. West > has gone to great lengths to distance himself from any support or > respect for the gay and lesbian community, and has gone much > further in hypocracy by allegedly conducting himself as a > pedophile and a molester of young boys. I think if Mr. West is convicted of any felony crimes, as a course of all this, out of the kindness of our wicked hearts, we should take up a collection to buy him a year's supply of bars of soap, as a not-so-subtle hint for his days behind bars. However, the issues you have noted are unquestionably valid. He is a liar, a pedophile and a graceless hypocrite. As such, he has no business remaining in public office. Dave -- Dave Laird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The Used Kharma Lot / The Phoenix Project Web Page: http://www.kharma.net updated 05/01/2005 Usenet News server: news.kharma.net Musicians Calendar and Database access: http://www.kharma.net/calendar.html An automatic & random thought For the Minute: TAPPING? You POLITICIANS! Don't you realize that the END of the ``Wash Cycle'' is a TREASURED MOMENT for most people?! _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
