One of the news items on Orbusmax was this:

State GOP: No automatic citizenship for kids born in U.S. to illegal immigrants

The state Republican Party adopted a platform Saturday that includes a provision aimed at opposing automatic citizenship for babies born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants.

This is not a new idea…

The state party approved a similar platform plank at its 2006 convention that proved controversial. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution recognizes citizenship for all persons born in the United States.

"Immigration is an issue that a lot of our party activists feel strongly about," state Republican Party Chairman Luke Esser said. "And it's certainly a very defensible position. It's not at all something that's based on race concerns. It's a matter of what is citizenship going to be based on."

So,  I walk outside this morning to take my son to the bus stop, and hear a helicopter.

Not a starnge sound, as Frederickson is near Thun Field, McChord AFB, and Fort Lewis.

Then I realized that it was TWO helicopters.  As I squinted up into the sky (this is at 6:30am; pre-coffee) it took me a few seconds to realize that they were News Copters.

When I got back to the ranch, after making sure the young one actually go onto the bus, and was not kidnapped, run over, or otherwise dealt injury, I saw the wonderous footage from the sky cams, showing the remains of a house, just a few blocks away.

Seems that a young man with (at the least) anger management problems had detonated a bomb, most likely killing himself, as well as leveling about 80% of the house.

The Latin American Press and some in Congress are calling Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's refusal to bring the negotiated trade agreement between Columbia and the US up for a speedy vote the "Hugo Chávez Rule". Although Speaker Pelosi's intention may be to kowtow to powerful US Trade Unions, the consequence of not ratifying the treaty after Columbia jumped through various hoops required by members of Congress in order for it to be considered may be severe.  Continue reading here. 

NW fruit producers are among those who would benefit from the free trade treaty.

Answer:

You still have some money, and they want it.

Alternate answer:  Because they think you will let them.

Exit question:  Are we people or sheep to be shorn at every opportunity?

Nuff Said.

The rosy glow of the lunar eclipse seems to have inspired some far flung lunacy last night:  in the Athens, Greece metropolitan area dozens of arsons were set.  Banks, insurance offices, government sites and vehicles were torched. And it all took place in a space of 10 minutes around 2 a.m.  

Locally, windows of 4 banks were destroyed in Bremerton when bricks with anarchist polemics attached were smashed through the windows.  Story here and here .

Image:  Xinhua  

OK, not really. 

The great Bryan, myself and the blogger known as Andrew's Dad met tonight in a secret undisclosed location to somewhere on the East Side of Seattle to swill beer, plot the takeover of the world and make fun of Ken Schram.

We opened the meeting of the circle of trust by performing the secret war dance, handshake and then shouting "Holy Shnike" three times while bowing towards Mecca (Indiana, population 355).

OK that may not be how it went down.

Andrew's Dad and I met Bryan at one of his favorite hangouts in Kirkland, where he and his remarkable wife had gone to enjoy dinner and some trivia.  We wanted to drop in and toast his new opportunity in radio LA, and to thank him for the support he has given local bloggers over the last year or so.

See LSU for more details.

This is like electing a pop star president of their own fan club.  Big Shock. 

Not content with telling kids Santa was going to die, now he is the head cheese for the biggest waster of tax payer money in western Washington.  I am speaking of the Light Rail project that was billions overbudget before it broke ground, does nothing to relive traffic problems, and doesnt go where the people need it to.

And as Greg is a HUGE fan of transit and wasting money, this should mean lots of new taxes and even more waste.

Hoorrah!

This is just one more reason to oppose Sound Transit.

Mayor voted to lead Sound Transit board

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels was unanimously elected chairman of the Sound Transit board for a two-year term.

Nickels, 52, is a longtime advocate of the light rail system the agency is building.

Bryan and I have been in touch, and when his latest prospect solidify, he will let me know and I will pass it on here. 

Meanwhile he left this note at Sound Politics:

You can contact me directly via youtube. Search for KVIBryan. And please enjoy the entertaining videos of my dogs.

In the meantime, I'm going to Montana to shoot a bison. I would love to be back on the air in Seattle again, but the time might be right to bite on some longstanding opportunities elsewhere. Either way, I'll post a note through Karl at leaningstraightup.com

Every now and then I see a news story that just leaves me astounded. Doctors swear to the Hippocratic oath. It’s an interesting read. There are things there that I never realized, and that maybe you didn’t either, or maybe I’m looking at the wrong oath.

So why is this interesting? Well a recent Washington Supreme Court decision came down saying that a "doctor can’t be held liable for failing to stop resuscitation efforts on a baby." That’s right. Can you imagine it? A couple sued a doctor for saving their baby’s life? It’s in the Seattle Times…

A doctor can’t be held liable for resuscitating a baby who was born without a heartbeat and survived with severe disabilities, the state Supreme Court says.

The baby’s parents filed a malpractice lawsuit after the baby’s 2004 birth. They claimed doctors in Vancouver, Wash., were negligent when they continued to resuscitate the baby for almost half an hour, after he was born without a heartbeat.