Fairweather

Bill Clinton. "Welfare Reform." His idea. Just ask him.

Republican Congress starting in 1994. The tide rose once again. All boats were lifted.

well, unlike you, i don't listen to fox "news". it's not hard to find some simple facts: fact fact fact Apparently, you have difficulty reading your own stats. I'm seeing 20% children in (so-called) poverty and no correlation to national politics. Nowhere do I see the claim you made about US v Iran or the 30% number you burped up. Did you just make them up? As was the case for all children, the percentage of related children with family incomes below the poverty threshold was higher in 2009 (20 percent) than in 2008 (19 percent)The poverty rate for related children has fluctuated since the early 1980s, reaching a peak of 22 percent in 1993 and a low of 16 percent in 2000.

Dude, you need to chill out.

Then why did you come here to live? Seriously. Never mind that you can't provide evidence for any of your assertions; somebody told you what to believe!

The FoxNews take: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/12/01/can-congress-steal-your-constitutional-freedoms/

Re read, Rob. We're on the same side this time.

Not sure what you're calling "BS" on. Pointing out irony doesn't an argument make.

j_b works for the taxpayers. I am a taxpayer. Get your ass back to work, j_b.

Neither am I. But the employer thing is kind of spooky.

No doubt an MBA is rigorous--didn't mean any disparagement there. Tuition is typically about 40% more than other grad programs as well.(at UW anyhow.) Not sure why--other than limited availability.

Just legalize the shit already. The irony here though is that, thanks to the efforts of gay-marriage advocates, anyone who signs TTKs petition will have their name and address open to public scrutiny--police, employers, family, etc.

Neither an MBA or a MEd typically require the defense of a thesis--a significant hurdle. And while a MS is probably, on the whole, a more difficult undertaking than a thesis-driven MA, I'm not sure you can say it always or necessarily produces a well-rounded graduate. (See mirror for details.)

so....china's evil b/c its expanded it defintion of who's poor by 100%? you woulda been a big herbert hoover supporter back in the day, no? $1 per day! Sounds to me like you support a very limited upper class--and semantics that gloss-over oppression.

Education? Did you look at the list of top-paid state employees? How much does a top neurosurgeon earn in the private sector? or do you feel we can staff one of the top medical program in the country with those who perform near the bottom of their class? Are you a troll? So, let me see if I have this right: You want public salaries to be determined by the market, but you want private salaries to be determined/regulated by government. Wow, you are a real piece of work. In any event, the vast majority of the salaries on that list are non-medical profs with no tenure who are the recipients of higher-ed monopolistic practices. You don't believe in institutional collusion do you? Anyway, I'm off to W-O-R-K. (You should try it!)

i'm sure the irony of a chinese national teaching the virtues of democracy would be lost on your children "A Chinese national?" Kind of a racist frame there, but, regardless, I suspect ChiCom teachings via-a-vis democracy these days aren't too much different than what kids are being taught in, say, your class.

Education? Did you look at the list of top-paid state employees?

TTK's Chinese utopia today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-15956299

By all means, show us the comps for WA State private sector salaries... Of course, Bill Gates' salary isn't taxpayer funded... "Dumbo"??

Since you're lying again, I'll cross-post the 2010 state payroll here as well: http://www.thenewstribune.com/soundinfo/statesalaries/?appSession=334143084561169&RecordID=&PageID=2&PrevPageID=1&cpipage=1&CPISortType=&CPIorderBy=

Or, maybe, these guys: http://www.thenewstribune.com/soundinfo/statesalaries/?appSession=334143084561169&RecordID=&PageID=2&PrevPageID=1&cpipage=1&CPISortType=&CPIorderBy= University of Washington SARKISIAN, STEPHEN A COACH-FOOTBALL $1,982,918 University of Washington ROMAR, LORENZO COACH-BASKETBALL $1,147,050 Washington State University BONE, KEN HEAD BASKETBALL COACH $746,416 University of Washington HOLT V, NICHOLAS ASSISTANT COACH-FOOTBALL $652,229 Washington State University FLOYD, ELSON PRESIDENT $625,000 Washington State University WULFF, PAUL L HEAD FOOTBALL COACH $551,670 University of Washington WOODWARD, DAVID SCOTT ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT $550,008 University of Washington SEKHAR, LALIGAM N PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $547,980 University of Washington REYES, JORGE DIONISIO PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $521,304 University of Washington MILLER, DONALD W PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $516,552 University of Washington SPISSO, JOHNESE M. VICE PRESIDENT $515,196 University of Washington EMMERT, MARK A PRESIDENT $492,178 University of Washington FERGUSON, KEITH R PROFESSIONAL STAFF - CONTRACT P3 $473,000 University of Washington REISTAD, GARTH K PROFESSIONAL STAFF - CONTRACT P3 $441,750 University of Washington MURRAY, CHRISTOPHER J PROFESSOR $441,192 University of Washington JIAMBALVO, JAMES DEAN $436,248 University of Washington PELLEGRINI, CARLOS A. CHAIR $429,912 University of Washington MAIER, RONALD V PROFESSOR $421,392 Washington State University BAYLY, WARWICK M PROVOST & EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT $382,057 University of Washington VERRIER, EDWARD D. PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $381,120 University of Washington NELIGAN, PETER CAMILLUS PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $378,636 University of Washington JURKOVICH, GREGORY J. PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $376,680 University of Washington FERGUSON, BRUCE ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT/PROVOST $373,632 University of Washington MORTON, THOMAS H PROFESSOR $372,331 University of Washington MAHAN, RUTH M. DIRECTOR $370,272 University of Washington HOLMES, KING K. PROFESSOR $369,756 University of Washington ODA, DOLPHINE PROFESSOR $366,619 University of Washington ZIENIEWICZ, STEPHEN P DIRECTOR $359,436 University of Washington KRAVAS, CONSTANCE VICE PRESIDENT $353,064 University of Washington WHALEN, EILEEN DIRECTOR $352,008 University of Washington TESTY, KELLYE DEAN $352,008 University of Washington SALMON, MARLA E DEAN $337,008 University of Washington O'DONNELL, MATTHEW DEAN $336,768 University of Washington BURGSTAHLER, DAVID C PROFESSOR $336,734 University of Washington MULLIGAN, MICHAEL S PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $335,940 University of Washington VEDDER, NICHOLAS PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $335,004 University of Washington SOMERMAN, MARTHA J DEAN $330,948 Washington State University BOSE, ANJAN REGENTS' PROFESSOR $329,908 University of Washington HUNTSMAN, LEE L PROFESSOR $329,172 University of Washington KLEIN, MATTHEW B. ASSOC PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $323,904 The Evergreen State College PURCE, THOMAS LESLIE PRESIDENT $318,533 University of Washington HARFORD, JARRAD PROFESSOR $318,033 University of Washington AVOLIO, BRUCE PROFESSOR $316,444 University of Washington WISE, PHYLLIS M PROVOST $316,422 University of Washington ROBINSON, LAWRENCE R. ASSOCIATE DEAN $316,284 University of Washington BRANSFORD, JOHN D PROFESSOR $315,984 University of Washington KUHL, PATRICIA K PROFESSOR $315,967 University of Washington MITCHELL, LORI HOSPITAL-ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR SENIOR $315,722 University of Washington CAUCE, ANA MARI DEAN $315,000 University of Washington WARREN, V'ELLA A. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT $313,500 University of Washington SHEVLIN, TERRENCE J PROFESSOR $309,696 University of Washington HURST, STANLEY L. CLINICAL PROFESSOR-SALARIED $309,063 University of Washington WOOD, DOUGLAS E. PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $305,140 Washington State University ROYER, GREG SPECIAL ASSISTANT $304,200 University of Washington STEENSMA, HARVEY K. PROFESSOR $303,938 State Investment Board BRUEBAKER, GARY CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER $303,582 Central Washington University GAUDINO, JAMES LAWRENCE PRESIDENT $302,850 University of Washington COZZETTO, DANIEL KAY ASSISTANT COACH-FOOTBALL $302,435 University of Washington BULGER, EILEEN PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $301,800 Washington State University VALACICH, JOSEPH S PROFESSOR $301,461 University of Washington ELLENBOGEN, RICHARD G. PROFESSOR $300,012 University of Washington HIMMELFARB, JONATHAN PROFESSOR $300,000 Western Washington University SHEPARD, WILLIAM BRUCE PRESIDENT $300,000 University of Washington BAILLIE, THOMAS A DEAN $300,000 University of Washington NUSSMEIER, DOUG K. ASSISTANT COACH-FOOTBALL $299,687 University of Washington CATTERALL, WILLIAM A PROFESSOR $299,232 University of Washington LEE, THOMAS W PROFESSOR $294,204 University of Washington BOWEN, ROBERT M PROFESSOR $291,351 Washington State University MOOS, WILLIAM H DIRECTOR $291,284 University of Washington BOEKER, WARREN PROFESSOR $290,659 University of Washington DAVIS, JAMES E PROFESSOR $290,457 University of Washington SEFCIK, STEPHAN E PROFESSOR $290,249 University of Washington KHANNA, PARITOSH C ASST PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $289,080 University of Washington ISHAK, GISELE ELIAS ASST PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $289,080 Dept of Social and Health Services EPISTOLA, ROSA F PSYCHIATRIST 4 $289,073 University of Washington EISENBERG, MICKEY PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $288,576 University of Washington MCLAUGHLIN, JAMES COACH $288,061 University of Washington ISHIZUKA, PAUL S. HOSPITAL-ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR SENIOR $287,437 University of Washington MILLER, SAMUEL I PROFESSOR $286,392 University of Washington CATALANO, RICHARD F PROFESSOR $285,792 University of Washington SHANKLAND, STUART J. PROFESSOR $285,312 University of Washington DAVIES, SCOTT A PROFESSIONAL STAFF - CONTRACT P3 $285,004 University of Washington RAMIREZ, JAN M PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $285,000 University of Washington DISIS, MARY L. PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $283,548 University of Washington FLEMMIG, THOMAS F. PROFESSOR $281,885 University of Washington GIBRAN, NICOLE PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $280,236 University of Washington CHEN, XIAO-PING PROFESSOR $280,023 University of Washington STERN, SUSAN A PROFESSOR $280,008 University of Washington MCAULIFFE, DAVID STEPHEN PROFESSIONAL STAFF - CONTRACT P3 $280,004 University of Washington ARTRU, ALAN A PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $279,072 Dept of Social and Health Services PAREDES, DANIEL R PSYCHIATRIST 4 $278,669 University of Washington CHAIT, ALAN PROFESSOR $278,532 University of Washington GLENNY, ROBB PROFESSOR $277,793 University of Washington STARNES, BENJAMIN WARE ASSOC PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $277,572 University of Washington RUBEL, EDWIN W. PROFESSOR $276,900 Washington State University SPANGENBERG, ERIC RICHARD DEAN AND PROFESSOR $276,303 University of Washington HECKER, CYNTHIA J HOSPITAL-ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR $275,004 University of Washington JAMISON, DEAN T PROFESSOR $275,004 Dept of Social and Health Services KHAN, RANA M Z PSYCHIATRIST 4 $274,670 University of Washington DEVINE, DONNA R. SOM DIRECTOR - CLINICAL DEPARTMENT $274,552 University of Washington HALLAM, DANIAL K. ASSOC PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $274,416 University of Washington MELTZOFF, ANDREW N PROFESSOR $273,508 University of Washington ELMAN, SANDRA E. DIRECTOR $273,333 University of Washington KORNBERG, MINDY VICE PRESIDENT $272,880 University of Washington ABRASS, ITAMAR B. PROFESSOR $271,920 University of Washington COHEN, WENDY PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $271,424 University of Washington FOY, HUGH M PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $271,032 Dept of Social and Health Services SIMANGAN, MARIO D PSYCHIATRIST 4 $271,015 University of Washington JACKSON, TIA S COACH - WOMEN'S BASKETBALL $270,747 University of Washington CHAPMAN, RICHARD ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT $270,408 University of Washington FROEHNER, STANLEY C PROFESSOR $270,240 Washington State University GARDNER, JOHN C VICE PRESIDENT $270,014 University of Washington SANGEORZAN, BRUCE J. PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $269,045 University of Washington SIMMEN, JEFFREY A. DIRECTOR $268,618 University of Washington GRAY, TERENCE E ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT $267,097 University of Washington HODGE, FRANK D ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR $266,714 University of Washington ANAWALT, BRADLEY D PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $266,016 University of Washington GURALNICK, MICHAEL J DIRECTOR $265,140 Washington State University MURALI, VIJI VICE PRES FOR INFO SVCS & CHIEF INFO OFFICER $265,018 University of Washington HORVATH, KAREN D. PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE $264,876 University of Washington SAUNDERS, MICHAEL D. CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR-SALARIED $264,828 University of Washington KING, BRYAN PROFESSOR $264,631 University of Washington UNUTZER, JURGEN PROFESSOR $264,456 University of Washington BEIRNE, OWEN ROSS PROFESSOR $263,516 University of Washington KERRIGAN, MARGARET A. HOSPITAL-ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR $263,482 and so it goes...

Since certain public employees have seen fit to collectively price their labor far beyond what the market will bear, maybe we should outsource their jobs as well. :kisss: Bu Bye.

What a fucking loathsome creature.