David F.

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• Posted Boston Ladies Love Sonics Front Office Men to Seattlest
  Our Boston siblings brought our attention to yet another oddity in the Seattle Sonics saga. From our own paper, mind you: "For months, a Boston-area woman thought she was dating a Sonics front-office employee and former NBA player named Jeff Turner, a handsome, 6-foot-8 40-something who was polite, compassionate and respectful." But, of course, it was a flim flam and the aptly named Ronnie Craven was revealed to be neither Jeff Turner nor a...
• Commented on Hillary Clinton Rocked the House Last Night
  "inspiring for the sake of inspiration itself" Because that's what Obama is all about. She really does play by the old rules. Does she really think that if she just repeats it again and again, people will start believing it?...
• Posted Obama's Mercer Island Ancestry to Seattlest
  Mercer Island is not just the home of the fifth richest man on earth. And 98040 isn't just the wealthiest zip code in our state. It is now known as a childhood home of Barack Obama's mother, Stanley Dunham. Yes, she was born in Kansas. Yes, Obama was in the Midwest this morning, touting his deep Kansas roots. But his mom spent most of her adolescence in Mercer Island, and was a standout member of...
• Commented on One Lie is Okay, 935 Lies = War
  Not to be contrarian, or suck up to the editor, but Courtney's analogy doesn't make sense. Or I'm missing it. Where is the definitive proof that Bush and his minions were actively lying. Where is the proof that they were...
• Commented on <i>Real Change</i> Vendors: Irritating? Perhaps. Panhandlers? Not usually.
  I don't know about the long-term view, but Tim Harris has been quite...strident...in his posts at his blog, which I've been reading for the past several months. See Apesma's Lament. As for panhandling, I'm wondering where we draw the line...