You are incredible, Jeff, with help or no help. Thank you for keeping us aware.
After over 49 years as a registered Democrat, I finally saw the lies and flipped. But, not to Republican, but to "non-partisan". Why? Because the Democrats and Republicans are not polar opposites-- they are really 2 sides of the same coin-- and the Republicans are not conservative enough for me. Huh? I see too much globalism and war mongering among both parties, even though-- especially locally-- Republicans more closely align with my views, so I vote Republican, at least so far. But, if you want to divide further, as Democrats love to do, I am hardcore MAGA. I believe in the principles our President works for-- the betterment of America, from a conservative, Constitutional, framework.
So, I see LWV, SGGL, Indivisble, Ozi-ass, French Fry, Johnson, and others in our local governments as pretty far left, if not Marxist in many ways, and oppose them at every opportunity. So, "nonpartisan" simply means that you didn't check a box and has little to do with partisanship. I am the polar opposite of these other "nonpartisans". I am a staunch Constitutional Conservative and believe that our founding document is the absolute law of the land and look toward the principles of our founders when it comes to interpretations, which the legal profession works hard toward twisting, skewing, and misinterpreting.
I could NOT have said it better myself, 45 years registered democrat … NO MORE as I am that gentleman who wears my TRUMP hat to Costco & NEVER FAIL TO RECEIVE COMPLIMENTS including yesterday from a pleasant MAGA couple ‼️🙏🏻✝️🇺🇸🦅👨🏼🌾
I can speak for the younger female generation. We have deep WTF lines between our eyes.
🎶 repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here, gotta divide it all right in two 🎶
Rights were originally based on a moral society...(slavery was universal...still is...both physical and financial) which believed in a Higher Power which supports truth, justice, liberty, accountability and tough love.
In a small 'g' god society all those higher values go completely by the wayside...anything goes...and anything does...not a good look for humanity.
G.Washington despised party politics but didn't really have an alternative answer...if you are blessed with a good ruler (rare) things are good...for awhile... but inevitably a despot takes power...say la vie.😎 The devil's playground... if you don't believe in a devil...look into your own psyche...it's real, for all of us! Jung called it integrating the shadow...if it's unconscious, it runs us...if conscious, we have some control about how it plays into the world...we have some choice...it ain't easy to do but it's doable.🥸 Better 'the devil you know than the devil you don't' has a whole new meaning in that context! Not a choice between 2 evils but a conscious choice about our own evil.🤪
true slavery --- used to be indentured servitude (for whites) and forced (sold by other blacks into slavery) if you were a darker skinty-tone. Now we have student loans, and payday loans, and credit cards to shackle us. No difference.
Our education is what has failed us. Our media used to try and educate, yet it doesn't, anymore. We are addicted to "social media" (which has a slant" and by outright propaganda in media, and in entertainment, and by these loser "influencers" and by people who should know better.
Moral flexibility is an oxymoron.
WE have more information at our fingertips than ever before, yet who reads? Who questions? Who reflects?
From the beginning the Elites in Europe, the International Bankers didn't like this new system of democracy .They much preferred the feudal system where the were the blue bloods and the rest of they people peasants serving them .They have been doing everything since then to take down democracy war 1812 ,civil war the creation of the Federal Reserve ( private bankers ) which is against every thing the founders wrote in the Constitution .Today we have memes many coming from Russian ,China troll.factories promoting black and white ,simplistic ,Us vs Them thinking .Some people can only learn from the school of hard knocks unfortunately .and the hard knocks are a coming .
League of Women voters set rules for elections, by claiming to be non-partisan, when indeed they lean left, strongly. SGGL and Indivisible get NGO grants by claiming to be non-partisan. That was my point.
League of Women voters do not set rules for elections that is handled by the individual States. Your may be confusing “debates” with “elections” but given your age it is understandable.
I don't recall the details, but I believe LWV gets funding to publish "non-partisan" election material, and has other privileges when it comes to election observing. I don't recall the details. Your fail to see my point or be aware of the admittedly faded details of their perks, but given your IQ, that's understandable.
I think Mimi and Dale missed my point. Yes, LWV,SGGL, Indivisible are partisan as hell, but they enjoy non-partisan perks such as supervising elections, getting grant monies, etc, by claiming to be NON-partisan.
Jeffs article is about people and elected officials claiming to be non partisan when they obviously are partisan. And how the left has used it to weasel their way in local governments. Making America Great Again should not be a partisan thought. Anyone that thinks it is is a socialist/communist and does not deserve to live in America.
By your definition you attemp taking away several constitutional rights for anyone who chooses to disagree with Trump which is unAmerican. But you already knew that.
America was founded with freedom of religion but on christian values. In God We Trust. The satanist and communist values and totaly unfounded and beyond reality ways of thinking the left has adopted are not American. Not even close. Never will be.
stop watching the mainstream media -- it's not objective, especially when it's all owned by the same small hand-full of people, financed by pharma, and weapons. Start seeking out other opinions, and go back to read history. There are other perspectives than the black/white nonsense I keep hearing being spouted.
Stop being so paranoid. Fluoride isn’t poisonous, contrails aren’t toxic, the election wasn’t rigged or stolen, the world is nutty because baby boomers are all entering the dementia zone simultaneously
No, education has been systematically dismantled.... but that was the plan. Journalism changed from a trade to a "degree". And, news became infotainment, and propaganda. The blur between reality and bullshit got even worse --- and we were like lobsters in a cool pot of salted water --- numbed into indifference.
Just look at the Video News Releases (started during the Bush Administration) that presented pre-packaged news-like segments (without any identification as such) to promote policies like the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, and all the positive slanting towards the Iraq War. No one gave two shits.
MAGA clearly wishes to deny those who don’t agree with Donald calling them RINO’s and other childish names. Calling democrats “Marxist communists” is also immature.
That's the thing. Truth stands on its own. People can try to redact it, bury it, obfuscate it but those things don't change it.
No doubt our whole system Is imbalanced and corrupt and oligarch billionaires are not our saving grace but labeling things helps with clarity as long as we don't make it dogma.
We can all have our opinions but The Truth isn't diminished by them.
This IS the devil's playground...obvious by the human condition...and it does require a clear choice at some point...for everyone.
I don't blame the old, sick, dying men and women...they believed in and followed a narrative they were indoctrinated with from the beginning and are now paying the price...I agree most are living in fear...but that's a dominant condition as those who 'stick their heads up' are usually pounded down, by peers, the system, etc. AND IF you manage to build up your nest egg, the system regularly 'raids' it, setting people back while others hoard the loot...most of us are victims of THAT! (Hoard/Horde, interesting)
We may all be unified on the other side of the great divide, but here, unity is delusional...even the Unity Church has gone woke with BLM, racist agendas! I consider myself to be an optimistic cynic...I 'believe' everything will work out well....but not because of humans! Self-labeled and fine with it. 😊
The German people were angry ,upset after losing the war there was hyper inflation etc..so.instead of saying how can we as a people take responsibility and fix this ourselves they were misdirected by Hitler into scapegoating sound familiar ?
Thank you, Jeff and Teresa! We all know that LWV & SGGL are very partisan. When buzz words "negative" and "positive" are used in certain references, such as parks being closed in Seattle for negative activity, it is far left vocabulary. Remember politically correct speech was promoted by Pres. Bill Clinton. Read between the lines and the small print, and you'll know who is who, or which is which. Nobody is fooling us anymore.
It's been my experience that Left leaning people are surprised, confused and angered when they find out I don't think like them. They assume anyone intelligent and highly educated thinks like them. They put everyone into boxes and assign beliefs based on those boxes. They are horrified when they find out they assigned you to the wrong box. They truly believe that the only people fit to serve in positions of political power reside in one of the belief boxes that they live in too. It's a flaw in their personalities, believing that everyone thinks like them and those that don't are crazy. So when they are being nonpartisan they really don't think they are.
In today's highly-charged political environment, it is nigh on impossible for an informed and engaged person to be "neutral" or "non-partisan" -- especially those officials found in organizations like LWV, SGGL, and so on, if they wish their groups to be truly neutral. The problem is, most of the populous are neither, and are easily swayed by the agendas promoted on various social media platforms, these so-called neutral political action groups, and "neutral" legacy media outlets, including Peninsula Daily News and Sequim Gazette. When it comes to our county commissioners, perhaps they should take a page from Supreme Court Justice Barrett, who recently wrote that "On the bench, we must suppress our individual beliefs in deference to those that have prevailed in the enacted law. Our job is to protect the choices that citizens have made, even when we disagree with them…"
Like how 'neutral' Switzerland is...allowing armaments to pass through while looking after everybody's gold, while they watch quietly from the 'sidelines'.
God said it preferred hot or cold (for the drama, no doubt) but would spew lukewarm from it's mouth...I agree!😊 Amy Barrett isn't neutral, either...SCOTUS is corrupted as well...that's why so little actual justice and so much passing the buck...so much back-and-forth...having lifetime partisan 'appointments' is just begging for abuse.
Judging from a (partisan) place of the highest moral, ethical, spiritual standards isn't that difficult...humans just think they know better.
Humans aren't wise enough, in bulk, to self regulate...chaos remains the dominant paradigm.
He does, but it's not "his" computer. It's yours, it's ours. There is a barcode on that computer identifying it as county property... we are loaning it to him while he represents us. It's the same as you walking up to the podium and slapping an "NRA" sticker on it. That isn't your podium, it's ours.
I think it's inappropriate and disrespectful, and shows a sign of entitlement.
Jeff: As an ACLU member, I'm proud to support an organization that defends the Bill of Rights--the first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Example: the ACLU went to court to defend the First Amendment right of the American Nazi Party to march in Skokie, Illinois. That's about as far from Communism as you can get.
That said, I agree with you that public employees should not put advocacy stickers on public property.
Thoughtful people should debate the notion that Free Speech says you can say anything you want ? Which uses the freedom to take away other people's freedom like screaming fire in a crowded hall .As we also see with memes on FB to create anger,distrust in society decade after decade until someone who is in that fanatical mindset created by this anger takes a automatic rifle and causes a mass shooting taking away others rights to live.
I think Frenchy is the big, I’m nonpartisan king as I recall him saying over and over many many times. Or was it “independent”? Same thing in my book, one is officially declared the other is in name only…..cowardly fakers…
"A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen." ~ Winston Churchill
The best super computer in the world can't predict what's going to happen even a few minutes from now .Why our very wise Founders created this country based on democratic principles to guide it which is basically the Golden Rule "Do unto others as you have them do unto you '" The greater good for all.
We're being whirled around in a rotary chamber, that's what I think...words are symbols...they represent and stand for something...research 'cursive' and 'spelling' as well...the gods of this world are clever and know how to hide things in plain sight.
I guess it's worthwhile digging through their garbage and rot to find Truth and Justice buried in there!
I do love a good conspiracy, and there's lots to choose from!
Blessings to all those willing to wade the swamp and shine the light...watch out for snakes and gators and those clouds of 'mosquitoes' with their tiny syringes!😎
I have seen info that states our saving grace is that the evil ones do Have to out themselves, and they do, for those with eyes to see, ears to hear and sense to discern.
Alex Jones is a (self-described) berserker and it's not easy to listen to him but he has accurately foretold many unfoldings in the last 30 years.
There is a Tucker Carlson interview with him, 4 months ago, where he goes over how the deep-state operates and how he has been slandered, sued, financially destroyed because he told the truth.
He tells how he discerned and put the pieces together for different ops and conspiracies...not magic or psychical but paying attn to what 'they' say about themselves and their plans, most of which is public if one knows where to look...some of it is leaked and through whistleblowers, (God save them).
Love them or hate them, people like Alex and DJT are shaking up the paradigm and nobody knows how it's going to end up...I'm personally suspicious of all of it but one thing is certain...we are on a road to hell on earth with the way things have been playing out since JFK was murdered...he and Eisenhower both warned us about the 'ruthless conspiracy' overtaking us, but what were we to do?
The banksters central command was in 'neutral' Switzerland and they financed both sides of all the wars in our recorded history...watching excitedly from the sidelines while the created genocides played out in front of them..enriching them every step of the way...the Love of money truly is the bastion of evil.
Evil itself just uses money to buy, sell and trade in commodities, of which we are one!
Distracted by winning WW2 and the 'relative' material prosperity we enjoyed we were already lulled into a false sense of security AND the political machine was already firmly in the hands of the globalists after JFK.
We are in the drama and are playing our parts as best we know how.
I was skeptical of Alex Jones until I listened to that particular interview. I have now gone back and listened to more of him with a discretion of the ear that pushes aside all of the crazy screaming he does. When you get beyond that......his shit is as scary as it comes. I am surprised he isn't six feet under by now!
Non Partisan feels good. You don't lean this way or that way. You are centered... What a great way to wiggle your way into someone's sphere. I'm all about what's right. I'm not a MAGA, I'm not a Dem, I'm like you... What's the agenda? Make a good first impression. I'm a normal woman or man like you. Get that to sink in. When it does, smile... Listen... Nod approvingly... You got 'em. You got the vote. Now you're in. You're elected. Now you do as you please but you still nod and smile. Align with other 'non partisan' NGOs. Yeah you're living the non partisan life for all to see. You kommissar skabs.
Anger and envy simmer below the surface. Almost psychopathic they flatten their outward emotions to achieve the goal of power...over you.
At the first Indivisible Sequim rally I and six other pro Trump/DOGE conservatives also attended in counter protest. We were greatly outnumbered on our chosen corner by…drumroll…the LEAGUE of WOMEN VOTERS, who were there in LWV sweatshirts, waving LWV signs—all spewing hatred of Trump and DOGE and blocking us from view.
Indivisible is supported nationwide by communist billionaire George Soros. Our resident card carrying communist, Tim Wheeler, is the leader of Indivisible Sequim and, by the way, a founder of SGGL.
The Chamber of Commerce denied membership to Save Our Sequim-unceremoniously returning our application and membership fee with no explanation and refused to meet to discuss. SOS was a 501c4 in good standing, but we opposed the MAT. Thus nongrata.
Usually there is respect for each side, but we were denied that respect by LWV. They rudely invaded our little corner of the whole square and harassed us. We were pushed, called names, and surrounded us physically to intimidate us. Totally disrespectful, but we hung in there for their entire two hour stunt.
One could write a book on the cause of rising partisanship in the US and other countries. This article is calling out those who continue to pretend they are not partisans. The most likely causes are the rise of partisan media outlets and social media over the past 15 years leading to "echo chambers" or "filter bubbles" amplifying the human need to where consumers are exposed almost exclusively to information that confirms their pre-existing beliefs. Our political leaders take this to an even more extreme level because they benefit from polarization, as it energizes their base. We all interact in person with many whom are on the "opposite" side and deep down most are good people. Somehow we need to do more to find common ground. Frankly we need new leaders who are less partisan....otherwise we will continue to fragment....perhaps that is what the left wants. Keep up the good fight Jeff!
They have vaporized the common ground and the left is completely insane... if you compromise with insanity, that makes you insane...it's lala-land thinking that there is any healthy way to compromise or reason with, insanity.
They are destroying everything a sane person holds dear.😱
Nobody wants to say it but we ARE splitting right down the middle and there isn't going to be any middle-ground left...it's either sanity or insanity...polarity is a LAW OF NATURE...nothing we can do but choose.😎
There is no such thing as nonpartisan. Everyone is partisan by definition “a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person”.
So if you support Donald Trump you are partisan, if you support Jamestown you are partisan, if you support climate change, you are partisan, if you root for the Seahawks you are partisan, if you are Christian you are partisan.
The same is true if you never support or always oppose (Donald, Jamestown, climate change, Seahawks, Christians) you are a partisan.
Hold up. Is this THE Dale Wilson? Dildo Dale? The walking bundle of personality disorders that was slandering and libeling people in Port Angeles left, right and center in his vanity gazette not too terribly long ago?
So, just so there's no room for ambiguity, this is the Dildo T. Wilson who ran for County Commissioner and got the lowest polling number in Clallam County's 150 year history? The same person who got canned from teaching at the Quileute school for losing his temper with the student on multiple occasions and refusing to take a mandatory UA because he knew he would fail? THAT Dildo T. Wilson?
Nah. I'm pretty sure I've got the right dipshit. Is the sex offender still handling your online stuff? Are you and Max Mania still cyber-harassing women? Are you still seeing a caseworker at PBH and taking lithium?
How many wilson’s are there in the United States? How many people use pseudo names? How many ways can your insecurities be exhibited?
Read: I am not who you hope, I am who you fear. Intelligent, articulate and fact based opponent to the emotionally damaged alt-right fear mongers. Stop being paranoid and childish and let the demons in your heart wither and die.
I have always supported whomever is president (it was difficult last time, because of the obvious, glaring Emperor with No Clothing). The health of the country requires that you respect everyone -- and that is what is missing.
Jeff...your latest article points to a real problem with our County. The same people who are elected officials are also activly involved in every other organization in our community. So, with the local news people who limit themselves to a few sensational crime stories and ignor shady double-dealing politicians, the community "leaders" are allowed self-dealing hidden agendas that benefit themselves rather than our community. Varied points of view are lost to thier wims, and public knowledge is lost in the process. Thank you, Jeff, for your efforts to keep us informed. Without you we would really be in the dark.
Of course, our County Prosecutor ought to be looking into conflicts if interest, etc., but that person is missing too!
I find it disturbing that someone in Clallam County government has seen fit to list the LOWV on our tax dollar funded website. Likely just an oversight?
Ten years ago the League of Women Voters conducted their candidate 'debates' (not true debates, in any way) in a different way. I ran for City Council against Mike Meredith. (A friendly election, because it turned out I really liked him.) The debate was held at the County Commissioners chamber, and was very well attended. People both lined up, to ask a question, live/in person, and there were others who wrote on index cards, and were read to us. There were many, many questions, and nothing was "curated".
I'm not sure how they arrived at their current "configuration" because it's awkward, just short of asking me who I voted for in the last presidential election. I'm getting weary of the same curated questions, because they all seem to be trying to figure out what side of the political isle I'm on (I'm not, I've been independent since I first voted at 18). I don't speak about that, just as I don't speak about my religious beliefs, because -- these things are private.
I find that this nonsense about "declaring" your "side" perverted, and not helpful. Never was, still isn't. And, people seem to be acting like their political side is akin to their sports team, their religion, or their favorite color. It's all "I feel", and since when did feelies mean anything at all.
We have an awful lot of immature people in government....
Skepticism is a healthy practice and Jeff is a master. It is not polarization or partisanship, but it is one's best effort to take an objective look. Neither of our unfortunately only two political parties of consequence is a panacea. My sphere of political influence was growing up in the very liberal greater Seattle area and union-ism. The Democrat Party did and does dominate both the area and unions and I was an on board supporter. What flipped my switch was my decision to become a business owner/operator in my union trade. I was a union contractor, but having moved from tradesman to contractor, I surprisingly and unwittingly became the enemy. Same guy; no longer one of the brotherhood, but an enemy of same. In time I learned that change in how I was viewed and treated was politics. Today I view the Democrat Party as intolerant of any independent thought. Be a good Lemming and do as we tell you to do. That policy is also complemented with control of most major media outlets. I view Government and politics as selecting representatives to manage our infrastructure, safety and economic opportunity, ( the meat ). How that morphed into global and local charity, minority-ism and reproductive rights endless arguing is what I see wrong with politics and Governance. When a major influential political party invests inordinate energy and effort triumphing sexual deviancy, as example, the basics of Governance are lost. What benefit do us citizens of this country gain from a platform of hate our opponent ? Despite a now long period of Democrat Party control, the cauldron of "minorities" to pretend to support just keeps getting bigger and our economic potential degrades. Is trans-sexuality so important as to dominate the media and our Governance as it has ? We are all a minority of some making and abortion always has been and always will be available, regardless of laws. I am interested in substance like our infrastructure, economy and safety. Show me the meat.
What a fantastic article! It's amazing how these various organizations are too weak minded and are unwilling or unable to be honest with themselves and the public! No organization can be effective in the ling term if they are dishonest.
You are incredible, Jeff, with help or no help. Thank you for keeping us aware.
After over 49 years as a registered Democrat, I finally saw the lies and flipped. But, not to Republican, but to "non-partisan". Why? Because the Democrats and Republicans are not polar opposites-- they are really 2 sides of the same coin-- and the Republicans are not conservative enough for me. Huh? I see too much globalism and war mongering among both parties, even though-- especially locally-- Republicans more closely align with my views, so I vote Republican, at least so far. But, if you want to divide further, as Democrats love to do, I am hardcore MAGA. I believe in the principles our President works for-- the betterment of America, from a conservative, Constitutional, framework.
So, I see LWV, SGGL, Indivisble, Ozi-ass, French Fry, Johnson, and others in our local governments as pretty far left, if not Marxist in many ways, and oppose them at every opportunity. So, "nonpartisan" simply means that you didn't check a box and has little to do with partisanship. I am the polar opposite of these other "nonpartisans". I am a staunch Constitutional Conservative and believe that our founding document is the absolute law of the land and look toward the principles of our founders when it comes to interpretations, which the legal profession works hard toward twisting, skewing, and misinterpreting.
I could NOT have said it better myself, 45 years registered democrat … NO MORE as I am that gentleman who wears my TRUMP hat to Costco & NEVER FAIL TO RECEIVE COMPLIMENTS including yesterday from a pleasant MAGA couple ‼️🙏🏻✝️🇺🇸🦅👨🏼🌾
Awesome!
Amen!
MAGA is totally partisan. There is nothing wrong with being partisan, there is everything wrong with denying others the same rights you enjoy
Like the commies are trying to do?😱
Communists, socialists, capitalist and fascists are merely age spots on the back of an old man’s hand. The hand of a man dying in fear.
Well I'm grateful you have it all figured out.
Will you lead the county into a peaceful and prosperous future?
Or will you just stand on the sidelines looking to see if any of the age spots are on your hands?😊
I sure hope you don't teach political science, Dale Wilson. You'd have to toss away the history books, and just ramble on.
Dale probably learned all his history from Howard Zinn...
What fear spots do the younger female generation have if you by chance know?
I have no idea. The only fearful in America I know are old men with generators to keep their CPAP’s powered up.
At least people will know which houses to raid...the ones with lights on!🤪
How do you know this about old men?
I can speak for the younger female generation. We have deep WTF lines between our eyes.
🎶 repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here, gotta divide it all right in two 🎶
Rights were originally based on a moral society...(slavery was universal...still is...both physical and financial) which believed in a Higher Power which supports truth, justice, liberty, accountability and tough love.
In a small 'g' god society all those higher values go completely by the wayside...anything goes...and anything does...not a good look for humanity.
G.Washington despised party politics but didn't really have an alternative answer...if you are blessed with a good ruler (rare) things are good...for awhile... but inevitably a despot takes power...say la vie.😎 The devil's playground... if you don't believe in a devil...look into your own psyche...it's real, for all of us! Jung called it integrating the shadow...if it's unconscious, it runs us...if conscious, we have some control about how it plays into the world...we have some choice...it ain't easy to do but it's doable.🥸 Better 'the devil you know than the devil you don't' has a whole new meaning in that context! Not a choice between 2 evils but a conscious choice about our own evil.🤪
true slavery --- used to be indentured servitude (for whites) and forced (sold by other blacks into slavery) if you were a darker skinty-tone. Now we have student loans, and payday loans, and credit cards to shackle us. No difference.
Our education is what has failed us. Our media used to try and educate, yet it doesn't, anymore. We are addicted to "social media" (which has a slant" and by outright propaganda in media, and in entertainment, and by these loser "influencers" and by people who should know better.
Moral flexibility is an oxymoron.
WE have more information at our fingertips than ever before, yet who reads? Who questions? Who reflects?
From the beginning the Elites in Europe, the International Bankers didn't like this new system of democracy .They much preferred the feudal system where the were the blue bloods and the rest of they people peasants serving them .They have been doing everything since then to take down democracy war 1812 ,civil war the creation of the Federal Reserve ( private bankers ) which is against every thing the founders wrote in the Constitution .Today we have memes many coming from Russian ,China troll.factories promoting black and white ,simplistic ,Us vs Them thinking .Some people can only learn from the school of hard knocks unfortunately .and the hard knocks are a coming .
They ask Alexa. Yes, my ancestors were indentured servants, as I have the document to prove it.
While claiming to be NON-partisan, Dale? And enjoying non-partisan privileges, as the LWV, SGGL, Indivisble?
There are no privileges to claiming non partisan status once you understand everyone is partisan.
League of Women voters set rules for elections, by claiming to be non-partisan, when indeed they lean left, strongly. SGGL and Indivisible get NGO grants by claiming to be non-partisan. That was my point.
League of Women voters do not set rules for elections that is handled by the individual States. Your may be confusing “debates” with “elections” but given your age it is understandable.
What do you know about my age?
I don't recall the details, but I believe LWV gets funding to publish "non-partisan" election material, and has other privileges when it comes to election observing. I don't recall the details. Your fail to see my point or be aware of the admittedly faded details of their perks, but given your IQ, that's understandable.
No. No EVERYONE is partisan. You are looking through yellow colored glasses there, old man.
I think Mimi and Dale missed my point. Yes, LWV,SGGL, Indivisible are partisan as hell, but they enjoy non-partisan perks such as supervising elections, getting grant monies, etc, by claiming to be NON-partisan.
Sorry if I misunderstood...
Who will turn the other cheek, first?
Walk away...run if you can..but when cornered, fight like hell!😎
It's getting a little cramped over here in this corner!😎
Jeffs article is about people and elected officials claiming to be non partisan when they obviously are partisan. And how the left has used it to weasel their way in local governments. Making America Great Again should not be a partisan thought. Anyone that thinks it is is a socialist/communist and does not deserve to live in America.
By your definition you attemp taking away several constitutional rights for anyone who chooses to disagree with Trump which is unAmerican. But you already knew that.
America was founded with freedom of religion but on christian values. In God We Trust. The satanist and communist values and totaly unfounded and beyond reality ways of thinking the left has adopted are not American. Not even close. Never will be.
stop watching the mainstream media -- it's not objective, especially when it's all owned by the same small hand-full of people, financed by pharma, and weapons. Start seeking out other opinions, and go back to read history. There are other perspectives than the black/white nonsense I keep hearing being spouted.
Stop being so paranoid. Fluoride isn’t poisonous, contrails aren’t toxic, the election wasn’t rigged or stolen, the world is nutty because baby boomers are all entering the dementia zone simultaneously
No, education has been systematically dismantled.... but that was the plan. Journalism changed from a trade to a "degree". And, news became infotainment, and propaganda. The blur between reality and bullshit got even worse --- and we were like lobsters in a cool pot of salted water --- numbed into indifference.
Just look at the Video News Releases (started during the Bush Administration) that presented pre-packaged news-like segments (without any identification as such) to promote policies like the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, and all the positive slanting towards the Iraq War. No one gave two shits.
Boomers are only part of the problem ---
who is denying what??? I am a Minion, I guess; some democrats deny that I am a human being...
MAGA clearly wishes to deny those who don’t agree with Donald calling them RINO’s and other childish names. Calling democrats “Marxist communists” is also immature.
Not if it's true, Dale.
That's the thing. Truth stands on its own. People can try to redact it, bury it, obfuscate it but those things don't change it.
No doubt our whole system Is imbalanced and corrupt and oligarch billionaires are not our saving grace but labeling things helps with clarity as long as we don't make it dogma.
We can all have our opinions but The Truth isn't diminished by them.
This IS the devil's playground...obvious by the human condition...and it does require a clear choice at some point...for everyone.
I don't blame the old, sick, dying men and women...they believed in and followed a narrative they were indoctrinated with from the beginning and are now paying the price...I agree most are living in fear...but that's a dominant condition as those who 'stick their heads up' are usually pounded down, by peers, the system, etc. AND IF you manage to build up your nest egg, the system regularly 'raids' it, setting people back while others hoard the loot...most of us are victims of THAT! (Hoard/Horde, interesting)
We may all be unified on the other side of the great divide, but here, unity is delusional...even the Unity Church has gone woke with BLM, racist agendas! I consider myself to be an optimistic cynic...I 'believe' everything will work out well....but not because of humans! Self-labeled and fine with it. 😊
The League of Women Voters called me a Minion!! waaaa! Maybe it's the 'calling names' part - how about they ARE practicing communism in a Marxist way.
I doubt you understand the definition of any form of government but are angry because it’s all you’re good at.
oh dear, lashing out and angry. TJ hit the nail on the head! lol
Govern=control. Ment=mind. That is all you need to know!😁
The German people were angry ,upset after losing the war there was hyper inflation etc..so.instead of saying how can we as a people take responsibility and fix this ourselves they were misdirected by Hitler into scapegoating sound familiar ?
oh brother. <eye roll>
Become "The Minionator"🤣
Dildo? Is that you?
While some scream voter disenfranchisement they turn a blind eye to it occurring in other ways
Thank you, Jeff and Teresa! We all know that LWV & SGGL are very partisan. When buzz words "negative" and "positive" are used in certain references, such as parks being closed in Seattle for negative activity, it is far left vocabulary. Remember politically correct speech was promoted by Pres. Bill Clinton. Read between the lines and the small print, and you'll know who is who, or which is which. Nobody is fooling us anymore.
He did not have sex with this woman!
Wink, wink.
It's been my experience that Left leaning people are surprised, confused and angered when they find out I don't think like them. They assume anyone intelligent and highly educated thinks like them. They put everyone into boxes and assign beliefs based on those boxes. They are horrified when they find out they assigned you to the wrong box. They truly believe that the only people fit to serve in positions of political power reside in one of the belief boxes that they live in too. It's a flaw in their personalities, believing that everyone thinks like them and those that don't are crazy. So when they are being nonpartisan they really don't think they are.
POLARIZATION, it's makin' me wait...it's keepin' me waaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiittin'!🤣
In today's highly-charged political environment, it is nigh on impossible for an informed and engaged person to be "neutral" or "non-partisan" -- especially those officials found in organizations like LWV, SGGL, and so on, if they wish their groups to be truly neutral. The problem is, most of the populous are neither, and are easily swayed by the agendas promoted on various social media platforms, these so-called neutral political action groups, and "neutral" legacy media outlets, including Peninsula Daily News and Sequim Gazette. When it comes to our county commissioners, perhaps they should take a page from Supreme Court Justice Barrett, who recently wrote that "On the bench, we must suppress our individual beliefs in deference to those that have prevailed in the enacted law. Our job is to protect the choices that citizens have made, even when we disagree with them…"
Like how 'neutral' Switzerland is...allowing armaments to pass through while looking after everybody's gold, while they watch quietly from the 'sidelines'.
God said it preferred hot or cold (for the drama, no doubt) but would spew lukewarm from it's mouth...I agree!😊 Amy Barrett isn't neutral, either...SCOTUS is corrupted as well...that's why so little actual justice and so much passing the buck...so much back-and-forth...having lifetime partisan 'appointments' is just begging for abuse.
Judging from a (partisan) place of the highest moral, ethical, spiritual standards isn't that difficult...humans just think they know better.
Humans aren't wise enough, in bulk, to self regulate...chaos remains the dominant paradigm.
Collectively, We are a failed experiment.😎
These non partisan groups are teetering on the edge of terrorism. And Ozias should be in jail. Simple as that.
Amen, Greg. They are all closet Marxists, regardless of their labels.
Nozias had ACLU sticker on his computer...don't know if he still does...full communist.
French -fry promotes violence as change agent...full commie!
Johnsoon is some kind of wealthy socialist.
They have to go!😵💫
He does, but it's not "his" computer. It's yours, it's ours. There is a barcode on that computer identifying it as county property... we are loaning it to him while he represents us. It's the same as you walking up to the podium and slapping an "NRA" sticker on it. That isn't your podium, it's ours.
I think it's inappropriate and disrespectful, and shows a sign of entitlement.
Click here to see pictures of what our commissioners have done to your property with stickers: https://www.ccwatchdog.com/p/when-power-gets-personal?utm_source=publication-search
Jeff: As an ACLU member, I'm proud to support an organization that defends the Bill of Rights--the first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Example: the ACLU went to court to defend the First Amendment right of the American Nazi Party to march in Skokie, Illinois. That's about as far from Communism as you can get.
That said, I agree with you that public employees should not put advocacy stickers on public property.
A C L U - Anarchist Civil Liberties Union.
Thoughtful people should debate the notion that Free Speech says you can say anything you want ? Which uses the freedom to take away other people's freedom like screaming fire in a crowded hall .As we also see with memes on FB to create anger,distrust in society decade after decade until someone who is in that fanatical mindset created by this anger takes a automatic rifle and causes a mass shooting taking away others rights to live.
I think Frenchy is the big, I’m nonpartisan king as I recall him saying over and over many many times. Or was it “independent”? Same thing in my book, one is officially declared the other is in name only…..cowardly fakers…
A saying we had in the military. "When one problem leaves, they issue another one in it's place."
Another saying. "I'd rather dance with the devil I know."
Or....be careful what you wish for 😁
"A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen." ~ Winston Churchill
The best super computer in the world can't predict what's going to happen even a few minutes from now .Why our very wise Founders created this country based on democratic principles to guide it which is basically the Golden Rule "Do unto others as you have them do unto you '" The greater good for all.
You know it!
The truth is too outrageous for many to grasp...thanks for speaking it!😎
Thank you Jeff.
This article is giving each of us a “beginning” to do our own investigation into our local gov.
Stay the course…
Do not get stuck on words such as “Partisan” etc.
If you want change-
Take that crazy energy we have and dig.
I promise, you wont need to dig too far.
Do your research of “Chamber” works.
How it started, what it does and who they work for.
Look up the word “Chamber”.
Next, look into “Rotary”.
;-)
Thank YOU Teresa!
No, Thank you!😎
Looks like you are building a solid community of opinions, facts and action takers!
We're being whirled around in a rotary chamber, that's what I think...words are symbols...they represent and stand for something...research 'cursive' and 'spelling' as well...the gods of this world are clever and know how to hide things in plain sight.
I guess it's worthwhile digging through their garbage and rot to find Truth and Justice buried in there!
I do love a good conspiracy, and there's lots to choose from!
Blessings to all those willing to wade the swamp and shine the light...watch out for snakes and gators and those clouds of 'mosquitoes' with their tiny syringes!😎
Right?!
It is incredible how things have been hidden from us.
The commissioners deem themselves “untouchable”.
Always find the “root” of the plant.
That is where vitality resides.
Deep roots need strong medicine!💊😎
I have seen info that states our saving grace is that the evil ones do Have to out themselves, and they do, for those with eyes to see, ears to hear and sense to discern.
Alex Jones is a (self-described) berserker and it's not easy to listen to him but he has accurately foretold many unfoldings in the last 30 years.
There is a Tucker Carlson interview with him, 4 months ago, where he goes over how the deep-state operates and how he has been slandered, sued, financially destroyed because he told the truth.
He tells how he discerned and put the pieces together for different ops and conspiracies...not magic or psychical but paying attn to what 'they' say about themselves and their plans, most of which is public if one knows where to look...some of it is leaked and through whistleblowers, (God save them).
Love them or hate them, people like Alex and DJT are shaking up the paradigm and nobody knows how it's going to end up...I'm personally suspicious of all of it but one thing is certain...we are on a road to hell on earth with the way things have been playing out since JFK was murdered...he and Eisenhower both warned us about the 'ruthless conspiracy' overtaking us, but what were we to do?
The banksters central command was in 'neutral' Switzerland and they financed both sides of all the wars in our recorded history...watching excitedly from the sidelines while the created genocides played out in front of them..enriching them every step of the way...the Love of money truly is the bastion of evil.
Evil itself just uses money to buy, sell and trade in commodities, of which we are one!
Distracted by winning WW2 and the 'relative' material prosperity we enjoyed we were already lulled into a false sense of security AND the political machine was already firmly in the hands of the globalists after JFK.
We are in the drama and are playing our parts as best we know how.
Good thing it's all temporary!😇
Yeah, I'm at 80% done.
I am statistically dead. However still engage with what is happening currently.
68.5% and closing fast!😇
I was skeptical of Alex Jones until I listened to that particular interview. I have now gone back and listened to more of him with a discretion of the ear that pushes aside all of the crazy screaming he does. When you get beyond that......his shit is as scary as it comes. I am surprised he isn't six feet under by now!
I gave you a little more info in your substack yesterday.
Non Partisan feels good. You don't lean this way or that way. You are centered... What a great way to wiggle your way into someone's sphere. I'm all about what's right. I'm not a MAGA, I'm not a Dem, I'm like you... What's the agenda? Make a good first impression. I'm a normal woman or man like you. Get that to sink in. When it does, smile... Listen... Nod approvingly... You got 'em. You got the vote. Now you're in. You're elected. Now you do as you please but you still nod and smile. Align with other 'non partisan' NGOs. Yeah you're living the non partisan life for all to see. You kommissar skabs.
Anger and envy simmer below the surface. Almost psychopathic they flatten their outward emotions to achieve the goal of power...over you.
I was worried for a moment there.... :)
Well portrayed Billy!😎
Great reporting, again!
At the first Indivisible Sequim rally I and six other pro Trump/DOGE conservatives also attended in counter protest. We were greatly outnumbered on our chosen corner by…drumroll…the LEAGUE of WOMEN VOTERS, who were there in LWV sweatshirts, waving LWV signs—all spewing hatred of Trump and DOGE and blocking us from view.
Indivisible is supported nationwide by communist billionaire George Soros. Our resident card carrying communist, Tim Wheeler, is the leader of Indivisible Sequim and, by the way, a founder of SGGL.
The Chamber of Commerce denied membership to Save Our Sequim-unceremoniously returning our application and membership fee with no explanation and refused to meet to discuss. SOS was a 501c4 in good standing, but we opposed the MAT. Thus nongrata.
Nonpartisan my butt.
Usually there is respect for each side, but we were denied that respect by LWV. They rudely invaded our little corner of the whole square and harassed us. We were pushed, called names, and surrounded us physically to intimidate us. Totally disrespectful, but we hung in there for their entire two hour stunt.
I refuse to "heart" this comment because I don't like how you were treated, but thank you for sharing.
One could write a book on the cause of rising partisanship in the US and other countries. This article is calling out those who continue to pretend they are not partisans. The most likely causes are the rise of partisan media outlets and social media over the past 15 years leading to "echo chambers" or "filter bubbles" amplifying the human need to where consumers are exposed almost exclusively to information that confirms their pre-existing beliefs. Our political leaders take this to an even more extreme level because they benefit from polarization, as it energizes their base. We all interact in person with many whom are on the "opposite" side and deep down most are good people. Somehow we need to do more to find common ground. Frankly we need new leaders who are less partisan....otherwise we will continue to fragment....perhaps that is what the left wants. Keep up the good fight Jeff!
They have vaporized the common ground and the left is completely insane... if you compromise with insanity, that makes you insane...it's lala-land thinking that there is any healthy way to compromise or reason with, insanity.
They are destroying everything a sane person holds dear.😱
“Nonpartisan” makes me cringe when I hear it. “Bipartisan” makes me gag.
Nobody wants to say it but we ARE splitting right down the middle and there isn't going to be any middle-ground left...it's either sanity or insanity...polarity is a LAW OF NATURE...nothing we can do but choose.😎
We don't have to have a middleground - that gets you nowhere. We have to COMPROMISE. That is different.
When we compromise our morals we have created middle ground.🤓
in my whiny voice: "but morals are different!" lol
Appreciate you.😊
There is no such thing as nonpartisan. Everyone is partisan by definition “a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person”.
So if you support Donald Trump you are partisan, if you support Jamestown you are partisan, if you support climate change, you are partisan, if you root for the Seahawks you are partisan, if you are Christian you are partisan.
The same is true if you never support or always oppose (Donald, Jamestown, climate change, Seahawks, Christians) you are a partisan.
Y’all are welcome for the quick lesson.
You forgot Sequim Gazette and Peninsula Daily News.
one on the same. These are not newspapers, they aren't even fish wrap.
Everyone (you, me, Jeff T) have preferences and biases. I couldn’t list them all.
I'll happily tell you mine, and not claim to not be biased.
Let's go have a chat with LOWV and SGGL.
No need, they know their biases better than you and I ever could
Hold up. Is this THE Dale Wilson? Dildo Dale? The walking bundle of personality disorders that was slandering and libeling people in Port Angeles left, right and center in his vanity gazette not too terribly long ago?
James naming your intimate toys is your choice, triple posting about it three successive times is obsessive.
So, just so there's no room for ambiguity, this is the Dildo T. Wilson who ran for County Commissioner and got the lowest polling number in Clallam County's 150 year history? The same person who got canned from teaching at the Quileute school for losing his temper with the student on multiple occasions and refusing to take a mandatory UA because he knew he would fail? THAT Dildo T. Wilson?
Guess again Mensa Member.
Nah. I'm pretty sure I've got the right dipshit. Is the sex offender still handling your online stuff? Are you and Max Mania still cyber-harassing women? Are you still seeing a caseworker at PBH and taking lithium?
How many wilson’s are there in the United States? How many people use pseudo names? How many ways can your insecurities be exhibited?
Read: I am not who you hope, I am who you fear. Intelligent, articulate and fact based opponent to the emotionally damaged alt-right fear mongers. Stop being paranoid and childish and let the demons in your heart wither and die.
bullshit.
I have always supported whomever is president (it was difficult last time, because of the obvious, glaring Emperor with No Clothing). The health of the country requires that you respect everyone -- and that is what is missing.
January 6 th took us across the Rubicon. Canons to the left of me, canons to the right. Trust in family, friend and neighbor is dead.
if you believe what the media pushed, sure. I was more shaken by the insanity that was "covid".
Covid was global. January 6th was only USA. Big difference
James you are confusing definitions again. My being helpful to others here is not arrogance.
No, it's your telling them you are doing them a favor, that is arrogant.🤓
Confidence is not arrogance either, try again
Jeff...your latest article points to a real problem with our County. The same people who are elected officials are also activly involved in every other organization in our community. So, with the local news people who limit themselves to a few sensational crime stories and ignor shady double-dealing politicians, the community "leaders" are allowed self-dealing hidden agendas that benefit themselves rather than our community. Varied points of view are lost to thier wims, and public knowledge is lost in the process. Thank you, Jeff, for your efforts to keep us informed. Without you we would really be in the dark.
Of course, our County Prosecutor ought to be looking into conflicts if interest, etc., but that person is missing too!
It's called infiltration and when it's gone on as long as it has, it's called saturation.
There's no pretty way through this scenario.🙃
I find it disturbing that someone in Clallam County government has seen fit to list the LOWV on our tax dollar funded website. Likely just an oversight?
Wait, LOWV may be next in front of commissioners asking for a FEE.
Infiltration/Saturation...now do the skeptics believe my commie rants?😊
Ten years ago the League of Women Voters conducted their candidate 'debates' (not true debates, in any way) in a different way. I ran for City Council against Mike Meredith. (A friendly election, because it turned out I really liked him.) The debate was held at the County Commissioners chamber, and was very well attended. People both lined up, to ask a question, live/in person, and there were others who wrote on index cards, and were read to us. There were many, many questions, and nothing was "curated".
I'm not sure how they arrived at their current "configuration" because it's awkward, just short of asking me who I voted for in the last presidential election. I'm getting weary of the same curated questions, because they all seem to be trying to figure out what side of the political isle I'm on (I'm not, I've been independent since I first voted at 18). I don't speak about that, just as I don't speak about my religious beliefs, because -- these things are private.
I find that this nonsense about "declaring" your "side" perverted, and not helpful. Never was, still isn't. And, people seem to be acting like their political side is akin to their sports team, their religion, or their favorite color. It's all "I feel", and since when did feelies mean anything at all.
We have an awful lot of immature people in government....
Skepticism is a healthy practice and Jeff is a master. It is not polarization or partisanship, but it is one's best effort to take an objective look. Neither of our unfortunately only two political parties of consequence is a panacea. My sphere of political influence was growing up in the very liberal greater Seattle area and union-ism. The Democrat Party did and does dominate both the area and unions and I was an on board supporter. What flipped my switch was my decision to become a business owner/operator in my union trade. I was a union contractor, but having moved from tradesman to contractor, I surprisingly and unwittingly became the enemy. Same guy; no longer one of the brotherhood, but an enemy of same. In time I learned that change in how I was viewed and treated was politics. Today I view the Democrat Party as intolerant of any independent thought. Be a good Lemming and do as we tell you to do. That policy is also complemented with control of most major media outlets. I view Government and politics as selecting representatives to manage our infrastructure, safety and economic opportunity, ( the meat ). How that morphed into global and local charity, minority-ism and reproductive rights endless arguing is what I see wrong with politics and Governance. When a major influential political party invests inordinate energy and effort triumphing sexual deviancy, as example, the basics of Governance are lost. What benefit do us citizens of this country gain from a platform of hate our opponent ? Despite a now long period of Democrat Party control, the cauldron of "minorities" to pretend to support just keeps getting bigger and our economic potential degrades. Is trans-sexuality so important as to dominate the media and our Governance as it has ? We are all a minority of some making and abortion always has been and always will be available, regardless of laws. I am interested in substance like our infrastructure, economy and safety. Show me the meat.
What a fantastic article! It's amazing how these various organizations are too weak minded and are unwilling or unable to be honest with themselves and the public! No organization can be effective in the ling term if they are dishonest.