Phosphate smuggling in Washington!

The removal of phosphates from my dishwasher soap had irked me for some time now. This overreaching and meddlesome policy has been in Whatcom County since last summer and all I have to show for it is dirtier dishes. I refuse to believe that the extra hot water and soap I am forced to use is any better for the environment than worthless phosphate-free soap! LVW

From Moe Lane at RedState.com:

Spokane County as a test bed for a banning of the stuff statewide in 2010. Unfortunately, there’s a reason why they put phosphates in dish detergent: it softens ‘hard’ water, which the Pacific Northwest has an abundance of (it can be softened at the water treatment plants, but, again, the Democrats think that banning phosphates is cheaper). Hard water + no phosphates in dish detergents = dishwashers don’t work properly - so people are now getting into their cars and driving to Idaho, where people are happy to sell them all the phosphate-enriched dish detergent that they want. And anything else, while they’re there. They can go to other parts of the state, too - but that obviously will go away next year. How long it takes before Washington Democrats close the borders to phosphate smugglers is anybody’s guess; I’m picking 2011.

So, to recap: a good-intentioned policy position by the Washington Democratic party has instead degraded quality of life in its target area, increased the use of burned hydrocarbons in its target area, cost local retailers business in its target area, and is not being particularly successful in its stated objective. And yet there is no indication that this program is being recognized as a failure: so it’s still pretty much on-track to be adopted statewide anyway. And if you actually don’t like having food encrusted to your plate, you’re expected to pretty much suffer. And if you complain, you’ll probably have to listen to an inevitable - and smug - lecture from somebody who thinks that he knows how to organize your life better than you do.

Isn’t one-party rule grand, Washington State?

Trading our Freedom

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-WI, in speaking of the ginormous Democrat budget:

"We will trade much of our freedom in order to have Washington take over much of our lives."

Indeed, the Democrat budget relies on too much spending, borrowing into future generations and raising taxes to pay for their excesses. When will enough be enough?

The Republicans have drawn a bright line in the sand and have produced their road map to recovery. Read the details here. The difference is striking. The Republican Road to Recovery curbs spending, creates jobs, lowers taxes and controls the debt.

Two Thousand Four Hundred "Stand Up For Marriage"--- in the Rain

Below is a report from Faith and Freedom Network about Thursday's Marriage Rally in Olympia:

Mid-week, in the rain, according to the Washington State Patrol, there were at least 2400 on the steps of the Capitol yesterday---standing up for marriage.

Thank you.

Click here to view photos.

I left the rally with some very strong impressions and a good sense of direction.

In the speech I [Gary Randall] gave, my commitment to move forward with a referendum or whatever action is appropriate depending on what exactly the Legislators do with the "every thing but marriage" legislation they have introduced, was met with thunderous applause and cheers.

That is encouraging.

A good number of Senators and Representatives do support marriage. Many of them were present yesterday and several of them spoke. Senators Swecker, Stevens, Roach and others participated. We are grateful for their service and stand on these important issues.

Representatives Matt Shea and Shelly Short, who were elected to office in this past election with your help, spoke strongly in support of marriage. They are both talented people of character.

There are more such people around the State of Washington who could also be elected.

Not only must we address the marriage issue, and be abundantly assured we will, but we must also take a longer view and work to change the character of the Legislature. You have already begun that process with these and other high quality people as examples of what can happen when people of like mind do something together.

This rally was further evidence of that, with a number of organizations coming together.

Great Is Truth, and Mighty Above All Things

Lord Christopher Monckton delivers a barn-burner of a closing address at the 2009 International Conference on Climate Change. It is a worthy read all the way to the end:

Where are they all today, those bed-wetting moaning Minnies of the Apocalyptic Traffic-Light Tendency--those Greens too yellow to admit they’re really Reds?

The main message of this conference to the bed-wetters is this. Stop telling lies. You are fooling fewer and fewer of us. However many lies are uttered, the scientific truth remains unalterable.

The Forces of Darkness, with their “global warming” chimera, came perilously close to ending the Age of Enlightenment and Reason. They almost ushered in a new Dark Age. Yet they have failed. Why? They have failed because you, here, have had the courage to face them down, to confront their falsehoods, and to nail their lies. Click here for rest of article.

Rally for America

There were about 35-40 people at a pro-America rally today in Lynden. It was a sweet time of singing, prayer and hearing from those who served our country. A rally will be held every Friday at Noon in front of the City Hall in Lynden.

Photo of the day: Homeless…with a cellphone

Priceless: Mrs. Obama serves food at a homeless shelter; destitute man snaps pic of her...w/his cell phone. I'd like to know where they send the cell phone bill. Say cheese!

American Rally Set For Friday

We are a nation blessed by God with the liberty to speak freely, assemble freely and to worhip God freely -- to mention only a few things. Our forefathers and many after them have fought hard for these freedoms.

It's time for us to stand up for America too.

Friday , March 6 at 12 noon

City Hall in Lynden

Please join us in a rally to honor America.

"May we continue, under the influence of republican virtue, to partake of all the blessings of cultivated and Christian society." Benjamin Franklin, July 4, 1787