Obama was speaking at the start of a two-day swoop through Oregon, during a stop in Beaverton, he claimed he had already visited 57 states with one more to go.  That is not counting the existing states of Alaska and Hawaii, which he was not allowed to go to.

So I guess we have 60 states per the junior senator from Illinois.  Does this mean Eastern Washington has broken off to become the state of Cascadia?  If so, this means many of Dino Rossi’s supporters can’t vote for him legally.  He does lives on the East Side, but that is King County, not Washington state.  Will the Dems run Lisa Brown for governor of Cascadia.   I am sure John W Aiken will re-file to be the GOP candidate for the governor of Cascadia.  I am declaring Spokane the capital of Cascadia.

I guess another one of those Obama states, could be Jefferson - AKA as Northern California.  

Plus Obama should win points with the pro D.C. statehood movement during the convention in Denver.

But I need help to name the other 7 Obama states.  Or are they going to be like Florida and Michigan and not get a seat at the Denver table?  Or is this his plan to keep Hillary at bay, if Florida’s and Michigan’s delegates do get to vote in Denver

I guess I need to reread the Obama education platform.

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A must watch Doug Clark Video singing a updated version of “Knock Three Times” for those of you wanting a local take on Sen. Larry Craig.

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Public Disclosure Commission (Watch dogs over campaign funding) will be having a panel discussion of issues related to Internet campaign activity. Topics such as E-mail activity, bloggers’ activity, workplace computer use, websites, and online ads will be discussed.

The Panel is
- Steve Hoersting, Vice President of the Center for Competitive Politics
- David Postman, Chief Political Reporter for the Seattle Times newspaper
- Stefan Sharkansky, founder of SoundPolitics
- Bob Stern, President of the Center for Governmental Studies
- Jay Arnold, Principal, WINtegrated Solutions. Former Microsoft Manager

Meeting Time and Place

August 15, 2007
9:00 a.m.

John A. Cherberg Bldg, Conference Rooms B & C
304 15th Avenue SW
Olympia, Washington

TV and Podcast

I do not have the air date(s) for TVW at this time, but does not look like it will be carried live per their online daily television program schedule.

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Washington Dept. of Ecology (”Ecology”) and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will hold limited (2) public meetings, with last minute notice, about major dams proposed for Crab Creek and Hawk Creek in eastern Washington. These dams could greatly affect fish and wildlife habitat.

The only meetings are being held tonight (July 31st) in Davenport and tomorrow night (August 1st) in Othello.

Please try to attend, and let others know.

• Tuesday, July 31. 6-8 p.m. Davenport. Community Memorial Hall (511 Park)
• Wednesday, August 1. 6-8 p.m. Othello. Othello High School (Multi-Purpose Room 340 S. 7th Ave)

Additional Links:

Crab Creek Dam
Hawk Creek Dam
Davenport Meeting, agency announcement (pdf)
Othello Meeting, agency announcement (pdf)

You share your view with the following people:

• Senator Maria Cantwell
  (202) 224-3441 ~ Seattle office at 206-220-640
• Senator Patty Murray
  (202) 224-2621 ~ the Seattle office (206) 553-5545
• Gov. Christine Gregoire
  (360) 902-4111
• Jay Manning (Ecology Director)
  (360) 407-7001

Technorati Tags: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Christine Gregoire, Jay Manning , Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell, Dams, Crab Creek, Hawk Creek, Eastern Washington

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