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May 2008
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news: March 2008I was an embedded reporter in Iraq during April and May of 2003. While I was assigned to the U.S. Army's 555th Combat Engineer Group, I spent most of my time with one of its subordinate units, the 14th Combat engineers. It's hard to believe that five years have gone by. I was back out at Ft. Lewis today, and the 14th engineers are going back to Iraq, for their third tour. But because of the way the military moves people around, and so... Just imagine if kids as young as six-years-old were allowed to beat up on each other, and their parents encouraged it. The past few weeks have brought a deluge of ugly news reports about Bethel High School in Spanaway. Thirty-five years ago, King County passed the "One Percent for Art" Ordinance which says one percent of the budget for many projects must go to public art. The FBI in Seattle is looking for local experts to step forward to help analyze a parachute unearthed in a field. You go to work, do your job, get paid, go home. For most of us, it's that simple. But in reading daily police reports, I'm struck at the risk of violence and other dangers officers face just going to work everyday. Two recent incident reports document one officer being punched in the face and another being openly threatened with death. ...What may have been a conversational gaffe triggered a four-month odyssey for 70-year-old George Stray. There are some stories we cover that simply hold no joy for the reporter assigned to the task. The story of the 10 year old Everett boy who was buried head down in a sandbox is definitely one of those. Not only did a child who's been repeatedly described as bright and imaginative end up in critical condition after being buried by his playmates (many of them young relatives of his) but it's hard to pin down the exact lesson learned. ...It's a website that allows citizens to rate specific police officers on things like "authority" and "fairness." It also lets them post a comment about the officer. We found a range of postings from "Great officer," to "He uses brute force on people & lies & manipulates paperwork." There were other postings that clearly had nothing to do with job performance, i.e. "This officer is so hot." "Good to know, good to know." Some office... We now know it as the "red phone" ad -- Hillary Clinton's commercial aired in Texas that suggests Barack Obama is too inexperienced to handle a national crisis. At least one Oklahoma City TV news Web site isn't waiting for the NBA or a judge to decide if the Sonics can move there. It's already claiming the green and gold as one of its local teams. For those of you like me who regularly skip the Page 2 section on ESPN.com, check it out.. Bill Simmons has been devoting a lot of space the past week to the Sonics dilemma and he clearly is not happy about the potential move. ...Whole Foods is known for its more upscale merchandise and generally higher prices, thus the nickname: Whole Paycheck. Several shoppers this weekend apparently brought just half a paycheck but still wanted to take home everything on their wish list. ... |