[That announcement came on the heels of 30,000 layoffs just the day before at aircraft maker Boeing, which expects deliveries to fall seven percent this year, and more than 20 percent in 2002.] This is not a ripple effect, ... This is a tsunami. |
A majority mentality is just that -- if we agree most of the time, let's do business, |
Americans spend much of their adult lives paying taxes in various forms. We should end this practice of paying a tax that is triggered only by debt. |
He just brought the party together. All I had to do as party chairman was say, 'Remember what Ronald Reagan would say on this issue,' and it was done. |
He's not a great candidate, ... The district leans Republican. It's not safe Republican. |
I was a former federal prosecutor in the terrorism unit, I've been a municipal attorney, a land use attorney, and I ran President Bush's effort to fight gun violence. In a job as important as the King County Council, you need someone who can hit the ground running and make a difference. |
It is crucial for us to help existing companies in the county grow and expand. It is important to bring new ones in but it is also very important to work with existing ones. About 60 to 80 percent of our growth comes from existing businesses. |
It isn't suburban versus rural, ... We [suburban and rural residents] have a lot more in common with each other than we do with the downtown Seattle mentality. |
It sounded like a herd of buffalo coming down the mountain and taking the trees out. |
It will grow back. |
It's exciting to have that kind of third-party credibility, especially on a national level. People who you are talking to about this area see a rating like this and it backs up what you are telling them. |
Most of the companies we are talking to offer 115 percent of the average wage, so that helps them. |
Only with our government are you given a certificate at birth, a license at marriage, and a bill at death. |
Our baby is safe, and it's just a house. |
Our country is not in crisis; there are no tanks in the streets, ... No matter what the outcome of the president's situation, life in America will go on. Our lives will continue to be filled with practical matters, not constitutional ones. |