Recent NWCitizen Articles

Face It
By g.h.kirsch · Wed May 20, 2009
In the early days of the nation, back in 1789 at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention, a woman approached Ben Franklin and asked, “So what will we have Doctor Frankiln, a monarchy or a repu
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Shocking Revelation: President Impotent
By g.h.kirsch · Thu May 14, 2009
Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, asks, “What do you suppose it is like to be elected president of the United States only to find that your power is restricted to t
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Coming Up - The Weather
By g.h.kirsch · Thu May 14, 2009
Events have forced those who earlier warned of global warming to modulate their hysteria and instead ring the alarm for catastrophic “climate change” instead.

Why the nuance? If
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Bait and Switch
By g.h.kirsch · Wed May 6, 2009
While after a hundred days the Obama administration may be spinnin’ and grinnin’, the rising chorus of criticism on the left evidences the disillusionment and disenchantment growing among those who be
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Doug vs Doug
By g.h.kirsch · Sat May 2, 2009
Clearly, Doug Karlberg’s announcement, he’d be a candidate for Doug Smith’s position at the Port of Bellingham, was the highlight of the week for local political junkies.

Indeed both the Her
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Some Piggies More Equal Than Others
By g.h.kirsch · Mon Apr 27, 2009
Congressional correspondent Susan Ferrechio reports passing cap & trade legislation is business as usual in Washington, not always pretty to watch.

“In exchange for votes to pass a controversia
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Osgood Wonders
By g.h.kirsch · Wed Apr 22, 2009
Evidencing the emerging understanding that not all is right with the theories of global warming doomsayers, the completely mainstream Charles Osgood offers this in support of skeptics backing the sola
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Global Warming Warnings
By g.h.kirsch · Sun Apr 19, 2009
As we race towards a future fraught with economic and environmental uncertainty; and as global forces pull at our cherished freedoms and political institutions, at the risk of more ridicule and condes
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Nader Counterpunches
By g.h.kirsch · Fri Apr 17, 2009
The eternally committed Ralph Nader continues to follow and speak frankly about the affairs important to average Americans.

In an article today at Counterpunch, The Greedsters
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She Said He Said
By g.h.kirsch · Tue Apr 14, 2009
Mark Russell used to joke, “If you call your opponent a politician, it’s grounds for libel.”

But I must admit I was amazed as the minions of the McShane machine mobilized to march
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Draft McShane ???
By g.h.kirsch · Sat Apr 4, 2009
Remember when Tricky Dick told reporters in California, “You won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore.”

Remember when Dan McShane told us, after a brutally negative campaign for Ma
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A Convenient Half-Truth
By g.h.kirsch · Sun Mar 29, 2009
What do you know, and what do you take on faith? Who do you trust, and should you trust them? Do you believe that failing to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere will have catastrophic environmental consequ
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Outa Sight & Outa Their Minds
By g.h.kirsch · Tue Mar 24, 2009
The good news for ordinary American taxpayers just keeps coming. Monday’s formal announcement of Treasury Secretary Geithner’s oft floated It-Ain’t-Really-a-Bailout Plan thrilled Wall Street.
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Still Moron Money
By g.h.kirsch · Sun Mar 22, 2009
The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it would buy $300 billion of long-term Treasurys over the next six months. The Fed also announced plans to buy an additional $750 billion in mortgage-backed se
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Moron Money
By g.h.kirsch · Sun Mar 15, 2009
“I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.”
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Blind, Deaf and Dumb
By g.h.kirsch · Sun Mar 8, 2009
Kremen County has re-issued and revised its earlier Determination of Non-significance for the road to Vineyard Development. And as predicted (surprise, surprise) again determ
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Cap or Trade
By g.h.kirsch · Tue Mar 3, 2009
There’s a disturbing pattern emerging in the current administration’s approach to national problems.

Last week they proposed to saddle the citizenry with the costs of salvaging a priva
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Banking and Revolution
By g.h.kirsch · Sat Feb 21, 2009
It is difficult to appreciate the momentousness of the moment at hand as the struggle to resolve matters swirling in the banking sector come to the critical pass. The debate over nationalization of o
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Self Fulfilling Profits
By g.h.kirsch · Thu Feb 19, 2009
Our friend over at The Syre Times continues with great circularity to confound the growth debate. And what better way to begin than misstating the position of those opposed to continuing unman
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Give a Damn for the Greenback Dollar
By g.h.kirsch · Mon Feb 16, 2009
Lest you think our current financial crisis is unprecedented, it’s not. These crises have been occurring since the Dark Ages; probably earlier. They always are tied to the struggle to create and con
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The Numbers Gamesmanship
By g.h.kirsch · Sat Feb 14, 2009
Over at what some call The Syre Times, this week the editor offered up some gristle that is pretty hard to swallow.

Discussing the competing visions for population growth in Whatcom Co
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Not Too Big to Fail
By g.h.kirsch · Tue Feb 10, 2009
The President’s dynamic duo, Larry Summers and Tim Geithner, tell us, “governments make poor bank managers.” Geithner, our brand spankin’ new Secretary of the Treasury, goes on. “W
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From the Pollyanna News Service
By g.h.kirsch · Fri Feb 6, 2009
The good news in Washington this week is the emerging bipartisan antipathy for taxation.

Our investigative team has discovered a new Democratic program that was being quietly led by the forme
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Just An Insignificant Little Road
By g.h.kirsch · Mon Feb 2, 2009
While it went almost unheralded Friday, Kremen & Co temporarily backed away from their earlier position that driving a road into the forest on Squalicum Mountain, to serve new development in t
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From the Pollyanna News Service
By g.h.kirsch · Fri Jan 30, 2009
Parts of the economy are staging a turnaround. While housing and employment numbers tank, the good news is a leading indicator of future economic well being has turned positive.

Away from my us
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From the Pollyanna News Service
By g.h.kirsch · Tue Jan 27, 2009
The stock market rallied today after the President, in the role of Commander in Chief, announced the military services will be hiring six hundred thousand to one million in his ongoing effort to stimu
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Spanky Runs for Mayor
By g.h.kirsch · Sat Jan 24, 2009
In this episode, Spanky’s about to create some mischief and mayhem for Mr. Mayor. The City Council made Spanky their official leader and no sooner done than it was said he would not be uncivil like m
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Fleetwood Back ?
By g.h.kirsch · Mon Jan 19, 2009
At large member Seth Fleetwood is contemplating running for reelection to the the county council. Which may mean deciding, running for what.

The two most important rules in politics
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The Squalicum Stimulus
By g.h.kirsch · Sun Jan 11, 2009
I’m skeptical of the federal stimulus program. This isn’t to say we don’t need to rescue the economy and take dramatic action. I’m just a pessimist when it comes to the government, given its
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Confidence or Contempt?
By g.h.kirsch · Sun Jan 4, 2009
Yes, that’s them. Our poster boys for term limits; surely prima facie evidence that length in office should never be considered a measure of public service.

If you were unable to find su
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Remember Lake Whatcom?
By g.h.kirsch · Mon Dec 29, 2008
At the risk of displeasing friend and foe alike, may I ask what has been accomplished this past year to fix Lake Whatcom and protect Bellingham’s water supply? The answer, candidly, is little
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Of Princes and Prostitutes
By g.h.kirsch · Sun Dec 14, 2008
Forty years ago, during the convention in Chicago, someone explained to me, success in politics often requires rising above your principles. In the face of the Daley machine, this was hardly a great
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Survival of the Fattest
By g.h.kirsch · Sun Dec 7, 2008
For a guy who promised change, pledged a definite end to the mess in Iraq , and lambasted his opponents for not stating a timetable to withdraw our troops and for refusing to end tax cuts they’d earli
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Our Savior Who Art in Washington
By g.h.kirsch · Sat Nov 29, 2008
Again, I’m reminded, the more they talk of change, the more things remain the same. For all the hope and hype that was mixed together to bring forth a savior from the wilderness of Chicago, the pict
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...And Four To Go
By g.h.kirsch · Fri Nov 21, 2008
Many, many years ago, when I was much, much younger, Bellingham’s port commissioners were a powerful act. Little took place in the local business world that escaped these guys. And little business t
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DISINGENUITY
By g.h.kirsch · Fri Nov 14, 2008
Following a number of current issues in our community of late, I’ve come to see a common thread running through them. In each instance there is an actor who is insincere, is not frank, and refuses to
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Nelson and Crawford Push Re-conveyance Through
By g.h.kirsch · Wed Oct 22, 2008
Kudos to the little man behind the curtain - our Wizard of Ooze. It was masterful how he outmaneuvered Weimer, Fleetwood and Brenner with a clever misdirection play set up by his teammates, Nelson an
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OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY
By g.h.kirsch · Mon Oct 20, 2008
One last thing before the County Council caves to political expediency and the lawyers take over. Let’s talk about who will be paying for Pete Kremen and Mich Friedman’s park in the watershed.
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Is It or Isn’t It; Are They or Aren’t They?
By g.h.kirsch · Sun Oct 12, 2008
Apparently Whatcom County is adopting a new policy regarding the use of its forestlands. The county is about to reverse itself and no longer prohibit activities incompatible with long-term forestry i
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Still the Big Hurdle for Reconveyance
By g.h.kirsch · Tue Sep 30, 2008
From the outset of discussion of the proposal to reconvey forest lands to the county for a new park I have written that it is necessary to first rezone or amend Whatcom County’s Comprehensive Plan in
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