Recent NWCitizen Articles

Deja vu of 1996
By John Servais · Sun Jun 12, 2005
Chuckanut Ridge is a controversy now - and it is deja vu of 1996. On October ‘96, NwCitizen broke new information and posted three reports that helped to stop the development. It also recommended that
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How small are our military leaders?
By John Servais · Sun Jun 5, 2005
Very. How childish and petty? Very. How uncaring in supporting our soldiers? Very. How incompetent and wasting of lives and money while not paying attention to the basics of war? Very.

David
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New web sites
By John Servais · Mon May 30, 2005
The folks trying to buy the 100-acre Fairhaven Highlands proposed development and turn it into a city park now have their own website - One Hundred Acre Wood.

New - local website that addresses
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Media conference a surprising success
By John Servais · Sat May 21, 2005
The media conference was a surprising success. Surprising because so many attended and were very focused on learning more about independent media. Over 20 people attended all the sessions I checked ou
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Independent media should be of interest
By John Servais · Wed May 18, 2005
There is an interesting media conference this Saturday, May 21, in Bellingham, that is oriented towards independent and grassroots efforts. This includes blogs, public TV and radio, small newspapers,
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This “blog” now approaching its 10th anniversary
By John Servais · Sun May 15, 2005
Well, when my sainted aunt writes asking if I’m feeling OK because nothing has been posted here, then it is time to pay attention to this blog. With over 300 people a day checking for posts, I could b
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Sequoia voting machines being challenged
By John Servais · Thu May 5, 2005
Our county auditor has decided to buy vote-counting machines with secret software. Here is a link to information on a lawsuit in Everett dealing with these same machines. Sequoia machines are being ch
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Larsen feels no need to be accountable
By John Servais · Mon Apr 25, 2005
Apparently my name is on Larsen’s black list. He has replied to some others on his vote for the bankruptcy bill - but only, as he writes, because they support him. He explains that only 25 people emai
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Hey Rick - call home
By John Servais · Mon Apr 18, 2005
Still no answer from Rick Larsen’s staff. No answer to direct questions has been the process for the past couple years. His office probably responds the same day to questions from lobbyists, PR firms
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Rick is catering to some wealthy donors
By John Servais · Thu Apr 14, 2005
Rick Larsen is voting with the conservative Republicans these days. Rick was one of the key few Democrats who voted FOR the harsh new bankruptcy law - and for the elimination of all estate taxe
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Two years since the invasion of Iraq
By John Servais · Sun Mar 20, 2005
Shock and awe was the strategy of the Bush government. Maybe we are in shock now as our kids continue to be killed and maimed. 1,500 dead and thousands with blown off limbs. We may soon be in awe of t
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They fooled me
By John Servais · Sun Mar 13, 2005
Sinn Fein is a sham. Gerry Adams and Sinn Fein are fronts for the IRA - the Irish Republican Army and its brutal methods of torture and killing of innocent Irish.
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Shame on Brazil
By John Servais · Sun Feb 13, 2005
The government will arrest some poor guys and execute them for the murder of Sister Stang. The government will say they are shocked, just shocked. But the government of Brazil is relieved that Stang i
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How do you solve a problem like Maria?
By John Servais · Sat Feb 12, 2005
Maria Cantwell has voted to restrict class-action law suits - siding with the Bush administration to remove legal rights from working people. My Democratic friends seem to be silent on her voting reco
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Iraqi election
By John Servais · Sun Jan 30, 2005
With the Bush government in high celebration of the Iraqi election, and all the TV news reporting from the Green Zone that all is going great - even though they only know what the US Army tells them -
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Tsunami relief
By John Servais · Tue Jan 11, 2005
What if we gave $10 for every American. That would be $3 billion. Family of three? Give $30.
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Military’s highest and best use
By John Servais · Thu Jan 6, 2005
Let’s not criticize George Bush for being slow to respond to the tsunami disaster. Unless you will also hammer UN Secretary Kofi Annan for spending three more days at the Jackson Hole ski resort after
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Ebb and flow
By John Servais · Mon Jan 3, 2005
These photos below may not be of the Tsunami. An email says they are of the Qiantang Tidal Bore in China - a real tidal wave generated by the tides.
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Tidal photos
By John Servais · Sat Jan 1, 2005
Where? Indonesia is my guess. They were sent to me. If you know any more about the location, please let me know. The bottom photo is a close up of the second photo’s far right side, just behind the gr
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How the tsunami crossed the ocean
By John Servais · Wed Dec 29, 2004
An animated map of the Indian Ocean shows how the deep-ocean waves sped out from the earthquake. NOAA prepared the map.
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