Recent NWCitizen Articles

A bi-partisan bill to honor the Vietnam service of the Red Cross Donut Dollies was reintroduced by Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) on March 11th.
Now that I think of it, half of Medicare has already been privatized under Bush, Obama, Trump 45, and Biden.
Thanks to Jon Humphrey, our community knows more about public fiber than most. Unfortunately, it hasn’t helped us.
It is about “having the six”* of your fellow veterans.
New 33-unit project makes matters worse
Thanks to generous donations from readers, this site is renovated and improved.
Affordability has been a ruse for creating market rate housing.
Represent Us and Our Interests. Please!
Local action in support of a proposal to rebuild nationwide infrastructure
Who’s Superman when you need him? We are.
From Musk’s big investment all the way to local campaigns, political “contributions” will be re-paid. Here’s how.
Private banks are fighting hard to keep us from starting our own state bank. There’s a reason.
To be so manifestly unqualified and yet not be deeply aware of that speaks exactly to the very point of not being qualified.
Chaos likely to ensue. Catastrophe cannot be ruled out.
There is no escape from the deep-throated roar and the clouds of filth produced by these machines.
A perspective from a very old liberal political junkie.
Deeds, not talk, count on Veterans Day
Several days ago, I received the following from Veterans Service Officer (VSO), Liz Witowski, of the Whatcom County Veterans Program (items below in bold are mine). On this Veterans Day, the
An off-budget $5 Trillion National Infrastructure Bank (NIB), along the lines of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) that operated between 1932-1957, means low-cost loans and no additions to the deficit.
Medicare Advantage is NOT Medicare. Medicare is there to provide health care. Medicare Advantage is a business, there to make money.
David Swanson verifies what Jon Humphrey has said for years: good internet access benefits people, cities, counties, and states.
Or perhaps tragic farce or farcical tragedy might be more apt descriptors. Pick one, or both.
After nearly 30 years online, and literally being one of the oldest blogs on the internet, Northwest Citizen needs a major programming overhaul. To do so, we need your help.
The top 20% of commercial banks in the United States control 95% of our total banking assets. Remember “Too-Big-to-Fail”?
The City has created another useless document ensuring nothing changes and mediocre communication services are protected.
Why a vote for Jason Call for Congress is a good vote for conservatives, liberals, Democrats and Republicans. Yes, an unusual idea.
Heaven forbid our reps should attack the main problem, Medicare Advantage, head on. But no. They must nibble around the edges to give the appearance of doing something.
Morally significant double binds force doctors and combat soldiers into identical life and death quandaries, damaging their moral centers. To these two groups we can also add law enforcement officers.
“Citing the nonpartisan Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, the paper  [Less Care at Higher Cost—The Medicare Advantage Paradox] notes that Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have overcharged the
Eric Hirst gives us a brief and clear explanation of the water adjudication process that is beginning now in Whatcom County
Aggressive citizen involvement carried the day.
Build-for-profit, incarceration-inspired housing is destroying our souls.
The last of the scrap metal is loaded on the ship and it will be gone from our town.
A 54-photo tour of the ruptured pipe area of the Whatcom Creek explosion taken in July 1999.
Below is an audio tape of 911 calls, emergency responders’ radio communications, and local radio coverage from June 10, 1999 when Whatcom Creek exploded in Bellingham
Whatcom County's confusing water rights will be defined by court proceedings beginning now
If not killed-in-action, they are still dying from the effects of their service in Vietnam.
The foam of secrecy hides all.
Local presentations scheduled on a reasonable use framework for water resource management
Broadband-Washing: Greenwashing the Internet

Pearl Follett

Commenting Since Dec 31, 1969
Bellingham resident of 30 plus years Peace advocate

Total lifetime comments: 13

Recent Comments by Pearl Follett

Fri Nov 8, 2024

Thank  you for your comments. My view is that many factors caused the defeat of Harris that had nothing to do with the Democtric party. Individuals vote. In the hearts and minds of the Trump voters many factors pushed the hand that marked the ballot.

One is that abused people idenify with the agressor . Fantasies play a part. Some very poor want to protect the rich so that when they themselves become rich everything willbe in place for them,

Obedience is taught in some churches and families. Do what you are told to survive. 

The lack of critical thinking was a major factor. Our school system and the lack of righer educaton for the poor can be blamed.

Regardless of the reasons we are where we are with the problem of what to do about it.

For now we can do good where we see and help those who wil be in harms way due to Trump. We can build a comunity to help the disenfranchised. In doing so we can protect our morality and not live in dispair. Together we can build a better world.

Pearl Follett

The Election of Donald Trump
Fri Nov 8, 2024

 I am a Bernie supporter also. I was not excusing the Dems only thinking of why people would vote for  Trump.

Pearl   

The Election of Donald Trump