Pfofile Ryan Knowlton

Ryan Knowlton

Bellingham · Commenting Since Jan 23, 2017
3rd generation Whatcom county resident

Recent NWCitizen Articles

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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Rumsfeld doesn’t have a clue
By John Servais · Wed Dec 22, 2004
He embarked on a war of conquest of a foreign country for the benefit of oil companies.
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Diversity of news
By John Servais · Mon Dec 20, 2004
Reading foreign news websites is a most enlightening process. We learn things and read perspectives not found in our controlled US media. Not that other media are not controlled to some extent also, b
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Three blind mice?
By John Servais · Wed Dec 15, 2004
Richard Cohen of the Washington Post has it right. You need to register with the Wa Post to read his column, Presidential medals of Failure. The fourth failure is, of course, Bush himself. But these t
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What are those poor kids dying in Iraq trying to protect?
By John Servais · Tue Dec 14, 2004
When Al-Jazeera first went with an English version last year, they were boomed off line in the US by several never-revealed Internet companies using illegal electronic processes. The common assumption
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That soldier didn’t think of that question all by himself
By John Servais · Fri Dec 10, 2004
An energetic reporter set it up - and made sure it would happen. Edward Lee Pitts, embedded with a unit going north to Iraq, saw the troops working with unarmored vehicles and saw an opportunity to ge
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We need to use critical thinking
By John Servais · Thu Dec 9, 2004
Israel is restarting the terrorist violence. Since Arafat died a month ago, there have been no serious Palestinian attacks - and all the world has been watching the Palestinian leaders try to organize
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We think a little torture will protect us
By John Servais · Sun Dec 5, 2004
To be concise, if we start to rationalize torture then we are lost. It is the absolute opposite direction of democracy. It is the basic tool of the tyrant - the dictator. Terror is created by torture.
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Below is a response from John Poirier
By John Servais · Tue Nov 30, 2004
to my post of Nov 6. He sees things differently, and I think he is right. I received several emails on that post, but this is the one that explains things best.

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Shame on Israel
By John Servais · Thu Nov 11, 2004
Today they again arrested Mordechai Vanunu. We expect the worst for him. This courageous Jew has dared to speak out against Israel’s madness. This in a country that says it is tolerant. But he
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One can be for gay rights and not be for gay marriage
By John Servais · Sat Nov 6, 2004
The Democratic Party continues to be unable to understand people and what motivates them. The party - and party members - have pushed extreme gay rights issues up the noses of conservative Christians
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We have a new reality
By John Servais · Wed Nov 3, 2004
Well, Americans like the Bush vision and values. He is elected by a majority of the people and electors. And he has a Senate and House of Representatives that are able to carry through his programs.<b
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Some election recommendations
By John Servais · Mon Nov 1, 2004
I don’t kid myself that these have much affect, as most who check this blog have their own strong opinions. But, for the record, and for those who ask me each election, here are some issues and candid
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If we force it down their throats then it is not democracy
By John Servais · Mon Oct 18, 2004
The beauty of a website is you don’t force yourself on others. I got an email today from TL - and he graciously gave me the email addresses of dozens of people. And he gave them to many others. All of
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