From the "Since you asked…" file.

Kenneth P. Vogel inquires…

Where's the tea party?

Since you asked, Ken, you'll find it in the same dark corner of the right side of the Republican base it briefly crawled out of, though it never ventured far.

An Upper Left endorsement.

Since Rob McKenna chased him out of the governor's race, one of the most prominent names being floated as a possible Republican opponent for Senator Maria Cantwell is Seattle Port Commissioner Bill Bryant. Bryant, meanwhile is on the re-election campaign trail, courting the local Teapublican outfit, the Shoreline Caucus.

A Teapublican Senator for Washington? Bad idea. A Teapublican Port Commissioner in King County? Just as bad.

Bryant's Port Commission opponent, Dean Willard, has been endorsed by ten 12 Democratic Legislative District organizations.

And me.

Get to know him better.

Speaking of occasional Democrats…

…a calendar note from the local manifestation of Teapublicanism, an outfit called "The Shoreline Caucus," via Shoreline Area News...

Please join us next Tuesday, June 21 (not Thursday this month), to hear State Auditor Brian Sonntag…

Um, Brian? You're thinking about running for what? As a what? I don't think these folks are gonna help...

Thursday, August 18th – come and meet Rob McKenna, running for Governor...our opposition is going to go all-out to retain this seat, so please come and show Rob your support. Let’s fill the clubhouse.

From the "Cunning Plan" file.

Brad Reed figures out where the jobs are. They're hidden behind...

...the real magic of the Ryan proposal: That it will act as a massive stimulus program for the corpse-removal industry.

Teapublican America. You're either on the cart or you're off the cart.

Light posting likely...

...despite the fact that when I left the house, the phone line was still inexplicably connected (who knows when I get back). I'm stealing a minute of time while my youngest grandson, Emmett the Amazing, naps. I'm pulling grandpa duty while mom, dad and big brother are off to the slopes for the afternoon, then I'm off to a late shift at work.

Still, I couldn't let the day pass by without noting that this is doesn't sound like the ordinary crazy we're getting used to, it's crazy, cruel and downright un-American

Tea party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., has unveiled a plan for cutting $400 billion in federal spending that includes freezing Veterans Affairs Department health care spending and cutting veterans’ disability benefits.

Her proposed VA budget cuts would account for $4.5 billion of the savings included in the plan, posted on her official House of Representatives website.

Maybe Bachmann hasn't heard there's a war on, a couple of 'em actually.



The fact that she can be described as a "Tea party favorite" should tell you everything you need to know about those folks and their agenda, too.