http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/seattle/ en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:02:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415140/posts <p>Seattle doesn’t like to say No. (Look how many times we tried to say Yes to the monorail.) But that doesn’t mean we’re a city without no-nos.</p> <p>Newcomers to Seattle quickly find that we’re a cultural minefield of prejudice and political correctness that can blow up in your face if you misstep. So here’s a list of conversation stoppers — things you just can’t say in polite company. Clip and save this column; it may save you from social banishment or worse.</p> crosscut.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415140/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:02:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412674/posts Led by a spike in robberies and assaults, the violent crime rate in Seattle increased by more than 21 percent during the first part of this year compared to last.FBI crime statistics released Monday showed there were 1,927 incidents of violent crime (murder, rape, robbery and assault) from January to June in 2009. That compares to 1,582 incidents during the same time period in 2008. Murders were down - eight during the period this year compared to 15 in 2008. There were 55 reported rapes compared to 65 last year. There were 908 reports of robbery compared to 707... The Seattle P.I. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412674/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:59:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409954/posts Senator wants to ban semi-automatic weapons      By HEATHER BOSCH KIRO Radio  Expect to hear a lot about gun control when the legislature reconvenes in January. Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles is among those who want to ban the sale of military-style, semi-automatic weapons. "These are guns that I don't see have any function in our society." Kohl-Welles said she was prompted to act after the murder of Seattle Police Officer Tim Brenton. "He was believed to be killed by a semi-automatic assault weapon. Of course, we also had the killing of several other police officers not by assault weapons.... My Northwest http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409954/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:16:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409366/posts Note: Photos included. Last updated 8:37 p.m. PT “Monfort, accused cop killer, pleads not guilty” KOMO-TV SNIPPET: “Investigators said DNA evidence found at the scene of Brenton’s slaying and the earlier arson at a police maintenance yard were a match to Monfort. His DNA was found on identical American flag bandannas dropped at both scenes as “calling cards,” according to court documents. In addition, a rifle found in Monfort’s apartment is an identical ballistic match to the weapon used to kill Brenton and wound his partner, Britt Sweeney, according to investigators. Prosecutors accused Monfort of placing bombs at the scene... SEATTLEPI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409366/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:08:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408522/posts A Seattle court declared Naveed Haq guilty Tuesday for the 2006 shooting spree at a Seattle Jewish center. He as sentenced to life in prison on the eight counts of murder and harassment he was convicted on. Haq killed one person and injured five, one critically, in the shooting spree at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle in July 2006. INN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408522/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:32:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408373/posts SNIPPET: "A King County jury this morning found Naveed Haq guilty of eight counts, including aggravated first-degree murder, in the 2006 shootings at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle." SNIPPET: "Haq opened fire in the federation offices on July 28, 2006, killing employee Pamela Waechter, 58, and wounding Cheryl Stumbo, Carol Goldman, Dayna Klein, Christina Rexroad and Layla Bush..." (SEATTLE TIMES) via JIHAD WATCH.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408373/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:52:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406634/posts June 28, 2006 was quite a day for anti-Semitism, wasn’t it? Surely, you remember how an intoxicated Mel Gibson was pulled over by a Malibu cop, only for Gibson to tell the officer, “Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.” That, of course, was just after Gibson’s movie, “The Passion of the Christ,” led to nationwide headlines, such as the one in The Jewish Week, “Jews Horrified By Gibson’s Jesus Film.” Countless Jewish organizations, rabbis and executive directors told us to be afraid, very afraid, of what that movie might unleash in unsophisticated American Christians. Even this... The Jewish Week via Tikkun.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406634/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:15:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406403/posts SEATTLE - Police say an 18-foot-tall totem pole stolen from a West Seattle park has been found about 200 miles away in Oregon. The Seattle Times reports a 69-year-old West Seattle man led investigators to the pole. Police say he apparently had a crew with a crane help move the totem, but it's unclear if the crew knew the man didn't have permission to take the landmark. philly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406403/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:40:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405874/posts Today In Irony: Robert Henry Smith, Rainier Beach High School Drug Prevention Counselor, Indicted On Drug Charges By Vernal Coleman in Crime & Punishment Friday, Dec. 11 2009 @ 4:47PM   Staff Photo: Rainier Beach High School Robert Smith   If you're hiring a person to ward the kids off getting involved with drugs, you hire a guy who has previously been prosecuted on federal drug charges.   Of course, that logic falls apart when the person you've hired goes from preventing back to pushing. Enter Robert Henry Smith, the Rainier Beach High School drug and alcohol prevention counselor who... The Seattle Weekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405874/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:54:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405452/posts Boeing said Thursday evening that the first flight of its 787-8 long-range jet is set for 10 a.m., Dec. 15 in Everett, Wash. The first of six test airplanes, ZA001, is due to take off from Payne Field next to the airplane's final assembly factory north of Seattle. Chief Pilot Michael H. Carriker and copilot Randall Neville will conduct low- and high-speed taxi tests that take the airplane to the threshold of flight in preparation for Tuesday's events. Once airborne, Carriker and Neville are not expected to return ZA001 to Everett. They will land at Boeing Field in Seattle, headquarters... Aviation Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405452/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:25:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400909/posts It’s no wonder we haven’t heard this story from the Democrat controlled media, but a new group of anti American Black Muslims calling themselves the National Black Foot Soldiers actually celebrated what they call the BOW Black on White “martyrdom” of Police murderer Maurice Clemmons. Collins Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400909/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 13:45:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399730/posts Portland has the 19th worst traffic congestion in the country, with 23 percent of the city’s roads having “heavy delays,” according to a report released Wednesday.Seattle’s road woes are the worst, followed by Los Angeles at No. 2, with 38 percent of its roads having heavy delays, followed by Chicago (37 percent), San Francisco (35 percent) and New York City (31 percent), according to global positioning system (GPS) company TomTom of Concord, Mass.The company ranked cities as most to least congested according to how fast cars could travel on the street network. Traffic was defined as congested if drivers... Portland Business Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399730/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 23:21:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399037/posts Maurice Clemmons threatened to kill more than just cops Maurice Clemmons threatened to kill more than just cops in the days before he massacred four Lakewood police officers at a coffee shop in Parkland. Schoolchildren and others also were on his list of targets, according to court records filed Wednesday. A witness told Pierce County sheriff’s detectives that Clemmons told friends and family gathered for Thanksgiving dinner at his aunt’s home in Pacific that he planned to kill “cops, children at a school” and “as many people as he could in an intersection,” according to an affidavit filed by prosecutors.... The News Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399037/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 04:20:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397754/posts A policeman investigating a stolen car on a Seattle street shot dead the man accused of gunning down four police officers at the weekend, US police say. Maurice Clemmons, aged 37, was killed in Seattle early on Tuesday, said Assistant Police Chief Jim Pugel. He said the officer recognised Clemmons and told him to stop, before opening fire after the suspect tried to flee. Four people have been arrested for allegedly helping the suspect elude authorities during the two-day manhunt. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397754/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 18:27:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2397621/posts Tremoglie's Tea Time Blog For the past several years I have written extensively about the deadly problem of repeat violent offenders who are let loose from prison by our political representatives or the institutions for which they are responsible.... Tremoglie's Tea Time Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2397621/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:23:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397157/posts The Seattle Times has posted documents from the state parole board that bear on the decision by Gov. Mike Huckabee to commute murder suspect Maurice Clemmons' 108-year-prison sentence to immediate parole eligiblity. He said he'd fallen in with a bad crowd after moving to Arkansas, but had turned his life around. He said he'd prayed Huckabee would help him. Circuit Judge Marion Humphrey, who is also a Presbyterian minister, supported the clemency application. Clemmons wrote in an appeal to Huckabee that he'd been sent to prison after an extended crime spree that started in 1989 when he was a teenager — and that he was a different... Arkansas Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397157/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:15:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397141/posts Police trying to hunt down a man suspected of the execution-style killings of four of their colleagues burst into a house in Seattle today after spending the night trying to talk him out of the building - only to find that he was not there. The setback came after a night of loudspeaker warnings, explosions and gunshots all apparently designed to flush Maurice Clemmons, a convicted armed robber, out of the house. Mr Clemmons, 37, is the prime suspect in the case and witnesses to the murders yesterday morning in a coffee shop on the edge of the McChord Air... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397141/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:43:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396789/posts November 30, 2009: Today is the 10th anniversary of the Battle of Seattle. This is not a call to arms for anarchist thugs, but to remember their actions that day 10 years earlier. I am willing to discuss with FRiends about the day that generated worldwide attention and left downtown Seattle a scarred battlefield - 11/30. Many people across the world, even the anarchists themselves, saw the Battle of Seattle as a 'war' against globalism - the globalist nature of the WTO. Here is an article about the 10th anniversary of the Battle of Seattle and how the American right... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396789/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:09:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396574/posts A 37-year-old Tacoma man, Maurice Clemmons, is being sought for questioning in the execution-style shooting of four Lakewood police officers this morning, according to two law-enforcement sources. Clemmons, who was recently released from jail, has an extensive criminal record in Pierce County and Arkansas, court records show. Clemmons is wanted in Arkansas and faces eight criminal charges in Washington state. Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396574/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:02:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396581/posts Maurice Clemmons, the 37-year-old Tacoma man being sought for questioning in the killing of four Lakewood police officers this morning, has a long criminal record punctuated by violence, erratic behavior and concerns about his mental health. Nine years ago, then-Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee granted clemency to Clemmons, commuting his lengthy prison sentence over the protestations of prosecutors. "This is the day I've been dreading for a long time," Larry Jegley, prosecuting attorney for Arkansas' Pulaski County said Sunday night when informed that Clemmons was being sought in connection to the killings. Clemmons' criminal history includes at least five felony convictions... Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396581/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:16:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2388543/posts Police Say Alcohol Likely Played Role SEATTLE -- Seattle police say a man who thought he was ninja was impaled on a metal fence when he tried to leap over it. An officer who was looking for an assault victim nearby Monday night heard the man screaming for help. Police supported him to prevent further injuries until medics arrived and took him to a hospital, where he was in serious condition in intensive care on Tuesday. Police spokeswoman Renee Witt wrote in a department Web site posting that officers thought the man might have been involved in the reported assault,... theindychannel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2388543/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:56:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386607/posts SNIPPET: “Accusing the alleged cop killer of waging a “one-man war against police,” King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg announced charges that could see Christopher J. Monfort executed. Monfort, 41, has been charged with aggravated first-degree murder in the Oct. 31 slaying of Seattle Police Officer Tim Brenton, Satterberg announced Thursday. Prosecutors also charged Monfort with three counts of attempted first-degree murder and one count of arson, asserting that the man rigged several bombs at a City of Seattle garage hoping to kill officers and firefighters. Like Monfort’s other intended victims, Brenton and partner Officer Britt Sweeney were “targeted solely because... SEATTLEPI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386607/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:25:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385224/posts UPDATE: Kirby will be replaced with Laura Ingraham and John Gibson. Behold the new syndic-robot KVI. (Weissbach doesn't count- they don't pay him). See below for new schedule. The Seattle early morning earscape has again felt a seismic shift: With the typical Fisher aplomb, Kirby Wilbur has been fired from KVI, the morning after his birthday! He no longer exists on the KVI site. Haven’t yet heard the details, but the longtime, Seattle conservative was let go a month before his contract for the early morning show was up. Big things will henceforth occur on KVI, as the last vestige... BlatherWatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385224/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:09:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2384952/posts Nancy Pelosi was in The People's Republic of Seattle on November 9th, and held a press conference alongside fellow Comrade, "Baghdad Jim" McDermitt. Ironically, a member of the media actual did their job in Seattle, one of the most hard-left cities in America (or China for that matter). THE FREEDOM POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2384952/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:17:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383539/posts Note: Video and photo included. "Update: Child Porn Found On Suspect's Computer, Investigation: Police Match DNA To Monfort Christopher Monfort detained in the hospital, formal charges likely by the end of the week" Q13 FOX News Online 3:51 PM PST, November 10, 2009 SNIPPET: "SEATTLE - UPDATE: Sources close to the investigation have confirmed to Q13 FOX News that child pornography was found on the a computer belonging to suspected police officer killer, Christopher Monfort." SNIPPET: "Monday afternoon a King County judge found probable cause to detain Christopher Monfort. It is expected that he will be charged by the end... Q13 FOX News Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383539/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:41:13 GMT