We recently held a rally in Seattle to oppose I-695. The reaction of the thousands of cars that passed was a little overwhelming. We had hundreds and hundreds of cars honking, waving at us and giving us the thumbs up. Of course we had 5 or 10 people give us a finger also. But if this is any indication of the real public sentiment of what will happen in November, I-695 will lose by a huge margin. By the way,"W we want change also, but we're not crazy". Vote No on I-695!

-- Mike Powell (mkpow62@silverlink.net), September 22, 1999

Answers

We realize that you want change, Mike, all the new government taxes and spending you can get. Because that's the signal you are going to give politicians if this measure gets defeated, more MVET is OK, higher sales and property taxes are OK, a state income tax is OK.

-- Mike Stilson (mike842@hotmail.com), September 22, 1999.

I think the honking you heard were from people who couldn't believe you would be against such a thing like this. 511,000+ people seem to say that they like I-695....

-- Sandy D (sandy_d1@yahoo.com), September 22, 1999.

You may think Sandy, but I know, I was there. Vote No!

-- Mike Powell (mkpow62@silverlink.net), September 22, 1999.

They were honking because there were jackasses blocking traffic

-- maddjak (maddjak@hotmail.com), September 22, 1999.

Mike, I would imagine all the honking was due to the major traffic jam you and your fellow picketers were creating. As for the waving, hey! Seattle is a friendly city. Thumbs up, well I think it was more of the middle digit you were seeing.

-- caroline morgan (celtic266@aol.com), September 22, 1999.

Mike, (I'm an anti-695er, so you know),

Was the rally really, as maddjak envisioned (whether by ESP or LSD, who knows?), "blocking traffic"? I think it would be worth pointing out, both to settle the matter of why everybody was honking, and to dock maddjak another notch for his, ahem, visionary powers. He's taken such anti-empirical liberties before to support his attacks on the opposition.

I understand that a pro-695 group recently had a road-side rally of their own, and am fairly certain that maddjak would not qualify those people as "a--holes", but rather as "freedom fighters", even if the situation were exactly the same, except for the content of the signs being waved.

Comment, anyone?

-- Jeff Stevens (chez@u.washington.edu), September 22, 1999.

So Mike...

You mean BOTH of you managed to get that much reaction? Amazing!

Usually, rallies where two people show up are just brushed off the sidewalk, aren't they?

Westin

Only the finest in recycled ASCII

-- Westin (86se4sp@my-deja.com), September 23, 1999.

Here's the facts, There were about 70 people at our rally. We were not blocking traffic in any way what so ever. And as far as the scumbag attempting to post my address, he has the wrong person. But that does show how little morals some of the Yes People have. Why is it that the No people want to discuss the facts, and the yes people just want to be angry, and make disgusting comments? "We want change also, But we're not crazy" Vote No on I-695!

-- Mike Powell (mkpow62@silverlink.net), September 23, 1999.

Hey Bonehead,

So what?

If you don't like what I post, you don't have to respond to it, dickweed. And if it bothers you that I make what you feel are (boo-hoo, sniff sniff) "unsubstantiated claims", well, go cry to your mommy about it. We are right and you are wrong. If that upsets your fragile little ego, then move to Russia and find out what socialism is all about -- that is to say, long soup lines and bad vodka.

I think the most moral thing anyone could do is to run you and your whiny cheesy friends off the sidewalk next time you hold one of your stupid rallies.

So there!

Only the finest in unprovable allegations

-- Sheraton (I81B4U@wahoo.duh), September 23, 1999.

Sheraton:

I think most of us appreciate how you so clearly demonstrate the level of insight and evaluation behind the positions you express for the proponents. Colorful language always helps win converts to the cause.

-- dbvz (dbvz@wa.freei.net), September 23, 1999.

Okay Mr. Eloquent (aka d which stands for DUH),

How's about a PUNCH for being a WIMP?

-- Sheraton (I81B4U@wahoo.duh), September 23, 1999.

I want to have a fist fight. No's vs. Yes's. Full blown, last one stading and the others vote how ever the winner wants them to. Who's up for it?

Sal

-- Sal (killingI-695@yahoo.com), September 23, 1999.

I think you guys all need your lithium levels checked, and probably adjusted.

-- Gary Henriksen (henrik@harbornet.com), September 23, 1999.

I'd tend to agree with Gary on this one. This thread is some pretty good evidence that there are people on both sides of the debate that need to do about 20 years of growing up. The elementary school playground responses being tossed back and forth add nothing to the debate except slapping a big L on the posters' cyber-foreheads.

-- Patrick (patrick1142@yahoo.com), September 23, 1999.