http://disqus.com/by/commenTATER/enWed, 08 Apr 2009 18:32:01 -0000http://www.islandssounder.com/news/42476947.html#comment-7990044<p>The DOG's sister's ashes were so important? o_0</p>commenTATERWed, 08 Apr 2009 18:32:01 -0000http://www.islandssounder.com/news/42699762.html#comment-7989936<p>No, I don't take the dog in an dry it off. I'm allergic, so I leave it where it is and let nature take its course. If it dies, it dies. So what? The owner should have taken precautions. Dogs are way overrated and keeping pets is just one stupid way that people try to make themselves feel superior to the natural world. What a waste of taxpayer monies that are sorely needed elsewhere!</p>commenTATERWed, 08 Apr 2009 18:25:35 -0000http://www.islandssounder.com/lifestyle/41946222.html#comment-7989846<p>Pft! Resistance is NOT futile. Resistance is the lifeblood of change. What is futile is what passes for art on Orcas Island. Zzzzzzz. Yet another installment in the "yay us, we're so great" self-congratulatory ol'boys (and girls) back slapping nature of what passes for an arts community on the island. </p>commenTATERWed, 08 Apr 2009 18:23:04 -0000http://www.islandssounder.com/news/42111957.html#comment-7985542<p>Experienced hikers, eh? On what, a treadmill?</p><p>I mean, it's one thing to get lost in the Olympics, or the Cascades. But lost on Mount Constitution?! There's only one road up and down the hill! How out of touch do you have to be to get lost on a 2000ft (and change) hill with only one road and a limited network of hiking trails, most of which are less than 5 miles long?</p><p>You city folk should stay where you belong...in the city. Stick with computer programming (for Microsoft, no doubt) and leave the out of doors to those who know how to be there without getting lost on an easy trail.</p>commenTATERWed, 08 Apr 2009 15:36:41 -0000http://www.islandssounder.com/news/20120964.html#comment-7551754<p>Folding paper is now a form of activism? The bar of what is considered social activism continues to drop, yet people have the audacity to wonder why things continue to spiral out of control and into relative darkness in the world around them. Folding paper is the province of an idle bureaucracy, not a platform for initiating social change. When are you people going to wake up and grow a backbone so you can truly stand up for what is right and good and just in the world? Why not start by actually getting off your butts and working for social equality within your own community so you can begin to lead the way to peace by example?! Save the idle gestures for the sickbed, will ya?!</p>commenTATERFri, 27 Mar 2009 01:29:45 -0000http://www.islandssounder.com/community/41775262.html#comment-7506842<p>Earth HOUR?! Have attention spans really declined to such a degree that a whole day in April is now too much for people to handle? An hour is not enough, nor is a day. Earth LIFESTYLE is what's in order, should anyone be up to such a task. But this requires discipline...and sacrifice, which most of you are unwilling to make because it undercuts your bottom line for creature comforts and status symbols. Can you believe that there are actually people (and businesses...yes, BUSINESSES) on the island which choose NOT to recycle (which is free, but you have to haul it to the dump yourself, as residents know) because they simply don't want to spend the extra moment to sort their discards, nor take the time to arrange a system where everyone pitches in and takes the recycling down to the dump? And then this...Earth Hour crap. What a laughing shame! Rich liberals really are the worst kind...</p>commenTATERWed, 25 Mar 2009 19:13:26 -0000http://www.islandssounder.com/opinion/41715257.html#comment-7477505<p>Yeah, and don't forget to check your ego at the threshold when you leave the house and before you get behind the wheel. Your trying to get somewhere in a hurry (and tailgating the person in front of you who chooses to obey island speed limits out of respect for YOU and others) endangers your life, the lives of other people on the roadways, as well as island wildlife.</p>commenTATERTue, 24 Mar 2009 17:21:55 -0000http://www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/26859429.html#comment-7477348<p>Once again, evidence of what a crime poverty is in the San Juans. Pity. So many here consider themselves to be "enlightened", yet evidence frequently points to the contrary. The woman likely had no other way to cover the rent, and we all know how much most islanders detest the less financially endowed. Maybe some day you'll all just come right out and post a sign at the ferry landing: "You must have X amount of money to enter Orcas Island. All others will not be permitted to disembark the vessel".</p>commenTATERTue, 24 Mar 2009 17:14:32 -0000http://www.islandssounder.com/news/20135419.html#comment-7477273<p>Did the homeowners bother to conduct ANY sort of background check before renting to this man? If so, the could easily (and quickly) have discovered that he was not worth the risk. A five minute search of FREELY AVAILABLE access to court docket information for ALL of Washington state reveals that this person has 48 separate cases within the courts - all but about 4 of which are financially related. The rest are most likely criminal charges! The guy has averaged about one case annually since 1992. I know islanders don't necessarily like doing things the way they do "back in America", but there's no reason not to take precautions to protect oneself, one's family and their assets. </p>commenTATERTue, 24 Mar 2009 17:11:51 -0000http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/ken/news/41161259.html#comment-7425151<p>Government reporter, eh? So THIS is where our tax dollars are going these days? Reporting on worthless crap like this that belongs in Maxim and not the Islands' Sounder / Journal of the San Juans. Boy is America in even bigger trouble than it could ever have imagined.</p>commenTATERSun, 22 Mar 2009 22:33:47 -0000http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/ken/news/41161259.html#comment-7425122<p>Something else to do besides make babies and vacuum the carpet, eh? What rock have you been living under for the last 50 plus years? Women now have the right to vote (big surprise for you, I'm sure), they program computers, fly space missions, participate in our armed forces (in capacities other than nurses and showgirls, in case you missed that development, too) and - GASP - hold political office. Thanks for paying five minutes' attention to SOMETHING so very outside your anorexically narrow world view, though :-/ You can go back to your morning Budweiser and channel surfing marathon now.</p>commenTATERSun, 22 Mar 2009 22:31:45 -0000http://www.islandssounder.com/opinion/39684854.html#comment-6322346<p>Yup. That neighborhood immediately across the street from the library is pretty bad. Maybe it's time people started holding a certain well-known member of the community accountable for the upkeep of the numerous properties he and his wife own in that area. It's not like they don't have the capital, being that they seem to manage the maintenance of their own spacious, ocean-view home in the Orcas Highlands. You'd think that such a prominent family in the community would mind their p's and q's a bit more closely than this. Where is the community's cohesive and decisive move toward protecting its members by coming together to hold those responsible for this kind of behavior accountable? These people have the money, but don't want to spend it on those whom they feel to be beneath them. Yet the community has remained so supportive of their childrens' endeavors, and thus, in part, been party to this. The community has thus far not sent a clear message that this sort of behavior is unacceptable by virtue of the fact that it reflects on the community as a whole.</p><p>These persons also own a parcel behind the golf course that is a complete slum, too. Looks like than something you'd see on an Indian reservation in South Dakota. Except there are no such evident cultural and financial challenges where those responsible for the conditions of these properties are concerned.</p><p>Folks, it seems that the REAL problem in the island community is it's own fear of holding (sometimes well-known) members of its own ranks accountable for their actions, attitudes and behavior, especially towards those of less financial standing. If the community does not take action to protect members of the community from exploiting one another in this fashion, then what hope is there for the island in general to have the positive impact on the outside world that it seems that a portion of its inhabitants intend through the move toward a more actively sustainable way of living?</p><p>Islanders, quit complaining and lead by example. You have it in you - the fiscal resources, the creativity and the intelligence - but first there are some in the community who need to learn that putting one's own desires second does not mean they will go unmet. It is best to make certain that everyone has had a first helping before you go demanding seconds.</p><p>And still, it seems there are those among you who insist on making certain that others go without the basics. Shameful in a community blessed with such abundance.</p>commenTATERMon, 16 Feb 2009 23:04:09 -0000http://www.islandssounder.com/news/39621754.html#comment-6268102<p>I'll bet it's all connected: <a href="http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/sanjuans/isj/opinion/28033684.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/sanjuans/isj/opinion/28033684.html">http://www.pnwlocalnews.com...</a>...</p>commenTATERSat, 14 Feb 2009 21:45:52 -0000http://www.islandssounder.com/opinion/letters/38430994.html#comment-5600349<p>Feed them now, yes! Feed them all the fat rich liberals hiding up in the Orcas Highlands!</p>commenTATERTue, 27 Jan 2009 15:49:23 -0000http://www.islandssounder.com/news/37856664.html#comment-5600228<p>This from a woman who was once a food service worker in your high school cafeteria AND a member of the Orcas Island Prevention Partnership?</p><p>You guys really ARE a community of pretenders. Shameful.</p><p>Two guesses who the "unwitting owner of an Orcas Island second-hand shop" is...</p>commenTATERTue, 27 Jan 2009 15:41:30 -0000http://www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/37467379.html#comment-5600041<p>Just a bunch of pissed off rich people who don't want to pay taxes or be held accountable for their actions and the effects they have on others. But then, that's San Juan County for ya.</p>commenTATERTue, 27 Jan 2009 15:35:09 -0000http://www.islandssounder.com/news/38255334.html#comment-5599926<p>My thoughts exactly. It's not like that place does a rousing business all the time. I smell insurance fraud.</p>commenTATERTue, 27 Jan 2009 15:30:34 -0000http://www.islandssounder.com/business/37490439.html#comment-5114605<p>Thank goodness! Perhaps now the person behind the counter will be someone who doesn't treat people as it they are a nuisance when they are making their salary possible. And perhaps it won't take over an hour to get a small cheese pizza.</p><p>Oh, and ladies: could you reconsider your pricing, too? Just because Portofino's is the only pizza joint on the island doesn't give the business license to gouge people for an inferior product.</p><p>Orcas' economy relies heavily on service industry. Don't bite the hands that feed you, people!</p>commenTATERWed, 14 Jan 2009 11:49:58 -0000