THANKS AND NO THANKS

As the holiday season rushes in, we are reminded of all we are thankful for:

Thanks for all our abundant riches.  We truely live like kings!

Thanks for family and friends many we only see once a year, but never lose touch.

Thanks for our faith in the goodness on earth.  Our spirits are renewed, hope is rekindled.

No thanks to the greed, the anger, the pettiness that can creep into our lives through the stress of the season.

Thanks for the food, the parties, the bubbles, the cookies, the gift's, the giving and the warmth we feel.

Thanks for those who work while we rest, travel, shop and dine.

Thanks for the wine, the women and song. for the time honored movies and festive events.

No thanks to the traffic, the lines and the wait.

Thanks for the time with  book, a spot by the fire and a glass of good port.

Thanks for the new trinkets, and gadgets galore.

Thanks for the sports, the specials, the music and the lights!

No thanks to being troubled, to war and strife.

Thanks for justice and peace and love!

"Be safe out there!"

WHY IS IT STILL DARK IN HERE????!!!

OUCH!

I feel like the Chicago Tribune...NOV 3rd 1948...(scratch that 2010) "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN!"...
(scratch that "DAWN OF A NEW AGE, 1100 WILL PASS")

Hey, dont look at me like that! 
I predicted the Jets over the Colts in Super Bowl III!

Unfortunately, my last great revelation.

NOW WHAT? 

As many of you are saying, we all hope the State of Washington and the WSLCB realize they dodged a howitzer barrage and get the message.

GET OUT OF THE LIQUOR SALES BUSINESS!!!

Sell franchises, promote WASHINGTON products and adjust taxation so we don't lose revenue.

Until the lights come on, the caravan to California and then back with cheap booze, continues!

GET OUT THE VOTE!

Well today's the day! 

A dawn of a new age in Washington!

By all accounts 1100 appears headed for passage and 1105 will be close. 

If they both pass???  I haven't read anyone who knows the future that clearly.

Kudo's are shouted out to Sean Sullivan and his tireless efforts to shed light on the whole issue.

I voted against 1100 and for 1105.  That contridicts my somewhat Libertarian nature.  Maybe it was being here in Boston and having them go back and forth on liquor taxes that spooked me.  I was worried about the smaller wine producers and the burgeoning WA batch liquor trade getting pummeled by big business. 

We'll see!

Anyways, the regulatory doors will fly open and the free market will reign..

And in the end that has worked best.