In Remembrance of Elaine Cillo

On September 11, 2001, Elaine Cillo was a Vice President at Marsh Technology and Information Service, working on the 97th floor of the North Tower at the World Trade Center. I’ve read that she loved taking  photographs, but not being photographed; she had a twin sister, Lynne, with whom she’d recently traveled to Greece; and [...]

Let Me Restate The Question

I just posted my first thoughts resulting from yesterday’s townhall meeting with Congressman Jay Inslee. You can read them over at The Sundries Shack. It occurs to me, we’re not asking the right questions about health care. What do you think?

Project 2996

Recently, I announced a new direction for It’s Only Words. My decision to focus on local issues is directly related to my resolve make a conservative impact on Washington politics. That being said, I do have one last obligation remaining that is national in scope, Project 2996. This excellent effort is a collaboration of bloggers [...]

Brian Baird: Arrogant, Ignorant Or Lying Loser?

Nansen Malin has an excellent post at NW Digest describing her difficulties participating in Congressman Brian Baird’s most recent tele-townhall. Baird, you may recall, has been in the news for comparing health care protesters to Nazi Brown Shirts and Timothy McVeigh.
After the initial flap, Congressman Baird had agreed to a face-to-face, honest to goodness townhall [...]

A New Direction for It’s Only Words

For those of you who have been following the evolution of It’s Only Words, I’d like to say thank you. You don’t know how incredibly gratifying it is to have people take time out of their busy schedules to read my ramblings and occasionally even take time to comment. I truly appreciate every visitor.
One thing [...]

Some Constituents Are More Equal Than Others

Here in the Soviet of Washington, our elected officials skew heavily to the left so those of us who call ourselves conservatives are accustomed to them saying and doing things that make us want to bang our heads on our desks in frustration. Who can forget, for example, Patty Murray’s glowing tribute to Osama bin [...]

Why Is The White House Spamming Me?

From The American Heritage Dictionary:
spam: (n) An unsolicited e-mail, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals or newsgroups.
This may come as a  surprise to you, but I’m not really a supporter of President Barack Obama, so it came as a surprise to me when I started getting e-mails from the [...]

Conduct Unbecoming

Watch this clip of Hillary Clinton, taped Monday in Kinshasa, Congo.

Look at Secretary of State Clinton’s body language as she listens to the question. Look at her hair, which appears to be unstyled and sadly in need of a trim and the apparent lack of makeup. Forget for a moment that [...]

Stunning Authenticity

When liberals accuse conservative protesters of being paid, they’re only projecting their own actions onto others, as illustrated today by Dr. Melissa Clouthier, who today highlighted some Craig’s List job postings like this one:
Aug 7 – Make social change – Help Pass Obama’s Health Care Reform!!! – (Sacramento) img <
Read Melissa’s full article.

The Boy In The Bubble

This blog entry really must be seen to be believed, as author believes that union members would make an effective “enforcement team” at townhall meetings.
How difficult would it be to…

State clearly and widely that meetings are for “little ‘d’” democratic discussion, and that outbursts will not be tolerated.
State clearly and widely that those [...]