August 09, 2004
The World's Most Unappetizing Lunch

Democratic Attorney General / gubernatorial candidate Christine Gregoire is lunching around Eastern Washington looking for votes:

Ritzville's mayor and the local Chamber of Commerce president also took advantage of the chance to chat with the possible next governor. Over sandwiches and potato salad, the mayor filled her in on the big problems the town is having with its new sewage-treatment system.
A discussion of sewage-treatment problems should be enough to kill anybody's appetite. But the prospect of eating while sitting across the table from this woman is more frightening than I care to imagine:

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at August 09, 2004 10:26 AM
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So, who is the decrepit (caucasian) hippie in the photo at left giving the 'Black Power' salute?

Posted by: Matt J Kurlander on August 9, 2004 02:11 PM

Ooh, ooh, I know who it is! It's Duncan Black's dad! Hi dad! Quick, somebody get a racist dissent stifling team out there to racistly stifle his dissent!

I'd go but I'm still waiting for my gun tee shirt to arrive.

By the way, what ought one to eat while discussing sewage? Baked beans, corned beef hash, liverwurst, limburger cheese? Rocky road ice cream? Gotta be stuff that's dark and/or fragrant. And runny would be a plus.

Posted by: Steve Skubinna on August 9, 2004 04:05 PM
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