Dori monson charges mayor nickels with murder

Dori Monson (KIROFM m-f 12-3p) blames Mayor Greg Nickels and politically-correct Seattleites for the cold blooded, assassination-style Halloween murder of Seattle policeman, Timothy Brenton.

This is the kind of tone deaf opinionifying that's always defined this radio host, but he's dialed it up to 11 since KIRO's ratings went to hell last Spring.

At best, Dori might have seen this disturbing tragedy simply as show-prep, a chance to say something crazy and politically incorrect to stir up listeners, and get them to call in. At worst, maybe he entertained a warped fantasy of inspiring some vengeful vigilantics in the Central District, the diverse neighborhood where the shooting took place.

The idea is bouncing around in Seattle’s little right-wing radio echo chamber. It's a familiar meat-wagon the dittohead dogs of Seattle talk radio eagerly set upon, providing them the opportunity to utter the words they’re trained to utter whenever the topics of “libruls” and “crime’ are brought up. (We believe “ACLU” was also mentioned).  

Conservative talkers have long made anti-Seattle-ism part of the aural fabric. Few of them (including Dori) actually live in the city, and it's a plump target for the pea-shooters of the radio .

(Monson’s relationship with the City of Seattle is like BlatherWatch’s to him: he never lets an opportunity to shit on its hat).  

Dori and some of his cranky listeneers claim that Seattle Police hands are tied under the “Seattle Nice Policy,” community policing, and “Gun-free Zones.” Mayors, starting with Norm Rice, they say, have been more interested in banning plastic grocery bags than keeping us safe. That prevents cops from defending themselves as they sit in their cars.

Dori pawned off the assumption that the murder was gang-related, (read Negro) which connected it with other high profile crimes, and of course, with affirmative action, and BBQ.  

Actually, crime - rarely a major problem in Seattle’s history- has declined in recent years, but being outraged about criminals is an oral tradition on Seattle talk radio used for demagoguery against the “progressive liberals.”

(Dave Boze, Dori’s “colleague” on sister station KTTH, resisted the cheap shot and told a listener he couldn’t see a connection between the cop killing and Nickels’politics. The listener claimed the PC police permissiveness began during the infamous World Trade Organization’s demonstrations in 1999, and has been”out of control” ever since).

Dori had these charges up on his blog the day after the crime- with all his 'support the cops' posturing you'd he'd let them at least bury the guy before he starts trying to make ratings hay from this tragic death.

Comments

[Puget Sound]

Wow. This would be a huge setback. Wonder how the base will take this...

"The Obama administration and House Democrats are making a last-ditch effort to find approximately 10 more Democrats willing to vote for healthcare reform legislation Saturday.

"Let me tell you how my day has gone," said Rep. Jason Altmire, D-Pa., acknowledging he is among those whom House leaders and the White House are leaning on most heavily.

Altmire said that by mid afternoon, he had spoken to President Obama, White House Chief of Staff Emanuel, House Speaker Pelosi, House Majority Leader Hoyer, Education Secretary Duncan and HHS Secretary Sebelius, all urging him to vote for passage and asking what they can do to secure his vote.

"My constituency just isn't there," he said on why he is undecided. But he added, "I don't want to kill it."

Asked what he would do if he is the deciding vote, he said, "I don't know."

Altmire is not the only one being hammered, although others are more tight-lipped about pressure they feel. In all, "in the vicinity" of 10 votes are needed to reach the 218-vote threshold for passage, a Democratic leadership aide said today"

[Puget Sound]

Coils,
Keep running against Bush in 2010 and see how it works out for you...

[Puget Sound]

Yes.
The far left should definitely 'punish' those Blue Dogs...go ahead and 'downsize' that Dem Party.

"A few days ago, the left-wing activist group MoveOn.org began sending out emails seeking contributions to fund primary challenges against any Democratic senator who does not fully support "health care reform with a public option." Now there's an update: MoveOn executive director Justin Ruben says the group has raised $3,578,117 for the project and is thinking of new ways to punish errant Democratic lawmakers."

[Coiler]

Captain Puget, I can and will blame the previous idiot in the white house who did say there was no recession as late as 2008.

[sparky]

Puts, everywhere one looks, there is evidence of the mess Bush made. It will be years before that is forgotten, regardless of what you think of him.

[joanie]

I see the spelling lesson is still going on. Just sayin'...

[Puget Sound]

Sparkles:
An old joke cited by Dr. Charles Krauthammer is appropriate:

Moscow, 1953. Stalin calls in Khrushchev.

"Niki, I'm dying. Don't have much to leave you. Just three envelopes. Open them, one at a time, when you get into big trouble."

A few years later, first crisis. Khrushchev opens envelope 1: "Blame everything on me. Uncle Joe."

A few years later, a really big crisis. Opens envelope 2: "Blame everything on me. Again. Good luck, Uncle Joe."

Third crisis. Opens envelope 3: "Prepare three envelopes."

In 2009 Pres Obama burned through the first envelope. We'll see how it looks in the 2010 midyear election.

AT SOME POINT he has to take responsibility for his policies. Is he going to blame Bush for his Healthcare 'public option' going down in flames?
AT SOME POINT. For example, his handpicked General is calling for 40 thousand more soldiers in support of what Pres Obama calls 'the good war.'
Iraq -bad war. Afghanistan -good war.

As Krauthammer points out,
"In each war, quick initial low-casualty campaigns toppled enemy governments. In the subsequent occupation stage, two policy choices presented themselves: the light or heavy "footprint."

In both Iraq and Afghanistan, we initially chose the light footprint. For obvious reasons: less risk and fewer losses for our troops, while reducing the intrusiveness of the occupation and thus the chances of creating an anti-foreigner backlash that would fan an insurgency.

This was the considered judgment of our commanders at the time, most especially Centcom commander (2003-2007) Gen. John Abizaid. And Abizaid was no stranger to the territory. He speaks Arabic and is a scholar of the region. The overriding idea was that the light footprint would minimize local opposition.

It was a perfectly reasonable assumption, but it proved wrong. The strategy failed. Not just because the enemy proved highly resilient but because the allegiance of the population turned out to hinge far less on resentment of foreign intrusiveness (in fact the locals came to hate the insurgents -- al-Qaeda in Iraq, the Taliban in Afghanistan -- far more than us) than on physical insecurity, which made them side with the insurgents out of sheer fear.

What they needed, argued Gen. David Petraeus against much Pentagon brass opposition, was population protection, i.e., a heavy footprint.

In Iraq, the heavy footprint -- also known as the surge -- dramatically reversed the fortunes of war. In Afghanistan, where it took longer for the Taliban to regroup, the failure of the light footprint did not become evident until more recently when an uneasy stalemate began to deteriorate into steady Taliban advances.

That's where we are now in Afghanistan. The logic of a true counterinsurgency strategy there is that whatever resentment a troop surge might occasion pales in comparison with the continued demoralization of any potential anti-Taliban elements unless they receive serious and immediate protection from U.S.-NATO forces.

In other words, Obama is facing the same decision on Afghanistan that Bush faced in late 2006 in deciding to surge in Iraq."

Sooooo, difficult choices ahead for Pres Obama.

[b dunk]

This isn't going to fit Dori's fantasy:
The man Seattle detectives shot Friday afternoon outside a Tukwila apartment complex - who authorities say is a suspect in the Halloween night slaying of a Seattle police officer - is a 41-year-old man who studied law enforcement issues at the University of Washington, according to law enforcement sources.

[chucks]

If this is the guy that executed the police officer, it would not be the first time some clown that wanted to be a cop, but could not qualify for one reason or another turned to the dark side.
If the guy went after his degree plus went to the Academy and washed out or even made to patrol only to not make it for one reason or another.
Many a man that could not cut it as a cop and it being a life long dream has used his education in criminology to become a criminal.
If this is the guy, I hope he recovers partially so that he can be convicted and have an extremely painful existence until execution day.

[Puget Sound]

hey, as soon as they broadcast that they were looking for a Datsun B210 you knew it wouldn't take too long to find that car.

[KS]

PutS - It isn't over until that Health Insurance Reform Monster has a stake plunged into its heart. Pelosi, the biotch is riding the monster and I don't want to speculate except to say that the Blue Dog Dems can be heroes or goats in the eyes of most American people. I'd be in favor of a compromise bill, but not this draconian piece of legalese bullshit.

I heard the Brian Baird is leaning again toward voting against it. Adam Smith (who I voted for the last 3 times) is probably receiving many calls as well, but would expect him to tow the line and vote for it - to keep his committee chairmanship and also because he is not being seriously challenged. In his heart of hearts, I can't help but believe he knows that it is wrong - afraid that the toxic political culture of the other Washington corrupts the good ones too.

[AuthenticAndrew]

Some neighbor claims she saw the car several days ago and thought it might be the car police were looking for but didn't call the police because she just wasn't sure enough. That's what happens when you never step out on a limb and take a chance.

[KS]

Glad that they found the culprit and shot him, as he drew his weapon first. Most criminals are not sophisticated enough to hide their tracks (or the from their cars). Modern technology and DNA testing has made it tougher for the criminal vermin to keep from getting caught, except for the white collar criminal vermin like Madoff.

[Tommy008]

if this guy was trying to show the cops who rejected him and laughed at him how smart he was- I say mission failure. Some caller to KIRO last night was going on about how this was some ultra- sophisticated, almost superhuman, robo-hitman from a drug cartel. Shows how offbase and wacked talkradio callers can be. Dude thought the was slick by backing away from the patrol car after the hit so he didnt get in the car's camera field. Problem was the squad car camera had already picked up his Datsun a half hour earlier prowling around Leschi or the CD. He left a witness alive to point to the car and say, "that's the car, there!" If both officers had died would we have solved the case by now? Probably not.

[AuthenticAndrew]

I wonder if the Droopster will acknowledge that he might have been off the mark in tying this crime to Nickel's lax anti-gang enforcement.

[Puget Sound]

KS
I also like and have voted for Adam Smith a number of times. A reasonable and moderate politician. But agree that this current Health Care bill is a monster and he might be rolled on this Health Care Vote given his desire to keep the chairmanship and that he is firmly ensconced. In our district, his worry should be not someone coming in on his left (a firebrand Liberal) but someone coming in slightly to the right with some decent backing from the Repub party (Jim Ferrell of Fed Way maybe?)

[Puget Sound]

wow. looks like more dems continue to abandon the SS Pelosi...from the USA Today:

"Some of the most vulnerable Democrats in the House are starting to flake off the health care bill.

There are a dozen first-term Democrats representing districts that Republican presidential nominee John McCain won last year. So far, six have announced that they will vote against their party's health care bill.

Update, 5:43 p.m. ET: Now there are seven. The New York Daily News has just published a statement from hometown Rep. Michael McMahon, D-N.Y. He's in the no column. "I believe the net negatives of this bill outweight the positive effects," McMahon says.

Five of those announcements came today. All of the lawmakers who announced opposition cited concerns about the price tag of the legislation, estimated by the Congressional Budget Office to be more than $1 trillion over 10 years.

"After months of thoroughly reviewing legislative proposals and speaking with constituents and stakeholders, I am not satisfied that this bill before us is a sustainable solution," said Rep. Frank Kratovil, D-Md. Alert readers will remember that he was the congressman hung in effigy during the height of the August town hall meeting uproar.

The other three Democratic freshmen from McCain districts who announced their opposition to the health care bill Friday are: Reps. Bobby Bright of Alabama, Walt Minnick of Idaho, and Suzanne Kosmas of Florida. Two who announced their opposition earlier: Reps. Travis Childers of Mississippi and Parker Griffith of Alabama. All but Griffith have announced their opposition since Election Day, when Democrats suffered humiliating defeats in the New Jersey and Virginia governors races.

Still on the fence: Reps. Tom Perriello, D-Va., John Boccieri, D-Ohio, Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., Betsy Markey, D-Colo., and Harry Teague, D-N.M."

LOOKS like you Move.on types will have a number of vulnerable Dems to go after.
The Political Love that dare not speak its name: 'Ned Lamont'

[sparky]

"humiliating defeats"....lolololol

You guys are a riot.

[Puget Sound]

keep that sense of humor, sparkles.
you may need it come 2010...

[sparky]

Meanwhile, the repukes are making fools of themselves this morning on The Hill, trying to derail the debate on the bill. Rep. Louise Slaughter is reminding the members of the dishonest ads that have been circulating, paid for by the insurance companies, that say things like "seniors--if you pick the 'wrong doctor' under this plan you could face a 10K$ fine and possible jail time."

One by one, the cons are standing before the microphones, whining and lying. This will all make great campaign footage for their opponents come next election.

[KS]

Sparkles has no concept of the future, otherwise she would see that this is not the time to have this country transformed.

[sparky]

"This is not the time.."
Another Rush/Hannity talking point.
At least your are consistent, KS.

[Puget Sound]

"I'm puting my chips on a muslim/middle easterner having done it. People like Dori might assume it was a black gang member because they have a longstanding distrust of police, perhaps rightfully so, but execution isn't their style. ...
That motherfucker drove all the way over from eastern fucking Washington to do it. Premeditation measured by the mile post. I speculate that this incident will have more than less in common with those incedents."

Posted by: AuthenticAndrew | November 05, 2009 at 12:23 AM"

Well Authentic A-hole, looks like you were wrong again. I'll give you credit for stamina as you never seem to tire of being wrong.
As you get older aka more mature you'll find that life is a little harder to predict and making half ass predictions based off just a little info tends to make you look foolish. Or look like an Authentic A-hole.

[Puget Sound]

Sparkles
Looks like Baird in this interview has decided to vote 'no.'
Adam Smith had an interesting comment about why he is 50-50 and the lack of outreach from Pelosi or the White House.
"(Adam) Smith said he understands his support for the measure could be critical for its passage.
"Reaching 218 is tough even without me," Smith said. It takes 218 votes to pass a bill in the House.
Smith said he has had little contact from Democratic leadership, except for a phone call from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last weekend.
"If in fact they need my vote, they haven't acted like they do," Smith said in an interview.
He said he was also surprised he hadn't heard from the White House. Smith chaired President Obama's campaign in Washington state during the presidential election.
Smith said he knows if the House doesn't act it would be a "significant setback." But he also said the bill costs too much and "shies away from what needs to be done to control(medical) costs."

[sparky]

The republicans standing in opposition all use the same prop, a foot-tall bundle of paper which seems suspiciously light, and characterize the bill as a "job-killing government takeover" with overwhelming popular opposition. As if the small business exemptions aren't in the bill, as if the private sector does such a great job (the health insurance industry as it exists today is, in fact, our best argument for a single payer, Medicare for All system), and as if those polls demonstrating overwhelming support for a public option simply never happened.

Rethugs at their worst, providing great material for the upcoming 2010 midterms.

[Puget Sound]

Really Sparkles?
Stop Blaming Rethugslicans. Concentrate on the Dems for a second. They got the votes.

Why are the Blue Dogs running scared?
(how about that Trillion plus price tag?)

You don't need any Rethugs to pass this. It can be all Dems. Forget about blaming the Rethugs on this. The Dems have the votes to pass if they want it.

And this is just the House with the overwhelming majority.

Wait til it gets to the Senate...

[KS]

With all due respect, put a sock in it Sparkles. It's clear that you don't know and don't care what you are talking about.

you are an anti-conservative bigot.

[KS]

BTW Sparkles - I don't listen to Rush or Hannity. I read multiple sources and am a critical thinker unlike you have demonstrated not to be.

[sparky]

Really bad sentence structure aside, KS, I wouldn't admit to listening to those guys either. The best part of this debate today will be when the cons step up and present their last-minute "plan."
You know, the one that gives insurance companies expanded powers to refuse coverage and payouts.

[AuthenticAndrew]

puts, we don't know much about the religious attitudes of Christopher Monfort, but supposing he has no muslim fiber in his body I'm man enough to admit I guessed incorectly and I made it clear from the start that I was guessing, because I have the balls to do so, unlike you, who is a big pussy who stands on the sidelines waiting for such an oppurtunity to call out a better person who is not nearly so cowardly as yourself.

I'm more than happy to point out to your bitch ass that the shooter at Fort Hood was a disgruntled Muslim.

You're a pathetic and cynical leech who brings nothing to this forum, who waits in the wings to attack the better people who do.

[KS]

You are so full of crap, Sparkles, its hilarious. Keep spouting your progressive talking points about the GOP bill helping the insurance companies - have you read it ? Of course, Maddow, Olbermann, Matthews, Schultz and all of the left-wingers who incorporate progressives as dittoheads will feed you these half-truths and you keep on worshiping at their altar of Obamao. In order for a GOP plan to be credible, it must reign in the insurance providers and the amendment process would allow them to do that, but I forgot - they are dead set against a bipartisan bill, which we deserve. The GOP alternative has been straight up about keeping costs down and not transferring costs to the states, unlike Pelosicare does in a big way.

However, Pelosi, Hoyer and the Dem leadership have demonstrated that they don't want to have anything of the GOP bill and want to RAM a 2000-page toxic shock syndrome bill through the House, not caring about the ramifications it has on us, just as long as it satisfies their criteria for a power grab. Meanwhile, if this monster passes, it will cripple our economy more, lead to more health care rationing, severely damage small businesses and cause a lack of motivation of those who want to be a doctor and lead to a shortage in doctors. One way or the other, this will come back and bite the Democrat House leadership and those who vote for Pelosicare.

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[Puget Sound]

Authentic A-hole

Next time, a little less piehole and a little more engagement of the brain before spewing forth half ass predictions based on nothing more than your feelings. Now get behind the counter, Chucks wants to order that burger deluxe with cheese.

[AuthenticAndrew]

puts, the odds were in favor of it being a muslim, I did fancy calculations and stuff, and as I pointed out there was an act of domestic muslim terrorism between the time I made my prediction and the revelation of the police killer.

Say what you want, it won't make you any less of a big, dripping pussy.

[Puget Sound]

why? cause I don't assume in some 'knee jerk fashion' that all murderous crimes are committed by Muslims?
okay, I can live with that.

[sparky]

yes yes...name calling, same old, same old. Like I said, at least you guys are consistent.

Meanwhile, your republican friends have developed a mantra--

freedom freedom freedom freedom freedom freedom freedom freedom freedom....
job killing job killing job killing job killing job killing job killing
freedom killing freedom killing freedom killing freedom killing freedom killing...

John Boner has been hitting the tanning booth this week...

[Puget Sound]

sparkles
you don't need one republican vote.

just get the dems to vote it thru.

what's the holdup?

[Puget Sound]

Dems may be able to do it after all. Pulling from a pool of 256 Dems in congress it looks like they'll have the 215 plus needed. Lots of posturing going on right now.

Doesn't bode well for the Senate.

Blue Dogs may be an endangered species come 2010.

[Unionless]

AuthenticAHole seems awfully perturbed at being outclassed by Puget Sound.
What's the matter AA are you sad that your 'radio towers neighbors' weren't responsible as you predicted. And then I don't understand your obvious prejedice against Muslims. You are pathetic whey don't you just shut your pie hole and retreat under the rock you crawled out from. Your sick.

[AuthenticAndrew]

Unionleader, the odds were in favor of it being a muslim, I did fancy calculations and stuff, and as I pointed out there was an act of domestic muslim terrorism between the time I made my prediction and the revelation of the police killer.

Say what you want, it won't make you any less of a big, dripping pussy.

[Paul Johnson]

You are hilarious Hood. Your twisted logic is prehistoric. Yes KIRO-FM is a flop. I predicted that the moment they decided to go FM. People who have discerning minds don't want to switch back and forth between AM and FM while driving, between the only news outlets available to the public today. However, Dori Monson is the ONLY reason KIRO-FM has any ratings at all! The rest of the progressives, marxists, or whatever they are on that station are failing because as you well know progressive talk radio does not SELL! Have a nice day.

[El Bagger]

Dori is an absolute idiot, and he jumped on the Muslim angle on Ft Hood right away, and opened his lines for uninformed bigots to blather away. Uninformed, Bigots, hallmarks of Mr Monson.

[Puget Sound]

Say what you want, it won't make you any less of a big, dripping pussy.

Posted by: AuthenticAndrew | November 07, 2009 at 01:54 PM

Gee Authentic A-Huckleberry,
I spent my 20's traveling around the world in the Army as a form of service to my country.

Conversely, in your 20's you are serving fries.

Who's the pussy?

Why not stop being a Chairborne Ranger and sign up for some military service? You do support the 'good war' in Afghanistan don't-cha?

It'll clear up that acne, son. And you will learn that Veteran's Day is more than a banking holiday.

[Drew]

Yes, Dick "Tater" Cheney spent his "Veterans Days" filling out deferrment applications (5 of them). He spent his pre-VP days offshoreing his corporate accounts to pay nearly nothing in U.S. taxes.
While the working class in America watched their kids go off to war, Cheney sat comfortably at home, knowing that every day can be a "banking holiday".

[sparky]

The Right to Lifer's sent a letter to the Repubs tonight stating that if they vote "present" on the Stupak bill ( being voted on right now), they will count it as a No vote and they will not fund them in the next election.

[Tommy008]

I spotted him getting up from his table at The Old Spaghetti Factory down on the city's waterfront. I had just walked in and was being ushered to my table by the petite Asian woman hostess. There he was, walking past me, leaving a table comprised of Star and the girls, and his everpresent Pastor, who had a huge Bible open on the table. I caught up with him as he was entering the men's room. Not wanting to have a pissing match in a pisseree, I chose to address him before he entered. "You, Sir ae a hore's ass," I said loudly. He wheeled and gave me a dopey , angry look. "You've had your homeless team of thugs beat me up, restaurant managers under your pay attack me, next I guess you'll sic your Bitch Boy, Phil, on me, who knows. But I'm still here, little squirrel-faced fellow. You told mwe to get out of town, BUT i'M STILL HERE, hounding you every day on Blatherwatch. "King of Seattle, mt ass, champ. You're a mewling, puking coward of a man. You're a barbarian...."

[Puget Sound]

Drew
I agree with you.

[Puget Sound]

Hey Sparkles
How come the only bi-partisan support is in defeating this bill. You will have 30 plus Dems joining Republicans in trying to stop this bill. It won't be enough as with a number of side deals Speaker Pelosi will get the 218 votes needed.
What does it say about a bill that even with a huge majority will 'squeeze by' at best.

So on one side you only have Dems voting for it and on the other side you have Dems and Repubs voting against it.

Well, it will make life in the Senate interesting.

[sparky]

hah...it passed.

[Coiler]

yea!