Funny thing is that I googled "State of Washington Boater Education
Bill
Senate Vote" and got *zero* hits pertinent to it.

And I have yet to see the text of the bill referred to by Chuck and
have yet
to see the breakdown of the votes from him as was previously requested.



I think that Chuck may be putting his faith in a liberal voice email
regarding the bill without having any other facts or information.


How telling. How dangerous.

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Try googling Washington State Alliance for Mandatory Boater Education.
I got 647 "hits".

I don't feel compelled to do your research for you or provide you with
vote totals.
The "uniformed Republicans" Dave referred to were the persons he
mentioned by name when listing the legislators who spoke against the
bill. You are the only person who extended that to mean that all
Republicans who voted against the bill were also uniformed.

It is easy to determine whether somebody is well informed,
underinformed, or uninformed when they attempt to speak to an issue.
Some of the Republicans and Democrats who voted against the bill may
have been well informed and simply disagreed with the principle. Fair
enough. But if an individual gets up to speak against a bill and begins
making statements that have no basis at all in fact and do not address
the issues actually included in the proposal, it would be fair to say
that such a person, Democrat or Republican, was "uninformed".

If the uninformed speakers were from both parties, it would be correct
to say "uniformed legislators".
If they were all Democrats, it would be correct to say "uniformed
Democrats".....(and if that had been the case we wouldn't see a line of
protest from you- guaranteedily deed). In this case, the four people
who spoke against the bill demonstrated that they were not properly
informed about the contents and they all happened to be Republicans.

What will you call your pile when you're finished? "Mount Molehill?"

By the way,the author you dismiss as a "liberal e-mailer" is chairman
of the organization.

You can check the rest of the info on the Washington State legislature
web site. (Hint: dotgov)