In response to the City of Olympia's vote to draft a resolution disinviting the USS Olympia from taking shore leave in their city, Dennis Olson, "Chief Curmudgeon" at the TimeBomb2000 Pol/Gov forum, responded in a way that I, sadly, don't find surprising. He purportedly wrote an email to the Olympia City Council expressing his views on the matter. I say purported because all I have is his claim to have done so. But, let's take him at his word. Well... poor choice of words there on my part. LOL how 'bout we take what he said at face value?

As Olson openly admits, he predicated his email on a lie. Apparently thinking that it'd be taken more seriously by the City Council, he claimed to be a former Washington resident. Actually, he characterizes it as "Kind-of a fib." But, it's a bald-faced lie no matter how he mischaracterizes it.

But, Mr. Olson isn't content to express his unrighteous indignation. Oh no! He does it with a government computer where he works. Another member of the Olympia City Council, Curt Pavola, writes back.

Mr. Olson,

Your e-mail (on government time, i presume) about the community conversation that Olympia, WA, citizens are having about the safety and appropriateness of extaordinary visits to our community by nuclear submarines during a time of hightened terrorist threats is out of line and uninformed. As a government employee myself who LIVES UP TO ethics laws about inapporpriate use of resources and equipment to voice personal (and stupid...) comments, I'll ask you to keep your opinions to yourself. Your actions are disgraceful. Find out what the issues are before mouthing off on public time.

-- Olympia Councilmember Curt Pavola

To which Mr. Olson responds by ignorantly claiming that Mr. Pavola is trying to squelch Olson's First Amendment rights. And then he complains about how Pavola's pointing out the very real ethical problems inherant in misusing government property is nothing more than Pavola trying to "get back" at him.

For lying thru his teeth and misusing government property, Mr Olson gets my Morally Bankrupt Rightwinger award.