FARK.com: (6666398) Washington State Senator Scott White of Seattle dies at age 41

(seattle times)		Washington State Senator Scott White of Seattle dies at age 41 (today.seattletimes.com)		55
		More: Sad, D-Seattle, state senators, University of Washington

• • •

3155 clicks; posted to Politics » on 22 Oct 2011 at 2:55 AM | Favorite | share:

more» |

Get this fabulous T-Shirt and impress the methane out of your friends!

shirt it!

Share this link:

URL:

http://fk.cm/go/6666398

Bookmark:

Article Comments close

55 Comments (+0 »)

First | « | 1 | 2 | » | Last | Show all

GLove88mph

2011-10-22 02:10:12 AM

The facebook photo of the sad angry birds cookie in thethe comment sectionof somehow lessens the impact

pippi longstocking

2011-10-22 03:00:30 AM

At least he lived a long full life.

Gosling

2011-10-22 03:09:10 AM

41. Geez.

Notabunny

2011-10-22 03:10:33 AM

That's a shame. He seemed like a good guy with a promising future.

sithon

2011-10-22 03:10:47 AM

There were no details surrounding the death immediately available, but friends and colleagues said it was not suspicious.

drugs

A Dark Evil Omen

2011-10-22 03:11:09 AM

Ugh.

sheilanagig

2011-10-22 03:11:28 AM

He sounds like he knew what he was doing. It reminds me of Robert Heinlein's idea that a government could be dangerously destabilized by the removal of the people who actually knew what they were doing. Of course, one could speculate all kinds of things before the coroner's report becomes public.

gunsmack

2011-10-22 03:11:35 AM

"It's very confused at this point," Murray said.

This is usually pol-speak for autoerotic asphyxia.

relcec

2011-10-22 03:12:12 AM

auto erotic asphyxiation

Ishkur

2011-10-22 03:30:17 AM

Well, this is a switch.

Normally we find dead hookers in Senator hotel rooms.

D-Liver

2011-10-22 04:16:05 AM

pippi longstocking: At least he lived a long full life.

sithon: There were no details surrounding the death immediately available, but friends and colleagues said it was not suspicious.

drugs

sheilanagig: He sounds like he knew what he was doing. It reminds me of Robert Heinlein's idea that a government could be dangerously destabilized by the removal of the people who actually knew what they were doing. Of course, one could speculate all kinds of things before the coroner's report becomes public.

gunsmack: "It's very confused at this point," Murray said.

This is usually pol-speak for autoerotic asphyxia.

relcec: auto erotic asphyxiation

Ishkur: Well, this is a switch.

Normally we find dead hookers in Senator hotel rooms.

As long as we're all just being total assholes...

forum.gon.com

LiberalWeenie

2011-10-22 04:42:40 AM

What was he demanding an investigation into?

cfffffgagffacfacfacfacfacccccfcaaffff

2011-10-22 05:26:22 AM

White Out

Yoyo

2011-10-22 05:42:56 AM

Since I'm not from Washington state, why do I (and Farkers in general) care that this guy died?
I could understand if this were federal with the balance of party power being effected, yadda...

skepticultist

2011-10-22 05:47:45 AM

Yoyo: Since I'm not from Washington state, why do I (and Farkers in general) care that this guy died?
I could understand if this were federal with the balance of party power being effected, yadda...

Hey, I'm from Seattle and I don't care about this story.

Gobobo

2011-10-22 06:38:33 AM

I heard he was trying to instigate a government bank and had accessed the Fed's emails, saying how pleased they were with progress so far.

Krusty_the_Barbarian

2011-10-22 06:45:28 AM

sithon: There were no details surrounding the death immediately available, but friends and colleagues said it was not suspicious.

drugs

I am thinking Heart Attack. The first one sometimes comes without warning or symptoms and about half die. My first was at 45, I had just gotten back from a week long deer hunt in the mountians, was feeling great, and then I wasn't. Outragious fortune just happened to have placed me a block from a hospital when the pain hit, their best heart guy was on staff in the ER, and the life flight helo just happenned to be on the pad. One out of those three missing and I wouldn't be here. Guy probably got chest pains, thought " Wow this hurts, maybe if I wait a second it will go away" then a minute or two later went unconcious. It can happen that quick.

farkityfarker

2011-10-22 07:28:26 AM

There are resorts in Kittitas County? People vacation there?

I've always thought of it as a drive-through county.

monty666

2011-10-22 07:50:43 AM

So did get knifed by a gay hobo or not?

mmagdalene

2011-10-22 08:04:36 AM

The fact that he was attending a Chamber of Commerce leadership meeting...well I don't suppose even the most jaded among us can imagine the kind of unholy shenanigans going on there.

Dwight_Yeast

2011-10-22 08:16:42 AM

sithon: There were no details surrounding the death immediately available, but friends and colleagues said it was not suspicious.

drugs

And a midget tranny hooker.

roadkillontheweb

2011-10-22 08:17:35 AM

Don't get in the way of the GOP. They will stop at nothing to ensure their takover.

roadkillontheweb

2011-10-22 08:18:44 AM

Takover=Takeover.
Time for some coffee

GAT_00

2011-10-22 08:22:22 AM

Krusty_the_Barbarian: Outragious fortune just happened to have placed me a block from a hospital when the pain hit, their best heart guy was on staff in the ER, and the life flight helo just happenned to be on the pad.

Why would you be lift flighted one block?

monty666

2011-10-22 08:23:49 AM

Dwight_Yeast: sithon: There were no details surrounding the death immediately available, but friends and colleagues said it was not suspicious.

drugs

And a midget tranny hooker.

Like it would be more acceptable if he was found with a regular sized tranny?

Jaws_Victim

2011-10-22 08:25:29 AM

Initially screwed up the headline and thought it said "Died FROM Seattle."

Satanic_Hamster

2011-10-22 08:45:33 AM

Yoyo: Since I'm not from Washington state, why do I (and Farkers in general) care that this guy died?
I could understand if this were federal with the balance of party power being effected, yadda...

Yeah, what's next?

"Clinton NJ township alderman Turd Fergeson has died."

Skleenar

2011-10-22 09:06:17 AM

mmagdalene: The fact that he was attending a Chamber of Commerce leadership meeting...well I don't suppose even the most jaded among us can imagine the kind of unholy shenanigans going on there.

The US chamber of Commerce is a different organization than local chambers of commerce, and often with vastly different policy goals.

Bored Horde

2011-10-22 09:20:18 AM

GAT_00: Krusty_the_Barbarian: Outragious fortune just happened to have placed me a block from a hospital when the pain hit, their best heart guy was on staff in the ER, and the life flight helo just happenned to be on the pad.

Why would you be lift flighted one block?

It was probably a secondary or tertiary care hospital. The hospital structure in rural North America is that of smaller tertiary care units that focus on stabilizing the px for transport to a hospital with the required staff and equipment. A podunk county hospital likely won't have a cardiac surgeon ready to rock and roll, so the life flight was probably needed to transport this fellow, once stable, to the nearest hospital with that capability.

Bored Horde

2011-10-22 09:22:43 AM

Bored Horde: GAT_00: Krusty_the_Barbarian: Outragious fortune just happened to have placed me a block from a hospital when the pain hit, their best heart guy was on staff in the ER, and the life flight helo just happenned to be on the pad.

Why would you be lift flighted one block?

It was probably a primary or secondary care hospital. The hospital structure in rural North America is that of smaller primary care units that focus on stabilizing the px for transport to a hospital with the required staff and equipment. A podunk county hospital likely won't have a cardiac surgeon ready to rock and roll, so the life flight was probably needed to transport this fellow, once stable, to the nearest hospital with that capability.

I need my coffee, fixed.

missiv

2011-10-22 09:29:30 AM

Squawker

2011-10-22 09:50:05 AM

Yawn

Independent as Fark

2011-10-22 09:55:00 AM

I bet he killed himself because his opinions didn't matter and his brain felt like pancake batter.

CaptainSmartass

2011-10-22 10:14:56 AM

RIP Mr. White

Dwight_Yeast

2011-10-22 10:16:59 AM

monty666: Like it would be more acceptable if he was found with a regular sized tranny?

No, but a midget tranny hooker is inherantly funnier. I'm thinking Peter Dinklage dressed up like Tim Curry in Rocky Horror.

edmo

2011-10-22 10:36:49 AM

Yoyo: Since I'm not from Washington state, why do I (and Farkers in general) care that this guy died?
I could understand if this were federal with the balance of party power being effected, yadda...

I'm not from anywhere but here. My living room. Why do I give a fark if the sun came up or not?

tenpoundsofcheese

2011-10-22 10:41:23 AM

Steve Jobs
Qaddafi
White

The pattern is clear.
Betty White is in trouble.

Worst.Fark handle. ever.

2011-10-22 10:54:14 AM

Notabunny: That's a shame. He seemed like a good guy with a promising future.

That's what the GOP was afraid of, and you know they cannot allow that.

Krusty_the_Barbarian

2011-10-22 11:02:14 AM

GAT_00: Why would you be lift flighted one block?

I had to be life flighted from that hospital to the closest Cath lab where I got two stents put in while still under cardiac arrest(or whatever they call the condition I was in). And let me tell you,waking up on that table to "Mr. Lantz, I know this is really uncomfortable, but I really need you to hold still." is undoubtably the weirdest thing I have ever experienced.

carrion_luggage

2011-10-22 11:02:56 AM

sithon: There were no details surrounding the death immediately available, but friends and colleagues said it was not suspicious.

drugs

He died of a cokin' heart.

Nemo's Brother

2011-10-22 11:13:46 AM

Did he piss off the party leaders in Washington?

stebain

2011-10-22 11:25:04 AM

This wouldn't happen if we had more tax breaks for the job creators.

Why Would I Read the Article

2011-10-22 12:27:03 PM

Hmm, sounds like the Democrats just locked up this guys vote for all eternity now.

Slam63

2011-10-22 01:48:00 PM

skepticultist: Yoyo: Since I'm not from Washington state, why do I (and Farkers in general) care that this guy died?
I could understand if this were federal with the balance of party power being effected, yadda...

Hey, I'm from Seattle and I don't care about this story.

Represent the 425.

Fairly normal for Watfington State.

Rent Party

2011-10-22 01:49:51 PM

sithon: There were no details surrounding the death immediately available, but friends and colleagues said it was not suspicious.

drugs

Cardiac arrest. This guy wasn't evfarkityfarker: There are resorts in Kittitas County? People vacation there?

I've always thought of it as a drive-through county.

Roslyn, Easton, all them places are still in the woods, so there are resorts there. Once you get past Ellensburg, it becomes wasteland.

hasty ambush

2011-10-22 03:03:57 PM

Notabunny: That's a shame. He seemed like a ~~good guy~~ politician with a promising future.

FTFY

WizardofToast

2011-10-22 05:08:30 PM

And now comes the flood of conspiracies. From "knowing too much" to "aliens killed him",

mmagdalene

2011-10-22 05:17:09 PM

Skleenar: mmagdalene: The fact that he was attending a Chamber of Commerce leadership meeting...well I don't suppose even the most jaded among us can imagine the kind of unholy shenanigans going on there.

The US chamber of Commerce is a different organization than local chambers of commerce, and often with vastly different policy goals.

I was perhaps being a little tongue-in-cheek, referring to the presumably staid reputation of such organizations. My experience in attending ALA and other dry academic conventions is that the non-scheduled events make being backstage after a Motley Crue concert circa 1986 seem quite tame. Not that I have firsthand knowledge of either, you understand.

dletter

2011-10-22 05:34:36 PM

Put me down with the "Why is this greenlit on Fark?" parade.

I mean, he was young, but, I'm sure there are all sorts of young low level politicians that die probably just about monthly. Other than that this was a brother-in-law of some admin on Fark or something, not sure why this got special treatment.

tinyarena

2011-10-22 07:37:01 PM

Krusty_the_Barbarian: GAT_00: Why would you be lift flighted one block?

I had to be life flighted from that hospital to the closest Cath lab where I got two stents put in while still under cardiac arrest(or whatever they call the condition I was in). And let me tell you,waking up on that table to "Mr. Lantz, I know this is really uncomfortable, but I really need you to hold still." is undoubtably the weirdest thing I have ever experienced.

The weirdest thing I ever heard was when the nurse leaned over the gurney I was lying on and said, "Would you like more morphine, sir?" To this day I don't know what the correct answer is.

Displayed 50 of 55 comments

First | « | 1 | 2 | » | Last | Show all

Redisplay/refresh comments

This thread is closed to new comments.