Archives for “Politics”

"But as I said during the campaign, we can't just talk to our friends. As hard as it is, we also have to talk to ...


If Obama Was Serious About Change

"If Obama was serious about change he would stop saying 'God bless America' and instead end every speech with 'The Spice must flow.'" -- Matthew Baldwin


Baffling, Evasive Incoherence

"If you want to know why the rest of the world is scared of Americans, consider the fact that after two terms of disastrous rule ...


I Saw His Sole

"I don't know what the guy said, but I saw his sole." -- President Bush, referring to an Iraqi reporter who threw shoes at him.


Yes We Did!


Wealth Groupies

Like "Joe the Plumber" -- who is not a licensed plumber, whose first name isn't Joe, whose boss's business makes $100K, not $250K and isn't ...


Not the Way We Should be Doing It

"I'm also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the party say. And it is permitted to be said such things ...


All This Stuff has a Price Tag

"In truth, however, I know there are lots of Americans who, whatever their income, believe that the government should get its grubby hands off their ...


How is the Chicken Cooked?

To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, ...


Reason I Love Portland #375

This was the image used on the cover of the most recent issue of the Willamette Week. The original image was done by Barry Stock, ...


Embarrassingly Superior

"Not only do I want an elite president. I want someone who is embarrassingly superior to me. Somebody who speaks 16 languages and sleeps two ...


Don’t Mock The Constitution

"Don't mock the Constitution. Don't make fun of it. Don't suggest that it's not American to abide by what the founding fathers set up. It's ...


75,000 People

Sen. Barack Obama was greeted by the largest crowd of his 15-month campaign in Portland Sunday, an estimated 75,000 people, according to Portland Police. -- from ...



Block of Cheese Day

I miss this show.


Notice of Revocation of Independence

To the citizens of the United States of America, In the light of your failure to elect a President of the USA and thus to govern ...


Vote!

If you live in one of the Super-Tuesday states, please get out and vote today! And count your blessings that you live in a state ...


Rove on Blogging

"The Web has given angry and vitriolic people more of a voice in public discourse. People in the past who have been on the nutty ...


Aimee Teegarden: "Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can't locate the US on a world map. Why do you think this is?" Ms. South ...


Kulongoski has ‘come alive’

The headline on today's Oregonian: Kulongoski has 'come alive.' In my mind, the headline continued: "Zombie Governor terrorizes state capital."


Senate Passes Battle Royale Act

When I loaded up Google News today, the top headline was about the Senate passing the War-Spending bill. The associated photo, however, was the logo ...


Agree or Delete

A few days ago, I received a forwarded email from a relative with the subject line "Agree or Delete." The email is mostly full of ...


That’s What Planning Is

"Once again [Bush] chastised critics, saying 'some are condemning a plan before it's even had a chance to work.' By then, of course, you're not ...


Downtown Portland Protest

This was the view out my window a few minutes ago. There was a pretty good sized protest marching directly past our new office on ...


Former Top Bush Aide Arrested

One of President Bush's former top aides was arrested recently. For those of you keeping count, that means that: Someone in the vice-president's office leaked the ...