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Society &politics rob on 02 Jan 2006
Most Melodramatic New Years Eve Ever.
I’ve had some pretty awesome New Years Eve’s. Last year I was with close friends at a great house party, the year before we were at Kells. This year we decided to try out Pioneer Courthouse Square–big mistake! It sucked. Someone is to blame!
Read this article to get a taste of exactly how lame our city commisioner’s office is. Probably the worst part of the article is the author’s attempt to make it sound like the one arrest from last year justifies canceling the event.
I sent the following letter to the editors of the Portland Tribune, Oregonian and Portland Monthly:
UPDATE 1/ 11/05: The Portland Tribune published my letter in the 1/10/05 edition.
politics rob on 22 Nov 2005
Bush Locked Door Video – Bush Gets Locked In China
I have to publish this video of US President George Bush reaching a locked door at a press conference in China. Bush looks so embarrasingly sad in this. My pal Ala mentioned that he should have people taking better care of him. I agree, the poor bastard had to be humilated, you can actually hear a reporter laughing at him on his first attempt.
I wonder what it was like for him to reach that first locked door, give it a solid pull, and then know that probably that second one would be locked as well. This still-frame from the video of his face–he just looks really messed up.
Bush Locked In Press Conference
politics rob on 25 Apr 2005
The Political Death of Tom DeLay or “Ethics? What Ethics?”
I don’t think I could watch another day of the developing demise of House Majority Whip Tom Delay without comment. Last week The Economist published a stinging article on Why Tom DeLay should go which seemed to only pre-date the intensified interest in DeLay’s alleged ethics violations by a few days.
politics rob on 21 Apr 2005
Arctic Drilling
My pal Logan Mitchell reminded me of the ongoing effort underway to oppose the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for drilling. The ANWR drilling proposal has been making progress in the house, so it will come to the Senate for final approval.
The devout environmentalists are asking Oregonians who oppose the desecration of this protected area to call Republican Senator Gordan Smith’s office and request that he continue to vote against the drilling.
It really is easy to call a senator, I just did. Here’s the advice I followed:
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