I have come to discover;

The quality of a neighborhood is easily determined by the number of Mini-Markets within walking distance of a residences location, be that a single-family dwelling or an apartment complex.

Remember that when relocating as it may well indicate how many of your potential neighbors will thrive on deep-fried bean-burritos and 64 ounce Big Gulps.

Just saw it on CNN!

It was as predictable as smell from a skunk, the Megrants are now complaining of being abused by Real Estate and Mortgage people (Gringos) as even those who could speak English didn't fully understand the Fine Print of the contracts they were asked to sign when buying a home.

The next predictable smell will be that of Nancy Pelosi and Ron Whineden coming to their rescue with calls for a Federal Program to bail out the thieving beggars.

Have you ever noticed,

How most mornings our TV News folks like to bring us Live Reports from the Scene of news worthy events that have occurred overnight be that a house fire, a school, a shooting, a rape and even a Gang fight?

Well, all except if that scene is in the Woodburn area.

Curious!

Perhaps the area is a transmitting dead zone that won't allow Live Video Connections?

But then, perhaps the News staff believes the Woodburn area might be a little dangerous, even hours after the main event or even the following morning?

My best suggestion for Tri-Met!

Is the Portland Metro area solve their Transit Crime problems by following Salem's lead.

As a result of the voters rejecting the Salem Transit Boards absurd tax proposal the entire system has suffered an overall and drastic reduction of service.

This has proven to be a Win-Win for we the area residents.

The first Win has to do with the reduced tax burden. That is always welcome.

The second Win is the sub-culture including the Illegal Drug traffickers and residential burglars, have lost their ability to move quickly around our community.

Yes, the bus shelters are more likely to be used by those waiting for a bus and less as a meeting place to deliver Illegal Drugs.

And, I no longer see homeless types getting off a bus in a residential area and then looking around for what they might consider an easy burglary target.

The cure has come with the One Hour service as bad guys can't just hang in a neighborhood with a pocket full of Meth or a back-pack filled with items freshly stolen from a nearby residence.

Oh yes, it seems we have a bonus Win in that all those who need to get around town are yet able and the complaints have been few.

P.S. Perhaps Bend might want in investigate the Salem system before getting any deeper into trouble.

What I don't want!

That to hear a local TV News reporters telling us of horrendous acts of Crime and Violence and have the reporter give us the suspects names . . . in Perfect Spanish.

I'm not impressed and more angered if anything as their Pride of Language Skills is totally without value.

And in the "Oh Yea" news!

You know, the Not such a big deal news section.

Two teens were arrested in northeast Salem following reported shootings at homes.

Those where Drive By Shootings to be exact and one residence was fired on . . . twice in one night!

Of course their names weren't made available as they are juveniles.

But does it really matter? Its the Culture where such violence is considered normal.

What we do know is they were a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old, they were arrested on charges that include unauthorized use of a motor vehicle (a Stolen Car) and attempt to elude police.

Now who do you suppose?

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070926/UPDATE/70926040

Wouldn't you think by now?

The Oregon State Sheriffs' Association would have put up a $10,000.00 Reward for the capture of Alfredo De Jesus–Ascencio?

Remember, he is being sought as responsible for the death of Marion County Sheriff's Deputy Kelly Fredenburg.

But then, who do we find as President of the Oregon State Sheriffs' Association?

Why its our old Immigration Law enforcer buddy himself, Marion County Sheriff Raul Ramiriz.

http://www.oregonsheriffs.org/

Now with him being retired do ya suppose we might soon find a New Sheriff in charge?

But where to find another Minority to fill the position?

I can see to where this will lead

Tonight on NBC News House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was going on about Medical Insurance for 4 million more children in the US.

Then moments later she was calling it Health Care for 4 million children in the US.

You see 10 million children are already covered, but with what I wonder?

Is it Major Medical Insurance with a $500. deductible to fix a broken arm or full-meal Medical where we taxpayers get bent over to remove a sliver.

Not only that, it seems Nancy wants to extend coverage to families with up to $80,000. in annual income over what I understand is now a $60,000. annual limit.

I can see to where this will lead up to a second Spanish Speaking hospital in Salem as all those Illegal Aliens won't want any Gringo brats flooding their Emergency Rooms.

Vested Interests anyone?

How is you imagination?

If we did deport all of the Illegal Aliens that committed a crime or act of Violence and they were not able to repeat their offenses, how many people would you imagine might lose their jobs at;

Our Hospital Emergency Rooms?
Our Hospital Surgery Department?
Our Hospital ICU Departments?
Our Urgent Care Medical Clinics?
Our Free County Medical Clinics?
Our Jails?
Our Prisons?
Our Police Departments?
Our Crime Labs?
Our Motor Vehicle Accident Investigators?
Our Courts?
Our Public Defender Offices?
Our Welfare Offices?
Our Children Services Offices?
Our DMV?
Our Grade Schools?
Our High Schools?
Our Community Colleges?
Our DHS?
Our Auto Wreckers?
Our Auto Body Repair Shops?
Our Alcohol dealers?
. . . and others.

Poor News reporting proves Deadly for many!

KATU-2 News Headline: Why wasn't Dani Countryman's suspected killer deported months ago?

The audacity! KATU TV-2 now insinuates their investigation, discovery and News Report of the previously arrested Illegal Alien's killing of Dani Countryman is what brought about the change in Clackamas County policy when dealing with Illegal Aliens.

Their reporting did help but spare me on the Investigation part.

Like we haven't been rubbing their noses in the lethal problem for five years plus and they and many others consistently chose to look the other way. They claimed it was a Racist Issue and not a Murderous Problem.

The little girls death (and many others) should be laid at the feet of the local News people who refused to tell the truth!

Yes, that includes some of the same people who now claim having Saved the Day.

Where were your investigative noses many years ago?

Inconvenient Reality!

The Sheriff's Deputy has a Drunken Driver stopped who has No English, No Drivers License, No Insurance and No Identification.

A few weeks ago he would have only lost his ride and received a traffic citation in what ever name he decided to give the Deputy.

However today, the drunken piece of crap is on his way back to Mexico and again we don't care what name he uses as we have his finger prints, icky sticky, dirty hands and all.

There has been one common value

Of late I see more and more vehicles on the streets and highways around Salem that are sporting Commercial Vehicle Signage . . . in Spanish.

Today, it was a Package Delivery Service and I have seen others however was never able to understand exactly what the lettering or signs are promoting.

There has been one common value distinguishing them from most other commercial vehicles I usually see.

That is, they have all been unusually Dirty!

Its just business!

What's this, KUIK AM 1360 Talk Radio (serving the West side and Portland for over 50 years) and what I had understood to be the new home of KXL's past talk show host Jeff Kropf, turns to Spanish programming every Saturday and Sunday night from 6:00 PM till Midnight.

Hispanic programming!!! Hello!

Looks as they have discovered that during those hours their educated listeners are otherwise more likely involved with friends and family while the Stoop Laborers are getting Stoopered and want to enjoy some Mucho Loud Musica and Senseless Chatter.

Now, who of us wouldn't compromise just about anything in exchange for a few more dollars?

Just like Jim Cramer says, its just business

They be Bad!

Its around 2:00 Friday afternoon and I'm driving in the 3600 block of State St. in Salem.

That is when I notice what looks as a parade of about 20+ Hip-Hop Hispanic Gang Bangers schlepping down the street all wearing their knee length, plaid flannel shirts buttoned up tight at the neck, with dark sunglasses, the appropriate head rag and walking in a tight formation.

They be Bad!

It was a bit unusual to see such as gathering without a Police presence, but then I noted they were exiting Roberts High School. Ah hah!

Roberts is an alternative High School for students who are experiencing difficulties at their regular high schools. It has a capacity of about 100 students and it looks to me as a Spanish speaking student body by majority.

But wait, where are they headed as the Big Yellow school bus just pulled out and it looks practically empty.

Then I notice they are sliding in their best intimidating style towards the local Transit Bus stop where they will no doubt be getting rides to the Downtown Transit Center.

They be bad . . . and they don't need no stink'en school bus to take them where they are headed as its Friday and time for the fun to begin.

I'll bet the little cowards even sleep in clusters of five or more.

Can't put any more than five in a stolen Honda Accord, now can you?

Enough of the Crap!!

We need to change the Immigration laws so that if any Legal Immigrant is found Guilty of a Misdemeanor or a Felony within the 10 years following their Legalization, that action will be revoked and they will be deported upon completion of their incarceration.

Now we have Igor blowing up cars. Swell, like we needed some more with that unique skill?

I don't know that if in this case Igor is a recent Immigrant or not, but I do know the second highest number of calls Police make for Interpretive Support is for Russian Language skills and we see an inappropriate number of Russian speakers involved in criminal activity.

Lucky for us Pablo doesn't know how to make a bomb.

http://www.kptv.com/news/14157702/detail.html?treets=ptl1&tid=2657546568813&tml=ptl1_8pm&tmi=ptl1_8pm_1_10000309202007&ts=H

West Salem father invents new tool!

He calls it a 9mm Dead Bolt.

The other night Yev Gerasimenko demonstrated it effectiveness when Blind Drunk Christopher Cruz (who has a Police record) and a friend tried to kick in his West Salem apartment door.

As Yev explained, all you need to do is point the 9mm Dead Bolt at the door and pull the trigger once or twice.

I think its a great security tool and the way things are shaping up in Salem its time for more of us to make a similar investment.

However, as Yev tells the smell of freshly burned gun powder tends to burn the users nose.

Perhaps a 12ga pump might look good standing in my umbrella basket. Love those original Point & Clicks.

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070920/NEWS/709200347/-1

More that water separates the two states!

Washington state's seasonally adjusted jobless rate fell to 4.6 percent last month, among the lowest in the country, from 4.9 percent in July.

Whereas, Oregon's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 5.4 percent in August from 5.5 percent in July.

Have any doubts simply Google up the facts for yourself.

But then, the number of those working in Oregon's Illegal Alien Sub-Culture economy remains a mystery and Google can't help us there.

Did anybody ask?

Saturday evening around 5:00 PM Braulio Lazaro Juarez was reported to Police as driving crazily in the McMinnville area.

A little later he was entering the City of Lafayette at high rate of speed and hit a SUV head-on.

As a result of the crash his passenger Jose M. Juarez Cuellar died at the scene. Pity!!

With this collision (not an accident) being so similar to the head-on collision (not an accident) over a month ago that killed Marion County Deputy Sheriff Kelly Fredenburg, I am curious if Braulio might know where we can find Alfredo De Jesus–Ascencio (pictured above) who is now charged as responsible for that collision and the resulting murder.

Hey, it could be a Cultural (Gang) ritual!

So there we have it!

Has anybody asked Braulio and will Law Enforcement again delay with charging him with manslaughter until he is well Free of OHSU (at US taxpayers expense) and deep into Mexico?

Actually we would be ahead if Braulio and Alfredo both remained in Mexico and lived happily forever killing people there.

Hey Mr. Greenspan!

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan now claims that GW and his bunch cooked up the Iraq War and Oil was the primary motivator.

Great observation Mr. Greenspan, I'm glad you were on top of that subject.

But how about the subject of Sub Prime Mortgages?

You say you missed that one, huh?

A subject of concern that if anyone I think would have been under your umbrella of supervision.

And, a problem I see today as even more immediately threatening to our way of life than Osama or WMD's. We have a BIG problem here and Houston can't help.

Perhaps you were overly busy keeping tabs on GW and his bunch?

Or, were You and Your Bunch busy oiling the wheels on your Post Bankruptcy Store Shopping Carts?

P.S. I wonder how much Chinese Cash a guy can load in the average shopping cart?

What about the Cons and Hustlers?

Ooop's, did I say Cons and Hustlers?

This when I intended to say the Real Estate and Mortgage Agents that sold all those unqualified and under-funded dupes homes and slid them into all those Sub Prime loans?

Yes, all those Lexus and Mercedes folks that live in all those Luxury Home and vacation in far-away places, that long ago cashed their real-money commission checks they were given in exchange for their Dastardly Deeds.

Then we have the Lending institutions that went on to sell tons of those Kinky Mortgages to investors (including foreign governments) putting them off as being solid as the US Dollar.

Gee thanks you greedy bastards, like we needed more enemies around the World.

So how about a www site where those of us who have been (or will be) skinned out of our hard earned money can post the names of the Sub Human slime buckets that sold us down the drain?

We can't send them to jail, but we can hold them up for public ridicule.

Names, we need names and a place to post them!

Change Brings Opportunity, again!

News has it, Beef Cows make Gas and that is a pollutant!

So we gotta get rid of our all our Beef Cows and give up eating beef.

Then we must start eating more Greens.

But that will give us Gas and we will become the polluters.

Then we will need somebody to Invent Gas Pants with vacuum recovery systems.

These will allow us to down-load our capture canisters back in to our residential Natural Gas pipe.

Then we can earn credit (as some do with using Solar Panels) and entertain ourselves with watching our Gas meters run backwards.

The only problem I can foresee is blending in the odorant presently used in Natural Gas.

Otherwise, it might become confusing for some when encountering a leakage problem (unauthorised and/or inappropriate release issue) and thus be unable to determine the source.

People wouldn't then know whether to call for a Fire Truck or an Ambulance.

Its been almost a month now!

So, just where is Alfredo De Jesus–Ascencio?

As I hope you remember, Alfredo De Jesus–Ascencio was seriously injured when he crashed his vehicle head-on into the Patrol Car driven by Marion County Sheriff's Deputy Kelly Fredenburg.

Yes, he is now being sought as responsible for the horrendous Death of Deputy Fredenburg who died as a direct result of the fire which immediately followed the collision caused by Alfredo De Jesus–Ascencio.

So, where is the little Coward now?

Let us never forget.

Rental Property Inspections?

That is what the City of Gresham is considering. To that I say Hip, Hip, Hooray!

All too many Landlords and Property Managers have been able to turn huge profits by renting to low life types (including Illegal Aliens) and the good tenants and neighbors have been forced to suffer the consequences of the greed driven practices.

In fact, the high influx of Illegal Aliens has created an ever increasing demand for affordable (low-end) housing in Oregon.

This bottom-up growth now forces many on limited incomes (and who simply can't afford to relocate) to suffer the decline brought on by lack of tenant screening, tolerance of crime, violence and next to 0% maintenance.

Today in Oregon, the secret to unearned and additional profits in Rental Housing is not in what is done for tenants . . . but in what Isn't done for tenants.

Looking the other way can and does pay.

Good luck Gresham, perhaps the idea will spread.

Dare ask where it ends?

I was waiting to enter Salem's Waterfront Park.

The street is blocked by a passing train.

I'm stuck behind a Ford Aerostar van.

It has a bumper sticker saying "My child is an Honor Student at Waldo Middle School."

But what about that license plate, it says, Sonora, Mexico.

How's that, their fresh from Mexico child is already an Honor Student at Waldo?

(Are all students at Waldo, Honor Students?)

The train clears and we both enter the park and both begin searching for a vacant space.

They turned off early, I continued on.

Now I'm walking from my parked car towards the waterfront path.

Then I spot the Van from Sonora just as the extended family was unloading all the kids and all the shiny new toys such as bikes, electric scooters and more.

Oh yes #1, the parking spot they found was right up front.

You know, one of those 'Special' spaces reserved for Handicapped people.

No, they didn't have a Handicapped Parking permit and all I saw were physically able.

Oh yes #2, the train we waited for was loaded nice, clean, bark-free logs.

You know, the logs we import . . . from New Zealand.

(Perhaps I should buy a log or two and donate the lumber for Megrant Housing?)

Investment tip:

Pot and Prozac futures look excellent!

Spending a Saturday in Portland Metro provides a visitor with an excellent example of what can go wrong when dealing with a Highly Competitive Society in an Overpopulated Area and then tossing in Ever Increasing Taxes, Overcrowded Schools, Overcrowded Roadways, increasing Threat of Theft, Unresponsive Government, Declining Real Property Values (which had previously been overly-exaggerated) and where a the number of For Sale/Rent/Lease signs tell of a Failing Economy are becoming more common and all Citizens are facing Demands to Embrace Perversity . . . by those who are claiming it Diversity.

Watch the gauge folks as the Pressure Cooker is building steam!

But then, as long as the supply of Pot and Prozac remain good everything should keep running along quite well. That accepting the Stray Shooting, some Violent Family Disputes and the Occasional Road Rage incident. Some people haven't learned how to chill out.

Now, do we find Marijuana (MARJ) on NYSE, NASDAQ or is that available only on the Mexican Exchange?

Don't forget to yawn!

Today, CNBC News reports August payroll growth in the US brought us 44,000 new jobs.

Now, compare that to the first five months of 2007 which averaged 147,000 new jobs per month.

Golly Mr. Science, isn't that a drop of greater than 70%?

Now what % of those jobs do you suppose were lost to Cheap labor outside of the US.

Now, what % of those jobs that were lost to the Cheap Labor that has come here Illegally from outside of the US and are now part of our growing Sub-economy?

P.S. Did that rate of decline make your ears pop?

Headline: OHSU to go smoke-free

You can bet we will soon see a scene at OHSU looking as what now happens at the Smoke Free Salem Hospital and that what I first thought was a Fire Drill.

Then I discovered it was only the many Smoker Employees fleeing the building in droves and scurrying across the back parking lot to the adjoining City Park, where they can Enjoy their Cigarettes to their Hearts content.

Yep, the shift schedule determines the break schedule and that is when the elevators start buzzing as many employees from all seven floors seek to leave the Smoke Free property.

Doctors, Nurses, Aides, Food Service staff and orderlies alike, all dashing though the parked cars with some even still wearing their soiled Surgical garb. This includes those who hadn't bothered to remove their Booties and Silly Hats.

Boom, all of a sudden gobs of staff schlepping off in day or dark of night to enjoy a quick smoke under a tree or roof over-hang should the weather be foul.

Imagine the Energy Lost in operating the many Elevators involved in these massive escapes alone, not to mention the time wasted by all these employees running from the scene. I wonder how many have sprained and ankle as they leaped through the bushes in search of smokers freedom.

My questions are today: With the size of the OHSU campus how far will the staff need to travel before they can light up and how much higher will this drive our co-pays?

Big biz for the sign folks!

Changing the name of NE Portland's popular street Interstate Ave. to Cezar Librado Chavez-Fabela wastes nearly as much money as did the name Martin Luther King Junior Blvd. when it replaced the simple name Union Ave. and that chosen to honor . . . Union workers.

But why stop there?

Portland has many Streets that are named after people and I think it only fair to change them to show the honored person's entire name, not just the last as otherwise they will be forgotten.

Fact is, the best I can tell with searching Google, knowledge of Doctor Glisan has already been lost.

Hold on, but wasn't Cezar Librado Chavez-Fabela a Union leader?

Perhaps Portland should rename Martin Luther King Junior Blvd. (formerly Union Ave.) as Cezar Librado Chavez-Fabela Avenue?

And for fun we could include a SSN# on the sign. Not his SSN# as I know he had one, but many who claim to be his followers would use it anyway and that would help us track them down.

Got a hunch Cezar would want it that way as he was a Law & Order kinda guy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/César_Chávez

Well, its about time

As the Newberg resident explained to the TV News reporter in response to questions about the suspected Gang shooting having occurred last night in front of their neighborhood grade school, "We live in fear of those people."

Well, its about time you bedroom community Liberals got a taste of what many other Oregonians have been dealing with in the last five + years.

Do you think your children won't visit the site where the Fire Department washed the blood off the pavement.

Do you think your children won't wake up in the night screaming with mistaking some strange sound as more Gun Fire.

Gun Fire being a sound they are now familiar with.

Of course you can always calm their fears simply by explaining its all part of . . . Embracing Diversity.

Headline: Newberg teen shot in head

News has it that 16-year-old Rodolfo Veneroso-Santiago of Newberg, was beaten yesterday and then shot twice in the head.

Newberg huh? Perhaps not!

According to Mexico's Presidente el Flipper Calderon, Mexico is wherever a Mexican is.

Then I would guess Rodolfo must have been in Mexico when he was beaten and shot.

So why the heck is he at OHSU?

Great Idea, thanks

The Illegal Aliens and their supporters are screaming 'Brown Power' and I think they have hit on something.

Brown is what we need!

I'll bet we can cut a Volume Deal with UPS if we were to ship about 20 Million Mexicans . . . back to Mexico with no receiving signature required.

Its what they call a Stop and Drop.

Since its my idea, so do I get to run a Bar Code Label machine?

Just to put things in perspective!

20% of Mexico's population is in the United States . . . Illegally!

Now, what % of those do you imagine are Mexico's Poor, Illiterate, Un-educated, Ethnic, Indigenous Minority that in their country are discriminated against more than anything ever seen in the USA?

Today I did my annual bike tour

Of Salem's 50% empty buildings in Salem's newer Industrial area that is 80% un-developed and spotted a new tenant occupying previously vacant offices.

Hot dam, a new Medical Service biz in town and here is some of what they do.

Now who said, if you want to succeed create a need and fill it?

P.S. Wonder how many Double Dippers we have here from DHS?

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Did you hear what I heard, or was I dreaming?

I could swear the TV News presenter on KPTV Fox-12 last night, finished the story about the three Hispanic people that Police are seeking in relation to a massive stolen check scheme, as they were also thought to be "Illegal Aliens."

I almost went into shock. It was late, I was tired, I may have been hallucinating, I may have been dreaming.

Did you hear what I heard?