Oregon's Legislature ends 75th regular session

I wonder how long it will take for the prevailing smell of cowardice to leave the building?

Pity those of courage who were subjected to the stench for all these months.

How about that change?

What happened to Obama's plan to have a chat with Iran, North Korea and Venezuela?

So now he can include Honduras and Argentina who are looking shaky and China who wants to Put the Pox on the US Dollar, making it a perfect opportunity for a round table discussion.

Maybe they can settle things man to man (or women) on a smoke break?

Ooop's, did I forget about our chumming up with Mexico?

That's gotta be a lonely job

That being a Public Employee spending an entire workday all alone while delivering the StatesmanJournal's Wednesday Shopper News, door-to-door, by Auto Route.

Three weeks now and not even a student along as part of a jobs training program.

Do you suppose they have any idea of their activity being in Violation of Public Law?

But then maybe it isn't and I am just mistaken.

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/oregon_department_of_human_ser.html

Now ain't that swell!

Our President, who is called by some as the leader of the Free World, who claims to have all the answers for our needs and questions, who also Can't Stop Smoking.

I see that need of his as more typical behavior of a Stage Professional (Polished Tele-Prompter Reader) who must settle their nerves so they can get into the rhythm of delivering their rehearsed performance.

Time may well be the cure!

Marion County has a large and fast growing number of Russian and Ukrainian Immigrants who have shown great success in working our social programs to the max.

With having contact with some I have come to suspect a good percentage are likely Illegal Aliens, yet quite unlike the Mexicans they don't seem to choose sides and war with fellows over shirt colors or kill each other because of where a cousin lives in California.

Perhaps in a few hundred years Mexicans will also lose their animal instinct to gather in packs, lay claim to small and specific geographic territories and learn how to play a con together for a common good.

Its getting crowded Under the Table!

If you are looking for help with building a fence, painting a house, a new roof, yard work, moving and call on one of the ads on Craig's List or flyers posted on grocery store bulletin boards, you will likely discover as I that many Oregon service contractors have joined the Illegal Aliens and found its better for them if they stop buying insurance, stop paying for a business license and work for Cash Under the Table.

Life suddenly gets easier for the Gringo contractor. No more government rules and regulations that cost them time and money. No more employees just partners, no more Diversity Training, no more Government Equal Opportunity Posters to hang on the office walls, no more payroll deductions to submit, no more bookkeeper and tax person to hire and that is just the start.

As a home owner, all we need do is call a few references, buy the needed materials and enjoy dealing with a service provider that knows the purpose of a tape measure and can speak your language to boot.

The only problem I can foresee is soon we will need a Bigger Table.

What Portlandites fail to understand.

The conversion of Portland's PGE Park to a Major League Soccer Stadium is Not Intended For Gringos.

Here all these Portland Liberals that are screaming about Embracing Diversity think its only about Homosexuals and Drugs.

I believe the line is, a Changing Demographic. No Comprende???

If the have any doubt they only need to visit the local Spanish Cable channels or their City parks on weekends.

Enough already!

Portland: Division Street Closed Between 82nd, 92nd Avenue as Police SERT responds to report of "Shots Fired."

http://www.kptv.com/news/19782878/detail.html

Here we go again! Upteen Police Officers all geared up with painted faces, camo gear and driving armored vehicles equal to the best Hollywood could muster and what do you bet they freeze the entire area for many hours until the shooter either sobers up, falls asleep or the Police discover they had slipped away before the Cavalry arrived.

Please know taxpayers are being hooked for some serious Extra Hazard and Special Tech Turn-out Pay during these almost daily events and the bad guys are having a blast grabbing all those News Headlines.

No doubt about it, the Bad guys would quickly stop playing silly games if our SERT/SWAT began using tactics similar to the what the US Marines employ in Afghanistan or Iraq?

Somebody musta said something!

Its quite obvious as Salem Fire/Rescue/Medical hasn't been making this much noise in creating a High Public Profile since before they won their ballot measure which landed them all new fire trucks and lots of new brick and mortar fire stations.

My guess is they got wind of some proposed budget cuts and in response to that threat they are pushing down on the Siren buttons (two Sirens per emergency vehicle) and pumping lots of compressed air through those Rail Road horns.

Thinking of Diversity I can't recall ever hearing a Emergency Vehicle Siren in Mexico. Perhaps the sound of gun fire drowns them out?

Biting the hand that fed them!

The Liberals are out to destroy Big Pharma as they see them as evil.

However, its the Antidepressants (happy pills) that Big Pharma created and promoted for common use in the world population that is responsible for fostering much of the Liberal's shortsighted mindsets.

Perhaps Big Pharma might do well for themselves in developing and marketing Reality Pills so we can get on with solving the world's problems.

In Nirvana we are not!

Ain't that just swell?

A large number of Mexicans are headed home as the gravy jobs have dried up here in Oregon and that is leaving Slumlords with huge, low-end rental vacancies.

But not to fear as our ever expanding Oregon Health Plan is attracting thousands of 50 something, morbidly obese, diabetic, kidney dialysis needing poor folks with bad hearts from across the states (and US protectorates) and now their adult children are following them on the New Oregon Trail.

Nike has gotta be loving it as sales of NBA costumes with $300. shoes have got to be soaring.

They were early this morning!

Not only that, but the State Employee was alone while using the State owned vehicle and she was obviously quite new to the task of delivering the StatesmanJournal's Wednesday Shopper News.

Again, no sham student with just a lonely Public Employee working off a list of addresses and often finding themselves back-tracking a good deal of the time.

I would think DHS would at least provide their employees with some kind of GPS navigator devise so they can increase their productivity.

With the Legislature struggling to find money to keep government services alive I would think such tool would be a worthy investment of Taxpayers money.

Perhaps with so many people unemployed today the State might find a good deal on a used Garmin or Tom Tom on Craig's List.

Update: To Bobkatt. Been there, done that. The World knows including many members of our Legislature and TV News.

Its official!

As of today I have become a loyal FORD lover.

My 50 years as a Mopar man are over. In this kids book Chrysler/UAW/Fiat are toast just as is Government Motors.

The Ford Ranger pickup looks interesting but aren't they made by Mazda?

Oh bother.

It only makes good sense!

Headline: To pay for prisons, Oregon might release some prisoners

Then we can expand our Community Colleges and release the inmates on Parole providing they attend classes . . . on occasion.

What better way to introduce the children of low income families to distribution level Drug Dealers.

What else is New at Salem Memorial Hospital

Gone is the Mini-Market like Emergency/Free Clinic!


Private vehicle access to the New Salem Hospital ER building is quite different than what the old building provided.

No more parking at the curb and walking in the door as if for a pack of smokes or a 1/2 case of Tecate at the 7/11.

Today, there is no on-street parking within two blocks of the walk-in ER entrance and use of the parking lot requires a driver to pull a ticket from a automated dispenser which will need validation inside the ER before you can leave. Gotchya!

Perhaps this change is responsible for the ER again being a "Quiet Place" as it once was before the many thousands of Illegal Aliens invaded the Valley and expected Free, on-demand Medical Services, 24/7.

Maybe the savings will help pay for the 9 story monument to curved-glass architecture.

They just don't get it!

Today, every mailing address in the City of Salem received a copy of this 8 Page, Full Color, Glossy Paper brochure telling us more than most would ever want to know about our Water.

I'll bet the Culligan Man is jealous.

But wait, as there is more!

I can write, call or e-mail the City and receive a FREE One Inch per Week lawn watering gauge.

So why don't they just mail us all a One Inch per Week lawn watering gauge and we can pop them into the recycle bin as we toss our annual water report.

Or better yet, how about a plain black and white post card telling us how we can call, e-mail or www site where we can obtain a copy of the report and water gauge, or is this a stimulus project for the printer biz and US Postal Service?

Lowe's and behold!

Looks as voicing your thoughts and opinion still has some value in the retail world and I had proof of it, right there, smack-dab in the middle of the main isle in Lowe's Home Improvement.

Last year Lowe's had a specific retail display that I drew my anger and gave me reason to complain. However, visiting today I discovered an almost identical island display standing in the same exact spot as last year, yet today it was different in one major respect.

You see, last year all the promotional wording on the colorful display of US Flags was 100% in Spanish with not an English word to be found anywhere.

Today, not only is the display 100% in English it also featured the words, "Made in the USA."

My guess is I wasn't alone in telling Lowe's management of my displeasure with last years offering.

Yes, I again made comment to staff and this time told them of my delight. Pity is, I didn't find any employees that had been working for Lowe's last year.

He doesn't get it!

Obama said the US cannot impose its values on the world.

What is, much of the world opposes the US for our Lack of Values.

Example: Within hours of Saddam falling from power US supplied Porno shops opened in Baghdad.

Try to imagine a Gay Parade in Iran or a Queen ruling Saudi Arabia.