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Re: “Police Union Will March On City Hall Tomorrow—No Confidence Vote "Depends on Percentages."”
This is fucking ridiculous. The man was suspended, not fired. There'll be an investigation, maybe hearing. Sounds like the system is working to me. Yet here we have a group, the police, who are accustomed to giving orders and not taking them. They obviously don't like having their authority or judgment questioned. Their job is to uphold the system, which is functioning just fine thank you, but when one decision goes against them, they are willing to ignore their responsibilities and drop everything to protest the administration. What a bunch of fucking babies. I'm ready for a vote of no confidence in the police who believe they should be exempt from questioning.
Re: “Win Tickets to Built to Spill!”
I just wanna see a band, and I'm happy to attend the family friendly show.
Re: “Win Tickets to The Decemberists!”
I'd like the tickets cause I love them and have never seen them live and I'm one of the unemployed who can't afford to do much of anything these days, and it would be a real treat to see them.
Also, my name is Kyle and I'd put them to better use than the first Kyle.
Re: “The Cigarette Peddlers, or Women in Shiny Black Dresses”
This reminds me of a story I read in the Merc or WW last year about one girls anger over Camel marketing cigarettes designed to appeal to women. I think the packaging was pink and the taste of the cigarettes were lighter. Reps for the company were going around to bars and handing out tshirts and other swag. The writer was full of self righteous anger that a cigarette company would try to make and advertise a product that women might like. Isn't it the goal of all companies to try and cater their product to appeal to as many people as they can? I think that's why we have Carl's Jr. commercials with hot men and women in bikini's taking big sexy bites of huge hamburgers.
The anti smoking zealots view cigarettes the same way many view cocaine, and they are doing everything they can to have them treated as an illegal drug. They are pushing for R ratings for movies that feature smoking, they've successfully gotten cigarettes regulated by the FDA so that cigarette makers will now be limited in changing the taste of smokes to appeal to more people. They have restricted advertising for cigarettes by banning cartoon characters and banned billboards and other advertising material. But the fact is smoking is still legal and the makers have a responsibility to their shareholders to do everything they can to promote their product, and that includes sending sexy women to bars to give out free samples. There is nothing new about it, and absolutely nothing wrong with it.
Re: “Take A Ride Down Cesar Chavez Boulevard”
Thank goodness these 5 people decided they knew what was best for the hundreds of people that came out in opposition. Representative democracy fails again.
Re: “Mayor: "Portlanders Are A Fair Minded People."”
I think I've read two or three posts about Adams not being here when LaHood was in town. He had a window of opportunity to get out of town for a while, he took it, and he missed one photo op. Big deal.
Re: “Quick Hits of Non-Adams News”
Good grief, could someone take the word "diversity" out back and shoot it please. We are a country of immigrants, we have been celebrating our diversity for a couple hundred years now, do we really need a "diversity fountain"? Ok, if we do this, can this be the end of it? Can we please knock it off with celebrating and recognizing everyone who is 1/8 Cherokee or whose grandparents came from Palau? Can't we all just be freakin Americans. Is that not good enough anymore?
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