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It's really too bad all of the name calling of people unwilling to have a rational respectful dialogue. All your hateful ignorant name calling means nothing.
If you really had a good case for fluoridation you wouldn't need to mock and demonize with no basis.

A landslide number of Portland voters get it. I hope the rest of Portland gets it eventually soon enough. There are much better ways to deal with dental health than dumping the toxic by-product of the fertilizer industry into the Bull Run water.
Posted by Jay Sun]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 02:28:23 -0700 Portland Mercury
The dad folding Lee dungarees before church is the person most likely to tell you some dumb joke, and even HE thinks its a dumb joke to call Portland unambitious.
Posted by Ian Karmel]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 00:46:01 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by bikefor1]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 00:45:11 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Ian Karmel]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 00:33:52 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Rip City Hustle]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 23:58:22 -0700 Portland Mercury
The benefit to schools was an afterthought. Stop using "the children" as ransom.
Posted by Chunty McHutchence]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 23:33:10 -0700 Portland Mercury
Personally, I'd wager that we've imported enough tech talent in the past two years to temporarily eclipse the number of unskilled future baristas streaming into our town every day.

That, or the "Portlandia" show has made Portland uncool with the youngsters and the influx has cooled.
Posted by Chunty McHutchence]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 23:27:25 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Cyril Barbot]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 23:25:40 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Cyril Barbot]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 23:23:47 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Cyril Barbot]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 23:22:34 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by j'peaux]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 23:10:24 -0700 Portland Mercury
I guess I'm one of those folks whom @human in training speaks of. Except he can't figure out if the people who are against fluoride are 'hippie airheads' or actual practical people who can't just be grouped into random subsets of Different Kinds Of People.

And @Horny Hippo, I'm not sure what you're talking about, but I was reminded of when a bunch of Democrats posed as Green Party members and thwarted Ralph Nader's chances getting on the Oregon ballot. I'm not a Green Party member any more, but it cuts both (all?) ways.
Posted by j'peaux]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 23:02:26 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by j'peaux]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 22:47:05 -0700 Portland Mercury
At the time, there were hardly any businesses there. My block was so empty there was garbage everywhere on the street. Walking thru that hood and seeing the changes makes me sentimental but it's nice too see all of the awesome places there are to check out now.
Posted by j'peaux]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 22:20:05 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Stephonknee Wells Kunz]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 22:05:58 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Stephonknee Wells Kunz]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 22:02:55 -0700 Portland Mercury Conscious; 1. aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings.
male or female; who doesn't love that feeling? Even Johnny Depp, and he loves fucked up Scientology.
Posted by Stephonknee Wells Kunz]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 21:56:01 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by bort]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 21:38:00 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Stephonknee Wells Kunz]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 21:36:09 -0700 Portland Mercury
I think men do, when it feels right. but then again I watched my best friend walk away, after coming out loud that he IS my best friend, cause he was scared to just talk to me. So maybe I'm wrong.
Posted by Stephonknee Wells Kunz]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 21:30:33 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Clowntown]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 21:28:16 -0700 Portland Mercury Around 170 City jobs are still being cut, the compromises saved only a few. More than half are union positions. While some were vacancies, many are not. Even cutting vacant positions is a down-sizing of city services, as our population continues to grow. City workers testified about huge backlogs of work orders. Not maintaining our city parks and infrastructure is bad fiscal and civic policy. He should be hiring MORE people to maintain our city, not cutting their jobs.
Hales did NOT spare the safety net. Housing will suffer deep cuts because the Federal sequester means $1.2 million less to Portland Housing Bureau. The city funded housing at the same level as last year. They should have increased the City funding, knowing that the Feds are severely reducing theirs. This is far from preserving the safety net and Hales and Council know that. Yet they continue to congratulate themselves for "fully funding" housing.
As for other programs, while the services for sex trafficking victims was not totally eliminated, nor was it totally restored. Several positions will still be eliminated there. Some programs like VOZ and East Portland Action Plan were moved to one time only funds, in effect given notice that they will be cut in a year.
Hales is proving to be a spinmaster. His tactic of asking for 10% cuts and then "restoring" it back to a 6% cut level was disorienting. What he never talked about was getting revenue from those who can afford it the most--big corporations and very wealthy individuals.
Posted by S. Rose]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 21:23:45 -0700 Portland Mercury -Go fucking home! lmao
Posted by Stephonknee Wells Kunz]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 21:22:35 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Stephonknee Wells Kunz]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 21:20:35 -0700 Portland Mercury
Here's a secret: anecdote is not the same as evidence, kiddo. And you can't use one example (ok ok, two examples-- including YOUR PARTNER..WTF??) to prove anything about a large-scale public health issue.

"fuck right off"??

whatever dude, you're a perfect example of a turd that ruins this place. Take your own advice.
Posted by sagging flint]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 21:15:02 -0700 Portland Mercury