Letters

HEY KIDS! BECOME A MERCURY JUNIOR REPORTER! TO THE EDITOR: The mayor announced that Portland cops will enforce laws against blocking the sidewalk or sitting on the public right-of-way [News, “Move Along!” August 22]. She says the law will be enforced fairly, and not in a discriminatory way against the poor. I have thought of […]

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR THE STD DEAR EDITOR: I was intrigued by Katie Shimer’s descriptions of sexually transmitted diseases and their various cures [“Our All-American Salute to the STD, July 4]. However, I found that Ms. Shimer neglected to mention the best, most time-honored preventative measure for STDs–Virtue. Here’s the recipe: Be morally clean before […]

READER USES “BABY TALK” TO MAKE POINT TO THE EDITOR: Poor widdle Portland “activist” community [“Burning Mad,” News, August 8]! Them upset with the poweece! Do you burn a flag because you want the police to really like you? Do you burn a flag because you just want to roast weenies in your yard? Do […]

THANKS FROM THE “BEST OPPRESSED COP” FROM THE MERCURY VOICE MAIL: “Hi Julianne, it’s Gina Hoesly. You know the “Best Oppressed Police Officer” [“Best of the Oppressed,” Julianne Shepherd, July 25]. Anyway, I’m just calling to tell you that you rock. It’s funny, but the only support I’ve gotten has been from your article. My […]

KILLER HUSBANDS AIN’T NO JOKE! DEAR EDITOR: This is for the fool who thinks killer husbands are a joke [Letters, John Pasaline, July 25]: What the fuck are you thinking? There is no such thing as “reverse sexism.” That is a made-up term used by men who are so insecure about their own internalized sexism, […]

ANOTHER MAN AGAINST REVERSE SEXISM TO THE EDITOR: When I picked up last week’s Mercury, I laughed and thought the cover story [“Is Your Husband a Killer?” Katie Shimer, July 18] was a joke. Much to my amazement, it was not. Among the traits that “wife killers” exhibit and you must beware of, according to […]

REIGN OF FIRE COUNTERPOINT VIA VOICE MAIL TO WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY: “This is Leilan Walt, and I have a company in Portland on Columbia Blvd. called the Steel Yard. We’re in the business of distributing steel. I saw the movie, Reign of Fire, and I read your editorial [Film review, July 11]. I disagree with […]

A NOTE FROM THE NEIGHBOR DEAR MERCURY: This is for my jerkoff neighbors who felt compelled to blow shit up on the 4th of July after 1 am. Listen assholes, some of us have to work for a living and unfortunately, I had to work the day after the Fourth. To some of you that […]

NOTE TO OUR READERS From the Editor: If you sent in a letter this week that bounced back to you as “undeliverable,” here’s the reason: Our email system crapped the bed. Though we may be currently letterless, our email is now up and running again, and we look forward to as many vindictive, bile-filled letters […]

WHO’S THE IMBECILE NOW? TO THE EDITOR: There is nothing remotely “algebraic” about the question Frank Cassano asked Corinne Greenberg last week [“Imbecile Parade,” June 20]. Algebraic problems involve some kind of symbolic variable. I guess Frank was too much of an imbecile to pass his middle school math class. I’ve got an idea: Why […]

POW STRIKES BACK! TO THE EDITOR: [Re: “Letters,” June 13, wherein a reader sides with the state’s efforts to regulate Portland Organic Wrestling.] One of Paul Bradley’s blatant misconceptions is that the Commission is a cure for all that ails wrestling in Oregon or the parodies thereof. What truly makes pro wrestling safe is the […]

LOVE THE PERSON UNDER THE TATTOO TO ALAN PROBANDT: I’m no expert, but I seriously doubt if facial tattoos qualify as a disability allowing one to receive government payments [“Letters,” June 6, in which the writer postulates that facial tattoos should be outlawed]. Do fat chicks get disability payments because they’re less likely to be […]