I hate Portland, OR because. . . because . . . IT'S LIBERAL!

[cssmall]

According to Kane Webb, of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, it is the People Republic of Portland, Oregon. A hedonistic, family hating, abortion loving hellhole where the politic range goes from librul to anarchic leftist. And, according to Webb, at least, Little Rock treats "politics like sports, sports like religion, religion like a line in sand, and argue like a family." So that makes us better'n'em.

When did we become the big bogeyman? I swear, I think we could tell this man's children that if they were to go into a bathroom with lights off, dance around in circles, and say "librul" 3 times fast, they see the ghosts of Marx, Lenin and Mao. AHHHHHHHH!

That's it, I'm going to Liberals Anon. . . :eyes:

Moscow on the Willamette link:
http://www.arkansasonline.com/ShowStoryTemplate.asp?Path=ArDemocrat/2005/09/25&ID=Ar10201&Section=Editorial

You'll probably to use Bugmenot, but there it is.

Also, on edit, Kane Webb has a tendency for hyperbole, especially when Portland and Little Rock compete. He says he does like Portland, rather that tension equals growth. He is a Bush supporter and staunch conservative columnist.

[XanaDUer]

1. I love Portland

I also like Arkasas, which has a lot of naturally beautiful areas.

[cssmall]

3. Oh, I do love Portland too. It was just the premise of the argument.

[dubyaD40web]

2. Sounds like a good time to be living Portland...

...since those assholes are afraid to go there.

[BlueJac]

4. It is, and the weather is great too..........

Impeach Bush and bring the troops home! :kick:

[Darth Lib]

5. From what I understand

From what I understand, Portland is supposed to be hit with an sizeable earthquake on about Oct 17.

That'll teach 'em.

[cssmall]

7. Oh, okay. Whew. That'll make it better.

That'll teach'em fuckin' pinkos over there. :eyes:

[TheWatcher]

26. I do hope you are being sarcastic

[alarimer]

6. I think I want to move there

It is on my list of places I want to look for jobs once I get my MS. Be a nice change from Texas that's for sure.

[cssmall]

8. My wife lived there and LOVED it.

Tualatin and Tigard are small cities on the outside of Portland and have nice eats and no Wal-Mart involvement. The closest Wal-Mart is 30 miles away. Bwah!

[OregonBlue]

11. Wouldn't almost anywhere be a nice change from Texas?

[alarimer]

22. A lot of places maybe

But not Mississippi or Alabama (I went to college in Alabama- worst place I have EVER lived- worse than Texas). Of course I live on the coast of Texas which is different than most places in Texas. But Alabama was way more racist and fundie Christian than at least where I live in Texas. And there is no place like Austin in Alabama. Food (especially BBQ and Tex-Mex) is better in Texas too. I generally hate southern food (chicken fried steak- gross!!).

Wherever I live has to be on a coast and not get too cold. So the West Coast is okay but nowhere north of the Carolinas on the East Coast.

[OregonBlue]

24. Actually, I was joking. My parents are from Texas so I've spent

quite a lot of time there. Austin is just wonderful, doesn't feel like Texas at all but, it's still Texas and things like the marijuana laws are from the dark ages. And how about those executions? My cousin was a city manager in Houston for years and liked it a lot. Some of Texas is so beautiful, just wish it wasn't filled with gun totin, war mongering, holier than thou Texans

[alarimer]

31. Texas is okay really

The good part about evacuating was that I got to spend time in Austin. I stayed at my cousin's place. Spent time at the Dog and Duck pub and ate at Zax. It was also the Austin City Limits music festival weekend. I didn't get to go but I plan on it someday. There is just so much to do there that it makes Corpus look really boring. Which it is but at least we have the ocean.

[stevedeshazer]

9. Is there a link?

Is it a newspaper editorial?

[cssmall]

10. Unfortunately, you have to be a subscriber to Arkansas Dem-Gaz.

To use the website. I can get in, but in a link I sent to a friend that did not subscribe, they were unable to view it. :eyes: Hence is why I typically talk about my local paper Northwest Arkansas Times.

That I am on a low-speed connection and can't exactly do the active paper reader thing.

[acmejack]

13. Do not!

http://www.ardemgaz.com/

wallystinks
goaway

[cssmall]

15. It used to be that way!

Okay, I'll try to lnk the editorial, maybe you can help me out.

[acmejack]

18. Bugmenot!

provides username/password data for most sites. You will quickly learn to love it!

[cssmall]

19. Aha. Thank you. :)

[iconoclastic cat]

12. Too bad their public education system is in shambles.

There is going to be a real crisis in OR when all these kids try to go to college or find jobs. This country as a whole will reap what NCLB hath sown.

[depakid]

14. This is why I don't mind bashing the South

Because, for all of the apologists out there- this is the kind of BS I hear EVERY SINGLE TIME I visit my family in NC.

Oh, and not to mention that Dick Armey and the rest of the far right lunatics from that region can't just leave us alone- they have to pump money in to destroy our once unique health plan and what was once a modest tax base that supported the best secondary schools in the country.

[cssmall]

16. Yeah, well, I live in the Northwest Corner of Arkansas and everything that

is said about liberal cities everywhere is said about us, even though we have an exceedingly rich and establishment friendly corner of the city. It's still pretty liberal. But, you know what pisses me off the most: "people are liberal because they are uninformed."

[Clark2008]

28. But why do you want to bash the 42 to 45 percent of us

in any given Southern state who DID NOT vote for Shrubbie?

And, you can hear that BS in the New York media, as well. It's certainly not confined to one region.

[depakid]

32. At least I keep my South bashing factual

as in the fact that the whole region has dysfunctional land use planning, poor public transportation and the people perennially vote against their own economic interests! That'll be something that they come to regret in a decade or so.

Of course, I take a few potshots at the anti-science fundies from time to time as well...;)

Fact is, states like Oregon, Washington and California heavily subsidize the South, and we'd be better off economically and culturally if they left the union (or better yet, if we left).

[charlie]

17. Ah, another southern-fried yahoo

who no doubt would shit his red-white-and-blues and squall yankee bigotry if someone said likewise about his town.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

20. Don't take anything from that fishwrap seriously

I only read the DG for the blurbs on the side of the front page and for the letters to the editor (they sometimes let liberals post there)-and when I read these tidbits, I do so where the paper is left for people to read, like at restaurants or at my bank (of all places!). Not for an instant would I waste money buying that rag.

[gratuitous]

21. Yup, and housing is expensive, it rains all the time, and, and, and

Stay far, FAR away from Portland. Hippies! Goths! Bleah, bleah, bleah!

(Think that'll keep the freepi out?)

[Chi-Town Exile]

23. I should move there.

Right now I'm stuck in Right-Wing HELL.

[Toasted_Halo]

25. If you ask people like this

what being a liberal means, they can never tell you. They just like to repeat the "Boo! Libruls are bad!" thing.

[mainegreen]

27. I hate Portland, OR because

all my F***ing luggage goes there instead of Portland, ME! Dammit, give up that name! We had it first!

[karlrschneider]

29. Ha. I once had my luggage end up in Okinawa instead of Okla City.

;-)
Didn't notice they grabbed the OKI instead of OKC tag.

[AmyDeLune]

30. NO! We won it fare 'n' square in a coin-toss!

Otherwise, we'd be getting Boston, Massachusetts' luggage. ;P