In my view Dec 19: new web site doesn't change the fact: the paper still sucks.

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The now immortalized phrase of Sarah Palin, used to such massive impact in her VP acceptance speech concerning lipstick on a pig not changing the fact that it's still a pig certainly applies with the moronic web site change the Columbian is so giddy about (Read Brancaccio's tripe for a quick snapshot... but warning: don't eat first, because you won't be able to keep it down.)

What these idiots don't understand is that without a substantial change in content, this paper has no chance. None. The best they could hope for would be a Seattle PI kind of operation.

Continuing on as a leftist propaganda rag isn't going to increase the numbers of people putting their money down on the counter. In fact, it will continue to have the opposite effect.

The paint job ultimately won't matter. Bragging about the "depth" of this despicable rag's efforts without addressing the hard left bent and selective reporting means there wasn't any substantive change, even if the jumble of a web site is different.

For example, this idiocy:

Jeers: To Portland Mayor Sam Adams and others who complain that the Columbia River Crossing project will only shift congestion into the Rose Quarter area of Portland. For one thing, a careful analysis of traffic patterns shows that two-thirds to three-fourths of motorists using the Interstate 5 Bridge enter and exit the freeway between Hazel Dell and North Portland, considerably north of the Rose Quarter bottleneck.

The opposition also fails the logic test. Even if every driver was headed to Adams’ comfortable downtown office, why would the mayor give up so easily on fixing Portland’s problems? In the 100 years a new crossing will last, isn’t it ridiculous to think that Portland won’t address traffic in its own city center? Or, maybe bridge opponents will convince everyone in the city to just ride bicycles and take the train.

This represents an out and out lie.

That this despicable waste of paper has an editorial policy of lies is why it's the laughing stock here locally, and among the reasons no one buys this POS.

This disgusting stain on journalism accuses the opposition of that with which they are the MOST guilty, the "logic test."

There is no reason of any kind to replace the current bridge. None.

The current bridge is safe. The current bridge has the same number of through lanes as the proposed bridge replacement. A new bridge will do absolutely nothing to improve freight mobility or decrease congestion. In fact, the ONLY thing a new bridge will do is bring the massively expensive and unwanted loot rail into Clark County. And, of course, a new bridge won't be paid for by the feces demanding it the loudest.

And these morons accuse the opposition of "failing the logic test?"

What hypocritical scum they are. And what a sickening rag, lipstick or no, they work for.
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