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I detest both Oregon State and Oregon. But the Oregon Ducks are the football team with a criminal who should be in prison, instead of in school, so he can stay in a program reminiscent of the Jailblazer's halcyon days of basketball not so many years back.
Yes, Oregon proved they were the better athletic team. But in allowing this thug to remain on the team (which, of course, guaranteed his return to the playing field, just like I indicated it would the day he was "kicked off" the team.) they also proved something else. Something much worse... something much darker and underhanded.
I played college ball at a local Division 1A school. My involvement never got beyond "tackling dummy" stage, and orders to Saudi Arabia killed my budding walk on career before it ever started.
I have a clue about both the physical caliber of the athletes (One guy, who killed me on the field in high school, killed me on the field in college, and then went on to kill people on the field for the Oakland Raiders for several years... "kill," of course, being a rhetorical term) and the mental acuity it takes to play. Cursed with fullback's size but offensive tackle's speed, it just wasn't in the cards for me.
So, when I look at a thug taking up a scholarship that a much more deserving student could both use and appreciate, given the tens of thousands of dollars a grateful state pays for his "education," it infuriates me that the critical elements of character and integrity have no place while wearing a Duck's uniform.
Their win represents the most Pyrrhic of victories, where, ultimately, people around the world who follow football will forget the Ducks going to the Rose Ball LONG before they forget the thuggish behavior, and subsequent wrist slap of one of it's players.
There are all kinds of respect. And there are all kinds of reputations. The sham/scam of non-punishment this guy received when anyone else reading this would have went to prison for assault had they engaged in this kind of behavior is the thing that will become a legend.
And the scumbag Duck organization will deserve it.
Shame on them. And shame on the entire state of Oregon who has joined with them in looking the other way while this criminal continues to play a game that he didn't care enough about to stop himself from becoming a national embarrassment to the program and the entire state around this planet.
With any luck at all, Ohio State will drop these clowns by 38 to nothing.
Karma being what it is, that's what they deserve.
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Friday, December 04, 2009
In My View, Dec. 4: Get rid of the bridge scam altogether.
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As it becomes increasingly clear, even to the most ardently delusional bridgeophile (and anyone supporting the destruction of our perfectly serviceable I-5 Bridge to waste billions to bring loot rail into a community that has repeatedly said they don't want it IS delusional) that there is no money for this massive crap pile, we get grudging acknowledgement of this known-for-years fact with columns like the bizarre effort in the paper today.
This same paper banged it's drum for the nonsensical plan to cap the freeway (You know.... JUST LIKE SEATTLE?) another feature that bridge fanciers fantasize about that would only toss a few hundred million more dollars onto the back of the 65,000 commuters to Portland expected to pay for this cow pie of wasteful spending. This same paper has REPEATEDLY told us that twelve lanes (when, in fact, it was NEVER more than SIX through lanes) was the ONLY acceptable way to go.
One would suppose that a grudging acceptance of reality is better than none at all. But in this instance, the factual reality is that the people of Clark County and environs who actually USE these bridges DON'T WANT TO PAY ANY EXTRA MONEY FOR UNNEEDED, UNNECESSARY BRIDGES WHEN THEIR ONLY PURPOSE IS TO GET LOOT RAIL, WHICH WE ALSO DON'T WANT, TO THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER.
As it is, we've wasted as much as $100,000,000 on this steaming pile. The new mayor of Vancouver lied his way into office when he continued to lie about tolls like Adams lied about having sex with a teenager.
So, I have a better idea: just..... stop.
Walk away now.
If THE PEOPLE of this area want a new bridge in the same place, well, I'm sure we'll let you know.
Meanwhile, you know damned well we don't. So, the best thing to do at this point is dump the project altogether; end this charade of so-called (and fake) public involvement; cutoff the leeching consultants; fire all the unnecessary bureaucrats, wiz on the fire and call in the dogs.
Otherwise, 2010 is going to be the start of a great deal of elective pain.
Starting with Steve "Yeah, Barnett owns me, what about it" Stuart, wholly owned tribal subsidiary and bridge cheerleader extraordinaire; just one of the corrupt, non-responsive elected officials who'll be wearing that bridge around their collective necks come next November.
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As it becomes increasingly clear, even to the most ardently delusional bridgeophile (and anyone supporting the destruction of our perfectly serviceable I-5 Bridge to waste billions to bring loot rail into a community that has repeatedly said they don't want it IS delusional) that there is no money for this massive crap pile, we get grudging acknowledgement of this known-for-years fact with columns like the bizarre effort in the paper today.
This same paper banged it's drum for the nonsensical plan to cap the freeway (You know.... JUST LIKE SEATTLE?) another feature that bridge fanciers fantasize about that would only toss a few hundred million more dollars onto the back of the 65,000 commuters to Portland expected to pay for this cow pie of wasteful spending. This same paper has REPEATEDLY told us that twelve lanes (when, in fact, it was NEVER more than SIX through lanes) was the ONLY acceptable way to go.
One would suppose that a grudging acceptance of reality is better than none at all. But in this instance, the factual reality is that the people of Clark County and environs who actually USE these bridges DON'T WANT TO PAY ANY EXTRA MONEY FOR UNNEEDED, UNNECESSARY BRIDGES WHEN THEIR ONLY PURPOSE IS TO GET LOOT RAIL, WHICH WE ALSO DON'T WANT, TO THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER.
As it is, we've wasted as much as $100,000,000 on this steaming pile. The new mayor of Vancouver lied his way into office when he continued to lie about tolls like Adams lied about having sex with a teenager.
So, I have a better idea: just..... stop.
Walk away now.
If THE PEOPLE of this area want a new bridge in the same place, well, I'm sure we'll let you know.
Meanwhile, you know damned well we don't. So, the best thing to do at this point is dump the project altogether; end this charade of so-called (and fake) public involvement; cutoff the leeching consultants; fire all the unnecessary bureaucrats, wiz on the fire and call in the dogs.
Otherwise, 2010 is going to be the start of a great deal of elective pain.
Starting with Steve "Yeah, Barnett owns me, what about it" Stuart, wholly owned tribal subsidiary and bridge cheerleader extraordinaire; just one of the corrupt, non-responsive elected officials who'll be wearing that bridge around their collective necks come next November.
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Curtis clone, Wyrick, to run for Prosecutor since Curtis knows he'd get clobbered.
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Bizarre decisions. Abuse of discretion. Loud parties. Long absences.
These types of things add up to, well, not running for re-election.
As Art Curtis, who somehow has managed to serve as prosecutor for a long, long time, anoints a Curtis clone by the name of Curt Wyrick, and calls is a career.
He won't be missed.
Unfortunately, Wyrick has acted as a total tool for the Cowlitz Tribe, doing everything he can to help Commissioner Steve "Cold Hard Cash" Stuart, bought outright for $100,000 back in the 2005 election, to get that colossal economic black hole built regardless of what the people want, or, for that matter, what the commissioners decide.
"Personally liable? REALLY?"
It's bad enough that one of our county leaders is a wholly-owned tribal subsidiary. We damned sure don't need another one.
Bad checks and gangs. Yup.... Clark County's most pressing legal problems, to be sure.
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Bizarre decisions. Abuse of discretion. Loud parties. Long absences.
These types of things add up to, well, not running for re-election.
As Art Curtis, who somehow has managed to serve as prosecutor for a long, long time, anoints a Curtis clone by the name of Curt Wyrick, and calls is a career.
He won't be missed.
Unfortunately, Wyrick has acted as a total tool for the Cowlitz Tribe, doing everything he can to help Commissioner Steve "Cold Hard Cash" Stuart, bought outright for $100,000 back in the 2005 election, to get that colossal economic black hole built regardless of what the people want, or, for that matter, what the commissioners decide.
"Personally liable? REALLY?"
It's bad enough that one of our county leaders is a wholly-owned tribal subsidiary. We damned sure don't need another one.
Bad checks and gangs. Yup.... Clark County's most pressing legal problems, to be sure.
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009
No lie the Columbian or bridge/loot rail supporters won't tell to get their crap pile built.
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There's a certain commonality to the vast majority of bridge/loot rail supporters.
First and foremost, they all, each and every one of them, lie.
They lie about needing to replace the I-5 Bridge. They lie about light rail. They lie about tolls. They lie about "studies." They lie about bridge safety. They lie about how this massive waste of billions will positively impact congestion. They lie about freight mobility.
And some of them, like Tim "The Liar" Leavitt, lie about it so well it gets them elected to office.
Second, and most importantly; few, if any of them, will have to pay the tolls every working day that they want us to pay. And how incredibly easy is it for the scum who won't have to pay for this to demand that those of us who will must do so, even without asking us.
That's why, when our local disgrace of a paper comes out with another lying, one-sided, steaming pile of propaganda like this, well, I just have to step up and challenge the scum who, once again, are attempting to shove this turd down our throats.
One need get no farther then the lie of a headline:
to know this is yet another45 in the series of lying, completely biased and exaggerated puff pieces our waste of wood pulp is pounding out in support of it's agenda and in opposition to the will of the people this stain on the cover of journalism is SUPPOSED to serve.
Kulongoski (Aka Taxandgougeme) doesn't have the throw weight of seagull poop over here.
That this despicable rag even remotely thinks that this guy coming over here and babbling about a bridge that he will rarely use and certainly will have to pay next to nothing for is going to make any difference or convince anyone of anything besides the fact that this clown has a monumental ego just goes to show how utterly clueless, moronic and out of touch this waste of space paper actually is.
In short, no one cares.
GOD could come down here and tell us this bridge is what we need to replace and THAT wouldn't make it so. Having a clown who doesn't live here come up here and tell us what WE need to do makes as much sense as believing the Columbian isn't a fringe-left publication run by the DNC.
In fact, Kulongoski's babble will hurt this effort as much as the Portland Business Association's endorsement clobbered Pollard... who should have told them "Don't do me any favors."
In 2010, this bridge/loot rail project is going to be hung around the neck of every idiot moronic enough to support it. And Teddy coming here, and no amount of bullshit from our local despicable rag is going to change that one iota.
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There's a certain commonality to the vast majority of bridge/loot rail supporters.
First and foremost, they all, each and every one of them, lie.
They lie about needing to replace the I-5 Bridge. They lie about light rail. They lie about tolls. They lie about "studies." They lie about bridge safety. They lie about how this massive waste of billions will positively impact congestion. They lie about freight mobility.
And some of them, like Tim "The Liar" Leavitt, lie about it so well it gets them elected to office.
Second, and most importantly; few, if any of them, will have to pay the tolls every working day that they want us to pay. And how incredibly easy is it for the scum who won't have to pay for this to demand that those of us who will must do so, even without asking us.
That's why, when our local disgrace of a paper comes out with another lying, one-sided, steaming pile of propaganda like this, well, I just have to step up and challenge the scum who, once again, are attempting to shove this turd down our throats.
One need get no farther then the lie of a headline:
Kulongoski shores up support for new I-5 bridge
to know this is yet another45 in the series of lying, completely biased and exaggerated puff pieces our waste of wood pulp is pounding out in support of it's agenda and in opposition to the will of the people this stain on the cover of journalism is SUPPOSED to serve.
Kulongoski (Aka Taxandgougeme) doesn't have the throw weight of seagull poop over here.
That this despicable rag even remotely thinks that this guy coming over here and babbling about a bridge that he will rarely use and certainly will have to pay next to nothing for is going to make any difference or convince anyone of anything besides the fact that this clown has a monumental ego just goes to show how utterly clueless, moronic and out of touch this waste of space paper actually is.
In short, no one cares.
GOD could come down here and tell us this bridge is what we need to replace and THAT wouldn't make it so. Having a clown who doesn't live here come up here and tell us what WE need to do makes as much sense as believing the Columbian isn't a fringe-left publication run by the DNC.
In fact, Kulongoski's babble will hurt this effort as much as the Portland Business Association's endorsement clobbered Pollard... who should have told them "Don't do me any favors."
In 2010, this bridge/loot rail project is going to be hung around the neck of every idiot moronic enough to support it. And Teddy coming here, and no amount of bullshit from our local despicable rag is going to change that one iota.
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Last night, I expressd my disappointment in the ACORN-in-Chief's performance.
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Last night's performance by the president, like all of his performances in every area since he took office, was abysmal.
There is no confidence within the military generally, and West Point particularly, in this empty suited clown's leadership or vision. They knew, like *I* knew, that the request for more troops SHOULD have been granted immediately. There was and is plenty of time to determine the missions needed, but now we have a 3 month delay of the inevitable, and more of us are going to die unnecessarily because of the clown calling the shots.
To illustrate the point, the fine folks over at Victoria Taft's blog have put together a few vids off of YouTube. These kind of focus on the cadet's reaction to one president... and their distinct NON-reaction to a clown who can't even PLAY president on TV.
Folks, there's a reason those kids were sitting there, looking like they were waiting to see a dentist who'd run out of anesthetic.
And by the way, BHo? Making those kids sit there for 4 hours to wait for YOUR dumb ass?
Bad idea.
Head on over and check it out.
Last night's performance by the president, like all of his performances in every area since he took office, was abysmal.
There is no confidence within the military generally, and West Point particularly, in this empty suited clown's leadership or vision. They knew, like *I* knew, that the request for more troops SHOULD have been granted immediately. There was and is plenty of time to determine the missions needed, but now we have a 3 month delay of the inevitable, and more of us are going to die unnecessarily because of the clown calling the shots.
To illustrate the point, the fine folks over at Victoria Taft's blog have put together a few vids off of YouTube. These kind of focus on the cadet's reaction to one president... and their distinct NON-reaction to a clown who can't even PLAY president on TV.
Folks, there's a reason those kids were sitting there, looking like they were waiting to see a dentist who'd run out of anesthetic.
And by the way, BHo? Making those kids sit there for 4 hours to wait for YOUR dumb ass?
Bad idea.
Head on over and check it out.
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