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Ernie Muppari posted:wow trannies are really powerful I was more thinking "what the gently caress does that have to do with coal cars?"
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SedanChair posted:whyleftismfailed.png Did he do the painting? #autisticartists
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Sep 10, 2014 17:33
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The painting used to be way better, I think his son must have "fixed" it or something.
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So who else has seen this weirdness? I know they have a billboard on Burnside too. Probably other places. Not sure who they're trying to reach with these though. Anyone who can make sense out of this billboard already knows who they're voting for anyway. 
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I imagine it's just this guy, but plus someone who owned MS-Paint: Just saying words of events that happened, and assuming the reader fills in the blanks with scary stuff.
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xrunner posted:So who else has seen this weirdness? I know they have a billboard on Burnside too. Probably other places. Not sure who they're trying to reach with these though. Anyone who can make sense out of this billboard already knows who they're voting for anyway. I don't know if this is referring to local or national politics? The Bridge and the Website could mean the CRC and the ACA website in Oregon, or Christie's GWB problems and the national ACA websites... Rudy Crew is...Rudolf Guliani? And Eliot is Eliot Spitzer? And then Bhutan? I can't think of Bhutan being an issue in either Oregon or National politics. Maybe this is just high level trolling?
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Sep 11, 2014 07:44
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Rudy Crew was superintendent of Tacoma Schools years ago, he was supposed to be mr. hot poo poo. He came to my class. Then he hosed off to New York halfway through his reforms, the end
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glowing-fish posted:I don't know if this is referring to local or national politics? The Bridge and the Website could mean the CRC and the ACA website in Oregon, or Christie's GWB problems and the national ACA websites... It's definitely meant to be local. The bridge is the CRC. The site coveroregon. Rudy crew was our departed overpaid education czar. And Bhutan is a nontarversy where kitzhaber and his wife visited Asia. Edit: but it's pretty much nonsensical unless you follow local politics. Which was why I shared it in the first place HashtagGirlboss fucked around with this message at 08:37 on Sep 11, 2014 |
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And The Elliott is selling the Elliott State Forest to timber companies.
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Reason posted:Most of us are probably familiar with that billboard south of Centralia. Can someone provide a little backstory to this?
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Sep 11, 2014 17:05
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seiferguy posted:Can someone provide a little backstory to this?
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Sep 11, 2014 17:31
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seiferguy posted:Can someone provide a little backstory to this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Sam_billboard
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I saw the Burnside Anti-Kitzhaber sign a couple of weeks ago & had the same reaction. Except I didn't get the Bhutan reference, so I looked it up. I was appalled that our governor is interested in Bhutan's Gross National Happiness metric. Money > Happiness, get it together Kitzhabailures.
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Sep 11, 2014 19:47
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Bob Socko posted:For a couple of decades, there's been a big billboard on some private land next to I-5. The billboard has a big, poorly-drawn Uncle Sam and Limbaugh-esque talking points that get changed out every so often. It's actually two billboards back to back, so drivers in both directions can get some straight talk. I want to say I saw a similar billboard when I was driving back to Portland from Corvallis.
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computer parts posted:I want to say I saw a similar billboard when I was driving back to Portland from Corvallis. I make that drive all the time. The closest billboard Centralia's is North of Albany right after the Millersburg exit. It usually says something like JESUS DIED FOR YOU or IF YOU DIED TONIGHT DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'D END UP?
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Bob Socko posted:For a couple of decades, there's been a big billboard on some private land next to I-5. The billboard has a big, poorly-drawn Uncle Sam and Limbaugh-esque talking points that get changed out every so often. It's actually two billboards back to back, so drivers in both directions can get some straight talk. That thing made me feel like I was driving through some Kill All Citizens police zone.
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Schwack posted:I make that drive all the time. The closest billboard Centralia's is North of Albany right after the Millersburg exit. It usually says something like JESUS DIED FOR YOU or IF YOU DIED TONIGHT DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'D END UP? That was probably it. There's also a sign on the way back from Newport that's just "Just Choose Life!" with a picture of a baby on it.
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Sep 12, 2014 00:37
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Washington also has that ever-changing Bible verse billboard right off I-5. Washingtonians really love putting their weird poo poo next to the the highway.
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Sep 12, 2014 00:52
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Schwack posted:I make that drive all the time. The closest billboard Centralia's is North of Albany right after the Millersburg exit. It usually says something like JESUS DIED FOR YOU or IF YOU DIED TONIGHT DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'D END UP? I laugh at that one relatively often, although I don't end up having to travel from Eugene to Salem as often as I used to. I want to say it was bookended with beer billboards last time I saw it, but don't recall exactly.
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Schwack posted:Washington also has that ever-changing Bible verse billboard right off I-5. Washingtonians really love putting their weird poo poo next to the the highway. That giant metal jesus pillar somewhere I think its also south of centralia is also weird. There's also an eagle and some other poo poo there. There are some cool things though, like the metal bulls off of 101 near Olympia.
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The WA state supreme court just found the state legislature in contempt of court. No specific penalties given, and nothing until after the 2015 session. http://www.scribd.com/doc/239448673/Court-order-on-McCleay-9-11-14 Should we bet on which social services will get slashed next year?
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I remember back in 2002? I drove from Seattle to San Jose and back with a friend, and on our return trip somewhere in Oregon (I vaguely remember Salem-ish area) we came across a billboard that loudly proclaimed THE POPE IS THE ANTICHRIST. Anybody else remember that one? Also, booooo at all the Scientology poo poo all over Trimet.
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Sep 12, 2014 04:34
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I don't like the new Powell's entrance.
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Me neither, it's ugly.  Also, I just realized that as of this month, I've lived in Corvallis for 10 years. Jesus.
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Fats posted:Me neither, it's ugly. What's not to like about living in Corvallis? I'm coming up on my 12th year after moving for college and probably won't be leaving the area any time soon. And yeah, that religious billboard is right next to a Beaver Country beer billboard. Marketers know how Albany rolls.
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Sep 12, 2014 05:16
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Fats posted:Me neither, it's ugly. There is a lot worse places to live for ten years than Corvallis, I would think. Other than it being small, it seems like a pretty ideal place to live.
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Sep 12, 2014 05:18
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Nothing wrong with it, I guess it's just more of a "holy poo poo I graduated high school ten years ago". Corvallis is great. Though work has taken me to Albany lately, which... isn't. That said, I've lived in Oregon my entire life, so I figure I should leave at some point.
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Fats posted:Nothing wrong with it, I guess it's just more of a "holy poo poo I graduated high school ten years ago". Corvallis is great. Though work has taken me to Albany lately, which... isn't. I'm a native Oregonian, and left the state to live elsewhere for several years. I was glad to come back. I'm from Eugene, but lived in Salem for a few years and spent time in Albany and Corvallis. Say what you will about Albany, but I think I prefer it to Salem. Just as I was glad to come back to Oregon, I was also glad to come back to Eugene.
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Hedera Helix posted:I don't like the new Powell's entrance. It does seem a lot bigger/empty that it was previously, also lacking in any character, sort of a microcosm of the way central Portland is going.
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Fats posted:That said, I've lived in Oregon my entire life, so I figure I should leave at some point. You really should. It helps make you realize how amazing Oregon is to live in.
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El Jebus posted:You really should. It helps make you realize how amazing Oregon is to live in. Also some of its real limitations.
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Bob Socko posted:For a couple of decades, there's been a big billboard on some private land next to I-5. The billboard has a big, poorly-drawn Uncle Sam and Limbaugh-esque talking points that get changed out every so often. It's actually two billboards back to back, so drivers in both directions can get some straight talk. I'm familiar with the billboard and have driven by it many times before (usually Benghazi talking points lately), I should have specified that I was curious about that specific protest and what triggered it.
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Ardennes posted:Also some of its real limitations. Absolutely. It isn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination.
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oxbrain posted:The WA state supreme court just found the state legislature in contempt of court. No specific penalties given, and nothing until after the 2015 session. Based on the way funding has been robbed from local Washington governments lately you wont see social programs cut specifically but the system wide subtle pruning of all infrastructure and community outreach grants. Even though the economy and tax revenues are getting better, the quiet war "fiscal conservatives" are waging where its too complicated for the public to understand at a glance means that state governments are actively setting up small town America to fail just so they can be smug and say "See, ALL government is inept and wasteful  " Some examples in Washington: All liquor tax revenues which used to have a portion go to municipalities now goes exclusively into state coffers because they privatization law gave them opportunity to do it. In my city this alone was 300k less income a year. The pot laws have created an unfunded mandate for police departments at both a county and city level for enforcement because all the revenue expected goes exclusively to the state. Grants for all local community centers have disappeared, times are tough they're told, which means as of Sept this year our community center has had to have an 80% reduction in services in 2014 because theyre just plain out of reserve money after being told that it wasnt going to be the norm for the entire recession. The state doesn't find it important enough to pass a transportation bill so local governments can't design or send out for bid any general road maintenance or improvement to speak of because the funding for those things are always a mix of local state and federal funds, so a third of the money missing just isnt there. Considering their behavior otherwise don't bet on getting any sidewalks to remove pedestrians from traffic if they do manage to pass something. I really don't think people realize just how badly the Republican controlled legislature has caused system wide destruction, but it's all long term effects so it just gets reported as Very Serious People having ideological disputes over Very Serious Things. Not like we need roads or schools.
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The best thing about Albany is that it's the same distance from a lot of nice things. Drive for about an hour and you can get to the coast, the mountains, Portland, or Eugene. Ping's is awesome, too.
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Sep 15, 2014 05:26
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"Equidistant from several places actually worth going to" is pretty consistent with my experience with Albany.
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Javid posted:"Equidistant from several places actually worth going to" is pretty consistent with my experience with Albany. The great thing about this is that it's equally true for Kansas.
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Was down in Portland for the weekend, and late at night I saw a traffic light go from solid red to blinking red and then completely off. WTF, is that normal?
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mod sassinator posted:Was down in Portland for the weekend, and late at night I saw a traffic light go from solid red to blinking red and then completely off. WTF, is that normal?
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Nope it was on Burnside, driving into the city.
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