Occupy Portland: Photos

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Thursday October 06, 2011 · 9:26 PM PDT

2011/10/06 · 21:26

I don't have a lot of energy to type right now, I went to work this a.m., went to protest and march, had to go back to work and being a mom, still had mom things to do when I got home. That being said, I took some pictures and videos today of Portland, although there are many photos out there on OregonLive.com, but this is what I saw while I was there.

Older people, younger people, middle aged people, kids and babies. Rich people, poor people, middle class people. Well dressed people, professionals, hippies, lawyers, teachers, old hippies, young hippies.

Teenagers, clean cut and dred-locked.

Smart people, dumb people.

Nice cops on bikes, nice cops on horses, I honestly didn't see any a*&^ cops. They were all very kind, respectful, friendly and there to help, not to hinder or break things up.

Lots of cool signs. A couple of news trucks. KATU TV is really on YOUR side. They let someone put a note on their truck and there were dred-locked kids swarming over it, and they didn't really seem to care.

They moved on over and took over two parks. At this time, it's all I have. I have two videos, I'll youtube them and try to figure out how to imbed with the "help" faq.

Good nite all.

p.s. I can't figure out how to imbed photos, so here's a link to PhotoBucket.

Occupy Portland:2011

Right On The Edge - WTH CNN!!?

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Saturday October 02, 2010 · 5:17 PM PDT

2010/10/02 · 17:17

I'm watching CNN right now and am absolutely dumbfounded at this special I am watching called "Right On The Edge". Basically, it's portraying young conservatives like Hannah Giles and James O'Keefe as heroes of the young generation. It's crazy. It's like CNN suddenly became Fox Lite overnight. I noticed it this morning when I was watching my usual Saturday Ali Velshi financial cotton candy as I did my laundry. They had two right wing pundits dissing all the economic policies that were happening and basically pushing taxcuts for the wealthy.

One guy was completely stating that our economic policies should all be revved back to the Republican policies that led us into the ditch and that the best way to start would be to privatize Social Security. I kid you not, all three of the talking heads boxes were nodding their heads in solemn agreement.

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Saturday August 22, 2009 · 11:25 AM PDT

2009/08/22 · 11:25

Taking place in Boise, Idaho Saturday evening...

Official Press Release:

Our Friend, Janie Harris is a Breast Cancer survivor. She is the widow of the late great master jazz pianist Gene Harris. She is cancer free now after battling the disease for one year. Unfortunately, the insurance company Janie paid, ruled her cancer "pre-existing" and therefore will not pay anything towards her hospital bills which total hundreds of thousands of dollars. With no where else to turn, she has requested help from her friends. Please join us for a great evening of music to help a fantastic person!

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Friday August 21, 2009 · 6:34 PM PDT

2009/08/21 · 18:34

I was listening to Rachel Maddow tonight and my ears perked up when I heard that she said there were Recess Rallies scheduled by the "loyal" opposition, i.e. dining room tables and AK-47 carrying wingnuts.

I searched for diaries about this and couldn't find anything about this...

http://recessrally.com/...

This is Oregon, but there are more planned.

http://recessrally.com/

Are we going to get caught flat-footed again by seemingly passionate people carrying signs and demonstrating against the Public Option while there are NO counter protests? I'm just sick of this. I read diary after diary about how we are supposed to show our support, and here is the perfect opportunity to get attention while we counterprotest, and I don't hear hide nor hair...

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Have you heard of the Recess Rallies?

24 votes Vote Now!

Have you heard of the Recess Rallies?

Of course, been planning for this for WEEKS!

1 vote

No idea this was even happening!

15 votes

Recess is fun. Love playgrounds.

7 votes

Recess Pie!!

1 vote

We just hired our first day laborer

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Tuesday May 26, 2009 · 8:14 PM PDT

2009/05/26 · 20:14

Or he hired us - I'm not really sure. My husband was working in the front yard, desperately trying to get some yard work done before he leaves again out of town. I have been out of work for the past two months on short term disability for a herniated disk and have been mournfully looking out at the garden and yards, searching through Craigslist, but not really getting myself to make that phone call or email to come out to the house and do all the stuff that needs to be done. There's so MUCH!!

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My experience with "off the street" day labor...

76 votes Vote Now!

My experience with "off the street" day labor...

I hire day labor regulalry.

18 votes

I hired day labor once.

15 votes

I have never hired day labor.

18 votes

I would love to hire day labor, but I don't know how!

16 votes

I would never hire day labor.

9 votes

Masters Degree for $300 a Term? Packing for the EU.

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Thursday April 23, 2009 · 4:35 PM PDT

2009/04/23 · 16:35

Getting your Masters degree for $300 a Term
Education Costs: US vs Europe

Let me introduce myself: I am a 45 year old mom who has two children in college, one child about to start college in three years, and another somewhat foster daughter whom I somewhat financially and emotionally act as a pseudomom.

My children were smart, and got pretty good grades in high school. They weren't straight A students, but they had about between a 3.2 and 3.5 GPA and were able to take some honors classes. I am not poor, my husband and I make about 85,000 a year before taxes. My husband is self employed as a jazz musician, and I'm in IT. We also support my mom 90% financially, so although we aren't poor, it's not like we have a lot of extra money. Make that we have NO extra money. However, I have always felt that NOT having a college education or a specialized trade is not an option with my daughters. I have always made it a goal to make sure that my children will get at least their Masters and I have always made it my goal to also make sure they graduate with no debt.

With that in mind - come with me to my newly found Happy Place!

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How much am I paying for my or my childrens college tuition?

72 votes Vote Now!

How much am I paying for my or my childrens college tuition?

$6000 a year

8 votes

$12,000 a year

19 votes

$24,000+ a year

25 votes

-$2000 a year - we live overseas

3 votes

Who needs a college education? Just breeds liberals. Burn the books!

8 votes

Pie! I just pay my tuition in Pie!

4 votes

Pie? I pay my tuition in Pootie Pictures!

5 votes

Laying in the hallway, asking about benefits...

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Tuesday March 31, 2009 · 4:43 PM PDT

2009/03/31 · 16:43

A little background; I'm 45 years old and the only times I've ever been in the hospital are for three childbirths and my tonsils. I have a great job I've worked at for 14 years and don't think I've ever been out over three days for the flu, colds, things like that. Over the last year I've had lower back pain in the morning when I wake up and start moving, nothing bad, just a dull pain that eventually loosened up as I went about my merry day.

Today, I found myself laying in my hallway dialing up Kaiser's phone number for my benefits to see how much I would have to pay to go to the ER by ambulance.

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Wednesday February 18, 2009 · 1:31 PM PST

2009/02/18 · 13:31

I carry about 10 different credit cards, some with balances, some with not. Most of the balances I carry are on fixed for life 2.99 or 4.99 fixed for life balances, back when they were giving out money like candy. I have been watching the mortgage bubble deflate dragging down the economy with it and have been waiting for the credit card bubble to suddenly take us all on the long trip down...

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251 votes Show Results

The following has happened to me!

251 votes Vote Now!

The following has happened to me!

Amex has raised my APR or cut my limit or both.

70 votes

US Bank has raised my APR or cut my limit or both.

7 votes

Barclays has raised my APR or cut my limit or both.

7 votes

BofA has raised my APR or cut my limit or both.

28 votes

Discover has raised my APR or cut my limit or both.

5 votes

Capital One has raised my APR or cut my limit or both.

36 votes

I have gotten a letter like this - they don't love me anymore...

26 votes

Pooties for Financial Implosions!

72 votes

Ex-Gov Kizhaber for HHS

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Tuesday February 03, 2009 · 3:55 PM PST

2009/02/03 · 15:55

Former Oregon Governor John Kizhaber is thought of by a lot of people as the founder of the Oregon Health Plan, which although at one point was a great idea, has sadly fallen into disrepair because of lack of funding.

He is a smart, kind, thoughtful and intelligent man, who I think would represent our interests well.

I am a Deaniac and would love to see Howard Dean as HHS, but for a more mellow bipartisan and popular figure, I'd opt for Kitzhaber.

As far as his vetting goes, he didn't fill out the 7 page form, but he was never under any scandal and anyway...more below the fold.

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Monday February 02, 2009 · 2:24 PM PST

2009/02/02 · 14:24

How many have gotten e-mails over the last several weeks with the following titles?

"2008: An Election Map"

...Whereupon some person that believes he can, with the grace of some facts, figures, and a pretty red and blue map, show that Democrats are evil criminals and Republicans are god fearing individuals that REALLY DID win the election...

"Ice Cream and the Election: An Analogy"

...Whereupon some person that wants to make an imbecilic rant about how Democrats are small children, incapable of making important tough decisions and would much rather have ice cream**...

"British Commentary on Obama Presidency"

...Good lord. One has to read the vitriol to wonder where this stuff comes from...

"HOW TO BE A GOOD DEMOCRAT"

...Upon which some individual, who has obviously overdosed on what R Limbo is taking at this time, spews forth most of the talking points on what they think we think like...

I'll let you all google for these if you actually want to read them. I'm sure many of you could send titles I did not put out here.

To all those neocons and uninformed personages who write to us, I offer up this return rant - please disperse as you see fit.

** I do like Ice Cream, by the way.

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I get anti-Democratic emails...

80 votes Vote Now!

I get anti-Democratic emails...

1 a day

3 votes

2+ a day

8 votes

1 a week

11 votes

Never

34 votes

I like ice cream too!

4 votes

I like pie and ice cream!

20 votes

Remember the "We're Sorry" Website?

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Wednesday October 29, 2008 · 4:36 PM PDT

2008/10/29 · 16:36

Back in 2004 we here in Oregon were all voting in our mail in ballots like crazy for Senator John Kerry, hoping beyond hope that we would get President Bush OUT OF OFFICE so we could proceed with our normal happy lives...

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Have you seen the

73 votes Vote Now!

Have you seen the

Are you kidding? I LIVED on that site!

34 votes

Yes, I have a picture on there!

11 votes

Nope. But it's a cool website.

18 votes

PIE!

7 votes

POOTIES!

3 votes

Interviews with Portland Voters! (video)

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Sunday May 18, 2008 · 11:22 AM PDT

2008/05/18 · 11:22

I am so proud of Portland. Who we are, the progressive state we are.

I found this on OregonLive today...

"Portland’s suburbs and East Portland could prove key battlegrounds on Tuesday when votes are counted in the Oregon Democratic Primary. Will those areas go for Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton? Four Oregonian reporters — Michael Rollins, Joseph Rose, Esmeralda Bermudez and Casey Parks — recorded these interviews to try to give a sense of how residents are voting and what is driving their choices."

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Masters Degree for $300 a Term? Packing for the EU.

Laying in the hallway, asking about benefits...

AMEX Wants To Pay ME $300 To Close My Account?

Ex-Gov Kizhaber for HHS

An Open Letter to Rabid Right Wing Emailers!

Remember the "We're Sorry" Website?

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