Category: politics

A scary notion:

Apparently, in admist the huddled (and sweaty) masses of Sunday’s speech by Barack Obama in Portland, the Oregonian snapped a picture and placed it on the front page and in that picture are the pixelated faces of our group:

On Sunday, we had lunch with my sister to celebrate her birthday, then Jess, Pratt, my mom, and myself drove to downtown Portland to see Barack Obama speak. We were surprised at how realitively easy it was for us to get a decent place to stand for the 3 hours we were there. After an introduction by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (Pratt was hoping for Greg Oden), then the whole Obama family walked on stage:

I think it’s true what Mark Twain says: “A lie can travel half-way around the world, while the truth is still putting its shoes on.” I think a couple of million people just ate a very big hook. line. and sinker. We’re doomed, Canada–here I come.