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Paper books will go the way of vinyl records: not mainstream, but still around in limited pressings for aficionados.

posted 4 years ago
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One of the unruly mechanisms of this state is that people like myself, who rent, get to vote on raising property taxes to help the zoo elephants. Why should I have a say in that?

I'd like to know why everyone in this state thinks they are so much smarter than all the other states. Our schools are in shambles, and everyone laments about our budget woes.

You know what, if live frugal, you won't get taxed as much with a sales tax, and if you want to outifit your home with 3 plasma flat screen TVs, I think you can probably afford to pay a little more taxes! Wow, that dozen eggs will cost you $3.15 instead of $3 -- Oh my God! Horror of horrors!!

Grow up, it is stubborn policy-jingoistic Oregon ego. Why is this gaping hole a point of pride?

posted 4 years, 1 month ago
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