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"Crying is a big deal in Oregon. It’s one thing to have a public website hacked. It’s a whole other matter when a highly paid state employee gets their feelings hurt."

I love this part. SOOOOO true. That one woman who said Sam Adams made her cry, when he insisted that she repeat some instructions he had just given her, to be sure she understood? Oh please. I can't believe all the snow flakes of the world today. Sam should never have been shit canned the way he was.

I've noticed these trends too, when it comes to any kind of tech issue in Portland. What I'd like to know is who is stealing ALL THAT MONEY, because that's what's happening. How can millions go into a fund to upgrade a bad website and then nothing happens?

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That’s the question the powers-that-be in Salem don’t seem interested in answering. It probably has given Oregon — and its largest city — a reputation for being pushovers, a place for the right operators to make some easy money.

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I don't get it. So someone's SEXUAL preference or SEXUAL identity strengthens national security? Seriously? How does that work, I wonder? I wonder why hetero folks aren't enough to strengthen national security? LOL.. sex and or personal identify have no place in these arenas.

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That would be a very American disaster.

This is no longer true: “LGBTQ+ people often must navigate being different from those around them; develop the ability to listen and empathize; and mobilize the skill and perseverance to make themselves heard.”

LGBTQ+ are out and proud.

When it comes to nuclear weapons and war, I don’t think who or how you have sex with is going to matter very much. Not all gays are on board with America’s sex obsessions.

There’s a discussion going on over The Free Press: “Can a Boring Old ‘G’ Still Hang With the LGBTQIA+s”

https://www.thefp.com/p/boring-old-gay-man-meets-lgbtqia-at-pride

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Thank you for the link. It recalls me to what I know to be true: most gays are sane and responsible people who want to live in equality.

From the link a message from out betters

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https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=nina+jankowicz+singing+mary+poppins&view=detail&mid=BE1322B2968729DB47B0BE1322B2968729DB47B0&FORM=VIRE

I opposed gay marriage because I thought and still think civil unions were adequete and that heterosexual families are paramount in maintaining a civil and cohesive society that protects itself with the rule of law.

I also recognize that mine is one opinion among many. Gay marriage is an expression of the rule of law, no matter I believe that it undermines the law.

Think this Planned Parenthood material. F came as news to me. It's a relief today's youth will not live in the darkness to which I was condemned:

http://librarypdf.catie.ca/ATI-20000s/26124.pdf

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When one party of tech illiterates runs a state...

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Further proof that the political incest inherent in one-party rule produces a total lack of accountability in government.

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Yep. A local example is when the city of Portland just “lost” 1.4 million of taxpayer dollars.

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/08/22/portland-oregon-lost-million-funds-cybersecurity-theft/

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This is SO true! A story that has been repeated over and over again in my lifetime. It seems like very little in our state/city/county works the way it is supposed to,

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