Merry Christmas

Well I hope all of you have a Merry Christmas this year.

This snow fall has been unbelievable, and  yes is still snowing here.

Freezing Rain

Oh a special Thanks to one of my neighbors gave me a new motherboard after mine died on my birthday.

Veterans Day

If you see a Veteran today, Thank them, buy them a drink and if you can make the time ask them about their service.

Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall

Willamette National Cemetery

Ohh and
If this is your idea of being Patriotic.
Then Piss Off!

Anti Palin Poster

Trust

Ok your probably wondering why I would post such a picture.

Go back and take a look at it.

Do you see that light yellow chain attached to the handrail.

At one point in time not all that far away that simple chain and yellow paint was all that was needed to keep people out from an area that was too sensitive or dangerous for most people to be in.
Now take a look at the chain link fence.

To me that says more about our society today than any crime report on TV.

Fire on I-5

Well more like next to it.
So here I was writing the post below when I hear a bang thinking it was some jerk setting off the last of his Fourth of July fireworks. I did not give it any more thought, then the smoke came rolling in through the open windows. (enjoying that early summer global warming)

I grabbed my shoes, flashlight and my camera I went off to see where it was coming from and forgot my phone.

I did regret not bringing my phone but by the time I had remembered it I had already heard  a siren or two amd seen several people near by.

It turns out to be a small brush fire but there is a apartment building and a home within a 100 feet or so.

At this point the fire was out and they were just doing mop up.

One thing I did find interesting is one of the apartment dwellers said he heard three blasts that sounded like a shotgun.

May Day Protest Part II

First some flags.

The Mexico flag here just disappeared before they came back too the TV crews.

Now that we know how they feel about flags we move on to our own favorite.
Finding Che.

Ok Now that Che has been spotted we can move on too more important things like campaign signs.

Obama.

Chris Rich
If I had a choice, The guy on the left would not be in public with my name. (just saying)

Amanda Fritz

And lastly
The One The Only…
Hillary

One lonely sign.
Jim Bissonnette showed up to chat with anyone who would listen.
I didn’t take any photos of him, didn’t see any reason too heck I didn’t even know he was running for something.

Next

Puppets, Who can have a protest without Puppets!

I almost forgot Labor unions.

Some over head shots.

I was some what disappointed in the turnout for this protest. I was sure more of the socialists swine would have been there.

I  forgot the 911 Truthers

All in all I was some what surprised not to see the Ron Paul Bots around.

Dam”n” Global Warming

Did Al Gore fly over Portland?

Michael Yon’s Photo Thanks And Praise

Victory
Its photos like this that show the tide is turning in Iraq.
Too bad we don’t see more of this in the news.

Click on the picture to read Michaels post.
Michael Yon’s site

Your Tax Dollers At Work In Tigard

11/06/2006

10/28/2007

Update.

How About some numbers on this.

Federal Funding- – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – $58.65 million
State of Oregon Lottery Bond Proceeds – - $35.34 milllion
TriMet and GARVEE Bonds – - – - – - – - – - $15.56 million
Local Cities and Washington County – - – - – $7.75 million
TOTAL – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – $117.3 million

Then There is this little Bit.

Frequency
Weekdays every 30 minutes during morning and afternoon rush hours

Travel time
27 minutes between Beaverton Transit Center and Wilsonville

Train speeds
37 mph on average, with a top speed of over 60 mph

Average daily ridership
An estimated 3,000 to 4,000 trips by 2020, with half of the riders new to transit

TriMet and Washington County also will contribute a total of $4.1 million to annual operating costs.

You can find this info and more here. (pdf)   Plus Tri-Mets web page with much more.

Portland City Hall, Illegal Alien Protest