Portland freezes = Nature's way of containing liberals. (wasn't there something about global warming I read somewhre recently.....)
We visited Portland in 2002 for a convention and were approached by the strangest assortment of homeless types I've ever seen, as we were coming out of a fancy steakhouse. This unbathed woman who clearly fell asleep in the hippy years and is just now waking up chastised us for eating beef and how bad cows are for the environment.
Hubby and I went to Portland for an event recently. We went to Powells, as we were told that is the place you "must" go when you are there. (Bookstore). Wow. The lineup of Bush-Bashing books was tremendous and prominently placed. The pro-Bush books were few and on the bottom row. I couldn't help myself, I had to proclaim aloud (so the employees could hear) "Well, there's certainly no liberal bias in THIS store, is there?" They looked annoyed.