“True enough. But now we’ll have to listen to some folks who spent a week in Portland 10 years ago and will present themselves as experts on all things Northwestern...”
Did you read the article? He’s lived here for over 20 years, as have I.
I read the article, and totally agree with every, single word written, especially this...
“But, in the end, Oregon seems deadset on being California, Jr.—or even outdoing California in some ways...”
If you are a native Oregonian, and haven’t lived anywhere else, I can understand you being indignant.
However, as much as you might hate to hear this, Oregon is a bastion of liberalism, and is not the wonderful place you think it is, nor is the wonderful state I moved to over 20 years ago.
And, it was a lovely state 20 years ago...
This “native Oregonian” nonsense is just irritating to me...
Too many “native” Oregonians act as if this is their own little fiefdom and not part of the United States of America, so they feel they are free to violate people’s natural rights liberty with impunity.
The term “kangaroo court” comes right out of Oregon, where Australian immigrant miners were having their mining claims stolen through the local courts.
Oregon has the most corrupt civil courts in the country.