Portland has new official pet
It was a busy week, and we missed this interesting development at the Portland City Council meeting.
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Posted by Ben | February 12, 2012 4:44 PM
Gee, d'ya think?
Posted by Jack Bog | February 12, 2012 4:53 PM
Good Lord. Don't tell me the Liberal Dems are getting out the Repug vote now.
Posted by LTJD | February 12, 2012 5:06 PM
"Gee, d'ya think?"
Hey it's not like it couldn't all be real. :)
Posted by Ben | February 12, 2012 5:18 PM
Great! Plenty o' room for more laugh-barrel makers! That one was almost really believable.
Posted by Mojo | February 12, 2012 5:21 PM
Does this person not have a FEW THINGS BETTER TO DO WITH HIS TIME? Oh, sorry, he's an extra in Portlandia.
I often wonder if he doesn't get that the backhand Portlandia joke is on him as well.
Posted by nancy | February 12, 2012 5:26 PM
Besides, everyone knows that Portland's official pet is a peeve. And I'm sure that bothers somebody.
Posted by Mojo | February 12, 2012 5:27 PM
Shoot, all this time I thought Randy was Portland's official pet
Posted by tankfixer | February 12, 2012 5:32 PM
Pugs are the Studebaker of the Dog world. Just as ugly from the front as they are from the back and very little difference.
Posted by Abe | February 12, 2012 5:55 PM
Believe me, you don't want this city hall deciding anything of substance; better we give them crayons and coloring books, and send them on extended field trips; all inorder to run out the clock on the two top lame ducks.
On the postive side, Steve Novick actually said something potentially positive regarding controlling the potential big hit on our water and sewer bill, called superfund cleanup of the Portland harbor (could be well over $1 billion dollars if the City can't pull some strings at the EPA). Novick said he should think a lower cost solution would be in order unless the benefits really are over a $1 billion. Maybe the guy actually has some economic sense behind his routinely appearing smirk. God help us.
Posted by Bob Clark | February 12, 2012 7:11 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pug
"While pug owners are accustomed to dog malfunction, the latest animals are prone to more problems than just the usual ...........
The latest model Pug is simply not in any way a viable dog."[44]
Quite the appropriate fit, to represent a council malfunction as well..that we are definitely having more problems with than usual...and is simply not in any way a viable council.
Posted by clinamen | February 12, 2012 7:43 PM
Seesh, here's is Sam's latest tweet:
Mee-Sen Thai Eatery on #Yelp: Kha Dook Mhoo Tom Sap!
(what is it? food?)
Posted by AL M | February 12, 2012 7:43 PM
If you keep reading his tweets, you'll go blind.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 12, 2012 7:46 PM
Ridiculing the city seems to be getting more popular.
If you haven't already, check out "Sh*t Portlanders Say" for a laugh or two...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH3AYeHOV9M
Posted by Mr. Grumpy | February 12, 2012 8:02 PM
Ridicule is all we have left.
Posted by Starbuck | February 12, 2012 9:05 PM
Ridicule and fiscal insanit.
Posted by pdxjim | February 12, 2012 10:08 PM
Abe-
Studebaker lovers take great offense from your obviously ill informed comments. We drive with pride our all American vehicles.
Posted by TheOtherDave | February 12, 2012 11:04 PM
Speaking of which, Jack, I take it you successfully talked your kids out of getting that potbellied piglet?
Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | February 13, 2012 7:17 AM
Pugs - low slung - bottom feeders?
Posted by umpire | February 13, 2012 10:13 AM
Dang -- pWneD again
Posted by concordbridge | February 13, 2012 3:15 PM
This was reported by the AP from Idaho -
BOISE (AP) -- Lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have declared blue heelers the official state dog of Idaho.
Republican Rep. JoAn Wood of Rigby introduced the measure today, bringing with her a constituent from Challis who testified blue heelers were the perfect choice for Idaho, with their trustworthy, loyal, independent and brave qualities.
Challis resident Elise Fake also touted the cattle-herding canine as a common fixture on Idaho ranches. But the proposal failed to win over the House State Affairs Committee, where Republican Rep. Ken Andrus offset praise of the dogs by pointing out he had lost sheep to blue heelers.
Other lawmakers on the panel were simply reluctant to favor one group of dog enthusiasts over another.
The committee voted 8-11 to ditch the proposal.
Posted by umpire | February 13, 2012 7:34 PM
Sam is pugnacious.
Posted by Bark Munster | February 13, 2012 8:12 PM
Re: "Abe-
Studebaker lovers take great offense from your obviously ill informed comments. We drive with pride our all American vehicles."
TOD,
Agreed. Too bad Abe has not had opportunity to experience a Champion or a Commander, especially from '51 or '53. Raymond Loewy -- an international component -- and his studio gave us sleek designs while the oligopolistic three remained stuck on wheeled boxes, prior to their finny dead end.
In addition to forms that please more people than not, Studebaker also gave us, early on, a hillholder, overdrive, and wraparound rear-view visibility.
The Lark and even the Avanti were, by comparison, disappointing visually.
Nowadays, the fastest way to establish that a film is set in the '50s is to include a Studebaker, parked on the street or entering in the background from a side street: it has become obligatory. For example, a Studebaker is prominent in Terence Malick's "Tree of Life."
Pugs, btw, Abe, were revealed as aliens by "Men in Black," which included no Studebakers.
Posted by Gardiner Menefree | February 14, 2012 10:02 AM