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What Twitter could have given Sam, and Portland

Late last month, when the whole Gov. Blagojevich indictment situation was threatening to taint Barack Obama’s transition, two writers at the Politico put together a list of “five rules of scandal response” that the president-to-be had intentionally, or unintentionally, imposed on his staff. Rule No. 1 was simple: “Be transparent, to an extent.”
Sam Adams didn’t [...]

“The process of remaking America” Starts at Home

by Metroknow

The flooding that recently occurred in the Portland Metro area seems like a distant memory to most of us, especially if our own home was unaffected. The biggest reminder for me was driving on Redland Road in Oregon City on my way to and from our house, looking at the garbage each day, wondering when “somebody [...]

01.24.2009 See the rest →

A day I will never forget – Jan 20, 2009

by Dieselboi

As you know, I was in Washington DC over the weekend and witnessed the inauguration of our 44th President – Barack Obama – from the Washington mall. We got up yesterday morning at 5am and were on the mall by 6:45. The photo below is sunrise coming over our nation’s capitol as 10’s of thousands [...]

01.21.2009 See the rest → 4 comments

The start of a journey. OBAMA!

by Dieselboi

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I’m going to the Presidential Inauguration on January 20th in Washington DC. There, I got it out of the way. I’m at the airport right now with some great free wifi, courtesy of PDX International. My travels will take me through Seattle and Detroit before I get to Philadelphia [...]

01.16.2009 See the rest → 8 comments

Party like it’s 1/20/2009!

by djtv

About a week ago, I started to collect information about a post focusing on what people were doing for the Inauguration in Portland.
After being buried under a big volume of information, I realized that just about everyone is having an inauguration party and that it was nearly impossible to write about them all. So, [...]

01.15.2009 See the rest →

A Blue Square for Obama

by djtv

(Update: Welcome DJtv to the ranks of new OurPDX authors! I’m happy to credit her for writing this post; you may already know her as @DJtv on Twitter…)
It all started with the drums.
I’ve always been a sucker for drums, since I was a child twirling baton in the seventies, following the drum major’s [...]

11.06.2008 See the rest → 4 comments

Dismal Commute Made Brighter

by Motor Jeffries

Lately, the dark rainy commute has been getting me down.
Not today though. I was in a superbly good mood. I was smiling from ear to ear. The election results have given me hope. I can’t help but get a little teary-eyed at this historic event. Congratulations, President-elect Obama.
Who else is in a great mood [...]

11.05.2008 See the rest → 5 comments

Where’s the party?

by capricious

So if you were in SE last night around Grand Central Bowl you were probably aware of the celebration that seemingly could no longer be contained in the bars in the area.
Some time around 10pm, people started gathering on Morrison as they left bars or merely to shout at the cars passing by to honk, [...]

11.05.2008 See the rest → 1 comment

Barack Baby Boom

by FlexRex

It was amazing to see all the PDX celebrations on the tube last night. And as I was watching, I saw something in people’s eyes–maybe it was just renewed hope for the future, but I think there was something more.
Blame it on HDTV, but you couldn’t miss the glint in those eyes. Mark your calendars, [...]

11.05.2008 See the rest → 2 comments

Obama ‘08 iPhone App Launch Party!

by JTK

If you’re very lucky, once in a while you’ll get to be part of something really great. This happened to me in September when I was privileged to be part of a fantastic team that worked feverishly to create a groundbreaking new iPhone application. The Obama ‘08 iPhone application launched yesterday (10/2/08) to [...]

10.03.2008 See the rest → 2 comments

Seen: Holy WTF!

by Dieselboi

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Originally uploaded by dieselboi

I’m all for bumper stickers and Portland is a bumper sticker town. But Oh My God, this is going crazy! And on a Saturn Sky no less. Holy crap! I found this gem at the Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club parking lot up in North Portland off N. [...]

09.24.2008 See the rest → 6 comments