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   Message 5,688 of 6,995   
   jawod to Joe S.   
   Re: Permits turn dream into nightmare   
   29 Mar 07 10:20:02   
   
   XPost: pdx.general, or.politics, alt.politics   
   From: jawod@fuse.net   
      
   Joe S. wrote:   
   > "gatt"  wrote in message   
   > news:130gkt03oljd743@corp.supernews.com...   
   >   
   >>"Paul J. Berg"  wrote in message   
   >>news:24253-460803B0-1006@storefull-3233.bay.webtv.net...   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>When it came time to leave the sheriff's department in Nevada, my wife   
   >>>and I looked in Oregon for a place to retire.   
   >>   
   >>First mistake:  Expecting Oregonians to give a damn about an immigrant   
   >>who's whining because we don't do things the way he wants.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>Having come from a rural county in Nevada with fewer than 4,000 people, I   
   >>>was somewhat surprised that the permit was not issued right over the   
   >>>counter along with a small fee.   
   >>   
   >>I-5 exits the state to the north and to the south. If ya can't hack it,   
   >>don't move here and then bitch 'cause you don't like the way things are   
   >>done.   
   >>   
   >>Oregon has a word for people who come up here with an idea of what's what   
   >>and then bitch because we won't bend the system to suit their   
   >>expectations. We call 'em "Californians."   Is "Nevada" a code name for   
   >>"Los Angeles" now? "Tijuana"?   
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   > I've never been to Oregon but have always wanted to visit.  Some friends of   
   > mine from here in the Southeast moved there and love it.   
   >   
   > Sounds to me as though Oregon has the same problem we have down South --   
   > damnyankees who move here then proceed to tell us how they did it in   
   > NewFuckingJersey.   
   >   
   > You're doing the right thing -- give 'em a map and offer to help them pack.   
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   > Keep the South clean -- send a damnyankee back home.   
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   Martha, these grits are dry.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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