Helloooo...

Ok, I know you are out there and I know you are reading this. So, why is it when the boys over at the other sites chase their own tails everyone has so much to say??? They talk in supposition and speculation over there..."what's going to happen at the debate on Friday? Well, let me tell you..." Meanwhile, I'm talking about things that are really happening that have an impact on people here in Oregon and the rest of the nation, not just some jingoistic notion that what happens in the good old town of Portland is all important. Don't get me wrong. There are really important issues in Portland, and as a Portlander they matter to me. But there is so much more. Portland politicos have been buying into their own press (especially since they generate it themselves) that they don't seem to realize there are bigger fish to fry.

I met an 11 year old girl last night who had just written a scathing letter to the President, attacking the No Child Left Behind Act. She could not only articulate a problem but she did what most people don't: she offered a series of solutions. At 11! What she had to say was so well thought out that I was saddened that adults who pride themselves on being "in the loop" were so far behind the curve compared to this kid. I know there are people who have something to say who don't; people who are thinking critically and not just parroting some social guru.

I've seen some of you on BO and Bog's site. Most of you are women who aren't buying into the boy talk. Stop giving the spotlight to them and come over here and have a real discussion about women and women's issues- which by the way include things like clean affordable water and utility bills, city infrastructure like police and schools, and how to bring industry to Oregon. The difference for us as women is that those issues are interconnected with "typical" women's issues like abortion rights and domestic violence, not separate and distinct.