Oregon europlate (parody)

If the Oregon DMV began selling the European Union style license plate for the benefit of some local nonprofit (maybe a pool of organizations that promote the learning of languages) it might be able to raise quite a bit of good money.  Europlates look great on Volvo or Volkswagen, and they would most likely appeal to hipsters as well as to European car enthusiasts.

silly poetry

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O, my Oreo!
Thou makest me delight in thee!
Pull, slide, glide, split open;
Unearthing the pearl'd treasure,
Hidden in brown round shells.

Cat

Cat.
Happy purrs in the sun.
Upside down under blue sky.
Cat.
Content beyond measure.
Oblivious of petty human games.
Cat.
Sleep when it wants.
Eat, only to go to sleep.
Cat.
Paradise on earth realized.
World peace in fur format.
Cat.
Does not care what you think.
Does not care if you make six figures.
Cat.
Meows and purrs.
Jumps up on your lap.
Cat.
Does not care if you are tired.
Jumps up on your bed to make biscuits.
Cat.
Does not care if it is 4 in the morning.
Sits on your face and meows loudly.
Cat.
Is everywhere on earth.
In Canada and South Africa.
Cat.
In Afghanistan and Palestine and China and North Korea.
In Australia and Greece and Italy and Kosovo.
Cat.
Does not need Berlitz or MBA in international trade.
Meow means meow here, there or elsewhere.
Cat.

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Fire and Water

Field art at the frontline of struggle

Image via WikipediaIn Portland, Oregon, thousands of un-housed individuals are constantly persecuted and attacked by local police, rent-a-cops hired by the businesses, and by random thugs, for the crime of attempting to survive.  Especially during the weeks preceding the Portland Rose Festival, "the official festival of Portland," the police is busy driving camps out of the Tom McCall Waterfront Park, under the bridges and other prominent downtown locations, utilizing the city ordinance prohibiting camping on public right-of-way.

This year, local activist organizations Right 2 Survive, Dignity Village, and Sisters Of The Road, as well as representatives from Seattle's SHARE/WHEEL have set up an impressive camp-out gathering that is a cross between a protest, a block-party, and a mini-Rainbow Gathering, on the sidewalks of Southwest Fourth Avenue between Alder and Stark Streets.  This is done in response to the long-standing tradition (and now officially codified in the city ordinance 14A.55.010.C) that allows the parade spectators to camp overnight on public sidewalks starting on Thursday before the Grand Floral Parade on Saturday morning.

In solidarity and honour of this direct action, I have created an acrylic painting (aptly titled "Right to Survive") depicting the street camp and demonstration at the intersection of Fourth and Washington.  It is presently on display on the exterior wall of the former Greek Cucina site, on the southwest corner of the intersection.  It should be up until the parade, which is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. (allow 30 to 45 minutes before the first float arrives at the intersection, from the Portland Veterans' Memorial Coliseum via Grand Avenue and Burnside Bridge.

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• http://streetroots.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/homeless-amass-along-the-rose-festival-parade-route-along-sw-4th-and-washington/
• http://streetroots.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/u-s-soldier-holds-a-sign-supporting-homeless-vets-at-downtown-protest/
• http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/rose-festival/Grand-Floral-Parade-to-feature--94859494.html
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