“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” -Martin Luther King, Jr

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Bring it on


The days are getting shorter, the shadows longer, the weather cooler and wetter. And so it's time for the City of Portland to showcase its winter storm preparedness. Executive summary: Both snow plows are pretty much ready to go.

Why the Elites Are in Trouble


The lords of finance in the looming towers surrounding the park, who toy with money and lives, who make the political class, the press and the judiciary jump at their demands, who destroy the ecosystem for profit and drain the U.S. Treasury to gamble and speculate, took little notice of Ketchup or any of the other scruffy activists on the street below them. The elites consider everyone outside their sphere marginal or invisible.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/why_the_elites_are_in_trouble_20111009/ 

TriMet - Bus Operators: make illegal left turns so when an incident happens we can blame you

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/10/watch-those-turns.html

Customer service and what it really means

Erik Halstead

All you need to know about Portland city government

Jack Bog's Blog

Michael Krupp (aka Portland's Blue Man) takes the Portland City Council to task

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8xr2BVbRpE

Tick tick tick

Jack Bog's Blog

Today on VS.

Miller v. Tri-Met :: February, 2011 :: Oregon Court of Appeals Decisions :: Oregon Case Law :: US Case Law :: US Law :: Justia

Trimet.com

http://www.mytrimet.com/legal.php

Occupy Um, Whatever

MaxRedline

The worst Trimet riders

http://www.portlandpulp.com/transportation/131366508.html

Now here's a good idea....

Throw reckless drivers in jail – or it’s open season on pedestrians

Mark Boling
I wonder if the officers raiding the  camps in cities across the US realize the protesters are fighting for them too? 

5 myths of Occupy Wall Street

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/5-myths-of-occupy-wall-street-2011-10-11?pagenumber=1

This is what a police state looks like

http://occupywallstreet.tumblr.com/post/11317075872/boston-police-attack-veterans-for-peace-this-is

I am not anonymous. I am a nonymous. But I do not forget. I do not forgive. And be sure. I will help

March Of Anonymous 

The Painful Truth

http://twitter.com/#!/OccupyPdx/status/123980647478984704/photo/1

Occupy Boston

Protesters join hands at the Police line

 is under attack. Three sides surrounded by cops.

Public Transport is a Key Economic Driver

Public transportation touted as key economic driver in keynote session - News - METRO Magazine

3 Favorite Things To Do When Riding The Bus

 I Love the Bus

Germaphobia is the real contagion

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2011/10/02/2011-10-02_germaphobia_is_the_real_contagion.html

TriMet Diaries

TriMet Diaries Links of Interest (11 October 2011) 

TruthOut: Occupy Wall Street

A Delicate Moment for the Occupy Wall Street Movement 

Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now 

The Occupy Wall Street Movement and the Coming Demise of Crony Capitalism

Is it just me, or do these look more like jail inmate photographs?

Erik H.