One of the curiously 'Portland' stamps of identity is the weekly paper known as the WILLAMETTE (rhymes with d-it)WEEK. The Willamette Week claims to "provide our audiences with an independent and irreverent understanding of how their world works so they can make a difference." This weekly newspaper spares no one from its witty pen but reflects the humorous ironies and personality of this city we now call home. Here are some of my favorites from this week's issue.
1. In an interview with Hillary Clinton, who is passing through Oregon 'making her pitch for Portland's progressive vote,' the WW asks Clinton,
"If you had to get a tatoo, what would it be?"
She replies, "Gosh, I have been asked a million of questions, and no one has ever asked me that. I have so little interest in having a tatoo, that I just am going to have to ponder this. I think it would be really, really small, like under a microscope.."
WW: "Where would you put it?"
Clinton:"I'm not going to tell you that!"
2. "If you are going to beg for change at an intersection, look like you need it. If you sleep outside and wear a Gore-Tex jacket, you're not homeless. You're camping."
3. "This is a nod to all those rich white Dems on the inner east side (of Portland, that is) who lord diversity of their kids' schools over their westside cronies, as if those black and/or poor classmates existed solely to assuage white guilt. Slapping an Obama sticker on the Lexus hybrid does not bridge the racial divide, especially if your main interest in 'diverse' public schools is how enlightened it makes you look."
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