Bleep
The countdown is on for the exits of a lot of Portland politicians. For example, I wonder where Mikey Schmidt will be three weeks from now. Or what beach Dud Wheeler will be hanging out on. Best pickup line: "Wanna hear my tear gas story?"
For my congressman, Earl "the Pearl" Blumenauer, it's retirement time. He'll be back in Portland now, full time, full of great ideas for the crazies on the City Council. He gave a bit of a farewell speech on the House floor last week, and you can see it all here (and read the longer script here).
Around the two minute mark, when he said "bicycling," the next thing he said was edited out. What do you think it was?
It's blank in the Congressional Record too.
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Is thete a video archive at C-SPAN?
DeleteIts bleeped there too. https://www.c-span.org/program/us-house-of-representatives/morning-hour/653012 starts at 24:24
DeleteHe has already found his corporate landing spot, shilling for PGE. He's supporting the clearcutting of several acres in Forest Park, including hundreds of very old white oaks and maples, so PGE can route transmission lines to Beaverton. Those data centers and Intel suck up a lot of power, but the goddess forbid they pay for all that new infrastructure, or consider alternate routes.
ReplyDeleteWho does he think he is, Goldschmidt?
DeleteNo... Neil worked for the Schnitzers. Earl works for Don Frisbee and all the little Frisbees.
DeleteGet it right, Jack. Now we'll have fun seeing Earl be the apologist for PGE's arboreal abuse through the gentle ministrations of the Assplunge tree butchers.
I have always thought of the Asplundh guys as the ass plunderer's....for trees of course
DeleteNeil ran the gas company, didn’t he? And didn’t his wife have some role at PP&L?
ReplyDeleteI thought his wife had some role at the county sheriff's office. Consult Bernie Giusto....
DeleteNo, I meant the other wife. When the money got good.
DeleteComplaining about the energy needs of data centers on a web based blog is…not super self aware.
ReplyDeleteNot if it excoriates because of egregious removal of park trees. That's aware.
DeleteWhat a zinger. Almost as good as 'You complain about excess CO2, yet you breathe.'
DeleteYou think this website, almost entirely is comprised of basic text, uses a lot of data? Or is it the millions of selfies and pictures of people's dinner plates and kids that get stored on the data servers?
DeleteThis site also saves energy by avoiding all editing.
DeleteIf Tik Tok isn't sold to an acceptable party by January, that cuts data usage in half. And, maybe reduces some of the stupid behavior, like the street takeovers.
DeleteHope I live long enough to see Maxine Dexter's farewell speech.
ReplyDeleteWhen Neil's scandal broke, he was in the process of buying PGE on behalf of TPG. Sounds evil, but it was actually an end-run around Erik Sten's attempt to have the City of Portland take over PGE, which would have been a disaster.
ReplyDeleteI didn’t get enough popcorn to sit through this viewing.
ReplyDeletePlay it back at half speed. It’s hysterical.
DeleteNo wonder congress is held in such low regard. What a whore.
DeleteHe's in good company in Congress. But he's one of the nuttier ones.
Delete“The Aristocrats!”
ReplyDeleteA reader writes: "Now I know what John Boy Walton looks like at 105."
ReplyDeleteLet Earl commence a nighttime study of solar panel efficiency, for mother earth and science and for the keeids.
ReplyDeleteWe’ve just finished installing an automatic whole house generator that runs off our propane tank.
ReplyDeleteShould come in handy when the brown outs start. Just have to keep the tank full.
Earl can peddle a bike to keep that one light bull on like Edward G Robinson did in the movie Soilent Green.
ReplyDeleteDid this guy EVER have a real job?
ReplyDeleteThis hack has lived off the system since he graduated. A real polished fraud for the extreme left bike crowd. He’s never held a job
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