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So says T. Boone Pickens in his new TV ad. Find more videos like this on PickensPlan I just saw this ad on TV (KGW 8) and am intrigued by it. What do you think of it? Have you joined the Pickens Plan Army yet? Do you plan to? If so, what are your primary reasons? Here's Pickens' Plan. The gist of it appears to be that he wants America to do as he has personally done and...

The folks at Talking Points Memo have traveled to Austin to cover Netroots Nation, and one of the first interviews they've conducted is with Jeff Merkley. It's a fairly extensive discussion, ranging from Smith's recent failed TV blitz, Merkley's lead in the polls, Barack Obama, the primary with Steve Novick, the current ads by the DPO, the politics of Oregon, and more. Have a look:...

On July 23rd join us in welcoming the Bush Legacy Bus Tour @ Waterfront Park at Yamhill & Taylor from Noon-2:00PM. This 28-ton rolling reminiscence on just how awful this administration has been. Think you know how bad the last eight years have been? The Bush Legacy Bus is a unique, interactive museum on wheels that neatly encapsulates the now-discredited Conservative ideology of...

So Austin, Texas is hot. And I don't mean that hot in the kind of way that draws you in and makes you want to linger and enjoy it. Its hot in that wet, heavy, sticky, sultry kind of heat that takes your breath away. I think those of us from the Pacific Northwest are especially susceptible to that kind of heat blast. Our temperate climate spoils us for the rest of the world's weather extremes....

Last week, Oregonian sports columnist Ryan White noted an odd conflict on the schedule for August 28th. While Barack Obama is accepting the Democratic nomination for President, the Oregon State Beavers football team will be playing their season opener against Stanford. One of the games in conflict with the senator's speech is Oregon State's season opener at Stanford. Beavers fans will enjoy...

When I woke up this morning, I certainly didn't plan to donate $8.34 to some guy named Sean running for state representative in Kansas. But I just did. Why? Because this cartoon right here is the coolest explanation ever of what a grassroots campaign is all about. No state lege candidate in Kansas has ever had more than 644 donors. But Sean Tevis has already hit 4000 donors and counting...

For far too long, an elephant has lorded over the American living room, eating all the snacks, taking up the entire couch and pushing everyone else to the edges — with all but a few daring to mention the elephant. That elephant is America—s ultra rich, who over the course of the past three decades staged an impressive comeback. Last night, two elephant hunters came to Portland. Noted...