"Rise With Us" - Express Yourself

you little whipper snapper!

Somebody needs a hug and a kick out of town. Really, that's what they do with their spare time, find something to complain about? What's that say about their life?

Sure, take the sign down, but force the tipster to sit through The Sound of Music, A Beautiful Life, and Scrooge.

...I thought that 'Rise with Us' add was sponsored by Viagra.  If that's not the case, then I have no objection to the sign (but I do find the grain silo highly suggestive and think it needs to be removed).

what exactly is the issue?

Then watch as I smack him in the mouth.  I don't like petty little people.  

Some people need to get a life.  If they have nothing better to do than to police things along these lines, then they're just small people.  Small people make themselves feel big by tearing others down and that's what this person is attempting to do.

I can understand if it obstructs something of beauty or creates a blight.  I'd love to keep portland beautiful too.   It doesn't though.  In addition to that, this sign (although i STILL say the saying is complete corn dog and I still roll my eyes) is part of portland's culture.  It may not be an attack on the blazers, but it certainly feels like it and I'm sure that's why many people are rather irked.  

I suppose blazermania will never be what it was because of the diversity of this city and area, but it'd be nice to think that everyone was on board and behind the blazers and someone acting in this manner really feels like they're not.

Maybe blazermania will come back after we win our first championship?  Maybe it won't.  The blazers did a lot of damage for a long time.  We'll see.  I'll remain hopeful.  Maybe in a few years the grinch will realize that the blazers rock and won't care if a banner of theirs violates some portland code.

Or maybe they'll just be small hearted and mean spirited for the rest of their life.

For my part... i'd kick the bastard in the shins REALLY HARD!

That's just what I do though.

Just before I moved to Hawaii, actually a week before, our cat disappeared.  I put up a ton of signs in SE Portland and would have to go back each day and put them back up.  Someone or some people would take them down.  I even went so far at to bring steps and put them out of people's reach and they still took them down.  Some people just have nothing better to do.

I found out after I moved to Hawaii that two dogs killed my cat.  A lady with a similar looking cat identified our cat from the posters to the dog owner.  The nice lady took the time to call us and give us the bad news.  I still don't know how my three legged cat ended up over a block away and over a fence with two German Shepherds.

Anyhow, I am pretty sure the same "people" who tear down missing cat posters are the ones who complained about the "Rise With Us" sign.