This Week in the Mercury
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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Posted by Sarah Mirk on Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Abuse of Power: Portland pays $27,500 to woman who had sex with an on-duty cop.
No More Pencils, No More Books: Thousands of fresh-faced Oregon teachers can't find jobs.
Keep Yer Charity! Some Pakistanis tell the US to take its $1.5 billion aid dollars and shove 'em.
The Bible: Now With Less Women! A conservative group is rewriting the Bible to be less liberal and effeminate.
Spoiled Milk: European dairy farmers protest milk prices by spraying cops with milk, creating the best activist photo ever taken in world history:
Comic Book Bigamy: If Archie marries two ladies will people start reading his comic again? What about if he marries Jughead...?
Hipster Debuts on Law and Order: The long-awaited L&O "hipster episode" airs.
Refusing to Have Phone Books Delivered Hurts Oregonians! An emailed response to my Yellowbook rant:
Before I begin, let me state that I have no phone books in my house and every time I get one, I immediately recycle it.I get what you're trying to do with your anti-Yellow Pages posts and I don't completely disagree. I just want you to be aware of some information that you may not know — a company in Portland Oregon, RR Donnelley and Sons, prints all of the phone books for the entire United States. In the last 5 years, this facility which used to run 5 of the largest printers in the world has atrophied down to 3 printers, thus reducing its staff by approximately 30-some percent. These are people that are now out of work and unable to provide for their families as a result of people like you opting out of receiving a phone book at their homes. The decrease in demand for phone books has also decreased the demand for delivering phone books and a similar percentage of drivers are also out of work.
I know phone books are not convenient for everyone and are often viewed as waste, but I want you to consider the bigger picture in this situation and think of those lives that are impacted directly when you choose not to receive a phone book.
Just another one of those that choose to recycle their phone books and ride a bicycle in Portland,
—
Michael
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