Comments on: The Power of Genetics!

By: ika1

ika1 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:23:27 +0000

for the record, MT, you would look awesome in french ribbed turtlenecks (especially in black).

By: brutallyhonest

brutallyhonest — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:15:01 +0000

Giving one cent to anybody to build a stadium is stupid—rich or not. If it’s such a huge success, investors will line up to get a piece.
Wouldn’t community reinvestment acts classify as similar to this? Forcing banks and taxpayers to “invest” in risky, depressed real estate ventures for the sake of one group’s idea of “the right thing to do?”

By: DopeAddict

DopeAddict — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:48:53 +0000

Aw, no need to bash soccer. Though Germany was the only country where American football was reasonably popular, they all played in soccer stadiums. Certainly giving one cent to rich people to build a stadium is so obviously stupid it can’t be defended, yet I’m sure you’re aware that there are plenty of people who devote far too much of their lives worshiping their NFL or NBA teams (baseball? probably not) and maybe aren’t so upset when public money brings a team to their god-forsaken hellhole (Arizona Cardinals, NBA OKCity Whatevers, etc.) Makes them feel like they don’t live in a fucknutz cowtown anymore.

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Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:00:10 +0000

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By: billepilgrim

billepilgrim — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:28:18 +0000

French ribbed turtlenecks? Belgian “man purses”?

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By: tvrmx

tvrmx — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:33:57 +0000

You should be thanking Hero Jr. for broadening the tax base with all those pepsi-colas sold and giant foam #1 hands.

By: robertogreen

robertogreen — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:33:12 +0000

soccer is a disaster in the pacific northwest. other than seattle, where every game is selling out 30k customers and the city is soccer mad. or vancouver, where an extremely well financed team has come together (including steve nash) has come together to launch a team in 2011 that already has generated tremendous buzz.

listen matt, if you really feel the need to pontificate, keep it on the “what the fuck you know anything about” tip. researching the portland city soccer background or the seattle team’s great success would have taken 30 seconds with this newfangled technology called “google.”

total with you on public subsidies of stadia FWIW.

By: bootlegger

bootlegger — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:57:10 +0000

Sprawling to build the new stadiums is as bad an idea as having you Portland taxpayers foot the bill. They should rebuild both parks in the same neighborhood, share parking and public transit.

By: bootlegger

bootlegger — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:55:02 +0000

The number one youth sport with a growing television viewership and increasing attendance at games. Yeah, what a terrible investment.

By: pdx2nyc

pdx2nyc — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:28:33 +0000

I live in Portland about 10 blocks from the current stadium, PGE Park, which houses both triple A baseball and USL soccer. I love going to both baseball and soccer games. The venue is terrific. It’s on the main light-rail line in the heart of the city.

I’ve been miffed about the apparent need for a new stadium. The current one is fantastic–do a google image search and see for yourself. The current plan is to build a new baseball-only stadium in the outskirts of the city. I can’t imagine this being an improvement.

The whole project seems unnecessary–construction for constructions sake. The driving force is Paulson, who is exposed to minimal risk and will have plenty of opportunities to squeeze profit from the construction and relocation effort.