This is a fantastic photo: regulars at the Horse Brass Pub recreate “The Last Supper” with long-haired publican Don Younger filling in for Jesus. There’s no Judas here, just a gathering of loyal friends. Judas would be the Oregonians not pictured because they wouldn’t enter the pub while people smoked there, selling out one of their city’s legendary bar owners so they can drink Don’s beer under their own rules.
[Photo by Aaron Barnard, Vanished Twin Photography, via Willamette Week.]
Jacob Grier is a freelance writer, bartender, cocktail consultant, and magician in Portland, Oregon. He writes, eats, and drinks a lot. His articles have appeared in the print or online editions of The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times, Reason, The Oregonian, and other publications.
That is just SO much horse shit. As I said, must be smoker’s resentment (denial?)….or, is it misplaced resentment on behalf of smokers??? HUH?
Go on back home or quit complaining and DO something besides writing a lame blog….The law is the law, and as a life long Oregonian/non smoker, I’m stoked about the new non smoking law. I’ll wave at you as you stand out in the pouring rain and driving wind trying to suck on a wet butt…LOLOL
Thomas Gravon is certainly an angry and confused individual. Here he is accusing this blogger of being full of resentment/denial, and I can’t see that in this blog at all… the Blogger is simply stating facts (and showing us a worthy photo). Yes, the law is the law is the law. But some laws, including this one, is just plain wrong. The repercussions of this law should be interesting as they add injury to our already-plunging economy. For example, how will Oregonians deal with lost school funds from what used to be substantial video poker revenues? (Think: how many people have *you* seen obsessed with the video poker machine who were *not* chain smoking?)
Funny how people interpret what they read. I find you, jc, to be the angry and confused individual, angry because you can no longer smoke in bars, confused because you can’t understand why this law was passed. Your post is really nothing more than a red herring, for it’s still about the same subject matter: people such as you no longer allowed to smoke, because you do reference Oregon in that context. Enjoy the clean air, jc, that is so much healthier than smoking or forced to breath secondhand smoke.
Hey there Stevie and Tommy-boy,
I hope you two enjoy the diapers and pink rubber panties the nannies have put you two in. Both of you carry something much worse than any amount of SHS, the stench of self-righteous piety.
Waddle around and look to the north and south. Last year, up Olympia-way Queen Christine japped those filthy smokers another buck. But that wasn’t enough so she put the bite on beer, wine, booze, soda, candy, gum, and my favorite, professional services! I bet Seattle grandmas are thrilled to see a 15% surcharge added to the Joe the plumbers bill to unclog her kitchen sink. Down in LA-LA land, Rob Reiner and his TRUTH buddies are keeping theater popcorn prices down by using their excise tax cut to plant their noisome commercials in the teaser reels. Let’s not forget the video rentals like, “Holmes” where the next button doesn’t even skip their pap. Aren’t they clever? Ah well, who cares about public education and health care when you can get entertainment like this?
Now, let’s look to the middle. How’s that recently passed corporate tax working out?
You two might need those nappies Nana pinned you in. You just might soil yourself after taking a gulp of your pristine air and find out who the next target of the money-grubbing tax-masters in Salem is…….staring back at you in the mirror.