Those of us that live in Bend have suffered with the Bend Bulletin's Editorial Board for years and what's even sadder as time goes by they get progressively worse. As the saying goes they're "just to the right of Attila the Hun". What is sad is like they used to ask about the about the Wall Street Journal is: "Does the Editorial Board actually read their own newspaper?".

When ever I hear Conservatives talk their view on terrorism it always bring up the scene in the movie "Little Big Man" when just before the Battle of the Little Big Horn General Custer asks Dustin Hoffman's character what he should do and Little Big Man thinks to himself "I've got him now". Replace Dustin Hoffman with Osama Bin Laden and Custer our Conservative geniuses.

I'm originally from Chicago and like your New England background this is normal and typical language and "No Big F-cking Deal". I remember a few years ago a bunch of old friends and school mates from Chicago had a get together and after listening to what we considered normal banter a new friend not from Chicago pulled me aside and quizzically asked. "you guys are friends?".