Boardman Country

Some folks might just get frustrated and move.

I, however, am not one of them.

I have determined to remain perfectly content and subservient even after having read Wednesday’s article by Holley Gilbert of The Oregonian entitled “Washington May Wipe Out Driveway Car Washing.”

After all, Queen Christine and her minions up on Mt. Olympia have proven time and time again that they know what’s best for all mankind.  Certainly, when her inevitable edict comes to my town I will be the first of her loyal subjects to obediently put away my hose, bucket and chamois, get into my car and drive down to the carwash, that is, if she thinks it’s still okay to have a clean car by then.

I wish she could have been my mommy and that the state Department of Ecology’s Bill Moore could have been my daddy.  Just think, all these years I could have still been having my diaper changed for me!  They just probably didn’t know that back when I was very little I learned how to be a big boy and go pee-pee and poo-poo all by myself.

I know that I still need lots of help to think the right…uhhh…left way, but I keep wondering why my big brothers on the  state Pollution Control Hearings Board are bothering to have a “hearing” in October if they’ve already decided “to uphold the state’s ability to exceed federal standards.”  Hmmm.  I guess I’ll have to ask them that when I grow up.

So, I’m very happy that the smart people in Washington are “protecting” me from myself.  But the only thing I still get a little sceeered about is what if someday they accidentally forget to remind me not to pick my nose, or…to…inhale?

I bet I’ll feel better when we have an Obama Nation to watch over us.

You’re in Boardman County!

Make yourself at home and be sure to breathe,

Brad

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