Tom's Blog

From vehicle maintenance to community issues, Tom covers what matters to drivers in Portland.

De-Occupation

I’m Tom Dwyer, The Occupation meets strong resistance as cities feign safety and sanitation to trump constitutionally protected free speech

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Occupy First Step

I’m Tom Dwyer, I support the Occupy movement! We need to remove the control of wealth from our governmental framework.

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Occupied

I’m Tom Dwyer, Right now, people are Occupying Portland and cities around the world, standing up for the middle class,

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Post Office

I’m Tom Dwyer, I ask people why they think the Postal Service has troubles.  Many mention email, inefficiency, or competition,

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Buy Local

I’m Tom Dwyer, You’re aware of the national Occupy movement and the push to support the interests of the 99

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Push Back

I’m Tom Dwyer, I’ve received a fair amount of push back from people concerned I’ve been too tough on president

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Class War

I’m Tom Dwyer, Today’s favorite flavor of conservative talking point is the constant drumbeat of “class warfare”.  There is class

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Table Scraps

I’m Tom Dwyer, The vision of our country as a banquet for the Rich, where Poor and Working Class people

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Labor Day 2011

    I’m Tom Dwyer, Commercialization diminishes the real purpose of what should be Labor Day’s commemoration.  U S Labor’s 300-year

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