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■Portiani» (Observer Page 6 November 19, 2014 New Prices Effective May 1,2010 • Martin tatué Cleaning °F F ree E nterprise Service Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Residential & Commercial Services Minimum Service CH G $45.00 A small distance/travel charge m ay be applied CARPET CLEANING 2 Cleaning Areas or more $30.00 Each Area Pre-Spray Traffic Areas (Includes: 1 sm all H allw ay) 1 Cleaning Area (only) $40.00 Includes Pre-Spray Traffic Area (Hallway Extra) Stairs (12-16 stairs - With Other Services): $25.00 Area/Oriental Rugs: $25.00 Minimum Area/Oriental Rugs (Wool): $40.00 Minimum Heavily Soiled Area: Additional $10.00 each area (Requiring Extensive Pre-Spaying) UPHOLSTERY CLEANING Sofa: $69.00 Loveseat: $49.00 Sectional: $ 109 - $ 139 Chair or Recliner: $25 - $49 Throw Pillows (With Other Services): $5.00 ADDITIONAL SERVICES • Area & Oriental Rug Cleaning • Auto/Boat/RV Cleaning • Deodorizing & Pet Odor Treatment • Spot & Stain Removal Service • Scotchguard Protection • Minor Water Damage Services SEE CURRENT FLYER FOR ADDITIONAL PRICES & SERVICES Call for Appointment (503) 281-3949 i A lo N ty T á I'V x S TH é BSFORÉ: < VT IS Paying Heavily for their Political Failures Democrats ditch the working stiff m anm ade clim ate crisis, U.S. voters have now elected a congressional m ajority that den ies global w arm ing. (D id I m ention that it’s also a by D onald K aul m ajo rity fin an ced by oil, gas, and D ick T uck, the coal m o n ey ?) legendary political B u rd en ed w ith a reverse R obin p ran k ster and w it, H ood tax structure that robs the once ran fo r local poor to give to the rich, voters elected office in San F ran the p eo p le w ho are m ost ad am an t cisco and lost. H is that the rich, the richer, and (m ost o f co n cessio n speech, in its entirety: all) the rich est be tax ed lig h tly (if at “T he people h av e spoken — the all) lest they cease creatin g jo b s. b a s ta rd s .” W h eth er they c reate jo b s o r not. N ow , you know m e — I w o u ld n ’t A n g ered by the political gridlock say anything like that ab o u t the in W ash in g to n , A m ericans not only recent elections. It’s v u lg ar and I’m reelected th e leaders o f the R ep u b co u th . lican o b stru c tio n ist cau cu s, they H ow ever, if the shoe fits ... substantially increased its num bers. Perhaps it’s safer to qu o te the F ru strated by P resident B arack Sage o f B altim ore, H .L. M encken, O b a m a ’s inability to clear up the w ho said: “D em ocracy is the theory m ess in the M iddle E ast (Iraq, Syria, that the com m o n people know w hat A fg h a n istan , an d all th at), they they w ant, and deserve to get it b acked the party that m ade the m ess good and h ard .” in the first place and has y et to so T h e 2 0 1 4 m id te rm s w e re a m uch as ap o lo g ize fo r it. M encken m om ent. T he resu lt is that W e the P eople It w as a disaster fo r the D em o find o u rselv es at the m ercy o f cy n i cratic Party, o f course. T h ey lost cal m an ip u lato rs jo in e d at the hip every election that w as possible to w ith true-believing ignoram uses. lose and a few that w e re n ’t. But it H ow did w e g et here? w as an even g reater disaster for the I blam e the D em ocrats for having A m erican people. lost th eir identity as a progressive F a c e d w ith an o n r u s h in g party o f the w orking stiff. The D em o cratic Party is in ste a d ...n o th in g at o f h e a lth c are c a rrie d th e day, ev en all. I t’s a c o llectio n o f p o litical th o u g h th e p la n o v e rc a m e its e arly strands that pull in one direction p ro b le m s to b e c o m e a su cc e ss. Its and push in the other. fla w s w e re e x a g g e ra te d . Its v ir M oreover, it’s leaderless. O bam a tu e s b e c a m e se c re ts. has his virtues — h e ’s b rig h t and T h a t’s a failu re o f p o litical le a d reaso n ab le — but h e ’s an aw ful e rs h ip , w h ic h D e m o c ra ts p a id fo r politician. H e m akes Jim m y C arter h e a v ily . look like L yndon Johnson. T h e re ’s ta lk n o w in W a s h in g N othing m akes this clearer than to n o f a n ew sp irit o f c o o p e ra tio n his treatm ent o f the A ffordable C are b e tw e e n th e tw o m a jo r p a rtie s. A ct, also k n ow n as O bam acare. T h is ta lk is g e n e ra lly b e tw e e n E ssentially, he m ade a speech and p e o p le w h o s ta rt d rin k in g b e fo re let his crack federal b u reau cracy n o o n . h andle th e details. F o r th e p a s t six y e a rs R e p u b li T o m ake a long story short, it c a n s in C o n g re ss h a v e d o n e e v didn ’ t w ork. T he rollout w as h o rren e r y t h i n g in t h e i r p o w e r to d ously inept, and O b am a did next to d e le g itim iz e P re s id e n t O b a m a . nothing to sell the plan to a c o n T h e y ’v e q u e stio n e d h is c itiz e n fused public until it w as too late. sh ip , h is p a trio tis m , h is in te lli In to th e re s u ltin g v a c u u m th e g e n c e , an d h is re lig io n . T h e y d id R e p u b lica n s in je c te d a n e v e r-e n d th at w hile n arro w ly co n tro llin g one in g b a rra g e o f v itrio l. W ith o u t h o u se o f C o n g re ss. b e in g v e ry s p e c ific , th ey c h a ra c T o think that giving them full te riz e d th e p lan as an u n p a ra lle le d control o f both cham bers w ill m ake d is a s te r. A n d th ey d id it o n a d a ily them kinder, gentler, and m ore am e b a sis. F o r tw o y e a rs o r m o re , R e nable to co m p ro m ise requires a leap p u b lic a n s c o u ld h a rd ly b ro a c h o f faith available only to saints and a n y s u b j e c t — th e w a r , th e fools. e c o n o m y , th e w e a th e r — w ith o u t M ay G od help the U nited States in c lu d in g a ra n t o n th e e v ils o f the next tim e w e have to raise the m a k in g h e alth c a re m o re w id e ly debt limit. a v ailab le . OtherWords columnist Donald R e g re tta b ly , th is d e m o n iz a tio n Kaul lives in Ann Arbor, Mich.
