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TorturedBlazerFan said:
I was doing some research too and I found it pretty to hard to find what I considered good data. It seems like a weird claim and probably not true, but I wasnt getting very far. Thank you for the links.
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You'll grow old and grey waiting for Maris to provide a link that isn't tantamount to him saying he heard it once, real americans, Beautiful Central Oregon or challenging you to find the links (after providing some totally unrelated comment).
 
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barfo said:
Back when the question was land, rather than real estate value, I did a little research and found that the total foreign ownership of land in the US is about the same as the amount of private land in OR. [~27 million acres vs ~25 million acres] Which doesn't prove anything but is interesting.

Ok, one link. Here's something that claims that FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) accounts for 5% of the jobs in Oregon. That's all foreign countries, not just Japan.
You'd think, if Maris' claims were true, that number would be a lot higher.

But basically, his claim defies common sense. What is it that the Japanese own? The majority of real estate value in the state is residential, according to this link. Are the majority of houses in your neighborhood owned by Japanese? And are there big buildings downtown owned by Japanese? Which ones? The big employers, Intel, Nike, OHSU, Fred Meyer, etc.. - are they Japanese?

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The only Japanese person I've ever known to own their own home in Oregon was actually a U.S. citizen and she married an Oregonian Caucasian. Oh wait, there was another Japanese American who I worked with at Boeing and he lived in a Japanese internment camp in Washington in WWII. Nice guy, use to claim that he was the only guy to have an Asian gardner do all his yard work, his mother-in-law. So, that's two, one in Oregon and one in Washington.

I guess you'd have to include the Naito brothers but I think they were Americans. They did own some expensive real estate in Portland but must have been less that minuscule.
 
julius said:
They should show the radiation that is in the air, because I'm fairly certain some of it landed in beautiful central Oregon. and downtown Portland too.
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Im pretty sure my 2 year old has absorbed all of it and turned it into a super power where shes mad all the time. She’s like the Hulk without the muscles...
 
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julius said:
They should show the radiation that is in the air, because I'm fairly certain some of it landed in beautiful central Oregon. and downtown Portland too.
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Perhaps Bend too?
 
yankeesince59 said:
The Pats would have the best chance but IF they get by KC and meet in the AFC championship game it certainly won't be at home in Foxboro and the Pats aren't nearly as formidable on the road (Baltimore) as they are at home.
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Yeah I agree, but NE is one of those teams that its hard to count them out until they lose.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
Yeah I agree, but NE is one of those teams that its hard to count them out until they lose.
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The same can pretty much be said about any of the the top 2-3 teams in each conference...and NE is not as good as they were last year.

If they make it that far, at least NE won't have to worry about playing the NY Giants in the SB. :bgrin:
 
yankeesince59 said:
The same can pretty much be said about any of the the top 2-3 teams in each conference...and NE is not as good as they were last year.

If they make it that far, at least NE won't have to worry about playing the NY Giants in the SB. :bgrin:
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Except NE’s won what 6 Superbowls now? They just find ways to win. Or cheat I guess lol
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
Except NE’s won what 6 Superbowls now? They just find ways to win. Or cheat I guess lol
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Hey, I admit that there's no denying NE's success. They've now won 11 divisions titles in a row...ELEVEN ! That in itself is mind boggling. But Brady is longer in the tooth and has become pretty much a statue in the pocket and has very little if any mobility. In fact, I'm a bit surprised that pigeons have not started to gather on his shoulders and shit on him...and make no mistake about it, he really misses Gronk, and Baltimore is the most well balanced team I've seem in quite some time now.

But I will give you this; between Baltimore, KC, and NE, I believe they have to be the favs to win it all.
 
yankeesince59 said:
Hey man...not to go completely off topic, but I don't see anyone beating the Ravens...they're just so damn well rounded, on both sides of the ball.
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59.....Many Thanks! All these years I supported them and they finally reward the fans most handsomely. We had chances in 03,06,08,09,010,011 (really haunts me), 014(*uckin NE.) and last year. Of course, 00 and 012 were different stories. Keep on Keeping on Bro.
 
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