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I’m shocked…shocked!!! You didn’t give The Boot to MeShell Ma Bell when she went to Spain on our dimes, or should I say thousands. Maybe she doesn’t see the bumper stickers that say, “Make Local Habit,” because she rides around in limos with tinted windows and can’t see the real world.

And, what about our government sending Imam Rauf, you know, the guy who wants to build the Hamasque (sic) at ground zero, to Bahrain for humanitarian purposes at the taxpayer’s expense, to the tune of $16,000. Shoot, I went to Russia in July for humanitarian purposes, only I had to spend my own money. You guys missed a couple of good opportunities.

– John Sabo

This article appears in Sep 2-8, 2010.

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Missed Boots?

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
September 1, 2010

<h1>Missed Boots?</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />September 1, 2010</p> <p>I'm shocked...shocked!!! You didn't give The Boot to MeShell Ma Bell when she went to Spain on our dimes, or should I say thousands. Maybe she doesn't see the bumper stickers that say, "Make Local Habit," because she rides around in limos with tinted windows and can't see the real world.</p> <p> And, what about our government sending Imam Rauf, you know, the guy who wants to build the Hamasque (sic) at ground zero, to Bahrain for humanitarian purposes at the taxpayer's expense, to the tune of $16,000. Shoot, I went to Russia in July for humanitarian purposes, only I had to spend my own money. You guys missed a couple of good opportunities.</p> <p align="right"><em>- John Sabo </em></p></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/missed-boots-2136132/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=16813&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/missed-boots-2136132/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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