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generalbetrayus

(1,235 posts)
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 01:17 PM 19 hrs ago

This was posted by a friend of a friend of mine on Facebook. Stand strong Portland!

Last edited Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:13 PM - Edit history (2)

- UPDATED TO INCLUDE PART OF THE ORIGINAL LETTER THAT WAS SOMEHOW MISSING IN THE ORIGINAL FACEBOOK POST -

"My dearest wife,
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze. Our platoon has foraged for bush food, and is now forced to live on cacao nibs and gluten-free bagels, though Lieutenant Knickerbocker believes he knows where he can raid some salmon jerky. Not an Arby's is in sight, and the grumbling of my stomach is part of this ordeal. A mere child has from afar ruined our stew with her banana-slug catapult.
This is not the enemy our fearless leaders advised us to expect, in that they are all pale, even pasty, but defiant or rather not defiant but interested in longwinded discussion of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, which our officers will not engage in as long as the enemy wears t-shirts blaspheming against our Lord and our leader. Nevertheless three of our men have defected, one lured by a tarot reading and a promise of dry socks, two went off to shut down a drag show and never returned. My own faith has been shaken by the discovery that Antifa merely means anti-fascist, and is not an organized terrorist group, but my commanding officer will not address what it means to be anti-anti-fascist.
A Golden Retriever has stolen my ammo belt, undoubtedly trained to do so by these infidels.. Will it never stop raining?"
I remain,
your devoted husband,
Ezekiel
p.s. Mother says I should retain a lawyer lest I be given unlawful orders, which Private Johnson (the one who defected to the Mossy Maidens Ultimate Frisbee team earlier) says we were following all along. Can you compose a missive to Cousin Isaiah to ask whether he would oblige?

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This was posted by a friend of a friend of mine on Facebook. Stand strong Portland! (Original Post) generalbetrayus 19 hrs ago OP
? Portland sounds great! txwhitedove 18 hrs ago #1
it must be Conjuay 14 hrs ago #19
Lived in Portland (Oregon) for a year. Job working. chouchou 18 hrs ago #2
There's a trip down memory lane.. Permanut 17 hrs ago #9
Ahh Thanks..brought it back to me. chouchou 17 hrs ago #10
This is brilliant! More please! Hekate 18 hrs ago #3
Love it!!! PatSeg 18 hrs ago #4
from behind the lines to the west of Portland OldSWODog 18 hrs ago #5
Camp Granada (Allen Sherman) without the rain stopping. rubbersole 17 hrs ago #6
Hello Muddah, hello Faddah... GiqueCee 17 hrs ago #8
Good parody of Ken Burns' The Civil War. sop 17 hrs ago #7
Maybe Jimmy Kimmel can read it in the manner of Ken Burns Hekate 17 hrs ago #13
Stephen Colbert's show does it on a regular basis. Wednesdays 16 hrs ago #15
Wonderful. I'd forgotten -- Kimmel's name only came up because he just got back. Hekate 16 hrs ago #16
These Ken Burns' Civil War letters to mother have become a meme in the NFL. sop 15 hrs ago #18
Yes! The Sullivan Ballou letter! FailureToCommunicate 15 hrs ago #17
Just sent this on to a select few friends -- thank you so much Hekate 17 hrs ago #11
A friend from Portland wrote to me: No "war" going on here. Just a handful of peaceful protesters. he is trying to cause appleannie1 17 hrs ago #12
Exactly. Mockery and satire first -- banana slug catapults next Hekate 17 hrs ago #14
They can defeat tRump's goons with simple weirdness Blue Owl 14 hrs ago #20
Well done! liberalla 13 hrs ago #21
I could just hear this in the background as I read it: Tanuki 12 hrs ago #22
Although written in 1982, this piece so perfectly fit the Ken Burns' series. 3catwoman3 36 min ago #25
Love this. llmart 10 hrs ago #23
From Andy Borowitz soldierant 10 hrs ago #24

Conjuay

(2,693 posts)
19. it must be
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 06:25 PM
14 hrs ago

years back a bunch of people I knew went to Portland for a convention. After a week there almost half of them came home, got their stuff together and moved there permanently.

chouchou

(2,392 posts)
2. Lived in Portland (Oregon) for a year. Job working.
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 02:59 PM
18 hrs ago

Loved the town. Lived on Hawthorn. Liked Freddies ...is that the drugstore?? Been long ago.
The was a girl Sax player got up in the record business...Harden my heart ??

Hekate

(99,587 posts)
3. This is brilliant! More please!
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 03:02 PM
18 hrs ago


My dearest wife,
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze. Our platoon has foraged for bush food, and is now forced to live on cacao nibs and gluten-free bagels, though Lieutenant Knickerbocker believes he knows where he can raid some salmon jerky. Not an Arby's is in sight, and the grumbling of my stomach is part of this ordeal. A mere child has from afar ruined our stew with her banana-slug catapult.
This is not the enemy our fearless leaders advised us to expect, in that they are all pale, even pasty, but defiant or rather not defiant but interested in longwinded discussion of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, which our officers will not engage in as long as the enemy wears t-shirts blaspheming against our Lord and our leader. Nevertheless three of our men have defected, one lured by a tarot reading and a promise of dry socks, two went off to shut down a drag show and never returned. My own faith has been shaken by the discovery that Antifa merely means anti-fascist, and is not an organized terrorist group, but my commanding officer will not address what it means to be anti-anti-fascist.
A Golden Retriever has stolen my ammo belt, undoubtedly trained to do so by these infidels.. Will it never stop raining?"

OldSWODog

(113 posts)
5. from behind the lines to the west of Portland
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 03:11 PM
18 hrs ago

Good news in Beaverton! Resistance partisans have shut down the one Arby's in town by disabling commandeered WMI trucks in front of all doors. In our struggle we are inspired by our comrades to the east. Unfortunately, no good news out of Claskistan. Cheers, OSD

GiqueCee

(2,852 posts)
8. Hello Muddah, hello Faddah...
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 03:39 PM
17 hrs ago

...a blast from the past! One of the funniest novelty tunes ever! Thanks!

sop

(16,197 posts)
18. These Ken Burns' Civil War letters to mother have become a meme in the NFL.
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 06:13 PM
15 hrs ago

Former Colts QB Andrew Luck inspired a twitter account titled 'Captain Andrew Luck.' It's absolutely hilarious.



appleannie1

(5,347 posts)
12. A friend from Portland wrote to me: No "war" going on here. Just a handful of peaceful protesters. he is trying to cause
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 04:13 PM
17 hrs ago

an incident. No one is buying it.

Blue Owl

(57,412 posts)
20. They can defeat tRump's goons with simple weirdness
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 07:05 PM
14 hrs ago

Some mind-fuckery that can make MAGA heads explode….


3catwoman3

(27,785 posts)
25. Although written in 1982, this piece so perfectly fit the Ken Burns' series.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 08:40 AM
36 min ago

It is hauntingly beautiful, and I could listen to it on a continuous loop without tiring of it.

And to watch the 4 musicians play together is a real treat.

llmart

(16,878 posts)
23. Love this.
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 10:40 PM
10 hrs ago

Very clever and hilarious. However, I'm sure it would be way over the heads of any MAGAt who read it. They would think it was real.

soldierant

(8,961 posts)
24. From Andy Borowitz
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 11:07 PM
10 hrs ago
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/federal-troops-arrive-in-portland

Federal Troops Arrive in Portland and Immediately Form Bands

PORTLAND (The Borowitz Report)—Donald J. Trump’s latest use of the military against US citizens backfired spectacularly on Saturday after Federal troops arrived in Portland, Oregon and immediately formed indie bands.

Across the city, personnel who were until recently members of the military were seen at pawn shops, trading in their automatic weapons for mandolins and zithers.

Within minutes, Portland’s bulletin boards became plastered with flyers for such newly-minted bands as The Kristi Nomads and Hegadeth.

As the city’s sidewalks transformed into an obstacle course of harmonica-blowing buskers, one longtime Portland resident commented, “We didn’t need Federal troops, but we really didn’t need more bands.”

(There are a couple of good pictures also)
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