The Doofus from Rufus
About an hour east of me, along I-84, lies Rufus, OR (pop 270). Don’t blink, you’ll miss it. Named for an early settler, Rufus Carroll Wallis, it’s a little over 1 square mile in size. The mayor, Dowen Jones, was elected with a whopping 76 votes in 2018. I was shocked this week to read a story about Rufus in my morning WaPo. The story is bizarre. On Halloween night, an SUV traveling on I-84 abruptly pulled over to the shoulder. A car slowed after seeing the maneuver, and tried to get the license plate to possibly call for help. As they passed, Mr. Mayor decided to make Halloween really scary, stepped out of the passenger side and began shooting at the vehicle which contained 2 adults and 2 children. They were not injured but I guess they did get a good description because he was arrested the next day and charged with attempted murder and assault. The city council president was surprised, and told NBC news he was a good guy. A good guy with a gun, until he wasn’t.
Why don’t the people who know them ever say—“They must have lost their damned mind”.
1Undoubtedly inspired by the ‘Rufous Ratbastard’, mega-loser DJT.
[Rufous being an actual orangeyellowreddish brown color:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous
Also “However, the color is also recorded earlier in 1527 as a diagnostic urine color.[3]”, for the Pissant Maximus.
2Been by Rufus many times over the years. I try not to go that direction anymore, especially since I disowned Iduho where I grew up. E. OR has become a different world and wants to be part if Iduho. Good riddance. As for the city council president of Rufus, NBC misunderstood that he thought the mayor was a good guy- think he probably meant he thought he was a good guy and a better shot.
3Holy cow, this showed up on al.com! And I thought the south had a lock on crazy,!
4@Steve from Beaverton, the red hats are a little tight out there.
5@Sandridge, love the Pissant Maximus reference
6Maybe we should pass stricter hat legislation.
7Require good guys with a gun to wear a white hat, for easier identification.
Also, anyone with a red hat is disqualified.
Well apparently I’m gonna be the one who has to say it.
HOWS ABOUT THEM ASTROS!!!!
8Ya congrats. At least some things are good in Texas. Hard for a lifelong Dodger fan to admit.
9An armed society is a polite society – for a somewhat unusual usage of the word “polite.”
10Was he drunk?
11Translation of that “always such a good guy stuff”: he has lost his damned mind. Kinda like when southerners say “well, bless your heart.”
12That’s the problem with guys with guns. You never know if they’re good guys or bad guys until they start shooting at people. They all seem to think they’re John Wayne and that John Wayne movies were documentaries.
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