Ron Paul, on the 1992 L.A. riots:

http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.african.american/msg/c8668bd3662b0fa5

The Los Angeles and related riots mark a new era in American cultural,
political, and economic life. We now know that we are under assault from
thugs and revolutionaries who hate Euro-American civilization and
everything it stands for: private property, material success for those who
earn it, and Christian morality...

...Regardless of what the media tell us, most white Americans are not
going to believe that they are at fault for what blacks have done to cities
across America. The professional blacks may have cowed the elites, but good
sense survives at the grass roots. Many more are going to have difficultly
avoiding the belief that our country is being destroyed by a group of
actual and potential terrorists -- and they can be identified by the color
of their skin. This conclusion may not be entirely fair, but it is, for
many, entirely unavoidable.

Indeed, it is shocking to consider the uniformity of opinion among
blacks in this country. Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5%
of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market,
individual liberty, and the end of welfare and affirmative action. I know
many who fall into this group personally and they deserve credit--not as
representatives of a racial group, but as decent people. They are,
however, outnumbered. Of black males in Washington, D.C, between the ages
of 18 and 35, 42% are charged with a crime or are serving a sentence,
reports the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives. The Center
also reports that 70% of all black men in Washington are arrested before
they reach the age of 35, and 85% are arrested at some point in their
lives. Given the inefficiencies of what D.C. laughingly calls the "criminal
justice system," I think we can safely assume that 95% of the black males
in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal.

(Ron Paul claims this was ghostwritten by a staffer.)

I have done a lot of walking around the Portland area, over the years.
For example:
I have walked From Orchards to Vancouver.
From Vancouver to Portland
From Portland to Lake Oswego
From Lake Oswego to Oregon City
From Oregon City to Canby
And from Canby to Woodburn

(I have also walked from Portland to Sauvie Island, Portland to Gresham, Gresham to Troutdale, Lake Oswego to Tualatin, and several other walks)

So, by knitting all my walks together, I have walked from Orchards to Woodburn, which is a pretty long stretch of ground to cover.
But, over the years, as far as I can recall, I have never actually walked directly from Portland to Beaverton. That trek over the West Hills has eluded me all these years.
So one thing I am going to do this year is walk from Portland to Beaverton, which really won't be that long of a walk.
But there is a list of other places I have yet to visit on foot, but will soon enough:
Ridgefield! Battle Ground! Camas! Corbett! Boring! Sherwood! Hillsboro! North Plains!
That is one of my missions for 2008. I am going to see all the other parts of Portland!