It was election night, November 7, 2006. Our local informal neighborhood salon of the intelligentsia had been involved in a political campaign, and here we were watching the results come in on the huge big-screen projected TV at campaign headquarters. Our candidate did not win, but we were all gratified by the shifting of the balance nonetheless. As part of his acceptance speech, Governor Ted said something along the lines that "...Oregonians understand global warming is an Oregon problem." That night our meme was born.