SALEM, Ore., Dec. 1 -- Gov. Ted Kulongoski, D-Ore., issued the text of the following speech:

Good morning and thank you for being here today.

I don't make a habit of starting budget statements by quoting movies. But this is turning out to be year when it is best to expect the unexpected.

So let me offer a quote from the movie Sunset Boulevard. Joe Gillis says to Norma Desmond - an aging film star: "You used to be big." To which she replies, . . .

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