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"A moderate by definition is one of three things; somebody who sits around and waits for a majority to form and then joins it, a conservative who is pro-choice, or a liberal."
-- Rush Limbaugh, June 5, 2001
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- Douglas County: RINOs, and Liberals, Using Incredible Stunts to Silence Conservative Republican Marilyn Kittelman. (The liberal News Review report.)
- Bill Kristol Will Be Speaker at the [Liberal Republican] Dorchester Convention. The 44th Dorchester Conference goes from Feb. 29 to March 2. For more information: www.dorchester.org. (Oregonian)
- Jeff Mapes, Oregonian: GOP Tries to Keep OR from Turning Any Bluer. [It's the same old group of mostly RINOs giving themselves a new group name. Pure horsy-poo.]
- Judgment Call: Gordon Smith's Choice for a Plum Federal Court Job May Be In Trouble. (Hint: It has more than a little to do with Monica Lewinsky. (Willamette Week) And another example of how fake a Republican Smith is.] "Immergut’s status as a moderate, pro-choice Republican might seem to make her a safe choice for Smith...But in today’s charged political climate, Immergut could face stiff opposition from U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and powerful members of Congress because... work she did 10 years ago as a team member on Special Prosecutor Ken Starr’s investigation of President Clinton’s sexual foibles.
- Salem Library Event Caters to Adults In Spanish. (SJ)
- Salem Man Fundraising for U.S. Senate Nomination. "...what makes Loera, 66, unique among the 10 candidates vying for the spot is that he's Hispanic..."The other candidates have not addressed the issues of immigration and universal health care," Loera said." (Thelma Guerrero-Huston & Guerrero-Huston, SJ) [Both the writers of this article and this candidate are vastly out of touch. If Mr. Loera really thinks that none of the present candidates have been talking about immigration, or universal health care, then he clearly has not been paying a single bit of attention to OR politics. Once again, the SJ has allowed their reporters to engage in a pathetic & transparent attempt to disguise an editorial as a news story. Another daily example of how unable members of the liberal media are to see themselves as they are.
- The Latest Western OR Univ. Media Flap: School Staff Accused of Free Speech Violations. (Willamette Week)
- Multnomah County: Springsteen Fan Suing Ticket-Sellers for Violating Scalping Law. (Oregonian)
- Commission OKs Rules for Hiring Agents. Changes to criteria will delay Fish and Wildlife panel's final approval. (SJ)
- 9th Circuit Court Rules In Asylum Case. May allow thousands of Salvadoran and Guatemalans to obtain asylum. Ruling favored Hugo Chaly-Garcia, a Guatemalan native in OR. (Oregonian)
- U.S. Sec'y of Edu., Margaret Spellings To Speak In Salem Thursday. Expected to talk about "No Child Left Behind" law. (SJ)
- Beaverton Hires Former Portland Police Officer Who Shot Unarmed Motorist. Based on the background investigation...Officer Sery had been cleared three times of any wrongdoing. (Oregonian)
- OSHA's Tests for School Bus Toxins Inconclusive. (SJ)
- Advocacy Group Accuses WA County Sheriff of Inflaming Community. The attorney for eight "guilty except for insanity" residents of Connell House in Cornelius has accused...Gordon, who recently notified 1,300 Cornelius residents of three sex offenders living in Connell House... (Oregonian) [Citizens should support Sheriff Gordon. He did the right thing.]
- Afghan Refugee (& Patriot) Comes to U.S. With Help Of OR Nat'l Guardsman. (SJ)
- Klamath Groups Offer Plan for Removing Dams to Help Salmon. The plan announced today came after two years of closed-door negotiations among parties that are bitter enemies over how to divide Klamath Basin water between a federal irrigation project and fish protected by the Endangered Species Act. (Oregonian)
- Willamette Alumni Heavily Involved With Peace Corps. (Thelma Guerrero-Huston, Guerrero-Huston, SJ)
- Some WA Lawmakers Want to Ban Plastic Grocery Bags. (Oregonian)
- OR Social Workers Give Seminars In Japan. (SJ)
- Caldwell: Mother sent to Prison for Failing to Report Child Abuse. Tea pleaded guilty last fall to felony injury to a child after authorities learned that her boyfriend, Miguel Rodriguez, had thrown the infant down a set of basement stairs. (Oregonian)
- UO Leaning Toward Autzen Site for Baseball Stadium. (Oregonian)
- Medford: Harry & David Acquires Wolferman's Food Co. (SJ)
- It's STILL Columbus' Fault. (Fox News) [New study clears Columbus of giving syphilis to the American Indians. But, those who hate what Columbus stands for find a way to maintain ruining his reputation.]
- MN: ACLU Arguing, for Larry Craig, People Who Have Sex In Public Bathrooms Have Expectation Of Privacy. (Fox News) [Privacy is intended for relieving one's self, not for sex. People should feel secure in knowing that they don't have to be exposed to propositions there or to having to listen to others perform sexual acts.]
- "Relationship Recognition In New England. Massachusetts allows same-sex couples to marry, gaining all of the state rights of marriage but no federal rights. A 1913 state law prevents couples from out of state from marrying in Massachusetts if their home state explicitly bans same-sex
- Bill Clinton Paints Obama As "Establishment" Candidate. (USA Today)
- Obama, Clinton Tied Nationally. (Reuters)
- Poll [for what it is worth]: McCain Takes Early Lead In S. Carolina. (Reuters)
- Lawmakers Try to Stop Boeing Sale to Saudis. (Reuters)
- VA Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Replica Testicles on Trailer Hitches. (Fox News)
- Huckabee Calls for Immigration "Hiatus" from Terror-Sponsoring States, Then "Rapidly Backtracks." (Reuters, Think Progress Blog [very liberal blog]) [Liberals resent Huckabee "pandering" to the right.]
- McCain Team Critiques Romney. (WA Post)
- Duncan Hunter Raps NATO Defense Leaders for Not Fulfilling Commitments to Internat'l Efforts In Afghanistan. (AP)
- Left-wing Actress, Diane Keaton, Drops F-Bomb On "Good Morning America." (Fox News)
- Hillary Likens White House to Prison. (LA Times)
- Teenage Gang Members Accused of Forcing 12-Year-Old Girls Into TX Prostitution Ring. (Fox News)
- Which Constituency to Offend. (Bruce Walker, American Daily)
- "Please Don't Do That": Man Says Hospital Forced Rectal Exam. (Fox News)
- Former Michigan Congressman Indicted for Ties to Terrorist. Mark Deli Silijander, Republican, faces laundering, conspiracy & obstruction of justice charges. Siljander's attorney denied wrongdoing by his client. (CNN) [The OR Conservative is withholding judgment on this one. Time will tell more than is being told thus far.]
- School Girl Rape Victim Burned with Acid. (Fox News)
- Former MO Mayor Taped Begging for Mercy. (Fox News)
- NYC Plans Education Effort on Bedbugs. (Fox News)
- Muslim High School Athlete Disqualified Over Uniform. (Fox News)
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National/International News
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- Bush Promotes a Palestinian "Right of Return." But should this be? "That recommendation came as a mild shock, given that the "right of return" to Israel is transparently a code phrase to overwhelm Israel demographically, thereby undoing Zionism and the Jewish state, and so never before a goal of official Washington." (Daniel Pipes)
- Merkley Fundraising Ahead of Fellow Democrat Steve Novick. (Oregonian)
- Senate Candidates: Fun with Fundraising Numbers. At first GOP Sen. Gordon Smith's spokesman, R.C. Hammond, said his boss wouldn't have any fund-raising totals until...But not long after, Hammond called back to say he did have some figures after all. (Jeff Mapes, Oregonian)
- State Unemployment Rate Basically Flat for End of 2007. (SJ)
- New Ethanol Rules Take Effect In OR Counties. (Oregonian)
- Marine Reserves Idea Moves to Legislature. (SJ)
- Feb. Session a Lovefest? Don't Bet On It. (Michele Cole, Oregonian)
- New Medical School Planned Mid-Willamette Valley. (Oregonian)
- Q&A with Barney Speight, Head of OR Health Fund Board. 2007 Legislature created in Senate Bill 329 to find ways to extend health insurance coverage to some of the 600,000 Oregonians without it. The board also will recommend ways to improve health services and restrain costs. (SJ)
- Portland School Board Approves Construction Fee On Developers. Unanimous approval [for anti-business move]
- Legislator, Fred Girod (R-Stayton) Revives Effort to Make Site a Nat'l Park. How does Silver Falls Nat'l Park sound? The National Park Service rejected the idea of making Silver Falls State Park a national park in 1926 and again in 1935. ...before either Congress or President Bush can consider elevating Silver Falls to national-park status, Girod's bill must pass the Oregon Legislature. (SJ) [This is hardly a conservative proposal for a Republican.]
- Tigard-Tualitin Teachers Approve 3-Year Contract. gave teachers a 4 percent annual salary increase, end two-tier health care benefits for new and longtime teachers and guaranteed preparation time for elementary-school teachers. (Oregonian)
- Medicaid Design Meeting Set for Today. (SJ)
- OR Students File Class-Action Against BCTI. (Oregonian)
- OR Politicians' Congressional Web Sites Win Awards. (SJ)
- DNA Leads To Suspect In Two Unsolved Rapes. (Oregonian)
- Salem-Keizer: Lawsuit Says Asbestos Contamination from Cleanup Was More Extensive Than First Reported. (SJ)
- Portland City Hall Moves to Jefferson High School for a Week. (Oregonian)
- Far-Left Nat'l Org Support Bi-Sexual Kate Brown to Other Dem Candidates for SOS. 21 Century Democrats (Oregonian)
- OR SOS Debate Polite. (Oregonian)
- No Set Deadline to Decide On Lars Larson's Appeal On Kulongoski Decision. (Oregonian)
- Michigan Holds GOP Presidential Primary. (AP)
- Norm Coleman "Party Unity" Ranking Dropped to Lowest Ever Last Year. voted with a majority of fellow Republicans just 64 percent of the time last year on the eve of a tough re-election battle, his lowest rating since entering the Senate in 2003. Looked at another way, the Minnesota senator opposed his party 36 percent of the time, putting him fifth among GOP senators, behind party moderates Olympia Snowe (Maine), Arlen Specter (Pennsylvania), Susan Collins (Maine) and Gordon Smith (Oregon).(Examiner)
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OK Republicans Hit On Radically-Left Senatorial Candidate Andrew Rice. The Communist "21st Century Democrats" Respond... By Emphasizing How Much They LOVE Andrew Rice. Same org that loves Oregon's Kate Brown. (See OR news above)
- Cloned Animals May Be Used for Food In U.S., FDA Says. (Bloomberg)
- Romney First To Attend Michigan Auto Show. Huckabee, McCain (& Lieberman for McCain) follow. (Michigan Live)
- Roger Clemens Attn'y Hints to Congress that Subpoena Not Necessary. (NY Daily News)
- Fox News: Obama Declares Truce.
- Citigroup Posts Record Loss On $18-B Writedown. (Bloomberg)
- Nat'l Review Says Romney Has "Found His Voice." Romney was pressing a point that resonates here with Republican voters. They don’t trust McCain’s lip-synching of Al Gore on the environment. At a suburban Detroit forum hosted by the conservative Americans for Prosperity Saturday, McCain was actually booed for his embrace of global warming. Romney, like George Bush in 2000, excels in these forums and is a favorite to win among Republicans.
- Bio-Artificial Heart from Rats? The process is called "decelluarization." Replaces rat's cells with those of patient. (CNN)
- McCain Overtakes Giuliani In NJ Poll, While Obama Gains. (NJ.com)
- Romney, McCain Each Insist They Are the Answer for Michigan's Auto-Industry Revival. (AP)
- Thompson Hits Key Topics In Latest SC Ad. (AP)
- Alfonse D'Amato & Co. Rooting for Fred Thompson. State Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long also has been talking up Thompson, as he did in an NBC interview broadcast yesterday, saying: "None of the other [candidates] have been consistent conservatives." (Newsday)
- Top U.S. Admiral Knocks Chavez's Colombia Comments. (Reuters)
- Supreme Court Reject Experimental Drugs Case. ...declined Monday to consider a ruling that terminally ill patients have no right to be treated with experimental drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration -- even if that means the patient will likely die before the medicine is approved. (Star Tribune)
- Obama Picking Up Support In Harlem. (AP)
- Giuliani Declares
Self a "Change Agent." (AP) [That line "may" steal votes from Dems, but it won't steal any votes for other GOP candidates.]
- Fred Thompson Tied for Second Launches a New Ad In S.C. (Carl Cameron, Fox News)
- Latest Rasmussen Poll Looks Good for Thompson & McCain. (Power Line Blog)
- Fred Thompson Picks Up Key Evangelical Endorsement In Battle Against Huckabee. (Blogger News)
- Sales of Pro-Thompson Items Goes Up Following SC Debate. (News Wire Today)
- DUNCAN HUNTER -- Yes, He's Still Running. (U.S. News)
- Duncan Hunter Gets Another Key Endorsement. (News Blaze)
- Brit Hume Reports. (Fox News)
- Ron Paul Surprises Diners at Reno Eatery. (Reno Gazette-Journal)
- Ron Paul Draws a Crowd In Carson City, NV. (Tahoe Today Tribune)
- NAACP Pres. Defends Ron Paul Against "Recent Smear Attempts." (The Southern Avenger)
- You May Like Ron Paul, But Would You Like His America? Paul is a true & pure Libertarian. And if we take libertarian principles as a whole, this IS what you might get from a Ron Paul presidency. (Allan Saxe, Star-Telegram)
- Giuliani Isn't Swaying Them In FL. (Louise Rog, LA Times)
- Pelosi, Bernanke Review Stimulus Options. "I hope that we can work together — recognizing the independence of the Fed — and coordinate monetary and fiscal policy that will soften the blow for hard-working families affected by an economic slowdown," Pelosi said in a statement released after the meeting. (AP) [TV footage of this meeting doesn't show a very warm-looking Bernanke.]
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