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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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- Transportation Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Is Latest High-Profile Program to Be Considered for Stimulus Plan. (Rotor.com) [And what are Senator Gordon's Smith's proposals regarding this? (Read last paragraph). Is there such a thing as "Marxist capitalism?" Apparently our legislators think so although they won't be honest enough to call their oxymoron sales pitches what they are actually trying to sell.]
- State House Candidate, Wingard, Admits Past Misdemeanor for Striking Son, Vows to Win Key Race Anyway. Bruce Hanna abandons his support of Wingard. (Willamette Week) [Records were supposed to be expunged from court records. Blog responses to this article are testy.]
- Gov. K. Names Members Of Climate Change Panel. (Oregonian)
- METRO, COUNTIES WILL GET TO SET GROWTH AREAS. "Land use - The hard part will be choosing which land will have houses and which will stay rural" (Oregonian) ["Hard part"? What's hard? They can use eminent domain, in any way they wish, thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against generations of prior court decisions protecting private property rights. Property rights are dead, socialism is in. Rural land is only for the bugs and increasingly non-existent farmers. Like crowded city life or else leave the state.]
- Portland: Dozono Submits Donor Forms for Mayoral Run. (Oregonian)
- SENATOR WYDEN Wants to add Road-Building Projects to "Stimulus Package" Bill. Sen. Patty Murray, (D-WA) wants summer job programs for youth. Others suggested payments for home heating bills and Medicaid payments to states. [A chicken in every pot...
- UMPQUA Bank Listed 13th Among Top Companies In U.S. By Fortune Mag. (WW)
- Doubling Of Energy Tax Credits Advances. Legislature -- the renewable-power proposal could come to a vote next month. The new tax credit would be specifically for companies that build renewable-energy equipment manufacturing facilities in Oregon. (Oregonian)
- Portland: Entrepreneur, Community Organizer, 96% Sure He'll Run for Erik Sten's City Council Seat. (WW)
- Idaho Wolfe Spotted In NE OR. (Oregonian)
- Adams Cuts Deal with Gas Stations On Street Tax. [OR Bloggers vent over another business tax.] (WW)
- Plan to Post Caregiver Records Advances. (Oregonian)
- Randy Leonard Fundraiser Shows How $$ Stays In Politics. (WW)
- Study Claim: Police Oversight System Lacks Trust. (Oregonian)
- Schoolhouse Crock: Parents, teachers question a Bond issue putting buildings before programs. (WW)
- Judge Scolds Mom Who Got Kids to Steal (On a daily basis). (Oregonian)
- Killing Time: Dead men waiting on Oregon's Death Row. “We have a situation in Oregon where nobody but a volunteer gets executed,” says Norm Frink, the Multnomah County senior deputy district attorney who oversees murder prosecutions in the county...Meanwhile, we spend millions to keep all 35 men on death row. Millions more in public money is spent paying lawyers to wage endless battles in court. Victims’ families must relive...(WW editorial, James Pitkin)
- Tuality Nurses Approve New Contract. (Oregonian)
"When Ronald Reagan called RAMBO a Republican the die was cast." Sylvester Stallone on the Rush Limbaugh Show, 1-25-08
Stallone's latest Rambo movie debuts this weekend. |
- Time Magazine Conjectures: Is Dobson's Political Clout Fading? [Oh, liberal hopes never die. Like homosexual fake-conservative, Andrew Sullivan, liberals expect a huge turn in political events when the older, well known, religious leaders die off. Sullivan happily has repeated offered hope for homosexual civil rights advancement, within the GOP, by pointing out that no young versions of these religious leaders has come forward with the same political strength. The GOP national establishment is waiting for a chance to permanently kill the Reagan wing of the GOP as such leaders pass away.]
- Enzi Passed Over As GOP Leaders Hand Senate Finance Seat to Sununu. (CQ Politics) [Will this make a difference in Sununu's chances of re-winning his home Senate race? Pundits conjecture his re-election is in danger.]
- Senate Finance Committee Web Site.
- From John Kerry to You. (Biz Journals) [Kinda sounds like the same rhetoric as Sen. Smith, doesn't it?] ]
- And Joe Biden's Next Job May Be...? [If the Dems win the White House] Biden directs Politico article about him to his mailing list.
- Veterans Against McCain Launch You-Tube Video. But, only 6,268 people have viewed it thus far. Several former conservative representatives (B-1 Bob Dornan) & senators say how McCain hurt veterans.
- McCain & POWS Policy. (You Tube)
- Remember from the Clinton Administration... (video)
- Ron Paul Alleges Boondoggle On the Bayou. ...allege that Paul supporters were forced to file provisional ballots even when they were pre-registered as delegates for Paul and they accuse the Louisiana Republican party of changing the rules at the last minute. (ABC News)
- Stimulus Plan Not a Done Deal - Ask Wyden. (Jeff Mapes, Oregonian)
- How Bloomberg Fares In California. (AP)
- The Candidates and Pro-Taxpayer Positions At a Glance. Americans for Tax Reform.
- RNC Life Blog. By Colleen Parro.
- News Outlets Distort Delegate Counts. An insightful article for the New York Sun written by Josh Gerstein (1/22/08) reveals discrepancies in the Delegate counts being reported as the primaries and caucuses occur. (RNC Life)
- Exodus VP Randy Thomas Links Civil Rights for Same-Sexers to Wealth. (Ex-Gay Watch)
- MD: Bill Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Introduced. Proponents claim that a quarter of MD lawmakers support measure. (Balto. Sun)
- PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON SAME-SEX CIVIL RIGHTS. (According to USA Today)
- FL: Presidential Race, Pro-Same-Sex Rights Petition Collide. The Human Rights Campaign is focusing much of its attention on Florida where an anti-gay group must collect a final 22,000 signatures to get the 611,000 they need to put their proposed marriage ban amendment on the ballot this November. (Dallas Voice, homosexual web site)
- Why Assume MLK Favored Same-Sex Rights? For
‘‘I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people and I should stick to the issue of racial justice,’’ she told the audience. ‘‘But I hasten to remind them that Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.’ I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream to make room at the table of brother- and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people.’’ (Ledger, The Rev. Stan Duncas, United Church Of Christ in Abinton, MA) [Same liberal church as Barak Hussein Obama]
- High Court Steps Into Legal Fray Over "Light" Cigarettes. (First Amendment Center)
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National/International News
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- OR Senate Candidate, Merkley, Escapes Injury In Car Roll-over. (KTVZ)
- Walden: Tax Rebate Could Avert Or Ease Recession. (KTVZ) [Double-talk. Can't even our own Republicans call this legislation what it really is?]
- Farmers Sue Over OR Cougar Kills. State Sen. Alan Bates, D-Ashland, said the state's thinning of the cougar population pales next to the number killed annually by sport hunters. (UPI)
- Democratic Roundup Aims At Gordon Smith. (Oregonian)
- Rep. Patti Smith Won't Run for Re-Election. (Oregonian)
- Green Energy Tax Credits Taking Heat. (Oregonian)
- Specialty Crop Growers Look for Bigger Share. (Oregonian)
- WA State: The Biggest Same-Sex Caucus. (Reddit, Oregonian)
- Mexican Flag Pride. (Oregonian)
- Moore Apologizes to Smith for "Mormon" Poll. (Jeff Mapes, Oregonian) [Why!?]
- KATU: Ho hum...No Sparks at First OR Senate Debate. Gordon Smith, the man Democrats hope to unseat in the fall election. The debate - sponsored by The East Oregonian newspaper - gave Democrats Candy Neville...
- OR Senate Candidates Avoid Criticism In First Debate. (SJ)
- Sen. Wyden Signs Letter Condemning Religious-Based Attacks On Barack Obama. "In fact, from ages 6 through 10, he attended a public school in Indonesia with both Muslim and non-Muslim students. Sen. Obama is not a Muslim; he is a Christian who attends the United Church of Christ." (Philadelphia Jewish Voice.) [His United Church of Christ church is acutely liberal politically and oriented towards blacks only. The OR Conservative considered these churches to be, basically, fake churches.]
- Legislature Will Debate License Rules. Proof of residency requirement will affect state drivers. Rep. Terry Beyer (Springfield): "The federal government is forcing us to use driver's licenses as national identification, which is not fair," she said. "A license to me shows you are qualified to drive, know the rules of the road and have taken the tests." (SJ)
- Salem-Keizer: Council 7-1 Vote Advances Big-box Plan for Keizer Station. Public will have chance to speak on the issue if planning panel approves proposal. (SJ)
- Salem: Five People Face Drug Charges Following Raid.
- Comcast Cable Customers Will See Higher Bills March 1. (SJ)
- Slain Bend Soldier, Army Sgt. Zachary McBride, Honored As Exemplary. (Bend Bulletin)
- Beware, Political Spies... (David Steves, RG)
- Homeowners, OR City Battle Over Flood of Sewage. Joey and Loretta Roche seek compensation; Oregon City says it's not to blame (Oregonian)
- Sacagawea Statue Stolen from Fort Clatsop Park. Is a federal offense. (SJ)
- "Death Warrant?" For "offending" sea lions only? [How do they determine which ones are the "offenders?" Why don't they allow hunting? Why should taxpayers pay the kill bill, with no economic gain for anyone?]Salmon and sea lions are protected species. But California sea lion numbers are booming, while many Northwest salmon species are struggling. (Oregonian)
- Portland Community College Considers Record $374-M Hike. (Oregonian)
- Magazine Lists Portland As Top Place to Have a Baby. (Argus Observer)
- Mitt Romney Plays Softabll At the FL GOP Debate. (LA Times Blog)
- Nixon Son-In-Law Stumping for McCain. The irony is that Cox and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, both worked for the same law firm and have known each other for years. And, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's father challenged Nixon for the GOP nod during the 1968 presidential race. (Biz Journals)
- NY Times Endorses Clinton, McCain.
- CA: Former NBA Star, Kevin Johnson, Seriously Considering a Run for Sacramento Mayor. Johnson would shake up an incestuous local political scene, where Fargo and four other members of the City Council are represented by the same political consultant: Richie Ross. (Sac Bee)
- Sly Stallone Endorses McCain. (Newsmax)
- Bill Clinton Says Race, Gender to Decide S.C. Vote. (USA Today)
- Reuters Reports: Health Changes Matter More to U.S. Democrats - [Harvard] Study. [Uncoded: Democrats prefer socialist solutions and therefore are more compassionate.]
- Billionaires Unveil New Aircrafts; Say 2008 the Year of the Spaceship. (NY Times)
- Huckabee Struggles to Keep "Scrappy Little Army" In Fight. (CNN)
- Duncan Hunter Endorses Huckabee. (Fox) [Too bad.]
- Windows Small Business Server at Risk from Critical Flaw. The flaw is also considered critical for Windows XP and Vista users.
- Second Break-In At Romney HQ. (AP)
- Tancredo Demands Pardon Of Border Agents Following Latest Murder Of Border Agent. (Borderfire Report)
- NYC: Report: Dangerous Mercury Levels Found In Sushi Tuna. (Fox News)
- Conservative GOPers Still Won't Embrace McCain. [McCain surge because of who?] Despite a voting record that suggests he should be in conservatives' good graces - he has an 82.3 percent lifetime rating from Keene's ACU - McCain has strident critics within the conservative establishment. Among them are Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, Former Sen. Rick Santorum (who has vowed to support any Republican but McCain), and a host of conservative talk radio hosts led by Rush Limbaugh, who has suggested a McCain nomination would "destroy the Republican Party." (CBS)
- CNS Spin: "Thompson's Consistency Lost Out to Change.
- Romney: Thompson Dropping Out Benefits Me. (CNN)
- Gov't CDC Claims Adults Opting Out of Keeping Vaccinated. Conjecture on why. (Red Orbit)
- TN State Sen. Him Tracy "Disappointed" At Thompson Withdrawal. (Shelbyville Times-Gazette)
- [If polls mean anything] Giuliani's FL Win Appears In Danger. (AP)
- U.S. Senate Rejects Surveillance Law Renewal. (SJ/AP)
- Abortion: More Sadness Despite Lowest Abortion Rates Since 1974. (G. Tracy Mehan, III, American Spectator)
- Time Magazine Asks Why Abortions Numbers Fallen.
- Chicago: Pro-Abortion Fund Provides $$ to Poor Girls. (Chicago Tribune)
- Socialist Workers World Knows How Important Abortion Is to Maintain Socialism. "Hyde Amendment was racist and anti-poor...They got help from the capitalist political establishment..." [Women's rights were never the real issue.]
- Did God Make My Son Homosexual? (Orthodox Presbyterian Church)
- Maryland Poll Shows Only 19% Would Support Same-Sex Marriage. 39% would support civil unions instead, 31% oppose any legalization of same-sex unions. Same-Sex marriage bill to be introduced this coming week. (Balto. Sun)
- For the Cause -- Losing Principle, Losing America. (Pat Buchanan)
- Paypal Freezes New Hampshire Recount Funds. (Prison Planet)
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National/International News
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- France's SocGen Hit By $7.1-B Alleged Fraud. Further subprime write-downs announced; bank plans capital increase. (MarketWatch)
- Media Revels In Sarkozy Taj Visit. (BBC)
- Bilateral Issues Top Sarkozy's Agenda. Delhi's laying out the red carpet for French Pres. Nicolas Sarkozy. France has already given the thumbs up to the Indo-US nuclear deal and is awaiting the finalization of a safeguards agreement.
Sarkozy has also favored India's inclusion in the UN Security Council. (NDTV)
- Britain: Factbox -- How Political Donations Are Regulated. (Reuters
- Britain: The Telegraph Web Site Launches a Swish UK Gen'l Election Political Map with...website launches a swish UK General Election political map with... ...an inbuilt swingometer and opinion poll feature
- The SPECTATOR.co.uk/americano Liberal Brits on U.S. elections.
- Pro-Family British Blog, "The Difference" Compares British Attitudes, On Marriage, to "Flat-Earthism."
- Britain: Adam Boulton Blog Hits PM Brown On Wanting To Give Indians Honorary Citizenship.
- Britain: Peter Hitchens Blog: The Dangerous Uselessness of "Euroscepticism."
- Britain: MPs Back Below Inflation Pay Rise. (Sky News)
- The Telegraph Lists the Top 12 Think Tanks In Britain.
- Britain: 20,000 Wind Turbines - Plus a 15% Rise In Electricity Bills. (Times Online) [Going environmental whacko isn't cheaper.]
- Where Has Gordon Put His Moral Compass? (Daily Mail, UK - editorial) [Won support being against a major gambling casino, but he is now a different man supporting not just one major casino.]
- Palestinians Stream Out Of Gaza, Seeking Supplies. (Reuters)
- Hitchens vs Hitchens -- Am I My Brother's Reviewer? A word of explanation is needed here. Some of you may know that I have a brother, Christopher [A nasty anti-Christian atheist], who disagrees with me about almost everything. (Daily Mail, UK)
- Peter Hitchens On "the Most Dangerous Author In Britain." The atheists have driven God out of the classroom and off the TV and the radio, and done a pretty good job of expelling him from the churches as well. But one stubborn and important pocket of Christianity survives, in the Narnia stories of C. S. Lewis. Now here comes an opportunity to dethrone him and supplant his books with others which proclaim the death of God to the young.
- Australia: New PM Changing Pacific Ties. Rudd has already met Michael Somare, the Papua New Guinean PM who was barred from traveling to Australia by former PM John Howard. (The Star) [In other words the socialist Rudd, who replaced the conservative John Howard, are smooching with socialist enemies of Australia true to form of leading socialists everywhere.]
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