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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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- Salem-Keizer Soldier's Mother: He Was Proud to Serve His Country, Felt at Peace with God Even During Harshest Conflicts. Army Pfc. Ryan J. Hill, 20, was killed Saturday in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee.(SJ)
- Disappointment With "Leadership." RinoWatch is hearing "rumors" that several Republican House members are quietly grumbling among themselves about minority leader, Wayne Scott.
- Legislative Training Is Set for "People of Color." Hosted by CAUSA, Oregon's immigrant-rights coalition. Workshops will be offered about such issues as the Real ID Act, farmworker and immigrant rights, the minimum wage, racial profiling, criminal-justice reform and access to higher education. (SJ)
- DEMOCRAT STOPS SEN. GORDON SMITH from Introducing Domestic Partner Amendment to Miniumum Wage Bill. Sen. Max Baucus threatened to invoke a parliamentary rule to stop Smith. [Using the amendment process has been the frequent tactic of Smith's getting pro-homosexual legislation passed.] (NY Blade -- Homosexual publication).
- Gordon Smith Passes Up Minimum Wage Hike -- Again. [But, he would have voted FOR it if his "same-sex partnership" amendment had been attached.](Loaded Orygun)
- Oregonian Version: Smith Was Just Being a Tax-cuts Hero. [No mention of the "domestic-partners motive" which he has repeatedly tried to get attached to other budget & tax bills in the past.]
- Senate Rejects Gordon Smith's Education Tax Provision. (Bend Weekly)
- Union Leaders Face Election Complaint. Not registering as political committee might be criminal. (SJ)
- Wyden Introduces "Stop Arming Iran Act." (Salem-News)
- Independent Party of Oregon Will Be Added to State Ballot. (SJ)
- NO NEW TAXES. "Public safety is the first duty of government, not some afterthought," NFIB/Oregon State Director J.L. Wilson said in a statement. "What Oregon small business owners are saying in this survey is that state police funding is a duty and a top priority for state government that should be funded with existing tax revenues." (Edward Walsh -- Oregonian)
- Bill Restricting "Golden Parachutes" Likely to Pass Easily, Eugene's Vicki Walker Says. Limits administrator severance pay. (SJ)
- Bad News: BIG BROTHER Bill Morrisette. (RINO Watch)
- Abortion Is a National Tragedy That Must Be Addressed. (Letter to Ed., SJ)
- Immigration Lobbyists Spend More As Legislators Consider Proposals. (SJ)
- CA: Santa Cruz Leaders Declare City a Pro-Choice Zone. City council voted five-to-two supporting abortion rights authorizing the city to join the Pro-Choice City Campaign. (KRON-TV)
- Robert Gates: Iraq Resolution "Emboldens" Enemy. (AP)
- Pelosi Taking Symbolic Trip to Iraq. [As Rush always says, "Symbolism over subtance" & as usual the taxpayer is, no doubt, paying for it.] (AP)
- Durbin Mocks Cheney Comments on Senate Floor. Calls assessment of Iraq War "delusional." (VIDEO - CNN)
- Obama Calls for Universal Health Care. (AP)
- Iowa Gov. Culver Calls for Bill Lifting Embryonic Stem Cell Research Ban. (KETV-7 Omaha)
- Oklahoma: Former Lawmaker To Be Deployed to Iraq. (KOCO-5)
- Bush Tells Congress On Iraq: I DECIDE. (Fox News)
- Oklahoma Democrat Wants "Unused Money" from 2006 Legislative Session To Go Into Teacher Retirement System. (KOCO-5)
- Senate Approves Lt. Gen. David Petraeus As Top U.S. Commander In Iraq. (Fox)
- NJ Politicians Rethinks Ban On Cell Phone Use While Bicycling. "The minute I started to talk about it in committee, I could feel my insides feeling unsure about this," said Republican Assemblyman Jon Bramnick. "When I called my wife at home about it, she said, 'Are you kidding?'" (Fox)
- Missouri: Gov. Blunt Wants Mandatory Death Penalty for Cop Killers. (News Leader)
- CHARLOTTE, NC: McDonald's Employee Shoots, Kills Alleged Armed Robber In West Charlotte. (WSOC TV)
- Mexican In Border Patrol Case MAY Still Face Drug Charges. (CNSNews)
- San Diego, CA: FEDERAL JUDGE RULES Against Boys Wearing Anti-Gay T-Shirt. Poway school can prohibit. (10 News)
- Company That Makes Crisco Takes Out the Trans Fats. (WTOL-11 News)
- Research Shows Replacement for Trans Fats May Be Even Worse for Heath... ...than the saturated fat found in foods like meat and butter. One of those replacement fats -- so-called interesterified fats -- may carry their own health threats, according to a study published in the journal Nutrition & Metabolism. The interesterified oils may not only lower HDL levels but also cause a significant rise in blood sugar, researchers found. (Zee News)
- Religious Leaders Gather In Mutual Condemnation of Desecration Of Any Religious Center. In response to graffiti being sprayed on mosque. The group said it's sponsoring a special program for the World Sabbath For Religious Reconciliation on Sunday at Christ Church Cranbrook. (Click On Detroit) [Are we to assume that those of the Muslim belief would be participating in such 'spiritual unity' if the graffiti had only been on a Christian Church?] (Click On Detroit)
- OHIO: BUS DRIVER BACKGROUND CHECKS Cause School Closings. (CNN)
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National/International News
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National/International News
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- Republicans for Abortion Want You To Thank Sen. Smith for Voting His Conscience. (Bottom of page)
- 10,000 Anti-War Signatures Delivered To Senator Smith's Office. (KOIN-TV)
- Group Calling for Smith to Defund War. (KOIN video)
- Sen. Gordon Smith Says He'll Support Warner Resolution. (Oregonian)
- Radio Talk Show Host, Hugh Hewitt, Asks Republicans To Do Their Part To Encourage a GOP Filibuster Of RINOs Against Bush On Iraq War. "...support of the war seems to me to be a "party" vote, and despite high regard for and friendship with some of the senators in question, if they don't get the war right, they won't get my money or my time." SEN. GORDON SMITH among those he wants lobbied to change his mind. Urges thanking Sen. Lieberman. (Townhall.com)
- 9th Circuit Court Rules for Environmentalists & Indians Against BPA. Say BPA did not have Congressional authorization to discontinue funding the Portland-based Fish Passage Center. (Mercury News)
- Officials On Measure 37 Deadlines: Deluge Of Claims Delays Processing for State, Counties. Deadline will be missed. (SJ)
- Activist Targets Multnomah County Homeless School. (Portland Tribune)
- Senate Rules Committee To Hear Comments About Ethics Reform. (SJ)
- Senate Budget Chief Rips Gov's Plan. Sen. Kurt Schrader, ...overly generous and unsustainable. (SJ)
- GOP Minority Discussing Possible Open Caucus. (RG)
- Sen. Smith Big On Jet Loophole, Report Says. Ethics - His office calls the figure for use of corporate planes by federal candidates highly inflated. (Oregonian)
- Roseburg Adopts Sister City In Spain. (News Review)
- Roseburg City Council Kills Ordinance To Levy Fees On Abusers Of 911 Calls. (News Review)
- Willamette Week Comments On Oregonian's "No No." When in doubt, attribute.
- Jackson County Libraries' Dilemma: Turns Out User Fees Not Legal. "It's a state statute," said Commissioner C.W. Smith. "It's against the law." (Mail Tribune)
- The Fairness Doctrine. (Jeremy Meister, The Conservative Voice)
- Hillary Gets Slammed by Liberal Radio Host For Refusing Interviews. (News Busters)
- Bush Hits the Road. Visits Delaware to push energy initiatives after asking Congress to help break America's "oil addiction" in his State of the Union address. [The real problem here is the President's (and Congress' addiction to pandering to environmental extremists. RINOs like Sen. Smith kept voting against drilling in the U.S. which would have strengthened U.S. efforts to win the war in Iraq. Now U.S. citizens are supposed to consider themselves "addicted to oil!?" The addicts are our congressmen like Sen. Smith who will do anything to get re-elected including lose a war in Iraq.]
- TOM TANCREDO: Congress "Hell-Bent" On Mass Amnesty. (News Max)
- WRONG LAW Used To Convict Border Agents. (WND)
- Bush's Words On Immigration Split Hispanics. (Reuters)
- BALTIMORE: Illegal Aliens Ask Wrong People In Van About Work. (WA Times)
- Polygraph Test Urged, By 18 House Republicans, for Sandy Burger. Appeal to Justice Dept. as part of a plea of guilty of stealing documents from the Nat'l Archives. (WA Times)
- U.S. Senate Panel Puts On Anti-Win-In-Iraq Show. Passes resolution refusing to support Bush's "troop surge" plan. Dems & RINOs take opportunity to slam war. Resolution is non-binding and no Senators, as yet, have had the courage to back up their rhetoric with a refusal to fund the troops. [Typical politicians trying to have it both ways.](AP)
- President Bush: State of the Union Speech. (WH PR)
- State Of the Union Speech Excerpts By Issue. (WH PR)
- Pres. Bush Remarks To Pro-Life March In D.C. (White House PR)
- The 12.5 Million Facts Union Leaders Don't Want You To Know. (Union Facts.com)
- Jerry Corsi Joins Vanguard.org Staff. (Human Events)
- George Step-On-All-Of-US Advocates "Kind Of Energy Tax You See In Europe." (MRC)
- Sen. Tim Johnson "Touched" By Bush Remarks. (NewsMax)
- ABC Highlights Military Wives Who Still Support U.S. In Iraq. (MRC)
- Congressman Backpedaling On Touch Action Against Swift Meats Raid? Congressman who formerly talked tough, now sympathizing with employers. (Local 6 news)
- Kerry Announces On Senate Floor, Slams Iraq War/Bush, That He Won't Run for Pres. (News Max) [Knows he doesn't have a prayer against Hillary or any other Dem.]
- Louisiana Gov. Didn't Get Her Presidential Speech Crumb. Furious Bush didn't mention Katrina. [Tsk, tsk. Maybe Bush knows that people are fed up with being asked to pour more $$ into a bottomless pit where crooks misuse the funds & where all the politicians are determined to keep the area blighted and ridden with crime no matter how much help is given to them. It's an over-milked cow.]
- PAT BOONE: Is Illegal Immigration a Laughing Matter? "Dear Senator Sarbanes, As a native Marylander and excellent customer of the Internal Revenue Service, I am writing to ask for your assistance. I have contacted the Department of Homeland Security in an effort to determine the process for becoming an illegal alien and they referred me to you." (News Max)
- More Immigrants Granted Citizenship In 2006. (WA Times)
- Libby Portrayed As "Sacrificial Lamb" At Trial. (WA Times)
- TX Mayor Wants to Ban "N-Word." (Fox)
- Fox News Latest Immigration News Stories.
- Kerr-McGee Found Liable In Oil Royalties Lawuite: NY Times. Former auditor employed by Interior Dept. became a whistleblower. [Under rules of the False Claims Act, whistleblowers who mount such cases on their own are eligible for up to 30% of the proceeds of the case, but get less if the government joins the case. According to "unconfirmed" sources, the Interior Department may have urged the Justice Department not to intevene in the whistleblower suits.] (Market Watch)
- Angus Reid Poll Claims Only Half Of Americans Support Same-Sex Marriage Ban. (Angus Reid Global Monitor)
- Connecticut: Legislator Considering Same-Sex Marriage Bill. Civil unions bill already passed. (GLBT News, Boston)
- New Hampshire: Bill Introduced to Change Marriage Law. Pro-Gay clergy against. (WCSH-6)
- The Plan To Silence Conservatives. (Cliff Kincaid)
- Misnamed Fairness Doctrine. "Hey, it’s not like the BBC is even subtle about using its muscle to squash unhelpful stories and promote those that accord more closely with its worldview. That’s why, for example, last week’s brutal hammer attack on a school boy by freelance jihadists went down the memory hole before you can say ‘religion of peace’... " (The Wide Awakes)
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National/International News
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- Australia: Islamic Exhortations To Violence Defended. Authorities investigate sermons supporting jihad, martyrdom. (WND)
- EU Group, ALDE, Launches EP Campaign Declaration for "Universal" Moratorium On the Death Penalty. (ALDE: Alliance of Liberals & Democrats for Europe) Includes ultimate abolition of executions. All political group presidents (except for the new far right group) have signed on to the declaration.
- Germany's Merkel Presses Putin To Avoid Further EU Energy "Irritation. (EU Observer)
- MEPs Accuse EU States, & EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, Of "Trying To Lie" On CIA Activities. Demanding sanctions be imposed and hearings he held. (EU Observer)
- N. Korea Helping Iran With Nuclear Testing. (Telegraph.co.uk)
- British Newspaper Says Cameron Mocks the "Loonies and Fruitcakes" Of UK Independent Party At His Peril. Why is the Conservative Party not a conservative party now? Because it is trying to obtain sympathetic coverage from the institutional Leftists of the BBC. It is also seeking a fair wind from its enemies in the Leftist press... (Telegraph.co.uk) [Once again, Keeping an eye on England & what has failed there gives insight as to what the U.S. shouldn't be, (but is) doing. RINOs are hurting the GOP just as the UK's Conservative Party has hurt their party abandoning the principles of Thatcher.] "UKIP is no longer a single-issue party, campaigning for withdrawal from Europe. It also believes in low taxes, a smaller state, immigration controls, grammar schools and an English parliament. It is very attractive to conservative-minded people, says Simon Heffer."
- EU To Fight Bad Diets With Free Fruit. (EU Observer)
- Sen. Smith Still Backs McCain's Presidential Bid. (Colin Fogarty, OPB)
- Eugene Dad Learns Lesson: Bus Goes When Doors Close. Safety of children be damned. (SJ)
- Local Lawmakers Support the Theory, But Not If More & More Taxes Required. (SJ)
- Zoo Host Program Propaganzing On Climate Change Effects On Animals. (SJ)
- Salem-Keizer: School Board Mey Increase Superintendent's Power. Supt. wants to make sweeping changes to riase student achievement. (SJ)
- SJ & Daily Astorian Editorial: Disagreeing With Global Warming Bunk Is "Ruthless."
- Legislative Alert: Call your legislator to support HB2270 & SB424. Read info.
- Clackamas: School Board OKs New Sex-Ed Program. Includes lessons on condoms. (Oregonians)
- Liberal Ecstasy: Villainizing Bush, McCarthy With the Help of 11/7 Republicans Gordon Smith, et.al. And doing it internationally.
- Feds: Prison Cost-Cutter Took Bribes. Allegations - Agents link the food purchaser for OR corrections to a 4-year kickback scheme. (Oregonian)
- Sen. Gordon Smith, Poster Child for 11/7 Republicans. A less noble creature is currently crawling out from Washington D.C.’s swamps. These are the 11/7 Republicans. Stunned by the election results of November 7, these Republican office holders surveyed the political landscape and decided that they had to distance themselves from the Iraq war to have any chance of preserving their political viability. While the 9/11 Democrats worry about the future of the country and matters of the highest principle, the 11/7 Republicans worry about their own craven interests in a completely unprincipled fashion. (Townhall.com)
- Salem: Latino Gang Brawl At OR State Prison Investigated. The medium-security prison has 885 inmates, and about 240 were in the dining area when the fight started. (Oregonian)
- Slavic Coalition Wants States To Help Slavic Immigrants More, Collect Data On Them. Community advocates say pastors are overwhelmed by parishioners' growing needs even as they deal with the cultural barriers that create them. (Oregonian)
- Changing Our Laws To Reflect Pro-Homosexuality. Oregonian puff piece favoring homosexuality as a premise of civil rights.
- English Only Law Would Bring Diverse People Together. [ONLY a common language CAN truly bring people together. Donna Nelson is completely right.]
- KXL Special Series: Sex Offender Registration, Part I.
- OR Startups See Venture Capital Stall. (Oregonian)
- Kulongoski Asking for Record Increase In Cigarette Taxes. Same excuse; it's for the kids. (KPTV)
- Multnomah County: Sex Abuse Lawsuit Targets Mormon Church, Boy Scouts. Represented by Portland attorney Kelly Clark. (KPTV-Fox 12)
- Libertarians Ask Court To Solve Party Infighting. (Oregonian)
- Beaverton City Council Hearing Today On Beaverton Fake Gun Ban. GO VOTE: Should Beaverton ban airsoft rifles in public places? (KPTV-Fox 12) As of 3:30 p.m. results are 61% yes, 36% no, 9% No opinion.
- Mother Of Eight Dismayed School Funding Could Be Deterred By Realistic Legislators. "Unfortunately, however, since legislators also represent competitive and opposing interests, including some who think schools spend their budgets more wastefully than wisely, the starry eyes of hope may meet the stony stare of refusal, and rosy plans may melt like delicate snowfall battered by dismal rain." [Yes, reality is a fact of life no matter how many stars are in one's eyes. It's called growing up and not spending more than one has. Those who refuse to grow up,(like this mother), keep wanting to rob those who do.]
- OR Soldier, Sean Patrick Fennerly, Killed By Roadside Bomb In Iraq. (KPTV-Fox 12)
- Audiocast, Kitzhaber Outlines Plans to Revamp OR Health Care. (SJ)
- Meth Violence Could Spill Over. (VIDEO -KPTV Fox-12) Authorities worry violence tied to meth smuggling in Mexico could spill past United States borders and into local communities.
- Multnomah County: Gov't Report Provides Incentive To Library Outreach to Non-English Speaking Immigrants. The report, funded by a federal grant and released last month, also studied Vietnamese and Chinese immigrants and found a lack of awareness and poor use of library services. It cited the language barrier and limited collections as significant obstacles to greater patronage. [Why not have an immigrant outreach? Few others care to frequent our pseudo-politically correct libraries any more. Let's see how long they can sucker immigrants (funded by taxpayer $$).]
- NRA Offers Free One-Year Membership to All Troops On Active Duty. OR Republican League.
- CAN TOM TANCREDO BE ELECTED U.S. PRESIDENT? (WND)
- Congressional Legislative Alert: First Major Anti-Gun Bill Introduced. (Gunowners of America)
- Liberal Ecstasy: Villainizing Bush, McCarthy With the Help of 11/7 Republicans Gordon Smith, et.al. And doing it internationally.
- New Elected Martinez Urges GOP Membership To Open Door Wider To Minorities. [Well, now. Isn't it comforting to know that Martinez, and our own Republican Pres. think that such lectures are necessary to party members who always HAVE BEEN more inclusive than any other political party. Obviously, it has never occurred to the White House that this type of rhetoric guarantees the loss of the 2007 presidential election. The GOP is doomed in 2007 unless a true conservative runs and the same boobs who are commandeering this kind of rhetoric won't allow a real conservative to run in 2007. It's already a lost campaign.]
- Michele Malkin, RNC Chair...Sigh...
- Mel Martinez Speech At RNC. (GOP.com)
- Mel "Amnesty" Martinez Elected RNC Chairman By Secret Ballot. (Hotair.com)
- (Vicente) Fox News Smears Martinez Opposition. The GOP will never out-pander the Democrats. But if they keep up this strategy, they will totally alienate their base. (VDare)
- Erotic Broadway Musical Features Nakedness, Masturbation. (Backstage.com)
- What Did Hagel Say? (Hot Air)
- Giuliani and Abortion. (The American Thinker)
- Unhappy Days: Has Arnold Schwarzenegger Jumped the Shark? (WSJ)
- Terminator Care Wants Other States to Pay. (Nat'l Review)
- Oh Boy, Alberto. Gonzales vs. Spector; Gonzales unnecessarily loses this one. (Amer. Spectator)
- Coffins Yes, Funerals No? Blogger James Lileks has a powerful riff on media coverage of Iraq war casualties. (WSJ)
- Anti-Bush Shirt Gets Man Kicked Off Flight. (News Max)
- Hillary: Just $83.8 Million? No Thanks. She passes on public funds for '08, and other candidates are likely to. They need real $$. (LA Times)
- Christ Matthews: Hillary; "Dukakis In a Dress." (Newsbusters)
- Support Grows To Make English Official. (WA Times)
- The Young Are the Driving Force In D.C. March for Life. "Such a sight will disabuse most anyone of the notion that old men or politicians are the leaders of this movement." (WA Times)
- Senators Seek Support for Iraq Resolution. (My Way)
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