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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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National/International News
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- OR Democrats, GOP Join Forces Against Independent Candidates. From the 'World Socialist Web Site' [HEY! They've already got heavy-weight socialist Peter DeFazio who has done everything he can to aid any anti-capitalist, anti-American org he can. Who needs independent candidates to advance communism?]
- Daniels Blog: We've Got Two RINOs & a Republican Running for Gov.
- Gov. Candidate Saxton Has $1-M & a New Campaign Tune On Abortion.
- Condoms at High School Would Be Juvenile Idea. Karen W. Sorenson, Oregonian
- Are You a 'Gas-Guzzling Hog? Start feeling guilty you 'addicted to oil' person!
- Libertarians, Money & the Smell of Irony. Anna Griffin, Oregonian.
- Portland: City Tax Will Be Hard Sell.
- Bend: Next Round Begins In Battle Between Wal-Mart, Its Foes.
- Tram Costs Go Up -- Again.
- Lane County Publisher Prevails In Libel Suit With Green Berets.
- For Vicki Walker It Was Better to Stay In Politics Than to Run for Gov.
- Why, They Aren't Slackers, They're "Young Creatives."
- "The Botany of Desire?" Don't laugh too fast, tickets were sold out.
- Multnomah: College Plans Campaign for Bond Issue.
- City Fees for Development May Go Up.
- Voters Running Out of Options. "I kept asking myself, 'What are you doing, Vicki? You're giving the voters no options. Their options are horrible." -- Liberal columnist, Steve Duin, Oregonian.
- OR Dumb Criminal, Get-a-Way Bicycle-Rider.
- Fitness Center Sex-Abuse Trial Focuses On Videotape.
- Ron Wyden Responds to State of the Union Speech.
- Cool Reviews May Detour Tax Plan.
- Potter Shift Tram Construction Oversight. Over $30-M over budget.
- Troubled Ex-Lawmaker Turns to Bankruptcy for Relief.
- Wal-Mart Arson Caught On Surveillance Video.
- Head of OHSU Calls for Cost-Cutting Experiment.
- Northwest Lawmakers Hail Call for Energy Independence.
- 'Sold' Signals Southeast Precinct to Clear Out Its Cars.
- Union: No Threat On Outsourcing, Bond Issue.
- 11,200 Gallons of Sewage Overflows Into Creek.
- Two Words In Tax Law Are Worth Millions.
- Agencies May Buddy Up In East County.
- Cultural Trust Donations Hit Record $2.32-M.
- Group Drops Bid for Initiative to Support School Construction.
- Lawmakers Seek to Enhance Emergency Communications.
- OSU Prof Will Press Research Challenge.
- Sorenson Wants to Cut Corporate Kicker To Help Colleges.
- State Begins Project to Track Serious Hospital Mistakes.
- West Linn Council Asks Voters to Extend Terms.
- Salem: Lawmakers Seek to Enhance Emergency Communications.
- Albany Group Helps Seniors Make Sense of Medicare Part D Plan. “There’s so much misinformation out there but it’s not a bad plan. Once they get some of the kinks worked out, it’s going to be a good thing,” Beth Fox, executive director for the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program at Linn-Benton Community College.
- Alito Splits With Conservatives On First Vote. Sides with criminal that lethal injection cruel & unusual punishment.
- McCain: Congress is Addicted to Pork. [And like most politicians McCain is addicted to BS.]
- House Republican to Choose DeLay Replacement Today.
- ABC Delivers Most Slanted State of the Union Coverage.
- BUSH SLAMMED for Scant Message On Border Issues.
- W. VA Gov. Seeks Halt In Coal Production. [Gee, afterall all the work the Bird did to give W.VA priority over coal mining in other states? All that manipulating of environmental laws for nothing?]
- Bush Speech: Word of the Night for Public Mood, "Sour," Used by ABC, CNN & Fox.
- MD Legislature: Christian Conservative Outsider Now a Hero for Some. A former airplane parts machinist, Dwyer, 47, took an interest in politics after taking a class, Christianity and the Constitution, in 1998. He quit his job, took up work lecturing on the constitution and its religious origins, and became a zealous advocate of a movement that put up his instructor, Michael Peroutka, as the Constitution Party candidate for president.
- Write-In Ballots... Could End Two-Party Dominance. Kaye Grogan, Renew America.
- Here We Go Again: Murtha Renews Call for Troop Withdrawal.
- Ohio: Dem Candidate Won't Swear Off Campaign Contributions from Lawyers Seeking Business with State. Running for AG & vowing to revise legal-firm selection.
- Ohio: GOP Leader Trying to Avoid a Primary Race for Gov.
- Hot Issue: Marriage in CO.
- NBC Planning to Offend Christians Again In Upcoming Episode of 'Will & Grace.'
- WA: Molestation Victims Say They Want Reforms, Not $$.
- Congresswoman Woolsey Gave Sheehan Ticket to Bush Speech.
- Not All Drug Dealers Are Created Equal. You're better if you're an illegal alien.
- Women Sue WalMart Over Morning-After Pill
- GOP Congressman, Chris Smith, Urges Suspension of 'Baby Pesticide.'
- VA House Passes Illegal Immigration Bill.
- D.C. Capitol Chief Apologizes for T-Shirt Ejections of Women.
- Evangelical Org Will Not Take Stand On Global Warming. No more 'what would Jesus do?' Here's hoping.
- Tancredo & Bay Buchanan: Enforcement First!
- Wall St. Journal Columnist: TANCREDO HAS GONE RESPECTABLE, Pres. Better Support Him.
- NY Bound Puppies Used as Drug Smugglers, Feds Say. Drugs 'stitched' surgically.
- Is Ethanol the Answer?
- FL: Rental Truck Driver Arrested After 23 Mile Chase. Identity, nationality not released.
- FL, Gov. Bush: Tax Less, Spend More.
- FL School Board Settles With Boy Who Wouldn't Stand for Pledge.
- FL Senators Unveil Permanent 'No-Drilling" Buffer Zone.
- FL County Considers Offering Students Cash for Crime Tips.
- NC: NASCAR Rep. Charged With Child Sex Crimes. Girl was only 11 when he began sexual affair 4 years ago.
- Greyhound Driver Admits Shuttling Cocaine On Bus.
- 9th Circuit Court Rules Against Partial-Birth Abortion Limits.
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National/International News
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- They Don't Make Movies Like This Anymore! A must see on The Cheezer, an OR conservative blog.
- No PERS In Oregon's Newest City. [Kudos to Damascus for going private.]
- Nursery Owner Will Run for District 18 House Seat Again.
- Kohler: Health Care Alternative Rates a Test. [Yes! It has limits as to what it can do.] Kohler hopes to get private or public backers -- or both -- to help OHSU test the idea by trying it out on at least 5,000 Oregonians, selected from those who lost coverage under the Oregon Health Plan during the past three years.
- Fourth Candidate Joins Marion Assessor's Race.
- As Potter Prioritizes 'Visioning,' Others Aren't So Sure. [That's an understatement].
- Vicki Walker, Other Senators Fail In Effort for Special Session.
- Anti-Cross Activist Recalled As Offbeat, Compassionate. Sam Porter said he believes his father's concerns stemmed from growing up during the Depression, and later when he visited World War II concentration camps as a war crimes special investigator. [Funny, the Depression didn't have that effect on my parent, grandparents and other people who have visited WWII concentration camps. Can't we just agree he was an anti-Christian nut? Period.]
- Portland School District to Parents: Rules Will Be Enforced Against Parents Who Lie to Get Kids In Best School. [Force kids to eat intellectual mud and like it. Force their parents to pay for it.]
- State Looks at Why Companies Flee or Flourish.
- Lake Oswego: City Officials Win Court Ruling from 9th Circuit Court On Advertising Signs. May regulate height, placement and design of signs advertising local businesses.
- ...And Liberals Resent the Way Christian Conservatives Preach? [Oregonian's lefty columnist, Duin, in typical socialist form -- even the church isn't allowed to have a bottom to their pockets, less much the taxpayer. And if they don't won't fork out more to freeloaders then they aren't Christians. Forget the kindnesses they've already been doing for years.]
- Unitarian (Communist) Church Invites Guests to State of the Union Speech.
- 2 Democrats Push for Investigation of Security Breach. Sen. Floyd Prozanski (socialist) & Rep. Carolyn Tomei.
- Monument Mayor Jailed After Car Crash.
- Facing the Final Enemy... One of Oregon's Veterans from the Pearl Harbor Attack facing his last fight.
- Last of Followers of Indian Guru Avoids Prison.
- Opinion: Abuse Accountability Shouldn't End With Billera Statesman J.
- Police Arrest Man In Child-Porn Case.
- Casinos' Profits Should Benefit Oregonians More. Letter to Editor, Statesman J.
- State OKs Poultry Farm Near Molalla.
- 'Humpback Mountain' (as Limbaugh refers to it) Gets 8 Oscar Nods.
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National/International News
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Sheehan: This? In the Name of Her Hero Son?
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Sheehan in the arms of dictator Hugo Chavez