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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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- Newport: Association Rebuffs Gov's Proposal for Nominating Marine Conservation Reserves. "This is the velvet green glove of environmentalism, and what's in it is an iron fist," said Dan Varoujean from the Coos Soil and Water Conservation District board of directors. "You can hear it in the language (of the governor's proposal). It's an edict, not a true democratic process." Terminology used by the governor's office, opponents contend, is as telling as the forced timetable. The descriptor for reserves has morphed from "heritage" to "cultural," a seemingly subtle but critical nuance that plays to members of the public - a largely misinformed public, critics say - concerned about preserving ocean resources for future generations. (Terry Dillman, News-Times)
- State Reps. Edwards & Riley Among Dems Urging Gov. K to Secure State Driver Licenses.
- NY Times Calls Wyden Amendment "Bright Spot" In This Week's Senate Action On FISA. [So, now our Senator is has both the ACLU & NY Times stamp of approval. Feeling good?]
- Sheriff Giusto Says He's Confident He'll Be Cleared In Goldschmidt Case. (KATU)
- Pastor Of Hispanic Church, Facing Rape Charges, Now Under Fire for Lavish Homes. (KATU)
- Cries of Abuse, Outrage Erupt at Hispanic Church. Scandal -- The case against a Portland pastor began when female parishioners rose to confront him. (Oregonian)
- Road $$ Takes a Detour. (Dylan Rivera, Oregonian)
- Property Annexed Despite M-37 Shadow. (Hillsboro Argus) (Oregonian)
- Oregonian's Longtime Legal Office Mgr. Accused in Embezzlement Caper. (By Kurt Eckert, The Argus)
- Lane County: Gov. K. Appoints Two [left-wing] "First-Generation Americans" to Judgeships On County Circuit Court. (RG) Kasubhai is a first-generation American of [East] Indian decent...Zennaché is the son of a French-Algerian immigrant who never learned to speak English...Both have "civil rights" experience in their legal backgrounds.
- ACLU Disappointed In Senate Intel Committee Vote On FISA, But Glad for Wyden/Feingold Amendments Giving Slight Improvement On "Bad Bill." (ACLU)
- Pre-Halloween Scare as Silverton Property Assessment Increase. (Justin Much, SJ)
- Bi-Sexual Candidate for Sec'y Of State Says She Seeks to Improve Gov't Efficiency. Sen. Kate Brown charmed local Dems...(SJ) [She charms a lot of Republicans also, thanks to the likes of Oregon Republican Leadership Institute (ORLI) (See "Oregon Conservatives; Set Up and Sold Out" on front bottom page of The Oregon Conservative.]
- Salem: Mayor Janet Taylor Will Seek Fourth Term. (SJ)
- Wyden, Blumenauer Introduce Amendment to LACEY Act to Prohibit Import, Or Sale, Of Illegally Sourced Timber & Wood Products. (Business Wire)
- OR Would Be Joining 11 Other States By Raising Tobacco Taxes. (Janie Har, Oregonian)
- OREGON BALLOTS Go Out Friday. Oregonian blog)
- Governor's Aide Won't Seek Job As Treasurer. Leaves Republicans without a candidate to take on Sen. Ben Westlund. (SJ)
- Willamette Broadband to Be Purchased By Seattle Co. (SJ)
- Woodburn: Ex-Youth Football Member Arrested. Johnny Guzman, 38...(SJ)
- Neglect Case Falls Into Law's Gray Area. Hurt boy -- Should a Medford dad face charges for leaving his sons, ages 6 and 9, at a skate park? (Oregonian)
- Betty Casey Wins Limbaugh Smear Letter at $2,100,100; Rush Matches Bid; MC-LEF Will Get a Total of $4.2-M. (Rush Limbaugh)
- Republican Senators Back Stevens Despite FBI Probe. GOP colleagues opening wallets for upcoming election. (AP)
- List of Donors Donating to the International Republican Institute. (AP)
- What Is the International Republican Institute? (www.iri.org)
- Wikipedia's Take On International Republican Institute (IRI).
- McCain-Led IRI Active Abroad. McCain-Chaired GOP Institute spends taxpayer, corporate $$ promoting democracy abroad. (ABC News) [Lot's of spin here. Wear your thinking cap.]
- Congressman Calls for Congress to Vote on Broadcast Freedom Bill. Would permanently ban the FCC from reinstating the "Fairness Doctrine." (SW Nebraska News)
- Tis the Season...to Fight the ACLU Again. As the leaves turn yellow & red turning us towards days of Thanksgiving & remembrance of the Lord's birth so it also turns us to an uninvited, unwelcome part of Christmas activity. (Family Security Matters)
- As Expected, Michigan Gov. Endorses Hillary Clinton. (AP)
- Mel Martinez Steps Down As Gen'l Chairman Of RNC. (USA Today) Comments left on USA Today blog by OR Conservative: [Pandering has always been a Democrat trait. When Republicans do it, it not only looks like pandering, it looks like copycatting.
The Martinez appointment was a bad move from the beginning, especially when his stance on illegal immigration is so against the general GOP membership view. It caused contention between Republicans at state levels that has left bad feelings. Results of this will affect future state elections. It was a divisive move by Bush. The illegal immigration issue is too important to many Republicans for Bush to have gotten away with this move.
- OR School Funding Lawsuit Gets Another Day In Court. (Julia Silverman, Oregonian)
- Object Of Limbaugh Theory Flatly Denies It. (David Edelstein, NY Mag)
- Pelosi Makes Political Misstep In Reversal On Armenian Genocide. (Bloomberg)
- ACLU Celebrates Removal of Financial Support for "Creation Science" Earmark from Appropriations Bill. (ACLU) The earmark was removed by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA).
- Senate Rejects Vitter Proposal to Stop Funding Planned Parenthood, Abortion Clinics 52-41. (AP) Sen. Boxer claimed that it is already against the law for the federal gov't to fund abortions. [Gotta bridge to sell...]
- Sen. Vitter Shifts $100,000 from Creation Science. Bowing to pressure...cites "hysterics" in evolution dispute. (Times-Picayune)
- GOP Moves to Halt Hillary Clinton's $$ for Woodstock. (AP)
- WA Court: More Pay for Employees' Time In Car. (Oregonian)
- CONGRESSMAN BOBBY JINDAL EASILY DEFEATS 11 OPPONENTS TO BECOME FIRST NONWHITE GOV. OF LA SINCE RECONSTRUCTION. Jindal, a 36-year-old Republican will also be the nation's youngest gov. The Oxford-educated Jindal had lost the governor's race four years ago to Gov. Kathleen Blanco. He won a congressional seat in conservative suburban New Orleans a year later but was widely believed to have his eye on the governor's mansion. (AP)
- Louisiana: Jindal Likely to Take Seat for GOP. (Opinion, Real Clear Politics)
- LA GOP Surges as National Republicans Sag. GOPer & U.S. Congressman Bobby Jindal may be about win a GOP primary race without having to face a runoff. (Jeff Crouere, Bayou Buzz)
- Jindal Might Avoid Runoff for LA Governor. (AP)
- Newt Gingrich: Jindal's Health Care Plan a Nat'l Model. (Red State)
- LA: Crying Baby, Murdered By Mother, Just Needed Love. (KTBS-TV)
- Why, Cosby, Why? (Red State)
- WA: Cambodian Mother Says Language Barrier Hindered Her Calling 911 for Missing 4-Year Old Son. (Diana Hefley, Herald.net) Some 911 Directions for Spanish Speakers from the State of Washington. In PDF. [Could a slick attn'y argue that she deserved the same service? Which way might this case be used?]
- Lynnwood, WA: Watchmen On the Walls, Scott Lively, Gather to Kick Off Christian Conference. Media labels merely as "anti-gay." Local religious and gay and lesbian groups are expected to protest the Watchmen meeting today and Sunday. No protestors greeted the group Friday evening. [The Southern Law Poverty Center, whose goal it is to label ANY Christian, or conservative, organization as a "hate group" has done so with this organization.] (Herald.net)
- MN: Unhappy Customer Strikes Back at Comcast. After service mishap, and long wait in heat, woman takes matters into her own hands. (Indy Star)
- Lots Of "Atta Girl Granny"s for Hammer-wielding 75-year-old Who Let Local Comcast Office Have It. Even Letterman gave kudos. [MANY people are fed up with this kind of arrogant bad service, & not just from Comcast.] (Kansas City Blog)
- Woman Fined for Hammer Fit Against Comcast. (AP)
- Comcast Busted for Bagging BitTorrents (AGAIN) "We manage, but we don't block." (The Register, UK)
- Comcast Impedes High Speed Sharing. (P2P.net, digital news site)
- AP Confirmed Through Nationwide Tests Comcast's Blockages. Is the most drastic example yet of data discrimination by a U.S. Internet service provider...Comcast's interference affects all types of content, meaning that, for instance, an independent movie producer who wanted to distribute his work using BitTorrent and his Comcast connection could find that difficult or impossible -- as would someone pirating music. [Claims Matthew Elvey, Comcast subscriber]. Share users' blogs are abuzz! (Herald.net)
- Comcast To Raise Rates (again) 5%. (Lebanon Daily News)
- WA City Council Candidate Spins DUI Bust, But Will Voters Buy It? (Robt. Jamieson, Jr., Seattlepi.com)
- NH: Sen. Gregg Says Global Warming Legislation Deserves Consideration. (Boston Globe)
- Giuliani Woos Religious Right with Values Pitch. (Reuters) [Put in the "give me a break!!" category.]
- Republican Hopefuls Court "Religious Right." (Reuters)
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National/International News
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- Iran Minister Says U.S. In No Position To Attack Iran; U.S. Already Bogged Down In Iraq. (Reuters) [This is why Bush is trying to warn Americans that World War III could be around the corner. We MUST be militarily prepared. Why aren't Republicans, and all conservative talk shows, attacking the comments made by the juvenile candidate Barak Hussein Obama for calling Bush's World War III comments irresponsible on the Jay Leno Show. Where is the outrage over Bill O'Reilly's saying that Obama "has a point" and would like to have him on his show to discuss it? How much more obvious can it be that we need to be much more militarily prepared?]
- Pakistan Newspaper: "Elections On Time, U.S. Assured." (Dawn)
- To the Greens Out There -- China Has Killed Your Plans On AGW. (Joliphant, Red State) Hu Jintao wants to make every Chinese twice as rich by 2020. He has done it once – in just five years, income per capita doubled to $2,000 (£983) - and the only obstacle in the Chinese President’s path is the FUEL needed to stoke the boiler in China’s locomotive...For the greens out there that are slow on the uptake, this means even if we cut back to nothing, the Chinese will still blow away your low carbon utopia.
- Iran's Top Nuclear Negotiator Resigns. Replacement ready to go. (Reuters, video included)
- Pakistani Police Release Photo of Karachi Bomber. Killed 139 people in Bhutto caravan. (Reuters)
- 19 Tons of Explosives Found In Iraq. (Reuters)
- Three Men Questioned In Bombing of Bhutto Convoy. (NY Times)
- Pakistan: Official Cites Qaida Link In Bhutto Bomb Assassination Attempt. Yesterday, Bhutto's joyous, return after years of exile was shattered by suicide murderers who killed up to 136 people. It was one of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan's history. (AP)
- Bhutto Accuses Supporters of Late Military Ruler Zia. Zia overthrew Bhutto's father, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, in 1977, & had him hanged two years later. Zia died in a plane crash in 1988. While acknowledging that Islamist extremists were likely responsible for the attack itself, she stressed that such groups were unable to operate without logistical support from people in positions of power. (Hindu Times)
- Cry, My Beloved Country: Bhutto's Grief. Islamic militants had threatened violence against Benazir Bhutto, but they delivered beyond her imagining...(Sidney Morning Herald) [But, will the extent of their attack actually raise her campaign to much higher esteem in the public eye rather than hurt it as intended? Does it not, in fact, reveal why her campaign to fight the Taliban must win? Will the people of Pakistan see this? Might not the Taliban militant attack earn them the opposite of what they tried to achieve?]
- Benazir Bhutto Vows No Surrender to Militants. (sify.com)
- Australia: Labor Thug (& conservative John Howard opponent) Forced to Quit. Labor candidate forced into an embarrassing resignation on the eve of crucial televised election debate with PM John Howard as revelations he acted as a union thug, assaulting one of his managers & routinely intimidating co-workers. (Herald Sun)
- Interna'l Monetary Fund Upsets Europeans Going Public With View the Dollar Remains Overvalued. (Reuters)
- Oregonian's S. Renee Mitchell Thinks Employer Requirements On Domestic Violence Necessary To Protect Women. "Even bystanders can be silent victims. Imagine how the University of Washington co-workers of Rebecca Jane Griego are still affected from witnessing the 26-year-old's murder in 2006. Griego took every means she had to stay safe, including moving and filing a restraining order." [Did she have a gun and take lessons on how to use it?] "But she still died because her ex-boyfriend knew where Griego worked." [Mitchell neglects to mention the right for these women to bear arms in the workplace and on campuses.] Instead she focuses, approvingly, on Gov. K's signing of an "executive order that extends elements of Myers' workplace policy to all other state agencies. Among other things, managers will be required to post resources and information on bulletin boards, in break rooms and online by Feb. 1." [Such resources have already proven to FAIL these women. They failed "this" woman. Remember? Mitchell herself says she did all she could.] "And those employees who witness on-the-job threats will be expected to immediately report them." [This requirement MAY be good even though it is based upon an awful assumption that fellow employees would not already do this. One also could fairly wonder if employees could be wrongly accused when they simply didn't really think a real threat existed. When a woman KNOWS she is in danger she should be allowed to be armed everywhere she goes & should take gun classes on how to properly use it. The same goes for employers who truly want to be able to protect their employees to the fullest. Perhaps THEN it can be said that everything that could be done was done. ]
- A Marine's Flag, In Ashes. Flags flew the May day they buried Dale Peterson...(Julie Sullivan, Oregonian)
- Foul-Mouthed Blue Oregon Upset Over Larson, Oregonian's Duin Going After Kulongoski Over Goldschmidt/Giusto Scandal.
- Gordon Smith Described Senate Finance Panel On Medicare Package "Stalled." (CQ.com)
- Kulongoski Scoffs at Ethics Complaint. Earlier this week, conservative talk show host Lars Larson filed a complaint with the OR State Bar seeking an investigation...(Oregonian)
- Thursday Morning: Kulongoski Responds to Ethics Complaint Against Him. Says he'll cooperate with the [liberal] OR State Bar. (KGW)
- Is the Gov. Going to Fake Die? It’s a smart media move—the headline would have written itself: “Did Gov. Fake His Death To Avoid Answering Questions About The Goldschmidt Scandal?” (Scott Moore, Portland Mercury)
- Walden Explains Why He Voted Against Health Care Expansion Bill. (KTVZ)
- Day 2 of Topoff 4 Counterterrorism Drill Puts Focus On Human, Animal Victims. (Oregonian)
- Today's Portland Bomb Scare Not Part of Terrorism Drill. (KTVZ)
- Claim: Drug Testing Does Not Deter High School Student Athletes' Drug Use.
- Verger Announces Governor's Ocean Meeting Nov. 1 In Salem. (Worldlink.com)
- NW Republicans Split; House Fails To Override Child Health Veto. Failed by 13 votes. (KGW)
- Bill Gives Special Tax Break for Donations to OR Universities. (OR Daily Emerald)
- House Dems Toss I.D. Fix To Kulongoski. (Harry Esteve, Oregonian)
- Interstate Avenue Renaming, to Cesar Chavez Blvd., Goes Back to Council at End Of Month. (Oregonian)
- Portland's Simulated Terrorist Attack: The Gov. Is Alive & Well After All. (Wade Nkrumah, Oregonian)
- Clackamas County: Principal Calls Police When Unloaded Gun Discovered On 10-Year-Old Student. (Oregonian)
- Walden, Backers Push for Vote On Broadcaster Freedom Act. (Radio Ink)
- Knight Weighs In As Campaign Spending Tops $18-M. (KGW)
- 90% Of OR Teachers Rated "Highly Qualified" By Fed Gov't. (KGW)
- Profits Soar at Tek's New Owner. Third-quarter earnings jumped 80% on a lower-than-expected tax rate...(Oregonian)
- Beaverton Couple Accused of Forcing Kids to Shoplift. (KGW)
- Equal Justice for Giusto & the Guv. (Steve Duin, Oregonian)
- House GOP Halts Wiretapping Bill. (WA Times)
- AP's Religion News In Brief. [The OR Conservative disagrees with the assertion that having a moment of silence is "an attempt to promote organized school prayer." In fact, "moments of silence" are often used to take God out of what was originally intended for true prayer. It disregards original intent and those who do it know full well what they are doing. Spastic ACLU types find ANYTHING that appears to return towards the direction of appearing prayerful a threat to their anti-God kingdom of bullying.]
- California State & County STD Rate Soars. (LA Times) [Take note of where the highest rates of venereal disease are. Oh, dare one suggest the obvious here? Which counties have the largest number of illegal immigrants?] Direct cost of treating the new infections is more than $1 billion per year.
- CA: Gang Rivalry Turns Into Race War. (LA Times) On Tuesday, the U.S. attorney's office announced a sweeping indictment against more than 60 members of Florencia 13, accusing the Latino gang of waging a violent campaign to drive out African American rivals. Once primarily black, the working class community of 60,000 today is mostly Latino.
- At Web Summit, Microsoft CEO Calls Google a Precocious Toddler. (KGW)
- How Rush Became the King of Talk. (Michael Smerconish, Philadelphia Daily News)
- The Reid/Limbaugh Smear Letter: just between friends. (The American Thinker)
- NY Film Critic Thinks He Knows Unnamed Writer to Whom Rush Limbaugh Alluded.
- Has Time Magazine Ever Been "Rather Gentle" with Rush Limbaugh? (NewsBusters)
- New Anti-Bush Songs By Death Cab's Chris Walla Seized at Border. Feds Call Political Motive "Baloney." "These guys don't even know who Death Cab for Cutie is, let alone that he's doing political music," Milne said of the border guards. (Oregonian)
- WA: Nativity Display OK for Washington State Capitol Rotunda Following Resolution of Lawsuit. (Bellingham Herald)
- Idaho: Mom, Daughter Get Trial Date In "Hate" Beating. Conflicting testimony. (Oregonian)
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National/International News
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- Liberal Advocacy Group Gives OR Failing, Near Failing Grades for Child Welfare. (SJ)[Another news report written as though there is no agenda behind this so-called news or organization. The agenda is more gov't programs and more tax increases. Also, despite DHS's poor record for taking care of child they continue to have the authority to take children away from adequate family members for care & give them to strangers who abuse them. The Oregon Conservative has heard from grandparents who have been helpless to get their grandchildren even though there is clear evidence that foster or adoptive care has been harmful. What is the real agenda of DHS? At the moment, from what info is on their web site, they are using their concerns for children to hawk measure 50 to tax cigarettes "for the children." With more and more money being poured into their DH Services why do they remain so static in their poor judgment on what is best for kids?]
- Stimson Lumber Adds $ to M-49 Fight. (Oregonian)
- OR Sued Over Abortion Petition Controversy. (Spero News)
- Tax Kicker Scam Seeks Access To Bank Data. (SJ)
- NE Portland: Pastor Arrested On Sex Charges. Sergio Alvarizares from Father's House, a church ministering to Portland's Spanish-speaking population. (Oregonian)
- Hillsboro: Latino Parents Sue After English-Speaking Son Placed In ESL Class. Alleging that educators placed their son in an English as a Second Language program solely because of his ethnicity. (SJ)
- Lars Larson Ties for Ninth Place for Top 12 Most Listened to Talk Radio Shows. (Willamette Week)
- OR Father Faces Felony After Son Falls While Skateboarding. (SJ)
- Navajo Code Talker Will Speak In Hillsboro. (Oregonian)
- Kulongoski Storms Out Of Press Conference When Questions Turn to Goldschmidt. (Oregonian)
- Republican Sex Scandals Dwarf Those of Democrats? (Tim King, Salem-News) [Well, well, well. Some of the people being accused here will find these accusations interesting. Mr. King ends this article with a hint that there is a shorter list coming for Democrats. Will he really do it or will he hope that this set of examples (some of them false) will prove sufficient in response to going after Kulongoski & Goldschmidt? How long will it take for the list on Democrats? And will he do what he did with his Republican list? Will he look all around the rest of the country for sex scandals or will be stick to just Oregon all of a sudden?]
- Top 10 Democrat Sex Scandals. (WA Post)
- “There are scandals that need to be addressed. Republicans address them, Democrats re-elect them.” Tom Delay, Matt Lauer Show, 8/27/07
- Union Leader, Alice Dale, Won't Run for Attn'y General. (SJ)
- Lawmakers To Pursue Lending Reform During February Session. (SJ) Specifics unclear on bill to curb subprime-mortgage lending abuses affecting homeowners. [Are we really talking about true abuses here? Or are lawmakers doing the socialist routine, as usual, by having fellow taxpayers foot the bills of those who made poor choices?]
- $55-M Tram Logs 1-M Riders Nine Months Later. (Oregonian)
- Mill Creek Water Shed Council Hosting Panel Discussion On Measures 37, 49. (SJ) 7 p.m. Thursday, Turner Community Center...One of the panelists is Ross Day.
- Portland Gen'l Electric Has New Wind Farm. (SJ)
- OR Gets "Most Improved" In Campaign Disclosure. (Oregonian blog)
- Independence: Police Step Up Patrols Promoting "Safe Routes." Part of nat'l program to reduce traffic near schools & to encourage youths to walk or bike to school. "Bike rodeo" days. [Extra patrols to protect children are good. But, is that the real agenda? Parents, who want to drive their children to the school entrance, because they deem it in the best safety interest of their children, won't be complying with what the gov't deems best. Give the police any teeny weenie excuse to ticket please. Let the gov't control your behavior or be ticketed. Hmmmm. They describe a vision of all school kids headed for school on bikes with no cars in the vicinity -- kind of like all those adult bike riders in China where their gov't doesn't want any cars. Preparing for a third world, anti-car way of life without any complaints?]
- TELL YOUR SENATOR TO VOTE NO ON THE INTERNATIONAL "LAW OF THE SEA TREATY." (Sen. Inhofe web site) [One of the best U.S. Senator web site blogs.]]
- Same-Sex Right Bill, ENDA, Splitting Same-Sexers. Bill has been split into two bills for consideration. One leaves out "transgender" in the hopes that some Republicans will find it more acceptable. (The [far left] Nation)
- Eminent Domain Abuse In Lakewood, Colorado? (The Denver Channel)
- ACLU Defending Woman Who Didn't Pipe Down When Neighbor Cop Talked To Her. (ABC)
- JFK Workers Moved Drugs, Authorities Say. (NY Times)
- Liberal-Libertarian Drew Carey Doing Videos for Reason Foundation. (News Max)
- MA: Widow of Paul Tsongas, & Liberal Dem, Wins House Seat In Possible Preview of '08. Taking seat vacated by long-time congressman, Marty Meehan.
- CO: Majority In Denver News Station Poll Claim They'd Vote for Presidential Candidate... ...with whom they agree completely on all issues, even if they knew that candidate was likely to lose the election. (The Denver Channel) [The Oregon Conservative would love to believe this, but political wonks know it isn't true. The political technique of spreading around the rumor "He can't win." still works on the average voter. Say it often enough and it creates the very situation against a candidate that may never have originally existed. That's why campaigns still use it to the hilt. The day that voters REALLY DO vote for the candidates of their choice is the day that voters finally begin to get the politicians they mean to get. That time is most likely not here yet.]
- Bush Chides Congress for Dragging Feet On Budget, Children's Health Measures. (ABC)
- VP Cheney & Barack Hussein Obama Related to Same Ancestor. (WA Post)
- Trial Set for Same-Sex Couple In Marriage License Protest. (The Denver Channel)
- Few Alternatives To Blackwater. U.S. weighs security-firm change amid political fallout in Iraq. [What's a liberal to do?]
- Colorado Republicans Seek Statewide High School Graduation Standards. (The Denver Channel)
- CO: Theology Teacher Accused Of Sex With High School Student. (The Denver Channel)
- Immigration Officials Seek Partnership With NC Sheriffs; Local Counties Ahead of the Game. (WSOC TV)
- New Online Private Christian Community Offers Support for Parents, Families of Homosexuals. (Frost Illustrated)
- Tom Tancredo First Major Candidate to File for NH Primary. (The Denver Channel)
- Colorado: County DA Says He Didn't Realize Sleeping Pills Would Affect His Driving. Hasn't decided if he'll fight charges. (The Denver Channel)
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National/International News
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- Portland: Massive "Dirty Bomb" Terror Drill Begins With a Blast. (KATU)
- Oregon City -- Get Scared; Accept Property Tax & Gouge Or May Lose Fire & Emergency Protection. (KATU) [Who are the property owners who are cruel enough to refrain from voting themselves more and more taxes?]
- Medford's Mail Tribune Sues Sheriff for List Of Concealed Hangun Licenses In Jackson County. (KATU)
- Erickson Campaign Fundraising Competitive With Darlene Hooley. (Steve Law, SJ)
- Complaint Filed Against Kulongoski Linked to Goldschmidt Sex Abuse. On Monday, radio talk show host Lars Larson sent a letter to the Oregon State Bar, requesting an investigation into whether Kulongoski, who is a lawyer, lied about having knowledge of Goldschmidt’s conduct and, if so, whether his Oregon Bar license should be revoked. "If all of these other people are going to be held to account...I think Kulongoski should as well," Larson told KGW. (KGW)
- New I-5 Bridge Over Columbia River Needed, U.S. Transporation Chief Says. (KGW)
- Liberal Advocacy Group Gives OR Failing, Near Failing Grades for Child Welfare. (SJ)[Another news report written as though there is no agenda behind this so-called news or organization. The agenda is more gov't programs and more tax increases. Also, despite DHS's poor record for taking care of child they continue to have the authority to take children away from adequate family members for care & give them to strangers who abuse them. The Oregon Conservative has heard from grandparents who have been helpless to get their grandchildren even though there is clear evidence that foster or adoptive care has been harmful. What is the real agenda of DHS? At the moment, from what info is on their web site, they are using their concerns for children to hawk measure 50 to tax cigarettes "for the children." With more and more money being poured into their DH Services why do they remain so static in their poor judgment on what is best for kids?]
- After Gunfire, Jefferson Boosts Security. (Jim Redden, Portland Tribune)
- Figures Released On Columbia River Crossing. (Portland Tribune)
- OR Congressman Wy Fights Criticism Over Earmarks. (KGW)
- OR Plane Involved In Illegal Flyover At President's TX Ranch. Man arrested. (KGW)
- Sheriff Giusto Ensnared In Web Of Secrets. (Phil Stanford, Portland Tribune)
- Salem-Keizer: Marijuana Near School Stirs Former City Councilor Into Action. Wants to ban growth near schools. (Ruth Liao, SJ)
- Candidates Get a Free Pass. (Jim Redden, Portland Tribune)
- Salem Taking Part In Portland's Terrorism Drill. (SJ)
- Michael Moore Writes All About Portland's Terrorism Drill. (michaelmoore.com)
- Portland: Commissioner Sten Wants To Spread Urban Renewal Funds. (Jim Redden, Portland Tribune)
- N. Portland Protest, At Toyota Dealer, Draws Attention To Automaker Stance On Fuel Emissions. (Lee Van Der Voo, Portland Tribune)
- Ashland: Another Day, Another School Tax Push. (Ashland Daily Tidings)
- On Land, Come the Revolution. [Editorial on prime example of why M-37 needs to stay just the way it is. No on 49.] (Democrat Herald)
- Lawsuit Alleges Police Misconduct. (KOIN)
- Jackson County: Former Deputy DA Faces New Probe By OR State Bar. (Mail Tribune)
- Thelms Guerrero, of the Statesman Journal, Figures No One Knows Any Hispanics Fought In All Our Wars.? [So, she is telling you and she is calling them "Hispanic-American" soldiers. She doesn't mention that way back then they became legal citizens first.]
- Tektronix To Be Sold To D.C. Conglomerate. Will still maintain a large presence at its HQ campus near Beaverton. (Oregonian)
- Anti-Notch Congressman Walden Can Only Stand & Watch? (Mail Tribune)
- Blue OR Hoping Global Warming Issue Hurts Gordon Smith In Senate Race.
- Gordon Smith In the Wrong Party In the Wrong State? ([Liberal] Three Wise Men Blog)
- Gresham: Worries About Lax Police In Drug-Free Zone. (Brad Schmidt, Oregonian)
- OR Agency Seeks Safety, Health Fines Against Del Monte Plant. (Oregonian)
- L.A.: Soccer Ref. Criticized for Benching Muslim Teen for Benching Muslim Teen for Wearing Scarf. (ABC)
- Schwarzenegger Approves Two Pro-Homosexual Bills. Mandates positive portrayal about homosexual & alternative sexual lifestyles in schools & orders "anti-harassment" training for students, parents & teachers. SB 777 & AB 394. (One News Now)
- Presidential Candidate, Sam Brownback Will Introduce Proposal Apologizing for Slavery. Says he expects a fight, won't call for reparations. (Boston Globe) [If this is being done to bring life into his campaign, it is stunningly poor reading of the public's thinking. He has doomed any hope of winning his campaign and may have doomed his next Senatorial campaign. This looks extremely patronizing. Not good.]
- Fred Thompson: I Am the Conservative Candidate. (MSNBC)
- No, I'm the Conservative Candidate: Romney. (NY Times)
- Romney: More Visas for Seasonal Workers. (GOP Wing)
- Sanctity Of Life Act of 2007: HR 1094
- MO Mom Accused Of Neglect for Teaching Own Kids. (WND)
- Schwarzenegger Vetoes California Dream Act. Says because he thought extending aid to those students would put a strain on the General Fund. (CBS 5)
- Ex DMV Boss Rips Gov. Spitz Illegal Immigration Plan. (NY Post)
- Conjecture Investigation Into Giuliani Best Bud, Bernard Kerik, Could Hurt Giuliani. (The Trail, WA Post)
- Robert Novak On Christians for Giuliani.
- New Rudy VS Old On Kid Health. (NY Post)
- Black Congressman, John Lewis, Endorses Hillary Clinton. (WA Post)
- Mayor's Focus: NYC To Be Surveillance City. Cameras, everywhere a camera. (NY Post)
- NY Post Says Even Democrats Fear "Dirty Tricks" From Gov. Spitzer.
- States' Immigrants Policies & Benefits Vary. In differences, some see obstacles for a national law. (WA Post)
- John Edwards Proposes Ban On Lobbyists Money. (WMUR-9 TV)
- Teacher Sues Over Refusal To Say Pledge Of Allegiance. (WMUR-9)
- Presidential Hopeful, Richardson, Renews Call To Remove Troops from Iraq. (WMUR-9)
- In NH Ron Paul Disciples Spreading the Word. (WA Post)
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