Friday, November 17, 2006
Thursday, November 16, 2006  
Wednesday, November 15, 2006  
Tuesday, November 14, 2006  
Monday, November 13, 2006  

Oregon News:

• Medford Tribune Editorial; Thinks Saxton Lost Because He Was Too Conservative.   [Don't laugh. They even compare him to Bill Sizemore (as though that is a slam). Saxton lost because he is a liberal who blatently flip-flopped, Kerry style, and it insulted the intelligence of people in both parties.]
• Rep. Dave Hunt Moves to Middle of Leadership In State House.   (SJ)
• Benton County DA Heiser Resigns Because of Circuit Crt. Judge.   (Oregonian)
• Panel Has Proposals to Reform Ethics Laws.   (SJ)
• Ethics Chief Faces Big Challenges.   Panel could look into legislators' unreported trips to Hawaii provided by the beer-and-wine lobby.
• OR Legislature:   Parties Pick Legislative Leaders.   (Oregonian)
• College Students Push for [So-called] Social Justice.   Boycott classes, jobs; want a social justice council formed by Monday. (SJ)  
• Multnomah:   Politicians Search for Fix for Jails.   Two proposals competing. (Oregonian)
• Wal-Mart's 2nd Plan for Gresham Store Rejected.   (Oregonian)
• Oregonian OP Ed:   Oh Dear, Global Warming.  
• OR Lions Lying With Lambs?   (Jonathan Nicholas, Oregonian) [No. RINOs lying with Dems. No lambs here.]
• City of Porland to Set Its Salem Wish List.   (Jim Redden, Portland Tribune)
• [Liberal] Groups Hawking $6.3 B for K-12.   (Portland Tribune)

National News:

• McCain Woos Ultimate Conservative Group On Judges Issue.   (MSNBC)
• Homosexual Andrew Sullivan Continues Slamming Christians In His Quest to Redefine Conservatism.   (Sullivan's Blog, The Daily Dish)
• "My Problem with Christianism"   By homosexual anti-Christian Andrew Sullivan. (Time Magazine)
• God vs. Science.   (Time Mag.)
• As Candidates Mull '08, Web Sites Are Already Running.   (NY Times)
• 9th Circuit Needs Own High Court.   Should be two Supreme Courts, one to reverse the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, theother to hear all other case. (Geo. Will)
• Springfield's Annual Filbert Festival Discontinued.   Couldn't fight low attendance. [The OR Conservative's observance was that it was also beset by pressures of political correctness which made the event full of unnessary pressures. Those PC groups who plague such organizations, trying to do good things for their community, deserve to lose this annual event.]
• Reuters Article Pushes Guiliani, Claims "Reaganeque."   By reporter Deroy Murdock. [The heck he is like Reagan!]
• FBI Protect Hitman-Informant Instead of Innocent Citizens.   Two Boston men spent 30 years in prison for an underworld slaying they did not commit bec. the FBI withheld evidence clearing the pair to protect a mob hitman informant. (Post-Gazette)
• Wal-Mart Promotes Book Calling God "Fat Black Dyke."   (WND)  
• Same-Sex Groups Oppose Baptist Resolution On "Traditional Families."   (KOCO-5)
• AP Pollster Removed from Board After OK Univ. Mistake.   (KOCO-5)
• NJ College Students Debate Civil Unions.   Case if before NJ Supreme Court. (The Daily Targum)
• Senate Roll Call As Of November 16th.
• Congressional Roll Call As Of November 15th.
• WA Post:   If You Don't Like Barak Obama You Are Racist; If You Don't Like Hillary, You Are Sexist.
• Tancredo Keeping Options Open.   (Rocky Mt. News)
• Homosexual Porn Actor Accused In Businessman's Slaying   (Rocky Mt. News)
• GOP Chooses Boehner As Minority Leader.   (Rocky Mt. News)
• "Burned Out" Schwarzenegger Advisers Moving On -- At Least 5 Have Given Notice.   (SF Chronicle)
• There's Still Life In That Lame Duck.   (Fred Barnes)
• Judicial Wrecking Ball.   Patrick Leahy-led congressional committee needs to uphold the nomination process. (Hugh Hewitt, World Mag.)
• MO:   Prof Put On Leave for Using Student In Political Agenda.   Required petitions supporting "gay" adoptions. (WND)
• Fox Video:   Univ. of WA Prof Cusses College Republicans After Immigration Protest.
• Congressional Report Claims Bush's Federally Funded Abstinence-Only Program Haven't Been Proven To Curb Teen Sex.   (Reuters)
• Pahrump, NV:   AP Headline Calls Town's New Law Against Foreign Flags a Swipe Against Immigrants.
• 3 Angelina Jolie Bodyguards Arrested In India.   ...after they allegedly roughed up parents and students at a Mumbai school. This isn't the first time their guards have roughed up people. (AP)
• Shiloh, IL:   Parents Give Chilly Reception to "Gay Penguins" Book Forced By School Administrators.   (AP)

National/International News

MILITARY NEWS SITES

The President's Iraq National Strategy

• Angus-Reid Polls Suggest Netanyahu's Likud Party Most Popular.   Would win if election were today. (Angus-Reid)
• Italy:   Poll Suggests Honeymoon Very Over for the Left-wing Prodi.   His proposed budget calls for $42-B in tax hikes. (Angus-Reid)
• Iraq:   American Contractors Kidnapped.
• Troops Hunt for Kidnapped U.S. Contractors.   (CNN)
• Firefight Rages In Iraq Near Kidnap Site.   (World Magazine)
• The [Useless] Former UN Inspector, Hans Blix, Weighs In On Korean Nuclear Bomb.   Says they WILL do it. (AP)
• U.S. Indonesia Sign Pact To Fight Illegal Logging.   In other words the U.S. has pledged more $$ to criminalize logging for where animals live. Reports say park rangers have been murdered by illegal loggers. (Reuters)
• Olmert Hugs Bush, Praises Iraq War.   (forward.com)

International News:

• Blair To Appear On Al Jazeera TV.   Interview by Sir David Frost. (Guardian.co.uk)
• Blair Promises Pre-Christmas Crackdown On Terror.   (Sunday Mirror)
• Netanyahu:   It's 1938, Iran Is Germany   (Jerusalem Post)
• Olmert "Restraining" Israeli Military In Gaza  (WND)
• Olmert:   Drums of War With Iran, Headed Down a Road of Confrontation.   (Ha'aretz)

Oregon News:

• Smith Among Well-funded for 2008.   (NYT)
• BRADBURY Seeking $1.1M for Campaign Reforms.   (Oregonian)
• Increase in Number of Homeless S-K Students?   (SJ)
• Why OR Is Rooting for the Pres. In Vietnam.   (Barbara Curtin, SJ)
• Wilsonville:   Parks, Library Levy's Loss a Surprise to Some.   (Oregonian)
• Letter to Ed.:   Vote By Mail Leads to Fraud.   (SJ)
• Police Levy Supporters Plan to Rewrite Proposal.   (Oregonian)
• Gov. Orders Flags to Fly at Half-Staff.   For Spc. Douglas C. Desjardins, 24, who died in Iraq. (SJ)
• Damascus:   New Council May Reopen Issue of Urban Sprawl.   Two councilors now on opposite end of issue. (Oregonian)
• Mt Hood:   "Mild Panic" Follows Failed Bond Measure.   (Oregonian)
• A Gorge Landmark Once Again.   (Oregonian)
• OR City:   $ Lag Time a Worry After Public Safety Levy Passes.   (Oregonian)
• Bad, Bad Diesel Fuel Covering Portland.   (Oregonian)
• Wayne Scott Supports Proposed Dem Changes.   (SJ)
• Man In Salem Gridlock Case Now Missing.   (SJ)
• Microsoft Ad Sales Support Wi-Fi Network In OR.   (Tech World)

National News:

• Same-Sex Outings, New Gossip Game.   (Oregonian)
• NV Town to Fine for Foreign Flags.   (USA Today)
• Missouri State Univ. Faces Lawsuit By Student Over Same-Sex Adoption, "Christian Beliefs."   (Diverse Online)
• Top General Tells Congressional Dems No Pullout In Iraq.   (WA Times)
• D.C. Forcing "Green" Construction.   (WA Post)
• Boston Area Imam Arrested for Immigration Fraud.   Involved in a scheme that provided religious worker visas to immigrants who used them to enter the United States and work instead as gas station attendants, truck drivers, and factory laborers. 33 suspects in all held nationwide.(Boston Globe)
• More Immigrants Cite Gangs In Seeking Asylum.   (Boston Globe)
• Still No Katrina $$ for OR Guard.   (Oregonian)
• Foes of Same-Sex Marriage to Rally.   Romney, others aim to prod legislature. (Boston Globe)
• Dems Urged to Exhibit "Family-Friendly" Agenda.  
• Episcopal Leaders Vote To Leave Over Consecration of Active Homosexual Bishop.   Vote 15-2 with one abstention to leave the Church, a denomination it has called home for more than 200 years. Could spark legal battles over millions of dollars' worth of property. (WA Times)
• Foreign Students Being Allowed Back Again In U.S. Colleges.   (WA Times)
• NW Dems Split On House Majority.   (Oregonian)
• Carville Calls for Ousting of Howard Dean.   (WA Times)
• Blacks Eye Leading 5 House Committees.   (WA Times)
• Bush Resubmits 6 for Judgeships.   (WA Times)
• Mother Files Claim Against DHS for Not Deporting Violent Alien Murderer.   (WA Post)
• Ranks of Hungry Drop for First Time In 6 Years.   (WA Times)
• Counts Still Under Way In Five Congressional Races.   (Las Vegas Sun)
• Three Nesting Owl Chicks Cause $200,000 Problem for Everglades Cleanup Project.   (Sun-Sentinel)

National/International News

MILITARY NEWS SITES

The President's Iraq National Strategy

• 80 Iraq Kidnap Victims May Still Be Held.   U.S. kills 9 al Qaida. (Newsday)
• More Cubans Take Trip to USA, Using Alternate Routes.   (USA Today)
• 13 Iraqis, 2 U.S. Soldiers Killed In Iraq.   (KETV-7)

International News:

• Iraq Ministry Hostages "Tortured."   Suspect some already killed as well. (BBC)
• Spain, Italy and France Says Launching New Middle East Peace Plan.   (BBC)
• Britain:   Unions Not Happy With Rumors of Tax/Gov't Jobs Cut-Backs.   (BBC)
• Turkey Ends French Military Ties.   (BBC)
• Germany:   Scientists Hope To Prove Link To Apes By Completing a Genome.   (USA Today)

Oregon News:

• Rep. Ben Cannon & House Speaker-to-be Jeff Merkley Planning to Introduce Legislation Granting Undocumented Immigrants Eligible for In-state Tuition Rates.   Very long, very sympathetic article dramatizing need of illegal to have the same state services as citizens. Legislator plans at end of article. (Willamette Week)
• OR House Leaders Pledge More Accessibility.   (SJ)
• Why Our Politicians Can't Seem To See the Truth.   (Crosby Street)
• Election Cycles Toward Favoring Bike Advocates.   (Oregonian)
• Feds Reject OR for School-Ratings Test.   (SJ)
• Judge Advises Raising Farms' Electricity Rate.   Fishermen vs farmers again. [When are these two groups going to realize they have a mutual foe; environmental extremists who don't tell the truth.](Oregonian)
• Salem-Keizer School Board OKs Raises for District Administrators.   (SJ)
• Schools Losing Huge Amounts Of $$ Dropping Soda from Campuses.  (Oregonian)
• GOP Chief Will Offer Post-Election Analysis.   (SJ)
• Oregonians Throwing Away Faster Than Can Recycle Trash.   (Oregonian)
• Suit Filed To Stop Logging In [Claimed] Owl Habitat.   (Oregonian)
• Two Homes, Two Sets of Tax Rules.   A little known court decision in 2002 offers a big, short-term break for high-rise projects that qualify. (Oregonian)
• Beaverton City Council Adopt Agreement Aimed At Lowering Greenhouse Gases.   (Oregonian)
• Oregonian's Jerry Boone Says Independents, Not Parties, Hold Hammer.
• Democrats Focus On Sen. Smith's Senate Seat.   (Oregonian)
• IOUS and "I Owe You's"   The gov's post-election ledger includes debts of gratitude -- and revenge. (Nigel Jaquiss, Willamette Week)
• Leftist Protesters Rally Against Lame-Duck Legislators.   (OPB)
• Sweeping Legislative Reform Urged.   (RG)
• Klamath Farmers Appeal Order Over Salmon.   [Another editorialized news report. Barnard says, "raising doubts among salmon advocates that farmers are really interested in solving the region's environmental problems." The Klamath farmers have just as much concern for the environmental as anyone else. They also know FAKE environmental emergencies when they see them.](Jeff Barnard, Winona Daily News)

National News:

• As New Sec'y of Dem Caucas, Patty Murray Want Sales Tax Deduction.   (OPB)
• U.S. Commander Warns Against Iraq Timetable.   (AP)
• 2006 Pig Summary.   (Citizens Against Gov't Waste)
• Polls Ballyhoo Hawking Giuliani, McCain. (NewsMax)
• Christianity Being Wiped from Tales of U.S. History.   (WND)
• Ten Commandments Stunner:   Feds Lying at Supreme Court.   Gov't tells modern visitors it's Bill of Rights being honored. (NewsMax)
• Jack Abramoff Heads To MD Prison.   (AP)
• Pro-Amnesty Mel Martinez In Bid for RNC Leadership:   I Won't Be RNC "Attack Dog."   (NewsMax)
• Poll:   Most Doubt Democrats Have Plan for Iraq.   (AP)
• ACLU Seeks Again To Block Wiretaps.   (NewsMax)
• Arkansas Gov. Defends Gift Registries.   Much to do about nothing? (AP)
• [Wishy-washy RINO] Rep. Jim Leach Getting Bipartisan Push for UN Post To Replace Steadfast John Bolton.   Oregon's Blumenauer says "He is the most diplomatic politician I have ever met." (NewsMax)
• Trent Lott Making a Comeback?   Making bid for return to Sen. leadership. (AP)
• Newspapers Endorse Keeping John Bolton.   (NewsMax)
• Recount In CT Congressional Race Confirms Original Win for Democrat.   Winning margin even slimmer. (AP)
• Oust Boehner and Blunt?   Dick Morris thinks so. (NewsMax)
• Outcome of Some House Races Still Undecided.   (AP)
• Republican Party + Homosexuals = Anti-Life.   (Jill Stanek, WND)
• Hog's Head Dumped At Former NJ Sen.'s House.   (KETV-7)
• Seattle Voters Reject Lap-Dancing Ban.   (KETV-7)
• CA:   Toys for Tots Refuses Talking Jesus Dolls.   (KETV-7)
• Feds Overhaul U.S. Citizenship Exam.   (KETV-7)
• Same-Sex Vets Appeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."   (KETV-7)
• Offshoring U.S. Patients No Cure for Ailing Health Care System.  (Diane Grassi, Renew America)
• Congress Has Changed Who Heads Environmental Issues.   Get ready for anti-timberrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. (Mail Tribune)

National/International News

MILITARY NEWS SITES

The President's Iraq National Strategy

• $2-M Freed Fox News Reporters.   Terrorists used cash for arms to "hit Zionists," payment said to encourage more abductions. (WND)
• Moscow:   Bush, Putin Tend to Frosty Relations.   (Globe & Mail)
• Near-Silent Start In U.S. for Al-Jazeera.   (NewsMax)

Oregon News:

• Merkley Chosen As Speaker of State House.   (SJ)
• Sen. Morrisette Pushing for Beer Tax.   (KATU)
• Oregonian:   Oregon's So Blue, GOP Isn't Sure What To Do.   (Jeff Mapes) [How about standing by the GOP platform for a change?]
• New OR State Flag...   Because OR is further left than left. (Cafe Express)
• Seeking a Nice Way to Say "Physician Assisted Suicide."   Do we have to call it what it is? (Oregonian)
• It's Always Good to Know the Ruling Party Is Endorsed By the Enemy.   (Rightminded)
• Noting, Quoting, and Emoting On Elections.   (RINO Watch)
• Good News for Springfield.   (Gullyborg)
• Honored Veteran, Bruce Patten, Too Busy Listening to Limbaugh, Larson to Read New Book On Patten Veterans.   (The Columbian)
• Oregonian Op Ed:   Have New Home Fees Go Up, Elderly Property Owner Taxes Go Down.
• Wayne Scott Remains Leader of House GOP.   Winters named no. 2 GOPer in state Senate. (SJ)
• OR Matches Nat'l Patterns, Sets Some Of Its Own.   (SJ)
• Kulongoski Win Taken As Endorsement of Tax Breaks To Force Green Energy.   (Oregonian)
• Linn Commissioner John Lindsay Not Confident About Federal Forest Payments.   Not in agreement with DeFazio. (Once ran against DeFazio) (Democrat Herald)
• Shell-Shocked Republicans Pondering Future.   Kevin Mannix:   "We had a bucket of cold water thrown in our face."

National News:

• New Defense Sec'y Robert Gates Expected To Sustain War Against Terror.   (WA Times)
• Bush, Panel Meet On Course of Iraq War.   (AP)
• Democrats Ready to Propose Iraq Pullout.   (WA Times)
• CONSERVATIVES TO REPUBLICANS:   Put On Your Boots and Charge.   (Renew America)
• Array of Fresh Faces Set for 110th Senate.   (WA Times)
• Pelosi Backs Murtha for Majority Leader.   (AP)
• NJ:   Bill Introduced Making Same-Sex Marriage Legal.   (NorthJersey)
• Ban Religion, Says Elton John.   (AP)
• 7 States Pass Marriage Amendments, Civil Unions Defeated In CO.   (BP)
• TX Town Joins Illegal-Immigrant Trend.   (AP)
• While Republicans Across the Country Lost Big, This Republican Won By a Huge Majority.   What is the political profile of a GOP winner?
• Democrats In Power Endangers GOP Efforts for Offshore Drilling.   (AP)
• SC:   College Drops Indian Nickname To Avoid Ban.   (KATU)
• Baltimore, MD:   Michael Steele Interested In Heading RNC.   (AP)
• Latino Votes Nothing To Shout About Yet.   (AP)
• Election Gives West More Political Clout.   (Visalia Times-Delta)

National/International News

MILITARY NEWS SITES

The President's Iraq National Strategy

• Chinese Submarine Stalked U.S. Kitty Hawk.   ( Bill Gertz, WA Times)
• Mexico:   U.S., MX Activists Fight Wal-Mart.   (AP)
• Same-Sex Cruises Draw Protests In Caribbean.   (AP)
• MX:   Youths Fire-Bomb McDonalds In Oaxaca.   (AP)
• Nicaragua's Oretega Vows Close U.S. Ties.   A change from cold war days when he vowed an endless fight against the U.S. (AP)

International News:

• Israel's Lieberman Lets Loose With Verbal Onslaught.   Rising closer to the top of the political heap Lieberman only gets more blunt. (WA Times)
• Spain:   Town Gives Women Equal Footing On Road Signs.   (AP)
• MX City OKs Homosexual Civil Unions.   (Zenit.org)
• Violence In Iraq Claims at Least 159.   35 men blown apart waiting in line to become policemen. Disagreement among major leaders as to part U.S. troops should play, when to turn over power to Iraqi troops. (AP)
• S. Africa:   Civil Unions Bill Terminology Changed To Ease Passage.   Called major defeat for religious, conservative factions. (All Africa)
• Israeli PM In U.S. for 5-Days.   On agenda; Iranian nuclear threat. (AP)
• Mogadishu, Somalia:   Islamic Militants Claim Capture of Town.
• Babangida (IBB):   Nigeria's "Evil Genius" Enters 2007 Presidential Race.   (AP)
• Dalai Lama Wants Saddam Spared.   (AP)