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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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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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National/International News
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- TX: TX Democrats Rewarded With Plum Committee Assignments for Winning In Key GOP District. (Houston Chronicle)
- Sen. Tim Johnson's Brain Surgery Considered Successful. (AP)
- Romney's Agreement With U.S. Gov't Allows MA Police To Detain Illegals. (AP)
- Shadow Government Statistics Says Treasury Report Will Reveal "Unsustainable" Pace In U.S. Deficit. Claims the true deficit is $3.5-T, not the figures about to be reported. (WND)
- Ciro Rodriguez (D)Ready to Make the Most Over Defeating 7-Term Republican Rep. Henry Bonilla. Was a major coup in TX. (AP)
- Quantico Mosque Leader Promoted By Pentagon In Special Ceremony. (WND)
- Leaky Leahy Vows To Repair Bush "Damage." (AP)
- Getting "Centered": Left Getting Churchy, Right Turning On Bush. Pro-liberal gush from Andrew Gumbel, LA City Beat. Gordon Smith referenced.
- U.S. TO DEFEND SPACE WITH MILITARY FORCE. (Bill Gertz, WA Times)
- High Court Rules On Oil, Gas Royalties. 7-0 for the gov't, against oil companies. (AP)
- Tancredo Cancels Trip to "Third World" Miami. (News Max)
- "Girls Gone Wild" Company Sentenced to Pay $1.6-M In Fines In Sexual Exploitation Case. (AP)
- Arch Liberal, George Soros, Appeals Insider Trading Conviction. (News Max)
- McCain Makes Another Call for Increased Troops. (AP)
- Liberal Republican, Jerry Moran, Headed for Talks On Trade In Cuba. May meet with Raul Castro. (CNSNews)
- Mexican Officials Seize Meth from Chinese Cargo Container. Got a citizen tip. (Oregonian)
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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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National/International News
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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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 Smith in the old days when it was still considered popular to look like a Republican patriot in support of the war. Does he look at though he meant it then? |
- Smith and Other Neo-Anti-War Types Part Of Heated Fox Debate. Sunday Morning Fights: Brit Hume and Bill Kristol Tag Team Juan Williams. [Re-defining the word "victory" is the key] (Newsbusters)
- Video: Senator Smith On ABC With Sen. Biden.
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Video, Behind the Scenes: Smith, Biden Answering Admiring Media. Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts, George Will Chime with opinions. Note Donaldson's remark about "neocons" & remember what Rush Limbaugh says "neocons" really means. (ABC)
- Smith Continues Criticism of Iraq War On Nat'l TV. (KGW-TV)
- Smith's War Critique Cracks Wall of Support from GOP. (Oregonian)
- Liberal Media Giving Smith Desired Response -- Keith Oberman Coins Phrase: "Mr. Smith Goes To His Conscience." (Newsbusters) Compares Smith's comments to the "watershed" moment when Republican Senators High Scott and Barry Goldwater convinced Pres. Nixon to resign. [Where was Mr. Smith's conscience when votes for oil drilling in ANWR could have enabled the U.S. to facilitate a speedy finish to the Iraq War and save American lives? If this were a matter of conscience then Mr. Smith should be apologizing to the troops for his voting record. It's not his Mormon Bishop conscience. It's politics and part of a pack mentality going in for the kill. At what point will he be announcing his run for President or Vice President?]
- NY Times On Smith.
- How Did Sen. Brownback Respond When Asked About Sen. Smith's Remarks? (Fox News Transcript) Is Brownback ready to jump ship?
- Oregonian Uses OJ Simpson Analogy To Describe Alleged Guilt Of Bill Sizemore. Furious that Sizemore would find any vindication in recent ruling. [A hateful sore-loser editorial]
- GOV. KULONGOSKI'S OFFICE DUMPS CREDIT ACCOUNT WITH BAYVIEW THRIFTWAY Because They Don't Sell Abortion Pill. (Oregonian)
- OREGONIAN, KULONGOSKI DON'T THINK BUSINESSES CONTRIBUTE ENOUGH. [They should be glad to be taxed more. They have no heart if they don't want to do it. No matter that they already provide jobs for the community.] Liberals want a 'sliding scale' tax on businesses. [The more communist the better. It's called "chipping in."]
- Sizemore Attorney Preparing To File Appeal With OR Supreme Court. Court of Appeals ruled Sizemore not liable, but judgment still stands. (Oregonian)
- Constitution Party Press Release: VC Brownlow Plans Pursuit of Legal Action Against Police for Actions During Anti-War Protest.
- Black Snobbery Over the "N" Word. [Self-centered commentary by Oregonian black journalist, Nikole Hannah-Jones. Epitomizes what is wrong with the attitude of spoiled, liberal blacks today. She thinks suffering from cruel words is unique to people of her color. She asks a question and then rather than answer it give a snotty retort to whites. Her closing remark clarifies a snobby, separatist attitude.]
- Oregonian Associate Editor Thinks Supreme Court Should Rule To Maintain Affirmative Action/Busing for School Districts. "The injustice for these white children is no worse than for the minority children who live closer to the inferior school. The only difference is the fierce sense of white ownership that may soon, once again, be the law of the land."
- Nat'l Guard Duo's Two-Year Effort Pays Off When Iraqi Arrives In OR. (Oregonian)
- Hillsboro: Mexican Girls Opening Up to Giving Up Babies for Adoption. "Growing up with what she calls traditional Mexican American vlaues..."(Oregonian)
- Tillamook County: Couple Prevails In Battle Over Riverfront Land. County drops the idea of an eminent domain seizure. (Oregonian)
- It's the Crab-Crab-Crabbiest [and anti-white European) Time of the Year. "Some people complain that American secular society is waging a war on Christmas. That may be debatable..." (Doug Bates, Oregonian) ["May" be debatable?]
- Sheriff's Demand: More $$ Or Smaller Jail. Safety -- Bernie Giusto warns he may close 110 to 220 beds, barring a$1-M budget boost. (Oregonian)
- Multnomah County: Christmas Tree Restored To County Building As Long As Nothing Religious On Tree. (KATU)
- Salem/NYC: Salem's 'Calamity Carolers Of Doom' Take Christmas Irreverence to Times Square. (SJ)
- Deal Ends Shilo Inns Owner's Hunting Charges. (Oregonian) [And will these alleged infractions over elk tags be allowed to overshadow the compassion Mark Hemstreet has shown to "humans" in need when no one else would help them?
- Oregon's Bottle Bill May Undergo Changes. Water bottles may be added for redemption. (Oregonian)
- State Schools Superintendent Susan Castillo Will Push State To End CIM and CAM. (Oregonian) [Will her fellow liberals go along? Don't bet on it.]Castillo said she'll have the elimination bill introduced with or without board backing. She said five or six other bills to eliminate the CIM and CAM are floating around among lawmakers.
- Portland: Mayor Potter and a Better Plan for Keeping Street Vagrant-Free? New strategy calls for a day center for the homeless as well as extra benches and the opening of public restrooms downtown. (Oregonian)
- Oregonian Loves the New Homeless Idea.
- PORTLAND: Police Will Hold Parents Accountable for Kids Out Past Curfew. (Oregonian)
- Portland Schools: Rehiring Custodians Will Cost Extra $6.8-M. Cleaning will be much less often despite increasing the budget by 64% this year. (Oregonian)
- Conservative Republican Lawmaker Steps Down, Citing Cancer Treatment Reasons. Rep. Mac Sumner's resignation will be effective 5 p.m. Friday. (Oregonian)
- Counties Propose Splitting 2.4-M Acres for Timber, Conservation. (Oregonian) [The Spotted Owl, bogus need for protection of various species -- pure socialism. Intent is to kill capitalism, make loggers dependent upon gov't aide just like the fisherman who are not allowed to fish.]
- Counties Likely To Lose Timber $$. (Statesman J.)
- Oregonian Slams the 109th Congress.
- Bush Applauds Bill To Overhaul Fisheries. Compensates fisherman after fishing denied to protect species, etc. (AP)"This legislation is not a perfect solution, but I believe we have struck an appropriate balance between preserving the marine resources of our coastal communities with these fisheries management tools," she [RINO Olympia Snowe] said.
- Ethics Reform On Agenda. "As the lobbyist for a property-right group, Larry George says he was taken aback on more than one occasion when certain state legislators would invite him out for a meal -- on his dime..." (Statesman J)
- Salem-Keizer: Decision About Charter School Is Due. (SJ)
- RG Publishes LA Times Editorial: "Gay Marriage Making Gains In the Reast Of the World. [America is so backward to be last to approve the evil of sodomy.]
- CORVALLIS: Frat Member Arrested after Homeless Man Shot. Police say members regulary shot at transients. (8 WGAL)
- OR Health & Science Univ. Gives Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment to CA Boy. (Oregonian)
- Sen. Peter Courtney Sees Growing Support for Annual Legislative Sessions. (Albany-Democrat Herald)
- KULONGOSKI Seeks Funds to Study Willamette Pollution. (Oregonian)
- State Lawmakers Must Act After Records Verdict. (SJ Editorial)
- Dave Reinhard On "Dinner & A Movie", Giving Homeless Kids Unconditional Love of Christ. (Oregonian)
- Bushes Join Dr. Phil for Christmas Show. (AP)
- Nat'l Poll: 57% Say Social Security Needs to Be Fixed. Which means? (AP)
- GOP Presidential Straw Poll.
- Bush Begins New Series Of Consultations On Iraq. Includes video-conference with military commanders & U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad. (AP)
- Media Ballyhoo On Barak Hussein Obama: He's Being Urged To Run for Pres. and He's Overcoming Past Concerns. (AP)
- Legal Threat Removes Seattle Airport's Christmas Trees. (KETV-7)
- Some Republicans Adopting Rhetoric Of Democrats Towards Bush. (LA Times)
- LA: Liberal Democrat WM Jefferson Wins Runoff Despite Ongoing Federal Bribery Investigation. (Oregonian)
- Romney's Past On Homosexual Stance Coming Back to Haunt His Campaign. [He also has done a flip-flop on his abortion stance. Was he a flip-flopper before Saxton? No wonder he was one of the out-of-state supporters of Saxton? Guliani (mayor in drag) and Romney -- hmmmm. What was that Saxton said about his being in the "mold of Ronald Reagan?" That isn't the type of Republicans who came to endorse him. Is Romney trying the same routine of 'pull to the right in the primaries' and then return to the old ways in the general campaign? He IS from Massachusetts.]
- Washington: Competitive Contracting: Olympia's Hollow "Reform". "Competitive contracting, which allows private companies to compete with public agencies for the ability to provide services, has proven to be an illusory reform." (Evergreen Freedom Foundation) [Everywhere in the news, our state and national governments killing free flow of capitalism.]
- Sen. Brownback Takes Campaign To Prison. (AP) Spends night in jail. His mission at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, rather, was to promote religious-based prison efforts to curtail violence and provide inmates with an alternative to crime once — or if — they got out.
- McKinney Introduces Bill To Impeach Bush. (AP)
- Disorder In the U.S. Supreme Court? Someone (or more than one someone), very ill? (AP)
- The Iraq Surrender Report Ends With a Thud. (Rush Limbaugh)
- The "Self"-righteous Spitting On American Soldier Back from MidEast. (My Word, by Fox News John Gibson) Turning the Iraq War into Vietnam.
- Woman Spits In Soldier's Face. (My Pet Jawa) Jason Jones, 21, told police a woman he did not know walked up to him near the United Airlines ticket counter, asked him if he was a Fort Drum solider and, when he responded that he was, spat in his face.
- U.S. Supreme Court: Immigrant Wins In Drug Deportation Case. Increases chances for some immigrants to remain in the U.S. if they have been convicted of drug possession under state laws. 8-1 ruling. (AP)
- Energy Companies Get Greater Access To Gulf Drilling Of Louisiana. Democrat Senator Mary Landrieu thinks it's great. Means billions for 'her' state. But, other Dems are upset. (AP)
- Barak Hussein Obama Makes First Stop In NH In Pres. Campaign. (AP)
- Cop Pledged "Love" To Polygamist Leader. Chief law enforced accused of misconduct for writing letters to Warren Jeffs. (MSNBC)
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