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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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- Joe Rohas-Burke, Oregonian: Will More Data Create Health Care Shoppers? Information - Caregivers start disclosing ratings, but using them is easier said than done for consumers.
- Portland Commissioner Erik Sten Announces Will Step Down April 1 (April Fool's Day) (Oregonian)
- Toxic Fungus Moves Into OR. "Even small changes in climate, such as an increase in temperature of a degree or two, can cause changes to microscopic organisms that are in dynamic balance with each other, she [Karen Bartlett, Asso. Prof. of environmental health at Univ. of British Columbia.] said. [HERE IT COMES! It's because of global warming. Get scared some more.]
- Insurance Must Now Cover Birth Control. Bill passed by Legislature applies to prescription drug plans.
- Look Who, Who Is Moving to the City. (Oregonian) [But, but, but, they can't do that. We've saved thousands of acres of old growth just for them! Because our EXPERTS said they could only live in old growth forests. Gasp. How can this be?]
- Oregonian: New Land-Use Rules Would "Let" Counties Set Aside Farms & Metro Pick Urban Areas Years In Advance. ["Let!?" Liberaleeze at its best. It's the same old "forceful" (socialist) urban-growth boundaries baloney. If we are going to get into "letting" then "let" the landowners decide what they want to do with their land.] "Development interests grumble that farmland preservation has an almost unquestioned status in Oregon, meaning it's an issue with no gray areas. --
"If all farmland is off-limits, then that's a whole different conversation," said Jon Chandler, an Oregon Homebuilders Association lobbyist. "The best way to preserve farmland is for the farmer not to sell it." [CORRECT!]
- McMinnville: Sides Eye Mediation In Urban Growth Boundary Dispute (News Register)
- Ron Paul Supporters Plan Jan. 5 Rally In Vancouver. (Oregonian)
- Ashland Candlelight Vigil, At Local Church, Over Postponement Of Same-Sex Registrations. (Oregonian) [Church?]
- Basic Rights: Federal Judge's Decision "Totally Unexpected." Concerned Oregonians Leader: Holding county clerks accountable on the validation process is a victory for all registered voters in Oregon, regardless of where they stand on this particular issue. (Mail Tribune)
- Letter to Ed., SJ: Same-Sex Relationships Should Not Be Encouraged.
- Angus Reid Poll: Americans Split Over Same-Sex Civil Unions.
- Dems Rake In Cash, But Candidates Have a Ways to Go. (Julia Silverman, Oregonian) Public perception has long been that Republicans are the party of big business and big money. But as an election year rolls around in Oregon, it's Democrats who have a clear cash advantage. And the contributions aren't coming only from traditional Democratic donors, like unions and trial lawyers. ["Public perception?" This perception didn't just happen. It was willfully, and falsely, perpetuated by liberal Democrats. It's always been a lie. This is nothing new.]
- New Law Goes Into Effect Requiring Employers To Provide Nursing Mothers Time, Place to Pump Breast Milk. (Oregonian)
- Albany: Proposed Gatorade Plant Likely Won't Be Built Until 2009. (SJ)
- Oregonian Opinion: A Helter-Skelter Primary System.
- Salem-Keizer: Teachers Union, Others, Give School Board Superintendent High Grades. She'll keep her $184,500/year salary. (SJ)
- New OR State Nursing Director Takes Over. (Oregonian)
- Hillsboro: Mexican Parents Give Birth to First Portland, OR Baby In 2008. They talked about their New Year's baby with the help of a Tuality Community Hospital interpreter, Bel Mejia. 12:02 a.m. (According to Oregonian)
- First OR Baby of the New Year: Jasmine Morales of Roseburg. (According to KPIC TV) 12:06 a.m.
- Statesman Journal Editorial: Early-Primary States Useful to OR Voters.
- By September, All OR Cars Will Run On Fuel that Contains Ethanol. (KATU)
- Oregon's Domestic Partnerships Law On Hold. (AP)
- Sen. Larry George, Ted Abram File Legal Complaint To Halt Off-Year "Supplemental" Legislative Session. (Willamette Week)
- Sen. George, Veterans' Coalition, Seek Improvements for Veterans Memorial Park.
- Paul Burgess, former Kitzhaber Staffer Has Suggestions for Spending Tax Dollars On Storm Damages. "...And we'd think twice before building in the flood plain. Perhaps we'd ask the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Congress and the Oregon Legislature to provide funding to relocate willing landowners, while keeping families and businesses financially whole." (Oregonian) [How about merely refusing to repetitiously bail out such landowners who know full well the risks before they purchase the land? Do liberals, like Mr. Burgess, REALLY want to help landowners, how about reducing property taxes?]
- Youth Hunting Program Rewarding for Family. (SJ)
- Cornelius: Group Home for Convicts Drawing Concern. Planning Commission chairwoman Vickie Cordell says that when her group approved the home, they were under the impression that its residents were nearly rehabilitated from mental health problems and would be on their own within the year. But, that's hardly the case. But, will the federal Fair Housing Act prevent Cornelius from doing what needs to be done? (KATU)
- Some Still Selling Non-Fire-Safe Cigarettes Despite New OR Ban. (KATU)
- Recent Supreme Court Ruling Exemplifies Need for Tort Reform. Under Oregon’s constitution, people are entitled to a “remedy by due course of law” for any injury. Keep that in mind as you wonder about the Supreme Court decision last week involving a boy, now hopelessly handicapped and Oregon Health & Sciences University. (Opinion, Albany Democrat)
- Register Guard "Anti-Logging" Editorial. [God forbid, our gov't would FINALLY refuse to be jerked around by phony, extremist environmental claims that are based in socialist, anti-capitalist intent. The Bush administration is completely right on this issue.]
- Oregon Magazine's Tom Lipscomb Has It Right On Logging VS Whacko-Environmentalism.
- Families Of War Dead Eligible for New License Plate. (KOIN TV)
- Douglas County Commissioner Race: Moderate Challenger (& State Rep), Susan Morgan Ahead Of Conservative Marilyn Kittelman, In Financial Contributions. (News Review)
- Fur Trapping More Than Doubles In OR. (New West)
- OR Manufacturing Jobs Increase 0.5% In Past Year. (SJ)
- Oregon's Minimum Wage Now Higher. (News Review)
- Same-Sex Partnership Law Suspension Puts Focus On State's Petition Signature Process. (RG)
- Under 18 Oregonians Now Face $97 Fine If Caught Talking On Cell Phone While Driving. Claim that studies indicate as dangerous as drunk driving.
- Anti-War Activist Files $200,000 Against PGE. Peter Bergel, trying to see Sen. Smith, says security guards blocked the doors to gain favor with Smith.
- Reporter, Julia Silverman, Thinks Smith VS Merkley Should Be "Oregon's Marquee Political Story of 2008." (Oregonian)
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