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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

Wednesday, March 18, 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS: OR News; Nat'l News; Nat'l/Intern'l News; International News

Oregon News:

Despite Another Cold Winter In OR, Global Warming Hasn't Gone Away, Experts Say. (Oregonian)
Mark Lucca Enters State GOP Race for Dist. 17. Lucca has worked for Reps. Fred Girod of Lyons, Mac Sumner of Molalla, Sal Esquivel of Medford, Jim Thompson of Dallas, Gordon Anderson of Grants Pass and Kim Thatcher of Keizer, for whom he was legislative director during the 2007 session. Lucca also has been active in Republican Party political circles, including Polk County chairman from 2004 to 2006.(SJ)
West Linn Candidate Slams Congressman Coburn for Opposing Gordon Smith/Wyden Mt. Hood Plans. Slams Coburn for doing exactly what Wyden has done on occasion; putting a hold on legislative action. (West Linn Tidings) [This liberal fellow has aspirations beyond being City Councilor. Conservatives had better stop him at the pass now.]
Bombers, Tankers & War Strategy Take Center State In OR U.S. Senate Race. (Oregonian)
Medford Braces for Obama Visit. (Oregonian)
DeFazio: Deregulation Behind Economic Woes. (Albany-Democrat)
Jim Bunn Seeks Return to State Legislature. Bunn was a last-minute entrant in the May 20 Republican primary for the House District 24 seat being vacated after eight years by Donna Nelson of McMinnville. (SJ)
Medford: Gun-Toting Teacher to Appeal Court Ruling. (Mail Tribune)
Who Owns the Riverbanks? Hundreds gather to hear arguments about a Rogue River navigability study that could have an effect on access. (Mail Tribune)
Portland: Police Oversight Panel Leaves Six-Month Review & Finds Clash In Streets. After a consultant urges more authority for the citizens panel, members leave City Hall to see officers and war protesters scuffling. (Oregonian)
Gordon Smith Addresses Iraq War. (KTVZ)
Man Arrested for Crashing Into Portland Radio Station.
Pepper Spray Used In Anti-War Protesters. (KTVZ)
MX Awards Digimarc Voter ID Contract. (Biz Journals, Portland)
The Political Landscape Of OR According to Congressional Quarterly. (CQ)
Video of Obama Speech.
Congressmen DeFazio Unhappy With Bush Privatization Plans on Transportation. (WA Post) [Privatization is usually better. But, what is so spooky about THIS transportation plan and just who ARE the companies who will be in charge of toll-collecting? Have you been paying attention to the plans for the NAFTA/GATT Highway? How to snooker conservatives? Socialist DeFazio doesn't like any privatization. His reasons for disliking this bill are not the same reasons which concern conservatives.]
Ashland: Settlement to Help Pay Down AFN Debt. (Ashland Daily Tidings)
Eugene: Former Republican (but always a RINO) Jim Torrey Endorsing Obama for President.
Eugene: Torrey Launches Campaign for Mayor. (RG)
Eugene: Jim Torrey First Candidate from New Independent Party. (Register Guard)
OR Independent Party Welcomes All RINOs. (KTVZ) [When conservatives give up on the GOP they join the Constitution Party.]
No Injuries Reported In Campus Shooting. (KXL News)
Obama Coming to OR March 21, 22. (KXL)
Aging Population Puts Burden On Health Care System. Smith thinks Wyden Health Care plan an answer. (Newport News)
Sex with Children Case Being Investigated By U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement. (KXL)
Arrest Made In Radio Station Attack. (KXL News, [the station attacked])
Man Accused of Crashing Car Into Portland Radio Station. Station had been threatened. (KTVZ)
Parks Commission Approves War Memorials. (KTVZ)
TriMet Shooting Lands Fairfax Man In Jail. Victim hospitalized, unknown to shooter. (KTVZ)

National News:

PENNSYLVANIANS REGISTERING DEMOCRAT IN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS. (KXL News)
Obama; Marxist Mole? (AIM)
McCain, Soros, and the New "Global Order." (AIM)
CQ Map Of Projected Political Landscape. Just click an area for info on those elections.
Vote Carefully.
Muslims for Obama Don't Want to Be Identified. (Network Solutions, Who Is page)
MN: Second Muslim To Be Sworn Into U.S. Congress. Also troubling are the congratulations given to him by the Council on American Islamic Relations [CAIR] a Saudi funded front group for Hamas and an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas [HLF] terror funding trial. Of most importance, however is that CAIR has joined with other Islamists to raise funds for Carson, and that Ellison co-sponsored one of those fundraisers with the terror friendly group. (Pipeline News)
Fizzled War Protest Groups Display Last Gasps On Iraq War Anniversary. Screaming shrew CA State Senator Carol Migden; it takes a lefty to ruin a kid. (Pipeline News)
Report Shows Link Between Saddam and al-Qaida: Mainstream Media Wrong Again. (AIM)
Latinos In Nation Of Islam Celebrating Saviors' Day 2008. A spitting on Jesus Christ. (Final Call, an Islamic, pro-Farrakhan web site.)
Bloomberg Aligns with Gore On Environment. (AIM)
Liberals Amass Huge War Chest. (ABC)
Still "Thousands of Aliens" In U.S. Flight Schools Illegally. (ABC News)
What Liberals Say. New website from AIM with some of the most outrageous liberal quotes.
Former Clinton Officials, and Time Mag. Reporter, Named As Trusted Contact for Russian Intel. (AIM)
How To Keep Reagan Out Of Office. (Ann Coulter)
Judicial Watch Appeal to Judge for Hillary Clinton Phone Records. "Under the law, these phone records should have been released two years ago," said Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, the group that succeeded in getting the calendars released. "Voters shouldn't have to wait two more years for these records of a presidential candidate." (KXL News)
Class Action Planned In IL School Suit Over Mandatory Moment of Silence. (AP/WA Post)
KEEP YOUR KID HOME from SCHOOL ON THE "DAY OF SILENCE." Coming on Friday, April 25th. (Americans for Truth)
SILENCING CHRISTIANS.
OK Lawmaker Under Vicious Attack by Anti-Christian Homosexual Hate Groups. (Americans for Truth)
McCain, Soros, and the New "Global Order." (AIM)
Bipartisan Crimes Against the Constitution. (Cliff Kincaid, AIM)
Alan Keyes Leaving Republican Party. Giving Christian conservatives an alternative to McCain? (The American View) [Remember it was Keyes who tried to prevent Obama from winning his senatorial seat in Illinois and he didn't get the support from the GOP he should have. Perhaps the GOP should have cared a lot more who won that senatorial seat, but unlike Keyes, they didn't have the vision to see the importance of this race.]
Eight Reasons I Won't Vote for John McCain. Like our mutual friend Alan Keyes, I've been a lifelong Republican and never voted third party, but this time I've had enough (and apparently so has Alan Keyes, who reportedly is quitting the GOP). (Gordon James Klingenschmitt, WND)
NAFTA-SHAFTA; Obama Sends Signal to Canadian Gov't. Not to Take His Rhetoric on NAFTA Seriously. AP reporter obtains copy of Canadian gov't memo. (ABC)
Jim Rogers: "Abolish the Fed." Investor Jim Rogers, CEO of Rogers Holdings, told CNBC Europe Wednesday. (CNBC)
High Wheat Prices Raise Grocery Costs. (My Way) [U.S. farmers no longer growing wheat in favor of corn.]

Flashpoint: California Political News

National/International News

MILITARY NEWS SITES

McCain Meets PM Brown In 10 Downing St. (BBC)
U.S. Troops Should Protect Iraqi Christians. (Cliff Kincaid, AIM)
Reconquista Mexican Consulate Claims U.S. Belongs to MX. (YouTube video)
McCain Backs Israeli Reprisals In Gaza, Saying Gov't Must Defend Its People. (KXL)
Clintons' War Continues In Serbia As Internat'l Forces Battle Kosovo Serbs. (Military.com)

The Global Warming Lie: Video.

International News:

China Steps Up Crackdown Upon Tibetans. (BBC)
China Cracks Down On News Reports. (BBC)
Tibet Kept On Olympic Torch Route. (BBC)
Police "Bust Chinese Slave-Ring." (BBC)
No Escape from EU Traffic Fines... ...no matter which nation you are from. (BBC)
New "Bin Laden Tape" Threatens EU. (BBC)
MX Gang Had "James Bond" Car. Most Jeep Cherokees do not boast police-defying smoke machines. (BBC)
Thatcher Ad Man Hired to Do Makeover of "Outpost of Tryanny." Condy Rice thus dubbed Belarus for it dire human rights record. [Belarus president] "Lukashenko doesn't see why Belarus can't be a friend to the west and a friend to Russia at the same time."(The First Post)

Tuesday, March 18, 2008