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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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- Legislators Hanging Back On Real ID Law. Oregon is one of eight states that does not require drivers to prove they are U.S. citizens or legal residents, either through a verifiable Social Security number or another identifying number. (Oregonian)
- OFIR & OR Minutemen Challenge Contractors Using Illegals At Labor Site Pickups. (Daniel's Blog)
- Portland Anarchists Post Video Burning Soldier In Effigy. (YouTube)
- SENATOR SMITH, Longtime Friend Of Iran-American Org. Dedicated To Electing Iranian-Americans. "The featured guest speaker...has earned a reputation for independence and bipartisanship..."{buzzwords for backstabbing his own Republican Party and U.S. President] ..."A recent congressional ranking by National Journal placed Smith at the ideological center of the U.S. Senate." [Oh, but that just can't be. The Oregonian, Oregon Right to Life and Oregon Family Council continually call him a conservative.] Smith said that he was "...thankful for the many Iranian Americans I know and for their support over the years." He also stated that he was looking forward to working with IAPAC. IAPAC is a registered bipartisan political action committee that contributes to candidates for public office who are attuned to the domestic concerns of the Iranian American community. IAPAC focuses exclusively on domestic policy issues, such as civil liberties and immigration, and encourages Americans of Iranian descent to actively participate in civic affairs. IAPAC has also supported 7 Iranian American candidates for public office, including [Oregon's] Goli Ameri, the first Iranian American to win a congressional primary... (Payvands'Iran News)
- Gordon Smith With Democrats, Against Bush On Expanded Health Care Program Claimed To Be "For the Children." (NY Times)
- Oregon Supreme Court Redefines Self-Defense. An Oregon ruling says a person doesn't have to try to escape or avoid a fight before striking back. (Oregonian)
- [Left-wing] Group Of Attorneys Announce Measure 37 Plan. [This is just another attempt to make M-37 impotent and thwart the will of the people.](SJ)
- House Passes Law Forcing Businesses To Provide Place for Nursing Mother To Express Milk.
- House Republicans Call for Immediate Vote On 07/09 Education Budget Bill; Demand Action On School Funding. House Democrats reject own budget, 18% increase in school funding.
- Union Accuses Gresham Police Of Illegally Spying On Officers. (KATU)
- Report Cites 8% Increase In OR Drug Deaths Since 2005. [In spite of taking away our over-the-counter cold medications?}(SJ)
- Bills Aimed At "Predatory" Or "Patrol" Towing. (KATU)
- Portland Planning To Spend $400,000 On New Public Toilets. (Oregonian)
- Velodrome-Construction Bill Gains Traction In Senate. Velodrome: Oval, highly banked bicycle tracks used for competitive cycling & training. (SJ)
- Driver Claims Officer Beat Her During Traffic Stop. (Oregonian)
- Legislature Looking To Expand Bottle Bill. (Oregonian)
- Fire-safe Cigarettes To Become Law. (Oregonian)
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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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National/International News
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- Colombia Raid with GIs Raises Combat Issues. U.S. rules of engagement in Colombia are being called into question after U.S. soldiers accompanied their Colombian counterparts on a raid on a rebel stronghold, where three American civilians were being held as hostages. (WA Times)
- OR Legislature: Same-Sex Unions, Measure 37, Taxes Still On Dem's To Finish List. (SJ)
- It's Unions vs. Business In Heavyweight Election Bout. Voters might not be paying much attention to the May 15 ballot measure to restructure [Portland] city gov't, but two of Portland's most influential special interest groups sure are:...(Oregonian)
- If It Funds Schools, It's a Wonderful Thing? Senate Bill 366, introduced this session, and referred to the Finance and Revenue Committee, would allow school districts to set an impact fee, or system development charge, on new homes or lots. (SJ)
- OR Legislators Continue Push for Universal Health Care Passage In 2007 Session. Westlund, D-Bend, said he expects the Senate committee to pass the bill to the full Senate by mid-April. (Oregonian)
- Tax Funded English Classes Can't Keep Up With Demand to Learn English. House Bill 2864 - Introduced by Rep. Linda Flores, is an effort to foster community by ensuring a common language. It's a bill that sends a message, but would neither require nor prohibit state agencies that want to provide services in other languages. "It's not English only, but English first," Flores said. House Bill 3112, also introduced by Flores, would create a pilot program to design English immersion courses for immigrant students. House Bill 3518 - proposed by Democratic Rep. Peter Buckley - would set up grant programs to pay for English instruction for adults in every community in Oregon. (RG)
- Panel To Vote On Keeping Columbia River Interstate Bridge. (Oregonian)
- Eugene: Social Sites Harbor Pitfalls (for teachers & students alike). When Eugene police detectives began investigating former Churchill High School teacher Curtis Buell last fall... (RG)
- "He Went for the Right Reasons" -- Father of Sgt. Nicholas Lightner, 29, Killed By IED in Iraq. (SJ)
- Farmers Seek Increased Water Rights. The usual environmental whacko groups oppose. (SJ)
- Legislature: Prescription Med Plan Moves Forward. Senate Bill 362, which would allow businesses to enroll employees and include the underinsured in the pool. The bill now awaits a vote of the full House, which would then return it to the Senate for action on an emergency clause. (SJ)
- Legislators Consider Electronics Recycling Bill. (SJ)
- Gordon Smith Selling Out Part Of Oregon Land To UN. This is undoing what Reagan did when he pulled the U.S. OUT OF UNESCO because it was totally corrupt. Smith's campaign for a national heritage is is code for "international" heritage site that, for all intents and purposes, gives part of U.S.land to the UN.
- Pseudo Left Legislators, Media Trying To Make Gov. K. Look Reasonable? Legislative budget chiefs want even more cash for public schools than gov.? Really? (Steve Law, SJ)
- Sen. Smith Continues Bailing Out On An Innocent Attn'y Gen'l Gonzales. "Still stopping short of calling for Gonzales’ resignation, Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., “thinks it’s better to have an attorney general that Congress has confidence in,” spokesman R.C. Hammond said." [How generous. He's withholding calling for a resignation. But, who would Oregon and the U.S. be better off having resign? Smith or Gonzales?]
- Tom Tancredo Is Down On Gonzales Also, But What Is "His" Reason for Wanting Gonzales Gone?
- Embattled Gonzales Now Accused In Sex Scandal "Cover-Up." (WND)
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Liberal Media Propaganda Pitting America's Elderly Against Children? Children of illegal immigrants come first? Excessive numbers of immigrants being allowed to crowd out funding already earned by America's seniors? LA Times headline: "Insuring Children May Squeeze Seniors." -- "Expanding the programs could help people like 5-year-old Kayla Cervantes of East Los Angeles, a second-generation Californian who has had no health insurance for about half of her life...Their backup plan if Kayla gets sick is to take her to a doctor in Mexico, where they have relatives."
- RINO Hagel Warns of Impeachment of Bush, Threatens To Work with Dems On Anti-War Bill. (NY Sun)
- Congress's Opportunity To Restore Parental Rights. (Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum)
- Leading Presidential GOP Contenders Not Big On Marital Fidelity. "The so-called "religious right" and its self-proclaimed monopoly on family values may be losing its grip on the Republican Party." (Ron Eachus, SJ)
- Military Posts Raw Footage On YouTube. (Local 6)
- 2008 Slate of Candidates Low On Governors. (WA Times)
- Lott Hits House Passage Of Pullout. (WA Times)
- Image Released Of Congressman Mike Rogers' Office Vandal By Anti-War Intimidators. Sheriff's deputies were providing extra security at the Brighton home where Rogers lives with his wife and two children, Keiser said. (Click On Detroit)
- Rove Speaks to Party Faithful In Jackson, Michigan. Raises $$ for GOPers. (Click On Detroit)
- Kansas: Officers Arrest 11 Suspected Illegals, But Three Successfully Flee, Following Routine Traffic Stop. Turned over to immigration & custom authorities. By Thursday afternoon, there was no word from immigration officials on where the suspected immigrants had been taken.
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Iowa: Tom Tancredo Tells Iowans He Has Good Reason for Illegal Immigration Being His Main Issue. “Sometimes I am accused of being a one-issue candidate, I have heard that before. I say, 'Well, at least I have an issue, and frankly it is an issue that touches so many parts of our life,'” Tancredo said. “You want to talk about education? I will talk to you about the cost of educating the children of illegal aliens. You want to talk about our health care problems? I will talk to you about the 86 hospitals that have shut down because they can no longer afford to provide free treatment for illegal aliens that have overwhelmed them. You want to talk about national security? How secure do you think it is to have our borders be porous and people come through at their desire, not because we say they can?” ....“There is something happening in this country, I call it the ‘cult of multiculturalism’ –...
- Newt Gingrich On Illegal Immigration
- FL: Largo Commissioner Defends Vote To Fire Transsexual City Mgr. (NBC-12)
- AZ: HOMESCHOOL Chess Team Not Allowed To Defend State Title.
- Des Moines, Iowa: Hillary Clinton Vows Creation of Universal Health Care If Elected Pres... saying she "learned a lot" during the failed health care effort of her husband's presidency. (First Coast News)
- Activists Remember a Different Romney. Advocates for gay and abortion rights and the environment say the GOP candidate misled them on his positions. [Did Romney snooker the lefties or is he out to snooker the right-wingers now?](LA Times)
- Chuck Norris for "The Dew."
- Obama Thinks "Independent Inquiry Is Needed" Into Duke Lacrosse DA Nifong. [He wants Attn'y Gen'l Gonzales to investigate Nifong, BUT Obama has also called for the removal of Gonzales. Soooo, does he expect Gonzales to act on his call to investigate Nifong?] (ABC)
- IDAHO LAWMAKERS WANT OUT OF SPP. Get U.S. out of the Security and Prosperity Partnership, a multinational plan that opponents believe is being used to blend the U.S., MX and Canada. (WND)
- "DON'T PAVE OUR LAND" Farm Bureau Pleads. Trans-TX Corridor opposition grows, Legislature considers limits. (WND)
- Commerce Chief Pushes for "N. American Integration." (WND)
- LESBIAN ASKS COURT TO BAN SAME-SEX ADOPTIONS. (My Fox, Cleveland)
- FL School Ignores Jessica's Law, Hires Felons for Campus Jobs. (My Fox)
- Who's Politicizing Justice? (David Limbaugh)
- PA Judge: Ruling On Immigration Law Will Take Time. U.S. District Judge James Munley calls legal issues "very convoluted." (USA Today)
- A Cure for Political Depression. (Peggy Noonan)
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