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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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- 'Most sweeping and culturally devastating law in Oregon history, establishing pagan morality' -- World Net Daily. [Leave it to WND to say it exactly the way it is. Maybe now even Rush Limbaugh & Bill O'Reilly will talk about it.]
- Day Labor Protests, Part II. Video, Daniel's Blog
- Blumenauer Global Warming Forum, April 11th, Portland State University. Public welcome, 1:30-3:00, Smith Memorial Center, Ballroom (Rm 355)
- Sen Smith Internat'l Trade Bill Advancing To Senate In 2 Days. [Fits in with the consistent pattern of the U.S. hoping trade with some bad countries, with human rights abuses, will be nicer if we are lenient in our trade policies. Want to take bets on how much nicer these countries will be after we make their products duty-free?] (News From Bangladesh)
- Bill Requires Schools To Replace Metal Halide Light Bulbs. Senate vote 28-1.
- Unusual Political Coalition Fights Open Primary Legislation. SB-630 is "anti-democratic" says Libertarian & Pacific Green leaders. (Oregonian)
- Grocers Battling a 5-cent Bottled Water Deposit. (Oregonian)
- Salem Church Sign: Love It Or Sue. (SJ)
- House Votes To Expand Drug Discounts. Will take effect as soon as Gov. signs. (Oregonian)
- SB-412, SB-413 -- Foster-Care Reform Passes Senate. (SJ)
- Unique Logo Arrangement Finds Happy Home at UO. (Oregonian)
- Gov. K. Wants Legislators To Fund Training for Rescuers. (SJ)
- Portland: Police Chief Backs Away from Plan Removing Top Command Staff from N. Precinct. (Oregonian)
- OPB Coverage Might Be Cut from Rural Areas. State budget cut back from $3.75M to $500,000. [Amazingly sensible. Will it really happen?] (SJ)
- OR Bottle Bill Headed To Senate. (Oregonian)
- Bill Would "Give" Domestic-Violence Survivors Time Off Work To Get Help. (SB-946) It would apply to employers with six or more workers. Employers could limit leave time if it would create an undue hardship on the business, and the leave must be "reasonable." Accrued vacation leave or other paid leave could be used. [One more anti-business bill no matter how one slices it and another reason to prefer men for employees.] (SJ)
- 4 OR Schools Earn Top Rankings. (Oregonian)
- Senate Examining Ways To Protect Home-Loan Borrowers from Predatory Lenders. (SJ)
- Klamath Falls Airport Adding Flights To SF. (Herald & News)
- OR State Police Seeking 200 New Troopers. (SJ)
- State Rep. Cameron Press Releases.
- Bill O'Reilly's List of Sanctuary Cities. We can thank former Mayor Giuliani for going to court against the U.S. Gov't to keep NYC a sanctuary city.
- Attack On Minuteman Founder, Jim Gilchrist, By Anarchist Students When a Guest of Republican Students. (CTVNews Online, YouTube video)
- Socialist Columbia Student Object to Mild Punishment for Attack On Jim Gilchrist. Billl O'Reilly calls mere "slap on the wrist" in disgust. (Columbia Spectator)
- Bill O'Reilly Follow-Up Segment On Attack On Jim Gilchrist. Calls Columbia President Bollinger "a fraud and a wimp who has lost control of the school." (Bill O'Reilly)
- The President's Easter Message To America. "The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the most important event..." (WH Press Release)
- Billionaire Investor, Kerkorian's Tracinda Corp. Make Offer To Buy DaimlerChrysler. Offer is subject to Chrysler reaching a new collective bargaining agreement with the United Auto Workers as well as a deal with DaimlerChrysler on sharing the unfunded pension liabilities & health care costs of Chrysler retirees. (Click On Detroit)
- CA: Lawsuit Over Dead Rat Found In Elderly Patient's Mouth. (The Boston Channel)
- Movie Mix-Up Shocks Families Expecting PG Film. "There were kids that were crying, there were people trying to cover the kids' eyes, they were caught off guard..." "My wife is eight months pregnant, and he's been asking, 'Is that what mommy's going to have?"' said Frank Doll, 31, of Mastic. (Film opens with woman giving birth to a mutant creature.) (WCVB-TV)
- O Beautiful for Campaign Prize, for Ample Ways Of Gain... Yes, It's America, the Bountiful. It's campaign season. ((Kansas City Star)
- "Can-Spam" Bill Didn't Stop Spam Problem. (Red Orbit)
- NH House Passes Civil Unions. (S. Coast Today)
- RUDY PLEASE! (NY Daily News)
- Fitzgerald's Cover-Up. It's time to hold the special prosecutor accountable. (WSJ)
- To the Associate Press, Good News Is Bad News, Bush's Successes Are Failures.
- Whitewashing Jihad In Our Schools. (Michelle Malkin)
- Biden: Impeaching Bush Gives Us Cheney. (NewsMax)
- Member of the Council On Foreign Relations Fears We Won't Have Enough "Undocumented Workers." (LA Times)
- CNN's Anderson Cooper, Bio.
- CA: Lawsuit Over Dead Rat Found In Elderly Patient's Mouth. (The Boston Channel)
- Movie Mix-Up Shocks Families Expecting PG Film. "There were kids that were crying, there were people trying to cover the kids' eyes, they were caught off guard..." "My wife is eight months pregnant, and he's been asking, 'Is that what mommy's going to have?"' said Frank Doll, 31, of Mastic. (Film opens with woman giving birth to a mutant creature.) (WCVB-TV)
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- Attack On Minuteman Founder, Jim Gilchrist, By Anarchist Students When a Guest of Republican Students. (CTVNews Online, YouTube video)
- Lou Dobbs Slams the North American Union. (August Review)
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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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National/International News
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ALERT: PUBLIC HEARING ON SB 2, CIVIL UNIONS BILL IS ON MONDAY APRIL 9TH. So far the schedule (not yet posted publicly) is for an explanation of the bill in the a.m. and the public hearing from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
- Constitution Party Wants Mary Starrett for U.S. President Candidate. "Shoot me, just shoot me," Starrett says, "It's like asking a woman who just had a baby to have quintuplets." (Willamette Week)
- Public Hearings Scheduled Around State for Comments On How State Should Spend $15-B. (Oregonian)
- Pro-Life Groups vs Pro-Abortion Groups On Plan B. Portland-based Oregonians for Life opposes Plan B because it can cause blood clots, stroke and potentially severe pregnancy complications, said Mary Starrett, executive director. "These high levels of hormones are dangerous," she said. "It's not a safe drug for women." (RG)
- Sen. Smith Debuts New WA Co. Safe Home for Mentally Ill. Smith helped secure a half-million dollars in federal funding & the center can provide, indefinitely, housing for 10 people who are homeless and severely mentally ill patients. No time limit. Named after Smith's son who killed himself. (KGW -- Subscription may be required to read)
- Smith Has Lowest Score for Party Unity Among GOP Senators Up for Re-election, 3rd Lowest Score Among All GOP Senators. (AP)
- Sen. Smith Reveals War Chest Figures Ahead of Disclosure Deadline. [Ye old psyche game to spook potential opponents. But, he'll need every penny of it if ANYBODY runs against him.] (OPB)
- Sen. Smith Hires Another Congressman's Aide After Only Two Months On the Job. Kochvar said Smith's offer was one he couldn't pass up. [Smith and Wyden are the highest paying Senators to their staff. See yesterday's news in news archives. Smith is pulling out all the stops to win re-election. He knows he is in trouble if he can't scare others from running against him.]
- Portland: Environmental Groups Begin Coast To Coast Lobby for Funding for the [bogus] Environmental Species Act. [The need to campaign because increasingly more and more people are realizing it has been based on too many hoaxes and exaggerations intended to kill capitalism, nothing more.](OPB)
- DeFazio Reluctantly Will Reconsider Running Against Smith. (KMTR)
- DeFazio Says $$ a Barrier To Seeking Smith's Senate Seat. [He won't need as much money as Smith. Will putting out this feeler net some of the needed $$?](SJ)
- DeFazio Doing Math Of Senate Seat. (Oregonian)
- Four Mexicans Indicted On Racketeering Charges After Last Month's Drug Raid. (KMTR)
- OR Veterans Say Finding Delay & Denial for Med Care. Facilities inadequate, ambulances sent to other hospitals. (Oregonian) But, Is the Media Seeking Out ONLY Those Who Will Complain About Veteran Care? Case in point...
- Eugene: White Supremist Sentenced for Attack On Eugene Synagogue. (KMTR)
- Hispanic Community Leaders Riled By Portland Fight Title "Cinco de Mayhem." (KMTR)
- Fluoride Fight Renewed In OR Legislature. (KMTR)
- PERS AWARDS 2006 INVESTMENT EARNINGS. (SJ)
- OR Gas Prices Reach $3. (KMTR)
- House Bill Mandates Partial Ban On Sugary Foods At Schools. Two conservative legislators voted against it, Kim Thatcher and Kevin Cameron. (SJ)
- Portland: Schools' Disciple Rates Show Racial Gap. Officials look for underlying reasons behind the disproportionately higher suspensions & expulsions of blacks last year. (Oregonian)
- OR Dropout Rate Dips to 4.1% Officials Say. (KMTR)
- Contraception Pill Can Be Sold Without Prescription To Adults. (Oregonian)
- Coos Bay In Running As Terminal Site. (KMTR)
- State Police Looking for New Troopers. (Oregonian)
- Recruitment Effort for OR Teachers. Lu Biado, director of licensed personnel for the Hillsboro School District, said the search for teachers of advanced mathematics was getting tough as Oregon has increased diploma requirements. [Tsk, tsk](Oregonian)
- Congresswoman Hooley To Hold Town Meeting Thursday. SJ)
- Nat'l Guard: Equipment Shortages Threaten the Readiness Of States' Units. (SJ)
- OR Nat'l Guard: Citizen Soldiers Indispensable In War Against Terrorism. (SJ)
- Science Study -- Grants Pass: Reforestation Rich After Fires. [Anti-timber] Scientists looking at the aftermath of wildfires in the forests of southwestern Oregon and Northern California found that after five to ten years even the most severely burned areas had sprouted plentiful seedlings without any help from man. "When time is not a factor in achieving the goals, then natural regeneration appears to be a very good approach to reforestation..."
- Sen. Smith, Just Another "Poli-Pig?" (Daily American)
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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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National/International News
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- Murtha Hawking Reinstatement Of Military Draft. (CNSNews)
- Feinstein Leaves Senate Defense Panel Amid Controversy. (CNSNews)
- Keith Richards Snorted Father's Ashes Mixed With Cocaine. [Pure reprobate) (Fox)
- POLL: What Do You Consider the GREATEST Threat to the Physical Safety & Security of Americans Today? (One News Now)
- STATE OF MD: Votes Away Electorial Voting Results for National Popular Votes. Giving its electoral votes for president to the winner of the national popular vote, rather than to the candidate chosen by state voters. State gives up own political clout. (AP)
- New Book Says Kissinger [and Haig] Kept Nixon In the Dark. (AP
- Boston, MA: Gov. Orders 26 Same-Sex Marriages Recorded. (AP)
- "Phantom" Doctors Scrubbed From New York State Budget. (NY Post)
- ALERT: AMNESTY IS BACK. HR 1645, the STRIVE Act... (Eagle Forum)
- NY: Mayor Bloomberg Blasts Curbs On Charter Schools. (NY Post)
- Senate Dems Threaten End To War Funds... ...if Bush vetoes bill. (KETV-7)
- NY: Mayor Bloomberg Will Veto Baseball Bat Ban. (NY Post)
- Same-Sex Activists Charged With Trespassing At College. (WSBTV)
- NY: Mayor Bloomberg Hawking Paying the Poor To Send Kids To School. (NY Post)
- Imam Is Chaplain At NYPD. (NY Post)
- Seattle, WA: City's Insurance Co. Agrees To Pay $1-M... ...to settle claims that about 175 people were wrongly arrested during a peaceful WTO protest in 1999. [Peaceful? News video of this protest didn't look peaceful.] (Oregonian)
- Fiery Rhetoric, Anti-Zion Rabbi Rips "Terror" By Rivals. Fed. terror probers yesterday flocked to the site of a controversial anti-Zionist synagogue...nearly burned to the ground. The Monsey temple's leaders - who have been reviled for meeting with Iran's Holocaust-denying president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad... (NY Post)
- We're the "True Jews," Say Sect Members. The anti-Zionist group whose Rockland County synagogue went up in flames is a tiny ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect whose activist members have embraced Israel's enemies. (NY Post)
- Student's Expulsion from Charter School Over Hair, Overturned. Court sides with ACLU. (Click on Detroit)
- "ANTI-CHRIST" Gets Chopped from NY Times. (NY Post)
- Boston: Police Find Hit Lists In Catholic School's Bathrooms. (WCVB-TV)
- Disney World Trio Busted In Cyber-Pervert Sting.
- Boston Police Launching Crime Crackdown. The head of the MBTA transit police also said he has ordered cameras to be placed on specific bus lines around the city after a teen was shot on a packed bus last week.
(WCVB-TV)
- FARM PORK FOREVER, Spinach & Military Operations... (Rich Lowry, NY Post)
- Chicago: Sculpture of Obama As Jesus Causes Stir. Obama's campaign worked Monday to distance the Illinois senator from the artwork. (Examiner)
- Felons Hired By TX To Run Prison System. (WND)
- Schwarzenegger's State Board Picks Raise Charges Of Cronyism. Say appointed friends are unqualified. [The Dems don't do this?] (LA Times)
- Military Block Of World Net Daily Removed. Soldiers may now access. (WND)
- Dana Corp Must Cut Labor Costs, Retirement Obligations To Emerge from Bankruptcy. Cannot compete, otherwise, with overseas suppliers. Bankruptcy Judge urges company & unions negotiate more. [Two plus two always equals four. Unions which demand companies live by utopian math whereby retirement programs take out more than can be put in, are detroying American competition. This IS the socialist agenda behind most union leadership. It always has been. They don't give a hoot about the worker.] (Click On Detroit)
- Hawaii-Bound Flight Diverted To SF After Female Passenger Punches Pilot. (Fox)
- 3 Mexicans Arrested On TX Border With Drugs, Drugs & $640,000 In Cash. (Fox)
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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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National/International News
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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)
- Advocates for More Spending On Higher Education Begin Big Push At Capitol. (SJ)
- Maui Trips, Golfing Will Cost Legislators $740 Each In Fines. (Oregonian)
- Oregonians' Harry Esteve Writes: Kulongoski Has "Come Alive." "Gettin' his groove back."
- Latina Girls Record Stay In School Message for Hispanic Radio. 50% dropout rate. "It's estimated we're [Portland] the fourth fastest-growing Latino market on the West Coast." Oregon's Latino student population is also on the rise with a 7 percent increase this year. One in six Oregon students now is Latino. (Oregonian)
- Bend: Oregon's Fastest Growing Town Draws Homeless. (Oregonian)
- Gresham: Urban Renewal Being Blamed for Failure of Minority Economic Project. (Oregonian)
- House Version of Sen. Smith's Windmill Bill Introduced. Bill H.R.1772 "aimed at 'helping' property owners, farmers and other small businesses with the high up-front cost required to install these systems across the nation." [You knoooooow how the gov't like to "help" you.] Introduced by Senators Ken Salazar (D-CO) and Gordon Smith (R-OR), Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) told the Tehachapi News, “This is a good proposal, and I support it. The fight to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will require many solutions in many areas...” (Tehachapi News)
- 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)
- How Much Did Mayor Giuliani's Sanctuary Policies Contribute To 9-11? Why isn't the media asking. "On September 5, 2001, his handpicked charter-revision committee ruled that New York could still require that its employees keep immigration information confidential to preserve trust between immigrants and government. Six days later, several visa-overstayers participated in the most devastating attack on the city and the country in history." (American Spectator)
- TANCREDO IS IN THE RACE. Formally announce run for President. (Rocky Mt. News)
- Welcome To Crazy Town... ...where illegal Muslim immigrants, who practice polygamy, are treated more special than legal Christian Americans. (Commoner Sense)
- U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Pres. Bush On Global Warming. Liberal judges cite Gore's book. (AP)
- Protections for Species May Weaken. "Leaked" proposal looks to narrow scope of Endangered Species Act. [Promises, promises.]Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said he knew the service was examining the act. Walden said Thursday that he had not seen the report, but he supports taking a fresh look at the law.
- Children Of Illegal Immigrants Visit Congress. (MSNBC) Don't want consequences of law catching up to them.
- Romney Top Giuliani In Fundraising. $23-M to $15-M. (The Hill)
- Ex-Giuliani Partner May Be Indicted. Bernard Kerik could draw attention to business, political dealings with former NY mayor. (Boston Globe)
- Giuliani Says If Elected, Wife Could Attend Cabinet Meetings. Giuliani playing down remarks as exaggerated. (Fox 28)
- Elizabeth Edwards Says She Would NOT Attend Cabinet Meetings With a Pres. Edwards. (Fox)
- NY Tabloids Gaga Over Potential First Lady, Judith Giuliani. (Gothamist)
- Hillary Clinton Reports $36-M Raised, $4.2 Of It Over the Internet. (Bayou Buss)
- NJ Gov. Corzine Endorsing Clinton. (Fox)
- Former Wisc. Gov. Tommy Thompson Announces 2008 Presidential Bid. (Fox)
- Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Pres. Chris Simcox: MX Border Is a "Free-For-All." (AP)
- Teachers Drop Holocaust, Crusades from History Lessons To Avoid Offending Children. (Fox)
- AZ Police Charge 14 Travel Agency Workers for Allegedly Smuggling Illegal Immigrants. (Fox)
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