Friday, April 11, 2007 , 2008
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Tuesday, April 8, 2007 , 2008
Monday, April 7, 2007 (No news posted this day)
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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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- NYC Mayor Bloomberg Donates $$ to Schwarzenegger CA Redistricting Plan. (NY Sun)
- Coalition for Tax Competition Urges World Bank to Reject Anti-Free Market Agenda. (CF&P alert)
- CA "Spanking" Bill Is Gov't Intrusion, Conservatives Say. (CNSNews)
- CA: Redding Newspaper Doesn't Think Voters Should Care If Candidate Not Really Living In District. (Record Searchlight)
- Sturgell's FAA Safety Crackdown Strands Air Travelers. (Bloomberg)
- Teamsters Chief Hoffa Faults FAA and NAFTA, Lauds Obama. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- McCain Calls Out "Corporate Greed." (CNN) [If only McCain would be honest and call himself a Democrat.]
- Is Partial-Birth Abortionist, Tiller, Above the Law? (AFA)
- Light Bulb Freedom Of Choice Act. Yes, that’s right, a recent piece of legislation passed in Washington has outlawed the everyday household light bulb. (Michele Bachmann, Townhall)
- Food Stamps vs. Abortion. Catholic & Planned Parenthood "lobby days" fall on same date this year, but don't expect a showdown. (CA Catholic Daily)
- Florida Passes Guns at Work Bill. (CNSNews)
- "In Defiance Of Our Fundamental [Catholic] Principles." (Archbishop Geo. Niederauer to pay tribute to "philanthropist" back of Planned Parenthood & embryonic stem cell research. (CA Catholic)
- Virginia's Latest GOP In-Party Battle Between RINOs and Conservatives... Bob Marshall, a Republican delegate in the state's General Assembly from Prince William County, is challenging Jim Gilmore, a former Virginia governor and a candidate for the 2008 GOP nomination for the presidency. Running on a campaign of "Life, Liberty, Property," Marshall is capitalizing on apparent discontent in his party over Gilmore. Polls indicate both would lose to the Democrat. (CNSNews)
- Gossip Blogger Expands Into Radio. (WSJ)
- Michelle Malkin: Absolut's Left-Wing Liquor. And remember: The National Council of La Raza ("the race") claims that reconquista is just a "code word" invented by conservative "hate groups" who are dreaming the whole thing up...Eriksson attempted to douse the flames by touting the company's embrace-diversity ethos. "As a global company," she pedantically intoned, "we recognize that people in different parts of the world may lend different perspectives or interpret our ads in a different way than was intended in that market. Obviously, this ad was run in Mexico, and not the U.S (AP)
- Ruben Navarrette Jr.: On Vodka Ad Showing New Mexico/U.S. Map. Leading the charge are the usual suspects - right-wing bloggers, cable news demagogues, restrictionist organizations, et al... As I've said before, anyone who believes in a "recon-spiracy" being carried out by Mexicans and Mexican Americans on behalf of Mexico doesn't know beans. First, who says Mexico even wants the Southwest? Why own when you're already enjoying a windfall? (SF Chron)
- Michigan: Liberal Legislator Fed Up with Politics. Won't run for another term. Things not liberal enough for him. (Business North)
- LIBERTARIANS Battling Over Who Will Be Their Candidate. The party will hold its nominating convention in Denver from May 23-26. (NPR)
- Citizen's Council On Health Care [CCHC] Upset Over National "DNA Warehouse" Bill. Alert calls on Bush to veto the bill. (CCHC)
- NY: "Silent No More" Leaders Urge Gov. Henry to Sign Pro-Life Bill. (Christian News Wire)
- NARAL's Disinformation Campaign Doesn't Seem t Have Worked In MD. (Kristin Hansen, Nat'l Review)
- Michigan Indian Tribe Says Water Legislation Would Violate Its Fishing Rights. (Michigan Live)
- Three Out of Four Americans Would Support the Next President If He Or She... did all in their power to ensure that federal obscenity laws are enforced vigorously. (Christian Wire)
- Air Force Academy Cuts "Anti-Catholic" Film Clips from Religion Seminar. (Catholic News Agency)
- Pope Benedict Was Brave to Baptize Muslim. Not surprisingly, many Muslims were offended and criticized Benedict for being insensitive. It wasn’t only that the pope baptized a Muslim in such a public way, but that Allam, specifically, has written critically of Muslims who use violence to advance Islam. (Nat'l Review)
- Pope Will Find Protestants More Receptive When He Visits U.S. (Mercator)
- Benedict to the UN: In Defense Of Natural Law. On December 10, 1948, the UN General Assembly -- meeting in Paris -- voted 48 for, 0 against, and 8 abstaining to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The abstainers, for those who may have forgotten, were the states of the Soviet bloc, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa. -- Nearing its 60th anniversary, the human rights declaration is Benedict's Exhibit A in making his case for universal moral standards as the necessary basis of world peace and justice. (Inside Catholic)
- THE COMPANY HE KEEPS. Meet Obama's circle: The same old America-hating Left. (Nat'l Review)
- Obama Promises "Gays" "Strongest Possible Bill." Tells homosexual mag he's "more vocal" for them than any candidate in history. (World Net Daily)
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National/International News
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- Hillary Clinton Calls for "Poverty Czar." (RA Republican American)
- ICE AGENT FOUND NOT GUILTY. (Rocky Mt. News)
- Girl Faked Anti-Illegal-Immigrant Sign Attack. Video shows signs being grabbed from her, but then she proceeded to scratch herself. (My Fox, TX) [Well, isn't that helpful.]
- McDonald's Tries to Be Confusing about Its Support of the Gay Agenda. (AFA)
- For Senate Dems, 60 Is Still Elusive. (CBS)
- Denver, CO: Red Light Camera Controversy. The cameras are coming but a look at poor records in other cities isn't encouraging. (Rocky Mt. News)
- Harry Potter Makes Nude Debut In Dark Psychological Drama. Tortures horses on Broadway. (Zap It, celebrity news)
- Ex-Lawmaker, Jackie Speier (D), Wins Race for the Deceased Tom Lantos' Seat. Plans to run for a full term. (Oregonian)
- YouTube Video: Ron Paul, Lou Dobbs On NAFTA Superhighway.
- MA State Senator Accused Of Sexual Assault. Sen. James Marzilli is married to longtime political activist and commentator Susan Shaer. Marzilli is known as a progressive Democrat and has been one of the Legislature’s leading voices on environmental issues. (Boston Herald)
- Boston's Conservative Talk-Show Host Howie Carr On Accusation Against Sen. Marzilli. Naturally, Marzilli won’t resign. They never do. They have no shame. One of his big issues is “global climate change.” I’m guessing he’s undergoing some very big climate change around his home, mostly cooling. He’s married to Susan Shaer, not just another pretty face as they say. She’s cooking every night for him, I’m sure - hot tongue and cold shoulder.
- Former Ohio State Senate Candidate Guilty Of Stalking. Still insists accusation was political, will appeal. (WTOL-11)
- Hillary Clinton Criticizes Columbian Trade Deal... ...two days after her chief campaign strategist was demoted for his role in supporting the deal... "This latest issue with Mark Penn really hurts her credibility," especially on trade issues, said Hoffa, who supports Obama. (Boston Herald)
- Ohio Top Court Says Death Sentence for Retarded Man Unconstitutional. (WTOL-TV)
- MA State Sen. Montigny (D) Hawking Bill to Cap Executive Salaries at Nonprofit Hospitals. Between 2004 and 2006, the last year for which data is available, CEOs at Boston hospitals received pay increases between 13 and 46 percent, records show...Officials at the state’s nonprofit hospitals said they must offer competitive salaries to retain talented executives who could make millions more at private corporations. (Boston Herald) [No difficulties are mentioned as far as the hospitals being in debt or having any difficulties financially. Looks as though the CEOs are doing a good job. So why the call for reducing salaries?] “Until we demand that these salaries be limited, we will not get continued support from the public for universal health care.” [There you have it. Even though capitalism is working beautifully, this progressive Dem wants the religion of socialism to prevail.]
- Intel Plans to Invest $500-M In China. (China Daily)
- AW HECK. SO WHAT IF MASSACHUSETTS TEACHERS KEEP FAILING THEIR EXAMS? [Did anyone really care if teachers are really certified anyway?] Over heated protests from GOP lawmakers, the state Senate yesterday approved legislation that would allow aspiring teachers who flunk the state certification test three times to get a waiver that would license them to teach Bay State kids anyway. (Boston Herald)
- D.C. Transit Authority Pulls YouTube Video Showing Bobblehead Pope. (WTOL-TV)
- Johns Hopkins Hospital Performs First Six-Way Kidney Transplant. (BBC)
- Ohio Terror Trial Features Upsetting Instructional Videos. "It's very powerful. You have, in essence, recorded history," said legal expert Reginald Jackson about the evidence. Defendants are charged with conspiring to kill Americans overseas, conspiring to... (WTOL-TV)
- CO: City Worker Wins Appeal Over MX Border Comments. Employee was suspended for four days after he asked two Hispanic co-workers how much it cost their "people to get across the border these days." (Rocky Mt. News)
- SD: Democrat Senator Announces Support for Obama. (KDNet)
- CO: Legislators Kill One of Two Toll Bills. Protesters held up signs with slogans such as "Tolls are for trolls!" One wore his ski gear, complete with helmet and goggles and held a sign reading "The ski pole rebellion." His was a reference to [Sen. Chris] Romer (D), who said skiers half-jokingly hit him over the helmet with their ski poles when they found out he was the sponsor of the one toll plan. Romer nearly shouted as he encouraged the transportation committee to approve his bill. (Rocky Mt. News)
- MD Gov. (D) to Sign Same-Sex Partner Bill. (365 Gay.com)
- R TN: Realtor Stops Immigrant Loans. Options for obtaining controversial mortgages drying up. (Commercial Appeal)
- Man Kills Self 12 Years after Receiving Heart from Suicide Committer. Had married widow of transplant donor. (KPIC CBS4)
- Obama's Audacity Of Hope -- Part 4 (Taxes) In his chapter on "Values," Obama says, "I consider the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy to be both fiscally irresponsible and morally troubling." (Midwest Voices, Kansas City Star) ["Morally" troubling? That's kind of like our Communist Chinese columnist (below under international news) who called being rich "evil." The authority of what is and isn't "moral?" God/Bible. Where does God say to steal from the rich and give to others?]
- Clinton Tax Lessons. New York Senator Hillary Clinton and her husband spend a lot of time on the Presidential trail deploring the "wealthy" and "well-connected." As their newly released tax records for 2000 to 2007 show, they know of whom they speak. (WSJ)
- I would vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama if there was the slightest possibility that socking it to "the rich" with higher taxes, punishing oil companies for making profits, putting government in control of health care and erecting trade barriers to protect "hard-working" Americans from foreign competition would yield a robust economy. (Editor, Salem Tribune, MA)
- Wisconsin Gov. to Call Special Session On Great Lakes Treaty. (WTOL-TV) [See Canada's interest in this treaty below under National/international news.]
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National/International News
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- European Union Wants Google to Adopt European Internet Privacy Rules... ...even though most search engines are located outside of Europe. (AP)
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Chinese Newspaper Blogger Slams CNN, Western Media, for Reporting On Tibetan Protesters. "Man should never act as low as CNN" [CNN officially refutes accusations in the blog comments following the article.]
- Great Lakes Water Treaties Convoluted. From a Canadian point of view: As aquifers and rivers in the United States run dry, there seems little doubt that the Americans will be turning their thirsty eyes north toward our seemingly plentiful water supply. Indeed, no less an authority than former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed has predicted: "The United States will be coming after our water in three to five years." -- But isn't our water protected by federal-provincial agreements and legislation, such as Bill C-6, which amended the International Waters Treaty Act in 2000 to ban water exports from the Canadian side of the Great Lakes and other regional basins? ...such protections would have no real force against World Trade Organization rules, which prohibit the use of export bans or limitations on any product that a trade partner has contracted to buy – especially when these WTO rules are considered in combination with the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)...Noting that transfers of water to the U.S. were discussed a year ago at a closed-door meeting of Canadian, American and Mexican business leaders operating under the auspices of their governments' Security and Prosperity Partnership, Tony Clarke, author of the Polaris paper, stressed the urgency of developing a strategy to strengthen Canadian sovereignty over our waters. (The Star)
[Horrors! SOMETHING must be done about the growing number of rich in China as a result of the spreading of evil capitalism.]
"Getting rich was once a unifying force for Chinese society. Now views are diverging. It is obvious that debate is going on in society as well as among those meeting in Beijing regarding how to deal with the wealthy group that economic reform has created...China will have to update its policies toward citizens' attempts to get rich by differentiating the good from the bad, and by encouraging the former while containing the latter."
[And what does this columnist propose?]
"One thing to do now is to levy a tax on individuals using excessive natural resources....Fines to polluters are still not heavy enough to deter them from repeating their sins."
[ Sins? Isn't that a "Biblical" term?]
"At a time of high inflation - and hence the credit crunch - it will be a test of the government's courage to revise the resources tax for the long-term health of the economy and society, and to prevent the "Shanxi mine bosses" from having more cash and spending it in ways that are offensive to the public."
[The rhetoric in this Chinese columnist's article is chillingly like that of many liberal Democrats (and Republicans). China barely hints of coming out of its anti-Capitalist form of gov't and already they want to assassinate the Czar.] |
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- Little Known Fact: $$ for Day Care. A program in OR raises the income levels for families to qualify for a subsidy. (Oregonian) [Naturally. The end game has always been for EVERYONE to be on the public dole.]
- Oregonian's Steve Duin Rant Against Natural Gas Pipelines In OR. Jamming LNG down our throats by the "neo-con, libertarian, self-regulating, free-market ideologues..." [My, my, my. Such hatred for capitalism and free enterprise without which there would be no liberty for such socialists like him to write this anti-American drivel.]
- Wyden, Dems, Push to Appeal a Section of 2005 Energy Act Which... gives licensing authority to FERC. (Oregonian)
- Hillary Clinton Opens First Campaign Office In OR. Barack Obama is to open his sixth Oregon office on Saturday in Salem. (SJ)
- YouTube Video: Oprah Interview of Pregnant Oregon Bi-Sexual.
- Sen. Smith Calls China's Crackdown On Tibetans Inexcusable. Signs resolution, with Diane Feinstein & Dems, calling for more dialogue. (All American Patriots)
- S-K Cuts Proposed Bond to $242-M. (SJ)
- Kulongoski Proclaims Bobby Doerr Day. (Oregonian)
- Gordon Smith's Most Recently Sponsored Bills. (Open Congress)
- Peter DeFazio's Most Recently Sponsored Bills. (Open Congress)
- $70,000 Federal $$ to Promote Salem's Downtown History. (SJ)
- Marion County: 5th Dist. Candidate Plans DemoForum Talk. Reservations necessary. (SJ)
- Salem-Keizer: Sewer Rate Surcharge to Disappear. But, not until next January. (SJ)
- Salem's Interim Mgr. Presents Recommended Budget Balancing Plan. (SJ)
- Federal Judge Refuses to Release Dr. Patel Wanted for Manslaughter In Australia. Accused of responsibility for the deaths of three patients at a hospital on the Australian coast... also accused of fraud for failing to tell Australian authorities that his Oregon medical license had been suspended. (KATU)
- Salem Poll: School Bond Will Be Tough to Sell. (SJ)
- State Workers Barred from Personal Internet Use. No checking of personal email, etc. (KATU)
- Former Sen. Brad Avakian To Take Oath for State Labor Chief On Tuesday. (SJ)
- Hillary Clinton In Hillsboro: "I Don't Quit." (SJ)
- Register Guard Says It Would Be Stupid for Hillary to Quit.
- New Poll Has Novick With Big Lead In U.S. Senate Race, Neville Second (Despite spending very little $$). (Oregonian)
- April Snow Showers Extend OR Ski Season Again. (KATU) [Despite global warming!]
- NW Tribes Seal $900-M Deal On Dam Operations. (Oregonian)
- Bull Mountain Elections Complaint Dismissed. (Oregonian)
- Development of Willamette Valley Hindered By Wetland Requirements. ...smaller companies can't afford it, and some larger ones will go elsewhere rather than deal with mapping delays and waits for permits..."We're going to reach a point where there's no land to mitigate on,"...Residential developers also are affected. (KATU) [It's a phony excuse for gov't. to increasingly steal private property. Nothing more, nothing less.]
- Clackamas: Lake Oswego School District Kicks Off Phone-athon for Donations to Public Schools. (Oregonian)
- Merkley, Novick Quibble Over Style In Debate. (Julia Silverman, KATU)
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