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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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- County Must Address Retiree Costs. Good opinion post. (RG)
- MD Moderate Will Be Challenged In GOP Primary. Gilchrest is a centrist and has been one of the Republicans who has crossed party lines on the war in Iraq. He was one of two House GOPers to vote earlier this month to begin withdrawing troops this fall. Harris, a third-term state senator, is a Johns Hopkins obstetric anesthesiologist and a commander in the Naval Reserve. “People across the country desire to return to the Reagan values that brought the Republican Party to power — fiscal responsibility, a strong national defense, traditional values and an optimistic view of this country and its role as a world leader,” Harris said. (The Hill)
- Sen. Smith, Dodd Introduce Bill Exempting First Responder Volunteers from Taxes. Would exempt property tax abatements, fundraising banquets, travel expenses... (Fire Rescue News)
- OR Trail Preservation Bill Meets Local Oppostion. [It's just another excuse for gov't misuse of eminent domain as recently ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court.] (SJ)
- The Congressman Talks a Good Game On Immigration -- Or Does He? (YouTube)
- Harry Esteve Spin On Oregon Legislature: Devious Republicans -- Shocked Democrats... (Oregonians)
- Senate Passes Low Calorie Nutrition Bill For Schools. (SJ)
- Kulongoski Says State Will Find Use for Old Radar Site. (SJ)
- Majority of NW Congressional Dems Vote No On Iraq. (Magic Valley)
- Douglas County: David Jaques vs. a "Culture Of Corruption and Cronyism." (Oregon News)
- Douglas County: Commissioner Robertson Disappoint at Jaques Hearing Cancellation. (News Review)
- County Stops Removal Process Against Jaques; Remains As Chair of Douglas County Planning Commission. (News Review)
- SB 384, Law Will Limit School Buyouts. (Steven Carter, Oregonian)
- House Passes "Renewable Energy" Bill Today. 40-19 vote would require utilities to get 25% of their electricity supplies from wind, solar & other renewable resources by 2025. (Gail Kinsey Hill, Oregonian)
- Bill Would Extend County Payments Through September. (Jeff Kosseff, Oregonian)
- Shumer, Clinton Testify Before Sen. Smith, Senate Commerce Subcommittee On Railroad Safety. "We're on the brink of a disaster," said Schumer...The top-ranking Republican on the committee, Oregon's Gordon Smith, said the long-term safety trend is good, despite recent mishaps. (WSTM-TV)
- Senator Smith: Trip To Iraq Didn't Change Views On Pulling Out. (KTVZ)
- Pro-Life Supporters Criticize One Of Their Own. (One News Now)
- NY: Immigration Bust In Oswego County. "ICE agents were there to arrest one person, but ended up arresting 21." (WSTM-TV)
- FL: Fifth Police Officer Arrested In FBI Probe. (Florida Today)
- MD Moderate Will Be Challenged In GOP Primary. Gilchrest is a centrist and has been one of the Republicans who has crossed party lines on the war in Iraq. He was one of two House GOPers to vote earlier this month to begin withdrawing troops this fall. Harris, a third-term state senator, is a Johns Hopkins obstetric anesthesiologist and a commander in the Naval Reserve. “People across the country desire to return to the Reagan values that brought the Republican Party to power — fiscal responsibility, a strong national defense, traditional values and an optimistic view of this country and its role as a world leader,” Harris said. (The Hill)
- U.S. House OKs New Lobbyist Disclosure Rules. 382-37 vote. (AP)
- FBI: Video Shows Gang Leader Training Toddler Violent Behavior. (NBC San Diego)
- PA: Judge Strikes Down County Smoking Ban. (Post-Gazette)
- Teacher Of the Year Charged With Lesbian Sex With a Student. $300,000 bail. Was also student's Sunday school teacher. (NBC San Diego)
- Romney: I Am Not Intolerant Of Gays. "...Says opposition to same-sex marriage should not be interpreted as intolerance of gays, who served in his administration when he was MA gov....an audience member questioned whether pastors should preach that homosexuality is a sin. Romney said the gov't shouldn't tell pastors what they can say. Afterward, Romney said he would not preach the same message. "I don't think that a person who's running for a secular position as I am should talk about or engage in discussions of what they in their personal faith or their personal beliefs is immoral or not immoral.'." [How UN-Reagan-like. How cowardly](AP)
- Dr. Dobson Goes On Glenn Beck TV Show To Debunk Reports about His Take On Presidential Hopefuls. (Citizen Link)
- New Hawaii FBI Leader Shocked By Level Of Drug Smuggling In State. (AP)
- ADF Lawsuit Challenges NY's Attempt to Redefine Marriage. (Citizen Link)
- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granhold, Eliminates Dept. of Civil Service Via Executive Order. (Click On Detroit)
- Newspapers Around the World Reporting On Racism In Jena, Louisiana. (IOL)
- Congress Passes Minimum Wage Increase. It was attached to the Iraq War bill. (Click On Detroit)
- ANN COULTER SAID IT BEST: Jerry Falwell -- Say Hello to Ronald Reagan!
- Political Mercenary, Dick Morris, Says Republicans Should Support Immigration Bill Compromise. (vote.com)
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National/International News
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- Iran Will Have Nuclear Bomb In Three to Eight Years. (Reuters)
- Israel: Iran Not At "Industrial Level." "The agency's [IAEA] admission that it knew less now than before about Iran's nuclear programs was also worrying. In a report drawn up by IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei, the agency expressed concern about its "deteriorating" understanding of unexplored aspects of the program...'Obviously, our knowledge is diminishing,' said a senior UN diplomat about the shrinking hole left for inspections by Iran's rollback of previous monitoring agreements in the past year." [It's a repeat of the same ineffective UN inspector behavior with Saddam Hussein which led to the U.S. having to action in Iraq. But, will people put the blame on the UN where it belongs?] (Jerusalem Post)
- Concern In Israel: No One Is Stopping Iran! (Israel Nat'l News)
- Israel Arrests Palestinian Mayors and More, Kassams Continue. (Israel Nat'l News)
- Iraqi Cleric Back In Public Eye. Moqtada Sadr, the radical Iraqi Shia cleric, has appeared in public in Iraq for the first time in montsh. (BBC)
- Amnesty Int'l Targets Israel More Than Sudan's Genocide. (Israel Nat'l News)
- Britain Deports Race Hate Cleric Faisal. (BBC)
- Miss D Aborts Anencephalic Child after Renouncing "Surgical Abortion." (Lifesite)
- Mexican Paper Closes Amid Threats. (BBC)
- Melbourne, AU: Great-Gran Dies After Being Sent Home Alone. Hospital quota limit had to be met. (news.com.au)
- N. Korea Test-Fires Missiles. (BBC)
- MAKE A MILLION -- BECOME A CARBON FARMER! Farmer makes a million doing nothing. (news.com.au) Two U.S. Congressman Warn About Carbon Credit. (CNSNews)
- Britain's New Idea for Another Tax: "City Congestion" Fee. The busier the road you drive on the more you pay. They will pay a deposit for an electric tag, which will monitor journeys on 15 main routes into the city in the morning and evening rush periods. [Those who have no choice but to drive home from work in rush hour will just love this.](BBC)
- ITALY: Rubbish Crisis Stinks Like Mafia. (news.com.au)
- EU News: Brussels In Plan To Attract Guest Workers from Outside EU. "...something known in Brussels' jargon as 'circular immigration.'" [A pint's a pound the world around & so is Bush/Democrat-style immigration gibberish.](EU Observer)
- Poisoned Toothpaste In Panama Is Believed to Be from China. [But, don't let that deter you from purchasing toothpaste from China unless you want to risk being called a protectionist.] (NY Times)
- Britain, Desperate Immigration Curb -- To Stop Sham Marriages: Raise Minimum Age At Which Non-EU Nationals Can Come To Britain To Marry To 21. Under Tory plans, prospective spouses, and their sponsors, would be interviewed separately by immigration officials. (BBC)
- Australia: Aboriginal Kids Must Learn English... ...if they are to succeed in school and if parents are to get off welfare. (news.com.au)
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- 100% Preventable. This weeks "jackass of the week," Ted Kennedy. (Video, YouTube)
- Blaming Frozen Federal Gas Tax for Coming Taxes Elsewhere; State Gas Taxes & Road Tolls. This same article has been appearing in many newspapers across the nation in mental preparation of the taxpayer. "A Transportation Department commission also plans to issue recommendations by the end of this year. By the middle of the next decade, the highway trust fund will be providing $100 billion to $150 billion below real needs for building highways and bridges, predicted Rep. Peter DeFazio, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on highways and transit. "In the long run we've either got to admit we are going to underinvest and accept more gridlock and congestion" or find new revenue sources, said DeFazio, D-Ore. What is clear to him is that raising taxes of any kind for the highway trust fund is possible only if people are convinced that more spending will mean less congestion, safer roads and a cleaner environment. The public will not support new taxes "just to throw money in the maw of the federal government," DeFazio said."
- THE KENNEDY-BUSH IMMIGRATION TRAVESTY. (Steven M. Warshawsky, American Thinker)
- Businesses: Worker-Verification Rules Burdensome. (WA Times)
- The Paradoxical Hatred Of Christopher Hitchens. (David Limbaugh)
- LAURA BUSH SEES NOTHING WRONG WITH STATES MANDATING HPV VACCINES FOR GIRLS. (Kaiser Network) CNN Transcript of Laura Bush Interview.
- John Edwards, Pride Of the Caymans. (WSJ)
- NY Times Does Spin On Abortion Foes' Tactics.
- Schwarzenegger Should Terminate His Health Care Plan. (American Thinker)
- Congressman's Letter Urges Pelosi To Ask for Legislative Action To Cut Contraception Prices. Hawking easier birth control at college clinics. (Kaiser Network)
- GA: Gov. Purdue Signs HB429 -- HIV Pregnancy Screening Act of 2007. Requires Clinics to perform HIV tests when patients come for other treatment. Takes effect July 1. (AJC)
- Rediscovering God In America. (Steven M. Warshawsky, American Thinker)
- Federal Employee Arrested In Internet Sex Sting. (AJC)
- Islamic Religious Immigration Fraud Estimated At 77-78%. (American Thinker)
- To Inoculate Or Not Inoculate Mothers-To-Be. And make it mandatory? (Baltimore Sun)
- D.C.: Midwife Birth Centers' Closures Upset Some. Considered to be a trend that angers some women. (WA Post)
- Democrats Say They Will Not Reauthorize Title V Abstinence Education Program. (SF Chronicle)
- NH Town Fires Four Workers for Gossiping. Controversy leads to public hearing. (Local 6)
- I'm Jimmy Carter, and I Can't Help Myself. (Paul Beston, American Spectator)
- Border Patrol Shooting-Death Hearing Postponed. New judge taking over. (WA Times)
- Sen. Joe Biden: Send U.S. Troops To Darfur. [How the Democrats use the military; as world police, not soldiers. Biden has been critical of Bush being involved in a "civil war" in Iraq. But, warring between tribal factions in Darfur doesn't fall into the same category?] (NewsMax)
- Robert Who? Global Warming Skeptic CEO Virtually Ignored. (News Busters)
- FDA Set To OK Period Suppression Pill. (Chicago Tribune)
- Why They Won't Assimilate. (Selwyn Duke, American Thinker)
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National/International News
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- NY Times Credits Sen. Smith's "Centrist" Stance for Winning In OR. "Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) spokesman Matt Miller said his party WILL find a candidate who will provide a favorable contest to Smith.
- Senator Smith Proposing Bill To Undo Indian Law Signed By George Washington. (News Review)
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A State Of Penny Pinchers. (Elon Glucklich, OR Daily Emerald) [Unfortunately, he is talking about the taxpayers not our gov't. If you nasty anti-taxers still aren't feeling guilty for voting against another tax, let this uninformed young man have at you. Commentaries can be sent regarding his article.]
- Liberal Challenger to Sen. Smith Compelled To Run. (Brad Cain, SJ)
- Freshman Democrat Legislators Face First-Year Lessons. Kotek had violated House rules, they said, because her partner, Aimee Wilson, is a registered lobbyist representing Oregon public employee unions. Lobbyists are not allowed inside the chamber when the House is in floor session. (Michelle Cole, Oregonian)
- Bill Deals With Rights of Student Journalists. (Jason N. Reed, Daily Emerald)
- OR State Workers Insulted By Initial Offers. (Oregonian)
- Senators Smith, Cantwell Want Extra Flights At Reagan National Airport. But, other lawmakers say no; "breaks the bond" created with airport neighbors, unfairly burdens them for the sake of the convenience of others. ((WTOP News)
- Lawmakers Shaping New Approach To Bill To Raise Minimum Corporate Tax. (Betsy Hammon, Oregonian)
- Several Bills Aim To Expand Health Coverage. Mental illness & drug use. (Julia Silverman, SJ)
- Salem: Land Use, Building Standards Will Dominate City Council Meeting Today. (Michael Rose, SJ)
- Prozanski, Hanna Meet With Constituents In Sutherlin. New tax issues pending. (News Review)
- Douglas County Commissioners Will Directly Refer To Voters Any Tax Levy Measures. (News Review)
- Immigration Bill Postponed Until June. (CBS)
- CO: Eco-Terrorists May Have Inspired Bombings After All. (Rocky Mt. News)
- What's Wrong With The Smithsonian Giving the Facts, Then Letting You Decide? Some want the museum to lead you to a conclusion on global warming. (Click On Detroit)
- Bioethics Not Related To Morality. When a woman wants a "half-abortion." (WA Post)
- Not Everyone Sees Multiple Births As Impossible To Handle. (TLC)
- Senate To Debate Immigration Bill Today. (AP)
- Critics Take Aim at Immigration Deal. Key senators and the White House are eager to push their bipartisan immigration deal through the Senate by Memorial Day, but as details of the bargain emerged Monday, hope for that deadline was slipping.
- SC: Romney Cheered, Lindsay Booed On Immigration Issue. (WVVA News)
- Hillary Wants Public School Village To Begin At 4-Years-Old. WOULD PAY FOR IT BY CLOSING TAX LOOP HOLES. Claims it will be cheaper in the long run. (AP)
- Richardson Starts Race for the White House. Would be first anchor baby to be President. (AP)
- Jimmy Carter Backtracks On Remarks Against Bush. (Fox)
- U.S. House Votes To Ban Sale Of F-14 Parts... to anyone by museums. Lead sponsors of the legislation, Representative Gabrielle Giffords and Senator Ron Wyden, say broad restrictions are needed on the sale of F-14 parts to help prevent sensitive components from accidentally reaching Pentagon surplus auctions, from where Iran would be able to obtain them. (Flight Global)
- FL Presidential Primary Moved Up to January 29. Bypasses a dozen other states with primaries on February 5. (AP)
- Lawmakers Hesitant To Pass National Gas Tax. States looking elsewhere for road building funds. By the middle of the next decade, the highway trust fund will be providing $100 billion to $150 billion below real needs for building highways and bridges, predicted Rep. Peter DeFazio, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on highways and transit. (Jim Abrams, AP)
- Iowa Poll Results Favor Romney, Edwards. [Edwards has been spending a huge amount of time in Iowa preparing for this poll.] (AP)
- FL: Man Stabbed To Death With Key. (Local 6)
- Documents: Giuliani Maverick At Justice. (Findlaw)
- Schwarzenegger Makes Dramatic Accusations Against Bush Administration On Global Warming. (Reuters)
- Professors Tested By Level of Violence In Students' Essays. Goldfarb, who has taught creative writing for four decades, once assigned 21 students to write short stories. Two wrote of suicide; the other 19 murder....Jeffrey DeShell, chairman of the CU English department, said he couldn't recall a student in the creative-writing program ever being referred to counseling for homicidal writing or odd classroom behavior. (Rocky Mt. News)
- OK: Law Allowing Armed Judges Praised. (KOCO)
- "Wopburger" To Stay On Menu. (Rocky Mt. News)
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