Friday, June 30, 2006
Thursday, June 29, 2006   (No news posted)
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Tuesday, June 27, 2006   (No news posted)
Monday, June 26, 2006  

Oregon News:

• Wayne's World.   Abuse of power in the Oregon legislature. (Oregon Conservative first wrote on this several years ago. See "Repost of Articles By Request" halfway down homepage.")
• Citizen Clara.   How a powerful Hispanic businesswoman is getting ahead in Multnomah County, and why taxpayers should be concerned. (Another good investigative article from WW).
• "Loaded Orygun" Weighs In On WW Article on Wayne Scott's Cronyism.
• LIFE SUPPORT Slams ORTL "'Endorse/Recommend' Mumbo-Jumbo".
• Senator Smith's Upcoming Legislative Proposal:   Good Solution or Just Another Environmental-Wacko Forced Compromise?   You'll never know which from the always Smith-loving Mail Tribune.
• Walden, DeFazio Join Behind House OKed Gov't Funded County Payments.   $50-M to logging industry. Was attached to a bill opening areas for offshore drilling/mining. Will not go to U.S. Senate.
• Special "Get Out the Vote" Drive for Hispanics.   Legal Hispanics?
• "Local Faith Leaders to Discuss Immigration."   In other words; liberal, pro-illegal immigration advocates, who claim to be Christian leaders, join the planned liberal media blitz to advance illegal immigration.
• OR Sex Offender Site Now Operational.
• OR Sexual Offenders Escaping the Predatory Tag.
• Video Skewers Ron Saxton In High Stakes Gov. Race.
• School-Speed-Zone Law to Change Saturday.
• Construction Costs of Portland Museum 36% Over Budget.
• Black Female Lawmakers Set Annual Conference In Portland.
• Portland:   Landlord Adds to Fur Battle.
• Memorial Service for Decorated Oregon Soldier.
• Funeral of Tortured Soldier Is Saturday.
• Liberal Lawmakers Corner Official On Salmon Relief.
• Database of State Salaries Partially Available.
• Transportation Dept. Expands Its Use of Biodiesel.
• New Socialist Political Party Will Make the Ballot.
• AARP's Drug Initiative Short of Signatures.
• Initiative Efforts Fuel Partisan Complaints.
• Mass Mutual Commends Sen. Smith/Kohl for Hearing on Managing Retirement Assets.
• NW Legislators Vote Along Party Lines On Flag Amendment.
• Gordon Smith Lobbies the Lobbyists.   Is Smith feeling the heat? (Blue OR)
• Wyden To Hold Wallowa County Town Hall Meeting Sunday.
• U.S. Net Neutrality Amendment Rejected After Wyden Issued a "Hold" On the Bill.
• Iraqi Reservist Gets Help from Legislators and Businesses When He Needs It.

National News:

• Nat'l Guard to Miss Deadline for Border Coverage Mission.   Only ten states contribute guardsman.
• FL:   Judge Throws Out Jessica Lundsford Murder Confession.
• Bristow, OK:   Jury Rules Judge Guilty Of Using Penis Pump In Courtroom.   Threatened court clerk if she told.
• Minnesota GOP Sen. Candidate Campaigns Against Star-Tribune.
• House Passes Resolution Criticizing Media Leaks.
• ACLU Sues School Over 30-Year Posted Jesus Picture.
• U.S. Constitution Documents Spared In Nat'l Archives Flood.
• Operation Rescue Buys Abortion Clinic.
• Clinics Promoting Birth Not Abortion Get More State Funds.
• Pro-Lifers Against Buffett-Gates Alliance.
• California's Rep. Hayworth Demands Revocation of NY Times Press Credentials.
• Tony Snow Mum On "Gays" In Military.
• NO IMMIGRATION BILL Better Than a Bad One.   Senator Jeff Sessions.
• Fox's Cavuto:   Tancredo "Just Might Well Be President".
• NY Times and One He__ of a Loophole.   Why run the risk of going to jail or even being executed for passing along classified information to our enemies? Just start a newspaper... (By Evan Coyne Maloney)
• "Gay-Parenting": Part I - Adoption.   Gruesome and just the tip of the iceburg of what we are up against in protecting our children. "the predominant social pressure is against having children, or even marrying at all. Many married couples eschew parenthood. In stark contrast, gay and lesbian couples and singles are incurring even greated economic, social, and emotional costs to build families, sometimes in the face of powerful opposition." [Kind of reminescent of the LaRaza saying the white Americans are dying out and the Mexicans are prolific and taking over.]
• CA Supreme Court Rules Girls Suspected Of Being Lesbians Can Sue Christian School.

National/International News

MILITARY NEWS SITES

The President's Iraq National Strategy

• Bush & Japan's Koizumi Tour Elvis' Graceland, Fulfills Koizumi Dream.
• Video:   Rice, Russian Diplomat Argue In Private.   Condi let's him have it.
• Christian Pilgrims Back Israeli Soldiers.

International News:

• Castro's Niece Behind Same-Sex Revolution.   Castro said many people ask her if she plans to push legalization of gay marriages...".... It depends on what we identify as homosexuals' and lesbians' main needs," Castro said. "Marriage is not as important in Cuba as in other more Catholic countries. Here consensual pairing is more important," she said, "What matters is love."
• Britain:   Independent Candidates' Election Wins Hurt Both Conservative and Labour Parties.
• Al Zarqawi Praised On Latest Bin Laden Tape.
• Britain's "Knife Culture" Replaces Use of Guns.   Knife amnesty reported to increase number of knife-murders.
• The Independent Reports On Japan's PM Koizumi's Love of Elvis and Other Nation Leaders' Passions.
• Europe:   Study Reports More Bibles, Less Religious Literacy.

Oregon News:

• English Speaking Firemen Losing Jobs to Spanish Bilingual.   Jim Walker of the Department of Forestry said "what we do know is 85 percent of the crew make-up is of Hispanic decent." But many of the Hispanic fire fighters do not speak English. Walker says the language barrier is a concern. [Let this man know how you feel about this policy. Marvin Brown, State Forester, 503.945.7211, mbrown@odf.state.or.us.
• The Ups and Downs Of Ron Saxton, So Far.
• Portland:   Randy Leonard Presses for (Forced) Fuel Policy.   Every city gas station would carry only biodiesel, ethanol blends.
• Hooley's Bill On Identity Theft Needs Modifying?   Hooley finds herself crosswise with advocacy groups such as Consumers Union and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. (Oregonian editorial)
• Salem:   Shelter Won't Move Near Sex Offenders.
• Hillsboro Applying to Create Enterprise Zones.   Critics say the city is too affluent to ask for the commercial district designations.
• OR Adopts Tougher, Expensive Emmissions Rules.
• Panel Passes Aid for Fishermen.
• Portland:   Potter Makes Rosie Sizer Police Chief.
• Funds OK'd to Process M-37 Claims.
• Seniors Push for Care In Own Homes.
• Mom, Dad Allowed to Hold Fragile Survivor Quintuplet Babies.
• Corvallis Will Vote On Cell Phone Tax.
• Multnomah:   Battling Commissioners Pass $1.3-B Budget by 3-2.
• Madras Family Told Son's Body Officially Identified.   Young soldier, Thomas Tucker, was brutalized til unrecognizable by al Qaida torturers last week.
• Bull Mountain Land Ruling Appealed.
• Beaverton Forgoes Annexation Appeal.
• Pot Thief Saved from Victim's Wrath.   "I'm not a very religious guy, but I prayed." -- Paul Abelino Canul, 18 pot burglar.
• S-K Transit Board Cuts Trips, Retains Sat. Routes.
• Portland Tribune:   Sources Say...

National News:

• Washington:   Pickets Oppose Measure-37 Style Initiative.
• Senator Brownback Takes Reins Against Assisted Suicide.
• Sen. Lieberman Stays the Course With Bush On Iraq.
• Miami, FL:   Seven Arrested In Alleged Terror Plot On Chicago's Sears Tower.
• MA:   Wind Farms vs. Veto Power for Mitt Romney:   Wind Farms Wins.
• Companies Increasinly Going Pet-Friendly.   Almost one in five companies allow pets at work.
• 9th Circuit Court:   Buena Vista Lake Shrew Stays On Endangered Species List.
• Affirmative Action In Mich. Under Scrutiny.   Opponents of a proposal that would ban some affirmative action programs in Michigan filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to stop the measure from going to voters in November.
• Tommy Thompson Won't Run Against U.S. Sen. Kohl.
• NY Lawmaker Drops Google Porn Lawsuit.
• NC:   Hispanics In Crashes Lead DWI Stats.
• States Probe Limits of Abortion.
• SD:   Abortion Ban to Appear On Ballot In Fall.
• @006 Version of "A Chicken In Every Pot."   Presidential candidate John Edwards says he'll cut poverty by 1/3 in 10 years, eliminate it in 30 years and "put in its place a 'Working Society' where Americans are rewarded for hard work with a livable safety net of health and welfare incentives." [Marxist-sounding enough?]
• KY Blocks State Workers Access to Political Blog Critical Of Gov.
• John Edwards, Attorney Fined for Illegal Contributions.
• Sea Lions, Dolphins To Patrol the Sea, Discover Mines.
• Gov't Hit By Rash of Data Breaches.
• Little Rock, AK:   Public Safety Justifies Upping Gas Tax?   [Same, old sing-song.]
• AK:   New Anti-Hen Rule Accomodates New City Residents Unhappy with Country Sounds.

National/International News

MILITARY NEWS SITES

The President's Iraq National Strategy

• U.S., Japan Expand Missile-Defense Plan.

International News:

• State of Emergency Declared In Iraq.
• Australia:   "Cannibal" Pedophile Will To Be Free Next Year, Says Judge.
• Gaza Militants Fire Rockets at Israel.
• Australia:   STDs Spreading Rapidly Through Indigenous Toddlers and Children...   as hidden tragedy of child abuse becomes a broader health crisis for the nationa.
• WARNING!! Earth "might end up like Venus, at 250 degrees centigrade and raining sulfuric acid."   Cosmologist warns young communist Chinese.
• Canadian Age of Consent Law Would Still Permit Sex Between 20 Yr. Old Male & 15 Yr. Old Female.
• Norway:   Windfarms Killing Eagles.
• Canada: &nbap; Gov't Agrees to Mandatory Homosexual Curriculum with No Opt-Out for Students or Parents.
• Same-Sex Activists Ask Canada to Lower Age of Consent for Anal Sex, National Post Agree.
• UK   Homosexual Foster-Care Couple Jailed for Abusing Boys In Care for 11 Years.   The judge said neither of the men had shown any "empathy, remorse or any responsibility for their actions".
• Canadian Gov't Officially Apologizes to 20th Century Chinese for Entry Tax, Paying Refunds to Surviving Families.
• Bolivia Protest Over Cuban Medics Taking Bolivian Jobs.
• Japan:   Lawsuit Against Japan's PM Rejected.   Visiting shrines not a violation of separation of church and state, not militaristic or offensive to other countries.
• Scotland:   Anger of Power & Gas Price Hikes of 10 to 17%.
• Britain:   Conservative Legislator David Cameron Backs Blair On Iraq War.