Friday 8, 2007
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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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- State's Capital-Improvement Priorities Are Out Of Whack. (Representatives Kevin Cameron & Vic Gilliam, SJ)
- THE CANARY In the Republicans' Senate Coal Mine. Smith has angered the Republican base by abandoning the Iraq War effort, and holds a tepid 48%-39% approval rating, including a weak 55%-36% approval rating among Republicans. Yet Democrats... (Human Events)
- Rally Wednesday At Senator Smith's Portland Office. 5 p.m. -- Various speakers expected. (SJ)
- Gov. To Sign Bill Allowing Some To File Lawsuits Against Merck. (SJ)
- SB 379: Purports To Prevent Child Abuse By Training School Employees To Identify Abused Kids. (SJ)
- Lawmakers Agree On Higher-Ed Budget. $876.8 Grant. (SJ)
- Cities May Find It Harder To Annex "Islands." (SJ)
- Red-Light, DUI Bills Pass Both Chambers. ALL cities will be able to issue tickets from photo systems. Gov. ready to sign Monday. (SJ)
- Senator Gordon Smith: An Ace In the Hole for Senator Harry Reid? (Huffington Post)
- OR U.S. Senate Candidate Raises $ from Massachusetts. [Gee, after all the loyalty Smith has shown to the New England RINOs, & Democrats, MA is going to donate to Novick? Gee. Who would have thought?]
- Novick Donors from NY, Los Angeles, Seattle, Pittsburgh & MA. (KTVZ)
- Senate Democratic Campaign Committee Seeking Other Candidates Besides Novick To Run Against Sen. Smith. (WW)
- Far-Left Kari Chishold, of Blue Oregon, Points Out the Dem List of Potentials Is Poor. Says one potential worked with Bob Dole, another with Bob Packwood.
Question To Columnist David Broder: Annapolis, Md.: I understand there is a fascinating Democratic candidate running for Senate in Oregon against Gordon Smith, a guy named Steve Novick, who is only about 4 feet tall. What do you know about him? David S. Broder: I have read one article about him, but have never met him, and have no first-hand knowledge.
- Paul Kane of Capitol Briefing Claims Republicans Are Running from Partisan Voting. Analyzes Gordon Smith's race.
- Hillary With Gordon Smith: “Earlier this year, I introduced the Education for All Act of 2007 with Senator Gordon Smith... ..." We joined together on this bill because we have the capacity, responsibility, and opportunity to help children around the world. This bipartisan legislation sets forth a framework through which we can help the United States achieve, along with its global partners, universal basic education for every child by 2015." [It takes the bipartanship of liberal Democrats and RINOs to have a world village. Don't you feel loved and secure?]
- Call Your Congressman -- Tell Him Vote "No" On H.R. 1999. Gives federal funds to La Raza. (WND)
- Find Your Congressman Remember to urge him/her to vote against S1348, the amnesty bill. Also contact Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) who has the authority to use the rules to stop it.
- Possible OR Connection To JFK Terror Plot. (KGW)
- Kulongoski Intends to Sign Car Loan Cap Bill. All Republicans oppose. (Oregonian)
- Grand Jury Declines To Label Attack On Hispanics "Hate Crime." (KGW)
- UO Rejects Professor's Claim Recruitment Plan Violates Civil Rights. (Oregonian)
- Two Oregonians Flew With TB Carrier. (Oregonian)
- One Immigration Bill Passes OR House, But Others Remain. (SJ)
- Sen. Betsy Johnson Fails To Disclose Related Deal When Proposing Bill. "I readily admit I made a mistake," Johnson said in an interview at the Capitol. "I am culpable."(Oregonian)
- Thursday At the Capitol.
- HB 2966: Taxing the Rich To Help the "Working Poor." [We weren't already doing this?] (Oregonian)
- House Approves Bill To Counter Student Steroid Use. Prohibits school employees from endorsing products. (SJ)
- OR Dept. Of Human Services Claims OR Eighth-Graders Drinking In Increasing Numbers. (Oregonian)
- Senate Rejects Substitute Land-Use Bill. (SJ)
- Mansion Preservations May Lose Remodeling Tax Breaks. (Oregonian)
- Parties Continued Squabble Over Measure 37 Rewrite Wednesday. (Laura Oppenheimer, Oregonian)
- Gov. K. Signs Health Care Bill Charging Taxpayers for Women's Birth Control Pills. (Michelle Cole, Oregonian)
- Oregon Terrorist Turns Down Invitation from Bush Administration. lawyer advised him not to step onto embassy grounds, which would make him subject to arrest. Otherwise, he was safe from capture because the U.S. has no extradition treaty with Saudi Arabia. "Al-Buthi was sent an invitation by mistake. The invitation has been withdrawn," Dave Foley, spokesman for the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, told The Oregonian.
- Nebraska: Conservative Republican Running Against RINO Hagel. (KETV)
- Lawmakers Approve Measure 37 Rewrite. HB 3540 moves back to the House for action on amendments. (SJ)
- Lightening While Giuliani Talks About Abortion. (YouTube)
- Schwarzenegger: "I'm a Catholic and a Very Dedicated Catholic, But... ...that doesn't interfere with my decision-making..." He support embryonic stem cell research. Schwarsenegger & Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty signed pacts, last week, to promote stem cell research & fight global warming. (WA Times)
- WA Times Reports that the Bush Immigration Policy Is Hurting Fund Raising for the RNC, However... some state GOPs are having more success raising money by speaking out against illegal immigration. [Oregon's Republican Party isn't profiting from it's careful neutrality on the issue.]
- Vox Day Asks Rush Limbaugh To Endorse Ron Paul for Pres. [When hell freezes over.] (WND)
- Liberty Of Conscience Illegal If Applied To Transsexuals. (North Jersey.com)
- FINALLY. Congressman Wm Jefferson, Democrat Of Louisiana, To Be Indicted On Bribery Charges. Almost two years ago, in August 2005, investigators raided Jefferson's home in Louisiana and found $90,000 in cash stuffed into a box in his freezer. (AP)
- Michigan Triples Deposits On Beer Kegs. (Click On Detroit)
- Doctors Claiming Flu Shots May Help Unborn. (KOCO)
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES Claim Threatened By Immigration Bill. Say breaking the law won't keep them from continuing their work. (KOCO -- video)
- NH: John Edwards Applauds Same-Sex Civil Unions. (KXMC News)
- TOO BAD. (Peggy Noonan -- PRES. BUSH HAS TORN THE CONSERVATIVE COALITION ASUNDER. (WSJ)
- EL PRESIDENT IS GIVING ME MOONBAT FEVER. (Howie Carr, Boston) Howie Carr's Talk Radio Show -- Listen live over the Internet. Also a good web site.
- Republican Revolt Over Immigration. RNC fires all phone solicitors as cash "evaporates" over Bush immigration policy. (WMD) [The OR Conservative made it clear why she was not donating. She also let the Gordon Smith telephone solicitors know why "he" was getting no money. No one weak on immigration should get a dime.]
- JFK Bombing Plot Was 10 Years In the Making. (Fox News)
- Q & A Fred Thompson On 2008 Race. (Video, AP)
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AP Reporter, Nancy Zuckerbrod, Says Illegal Students Awaiting Immigration Plan "Should Be Carefree" [and legal]. [It shouldn't matter that they've always known they were illegal. It shouldn't matter that the U.S. can't afford to suddenly absorb millions of immigrants. It shouldn't matter that 50,000 illegal students would be put on a 3-year fast-track putting them ahead of those applying legally.]
- Bush Attacks Opponents Of Immigration Bill. Says they don't want to do what is good for America. (AP)
- Tony Snow Says White House See Progress Against Foes Of Bipartisan Immigration Bill. (The Hill)
- ADF Attorneys File Motion for Preliminary Injunction After Minnesota School District Bars Religious Fliers. (ADF)
- D.C.: Brokeback Hill. Mick Rogers (muckraking homosexual blogger) has outed so many closeted same-sex politicos, he's starting to make Capitol Hill look like Brokeback Mountain. (AP)
- Rush Limbaugh: Offer for Iraqi Ceasefire Offer Results from Strength.
- Will Bill O'Reilly Says This Proves He Is Right About the Death Penalty? He has maintained that life in prison is worse than the death penalty.
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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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National/International News
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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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National/International News
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- Lebanon Army Battles Al Qaida Inspired Militants As Fighting Spreads. (Reuters)
- RADICAL FRINGE -- Gaza: Shadowy groups are emerging in Gaza, inspired by al Qaeda. "On Friday, a group that emerged this year, the Righteous Swords of Islam, threatened to "slit the throats" of women presenters on Palestine Television if they do not cover their hair..." (Reuters, Alert Net)
- Somali Premier Blames Al Qaida for Suicide Bombing. (Reuters)
- Latvia: Same Sex Rights Groups Protest In Riga... ...despite angry reaction from conservatives. (BBC)
- China, Like India, Puts Economic Development As Priority Before Climate Concerns. (BBC)
- EU Clings To Hopes Of Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline. The European Commission still believes Europe can break Russia's stranglehold on Central Asia gas supplies with a Trans-Caspian pipeline, but a new Russian deal and internal EU divisions are hampering the project. (EU Observer)
- Putin Spin -- Litvinenko Demand Foolish. UK request that a former KGB agent be extradited over the murder of Alexander Litvinenko is "pure foolishness." Putin says. [When you look guilty, go on the offensive & demean the other side.](BBC)
- EU to Strengthen Surveillance Of Terrorist Web Sites. (EU Observer)
- Britain's Schools Increasingly Empty At Record Numbers. Hundreds of schools have 25% empty seats. Some primary schools even more & forecasts are for further losses. The Conservative Party... is arguing for...more schools set up by parents, in the manner of the charter schools in the United States. (BBC)
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National/International News
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- Iran -- Ahmadinejad: Israel's Destruction Getting Close. (Fox News)
- Bomber Strikes Near Somali Prime Minister's Home. PM whisked to safety. (AP)
- Putin Warms U.S. Plans for Missile Defense System In Europe Would Force Moscow To Target Weapons Against Europe. [MORE shades of Nikita Khrushchev. He knows he isn't dealing with a Ronald Reagan, just a wannabe-Reagan. Even Putin knows the difference. Pukin also knows that Bush has a treasonous congress which refuses to give him the necessary support. It is nearly the perfect time for enemies around the world to test the U.S. stamina.] (AP)
- Warsaw, Poland: "Living Corpse" Wakes After 19-Year Coma. (Fox News) "I would fly into a rage every time someone would say that people like him should be euthanized, so they don't suffer," she told local daily Gazeta Dzialdowska. "I believed Janek would recover," she said, using an affectionate version of his name. "This is my great reward for all the care, faith and love," she told the AP, weeping. "He remembers everything that was going on around him," she said. "He talks about it...
- Iranian Minister Calls for Temporary Marriages To Fulfill Sexual Desires. (Fox News)
- China: They Were Supposed To Be Lunch, Now They Are Playmates. (Annanova)
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