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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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- Sen. Smith, States, Decry New Federal Children's Insurance Policy Guidelines. (Forbes)
- Smith, ENDA Supporters Plan Pressure On Bush To Sign "Gay/Transgender-Inclusive" Hate Crimes Bill When Next Senate Session Returns. Despite Bush indicating he'll veto the bill. (WA Blade, homosexual publication)
- Same-Sex-Rights Group Will Out Anyone Who Signs Petitions. (KATU)
- Gordon Smith Campaigns At County Fair. (SJ)
- Beaverton: Educators Get Diversity Lesson [Indoctrination]. [You don't want to be considered biased, do you? Like it or be branded]. Topics ranged from examining one's biases and prejudices to incorporating minority literature in the classroom. There are 92 languages spoken among students. (Oregonian)
- Salem: Latino Youth Group's "Urban Art" Raises Concerns.
- Neighbors Rejoice As Drug House Goes Up In Flames. (KATU) Arson Suspected In Drug House Fire. (KOIN)
- Agriculture Officials Predict Drop In OR Hazelnut Crop. (SJ)
- Portland: Streetcar Expansion Hints At Larger Plans. (KATU)
- Medford Being Sprayed for W. Nile Virus. (KOIN)
- Stores Snub Local Farmers. (Portland Tribune)
- Spanish Guide Tells How To Fight Eminent Domain. (SJ)
- No Driver's License? No Problem. A police chase with 43 violations prompts a look at a legal loophole. (Oregonian)
- More High-rises Expected In Suburbs. Urban growth boundary rules forcing building upward. (Oregonian)
- Pot Farm Destroyed In Linn County. (KOIN)
- Real Christmas Trees Touted By Farmers As Sustainable Choice. (SJ)
- Only Four Votes Separate Two Contenders for La Center City Council. (Oregonian)
- Library Flasher Sentenced To Jail. Pants down in children's section of library. (KXL)
- Hillsboro: Longtime WA County Judge Plans To Retire. (Oregonian)
- Beaverton: City Councilors May Join Drake In Race for Mayor. (Oregonian)
- OR Bridge Inspections Begin. (Oregonian)
- Transportation Fees Could Get the OK, If... ...Survey -- PORTLANDERS WANT $$ FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS & bridges, not red light cameras. (Oregonian)
- Clinic Kept Molester Doctor Despite Staff Alert. (Oregonian)
- Drivers Paying for Topless Carwash Get More, Or Less, Than They Bargained For. (KVAL video)
- Sunrise Corridor Costs Are Growing. (Oregonian)
- Clackamas County Board Expansion Petitioners' Drive Fails. (Oregonian)
- Annexing Airport, Acreage Goes Before Voters In Fall. (Oregonian)
- Deputy Clerk Fired for Relationship With Prisoner.
- NC To Mandate "Fire-Safe" Cigarettes Starting In 2010. (The Business Journal)
- Duncan Hunter's Plane Project Grounded. (10 News-TV)
- San Diego, CA: Protesters Expected At Unveiling Of Gov. Pete Wilson Statue. Pro-same-sexer & pro-illegal immigration supporters object to honoring him. (10 news)
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consultant, Two Men Found Dead In FL. (Orlando Sentinel))
- Hawaiian Republican May Switch To Democrat. Anti-same-sex unions Senator Mike Gabbard expected to announce switch on Saturday. (Star Bulletin) Quest for Power Guides Politicians' Allegiance. (Editorial, Star Bulletin On Gabbard's expected switch to Dem party). Hawaiian legislature is 20-5 Democrat.
- Romney: MA Health Plan Can Be Copied. Mitt Romney says other states can replicate Massachusetts' program of universal health care if the federal government creates an environment in which ...(Fox News)
- Romney Unveils Nat'l Healthcare Plan. Let states decide. (Insurance newsnet)
- "Romney's Healthcare Amnesia." According to the Boston Globe.
- Edwards Bashes Romney Health Care Plan. (Boston Globe)
- Romney: A Conversion With Winning Precedents. "...if history is a guide, a shift on abortion can be completed without catastrophic harm to a Republican presidential candidacy. Romney is well aware of this -- when speaking at the Right to Life Committee's annual convention in June, he declared, "I proudly follow a long line of converts -- George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Henry Hyde, just to name a few. I'm evidence that your relentless campaign to promote the sanctity of human life bears fruit." So how did some of these earlier converts close the sale?" (The Trail - WA Post blog)
- New Yorkers Retaining Loyalty to Giuliani, Clinton for 2008 Pres. Race. (Fox)
- Giuliani Hires Controversial GOP Media Firm. [Controversial to whom? And since when does cross-dressing Giuliani give a whoop about controversy?] (Newsday)
- Video Targets Giuliani's Positions On Homosexual Issues. (Fox)
- Richardson, Giuliani Visit NH Seacoast. (Seacoast Online)
- Editorial: Giuliani Looking Doubtful in W.VA & Elsewhere. Giuliani is getting a free ride from many political pundits these days, seemingly all of whom have declared Giuliani's social positions and tough-guy image against crime acceptable to most Republicans. These same political pundits point to an initially favorable reception by Giuliani in some southern states, never stopping to think that southern crowds can be polite to any visitor. ...[But, are they going to be able to ignore his record as a pro-choice, anti-gun liberal Republican from New York?] (Huntington News)
- Ann Coulter Reacts After John Edwards Calls Her a "She-Devil." (Fox)
- Edwards Attacks Clinton-era Politics. "Establishment elites." [It takes one to know one?] (LA Times)
- MTV & MYSpace Partner for Presidential Conversation Series. (Wired blog)
- Here We Go Again; Doing What They Tried To Do To Reagan -- He's [Thompson] Just An Actor Who Wants To PLAY President. [There will be hundreds of headlines just like this Forbes one implying the same thing. This one, like others, is in anticipation of Thompson's announcement.] (Forbes)
- Thompson Tells VFW U.S. Can't Fail In Iraq. (UPI)
- TEXT: Thompson, Obama Speeches To VFW Convention. (My Fox, St. Louis)
- Rivals Attack Rudy On Immigration, Gun Rights. [In other words, he's not a Republican & it's pretty easy for ALL opponents to point out.] (Newsday)
- Fred Thompson Takes On Giuliani Over Guns. (The Atlantic)
- "Run Or Keep Your Mouth Shut." Giuliani campaign staffer Guy Molinari "snarled." (NY Post)
- Fred Thompson: Avoiding the Fray. While Fred Thompson's minimalist strategy in the Republican presidential sweepstakes seems to defy all the conventional wisdom, it appears to be working. (Courier Press)
- U.S. General: Pulling Troops "Giant Step Backward." Army Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of the Multi-National Division-Center, was asked to comment on Republican Sen. John Warner's recommendation that President Bush start withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq by Christmas. (CNN)
- VT Commission Holds First Meeting To Consider Same-Sex Marriage. (Boston Globe)
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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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National/International News
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- AP Reporter Julia Silverman On Sen. Gordon Smith's Campaign. Smith starting race early. (USA Today)
- Cornelius: Staying Financially Alive for Grocer Means Adapting To Latino Customers. "Fewer turkeys, more tortillas." (Esmeralda Bermudez, Oregonian)
- DeFazio Hosts 16 Town Halls In August. (Curry County Reporter)
- Charity Boss's Pretrial Release On Hold. A judge wants an account of Pette Seda's travels, then he'll consider freeing him. Seda, accused of aiding a terrorist group through his Ashland charity...(Oregonian)
- Campers Tie Man Accused Of Peeping At Women. See photo. (KATU)
- OR Universal Health Care Available for Purchasing Prescriptions. (Lebanon-Express)
- Feds Want OR Islamic Charity Figure Held. (KATU)
- Democrat Speaks Up for Sen. Smith. [At least he SAYS he is a Dem.] (Editor's mailbag, Albany Dem-Herald)
- OR Seeks County Proposals To Divert People With Serious Mental Illness from Jail. Goal is to reduce the amount of time people with severe and persistent mental illness spend in jail. DHS will begin distributing $4 million in newly authorized jail-diversion funds in October based on the size of counties' adult populations. (DHS PR)
- Portland: Housing Agency Forces Moves. "No one will be asked to move out until we or the residents have found a suitable place," Van Vliet said. "And we'll be giving one-to-one counseling and assistance every step of the way." (Oregonian)
- Kulongoski Will Name [Socialist] Actor Ed Asner To Film Board. (Oregonian)
- Gov. K. Announces Appointments To Commissions, Agencies, Boards. (SJ)
- State Lawmaker Seeks Attn'y Gen'l Post. Lake Oswego Dem Greg Macpherson announced a day after Hardy Myers announced he'd not run a fourth time. (Oregonian)
- State Attn'y Gen'l Hopefuls Begin Lining Up. (SJ)
- Ex-Police Officer, Robert Rodriguez, Charged In Theft from Union. (SJ)
- Federal Judge Rules Klamath Toxin Case Against Energy Company Can Proceed. Denies request for dismissal. (Examiner)
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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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National/International News
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- If Merkley Truly Wants To Beat Gordon Smith He'd Better Learn to Be Friendly. (Blog comment, Statesman Journal)
- Supporters for Clatsop County DA, Josh Marquis, Obtain Enough Signatures To Send Pay Controversy To the Voters. (Oregonian)
- Wyden Town Hall Meeting Draws Rabid Anti-War Activists. (Oregonian)
- Former Head Of Islamic [terrorist] Charity Returning for Surrender. Tree-trimmer Muslim says he's returning to clear his name. (Oregonian)
- State Bump In Bond Rating To Save OR Millions. (Oregonian)
- DeFazio Meets With Philomath Rotary Club. (Gazette Times)
- Sen. Gregg Joins Co-sponsors Of Sen. Wyden's Universal Health Coverage Bill. (Kaiser Health Network)
- Register Guard Editorial Calls Gordon Smith's Latest Immigration Solution "Irresponsible." [My, my. The split second Smith does ANYthing right, the liberals won't give him an inch."]
- Gov. Endorses Merkley for Senate. (SJ)
- Military Hotline Available for Immigrants & Their Families. (SJ)
- Drive Against OR Same -Sex Rights Laws Not Succeeding? (Corvallis Gazette-Time)
- Letter To Editor Implies Smith Part of a Vast Right Wing Nazi Conspiracy To Rule the World. (SJ)
- Harassment Charges Against Boys Stand, Accusations Fly Over Withheld Evidence. A trial, if held, could begin Monday. (KATU-TV)
- Kulongoski, Former Gov. Roberts To Chair Merkley's Senate Bid. (Portland Biz)
- Clean Energy, But Cluttered View? (Oregonian)
- Smith Spoke In Ontario This Week. Touched on spectrum of topics. (Argus Observer)
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