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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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- A Matter of Trusts: One Nation United's (ONU) Director, David Jaques, Says the Group Wants to "Reform Federal Indian Policy." (Register Guard) [JAQUES IS RIGHT. How does one join this organization?]
- Monday, 1PM, Starrett Submits OR Voters' Pamphlet Statement to SOS's Office. Campaign gets formal kickoff at Capital. (CP press release)
- ACLU, Campaign Finance Reform Backer To Spar In OR High Court. The fate of two campaign finance measures now slated for Oregon's Nov. ballot could be decided even before Election Day, by just 7 Oregonians - the OR justices. (KGW)
- Mail Tribune Spin: "DeFazio Goes to Bat for Property Rights" [How about a more honest headline; whatever makes things harder for oil corporations is good? When socialists start caring about private property rights one knows something is rotten in Denmark. Pretty clever, using angst over eminent domain to fight big oil.]
- DeFazio Wants Changes In Immigration Bill. DeFazio wants to do away with "wet foot, dry foot' immigrant policy from Cuba. Doesn't think priests and employers should be criminalized for employing illegals. (Springfield News)
- Curry Coast Pilot Report On DeFazio Town Hall Meeting.
- TV Ad War Hits Early In Race for Governor. Saxton ad implies Kulongoski a do-nothing chief exe. (Oregonian)
- A Player and a Referee In OR Elections. SOS Bill Bradbury's ruling on Mary Starrett's candidacy renews questions about the role of partisanship in key decisions. "Attorney Kelly Clark, a former Republican legislator who filed the election complaint for his clients, said he may ask a judge to examine Bradbury's decision. At least there is one place in Oregon to go in search of a nonpartisan elections ruling." (Oregonian) [Clark & Saxton have a friend in the Oregonian who thinks going to a judge guarantees non-partisanship. Why assume judges are any less likely to be minus a political background that Sec'y of States? Anybody noticed the rampant judicial activism of late? Let's see. How would one judge-shop for a so-called "non-partisan" judge?]
- Election Projection.com
- Campaign Flier: Dirty Politics or Free Speech? Lawsuit - House Speaker Karen Minnis denies a hand in allegations that her rival supports kids viewing porn. Judge declines to stop campaign flier despite pleas by Dems. (Oregonian)
- Starrett Offers Voters Change from Status Quo. (Letter to Ed., SJ)
- Judge Overturns Pesticide-Approval Rule. Ruling that Bush administration "plainly violated" the Endangered Species Act...(Oregonian) [The EPA needs to go]
- State Studies Highway Patrol County Transfer. Sheriffs want input & aren't to happy with proposals. “The legislators kind of forgot to talk to the sheriffs,” Sheriff Rick Eiesland said Wednesday. “To me, it’s no different than Measure 1145.”
- Oregonian Says Nothing's Gained By State Patrol Study. "You've got to feel a little sorry for Linda Gilbert & Doug Wilson, the two state fiscal analysts who got stuck with producing a study that almost nobody in Salem thinks is a worthwhile use of employee time."
- Baker City: Umatill Tribe Will Assert Right To Hunt Bighorn. (Oregonian)
- Salem: Builder May Be Cited for Felling Trees. (SJ)
- Portland: Police Seek Help With New Trend: TEEN MOBS. (Oregonian)
- Douglas County Commissioner Recall and the Fight Over The Milltown Hill Dam. (News Review) [Timing may be everything even if some deny it. Is this fight REALLY over the dam or just a vehicle to get Kittleman recalled?]
- Aug. 8th Story: One Nation United Pays Surprise Visit To Douglas County Commissioners. "We have concerns over the growing problem of buying land off-reservation and bringing it into the federal trust," said One Nation United director Barb Lindsay of Redmond, Wash. Commissioner Kittelman accompanied Lindsay this spring on a trip to Washington, D.C., with Douglas County Planning Commission Chairman David Jaques, who is national president of One Nation United. (News Review) From July: Douglas County Commmissioners Robertson, Van Slyke Cheered, Jeered for Stance On Tribal Advisory Note. The decision by Robertson and Van Slyke, which was opposed by Commissioner Marilyn Kittelman, came after the tribe signed a resolution agreeing to meet with taxing districts that might be negatively affected when land is taken into trust. When that happens, legal title is held by the federal government and the property is taken off the property tax rolls. (News Review)
- Interstate: Trooper, Suspect Shot On I-5. Suspect's identity not yet known, believe possibly connected with series of armed robberies at highway rest stops. (Oregonian)
- Fishermen File for Judicial Review Against the State. (World Link)
- Harney County: Father, Son Ranchers Accused of Setting Fires. Wife says they are being falsely accused. (Oregonian)
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National/International News
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- Abortion Pill Backers Fight Age Limit. Battle shifts to making abortion drug available without prescription to teens. (WND)
- GOP Senate Candidate, Mike McGavick, Tells All Before Opponent Has the Chance. (Seattle Times)
- How Open Borders Turn Americans Into Roadkill. Illegals drive up highway deaths as U.S. hits new highs for unlicensed, uninsured motorists. (WND)
- Op-ed Highlights Religious Liberty & Same-Sex Marriage Conflict. (Beckett Fund)
- Fed Reserve Chair, Ben Bernake, Extols Perks Of Globalization. [If you don't agree you are a "protectionist." You don't want to be considered a protectionist, do you?] (AP)
- Condom Bill Headed to Schwarzenegger. Provides condoms for prisoners. Same-sex orgs favor. (All Headline News)
- Dems Campaign On Katrina Blunders. (AP)
- CHERTOFF BACKS OFF ENDORSING PENCE PLAN. White House reportedly 'scrambling' to get immigration reform passed. (WND)
- Alaska Gov. To Push for Pipeline Deal. (AP)
- MN: Bush Spends 90 Emotional Minutes With Slain Soldiers' Families. (Kennebec Journal)
- RINO Shays: U.S. Should Mull Iraq Time Frame. (AP)
- Maine Candidate Wants "Hero" On His Name In Ballot. Sec'y of State saying no. (Maine Today)
- CT: Lamont Faults Lieberman, Bush On Katrina. (AP)
- CO: Internat'l Flags Can Return to Classroom, But Teacher Not Sure He'll Return. (Rocky Mt News)
- Opinion: Hillary Will Be Hurt By New Demo Dates. (AP)
- Despite Ban, Gambling, Addiction Abounds In Hawaii. (Rocky Mt News)
- State Dept. Official Charged With Bribery. (All Headline News)
- More Whites Adopting Black Children. (AZ Republic)
- Transgender Inmates Seeking Sex Change Surgery. One case about to be decided by a judge. (Comcast-AP)
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- Hood River Alert: Group Will Form Human Wall Around Westboro Baptist Protestors At OR Soldier's Funeral. You can help.
- OR DA Says Starrett Stay On the Ballot. Kelly Clark's office says will sue in Marion County. (Oregonian)
- Will This Foolish Republican Stunt Continue In Marion County? (RINO Watch)
- Kulongoski, Saxton Agree to Three Debates. No third party candidates allowed. (Oregonian)
- KPAM Asks Mary Starrett. (RINO Watch)
- REGISTER GUARD EDITORIAL: "A Matter Of Notice." Says "a Republican activist's complaint against Mary Starrett is the best thing to happen to the Constitution Party's gubernatorial candidate all summer..."
- How To Fix "Fixies" Bike Controversy. If you are Sen. Jason Atkinson you might set about fixing the law to undo what one Multnomah County judge did. (NBC Local News)
- Smith/Wyden Wilderness Proposal Would Designate Nearly Double Amount Of Wilderness Approved By U.S. Last Month. [Catering to environmental wackos by voting against ANWR not enough? Are Oregonians are too addicted to wanting to be in the wilderness too?](OR City News)
- Bipartisan (As in everybody is being PC liberal) Congressional Delegation Joins The Conservation Fund to Announce the Addition of 81 Acres to Lewis and Clark National Historical Park (Business Wire)
- Keep Talking: Debate Plan Needs Fine-Tuning. "Four debates are plenty, but Portland needn't host three, and the minor party candidates deserve to be heard." (Oregonian)
- Salem: Monday, Aug 28th, Public Hearing On Strip Club.
- REPAIR OREGON'S PROGRAM FOR EARLY INMATE RELEASES. (Oregonian)
- Sen. Gary George On AIP Bill (HB 2647): Doesn't Think Legislators Appreciated How Much Authority The Bill Wielded Or How It Would Be Wielded.
(News Register)
- Vicki Berger (R) Wants To Revive OR Meth Registry Bill. (Salem-News.com)
- Bend: Slain Marine Loved God, His Family & the Corps. (Oregonian)
- Medford: Recall Effort Targets 5 Councilors. Short story, but there is more than meets the eye, or than what is presently being reported, behind this story. The REAL motives for going after these councilors may not be what is claimed. (KOBI TV)
- Coos Bay: Protestors Against Liquified Natural Gas Dominate DeFazio Town Hall. (World Link)
- Medford: Joe Keating, Green Party Gubernatorial Candidate, 100 People Protest Logging In Roadless Areas. Some arrested for civil disobedience, most peaceful. (KOBI TV)
- Write-In Candidate for Benton County Sheriff. (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
- Corvallis Gazette-Times Hawks Write-In Sheriff Candidate.
- States' Aviation Agency Contracts Missing. (SJ)
- Landowners Lining Up for Community Windpower. Construction financed in part by taxpayer energy bill fees. (Oregonian)
- First "BioFuels Only" Gas Stations Opens With Sen. Wyden at the Pump. (KVAL)
- MY TURN -- Oregon's Initiative Process Does NOT Require Big Bucks. Dawn Phillips responds to Jerry Boone column. (Oregonian)
- Eugene: Eco-Arson Trial Delayed. (Mail Tribune)
- Firing Steve Goldschmidt Costs Portland Schools $620,000. (Oregonian)
- Salem Panhandling Ordinance Needs To Be Enforced. (Letter to Ed., SJ)
- WA County: Avalanche of M-37 Claims, But Not Immediate Development. (Oregonian)
- Illegal Immigrants Drain State's Economy. (Letter to Ed., SJ)
- The Warrantless Surveillance Ruling. (Dave Reinhard, Oregonian)
- Timberlands Closed To Public Until Rainfall. (SJ)
- Pro-Unionists Offended, Responds to OregonUnionFacts.com. (Oregonian) [The truth hurts? They complain that Oregon Union Facts isn't local, then use the national, & far left, organization Center for Media and Democracy as a valid source of info.]
- Survey of Educators, Students: Students Need Skill Proof Before College, Work Entry, But State (taxpayer) Should Pay. Survey taken during 3-day education retreat. [So, they acknowledge there is insufficient proof of skill now? And the fix is? $$$$! Surprise!](The Dalles Chronicle)
- Deal Turns Page for Weyerhaeuser. (Oregonian)
- Court Gives Go Ahead for Columbia River Dredging. (Oregonian)
- Last of Oregon's Surviving Quintuplets Goes Home. (Oregonian)
- State Ethics Position Draws Six Applicants. (SJ)
- Portland: New Law - Landlords Now Risk Citations for Repeated Nuisance Complaints On Their Property. (Oregonian)
- West Nile Virus Found In Dead Marion County Bird. (SJ)
- WA County: School Creating "World Citizens" Rather Than American. Identities are international from kindergarten up. (Oregonian)
- Portland State to Hike Out-Of-State Tuition By Thousands. (Daily Vanguard)
- Talent: Three Candidates Want Mayor's Job. (Ashland Daily Tidings)
- PA Senate Race: Poll Show Casey (D) Still Slightly Leading Conservative Republican Santorum. (AP)
- HB2662: The Unintended Consequences. Straight woman seeks equality under gay-rights law. (Faith & Freedom Foundation)
- Washington Voter Guide. (Faith & Freedom Foundation)
- CO: Geography Teacher In Trouble Over International Flag Display. Refused to take down all flags except U.S. Says having only the U.S. flag is "sending the message that America is number one, everything else is below that." (Rocky Mt. News)
- VT: Nation's 1st Same-Sex Civil Union Is Dissolved. (Boston Globe)
- BIO-POLLS SHOW TANCREDO COULD BE A STRONG '08 CANDIDATE. (Rocky Mt. News)
- Emission Bill Puts Schwarzenegger & Dems At Loggerheads Over Details. (LA Times)
- CO Schools Considering Dropping Foreign Language Requirements. (Rocky Mt News)
- CO Univ. Med. Sch. Gets $6-M Gift for Stem Cell Research from Gates Fam. (Rocky Mt News)
- FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Abortion Pill. (WSOC TV)
- ACLU Blasts Protocol Change On Viewing Denver Cop-Shooting Files. (Rocky Mt News)
- Capitalist Icon Wal-Mart Gets Communist Branch. (Local 6 News)
- Christian Coalition Losing State Chapters. (NewsMax)
- Gov. Owens to Give Testimony At Aug. 30 Immigration Hearing. Pro-immigration horse ranch owner to testify. (Rocky Mt News)
- 12 Arrested On U.S. Plane To Be Released. All men, all Indian nationals. Had large no. of cell phones. No evidence of terrorism. (AP)
- NY: Biotech Co. Finds Another Way To Make Stem Cells Without Destroying Embryos. Tout as a way to defuse one of the country's fiercest political, ethical debates. (AP)
- Charges Against KY GOP Governor Dismissed. Settlement includes the resignations of four of his appointees. Fletcher was accused of misdemeanor charges related to allegedly illegally giving protected state jobs to political supporters. [This is new? And who to who else should these charges be made?] By settling the matter, Fletcher can seek re-election without the shadow of criminal charges looming over him. And Stumbo, who has been considered a possible Democratic candidate, could run without breaking his promise that he wouldn't challenge Fletcher in a gubernatorial race while the case was pending. Some Democrats complained they hadn't been hired because of their political leanings or passed over for promotions. (AP)
- Children Fight To Save Comatose Mom from Life Support Removal. Challenge TX law allowing Hosp. to make final decision. (LifeSite)
- Yale Univ. Partners With Planned Parenthood to Teach Med. Students Abortions. (Lifenews)
- Bill Cosby: Men, Claim Your Children. (NewsMax)
- Mainstream Media "Means a Lot" To Al Qaida. "Al Reuters" is a derrogatory term used in the conservative blogosphere...But it turns out that Osama...(NewsBusters)
- Bush Guestworker Program Lacks Support. (WA Times)
- Northern CA Congressman Herger To Visit MX Border. (Record Searchlight)
- Suspect In MX Killings Underscores Revolving Door At U.S./MX Border. (The Charlotte-Observer)
- KY: Legal Moves In the Works To Get Ten Commandments To State Capitol. (WAVE 3-TV)
- Court Spectators Get Charged for Contempt of Court for Ringing Cell Phones. When no one admitted having the ringing phones Wednesday, Lake County Criminal Court Judge Diane Boswell told all five people in the row to sit in chairs reserved for jail inmates...(WAVE TV)
- CO: Same-Sex Publication Notes Same-Sex Opponents Outspending Same-Sex Groups.
- CO: Donors Give $1.3M For Initiatives On Marriage (cbs4denver.com)
- Pro-Hate, Radical Left Web Site Labels Self "True Conservative News Source." Pro-athiest site calls Sen. Allen bigoted towards Hispanics, gays & immigrants.
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- Columbus, OH: Traffic Cameras Face Blurry Future In Ohio. Judges, angry motorists & sympathetic state lawmakers are coming down on 8 cities that use high-tech cameras to catch drivers who speed through red lights. (WTOL-TV)
- Schwarzenegger Makes Deal To Raise Minimum Wage to $8/HR. (SF Chronicle)
- OH: Toledo Public Schools Contractor Hires Two Sex Offenders. (WTOL-TV)
- Ohio's Toledo Blade May Be Shut Down By Union Boycott. (WTOL)
- FL: ANOTHER RINO CLAIMING TO BE "IN THE MOLD OF RONALD REAGAN." Gubernatorial candidate, Charlie Christ, favors civil unions, & is against 24-hour waiting period for abortions, is getting support from RINO McCain in primary battle against conservative Tom Gallagher. Gallagher, trailing Crist by double digits in public opinion polls, blasted Crist last week for opposing a 24-hour waiting period for abortions, backing the state's expensive class size reduction constitutional mandate and supporting civil unions for gay couples. Crist responded with a television ad berating Gallagher for ''vicious attacks'' but not denying taking such positions.
- Boulder, CO, DA Issues Strict "Decorum Order" to Media Regarding JonBenet Suspect.
- Wal-Mart Launches Same-Sex-Friendly Initiative. As part of the arrangement, Dee Breazeale, a vice president at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., will serve on the gay and lesbian chamber's Corporate Advisory Council, which works to educate corporate America on the benefits of workplace diversity. Other companies with representatives on the Corporate Advisory Council include IBM, Wells Fargo and Kodak. (Gay.com)
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- Rumors That Mary Starrett's Spot On the Ballot... (RINO Watch)
- Starrett Flattered By Saxton Attempt to Remove Her From Ballot. (News With Views)
- [Socialist] PCUN Tests Low-Power, Multilingual Radio Station Set for Woodburn. Its format will include music, discussion. (SJ) [A la indoctrination, rallying cry to separatists]
- Agriculture Groups Praise Sen. Gordon Smith for Support of a Guest-Worker Program. (SJ)
- Oregonian Puff-Piece for Sen. Ron Wyden. 'A "Bipartisan" Spirit Grows from Activist Roots.' ["Bipartisan" -- favorite code word of liberal journalists. Implies lofty reasonableness, character more superior than those who adhere to the value system of their party.]
- Don't Like Those Messages Saying "Push One for English?" You've just got the wrong attitude toward change & are "wasting a chance to learn." (Guest Editorial SJ)
- Anti-Spending Crusaders Gain Steam. Oregonian reporter Laura Oppenheimer's spin on the first annual convention of Americans for Limited Gov't & their nat'l effort to cut gov't budgets & taxes. Oregon's David Hunnicutt, of Oregonians In Action, was there.
- Don't Call It "Prostitution." Call It "Sex Work." Attaching stigma to immorality isn't nice? (Commentary by James Pinkerton, SJ)
- PGE Want Credits for Mercury Controls. (Oregonian)
- Statesman Journal Continues Push for Red Light Cameras. Salem City Council to hold public hearing 6:30 tonight. [Better be there with the facts of all the misuse of red light cameras AROUND THE WORLD. Some towns have installed them only to remove them. Stop it if you can folks.]
- West Linn: Council Looks at Willamette Cove Compensation. (Oregonian)
- Sikhs Discuss New Home In S. Salem. (SJ) [If you don't welcome this new influence, in your community, you are intolerant and hateful. Get it?]
- Medford News Praise of Kulongoski for Federal Aid to Fishermen. [And, the bogus reasons for not letting the fishermen fish in the first place? Typical liberal set up; remove the source of independent income, then ride in like heroes with taxpayer-funded money.]
- Statesman Journal Says to Put Politics Aside To Solve Puzzle Of Climate Change. [Politics? Or common sense?]
- Democrat PCP Objects to Statesman Journal "Fringe" Reference.
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