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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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- LET OREGON VOTE! Defense Of Marriage AGAIN!
- Radical Gays Affirm: Church Has No Role In This American Life. (Victoria Taft Blog)
- Anti-Same-Sex Church Dropped as Site for Ira Glass To Speak. Follows outcries from pro-same-sex groups. (Oregonian)
- Pastor Not Angry OPB Pulled Ira Glass Show from His Church. (Oregonian)
- Merkley Formally Launches Bid for Gordon Smith's Seat. (SJ)
- Sen. Smith Expected To Cast Important Vote On Energy Taxes In September. (Freedom Works)
- Top Forest Service Lawyer Going To Timber Industry Group. (Oregonian)
- OR Taxpayers To Get Record Amount Of Kicker Rebates. (Oregonian)
- Woodburn School Superintendent Takes Offence At Unflattering Reports. "Labeling schools is not right. Nobody minds getting constructive criticism. But to consolidate everything with two words -- met or not met -- seems like an oversimplification," Blomberg said . (SJ) [So, let's lower the standards? That's what liberals do to avoid being offended or to avoid being called hypocrites.]
- Salem-Keizer Schools Have Best Ratings Since "No Child" Implementation. (SJ)
- Kulongoski: Funding for Transportation Fixes Top Of Agenda. (Oregonian)
- Report: Craig Served On Committee That Evaluated Packwood. (Oregonian)
- Wyden Among Four Dems "Skeptical" Of Plan To Tax Fund Managers' Profit Shares at Top 35% rate. (Bloomberg)
- Police Agencies Increase Labor Day Patrols. (Oregonian)
- The New OR House Republican Leaders Are... (MSN Money)
- Gov. K., Lawmakers Eye Gas Tax Increase. (Oregonian)
- RINO Friend Of Wyden, Sen. Bob Bennett, Says Republicans Must Accept Universal Health Care. “Chances are less than 50-50, not zero, which is amazing,” he said. “We want to get this done this session.” -- “Republicans have to agree to universal coverage, which is seen as code for a government-run system,” the senator said. That’s what Sen. Bob Bennett and his counterpart across the aisle, Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, envision. (Davis County Clipper)
- Mechanical Crop Picker Puts Steel In Immigration Debate. (Angie Chuang, Oregonian)
- Homosexual Mormons Urge Thank Yous To Sen. Smith for Hate Crimes Bill Sponsorship. (Affirmation.org)
- “There are scandals that need to be addressed. Republicans address them, Democrats re-elect them.” Tom Delay, Matt Lauer Show, 8/27/07
- Environmentalist Whackos Glad To See Craig Go. One more sensible timber-policy man out of the way. (Seattle pi)
- Sen. Jason Atkinson Defending Measure 37 On Senate Floor. (You Tube)
- Rep. Andy Olson Named Deputy GOP House Leader. (Albany Dem-Herald)
- Iowa Judge Changes [probably only temporarily] to Staying His Same-Sex Marriage Ruling. Done one hour after first homosexual's marriage ceremony. [So will the be considered legally married or not?] (AP)
- Two Men First To Legally Marry In Iowa/U.S. Unitarian 'minster' performed ceremony of two college students. (AP)
- Craig Expected To Resign Saturday. (AP)
- Craig's Arresting Officer Known for Good Rapport With Suspects. And when his bathroom stings netted a senator from Idaho, he even promised him, "I don't call media." [That didn't mean he could keep the media from reading police reports or that someone else would not alert the media.] (Fox)
- Edwards' Wife Says Clinton Hatred Would Keep Hillary from Winning for Democrats. (AP)
- John Warner's Retiring Has Democrats Salivating. (WLOS) [GOP Rep. Tom Davis, (he also chaired Warner's last Senate campaign) was in southwest Virginia last week testing the waters in anticipation of Warner's announcement.]
- Top Clinton & Obama/Democratic Fundraiser Turns Himself In. (AP)
- Egyptian Students Indicted On Explosives Charges In FL. (CNN)
- Schwarzenegger In San Diego To Hawk Universal Health Care. (SD Union Tribune)
- Tony Snow Resigns As Press Sec'y. (AP)
- UC Berkeley Fences In Tree Sitters. Erect 8' chain-link fence to separate tree-sitting protests fro more than 72,000 football fans expected on campus Friday. Activists strummed guitars, sang "We Shall Overcome," scuffed with police...(AP)
- NH Innkeepers Hoping To Cash In On Civil Unions. (NH Business Resource)
- 4 More Extortion-Bomb Threats Phoned to Stores. (AP)
- Well-Placed GOP Sources: Craig May Resign Friday. (CNN)
- Congressional Arrogance & "Unarresting." (Ronald Kessler, Newsmax)
- 10th Circuit Court Judge Upholds Kansas Immigrant Tuition Ruling. (SJ)
- CA Senate Blocks Mandatory ID Implants In Employees. (LA Times)
- PA: School Brd. Votes 7-1 To Pull Same-Sex Video. (Philly Inquirer)
- "Ghetto" Booklet Probed By HISD. Some asked why it took 3 mos. to investigate the item distributed by district officer. (Houston Chron.)
- Michigan May Go To a Jan. 15 Primary. Legislature approved on Thursday just days after nat'l Dems vowed to punish states that vote too early. (Houston Chron.)
- FL Chaplain Says Hospital Fired Him for Saying "Jesus" In Prayer. (Fox)
- Iraq Ballot Measure Now In Schwarzenegger's Hands. (Recordnet)
- FL Mayor's Views Rile Homosexual Community. He portrayed city park restrooms as popular gay sex spots, opposed a plan to house a gay book collection in a public library, and insists on using the word "homosexual" because many of them "aren't gay, they are unhappy." [Liberal media spin; "Portrayed?" How about the truth. The city park restrooms ARE a popular same-sex hangout for promiscuous sex. That's what he alluded to and THAT's what TOURISTS DO NOT LIKE. To suggest that tourism officials would worry that acknowledging the situation would hurt tourism business more than this kind of activity is absurd. The mayor is correct when he believes that such behavior DETERS tourists.] (Boston Globe)
- Lawmaker Makes Himself Plain; Domestic Partner Bill To Be No Different Than Same-Sex Marriage. (LA Times)
- Investigators Close In On Suspect In 15 Store Bomb Threats. (Click On Detroit)
- Many Take Army's "Quick Ship" Bonus. (WA Post)
- Sex Lies & City Hall In Detroit: Judge Rules AG Will Testify In Whistle-Blower Lawsuit. More testimony continues Friday in the whistle-blower lawsuit against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and the city of Detroit. Video included. (Click On Detroit)
- WA Post Says Huckabee Hit a Chord In Iowa & Is Off & Running.
- Who Presidential Candidates Have Recently Hired. (WA Post)
- Michigan AFL-CIO Pushes for Tax Increase. (Click On Detroit)
- Exhuberant RonPaul Fans Use Web To Stoke '08 Bid. (CNN)
- Catholic High School Spanish Class Turns Very Political, Testy. Both student, teacher "disciplined." (Rocky Mt. News)
- Ex-Ohio State Pres. Slams School Culture Of Rioting. (Click On Detroit)
- WWE Steroids Sting: 10 Wrestlers Suspended. (WSBTV)
- NE: Teacher Arrested at School: Co-worker Allegedly Found Drugs In Her Classroom. (KETV-7)
- Civil Unions; Just a Reluctant Step To Same-Sex Marriage. (Rutland Herald)
- JUDGE STRIKES DOWN IOWA'S SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAW. Ordered the county recorder to permit gay and lesbian couples to marry. (Chicago Tribune)
- Oh my. Not So Funny Anymore. Findlaw finds MP3 of Larry Craig Singing "I Can Dodge the Press."
- Mormons for Same-Sex Marriage. (Affirmation.org)
- Poor Politics. (Nat'l Review)
- Law of the Sea Treaty Up for Senate Ratification. (America's Survival)
- Illegal Aliens & Express Kidnappings. (Douglas MacKinnon, Townhall)
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National/International News
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- JUDGE STRIKES DOWN IOWA'S SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAW. Ordered the county recorder to permit gay and lesbian couples to marry. (Chicago Tribune)
- Oh my. Not So Funny Anymore. Findlaw finds MP3 of Larry Craig Singing "I Can Dodge the Press."
- JUDGE STRIKES DOWN IOWA'S SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAW. (Chicago Tribune)
- Cincinnati, OH: Raid Rounds Up Immigrants at Chicken Plant. (Indy Star)
- Thompson Announces That He Will Announce A Week from Thursday (8/30). Will be on Leno. (NY Times)
- How Misused Could Hate Crimes Laws Become? WA State Rep. Williams Calls Alliance Defense Fund a Hate Group. [And this is leading up to what?] The ADF is defending a pharmacy that will not distribute, against it's moral convictions, the emergency contraceptive Plan B. pill. (The Olympian)
- "Bionormativity & the [Re}Construction Of Parenthood?" As is so often true in the academic world morality MUST go. One must have the freedom to be kinky & evil afterall. (Social Science Research Network)
- SoCal Man Gets 6 Months In Jail for Fence Around His Own Home. [Mr. Linares was on the Wed. Glenn Beck Show. Beck says he is going to stay on top of this case.] (ABC)
- Univision's GOP Hispanic Debate Will Have To Wait. "Scheduling conflicts..." (WA Post)
- When a Hillraiser Brings More Than Money. One week after John Edwards uttered the words "Lincoln Bedroom," Hillary Clinton's campaign finds itself with another fundraising embarrassment on its hands. (WA Post)
- Bush Will Ask Congress for $50-B More for Iraq War. Conjecture that request reflects confidence the administration can fend off congressional calls for rapid drawdown of U.S. forces. [It also may indicate he knows he has more support of Americans to win the war than the media has been reporting.] (WA Post)
- MILITARY MOMS Expected To Be a Force at the Polls. (WA Post)
- Same-Sex World History Rumors Making Liberal Media Rounds. 600 years ago there were same-sex civil unions? Historian [of course with no agenda] conjectures on the possibility & the same-sex community pounces on it. [Message: You Christians are so out of touch. Well, history also records that this kind of evil behavior is exactly why William Bradford and many pilgrims left great wealth, property, prosperity and everything they had throughout Europe to come to America where they believed they could found a Christian nation under God minus this kind of evil. To rear their children free of such evil influence was worth poverty, death & great sacrifice. Now once again the same evil is plaguing a Christian people and there is no place to go to begin a new nation. This is why Christians must do what our Founding Fathers did & be involved in politics. They said to elect Christian people to office if we are to remain a strong nation. The war of good vs evil in our government is on. News articles like this one are part of that war.](MSNBC)
- Actor Kirk Cameron: Becoming a Christian Had Growing Pains Of Its Own. Video included. (AP)
- Romney Distances Self From Sen. Craig. Craig dropped from prominent role in campaign. Romney compared Craig's action to Pres. Clinton's affair with an intern. (AP)
- White House Hopefuls Love Ethanol. (AP)
- Top Fundraiser for Clintons a Fugitive. (Newsday)
- Hillary Clinton To Give Away Crooked Fundraiser's Cash. The decision came Wednesday as other Democrats began distancing themselves from Norman Hsu, whose legal encounters and links to other Democratic donors have drawn public scrutiny in the past two days. Sens. Edward Kennedy and John Kerry, both of Massachusetts, also planned to turn over Hsu's contributions to charity. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein of California; Al Franken, a Senate candidate in Minnesota; Reps. Michael Honda and Doris Matsui of California; and Rep. Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania also said they would divest Hsu's contributions. (AP)
- Democratic Fundraiser Is a Fugitive In Plain Sight. (Newsday)
- Fred Thompson Campaign Hires Former Aide To McCain. Also worked with Schwarzenegger & Jeb Bush campaigns. Replacing Linda Rozett who left earlier this week. (AP)
- Some GOP Lawmakers Want Craig To Resign. He has resigned from some committees. (AP)
- Fairfax County, VA: Republican Candidates, for County Board Of Supervisors, In Fight Over Immigration Issue. Challenger accuses incumbent, "...needs to get off of his behind and join the rest of us tackling illegal immigration in Northern Virginia...” (Examiner)
- Anti-War Group To Protest Inside Congressional Chambers. [While the area IS open to the public, no one can be there without a congressional pass given by some member of congress. This event is rigged by the legislators themselves working in lockstep with George Soros. See CNSNews report. Why isn't the Hill reporting WHO IT IS THAT IS BEHIND THIS RALLY?] (The Hill)
- Jimmy Carter Says John Edwards "Appealing" Candidate. (The Trail - WA Post) BUT, Carter Stopped Short Of An Endorsement for Edwards. (AJC)
- Move-On Targets Pro-Surge Democrat. (The Hill)
- Soros-Tied Group Fined Over '04 Ads. America Coming Together fined $775,000, the FEC's 3rd largest penalty. The FEC has said it will crack down on groups that raise unlimited resources outside of the campaign finance system but then spend that money on political attack ads and other activities aimed at influencing the outcome of specific elections. [The fine would have to be much larger than this to bother Soros.] (WA Post)
- Democrat Rep. Filner Regrets Airport Altercation, Cites Frustration. Recent incident at Dulles Airport in which he allegedly pushed a United baggage employee, resulting in assault, battery charges. (WTOP)
- Study: Democrats Given More A.M. TV Time. (AP)
- CO Springs School Bans Tag On Its Playground. (WTOP)
- Washington D.C.: 20% Of D.C. Students Absent Second Day Of School. (WA Times)
- Passenger's Concern Over Arabic Speaking Men Delays Flight To Chicago Overnight. Naturally the Council on American-Islamic Relations is accusing bias. Says merely "flagging language." The woman wanted off the plane. (Sun Times)
- New Federal Screening Policy for Turbans, Headwear Sparks Response from Sikh Religious Group. (Fox)
- Another Example of Today's Murder the Czar Mentality: "Aspen Vacation Homes Are Energy Hogs. The Sopris Foundation is shocked by the energy demands of the rich. "Many energy demands are unnecessary and egregious, such as driveway heating, roof-melt systems, hot tubs (and) towel-bar heaters." (Denver Post)
- TX: Houston City Council In Legal Case Over Red Light Cameras. (Houston Chron.)
- VA GOP Plan Bills To Curb Illegals. (WA Times)
- Haggard Told To Get a Secular Job. (Rocky Mt. News)
- Flat Tax Efforts Popular In GOP. (WA Times)
- Katrina Money Already Exceeds What U.S. Spent On Marshall Plan To Rebuild Europe After WWII. (WA Times)
- JOHN EDWARDS: Americans Should Give Up Their SUVs. (WSOC TV)
- GOP Steps Up Web Presence With Veteran Of Yahoo, MSN. (WA Post)
- Sen. Coleman Sheds Craig Contributions While Lott Resists Resignation Call. (WA Post)
- Pres. Clinton Interview With Oprah, About Bookm To Air Tues., Sept. 4. (ABC)
- Schwarzenegger Says Can Terminate "Marriage." (WND)
- CA Assembly Passes Iraq Ballot Measure. Will ask voters if they support ending the Iraq War & immediately withdrawing troops. (Sac Bee)
- Shade of What Northwesterners Should Avoid In Transportation Costs -- Turnpike Toll Hikes. Northeasterners & truckers paying and paying and paying and paying for the Big Dig. (Landline Mag.)
- Idaho Resort Dodges Wildfire Damage with Snowmaking Guns. (Findlaw)
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National/International News
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- Suspected Vials Of Poison Gas Found In UN. (CNN
- Australia: PM John Howard Furious Over bin Laden As Jesus Art. Has branded the work "gratuitously offensive" to Christians. (News.com.au)
- London Editor, Of Arabic Paper, Prays for Nuclear Attack On Israel. (Jerusalem Post)
- Iraq To Iran: Stop Shelling Border Areas Or It Will Affect Relations. (Jerusalem Post)
- Chinese Victims Of Forced Late-Term Abortion Fight Back. (Houston Chron.)
- EU Will Retain Light Bulb Tariff Against China. The tariffs, introduced to stop cheap Chinese imports entering Europe, can add up to 66% to the price of bulbs. (BBC)
- NOT SO FAST: Pakistan Pres. Musharraf Rejects "Ultimatum" Reported In Wednesday's News. Spokesman says he rejects "any pressure or ultimatum" to decide whether to quit as army chief. Still, officials were either unavailable or declined to comment directly on the accuracy of Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assertion Wednesday that Musharraf had already decided to leave his powerful military post. (BBC)
- UK: Typhoid Making a Comeback. Typhoid kills 600,000 people worldwide each year. In 2002, 147 typhoid cases were reported in England and Wales, with 101 of those acquired abroad. In 2006, this had leapt to 248 cases, of which 122 were acquired abroad. (BBC)
- France Wants Africa To Help Fight Illegal Immigration. ""We expect there to be some 20 countries involved by the end of 2009..." (AP)
- UK Conservative Leader Cameron: Immigration "Too High." People's concerns were "not because of different cultures" or the colour of someone's skin but pressure on schools, hospitals and housing, he said. (BBC)
- Tories Welcome Cameron's Tough Talk On Immigration. (This Is London)
- UK Tries Pictures To Discourage Smokers. This is what your lungs look like not smoking; this is what they look like when you DO smoke. [Good idea. It's the truth. When The Oregon Conservative dissected on cadavers in anatomy class she saw the difference for herself. THIS is what people need to see.] (Examiner)
- China Replaces Five Cabinet Ministers. (WTOP)
- Russia Blamed for Increased Tensions Between Israel, Syria. (Jerusalem Post)
 Barney Frank On Sen. Larry Craig: He's a Hypocrite But, Should Serve Out His Term. [Yeah. There's nothing hypocritical about fixing one's homosexual lover's multiple parking tickets, which were earned by repeatedly waiting outside a school, while claiming one cares about "the children."
Let's all drop our brains and let Barney Frank, who openly makes passes by planting his hand on the butts of objects of his affections without fear of shame, decide for us what is hypocritical. Democrat politicians have no problem with hypocrisy because they adopt an amoral belief system, from the get-go, that is minus religious conviction that requires no necessity to live up to moral standards.] (Boston Herald)
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- Go Daddy Hosts Homosexual/Lesbian LAMBLA Website for Free. (Lambda.org)
- Wyoming GOP Moves Delegate Vote To Jan. (AP)
- Aw Heck. Some Nut From S.F. Already Burned the Burning Man. Now what will all the stoners do? (CNN)
- Richard Jewell, Hero, Once Accused Bomber Dead At Only 44. (AJC)
- U.S. Senator, Tim Johnson Says "He's Back" After Healing from Brain Hemorrhage. (VOA)
- FBI Investigating Threats To Stores. Pay up or you will be bombed. A Walmart evacuated. (AP)
- State Benefit Continues for Four Tennesse Waltz-Convicted Legislators. (WMCTV)
- TN: John Ford Sentenced To 5-1/2 Years. Ford received the most severe punishment handed to any of the 12 Tennessee Waltz defendants. (WMCTV)
- Dick Morris Makes Some Corrections In Bill's Crafting Of Hillary's Bio. (Frontpage Mag)
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National/International News
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National/International News
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- JUDGE LETS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT LEAVE OREGON FREELY. A federal immigration judge on Friday allowed a prominent Portland-area union organizer and illegal immigrant to return to Mexico voluntarily instead of deporting him, calling his repeated use of a false identity "unfortunate" and a "tragedy." (Oregonian)
- New OR House Leadership May Be Moderate Republican Bruce Hanna. Hanna and [Wayne] Scott recently hired a New York-based political consulting firm that won a string of GOP victories in Democratic-leaning states. That doesn't mean the party will try to move closer to the political center, Hanna said. Rather, the party needs to communicate better with constituents in the political middle, he said. [Wrong. They need to act like Republicans for a change, period so that even registered Democrats will have a reason to vote for them. Here we go again -- classic thinking of RINOs. The OR GOP is going to lose some more members as a result. They never learn. -- The SJ headline says "OR House Republicans Plot New Direction." This isn't a new direction. It's repeating the same mistakes that caused the OR GOP to lose to the Democrats. Only a dedication to liberalism within the GOP can render such Republicans too blind to learn the obvious from such transparent history.] (SJ)
- Gordon Smith, Menendez, Send Open Letter To White House Over Restrictions Of SCHIP Program. [Trying to make out Bush doesn't care for 'the children.'] (Politics NJ)
- Oregonian Reporters Say Washington's Rep. Baird Is "Giving Aid & Comfort To Republicans." Since returning from a trip to the Mideast this month, the Vancouver congressman has been touting the progress he observed in Iraq. [There's punishment ready & waiting for any Democrat who goes against an immediate pull out; especially when he voted the opposite a month ago. That punishment is predicted to be immediate at tonight's meeting of anti-war activists. BTW, how come Virginia's RINO John Warner didn't come back from Iraq with the same impression as Baird? Why aren't Republicans punishing him the way Dems are punishing Baird?]
- Thanks To Pay Extras, a Majority Of Salem-Keiser Teachers Make More Than Their Base Salary. [But, you will still hear sob-stories about their not having enough. The SJ is immediately being accused, in the first blog response, of "bashing" teachers for this article. "Bashing?" By simply telling what their salaries are? Sometimes facts just speak for themselves. Ouch. (In no time, the blog comments have gotten testy & reporter Tracy Loew is taking hits.)] (Tracy Loew, SJ)
- Wasco County: 242-Foot Wind Turbine Snaps In Half, Killing a Worker At Top. (Oregonian)
- Columnist, Former Legislator, Thinks "Attacking [Gordon] Smith's War-Stance Flip Could Flop for Democrats." [He can't figure out what is in Smith's head, but he is certain Smith is sincere. Feel better about Smith now? (Ron Eachus, SJ)
- Students At Reed and Lewis & Clark Mostly Hippie, Atheist Liberal Nerds. So says the Princeton Review. (Oregonian)
- Portland: Homeless Housing Plan Ahead Of Goal. (Oregonian)
- State Fair Salutes Veterans. (SJ)
- Douglas County: Band Asked To Apologize for Nude Footage at Fair. (SJ)
- Pay Raises for Lottery Executives. (Oregonians)
- Newly Appointed Director Of Dept. of Aviation Talks About His Post. (SJ)
- State Parks Negotiating To Buy Boise Land. Lottery $ could go toward acres on island. (SJ)
- Iraq a Key Issue In '08 Senate Race. (SJ)
- OR Educators Worried How Their Schools Will Be Rated In Next Round Of Ratings. (Oregonian)
- OR 2006 Drinking, Driving Toll Rose. (Oregonian)
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National/International News
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Pakistan: Latest Tri-Alliance May Be Good for Musharraf In the Long Run and Good for U.S. Now Mr. Musharraf finds himself in the awkward position of negotiating with those parties to prevent his government from unraveling. It's hard to wish him luck -- yet a compromise between Mr. Musharraf and former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif may offer the best chance to check extremism and mounting instability in that nuclear-armed country. (Opinionated report: WA Post)