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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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- Pro-life Only Choice for GOP In Iowa. (WA Times)
- Some Abortionists Give Babies Lethal Injection First. To avoid chance of partially delivering a live baby. (Boston Globe)
- Homeland Security Cracking Down On Companies That HIre Illegal Immigrants. [TV news reports say that Bush telling business owners that they can blame their local lawmakers if they don't like it. In other words it's not his fault, but he's got to impress those disgruntled conservatives.] (Portland Biz)
- Missouri Judge Nullifies Law Allowing Midwives To Deliver Babies. (Kansas City Star)
- THE CONGRESSIONAL EARMARK FIGHT. Murtha gets a "little" defensive when Congressman John Campbell dares to ask him about some pork he supported. (Fox News video)
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 NJ: Killer Held In Execution-Style Killings Is Not a U.S. Citizen. Two arrested for the murders. [According to Fox TV News immigration authorities have already intervened in the case.] (Fox News)
- Jose Carranza: To His Family An Innocent Man. 10 mos. ago he was charged with assaulting bar patrons with a broken bottle & a chair. Last mo., a 31-count indictment accused him of raping a little girl repeatedly over a 4-year period & threatening to kill her family. (NJ Live)
- Democratic Contenders Address Same-Sex Rights In TV Forum. (Fox News)
- Security Breach Compromises Charlotte-Douglas Airport. As of 6:22 a.m. PT there is an ongoing search through several airplanes and concourse C for a man. (WSOC-TV)
- Fred Thompson Plans Initial Foray Into Iowa.
- Thompson Committee Unconcerned By Primary Schedule. (The Sun)
- NY Times: Fred Thompson Has Hired William B. Lacy... ...former strategist to Bob Dole and aide to Pres. Ronald Reagan. Also worked on past Thompson campaigns.
- Michigan: Another Ten Commandments Monument Legal Battle Looms. (Saginaw News)
- Brownback Bringing "Roe" of Roe vs. Wade To Straw Poll. (Radio Iowa)
- Former Florida Gov., Bob Martinez, Endorses Giuliani. Governor Martinez was the first Florida Governor of Hispanic descent... [Well, that should fit in very nicely with Giuliani's having fought against the federal gov't to keep NYC a sanctuary city.] (All American Patriots)
- Jeb Bush Speaks At Christian Fundraiser. (News-Press)
- Jeb Bush: Leaders Shouldn't Separate Faith and Politics. (Lifesite News)
- COME SEPTEMBER, COME FRED THOMPSON. (NewsMax)
- Arkansas: Judges Standoff, Threaten Arrest, In Argument Over Courtroom Scheduling. (Fox News)
- AUGUST 27TH: CA SENATE TO OPEN WITH HINDU PRAYERS. (Rediff.com)
- Schwarzenegger To Appeal CA Game Law Ruling. (Gamasutra, Industry News)
- San Francisco Leaders Ask Gov. To Halt Cow Palace Gun Shows. (Mercury News)
- Toledo, Ohio: Mayor's Spokesman Swears Off Blogging After Controversial Post Linking Mayor To Incident Where Children Were Left In Hot Car. (WTOL)
- Henry County, GA: Couple Charged With Abusing Adopted Children. Used belt & baseball bat to punish. (WSBTV)
- AZ Judges Stay Out of High Tuition Costs Fight. Supreme Court rules against students. (AZ Star)
- Congresspersons Head for Israel. First Muslim in Congress in group. (AZ Star)
- The Truth About LodgeNet.
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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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National/International News
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- $350,000 State-paid Consultant Concludes Schools Should Narrow Focus To Crucial Lessons. "State education officials are poised to follow some of the advice...proposed change was spurred by a national movement, embraced by the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics, to end the mile-wide, inch-deep approach to math instruction and settle on "focal points" for each grade, said Oregon math specialist Jon Wiens." [Jibberish. How about getting back to the basics that raised us to a great nation up to the fifties and DROP the time consuming politically correct nonsense such as Days of Silence to protest imaginary same-sex persecution.](Oregonian)
- State's Face Changing -- Fast. OR sees a surge in Latinos, who account for nearly all new Multnomah County residents since 2000. (Oregonian)
- SUSPECTS IN GIRL'S MURDER ADMIT THEY ENTERED THE U.S. ILLEGALLY. (KGO)
- Murder Suspects In TX Girl's Death May Face Deportation. (KOIN)
- Hispanics Remain Largest Minority Group In Marion, Polk Counties. (SJ)
- BILL SIZEMORE, Teachers To Square Off. Wants teachers held accountable for student achievement, regardless of who they teach. (KXL)
- KMTR Video: Gordon Smith Hawks Health Bill...Other Topics.
- OHSU Researchers Taking Extra Precautions Since Latest ALF Incident. OHSU scientist's home vandalized by Animal Liberation Front. (Portland Tribune)
- JUNCTION CITY: Ethanol Driving Up Price Of Beef. (KVAL)
- Who Just Got Pardons from Our Liberal Governor? (WW)
- Lake Oswego: Council Approves Curfew Changes for Teenagers. (Portland Tribune)
- Portland: Council Trashes Recycling Plan. Won't fine businesses who don't recycle more. (Oregonian)
- State Gov't Expansion; Adding 1,777 Full-Time Jobs. Most jobs in Salem. (SJ)
- Cash Infusion Accelerates NW Logging. (Oregonian)
- Premise Of Bills; To Give Help To Survivors Of Violence, Sexual Assault. (SJ)
- Oregon City: County Will Ask Voters To Expand Board To Five. (Oregonian)
- SEIU, Nursing Homes Reach Agreement. By 2011, workers to get $2.65 hourly pay raise. Sixteen nursing homes to be affected. (WW)
- Sherwood: Hunting Season Draws Complaints. (Oregonian)
- New OR Law Aimed At Repeat Drunk Drivers. (KATU)
- Gov. K. Will Sign Bill During Coos Bay Appearance. (KCBY)
- Smith, Other RINOs, Praised By Two Health Care Orgs.
- 9-Year-Old Saves Father, Others On Freeway Driving Unmanned Semi To Safety. (KOIN)
- Firefighters On the Defensive In Aurora. Say they don't have enougfh water to extinguish the blaze. (KXL)
- Pension Fund Will Shift Its Money. Public workers - An OR panel says the move offers more risk and a chance for better investment returns. (Oregonian)
- OR Gas Prices Continue Downward Trend. (KPTV)
- Jewish Org Retracts Initial Support for Wyden-Co-Sponsored Mideast Resolution. [The resolution calls for Bush to do what he already has been doing since he became Pres. But, by making the resolution it implies he hasn't been doing it. Pure political posturing.](WA Jewish Week)
- Clinton, Smith Lautenberg Introduce Railroad Safety Legislation. (All American Patriots))
- Planned Parenthood Opening Clinic In McMinnville, September. (Oregonian)
- DEMOCRATS To Debate In Same-Sex TV Forum. (CBNnews)
- ROMNEY: GIULIANI'S NYC "SANCTUARY" FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS... [FINALLY!!!! ONE OF THE GOP CANDIDATES IS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THIS. There is NO WAY a candidate can claim to be tough on terrorism if he has taken the federal gov't to court to keep his city a sanctuary city. KEEP IN MIND, FOLKS, Giuliani did this AFTER the World Trade Center had ALREADY BEEN ATTACKED IN THE 1990s once already. Since 9-11 he still has not retracted the policy as bad. How can the American voter feel secure that Giuliani does not believe the entire nation should be a "sanctuary nation" less much have sanctuary cities? Where is our guarantee? His mere words? Certainly not in his actions. SCORE ONE FOR ROMNEY!]
- Republicans Start To Smell Blood. He was once billed as Obambi, the doe-eyed ingenu... (Telegraph.uk)
- Giuliani Declines To Discuss Role Of Religion In Shaping Views On Abortion, Other Issues During Campaign Stops In Iowa. (Boston Herald)
- Where Have All the Christians Gone? (The American Conservative Worker)
- CO: 3-Person Initiative Title Setting Review Board Rejects Arguments That a Ballot Proposal Define a Fetus As a Person Is Misleading... Abortion-curb language accepted. (Denver Post)
- Montgomery County, MD: Groups To Take School Sex-Orientation Classes Fight To Higher Court. ["Gay is OK" and "try it, you might like it"] will begin in the fall eighth & 10th grade classes this fall. (WA Post)
- Illinois Court Ruling: Pharmacist Can Say No To "Plan B" -- Abortion Pill. (Peoria Journal Star)
- Plans for Economic Integration. (Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum)
- CA: Six War Protesters Arrested At Democratic Lawmaker's Office. When the arch liberal Rep. Loretta Sanchez refused say she would oppose Iraq funding protesters refused to leave. Police were called. (LA Times)
- MA Tribe Plans Billion Dollar Casino On Major Highway. Opposition viewed as "an attack on Native American rights." (Norwich Bulletin)
- Californians For Equal Representation Submits Ballot Initiative To Change "Winner-Take-All" Electoral System. (CNN)
- CA Republicans Want To "Tinker" With Electoral Votes. [CNN version of the story.]
- Black Muslim Bakery Squandered Job-Training Money. (SF Chron.)
- California Suing Itself, Thanks To Attn'y Gen'l Jerry Brown. (Inside Bay Area, editorial)
- New England Mayor Denies Unethical Conduct Accusations. (Seacoast Online)
- Hispanic RINO Being Praised for Bucking Own Party. [Love slobber for another traitor. This RINO is even more endearing because he still speaks in "broken English."] (By Geo. Skelton of the LA Times)
- FBI Reportedly Probes Gun Permits. Suit alleges ex-Sheriff Blanas issued licenses for concealed weapons as political favors. (Sac Bee)
- CA: Oakland's Plastic Bag-Ban Law Faces Lawsuit. (Inside Bay Area)
- Huckabee: Dems Would Label Romney a "Flip-Flopper." [Yup, Kerry hurt the Dems with that problem and Romney will hurt the GOP with it. He's got a point. However, Giuliani will be even worse.] (WA Post)
- Spanish Language Newspapers Report Money Sent Back To MX Has Decreased. Globalist types not happy. (New America Media (liberal))
- U.S. Homeland Security Chief Laments Failure Of Immigration Reform. (IHT)
- Bush: More Taxes Not Needed To Fix Bridges. (Fox News)
- Fewer Hispanics Calling Selves Democrats. (Fox News)
- Congressman Abercrombie's Strong Arm Tactics Over $8-M House Gym Renovations Make It To "The Hill." (Hawaii Reporters)
- Can Courts, Judges Decide Their Own Definitions Of "Family?" Or how to get around marriage laws and give same-sex couples the same rulings as married couples. (FindLaw Commentary -- Liberal Legal Precedence)
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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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National/International News
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- Rep. DeFazio Refuses To Back Mexican Trucking Project. 'While Mexico is a country where corruption is rife and there is no respect for the rule of law or regulation, we will not consider backing this project,' (Monsters and Critics) [Thus far, DeFazio is totally correct on this.]
- Silencing Dissent. University of Oregon's George Taylor holds the title of state climatologist. Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski wants to take that title from Taylor. ... (Walter Williams/Townhall)
- OR State Dean, Citing Conflict Of Interest, Drops Fed Job. (RG/AP)
- Sen. Gordon Smith's Solution In Iraq; Separate the Iraqi Tribes. [This happens to be the same thing liberal Dems want to do. It isn't "his" idea. He's playing on the "civil war" lie.] (Oregon News)
- But, What About the Straights? Quest challenges Portland's Equal Benefits Law & it looks as though they may win. (Portland Mercury)
- Eugene Puts [Unwanted] Gas Tax On November Ballot. (RG)
- Oregonian Blurb On Smith Comments Regarding Klamath Water Diversion To Farmers.
- McMinnville: OR Prosecutor Defends Handling Of Teen Bottom-Swatting-Sexual Abuse Case. (RG/AP)
- Senator Wyden Among the "Al-Qongress" Disgraceful. (Investors Business Daily, editorial)
- Former Springfield Bank Mgr., Turned Florida Fugitive, Arrested In Benton County. (RG)
- OR Elections Division Turns Doyle Civil Penalties Over To Collection Agency. (Oregonian)
- Rep. Tom Butler Won't Seek Re-election. (SJ)
- Ontario: Local Leaders Reflect On Butler Decision. Tim Smith, is at this time the only announced candidate to replace Butler in the Oregon House of Representative District 60 slot. Smith said in an announcement released just after Butler declared he would step down, he would file as a candidate for the District 60 position on the first day allowed by the Oregon Secretary of State. (Argus Observer)
- Portland Businessman Leaves Senate Race. Ty Pettit said he will no longer seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate. (RG/AP)
- Sen. Ted Ferrioli (RINO) Will Seek Third Term. (Blue Mt. Eagle)
- Lake Oswego Voters Get a Surprise. A ballot measure, from the city, will determine Safeco's future. (Lake Oswego Review)
- Personal Income Sources In Oregon's Metro Areas. (Bend Bulletin)
- Trial Lawyers, Longtime Lobbyist Split. (Oregonian)
- Brookings Considering New Parking Fees for Businesses. (Curry Pilot)
- Gov. K. Signs Condo Conservation Bill. (Portland Biz Journals)
- Gov. Signs Greenhouse Gas Bill. (Worldlink)
- Leaflets With Swastikas Found In Tigard Neighborhood. (Oregonian)
- PUBLIC INVITED To Republican Picnic Featuring Sen. Smith. (Corvalis Gazette-Times)
- Portland Fire Bureau Demotes Lieutenant Who Kicked Man. (Oregonian)
- Environmental Politicos Seek Protected Status for Another Delta Fish. (RG/AP)
- Walden Updates Wheat Growers On Farm Bill. (LaGrande Observer)
- Union County Democrats Ask Fair-Goers What Issures Matter To Them the Most. (LaGrande Observer)
- Local GOP, At the Fair, Voice Concerns Over Declining Traditional Values. Endorsed by the Republican Party Initiative Petition 303 seeks to maintain restrictions on the rights of homosexuals. (LG Observer)
- LG City Council Seeks Applicants for Council Vacancy. (Observer)
- Dallas: Flap Over Sex-Offender-Warning Flyers Not Being In Spanish. (Itemizer Observer)
- Senator Smith Wants To Give Historial Lighthouses to Confederation Tribes Of the Coos... Indians say the grounds are "sacred." (Press Release)
- Gordon Smith: "Tribal Gov't Tax-Exampt Bond Parity Act." [It's for the poor Indians.](Smith press release)
- Two Grant County Sawmills Shutting Down. (Blue Mt. Eagle)
- Keizer: Freshman Councilor Resigning To Take Job In Olympia, WA. (Keizer Times)
- Lincoln City: Father, Son Stumble Across Bomb In Rose Lodge. (The News Guard)
- Tillamook City Council Considers Raisng Gas Tax To Three Cents. (Tillamook Headlight Herald)
- Rep. Bruce Hanna Won't Seek Re-election. (SJ)
- Krummel Joins List Of GOP Lawmakers Leaving House. Brian Boquist, John Dallum, Wayne Scott, Karen Minnis & Tom Butler will leave at end of their terms. (Oregonian)
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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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National/International News
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- Lawsuit Takes Aim At Rewriting Of M-37. Property rights advocates assert the new M-49 misleading & deprives Oregonians of their right to receive accurate <[truthful] info before voting. (SJ)
- Ashland: Former Islamic "Charity" Suing Over Terrorist Labeling. (Oregonian)
- Senatorial Candidate Against Sen. Smith, Steve Novick: "I Think They're Underestimating Me." (Portland Tribune)
- Rep. Tom Butler Not Seeking Re-Election To Sixth Term. Makes him the 6th Republican in the OR House To opt against a return in 2009. (Oregonian)
- Phil Stanford, Portland Tribune: Slogans Never Did the State Justice. In case you missed it, the state Legislature has pulled the plug on the state slogan "Oregon. We love dreamers."
- DARLENE HOOLEY Endorses Clinton. Hooley will serve as Co-chair of Rural Americans for Hillary. (Salem News)
- State Bridge Inspections Begin. (Oregonians)
- Salem Council Supports Zoning Change for Kuebler Development. (SJ)
- Portland: Commissioner Sten Passes On Battle With PBA. (Portland Tribune)
- State Hospital Section Under Quarantine. (SJ)
- New Law Aims To Give Hospital Personel Self-Defense Rights Against Violent Patients. (Oregonian)
- Wife Of Ex-Oregon Prison Food Mgr. Denied PERS $$. Soden credited alert employees at a PERS office for stopping Karen Monem from withdrawing the money. "They recognized her and called us," she said. (Oregonian)
- Law Nixes Noncompetition Agreements for State Workers. Takes effect Jan. 1. (Oregonian)
- NW Natural and TransCanada Announce Palomar Pipeline for Oregon. (KTVZ)
- Editorial On HB 3141: Legislature Enforcing Gym Classes Won't Make Up for Remote Control Lifestyle At Home. ((Dem-Herald/SJ)
- Various Oregon Beaches Close, Post Warnings. (SJ)
- Police Chief Rosie Sizer Lends Public Support Of Red Bull Display. (WW)
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Steve Law Of Statesman Journal: States Says Only Married Couples, Not Domestic Partners, Can Remove Beneficiaries From State Benefits Following Breakups. [Hint, hint. And the only way to fix this is? And the timing of this article? Just when signatures are being gathered to counteract the just passed civil unions legislation.]
- NY Times Assessment Of Jeff Merkley. Call him "establishment" candidate.
- CQ Quiz On Oregon Politics.
- AP Reporter Julia Silverman Does Puff Piece On Jeff Merkley.
- Kulongoski-Signed Bill Prohibits Paid Ballot Petitioners Unless Attend Gov't Class. Bill says a violation of 1st amendment to collect signatures without class. (Ballot Access News See public responses on blog.)
- Wait Until '09 For Gov. To Make Road Projects a Priority. {Same-sex rights, raising taxes & gov't intrusion into private citizen's lives bigger priorities this legislative session.] (Oregonian)
- Salem-Keizer Schools Asking How To Spend Extra $10.4-M. (SJ)
- Local Radio Format Of ANY Political Format Can't Succeed? That's what the Red Guard thinks in response to the closing down of liberal talk on KOPT.
- SJ Letter To Editor: Illegal Aliens Are Criminals.
- Authorities Question Sixth Boy In Bomb Alleged Bomb Plot. (SJ) Keizer Youths Suspected Of Bomb Plot. (SJ)
- White House Says No To DeFazio. "I'm disturbed," DeFazio said in an interview..." (Oregonian)
- OR DAs Argue for Higher Pay. (Baker City Herald)
- Multnomah County: Rojo deSteffey: "I Intend To Complete My Term." (WW)
- SEIU Contract Includes "Living Wage" Provision. Lowest-paid state workers will earn $10.71/hr
- Aging Central OR Bridges Replaced, Inspected. (KTVZ)
- Liberal RINO Sen. Frank Mores: Session Left OR Better Off. (Dem-Herald)
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