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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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- Smith Pushes for Bill That Wyden Is Blocking. (Oregonian)
- Battle for Gov. Being Fought On Internet. (KGO)
- Blumenauer Votes Against 9-11 Resolution. (Oregonian)
- Oregonian Op Ed: Open a Debate To Minor Parties.
- Letter Sends Message that Latino Families Want Help. Letter of complaint written in Spanish. (Oregonian)
- Douglas County: Marylyn Kittelman, Conservative Republican Survives Recall Attempt. Numerous issues sparked the recall election. The biggest one centered on the Cow Creek Indian tribe. Kittelman came under fire when she opposed unlimited tribal land transfers off the county property tax rolls. (RG)
- Bill To Block Off-Reservation Tribal Casinos Fails In House. Lawmakers in Oregon and Washington were divided along party lines. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., joined all four House Republicans in supporting the bill, while nine of 10 Democrats in the two states opposed it. (KGO)
- The Insurance Credit Scoring Scam. (Bill Sizemore)
- Chalkboard Project Group Not Happy With Saxton Endorsement. (Register Guard)
- Portland: Dan Saltzman Urges Smoking Ban In Pioneer Courthouse Square. (Oregonian)
- Portland City Council Votes 3-2 Against "Urban Village." (Oregonian)
- Astoria Mayor Checks Into Alcohol Treatment Program. Saying, "I need help." (Corvallis Gazette Times)
- Hooley Should Reject Dirty Campaign Tactics. Letter to Ed. (SJ)
- Portland City Council Votes No On Canadian Shopping Center Development By High School. (Oregonian)
- OR Educators, Lawmakers Among Lobbyists Seeking Timber Money In D.C. (SJ)
- Telecommunications Firms Donate Nearly $100,000 To Group Opposing Phone Tax. (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
- Drug Ring Tied to '70s Buddies. The bust in OR, WA & 3 other states nabs 11 of 12 suspects. (Oregonian)
- WPU Proposes Tuition Guarantee. Students would pay flat rate for 4 years under school's plan. Initial 16% increase. (SJ)
- Portland: Black Wolf Siting. (Oregonian)
- State Employees Aim To Raise $1-M for OR Charities. (SJ)
- Election Action Centers In Troutdale. (Oregonian)
- OR City: Anti-Tree Cutting Residents Photograph Trees Cut By Developer, But Find Rules Don't Apply. (Oregonian)
- King City Voters Will Be Choosing Four Councilors In Nov. (Oregonian)
- OR Veterans Stage Sit-In Using DeFazio Office. Claim female Army specialist Suzanne Swift, facing court marital for going awol, was a victim of sexual harassment. (Corvallis Gazette Times)
- Gresham: Officer Gives Forced Resignation After Fatal Collision. (Oregonian)
- Minor Party Candidates Say They'd Liven Up Debates -- If Included. (Oregonian)
- The Gloves Are Definitely Off In Erickson-Hooley Race. (Oregonian)
- Lars Larson Worker Files Election Complaint Against Mayor Potter. (Oregonian)
- Court To Hear PERS-Reform Challenge. (SJ)
- Oregonian Sympathizes With Both Sides Of Boy Scouts vs. Atheists Issue.
- Salem: Two-Hour Limit On Free Parking Suggested. (SJ)
- Broken Borders: Illegals Stir Resentment. Letter to Ed., by Jim Ludwick (Oregonian)
- Salem-Keizer District, Teachers Agree On Contract. (SJ)
- School Districts Cracking Down On Cyber-Bullies. (Bend Bulletin)
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National/International News
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- Zogby Poll Results On OR Gov's Race In Wall St. Journal. Starrett 4.5%, Kulongoski still ahead.
- Saxton Campaign Responds to Latest Gov. Poll. (Oregonian)
- Blumenauer, Wyden Earn Perfect Scores for Legislators Awarded Most "Godless." (Scroll down to 2nd article) (The Hill)
- Vehicle Bombing In Kabul Takes Life Of Army Reservist from The Dalles. (Oregonian)
- Taliban Kill Troutdale Sergeant. (Oregonian)
- Three Soldiers with OR Ties Killed In Afghanistan. (KOIN)
- Keizer, Newberg: House Race Pits Fiscal Conservative, Anti-Abortion Democrat. (SJ)
- Starrett Issues Call for Open Debates. (Starrett PR)
- Saxton Join Kulongoski In Backing Head Start Expansion. Both call for $40-M in spending. (Oregonian)
- OR Term-Limits Backers Have More Than $1-M to Spend. (SJ)
- Salem: FREE PARKING Fuels Amazing Turnaround for the OR State Fair. Letter to Ed. (SJ) Proof-positive of what cities should already know, parking meters greatly deter business & income to cities.]
- OR Employment Dept. Says Unemployment Rate Down to 5.5% In August. (SJ)
- OR Has to Re-write School Tests for Disabled. (Oregonian)
- Daily Astorian Gives Kudos to Both Kulongoski, Saxton On Corporate Kicker Plans. (SJ)
- Friendship Shamelessly Used To Dethrone Opponent. (Steve Duin, Oregonian)
- Some Libertarians Seek Signatures In Recall of Party Chief. (Oregonian)
- Multnomah County: Salary Commission Decides On Pay Raises for County Officials. (Oregonian)
- Environmentalists Making Big Stink Over Alien Grass. (Oregonian)
- Jackson County Median Home Prices Fall First Time Since 1984. (Oregonian)
- Sweetland, Prominent OR Liberal Dem, Dead At 96. Author of The Bilingual Education Act.
- Multnomah County Jails Costs Highest, DA Report Finds. (Oregonian)
- Kulongoski Floats Insurance Fee to Fund OR State Police. Saxton SAYS he's against. (Insurance Journal)
- OR Legislature Hopefuls Chase Votes Door to Door, Face to Face. (Oregonian)
- Douglas County: Win Or Lose, Kittelman Set to Represent County In D.C. (News Review)
- Douglas County: Kittleman Political Enemies Out To Get David Jaques Too. Ask state to investigate potential ethical conflict of interest in business affairs. (News Review)
- Salem: School Board Will Decide On New System. (SJ)
- Senators Smith, Wyden Putting the Pressure On Congressman Walden On Mt. Hood National Monument Legislation. (Oregonian)
- Sherman County: DA Files Harassment Suit Against Sheriff. Tara Lawrence cites difficulties after an investigation of a fatal shooting by the lawman. (Oregonian)
- Oregonian Guest Opinion: No On Measure 41 -- Tax Cut Measure. (Charles Sheketoff, Exe. Dir. OR Center for Pub. Policy.
- Kids, Porn & Politics. Rob Brading had a chance to stand up for children & blew it -- twice....(David Reinhard, Oregonian)
- Kulongoski Proposes Drivers' Insurance Fee To Add State Troopers. (SJ)
- Albany Democrat-Herald Admits to Learning More about M-48. (Tax limit bill)
- Salem Mayor Urges Annexations In Recorded Phone Message. (SJ)
- Parental Help Rule Trips School. OR Dept. of Edu. threatening to withhold $$ from charter school. (Oregonian)
- Benton County: Two More Write-In Candidates Join Race for Sheriff. (Democrat-Herald)
- Libertarian Seeks District 24 Seat Against Donna Nelson. (SJ)
- U.S. Senate Passes Defense Spending Bill With Millions for OR Nanotech, Defense Projects. (Sen. Wyden's web site)
- SJ Calls "Illegals" Merely "Immigrants." "Illegal" immigrants should have no rights. (Letter to ed.)
- OR High Court Rules for Scouts, Against Atheist Mother. (SJ)
- Sen. Smith Still Pushing to Mark Lower Columbia As Nat'l Heritage Site. (OPB)
- Civil Suit Against Beres Dismissed. (OPB)
- Clinton Claimed "Virtual Obsession" With Bin Laden. (Rush Limbaugh transcript)
- CA: Atheist Gets Poster Saying "God Bless America" Removed from Post Office. (Fox)
- Nine States Holding Primary Elections Today. (AP)
- Dems Bash Bush 9-11 Speech As Political. (Fox)
- Harvard Ends Early Admission, Citing Barrier to Disadvantaged. (NY Times)
- Sen. Lieberman's Ad Touts Bipartisanship. (AP)
- Chicago: Mayor Daley Vetoes Minimum Wage Ordinance. (Chicago Tribune)
- Chicago's Mayor Daley Vetoes "Anti-Wal-Mart" Ordinance. (News Max)
- U.S. House Republican Drafts Military Tribunal Bill. Will introduce Wednesday. (KOIN)
- Detroit Teachers Defy Judge's Order. (Forbes)
- CHP Investigating Schwarzenegger Tape Leak. (AP)
- NH: D.C. Endorsement, In Dem Primary, a Double-Edged Sword for Shea/Porter. (AP)
- Congress, FBI, U.S. Attorney Ask HP for Records. Chairwoman may have used illegal means to obtain the personal phone records of colleagues and journalists. (Fox)
- CNN Manipulates Poll Presentation to Slam Bush. (NewsBusters)
- Gallup Poll Offers Hope for House GOP. (Human Events)
- Pollsters: Your Image Of God Will Decide Your Path In Life. (Star Ledger)
- 2 Georgia Races May Theaten Democrats" Struggle for Power. (LA Times)
- Zogby: GOP's Santorum, DeWine In Last Minute Surge. (News Max)
- Homeland Security's Frances Townsend: Bush Operates As CEO Of the War On Terror. (News Max)
- AZ: TUESDAY FIRST TIME PHOTO ID REQUIRED TO VOTE IN PRIMARY ELECTION. "We fully expect things to go smoothly," Secretary of State Jan Brewer said. "We've been preparing for this for months, and we're ready to go." Judge recently refused to block the ID law. (AZ Republic)
- $188-B In U.S. Pensions Tied to Terror. (News Max)
- Hezbollah Leader Calls Blair "Murderer." (News Max)
- RI: LAFFEY DECRIES [he is right] PARTY, BELTWAY IN HIS "OUTSIDER" CAMPAIGN. (The Hill)
- Dems Missing Some Key Donors. (The Hill)
- Sensators Grassley, Sessions Hold Up a Key Judicial Nominee. (The Hill)
- NY: Less Promise for Democrats In NY Afterall. (NY Times)
- Minnesota: Homosexual Republican Fighting to Keep State Senate Seat In Primary. Otherwise considered "conservative." (Fox)
- GOP Sees Opportunity to Pick Up Congressional Seat In Chicago Suburbs. (Fox)
- Univ. of Nebraska Chemistry Instructor Arrested. Gave students explosives. (WOWT)
- Homosexual GOP Candidate Runs In Minn. Primary. (Seattle pi)
- On Tape, Clinton Admits Passing Up bin Laden Capture; Lewinski Played Role. (News Max)
- Washington: S. Park Branch -- A Bilingual Library To Call Their Own. (Seattlepi)
- Al-Qaida Tape: Prepare for Martyrdom. (News Max)
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