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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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- Dick Hughes of the Statesman Journal: Good Candidates Were Barred from Governor's Debate. Morley, the Libertarian candidate, likely knows more about finance — state government’s central issue — than any other candidate. A retired auditor, he ran performance audits for the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office....Mary Starrett, the Constitution Party candidate, is refreshing as well. She doesn’t equivocate. She’s consistent in what she believes in, starting with her staunch opposition to abortion. You have to admire that steadfastness, even if you disagree with her...That’s the kind of candidate whom everyday Oregonians can relate to.
- I Called Senator Smith's Office. [Smith says he's still pro-life too, even though he's voted for millions to pay for abortions around the world.]
- Gubernatorial Candidates Spar about Schools, Kicker. 3rd party candidates not invited, but OPB will post their answers to the same questions on their web site.
- Candidates Clash On Kids' Issues. (Oregonian)
- Listen to debate over the Internet from OPB. Will re-air on OPB Radio at 7pm and on OPB Television at 9pm.
- Listen to debate over the Internet from OPB. Will re-air on OPB Radio at 7pm and on OPB Television at 9pm.
- Poll Shows Governor's Race 43 to 38%. (KATU)
- Mary Starrett Thinks "Bush Knew" Something Before 9/11. (KATU)
- State's Report Says Organized Crime Shifts to Drug Trade. (SJ)
- Letter to Ed: Thinks Fellow Conservatives Have Supported Autocracy By Supporting Bush On War. (SJ) [The OR Conservative disagrees.]
- Two Area Appraisers Face Off for Marion County Assessor. (SJ)
- Statesman Journal (surprise) Supports Donna Nelson's Democrat Opponent.
- State Employment Office Will Shut Portland Branch. (Oregonian)
- The Annie E. Casey Foundation Claims a Return to Growing Gap In Arrests of Whites, Minority Youths. [The REASON for it isn't addressed. Impact of illegal immigration?] The Report
- Oklahoma Taco Bell Feeding Police Drug Force Drugs In Meals? Proof may be in uneaten portion of officer's lunch. (The Oklahoman)
- Friday A.M.: Wisconsin School Principal Shot -- Children Safe. (WTOL-11)
- U.S. District Court Judge Rejects Ohio Law Restricting Use of Abortion Pill. Says unconstitutional to restrict use and could jeopardize women's health. (WTOL-11)
- OK Officers Could Face Discipline for Content On MySpace Web Sites. At least one officer's name has been associated with a MySpace profile showing photos of male genitalia, a swastika & racist jokes. (KOCO News)
- Omaha, NE 911 Director: Please Don't Call 911 When You See Someone Smoking a Cigarette. But on Wednesday, Omaha police said residents should dial 911 to report smokers. Police said that when the city's new smoking ban kicks in, 911 dispatchers will be ready to deal with the calls. Police will respond, and people found breaking the law will be given a criminal citation or a fine that could reach $500 for subsequent offenses. (KETV-7)
- CA: Escondido Man, With Christian Production Co., Jailed for Alleged Sex With Minor. Man met 13-year-old on Internet; flew to Ohio to meet her. (10 News)
- Fulton County, GA: Both Republican/Democrat Candidate Get Endorsed By Same-Sex Political Orgs. (Southern Voice, Same-Sex publication)
- Judge Lichtig Killed In I-5 Accident. Semi-truck forced him into guard rail, then kept on going. (Curry Pilot)
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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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National/International News
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- Sen. Gordon Smith, Lieberman Sponsor Domestic Partner Benefits for Federal Employees. The Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act. "Federal workers should be able to extend their benefits to loved ones," Smith said. "It's a matter of fairness and I think the government should be leading the way rather than following. I believe we need to rid the workplace of discrimination, not just in hiring decisions, but also in the rights and privileges afforded employees."
- Orange and Black, Their Condoms Wave. The univ. is nowhere to be found in U.S. News & World's contentious survey of America's 125 best colleges and limps in at 87th on WA Monthly's alternate rankings. But when it comes to a progressive attitude about condom distribution...(Steve Duin, Oregonian)
- Oregonian Op Ed.: On Public Schools, It's Saxton's Move. "The flap over Ron Saxton's home address a decade ago is a chance to address access for students today."
- Sen. Smith Introduces Automatic IRA Amendment to S. 3951. (Pension Protection Act) (U.S. News Wire)
- Mt. Bikers Testify Before Smith/Wyden Re: Mt. Hood Wilderness & Legacy Acts Authored by Smith/Wyden. (Internat'l Mt. Bicycling Asso.)
- S. 3951 (Women's Retirement Security Act." -- Cosponsored by Sen. Smith/Kerry. (KTVZ)
- House Dist. 21 Race Might Figure Into Which Party Controls Chamber. Republican Dalto & Dem Clem likely to spend heavily on ads. (SJ)
- Kulongoski-Saxton Debate Today. will air live from 1 to 2 p.m. over KOPB (91.5 FM). It will be broadcast twice on OPB's television station, KOPB-TV, Channel 10, at 9 p.m. today and 1 p.m. Sunday.(SJ)
- Polls Indicate Governor's Race Is Tightening. Kulongoski leading by 5%. (SJ)
- Results of Statewide Survey by Oregonian/KATU
- House Dist. 20 Candidates Focus On Education Issues. Republican Burger vs. Dem Garcia. Differ in how to fund schools. (SJ)
- MX Drug Gangs Take Root In S. OR. Drug trafficking groups, fed by huge marijuana gardens, jump 44 percent last year. (Oregonian)
- WHITE HOUSE SAYS SMITH/WYDEN/WALDEN/BLUMENAUER LEGISLATION FOR MT HOOD SEEKS TO PROTECT TOO MUCH LAND. Says the bill contains a private-for-public land exchange that would not benefit the American people. [BUSH IS RIGHT. The Private-for-public is just another form of bullying to coerce more private land into government land. MOST of the land is already government owned. There is no need for the government to hoard any more land. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.]
- Oregonian Keeps Legislators' Hawaii Trip In the News. Doesn't mention that the rules given the legislators were that it was the lobbyists who were supposed to report the trip expenses, not the legislators.
- Troops Grateful for Group's Shipments of Durable Shades. (SJ)
- Studies Call Klamath Dam Removal Affordable. Water - Sediment behind four dams isn't so toxic as to make removal too costly, says CA state agency. (Oregonian)
- Lent Elementary School: Spanish Immersion In Afternoons. (Oregonian)
- House Dist. 52: Candidates Move Education To Top of Debate. Patti Smith (R-incumbent) vs. Suzanne VanOrman (D) (Oregonian)
- Questions & Answers: House Dist. 26 -- Lee Coleman (D-former Log Cabin Republican member, very liberal) vs. Jerry Krummel (R-moderate)
- Questions & Answers: House Dist. 37 -- David M. Akin (L), Bev Backa (D), Scott Bruun (R) (Oregonian)
- Questions & Answers: House Dist. 38 -- Fred Bremner (R), Greg Macpherson (D).
- Questions & Answers: Senate Dist. 19 -- Marc Delphine (L), Richard Devlin (D), David Newell (R).
- Manufactured Homeowners Don't Want to Move for Land Development. Ask for protection. (Oregonian)
- Pollster: Oregonians Yet To Dial Into These Measures. (Oregonian)
- Hospital Opponents Press State to Yank Project Approval. (RG)
- Dansforth Continues Accusations Against Christian Right Within GOP. Says centrists will win. Claims Christian right has stolen party. (WA Post)
- CO Court of Appeals Sides With Unions Using Dues for Political Purposes Against Workers' Objections. Clears the way for thousands of dollars to go into next week's elections. (Rocky Mt News)
- DOW TOPPED RECORD-HIGH CLOSE, DROPS BACK. (KETV-7)
- Tooele County, UT: U.S. Will Oversee Tribal Election. Reactions are mixed over this rare move with the Skull Valley Band of Goshutes. Some Indians want intervention because of corruption. Other see it as ceding some sacred, sovereign rights. (Salt Lake Tribune)
- Utah: Thinking Outside the Box: Shoshones Rely On Intellectual Resources to Grow an Economy. There's more to being Indian than gambling casinos. (Desert News)
- Nov. 15 Set for Vote On New House GOP Leaders. (The Hill)
- Laura Bush Campaigns for Congressional Candidates In Iowa. (KETV-7)
- AIDS Bill Poses Dilemma for Hillary Clinton. The bill is stalled on the Senate floor forcing her to choose between home state interests and those of battleground states in 2008 presidential election. (The Hill)
- House Approves Bush Proposal On Tribunals for Gitmo Suspects. (WA Times)
- FBI Probes 52 Firms Involved In Stock Options Fraud. (Money Control.com)
- Bush Presses Senate On Anti-Terror Bill. (AP)
- FBI Arrests U. of U. Doctor On Child Pornography Charge. (Salt Lake Tribune)
- SUPREME COURT FACES ABORTION, Race Cases. (MSNBC)
- POTLUCKS FOR ABORTION. (CNSNews)
- MA: Support of Homosexual Marriage Faces Stern Legislative Test. (CNSNews)
- Study Shows Parental Involvement Laws On Abortion Reduce Risky Sex. (Life News)
- A War We Have To Win. (Jeff Jacoby)
- FL: 90 Calls for Police Prompt Suspension of Nightclub's License. Done in time to prevent upcoming "teen night." (Local 6)
- Republicans Reject Amendment By Spector. (Examiner)
- NJ Senate Race a Dead Heat. (Examiner)
- PA: GOP Congressman's Affair Threatens Long-held Seat. (Examiner)
- NY AG Candidate, Jeanine Pirro, Vows to Stay In Race. Opponents & media going after her for talk of recording philandering husband. (Examiner)
- Tony Snow: PREVIOUS PRESIDENCY HURT TERRORISM FIGHT. (Examiner)
- Attack On Colorado School Hostages "Sexual In Nature," Sheriff Says. (WTOL-News)
- CO Killer, In School Shooting, Identified. (Rocky Mt News)
- The New Supreme Court Term: Justice Kennedy's Pivotal Role In Abortion andRace Cases. (By Edward Lazarus, Find Law) According to Lazarus: "As the Supreme Court opens its new Term this October, it doesn't take a genius to recognize that the three most important factors to watch are Justice Anthony Kennedy, Justice Kennedy, and Justice Kennedy."
- Upcoming Supreme Court Term Will Be Bell-Weather On Abortion, Race With New Justices. (WA Post)
- This Sunday: Mike Wallace (Chris' Dad) Will Interview Supreme Crt. Justice Ruth Ginsburg. (WA Post)
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National/International News
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- Kulongoski Raises Questions Over Propriety Of Saxton Having Two Addresses To Benefit Son's Going To Better School. Saxton says he obeyed the rules. (Oregonian) Saxton's School Switch Turns Heads. (Portland Tribune) [The OR Conservative has no problem with what Saxton did. It has never been right to force anyone to go to a lesser school because of where they live. The gov't has no right to force people to purchase a bad product with their own money. Taxes are the people's own money. Parents have a right to choose the best school for their kids. Saxton has far more serious faults than doing what is best for his son. This shouldn't even be an issue.]
- Attorney Claims Measure 40 Would Do Away With Judicial Impartiality. [In fact, the truth is the exact opposite. Presently partiality is missing because all the judges represent the interests of only a single liberal city area of Oregon instead of the people in all areas of the state. All districts of Oregon should be judicially represented, not just Portland. Oregon sorely needs Measure 40.]
- If You Favor Measure 41 You Are Mean and Selfish. (Op Ed, Oregonian) [The Oregon Conservative is mean and selfish.]
- Dist. 25 Challenger, Charles Lee, Talking Not So Democrat In Conservative District Against Incumbent Kim Thatcher. [Statesman Journal wants dist. voters to fall for it.]
- Legislators Didn't Think It Necessary To Report Maui Trip With Lobbyist. (Oregonian)
- Sen. Majority Leader, Kate Brown (D), Has a New Chief Of Staff. Jim Oleske was already the communications dir. for the office for the past year. (SJ)
- Kulongoski Announces Public Comment Period On His Cojo-Plan Draft. (SJ)
- Oregonian Plugs Incumbent Galizio for House 35. Being challenged by Republican Shirley Parsons, a former Portland police officer "with an impressive background in law enforcement." [Galizio pleased the Oregonian by seeking out as role models the most liberal legislators in the House such as pro-same-sex marriage Frank Morse.]
- Repeal Vote By Mail? (RINO Watch)
- Chalkboard Project Issues Its Legislative Priorities.
- Planned Parenthood Teen Against Parental Notification. Claims it will hurt teens with poor communication with parents. (Oregonian)
- Letter to Editor: Insists Parental Notification Law, On Abortions, Not Needed. (SJ)
- Land Swap for Mt. Hood Fails U.S. Appraisal Test. (Oregonian)
- Peter DeFazio vs. Homeland's Security Michael Chertoff. Chertoff argued with DeFazio & Dems before the House Homeland Security Committee over airport screening. (WA Times)
- Albany Council Reviews Deal for New Plant. (Albany Democrat-Herald)
- Portland: Audit Find Problems In Paving Costs. Needlessly paid extra to pave streets... (Oregonian)
- Josephine County: Cops Say Store Clerk Rang Up Meth. Owner says he's stunned. Arrested Gurtejpal Singh, 22. Singh, who said he's owned the store for three years, refused to comment on his nephew's arrest. He said he was going to speak with his attorney sometime today. (Mail Tribune)
- Jackson County: GOP Commissioner Down On Presidential Visits. They spur lawsuits from the ACLU amoung other expenses. (Mail Tribune)
- Judicial Ruling Won't Apply to Log Harvests That Are Already Under Way. (Mail Tribune)
- KATU Fugitive Alert. So far he has repeatedly struck in the Portland area. He's considered armed and dangerous.
- Will Oregon Give a Third-Party Gubernatorial Candidate a Chance? (Bill Sardi, LewRockwell.com)
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National/International News
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- Republican Governor's Asso./Romney Brings $500,000 to OR for Saxton Campaign. (Boston Herald) DGA has given $117,000 to Kulongoski, but only $50,000 came after the primary.
- Seattle Times Reports Saxton vs. Kulongoski On How To Pay for Extra State Troopers. Saxton: Asked how he would pay for additional state troopers, Saxton brought up inmate meal costs. "The state still spends over twice as much per prisoner, per meal, to feed the prisoners as the counties do in their jails," he told reporters. Kulongoski: surcharge to auto insurance.
- Saxton to Hometown: Don't Let Me Down. (Albany Democrat-Herald)
- Kulongoski Joins Biscuit Anti-Logging Fight. (Oregonian)
- Register Guard Op Ed Takes a Hit At Feldkamp for [Correct] Stand On Giving Gov't Funded Needles to Addicts.
- Will Their Plans Solve Our Problems? -- Betsy Hammond. Saxton vs. Kulongoski on page 5. [Pure pro-tax rhetoric. Most flattering comments are toward Ben Westlund.] (Oregonian)
- Register Guard Op Ed Slams Illegal Immigration Bill. Secretary of State Bill Bradbury calls it the "Oregon Copier Acquisition Act." Democratic Rep. Peter DeFazio, who voted against the bill, raised privacy concerns.
- Trying To Find the "Secure" In Security. (U.S. News & World Report) Democrat Rep. Peter DeFazio of OR pounded the TSA for not installing more backscatter machines, X-ray devices already used in the U.K. that let screeners see if someone is concealing hidden weapons beneath their clothes. Hawley, however, dismisses the technology as "impracticable" because it takes a full minute to capture an image.
- Statesman Journal Version of District 13 Candidates Larry George (R) vs. Rick Ross (D).
- Salem: Council Panel: UN Flag Should Remain. (SJ)
- Foes Of Land Takings Widen Aim -- M-39. (Oregonian)
- Two Christian-College Fairs Are Planned. (SJ)
- [Left-Wing] Oregonians Dig In Against Plans for Biopharming. Oregon has no acreage planted with such crops, but field trials in other states have provoked debate over the issue. Benefits include possibly producing medications at low cost and introducing vaccines into food crops. But opponents say modified crops could contaminate food supplies or provoke allergic reactions through pollen. (Oregonian)
- Salem: Annexation Opposition To Salem's Next Round More Organized. (SJ)
- Oregonian Support of 71-Year-Old Greenlick for House Dist. 33: His Health Problems Shouldn't Be An Issue.
- Oregonian's Steve Duin On Judicial Candidate Jack Roberts. Aside from the economic uncertainty wrought by Oregon's tax structure and its kicker, Roberts said the state still has a healthy reputation. Schools, transportation and the educated work force are all pluses. He continues to argue that Oregon and Washington -- "the two most unbalanced tax systems in the country, across the river from each other" -- would both be served if the two states could bring "their tax policies in line with each other." [??Ahhh. Well. Sounds as though he has all the answers. Mean Duin seems to think so anyway.]
- Six Candidates for Tualatin City Mgr. Job. (Oregonian)
- Sen. Jackie Winters: OR Needs to Take 7 Steps Toward Improving Schools. (SJ)
- KPD Driver's Course Draws Fire for Catering To Spanish Speakers. Lars Larson attacked the free course on his radio show. (Keizer Times)
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