Friday, September 7, 2007
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Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Monday, September 3, 2007
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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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- New OR Environmental Coalition Refutes Environmental-Whacko Claims Against Real Christmas Trees. Christmas trees farmers do not "deforest the forests." Fake trees (from China have lead) are not environmentally sound. (Newswire) Video of Environmental Press Conference. (YouTube) ...And the Really, Really Environmentally Sound Way To Light Those Real Christmas Trees... ...do as the CA Gov. does. (See video)
- Friday: U.S. House OKs Revamp Of Patent System. Some conservative Republicans tried to stop this bill. Congressman Hooley was a co-sponsor. Rep. Peter DeFazio voted against it. (CNet News)
- JUDGE WON'T BLOCK PROPERTY MEASURE BALLOT TITLE. Measure intended to undo the Measure 37 that was voted in by the majority of Oregonians. (Oregonian)
- UO To Seek Eminent Domain for New Arena. (SJ)
- Educators Skeptical Over New PE Requirement for Schools. (SJ)
- Hooley Townhall Meetings: Topics Most Discussed Were Immigration & Iraq War. (SJ)
- Senators Wyden, John Thune Suggest Bonds Be Sold To Improve Roads, Bridges...Infrastructure Around Country. Under legislation proposed today by Thune and Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, bond holders would receive tax credits rather than interest. (KXMB)
- Nat'l Asso. Of Manufacturers Endorses Wyden's One-time $50-B Bond Bill. Eliz. Dole supports. (Reliable Plant)
- Pre-Kindergarten Education Sweeps States. OR among those expanding or creating programs. (SJ)
- Dispute Over Health Insurance Reserves Heats Up. OR Sch. Employees Asso. has served notice it may sue all 95 school districts whose employee health coverage has been provided by a trust run by OR Sch. Boards Asso. (Oregonian)
- Notorious Pedophile Moves To City He Calls "Haven for Offbeat People." (SJ)
- Battles Loom Over Online-Only Charter Schools In OR. (SJ)
- Trial Date Set for Adam Walsh Law Sex Offender. The 1st sex offender charged in OR under the Adam Walsh Child Protection & Safety Act of 2006. (Oregonian)
- Intruder's Ear Cut Off In Home Invasion. (Oregonian)
- NW Natural Program to Trap Methane Gas from Manure. (SJ)
- Agencies Release Columbia Fish Recovery Plan. (Oregonian)
- Salem-Keizer Schools Improve On Federal Standards. (SJ)
- Yamhill County Pot Bust Yields Over 2,300 Plants. (Oregonian)
- LEWIS & CLARK PROFESSOR LAUNCHES NATIONAL [INDOCTRINATION] TEACH-IN ON GLOBAL WARMING. "At campuses, churches & civic organizations across the country, thousands of students & other concerned folks plan to gather on Jan. 31, 2008, to think hard about global warming and what can be done to put the brakes on." (Oregonian)
- Husband Cherishes News of Wife. Wife alive following nearly two weeks along in eastern OR wilderness. (Oregonian)
- Culver Hires Its First Woman Police Chief. (Oregonian)
- OHSU Going Tobacco-Free. (Oregonian)
- Soon You Can Download the [One-world} Sounds Of Starbucks Background Music. [Music is sometimes in foreign languages & internat'l in flavor.](Oregonian)
- The Late U.S. Rep. Dunn Remembered for Her Mild-Mannered, Suburban Brand of Republican Politics. (Oregonian)
- GIULIANI TIED TO "SUPERHIGHWAYS." (WND)
- Broadcaster Freedom Act (Supported by Rep. Greg Walden. To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine. (Thomas.gov)
- Hazelton, PA: Police Say Immigrants Part of PA Coke Ring. (Oregonian)
- Judge Strikes Down Part Of Patriot Act. (AP)
- CNN SEEKS RON PAUL-HUCKABEE DEBATE. [Competition between stations has wrought new tactics in outdoing each other. It is a new turn, in recent years, for the stations to be so openly critical of each other & to try such different gimmicks such as this. Will Huckabee & Paul bites?] (Free Market News)
- Disgraced Dem Donor Arrested In Colorado. (AP)
- Fox Seen As Biased Against Ron Paul. [Especially by those who favor Paul. The Oregon Conservative felt that Wallace's question was appropriate.](Free Market News)
- Media Presenting Fred Thompson's Credentials As "the Actor" Running for Office. His other achievements not listed by Marie Sanz of the AP.
- Thompson Hits the Trail In Iowa. Hint, hint, he's not a flip-flopper; always been a conservative. Other candidates give their own hints regarding Thompson. (AP)
- Outing Blogger To Name More Names. But, only if their voting record isn't liberal. No homosexuals are allowed to vote like conservatives on civil unions, same-sex rights, etc. (WA Post)
- Poll: Giuliani, Clinton Considered Least Religious Candidates. (AP)
- Fred Thompson On Fox; Hannity & Colmes. (video)
- Corruption Scandal Rocks New Jersey. Eleven officials charged with taking bribes, corrupt official underground, after year-long investigation. Mayor stunned. Two mayors & 5 members of a school board involved. (AP video)
- Mayors, Legislators Arrested In Corruption Sting. (WA Post)
- CA Lawmakers Lift Ban Against Kangaroo Skin. (CBS-5)
- 9th CIRCUIT COURT Blesses Vote-Swapping Sites. The decision took seven years to reach. Bad omen to 2008 elections?
- Score a Win for Merck: Court Rejects Vioxx Class Action. (Boston Globe)
- Wireless Surcharges to Drop In CA. But, landline costs will go up. (Daily Breeze)
- AP Interview with Romney: Has Tax Cut Investment Plan. (Boston Globe)
- U.S. Immigration Alert: Immigration & Customs Enforcement Publishes Revised "No Match" Regulations, Effective Sept. 14, 2007. (Mondaq)
- Philadelphia, PA: New Metal-Detectors In Schools Considered Over-reaction To High Crime By Students. (ABC-6 News)
- Copper Thief Caused Alabama Blackout. (WSBTV)
- Ohio Supreme Court Limits Fines On Junk Faxes. (WTOL)
- Clinton Pulling Ahead of Giuliani In Ohio. (WTOL)
- Federal Judge OKs Georgia Voter ID Law. (WSBTV)
- Rep. Sensenbrenner Wins Lottery for Third Time. (AP)
- liberals Sneer At Ted Kennedy Over Opposition To Wind Farm Near His Home. (NewsMax)
- Bush: "I’ve got God’s shoulder to cry on, and I cry a lot,” (NewsMax)
- Mormon Massacre Story "September Dawn" Mixes Fact, Fiction. Some see it as merely anti-Mormon. (Seattle Times)
- Is Thompson Copying Schwarzenegger? Not Reagan? (ABC news video)
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National/International News
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"The details of the Bin Laden tape have been released. Now, this is a hoot; folks, it is a liberal rant! He blames the US for global warming!"
"Has there been any speculation in the Drive-By Media that this Bin Laden tape may be a fake? Yeah, seems they're accepting it. Whatever Petraeus is going to say, it's a lie. Whatever Bush is going to say, it's a lie. But Bin Laden sends a new tape over here and, 'Pant! Pant! Pant!'"
Rush Limbaugh, Sept. 7, 2007 |
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National/International News
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- Competitive Emotional Factor to Be Part of Massachusetts Congressional Campaign. Niki Tsongas, widow of Paul Tsongas versus Jim Ogonowski, brother of captain of American Airlines Flight 11, one of the two hijacked planes flown into the WTC in 2001, easily won his party's nomination. (SP)
- JIM GILCHRIST To Be In Phoenix, AZ, Sept 8 To Encourage Immediate Exoneration & Release Of Wrongly Imprisoned Border Patrolmen Ramos, Compean & TX Deputy Sheriff Hernandez. The trio are known as the "Texas Three" by their supporters who will be joining the American Freedom Riders in a benefit to free the trio. (Gilchrist PR)
- LARRY CRAIG Reconsidering Resignation. (WA Post)
- Cobb County, GA: Swiss Knife In Car Equals Felony Charge for Teen. Survey indicates most people do not support the charges against him. (WSBTV)
- Ohio Congressman, Gillmor, Found Dead In Apt. (AP)
- Whoopi Goldberg Begins the View Coming to the Defense of Convicted Felon Michael Vick. (WSBTV)
- DISGRACED DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISER, NORMAN HSU, A NOW SHOW AT HEARING. (AP)
- Students to McCain: Too Old to Be Prez? "Thanks for the question, you little jerk," McCain joked back to one student who asked the 71-year-old about his age. "You're drafted." (AP)
- Augusta, GA: GOP Official Leaving Authority after Racial Complaints about E-mail. (WSBTV)
- Former GOP Rep. Jennifer Dunn of WA Dies of Blood Clot. (AP)
- CO Springs: Cops Link Violence To Rap. (Rocky Mt. News)
- THOMPSON to Air First 2008 Ad While Skipping Debate. (AP)
- THOMPSON To Run Ad During GOP Debate. (Forbes)
- TX Oil Tycoon Wyatt In Legal Fight Of His Life. Now aged 83, he faces perhaps his most difficult challenge when he goes on trial on charges of paying kickbacks to the late President Saddam Hussein to win oil contracts from Iraq. (AP)
- Homosexuals Want Apology from Comedian Jerry Lewis. (CNN)
- DHS Ends Criticized Data-Mining Program. (AP)
- Ailing Liberal Senator Johnson Returns To D.C. (Guardian.co.uk)
- Democrats Claim Mantle of Change In Ads. (AP)
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- NY Times Blog On Hillary: "Clinton's Altered Iowa Speech." ... vocal support for abortion rights and gay civil unions, both of which she touted in the Granite State but left out of her stump speech here on Monday. ... She revealed for the first time that her husband...would be among the “distinguished Americans from both parties” that she would dispatch soon after her election in 2008 to proclaim a new bipartisan foreign policy...
- Schwarzenegger Might Call a Special Session. ...if the Legislature doesn't reach agreement on health care, redistricting and his push for new dams and other water projects during the regular legislative session. (San Jose Mercury)
- Osceola County, FL: Fed Gov't Watching County Elections To Protect Hispanic Ratio Vote. Judge says too many white men sitting on council. (Local 6 News)
- FL: Denny's Waitress Stabbed to Death In Front of Customers, Tourists By... ...boyfriend Alejandro Casa...with a steak knife...(Local 6 News)
- Brits Believe Gov't Using Global Warming Hysteria to Raise Taxes. (Newsbusters)
- Values Voter 2008 Presidential Debate, Sept. 17, 2007 -- 7:30 p.m., ET What makes this debate different? (AFA)
- Ronald Reagan On Socialized Medicine (under any name). (You Tube) "...presented in the idea of a great emergency..."
- Some NC Baptist Parents Turn from Public Schools To Private Plans. "In the public schools, you don't just have neutrality, you have hostility toward organized religion.....A lot of parents are fed up." (Lubbock Online)
- Hillary Courts Labor Activists. (AP)
- Christians Can Blame Themselves for Media Mess. (Joseph Farah at Canadian Christian college)
- Katrina Funding $425,000 Per Person. The $ went for what? (Lone Star Times)
- USA Survival. (Cliff Kincaid)
- Tom Selleck Looks Back at Rosie Feud. (MSN)
- Sen. Craig's Son "Saw In His [father's] Eyes...He Was Telling Me the Truth." (KGO)
- FARM WORKERS' "Card-Check" Bill On Schwarzenegger's Desk. (The Californian)
- WA: Bear Attacks Biker In Kitsap County Park. (KGW)
- Nicholas Cage to Play Magnum PI In New Film Version. Higgins character not chosen yet. (Daily India)
- Playboy U Wants Your College Kid. Hugh Hefner's Playboy empire is set to launch a sexy social networking site dedicated solely to college students, its latest online venture as it tries to reinvigorate its stagnant finances. "We're looking at this as a way to introduce and escort someone through their adult life." (Chicago Flame, Univ. Of IL)
- Anti-Illegal Immigrant Conservatives Have No Family Values. (Michael Griffin, Chicago Flame, Univ. Of IL. -- Leave a [clean-worded] comment for this uninformed young man.)
- Free Speech for Those Who Defend It, Please. [Military] (Christopher Skeet, Chicago Flame, Univ. Of IL. This student deserves compliments from you on the comment page.)
- Kansas CITY Star: La Raza Hispanic Activists More Desirable than Patriot Minutemen? (Newsbusters)
- 9th Circuit Court -- U.S.: Credit Card Firms May Process Fees for Pirated Images. "The decision was a blow to Perfect 10’s ongoing battle against Web sites that sell access to its erotic photographs without permission." (Mondaq.com)
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National/International News
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- Ahmadinejad Allows "Great Satan" To Document His Life. Iranian pres. reverses previous decision; Oliver Stone offer now accepted. (Israel Nat'l News) [And the villian will be portrayed to be? Geo. Bush no doubt.]
- Israel: Ex-Top Diplomat Alleges Barak Failed To Free Pollard. Barak could have freed Pollard when Clinton was Pres., but only intervened for Marc Rich who Clinton pardoned. (Israel Nat'l News)
- Olmert Corruption Whistle-Blower Seeking Protection. (Israel Nat'l News)
- ISRAEL: "Civil Rights" Leader Claims Homosexuals Will Suffer Because of Justice Minister's Lies. Laws on same-sex inheritance reversed to 1965 instead of partners automatically inheriting money. Judge had ruled same-sex couple no difference than straight couples legally. (J Post)
- Vatican Talks of "Eugenics Culture" after Abortion Of Wrong Twin. Botched "selective abortion" resembles Nazi eugenics. The deeply Catholic country was embroiled in a bitter ethical dispute yesterday after it emerged that a surgeon had accidentally terminated a healthy foetus instead of its twin with Down’s syndrome. The operation – on a 38-year-old woman 18 weeks into her pregnancy – was performed at the San Paolo hospital in Milan in June but has only now come to light. The foetus with Down’s syndrome was also aborted subsequently. (The Times)
- Australia: John Howard Appeals On You Tube for APEC Calm. (Telegraph.co.uk)
- You Tube Video of John Howard
- Remembering What Australia Was Like When Labour Party Ruled, Before John Howard. (Video)
- Egypt: Wife Dismisses Rumors about Pres. Mubarak's Health. (The Peninsula)
- ISRAEL: Why Women Dress Skimpily In the Cold. The degradation of women should be a political issue. Dublin, where I visited with my wife last week for a TV appearance, has just had its coldest and rainiest summer in 50 years. But you'd hardly know it given how the women dress at night. (Opinion, Shmuley Boteach, J. Post)
- Jordon King Wants Greater EU Role for Mideast Peace. (The Peninsula)
- Al Jazeera In Media Training Partnership with Syrian Academy. "After four years of its existence, Al Jazeera Training and Development Centre is now ready to expand globally. We have the experience and expertise to move forward and widen our scope of partnerships. In addition to the various courses and activities we are initiating worldwide...
- Freedom's Example On Taiwan. (Ambassador Richard S. Williamson)
- Iraq Seeks Investors for $1-B Basra Petrochemical Project: Government. (MarketWatch)
- Austria: Conservative, Haider, Says To Ban Mosque-Building. Muslims should assimilate. "Muslims have of course the right to practice their religion, but I oppose erecting mosques and minarets as centres to advertise the power of Islam," he said.(Reuters)
- Canada Sets Up Artic Facility To Establish Claims To Disputed Area Flagged By Russia. (BBC)
- Australian Candidates Court Christian Vote In 2-Hour Televised Event. JOHN HOWARD: I acknowledge of course that God is neither Liberal nor Labor. I do, however, state it to be the fact that my party and the National Party has within its ranks a very significant number of people who are extremely active members of various Christian denominations. (ABC)
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