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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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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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National/International News
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- UK: Sex Edu. Advisors Say Abortion Lessons Should Be Compulsory for Schoolchildren. (thisislondon.uk.co.)
- Canary Islands In Record Migrant Influx. "Where are the signs of salt from the sea, the sunburn, legs that have been soaked in water for 10 days? Some of these are arriving fresher than lettuce. Something else is happening out there." There is a theory that the cayucos are being loaded up with passengers from bigger boats when they are within closer range of the Canaries. A GPS system was found on one boat, which may suggest its helmsmen ensured a direct crossing. (BBC)
- British Poll Indicates Labour Party More Divided Than Conservative. (thisislondon.uk.co)
- Uganda: "Civil Rights" Group Objects to Publishing of "Gay" Name List. Homosexuality is still illegalin Uganda. (BBC)
- BRITIAN: UP TO 80,000 BOGUS ASYLUM SEEKERS GRANTED "AMNESTY." (thisislondon.uk.co)
- Japan: Campaign Races Begin To Succeed Prime Minister Koizumi. (BBC)
- Influx Of Immigrants from Eastern Europe Has Stretched Scottish Doctors To Breaking Point. (BBC)
- Shark Safety Suit Would Have Saved Irwin, But... it didn't fir his image. (News.au.com)
- Australia: Boy "Bound, Anally Raped Repatedly" 37 Times. In upscale neighborhood, victim only 11 when attacks began. 10 rapists; youngest 12, oldest 39. charges, including sexual intercourse without consent, deprivation of liberty, indecent dealing with a child under 16 and stupefying in order to commit a crime. (News.au.co)
- RINO, Curt Weldon, Seeks Plan (other than Bush's) for U.S. Troop Withdrawl. (The Hill) Wants to give unelected military leaders the authority to make decisions instead of Bush & Rumsfeld. Weldon is VC of the Armed Services panel & chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee. He is up for re-election.
- Gov. Romney On a Roll. (World Mag.)
- PA: Doing, Saying ANYTHING To Kill Off the Conservative Rick Santorum. AFL/CIO president: "SANTORUM LIKE HITLER" (News Max)
- On Sept. 11: Special Series to Air; THE PATH TO 9/11 Documentary plus drama. [Considered a must-see.](News Max)
- Stop The Biden Dynasty Campaign In Delaware. (Ferris Wharton for AG campaign)
- CBS's "FreeSpeech" Segment On Couric's 2nd Day: Plugging Amnesty for Illegals. (News Busters)
- Pollster Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Fake Results. (WA Post)
- Jesse Jackson Jr. Explores Chicago Mayoral Run. (News Max)
- Rose O'Donnell On Day Two of "The View:" Attacking Rush & Promoting a Gay "Big Brother." (News Busters)
- Pierce County, WA, Has States' Highest Abortion Rate, Reasons Unclear. (RG)
- Republicans Sense Opportunity To Pick Up a Seat In Iowa's 3rd District. Jeff Lamberti is running against a Dem incumbent who voted with Bush on the Iraq war. (The Hill)
- Forever RINO, Lindsay Graham (SC) Critical of Bush Admin. Tribunal Plan. (USA Today)
- House Majority Leader John Boehner Vows to Block Vote On DOD Sec'y Rumsfeld. (The Hill)
- AZ: Renzi Challenger Wins Injunction Against Husband's Ex-wife. Ex-wife ordered not to speak publicly about the candidate and her husband. In response a libel suit has been filed asking for an injunction against ex-wife, who lives in Canada, saying that she made numerous false and defamatory claims in Internet postings and accusing her of trying to extort $10 million by threatening media exposure. (The Hill)
- In Liew Of Meaning Immigration Reform Bills, GOP To Emphasize 9/11 Attacks, Fiscal Responsibility To Keep Conservative Base. (The Hill)
- CO: Anti-Tom Delay Republican, Hefley, Calls GOP Successor's Conservative Campaign "Sleazy." (Denver Post)
- Former Presidents, Bush, Clinton On Opposite Sides In NJ. (NY Times) Both stumping around same state for opposing candidates.
- RI: Elizabeth Dole, GOP Backstabbing Another Conservative Republican. "Never mind Sen. Lincoln Chafee's opposition to the war in Iraq, his support for abortion rights or the snickering that he is a RINO, a Republican in Name Only. Republican Party groups are spending $1 million or more to save their notoriously independent-minded Rhode Islander from defeat in next week's primary, attacking his conservative challenger with a gusto usually reserved for Democrats..." Dole said, ..."if he [Laffey] prevails Tuesday, her organization won't spend any money to help him in the fall against Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse"...At its heart, the strategy is upside down for a party that has invested millions learning how to identify and turn out conservative voters." [Dole criticizes Laffey for accepting his police chief's advice on accepting the MX ID consular card as legitimate advice. However, according to what the Laffey campaign told the OR Conservative that Chafee has vote for amnesty (Laffey totally against), Chaffee voted for social security for illegals and voted for four to fives times higher salaries for immigrants and voted against securing our borders first.] (Boston Globe) [Keep all this in mind the next time the RNC phones you for donations to get those good Republicans elected folks. If they act surprised (They always act surprised) that you think the RNC isn't supporting conservatives just feed them back info from news in today's postings].
- Presidential Wannabe Biden Calls Bush Security Strategy Dangerous. (SF Chronicle) Biden is on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Biden ran in 1988 but dropped out of the race after it was revealed that he had lifted portions of a speech from a British politician without attribution.
- Even In San Francisco Appealing to Lesbian Customers Nets Little In Business Income. (SF Chronicle)
- 'Smoking' Marijuana Might Make One Feel Happy, But 'Eating' It May Send You To the Hospital. Suspect party sweets send 12 university students to hospital. Symptoms included "feelings of doom." (SF Chronicle)
- U.S. House Votes To Ban Slaughter of Horses. (Bloodhorse.com)
- What Kind of Radical Left-Wing, Venimous Poison Blogs On the Huffington Post? Vile bile over Rush Limbaugh's romance with CNN friend.
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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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National/International News
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- Wyden Preparing To Block Bill Halting Oregon's Assisted Suicide. (Oregonian)
- Job-Seeking Immigrants, Refugees Get "Connections." (Oregonian) Your Tax Dollars Pay for All This. See info.
- Multiple Hands In the Emergency-Fund Cookie Jar. (SJ)
- Bench Battle Pits Neighbor Against Judge. Sec'y of State, Bradbury, must rule by Thursday, but any decision likely will go right to the appeals court. (Oregonian)
- Immigration-Reform Group Will Host Governor-Candidates Forum. So far only Starrett has agreed to speak. Saxton sending a rep. (SJ)
- 2006 Biggest Voter Guide Since 2000. (Oregonian)
- State Prisoner Escapes from Work Crew. Now on loose. (SJ)
- OR Supreme Court Justice Retiring Early Giving Kulongoski Power to Replace Before Election. (Oregonian)
- Salem: Bus Riders, Officials Adjust to Cuts. District will put another levy on Nov. ballot. (SJ)
- "Appearance" of Conflict Trips Former ODOT Worker. (Oregonian)
- Woman Arrested After Police Chase. Ellena Marie Juan, 23.
- Clackamas High Grad Dies In Iraq. Sgt. 1st Class Richard Henkes believe in the war & serving his country, his sister says. (Oregonian)
- OR Home Prices Rise At Nation's Fourth-Highest Rate. (SJ)
- U.S. Housing Market Cools, But Prices In OR Rise 19.5%. (Oregonian)
- Salem Meter Policy Reeks of Greed. (SJ, letter to ed.)
- OR Soldier's Family Receives Clarification. Pfc. Thomas Tucker, of Madras & two others slain were NOT linked to a rape, killings. (Oregonian)
- Hunters Face Possible Suspensions Due to Interstate Violations Agreements. (SJ)
- Impact of Intel Job Layoff for OR Employees Remains To Be Seen. (Oregonian)
- Beaverton: GANG-RELATED Graffiti Covers Sunset High School Walls. (Oregonian)
- Oregonian: "Squaw" Was Never a "Courteous" Term. It Had To Go.
- Salmon-Tracking Tags Spawn Political Battles. (Oregonian)
- District Must Convince Voters of New Math. (Oregonian columnist Jerry Boone) Amount based on politics, not practicality. It was what they figured taxpayers might give them.
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Being "Frank" about CA Conservative Politics. |
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National/International News
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- CANDIDATE DEBATE BETWEEN JIM TORREY & VICKI WALKER
Wednesday, Sept. 6,2006, 7pm
River Road Park Center--1400Lake Drive, Eugene, 97404
- Saxton, Kulongoski Both Promising To Spend More On Education. (Oregonian)
- Sen. Bill Morrisette's Measure 44 Is Unopposed. Prescription Drug Program would lift all restrictions for enrollment in plan. (Oregonian)
- Clem Campaign Wrong to Target Dalto's Mother. (Letter to Ed., SJ)
- Dalto Has Integrity...What Difference Does It Make Hiring Mother, Wife? (Letter to Ed., SJ)
- 99W Toll To Pay for Bypass? No Way, Newberg & Dundee Residents Say. U.S. Rep. David Wu, D-Ore., has told state transportation officials that leaders of the House Transportation Committee -- responsible for doling out federal highway dollars -- prefer that roads are publicly financed. The bypass would run through Wu's district.(Oregonian)
- Candidate Brian Boquist Again Fulfills Military Duty. (SJ)
- Salem Voters Will Decide Record Number of Annexation Requests This Year. (SJ)
- State Ready To Poison Tui Chub In Diamond Lake. (Oregonian)
- Theme For 2006 Session: Revamping DHS -- Child Welfare Priority. [And legislators solution will be? $$]
- Lane County Chosen Site for Sen. Smith Suicide Prevention Program Grant. (RG)
- Portland Tribune Profile of Multnomah DA Michael Schrunk.
- Don't Like Runaway Illegal Immigration?: You've Just Got "King Of the Hill Syndrome" and Believe In Bigotry-Propagated Myths. Oh, and Ben Franklin was a bigot too. And wanting immigrants to speak English? That's "brutal." So says Milt Cunningham of the Springfield News.
- CANDIDATE DEBATE BETWEEN JIM TORREY & VICKI WALKER
Wednesday, Sept. 6,2006, 7pm
River Road Park Center--1400Lake Drive, Eugene, 97404
- Senator Smith Co-Sponsors Vicki Walker Speech In D.C. On Glass Safety. [Just shove it into the "give me a break" category. This nonsense just never ends. EXPORT HIM! Export her.]
- Albany Write-Up On Saxton: has distanced himself from a plank of the state’s GOP platform... ...has also been decidedly lukewarm about a proposed spending limit that would limit increases in the state’s budget to the rise in the rates of inflation and the population.."I will ever run for something again if I don’t win,’’ he said. “Governor is the only job I want."
- Pro-Illegal Immigrant Rally Making Saxton Look Tough On Illegal Immigration. But, he won't endorse the GOP Platform resolution. (SJ)
- The ORGOP Anchor Baby Resolution Passed at the 2006 ORGOP Platform Convention. Not supported by Saxton. CA GOP Anchor Baby Resolution
- Douglas County: $240,000 Settlement Not Good Enough for McLaughlin. She may still sue. (News Review)
- PROPERTY RIGHTS. Miller and company's claim spotlights why Measure 37 was necessary in the first place. (David Reinhard, Oregonian)
- Saxton Campaign Ad Posted As a Guest Opinion. (SJ) [Will Starrett, Kulongoski & others get a turn?]
- Oregonian Slams Measure 48 As Anti-Gov't.
- The Force Behind Measure 48. (Albany-Democrat)
- Democrats Hypocritical About Hiring By Dalto. How is having one's mother on the payroll worse than one's wife? (a la Sen. Pres. Peter Courtney).(Letter to Ed., SJ)
- Rivals for Governor Scuffle Over "Kicker." "Ron Saxton and Gov. Ted Kulongoski accuse each other of playing politics despite agreeing in principle" (Oregonian) [And Saxton will call the Oregonian untruthful for this statement? Surely this will necessitate ANOTHER phone call to the Lars Larson show to correct the record. ]
- Right To Life Supports Pro-Abortion Saxton... ...because they thin he has more chance of winning than Starrett [So drop your brains and do whatever the ORTL tells you] & because he says he would "consider" tougher regulations on abortion clinics. (Oregonian) The Oregonian call this endorsement unprecedented. It is not. The ORTL has repeatedly endorsed pro-abortion candidates. This is merely the first pro-abortion "gubernatorial" candidate they've endorsed after calling him a liar four years ago.] Kulongoski campaign spokeswoman, Anna Richter Taylor, charged that Saxton "is willing to say anything to get the anti-choice base of his party." [She is right.]
- Life Support Press Release: Condemns Oregon Right To Life Endorsement of Pro-Abortion Ron Saxton.
- Letter to Editors of All Newspapers from Bob Ekstrom, Constitution Party. On pronouncement of SOS Bradbury on Starrett staying on the ballot.
- Who and What Is One Nation United? (RG)
- New Front In Illegal Immigration Fight. A state worker forms a Minuteman chapter to watch day laborers and people who hire them. (Oregonian)
- Detroit Lake Hooked On Federal $$ To Stay Afloat? (Statesman J)
- Florence Seniors at the Ballot Box; A Formidable Force More than half the voters are older than 60 (Oregonian)
- Salem Candidate Runs for House Seat for CP. (SJ)
- Nearly 50 OR Schools Must Improve Or Risk Losing No Child Left Behind $$. (Oregonian)
- New Fed. Report: Three Reasons for Dying Klamath Lake Fish. (Oregonian)
- 4th Circuit Judge Gives Opinion On Constitutional Aspects of Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions. (Washington Post)
- C-Span Web Site Makes Available Replay of Santorum vs. Casey on Meet the Press. After Casey attacks Santorum for supporting Bush's anti-terrorism program he tells Russert we should keep the program.
- America Is a Nation Of Immigrants, But It Is Also a Nation Of Laws. "When it comes to illegal aliens, some cities have looked the other way. Others have openly welcomed them, establishing "sanctuaries," restricting their police departments and other agencies from even asking about a person's immigration status. This has led to a culture of entitlement among illegal aliens." (AP editorial)
- Tv's "The View" Begins Daily Push Of Lesbianism As Just Girl Talk. Rose O'Donnell: On coming out? "I sort of thought everybody knew" already, she said." "There was talk of their children peeing on the floor. Of taking nude baths with their kids — or, in Hasselbeck's case, in a swim suit. Words like vomit and booby were heard. Candid women stuff." (AP)
- Nebraska Senate Race Expected to Be Most Expensive In the U.S. In 2006. Both candidates spend Labor Day in same parades. Gubernatorial candidates shared same parades. (WOWT News)
- OK Teens Think Curfew Unfair Following Shooting. &bsp; Can't think of other things to do. (Channel Oklahoma)
- Fort Lauderdale's COFFEE BEAN POLL. (WACH TV)
- U.S. Targets Loophole On Deportation. But immigration lawyers warn that the proposed legislation, sponsored by Rep. Henry Bonilla, R-Texas, and backed by the Bush administration, goes beyond simply lifting the requirement that Salvadorans appear before a judge. It would, in effect, change how the government handles accusations of constitutional rights violations in immigration cases...(AZ Republic)
- "BOrder War" Documentary Features Congressman Hayworth. (AZ Republic)
- 100+ Groups Organizing To Boycott Miller Beer for Supporting Illegal Immigration. (WND) http://www.millerboycott.com/ FIRE Coalition.
- GOP Sets Aside Work On Immigration. (NY Times)
- GOP Sets Aside Work On Immigration. (NY Times)
" target="_blank"> Immigration Activists Spar at Phoenix Rally. (My Way)
- NY Prosecutors Seeking 30-Years Prison Term for Lawyer Helping Terrorist. (My Way)
- No Signs of Pro-Immigrant Voter Boom Despite Threats. (My Way)
- Katherine Harris Expected To Win Fl GOP Primaries. Despite attacks from liberal Republicans. (My Way)
- Gov. Schwarzenegger Urged To Cancel Sexual Indoctrination. (WND)
- "Not So Fast" "New Orleans? There is an undercurrent of menace there in normal times..." (American Spectator)
- OK Judge Throws Out TABOR. Taxpayer Bill of Rights petition. Said it did not carry sufficient valid voter signatures, was circulated by non-OK residents in violation of state law. ((KFOR-TV)
- Democrats Trying To Tap Into Religious Communities. (AP)
- ENGLISH -- THE VANISHING LANGUAGE. Mike Reagan
- Time Magazine: Hyper-Partisan Is a Good Thing If You Are Democrat Nancy Pelosi. "Pelosi has embraced hard-knuckle partisanship, even if it means standing still."[Only Republicans should be ashamed of being partisan.] "...she has employed tactics straight out of DeLay's playbook: insisting other House Democrats vote the party line on everything, avoiding compromise with Republicans at all cost and mandating that members spend much of their time raising money for colleagues in close races." [She's learning how to win from Republicans and a member of "the culture of corruption!?"] "The uncharitable view is that "she's Teresa Heinz without the accent," as one Democratic activist said."
- OK: Sex Offenders Sue State Over Residency Locations. (KFOR-TV)
- Council Bluffs, Iowa: Immigration Plan for Landlords Called Racist. (KMTV-3)
- How VA Hospitals Became The Best. No longer a nation's shame, veteran care is acing competitors. (Time)
- CA Conservative GOPers Support Schwarzenegger To Gain Support for Conservative GOP Candidates. (Human Events) [But, will it work?]
- Nat'l Parks' Mgt. Sign Liberal Directives Further Limiting Vehicle Assess & Land Development. (Oregonian)"It will probably make it harder to install cell phone towers in parks or for motor sports enthusiasts to access fragile areas...Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., park advocates and environmental groups thanked Kempthorne and Mainella for the new policy."
- CA GOP Resolution: Enforce The Laws. (Capolitical News)
- Better To Have a Jury Of Peers Than a Judge? "...records in more than 75,000 federal criminal trials from 1989 through 2002. In about three-quarters of the cases, defendants chose to have a jury rather than a judge decide the outcome...Judges convicted about 55 percent of the time, while the jury conviction rate was a whopping 84 percent. (Time)
- What Do CA Conservatives Get for Compromising With Schwarzenegger's Log Cabin Republicans? INTENSE MOCKERY FROM SAME-SEXERS & CONSERVATIVES ALIKE. (Boi From Troy, Same-Sex site) Contempt from Conservatives Gay Vultures At California GOP Party (James Hartline of The Conservative Voice)
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