Robin's commentary --"Congress was within its constitutional powers in requiring Americans to buy insurance by 2014 or pay a penalty"Those words alone should put fear in your hearts as it opens a Pandora's box do something bigger and worse.The Obama administration is currently going to court to defend the above st

Illegal aliens may reduce time separated from their families under a new proposal from President Obama The new proposal which is "aimed at keeping families intact" would benefit US citizens who are married to or have children who are illegal aliens. According to the New York Times, illegal aliens who are married

Fox News --New Haven Mayor John DeStefano commented on Tuesday that illegal immigrants [aliens] pay taxes indirectly through rent and send their children to local schools -- and therefore should be able to vote.Elizabeth Benton, spokesperson for DeStefano said "we're not seeking to apply this to any other city, this is

Robin's commentary --We all know that the government looks for any type of excuse to put new regulations on us and I was not a bit surprised that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) voted unanimously to recommend to ban all electronic devices while the driver is driving...And yes that means the use of hands-free

The Star Telegraphtake a real close look at this picture before you do anything else.Look at real careful and before reading the article try to picture how this happened.And yes that is a pickup rolled up in a ball between the semi and the school bus.Good... now would you believe that a 19-year-old texting on a cell phone c

Star GazetteHarry Morgan who played Col. Sherman Potter on MASH died today at the age of 96 at his Brentwood home after having pneumonia.Morgan was also know for his role as Sgt. Joe Friday's loyal partner in later "Dragnet" episodes.Harry Morgan RIP

CBS News--on a morning radio program, Newt Gingrich was asked what he would do about Syria in 30 seconds or less where antigovernment protests has led to a violent crackdown.his response..."I can give you a three-second answer. Replace Assad. I mean Assad is our enemy. He is an ally of Iran. It is a bad dictatorship. I

CBS news --Herman Cain said that he would be "technically suspending" his bid for the presidency after the latest in five allegations from women who claimed that they have had relations with Cain.The now former GOP candidate said in a statement alongside his wife Gloria, "I'm not going to be silenced and I'm

Robin's CommentaryLTD got the message alright about how welcome they are with all the no build signs in West Eugene so they're going to focus their efforts more on the LCC and East Springfield lines.A question regarding the EmX which not been answered yet, is how having specially designed buses that travel on a dedicated ro

CNBC --Warren Buffett, was interviewed on Thursday July seven 2011 and during his interview, he was asked what he would do about the deficit. ""I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members

The Mirror --headline: "Navy warship order to stop pointing guns at Michelle Obama's hotel window""you can't point those guns that the first lady." Sources said as US Secret Service agents were spooked that sea dart missiles were pointing in the direction of the First Lady's five-star suite.The HMS Edin

Robins Commentary --Occupy Wall Street -- "Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%. We are using the revolutionary Arab

Times Union --Federal prosecutors have launched a crackdown on pot dispensaries in California warning stores that they may shut down in 45 days or face criminal charges and confiscation of their propertyeven though they are operating legally under the state's 15-year-old medical marijuana law.US Attorney Melinda Haag stated

The Washington Post --Apple's cofounder Steve Jobs suffering from a rare form of pancreatic cancer and also had a liver transplant in 2009 died today at the age of 56.Steve Jobs was proof that a 21 year college dropout entrepreneur can lead a multimillion dollar business.Rest in peace Mr. Jobs.

Robins Commentary --In the past, most presidents history have been an open book except for our current president whom it has been very difficult to trace his past in particular, the issue over his birth certificate.notwithstanding the implications and embarrassment if in reality our president was not a US citizen but I woul

Robins Commentary --As people who know me and who know my history, know that I have spent the majority of my life working as an electronics technician ranging from component level electronic repair to high-speed manufacturing and robotic equipment.Of course in the Eugene area to my knowledge we do not have that much manufac

Robin's Commentary -- The issue of illegal aliens is really starting to heat up especially within the White House arena after the Obama administration decided to put a halt on deportation of over 300,000 illegal aliens. WHY? Why has the president been so adamant about pushing for "Comprehensive Immigration Reform&qu

Washington Times -- "This case-by-case approach will enhance public safety..." The Obama administration said Thursday that it will halt deportations proceedings on a case-by-case basis against illegal aliens who followed in the criteria of having family in the military, being primarily responsible for other fa

KMTR --According to local news service (KMTR), Eugene police (EPD) has initiated a sting in an effort to crack down on seatbelt violations by commercial truck drivers. the first of three operations which is completely funded by Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) took part in an Interstate 5 commercial truck surveill

New York Times --president Obama that is pressuring Republicans on Wednesday to accept higher taxes as part of any plan to pare down the federal deficit [which they created, not us] and told lawmakers that they "need to do their job" before the United States risked the faulting in its debt. Obama directly challen

Pro 8 News --Headline:"Mexican troops in three military trucks crossed into the united States at Bridge Two" which clearly is a violation on international law and [surprise] Customs and Border Protection inspectors were trying to figure out what to do because the troops told them that they [their words] lost their

The tv's "Columbo" star Peter Falk died Thursday night at his home in Beverly Hills, California. He was 83."Oh, one more thing...." was his catch phrase on the show. Another great goes... RIP

Robin's commentary --first they were "illegal aliens" Because that too harsh, they were renamed "illegal immigrants"but that is not very politically correct...So that was changed to, "undocumented immigrants"still seemingly kind of harsh and insulting to some people...So the new name for those

Robin's commentary...The next proposed route for the EmX [and increase vehicle congestion]is the West 6th & West 7th to West 11th.The question that was asked of LTD is why can't you just use the buses that you already have and not build a special bus route.To sum up their answer... Federal [tax] dollars are predominate

Robin's commentary --To all those people that are really pushing to "get us out of our cars" I just wanted to say that some of those people are really glad this coming Monday that we have cars as I was asked already by a coworker if they could get a ride to work because....LTD WILL NOT OPERATE ON MEMORIAL DAYSo fo

the register guard --The I-5 bridge over the Willamette River which will open in about two years from now will contain sculptures that will epict a river and canoe, and two baskets containing camas.ODOT is using $640,000 in federal money to commission the three sculptures and that money will be used to pay for the artist de

Robin's commentary --Except for an eruption of a volcano in Iceland, the 2011 end of times prediction made by American Christian radio host Harold Camping stated that on May 21, 2011 that God's elect people would be taken on this date with the end of the world to follow on October 21, 2011 was rather quiet considering Campi

Robin's commentary --the rapture happens today at 3 p.m. Pacific Time...I wonder how many people are going to use that as an excuse to get out of work?

The Oregonian --Lake Oswego businesses and residences will see an increase in utility franchise fees for Northwest natural gas, Allied waste of Lake Oswego and Portland General Electric under a one-year plan approved by the city Council this week which is expected to generate about $807,000.The increases which will take eff

Fox News --wrestling superstar Randy "Macho Man" Savage died today after suffering a heart attack while driving and hitting a tree.Savage's wife Lynn was also in the car but only suffered minor injuries. Savage was 58