I’ve lost count of how many times liberal Democrats have bashed the Republicans for being mean-spirited, racist, cold hearted, evil and just the worst sort of people to ever exist on the face of the earth. Every election or whenever faced with a major piece of legislation they wish to promote, Democrats pull out the race

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Recent Beat Down on Tri Crime Met I wondered what the angle was when Tri Met sent fare inspector "supervisors" out a few days back to crack down on fare jumpers.  Now the fog in my crystal orb is clearing. I figured since riders and drivers were getting beaten up, guns were being brandished and riders threatened by likel

Honest to God I can not make this stuff up…  The leader of the new socialized world was on CSPAN all Friday. So my wife made notes of the comments he made and here are just a few: 1.  Housing prices have been declining the last five years…well gee, why do you think that is?…could it have something to do with

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I find it absolutely appalling that such a person as Ruth Bader Ginsberg remains sitting on the Supreme Court with her obvious disdain for our constitution. In a recent televised Alhayat TV interview in Egypt, on their writing of a new constitution, she clearly says, “I would not look to the U.S. Constitution, if I were d

Four Chaplains Day is to be observed annually on February 3 in America by the unanimous resolution of the U.S. Congress in 1988.  It is a day to remember February 3, 1943, a day on which one of the most remarkable and inspiring acts of heroism in the history of warfare took place in World War II.  It is a day to ho

After the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan last year, all hope might have seemed lost. Except the world turned out in large numbers to rush to Japan's aid. How classy of the Japanese to now send a "Thank You" (Arigato in their language) out to all who helped through such difficult times. I don't recall ev

Once again we are being asked all over the state to approve levies to send more money to schools, just as we have done nearly every election. School levies usually pass easily and funding never seems to be enough, according to the Teachers Union. As our legislature focused primarily on homosexual marriage so far this sessi

I know that's a harsh thing to say but how else can you make sense of the dumb move by the Decemberists?  As if this will be a huge shock wave, the Portland based alt band has pulled support for a Susan G Komen Race for the Cure gig and instead plans a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood. This after Komen pulled its $500,

Occupy Portland has held Lownsdale and Chapman Squares hostage for 120 days and continue to do today. This is even though the City of Portland has just made a move to at least open the pathways through them. The Parks and Rec Bureau has replaced the chain link fencing enclosing the entire with this fabric mesh stuff ("sust

The local Catholic Archbishop has issued a throw down to the Obama Administration over a rule in ObamaCare which he claims is tantamount to blowing up the Constitutional right to religious freedom. The ObamaCare rule forces all entitities--including religious ones--to cover under their health insurance policies abortion p

As Washington State flounders in this ongoing “Great Recession,” with a $1.5 Billion budget gap, failing schools, court decisions demanding more school funding, double digit unemployment in several counties for 3 straight years, all has been put on the back burner as the top priority for the Washington State Legislature

When it comes to Occupy Wall Street and its dwindling band of franchisees, I love it when a plan comes together. A just released SurveyUSA poll of San Francisco-area adults taken on January 30 shows support for Occupy sinking like a manhole cover in a lake after this past weekend’s rioting in Oakland. Not only have Mayor

After Congressman Darryl Issa ordered Obama's Main Justice Chief to produce documents on Fast and Furious or be held in contempt, it should be quite interesting to see how the two react to each other when Eric Holder testifies in front of the House Oversight Committee. Attorney General Eric Holder will face off with House

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And if so, who?

And to the Oregon Republican Party, the NRCC and the Oregon Tea Party: You've all just gone on record as writing off this Congressional District forever. Good luck trying to beat an INCUMBENT when SloBo seeks re election --even with new redistricting lines. The people of the 1st CD--moderates and conservatives--you have j

As readers will recall, Independent Forensic Accountant Tiffany Couch raised a few eyebrows and caught the attention of legislators, business owners and taxpayers when she released her independent analysis of the CRC's handling of taxpayer dollars so far. The release of her report, covered here showed several irregularities

I got to thinking this morning as I looked at the damage done to the Oakland City Hall by "Occupy" Anarchists that I'd seen this stuff before. As I've explained ALOT, the Occupy crowd is the same old batch of self styled leftist quasi anarchists who populate the Jobs with Justice, ISO, Socialist Party, Communist Part

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You've heard the old saying, "I went to fight and a hockey game broke out"? You could apply that same story line to the Saturday night dance party which had been in the planning phase for weeks.   Occupy Portland decided to hijack the event and pretend it was 'theirs.' People went to a dance party and a parade and bridg

Hypocrisy Alert:    Obama  during the State of the Union Address: “But I intend to fight obstruction with action, and I will oppose any effort to return to the very same policies that brought on this economic crisis in the first place.” Today’s news:  “In Honolulu, on the southern coast of the island o

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As reported by the Victoria Taft Blog (here and here) Chael Sonnen, a native Oregonian from West Linn,  former  All American wrestler for the University of Oregon, former Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Team Alternate, and now Mixed Martial Arts Superstar from Oregon's now world famous Team Quest training center in Port

One of the public services conducted by Willamette Week is to post endorsement interviews of most of the candidates running for office. These can be highly amusing to highly enlightening. But such is not the case with the Suzanne Bonamici and Rob Cornilles interviews. The special election for the First Congressional Distric

As previously noted here, Babylonia Aivaz went through with her plans SUnday and married the doomed warehouse. Photos of the "Gay Wedding" here. The "Bride" declared this to be as "Gay Wedding" based her claim that the warehouse is a woman too. The Seattle PI states about 30 people attended. No mention of where the coupl

Full speech here Huffington Post reports, "Moments after the quote was mentioned on Twitter, former Reid spokesman Jim Manley responded via his own Twitter feed: 'Me to allen west. You first ***hole'."

I expect this will get Rob Cornilles some interesting coverage in his race for Oregon's CD 1.