Try as he might, and he is pathetically trying, Mike Huckabee cannot change the fact that he, and he alone, commuted the sentence of the man believed to have killed the four police officers in Washington. Their deaths rest squarely on the sagging shoulders of this [...] 
This fall, Tyleur, an upbeat high school freshman, became the first member of her family to attend a private school. One-time prize money is funding her first year at a private school in Portland. However, next year she may be forced needlessly [...] 
Gallup poll on New York terror trial
By Jim Karlock,
From Todd Hollenbeck, Americans for Tax Reform,
This morning over 600 police officers, family members and supporters rallied at Portland City Hall to protest the suspension of a Portland police officer Christopher Humphreys who was suspended. The suspension came when he fired a bean bag gun at a 12-year old girl for resisting [...] 
There have been three major developments in the wide-open Governor's race this in the past 10 days. Taxpayer advocate Bill Sizemore announced, to great surprise, his run and filed the paperwork (story here). On the Democratic side, former Hewlett-Packard executive Steve Shields dropped out fo [...] 
By Kevin Mannix,
By Dan Phegley, Ask Damascus
Big donor Hollywood types have been invited to a state dinner at the White House. This vital gesture by the president is necessary in tough times like these. Let’s review:
Oregon is a leader in the “buy local food” movement, and buying fresh produce from local farmers’ markets and community supported agriculture (CSA) could become an even stronger trend in our state. People not only want to know where their food [...] 
Well, now we know the truth about what’s going to happen under Obamacare if this abomination of a health care bill becomes law. And, let’s hope that it doesn’t.
Thousands upon thousands (300,000) copies of her book, Going Rogue, sold the first day. That’s a lot of paper, a lot of shipping and receiving, a lot of energy expended.
From Americans for Tax Reform, 
By Jim Karlock,
Consider the following facts, reported in the October 2009 Delta Sky magazine. From 2007 to 2008, online higher education enrollment grew 12.9%, “which far exceeds the 1.2% growth of higher education enrollment overall.” Last year, “[a]bout 4 million U.S. college students took at least [...] 
By Jacob Szeto
Maybe it’s time to take a second, hard look at Muslim extremists within our military and American society. 
From Gregg Clapper,
Welcome to Oregon Mr. Gore, please pardon the rudeness. KGW Reports that spray painters tagged the Keller auditorium in Portland where AL Gore is set to speak. Here is what they said,
State Representative Ron Maurer, 
Atkinson will re-introduce legislation to end taxation of the unemployed
Several corporations recently cancelled their membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over differing views on cap-and-trade legislation. The Chamber of Commerce wants to pursue a rational debate over the direction the nation should take on climate change legislation. Corporations like Nike, Apple [...] 
Part III. China - Oregon World Class Education Opportunity
Well, don’t say we didn’t warn you. Governor Kulongoski sold us a bill of goods.
Pew â€peril’ report misses the point
Hoodwinking our way out of recession:
At its November 12 meeting, Metro’s Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT) adopted “performance targets” calling for a tripling of walking, biking, and transit use by 2035. This came despite the release of the Annual Portland Resident Survey conducted by the City Auditor, showing that [...] 
Rep Thatcher Announces Core Functions Legislation for 2010
A liberal rally has been planned at Congressman Greg Walden's office at noon on Friday, November 13th to support the Obama government take-over of our health system and more regulations in our lives and in our doctor's office. This has prompted some to call for a [...] 
Bill Post,
Part II. Oregon – China Update: China Bullet Trains and Oregon Amtrak. 
A consortium of anti-automobile organizations led by Transportation for America and Surface Transportation Policy Partnership has released a report entitled Dangerous by Design: Solving the Epidemic of Preventable Pedestrian Deaths, claiming that we have a crisis in pedestrian [...] 
Congressman Greg Walden,
So President Obama, if it’s really a national emergency why aren’t your daughters immunized against it?
You know former Oregon Trail Blazer and NBA star, Chris Dudley, is closer to running for Governor when he posts a website, forms a committee and announces he is taking donations. 
College students have until Jan. 30, 2010 to apply for the Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program, which offers summer internships with state-based free-market think tanks, or policy institutes located in Washington, D.C. The intensive 10-week program starts in June. Fellows are provided a [...] 
Should medical marijuana users lose their right to bear arms?
The last thing the American people need is the government regulating the internet further. The United States government already regulates the internet plenty. The fact is the government should keep its hands off as much as possible. 
Anyone who tries to paint Tuesday’s election results as anything other than a crushing defeat for the Democrat Party and Obama is either deluded or lying; and yes, I’m including New York in that analysis.
The last thing the American people need is the government regulating the internet further. The United States government already regulates the internet plenty. The fact is the government should keep its hands off as much as possible.
As of Tuesday night results...
Taxpayer Association of Oregon,
Oregonians Against Job Killing Taxes has come out with their posters to help defeat Measure 66 and 67 the two referendum ballot measures that raise business and income taxes on Oregonians. One of the posters has President Obama's own words where he aptly said, "The" [...] 
KXL program director/author, "The Threat to Silence Talk Radio."
By Taxpayer Association of Oregon,
Efforts to “Get People out of their Cars” Put Economy at Risk
Hey, let’s be honest and stop calling it a public option, because it’s not. They’ve been calling it the “public option” so long they’ve even got some of us calling it that, too. 
MSNBC just put out the 
