Oregon: America

June 1, 2009 - 12:36 pm
NEWS FEED: Jack Bog's Blog

"Everyman Paulson might leave if he doesn't get his way"

I see that John Canzano, America's greatest sports columnist (at least in some people's minds), has joined the Merritt Paulson royal fan club. Canzano went out to the Paulson compound in Lake Oswego for a visit, and based on that encounter has pronounced LLP just a "regular guy." He walks around the house barefoot! He gives his infant child playful "raspberries"! "My dad drove a Ford Bronco; he was always out back, splitting wood in the yard. My mom drove a Volkswagen; always had dirt in her hands, and loved to plant things." The butler made us cut our own veal.

May 18, 2009 - 12:57 pm
NEWS FEED: OregonGuy

Reconciling the Unreconcilable: The President at Our Lady

(Click on pic, or click here. You will be taken to a C-Span webpage. Click on the "Flash Video" icon on the right side and a video window will open.)

"And we must find a way to reconcile our ever-shrinking world with its ever-growing diversity -- diversity of thought, diversity of culture, and diversity of belief." (President Obama, May 17, 2009.)

It's possible that for a great many of you who come here, that I have read or watched a lot of stuff you've never seen. My interest is in "how" Leftists get to where they have got, and how they create a system of thought and belief that is in such stark contrast to my system of thought and belief.

May 18, 2009 - 08:26 am
NEWS FEED: Jack Bog's Blog

Only with envy

The 15 greenest mayors in America have been named -- and guess which state is not represented.

I don't know -- it's probably pretty bad when the mayor of Jersey City is more of an environmental leader than you are.

May 15, 2009 - 04:58 am
NEWS FEED: NW Republican

Poll shows America is a Pro-Life Nation

Well this story and poll analysis from Gallup polling is not going to sit well with the moonbats, abortion-at-all-costs-crowd and left leaning republicans.

Those of us on the pro-life side of the...

March 9, 2009 - 06:25 pm
NEWS FEED: NW Republican

Cap and Trade disasterous for America, completely insane for Oregon

Cap'N Trade will further kill the US economy and if Oregon moves forward as Kulongoski and some politicians want it will put that state at one of the worst competitive disadvantages in the history of...

March 9, 2009 - 03:53 am
NEWS FEED: NW Republican

Surprise: Obama appointee over his head

Remember how Barack Obama stood by tax cheater Timothy Geithner saying that Geithner was indispensable in this time of economic crisis? He was the smartest and best pick to lead America's...

March 3, 2009 - 01:59 am
NEWS FEED: BlueOregon

No, Business Week, Portland is NOT the most unhappy city in America.

So, Business Week magazine has ranked Portland as the most unhappy city in America. Basically, they pulled a few randomly-selected metrics, misinterpreted them, gave 'em a little stir, and "discovered" that Portlanders are really, secretly miserable. What metrics did they use to justify this fact? Well, we've got 222 cloudy days a year. (Or at least, we did in 2004.) We rank 24th out of 50 in crime. We're #4 in the nation in our divorce rate. We've got a 7.8% unemployment rate. And we're ranked #12 for suicide and #1 for depression. But wait just a minute. Take a...

February 28, 2009 - 01:33 am
NEWS FEED: NW Republican

The Union News - Week in Review

... from the news blog that keeps a watchful eye on organized labor - the political backbone of the Progressive movement - The Union News. ... revisit the past week's top stories. (click on the date for that day's full news post)
February 28.

Social-justice protests sweep U.S. ... Several thousand neopatriots – some shouting “Give me liberty or give me death!” – took to the streets in over 30 US cities Friday, representing what some of them call the beginning of a new conservative counterculture in America. “The spark has been lit,” says Ben Mihalski, a “house husband” from Cobb County, Ga.

February 27, 2009 - 02:20 am
NEWS FEED: BlueOregon

“Inheriting a Legacy of Misplaced Priorities”

The word change was repeated so often by so many candidates of every political persuasion during the fall campaign that one might be forgiven for turning a deaf ear to it, even for becoming cynical. Starting with enactment and signing of the State Child Health Insurance Program, the evidence is accumulating that we may be witnessing the birth of a new era in American politics. The item that most recently (today!) and most vividly grabbed my attention came right after the President’s message in President Obama’s just-released first budget, A New Era of Responsibility, Renewing America’s Promise (PDF; 140 pages,...

February 26, 2009 - 04:37 pm
NEWS FEED: BlueOregon

Taking on the Mortgage Crisis

By Senator Jeff Merkley. Editor's Note: The Senator will be joining us live at 3 p.m. to answer your questions here at BlueOregon. America's economy is caught in a vicious vortex. This vortex is created by three interlocking factors; a jobs crisis, a lending crisis, and a mortgage crisis. If we don't address all three crises, the vortex will continue and pull America from a severe recession into a depression, with enormous damage to the financial standing of American families. Since taking office, I've been concerned that not enough attention has been paid to the third component – the mortgage...