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2013-02-25T07:26:00.001-08:00

I'll be over here though it's still under construction!

Pete the Banker: Obama Shoots Down Blue Angels and Other Sequestration Stories

2013-02-21T14:33:00.000-08:00

I am tired of Congress being blamed in the Press for every Washington, DC transgression. I've heard nothing but blame cast at Congress for the alleged disaster awaiting us on the upcoming sequestration cuts, especially those directly impacting Portland’s Rose Festival like the pending elimination of the US Fleet visit and Blue Angels air show. Earlier even NPR had to admit that

NRA to Obama & Democrats: You "Don't Make Us Free.'

2013-02-21T07:20:00.001-08:00

H/T Gateway Pundit “The arrogance of their superiority requires this reminder: They don’t rule us. They don’t give us rights. We grant them power. They don’t make us safe. We pay to protect them. They don’t make us free. We’re free already. And as long as we have the Second Amendment, we always will be.”

Tim Eyman: Will Judge Erase Your Rights? Keep Fighting!

2013-02-20T22:10:00.004-08:00

From Washington State Initiative King Tim Eyman following today's court hearing in Cowlitz County:To: 75 Plaintiffs in Patella v KimseyFrom: Tim Eyman, advisor to Vancouver's Stop Light Rail InitiativeCc: Citizens in Clark County, Vancouver's Mayor and City Council, Clark County's Board of Commissioners, House and Senate members & Governor, and members of the media RE: The court battle

Good News: Vancouver Has An Identity Besides Being Portland's Shoe Doggie

2013-02-19T23:15:00.000-08:00

According to the Columbian this map (unenhanced) is making the rounds on facebook. H/T @ATCarey93 on Twitter!

Dear WWE: Are You Out of Your WWMind?

2013-02-19T09:09:00.003-08:00

WWE character Jack Swagger (yeah, me neither) has now recreated himself as a "Tea Party" character. The new "Jack Swagger" was reintroduced to WWE Raw last night. He talks about the Constitution, waves a Gadsden flag, lauds the Declaration of Independence and, as an added bonus, he and his corner man have decided to frame their upcoming Wrestlemania fight in racist terms. Isn't that nice.

Bruce McCain: Cameron Jordan, Catfish Queen. The Alvey Files, Part 5: Lessons Learned

2013-02-17T20:13:00.000-08:00

In January we learned of the Facebook “catfishing” scam that had hooked Notre Dame star linebacker Manti’ Te’o into believing his girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, whom he had never met, had tragically died. We later learned that Kekua was actually a fake hoax, perpetrated by a man named Ronaiah Tuiasosopo. Many skeptics wondered how could Te’o possibly be fooled by a man impersonating such a

Raising Minimum Wage Will Keep Your Failure to Launch Kids in the Basement Much Longer

2013-02-17T19:03:00.000-08:00

Source: American Enterprise Institute I just heard a supposedly respected voice for business make the most ignorant comment about minimum wage. Indeed he endorsed the President's call for a $9.00/hr min wage saying that the current minimum wage wasn't enough to 'sustain a family.' The comment was made with an incredulous gosh-I-can't-believe-anyone-would-be-against-such-a-great-idea kind of

Oregon Republicans: This is How You Talk About Democrat Priorities

2013-02-16T21:19:00.000-08:00

Oregon Legislator: Pro Gun Bills Are Racist

2013-02-15T09:11:00.002-08:00

Oregon State Representative Lew Frederick says efforts to hang on to Bill of Rights gun rights and rebuff efforts to curb those rights are all about Barack Obama being re-elected. In other words, if you support your Constitutional right to "keep and bear arms" and are against efforts to curb those rights, you're a racist. I expected more from Lew Frederick, the African American former Portland

Scott St. Clair: Dorner Worship Expected From the Left, Not the Right

2013-02-14T13:45:00.000-08:00

The week-long manhunt for alleged cop-killer Christopher Dorner has come to a fiery end in the smoldering ruins of a vacation cabin east of Los Angeles. Good – none too soon. Dorner murdered four people in cold blood, and, if reports of his demise hold up, his death saves already tapped-out California taxpayers the cost of trying, convicting, incarcerating and eventually executing him. So,

Obama SOTU: More 'We's' Than 'I's'. It's a Start.

2013-02-13T14:52:00.000-08:00

Going unmentioned: Chris Stevens, Ty Woods, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty. Benghazi Winning

Happy Valentine's Day Washington Voters! Democrats to Roll Out Income Tax Bill Thursday

2013-02-13T14:26:00.000-08:00

Did Kitzhaber Wear Pants While Sitting Near First Lady at SOTU?

2013-02-13T08:45:00.002-08:00

Governor Kitzhaber thinks he looks cool and mavericky when he wears his jeans and jacket with elbow patches, but it's just self involvement and boorishness when you wear your uniform to the State of the Union address and sit with the FLOTUS. Even Ted Nugent removed his hat. That's him sitting next to Pink Martini's Thomas Lauderdale (see post here about it).

No Wrestling in the Olympics? Even Donald Rumsfeld Thinks It's Ridiculous

2013-02-12T22:05:00.002-08:00

Who Shows More Class: Earl Bow Tie Blumenauer or Thomas Lauderdale of Pink Martini? Not Even Close.

2013-02-12T22:00:00.002-08:00

Princess Victoria,From 5th Listener Jim Well...it doesn't surprise me that Bow-Tie Bloomin-idiot posted this on twitter... repblumenauer Earl Blumenauer 2h Sorry my friend, constituent and guest for SOTU Thomas Lauderdale had to sit next to Ted Nugent. pic.twitter.com/RqC8UWCG But who was classier tonight? But class wins out. See Thomas Lauderdale's post on Facebook:

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's ENTITLEMAN! DC Comics to Create "Occupy Wall Street" Super Heroes. Let's Help Them.

2013-02-12T10:51:00.004-08:00

DC Comics Super Hero Family From the Washington Times blog we learn the new comic book super heroes "The new comic book series showcases class struggle, a few alien interlopers and populist protagonists, described as "the super-powered disenfranchised, now the voice of the people!"It's a book about power. Who owns it, who uses it, who suffers from its abuse," writer Gail Simone tells Wired

Baghdad Jim McDermott Classy: Who's Paying You, The "Cock" Brothers?

2013-02-12T07:25:00.001-08:00

H/T Hot Air and 5th Listener Marc The America disdaining, God diminishing Congressman from the People's Republic of King County Washington has no good answer to Jason Mattera when he asks the socialized medicine loving Mc Dermott, "Where's our premium reduction we were promised?"

Rich Carson: The Big One

2013-02-11T10:06:00.003-08:00

It was January 30th at 5:03 PM at night when the earthquake hit. I live 13 miles south of the epicenter that was in Amboy, Washington. For those of you who don’t know the geography of the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area, that is northeast of the Vancouver mall. I was watching a movie with my daughter Anna and at first I thought someone had slammed the front door too hard. But then I

X + Y = Not My Problem. California Quits 8th Grade Algebra to Comply With Lowered Standards of "Common Core." Oregon Copying.

2013-02-11T09:58:00.004-08:00

California has made a deal with the Feds: we'll take your money in exchange for lowered educational standards. That's why it has just announced that it's lowering math requirements, adopting Common Core standards As a result, California--and other states--will now cease requiring algebra for 8th graders. From the Daily Caller: California will no longer require eighth-graders to take algebra —

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2013-02-08T12:53:00.001-08:00

Schrader Election Year Feint to the Right. Again. Orange Is New Blue.

2013-02-08T07:50:00.002-08:00

Kurt Schrader has had another election year conversion.He's gone from being 'Blue Dog' to Annoying Orange.He'll be wearing an Orange Pin at next week's State of the Union denoting how he's now a "fiscal moderate" and "problem solver." When the 5th Congressional District Representative was in the majority in Congress, he, like all of the other Democrats in the Oregon delegation, crammed through

Football Star Herschel Walker Visits Oregon Soldiers

2013-02-08T06:57:00.000-08:00

Walker with Oregon Army National Guard Captain Vincent Habeck at the 41 Infantry Division Armed Forces Reserve Center Walker with Oregon Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Terrence Hoover Heisman trophy winner, Olympian, NFL star, turned MMA fighter Herschel Walker visited Oregon Army Reserve members at Camp Withycomb on Thursday. Walker visits troops all over the country to talk to them

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2013-02-07T19:09:00.005-08:00

Devastating Anti Ashley Judd for Senate Ad

2013-02-07T08:53:00.001-08:00

Karl Rove isn't my fave guy these days, but this ad about Ashley Judd's possible run for Senate in Tennessee, er, I mean Kentucky is pretty hilarious.