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Liberals like Norah O'Donnell can't seem to pick on someone their own size

2009-11-20T14:11:00.001-08:00

Ok so others have been talking about this video (see below). I saw it yesterday and have since learned that my reaction to it was not outside the norm. Norah O decides she is going to play "gotcha"...

Obama's Coup Fails

2009-11-20T10:00:00.001-08:00

Hard-left policies lead to public outrage, counter-revolution Play the online game: here. HT:

The War In Afghanistan Is Lost

2009-11-19T11:25:00.000-08:00

Those are Fred Thompson's words and it comes as no surprise to readers of this blog that I agree with him. I even made the call to Republican Congressional Candidates to begin calling for the...

More on the Hemstreet/Clapper lawsuit

2009-11-19T10:12:00.000-08:00

We posted here yesterday the press release from Gregg Clapper announcing their award of almost $300,000 in their lawsuit against the Oregon State Patrol. Today we have the settlement letter from...

Mark Hemstreet & Gregg Clapper completely vindicated!

2009-11-18T18:49:00.000-08:00

UPDATE: See copy of Atty. Gen. letter and check to Hemstreet/Clapper HERE. Some folks might remember that back in 2005 Mark Hemstreet and Gregg Clapper were falsely accused and charged for hunting...

Is He Apologizing?

2009-11-18T12:20:00.000-08:00

Or is that a proper Muslim greeting? HT: NetRightNation

Look how polls shift

2009-11-18T07:00:00.000-08:00

Less than a year ago Barack Obama was soaring high. Newly inaugurated and the country was encouraged to have this new beautiful man sitting in the oval office who was going to change and fix...

More Sarahpalooza

2009-11-17T14:30:00.001-08:00

I watched the Palin interview on Oprah yesterday. There were some things that I liked about it (with regard to Palin) and some things that I did not. It was not a "policy" interview and I don't...

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Innocent

2009-11-17T12:01:00.000-08:00

Of course he must be presumed innocent at this time. No? I mean if he is being given the benefit of a trial in the U.S. courts and all the rights due someone in that system, then he must be presumed...

Jay Bozievich is running for Lane Count Commish

2009-11-17T10:10:00.000-08:00

Ah... This might be an interesting race to watch with lots of intersecting possibilities. Lane County is dominated by the uber-liberal Eugene yet has some very rural portions to the county. That is...

The Devil's Advocate

2009-11-17T06:40:00.000-08:00

You'd better get used to it. HT: NetRightNation

David Brooks is a joke

2009-11-16T12:25:00.000-08:00

Why? Well, because I said so. At least that seems to be his reasoning in assessing others. I caught a portion of "This Week" on Sunday and when confronted with the buzz about Gov. Sarah Palin that...

Associated Press embarrasses the term "fact check"

2009-11-16T09:39:00.000-08:00

So the AP decided to assign eleven (that's 11) reporters to "fact check" Sarah Palin's new book. Thus far in the whole of the book they "found" six (that's 6) errors. Weak and thin as Power Line...

Another Obama promise broken

2009-11-16T09:04:00.000-08:00

This video is now making the rounds. Then Sen. Barack Obama promising that KSM would get a "military trial." Of course that was before the new Obama administration found that they could put the...

"Mad Men" in the future

2009-11-16T08:50:00.000-08:00

Unfortunately I have not been able to watch any episodes of this year's "Mad Men" television show. However, I notice that Mike Potemra has and had this interesting observation. My favorite TV show,...

The Union News - Week in Review

2009-11-13T10:30:00.000-08:00

Here's a selection of videos from The Union News posts last week. November 13. Oppressive U. shuts down Gulag Memorial November 12. Valerie Jarrett shafted by HBO November 11. Obama's Jobless...

2 Washington towns make great list!

2009-11-13T04:20:00.000-08:00

Small towns with high employment rates. This AOL story lists: Benton City Washington (The area in Eastern Washington (pop 2,800) has some of the highest projected job growth in the country, and is...

Republican Congressional Candidates: Get us out of Afghanistan

2009-11-12T10:10:00.000-08:00

You know how the new crop of Republican Congressional candidates can get some attention and stir up debate in the campaigns? Start calling for the U.S. to get out of Afghanistan. George Bush...

Lamestream blinders

2009-11-12T08:31:00.000-08:00

Why do they H8 America? HT: NetRightNation

BiGov blog gives mudslinging Kari Chisholm a big smackdown

2009-11-12T08:16:00.000-08:00

I noticed this post by Kari Chisholm the other day in which he does his best to fan the flames of partisanship to the point of almost encouraging violence and mayhem. Chisholm seems to be hoping...

Today was my holiday...Veteran's Day... That's why blogging was slow

2009-11-11T18:32:00.000-08:00

For the last several years I have always taken Veteran's day off to go on a hunt with a high school buddy of mine. We both joined the Army on the buddy plan. Sooo... Spent a gorgeous day in the...

UPS vs FedEx how big labor works

2009-11-11T09:20:00.000-08:00

I'm liking Clint Didier more and more

2009-11-10T18:48:00.000-08:00

HT: Ridenbaugh Press I have been a big supporter of Term Limits for a long time. Don't forget that Oregon Republicans started losing ground when they started attacking term limits. Clint Didier is...

Remember the "Kelo" land grab in Conn.? Well so much for the "jobs"

2009-11-10T10:15:00.000-08:00

Pfizer abandons site of infamous Kelo eminent domain taking Do you folks remember (ten years ago) the eminent domain debacle in New London Connecticut? Remember how the town council decided to...

20 Years Later

2009-11-10T10:10:00.000-08:00

Too busy for anti-communism Conspicuously absent: the president of the United States, Barack Obama. Obama's folks say he's too busy to accept German President Angela Merkel's invitation to attend...