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fanatics opposed to the very values of a liberal society

February 29, 2012 by maxredlines

It’s a rare time when humor and horrific collide, but it does happen, and this is one of those occasions. There is trouble on the horizon: two scientists, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva, had the audacity to publish a paper in Journal of Medical Ethics in which they argue that “The moral status of an infant is equivalent to that of […]

Unions Fight For Survival: Forced Unionization, Forced Dues, Occupy, And Obama 2012

February 29, 2012 by Conservative Mom

Across the nation, many states are going bankrupt trying fulfill promises to public workers that are unsustainable, and that politicians KNEW were unsustainable when they made them (they knew that the bill wouldn’t come due until they were personally out of office and left the fallout for us to deal with). This has become […]

Yes, They Are Occutards

February 29, 2012 by maxredlines

Kyle Lawrence, a Colorado Springs Occupier, remains in a Denver Hospital burn unit with second degree burns that he received when he was caught on fire during the arson that leveled the Historic Green Mountain Falls Town Hall. Zach Shaffer, 21, made the statement to an El Paso County Sheriff’s deputy the afternoon of Feb. 24, when […]

Oregonian reports on Portland’s misplaced priorities: Despite record revenues, Portland’s transportation bureau is broke

February 28, 2012 by Eric Fruits

The Oregonian seems to have picked up on our earlier posts about misplaced priorities and self-inflicted budget woes at the Portland Bureau of Transportation. The story so far can be told in four pictures. Record revenues at the Portland Bureau of Transportation. “Discretionary” money has almost doubled since 2000. The city’s excuse that there it has […]

TriMet GM Sees A Problem, Will CRC and C-Tran Take Note?

February 28, 2012 by lewwaters

The excessively high cost and expense of the Columbia River Crossing project is no secret. This blog, other Conservative blogs such as Clark County Politics, Couv.com and even the Columbian sometimes have spoken about it. The Oregonian, Willamette Week and the Reflector in Clark County have lent their voices to the problems seen by citizens […]

The Government Health Care Ripoff

February 28, 2012 by maxredlines

During the past couple of months, we’ve been examining health care plans. Having grown tired of 30-year-olds gumming up the works in my former job, I opted for early retirement; reducing stress levels considerably and obviating the ongoing need for blood pressure medication. My health, sleep patterns, and overall happiness have undergone marked transformations for […]

Eat Your Peas, Drink Your TEA

February 27, 2012 by maxredlines

John Kuzmanich, over at KUIK, today discussed some of the apparent efforts by the IRS under the Obama administration to selectively target TEA party organizations around the country. This came out a couple of weeks ago, when a group in Ohio made known what’s been going on for the past year with their application for nonprofit 501(c)(4) […]

Media Natters And The Pooch

February 27, 2012 by maxredlines

Media Natters, an attack organization set up by former “conservative” – turned – Lefty David Brock and generously funded by George Soros, appears to have screwed the pooch. Daily Caller has been hitting them hard this month, and today’s story of blackmail simply adds to the destruction of what little credibility the organization had retained. Media Natters […]

Water, Sewer, And Blood From Turnips

February 27, 2012 by maxredlines

The five cities with the highest water/sewer rates in the United States in 2011: Atlanta, Georgia Seattle, Washington Newport, Rhode Island San Francisco, California Portland, Oregon Given the amount of rainfall and the huge amounts of mountain runoff available, doesn’t it seem a bit odd that two of the most expensive places for water and […]

Occupy Wall Street, Liberation Theology, and the Religious Left

February 27, 2012 by Conservative Mom

Since being evicted from Chapman and Lownsdale Squares, costing the city thousands of dollars to clean and restore the parks they destroyed, and causing general mayhem throughout the city, Occupy Portland has been meeting daily at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Portland. They meet in the “Che room,” named after Che Guevara, who ran Fidel Castro’s murderous gulags in Cuba and orchestrated the mass murder of millions of […]