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BREAKING – EXCLUSIVE: KATE BROWN RESIGNS AS OREGON SECRETARY OF STATE

March 31, 2012 by Oregon Media Watchdog

In a stunning article today, April 1, 2012, Kate Brown, Oregon’s beleaguered Secretary of State announced her resignation, and also stated her re-election campaign effort is canceled. Ms. Brown has served as Oregon’s Secretary of State since 2009. She was elected in 2008 after receiving campaign contributions from radical left wing activists, including $65,000 received […]

Transparency in government. What are you doing?

March 31, 2012 by Oregon Media Watchdog

I always figured what my mother didn’t know wouldn’t hurt me. That’s right, I wasn’t as worried about her as I was about myself. As misguided as that might be, that was the way I operated as a child. For instance, I found a road flare in our garage when I was about 9 years […]

Guest Post: The High-Risk Game of Raising Taxes in Oregon

March 31, 2012 by Oregon Media Watchdog

[5440 note: We ran across this blog post by a research fellow at the Wyoming Liberty Group. It’s ironic that even other states are looking at Oregon as a poor model for public funding. Reposted by permission from The Liberty Bullhorn.] The High-Risk Game of Raising Taxes in Oregon The push for higher state and local […]

HAH!

March 31, 2012 by maxredlines

Between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. this evening, some people will be sitting in the dark to express their “vote” for action on global climate change. By doing so, they they signal their desire that governments “take action” to Save The Planet™, such as implementing further restrictions upon energy production and consumption. In other words, they’ll be […]

James O'Keefe Makes His Triumphant Return To Oregon. Should Portland Politicians Worry?

March 30, 2012 by Oregon Media Watchdog

On April 14, Oregon Tea Party will host the 4th Annual Tax Day Tea Party Rally. This year’s event will be a little bit different. The rally will be indoors, and will feature nationally renowned citizen journalist James O’Keefe. Also invited is Breitbart.tv Editor in Chief Larry O’Connor. Word is James will have something pretty […]

U of O: Heresy Must Be Addressed

March 30, 2012 by maxredlines

University of Oregon “professor” refines the agenda: if you’re skeptical about Anthropogenic Global Warming, you must be rounded up and treated. LONDON — (March 26, 2012) — Resistance at individual and societal levels must be recognized and treated before real action can be taken to effectively address threats facing the planet from human-caused contributions to climate change. That’s […]

"That's How We Do It In Government"

March 29, 2012 by Oregon Media Watchdog

At a recent meeting of the curriculum committee, a Hillsboro School District official presented a statistic that looked something like this: Mean test score: 73% Margin of error: 9% Adjusted score : 82% Now, for any of us in engineering or other professions that use margins of error, this looked distinctly odd. A “margin of […]

Dispatch from an undercover global warming infiltrator

March 29, 2012 by Oregon Media Watchdog

[5440 note: Gordon Fulks, PhD, relates the following story of his chance encounter with Global Warming cheerleader James Hansen at his appearance in Oregon on March 20.] On Tuesday, I had no intention of driving all the way to Salem to hear the Great Global Warming Guru James Hansen speak at Willamette University. After all, […]

Open Wide

March 29, 2012 by maxredlines

You probably saw those “Februany” five, five-dollar, five-dollar foot long commercials that the Subway chain was running last month. As it happens, the offer was good everywhere in the USA except San Francisco. Why? They priced themselves out of it. The city, populated by do-gooders, raised their minimum wage to $10.24 an hour, rendering the business model (to borrow […]

Upon Further Review, The Leftie Media Gets It Right – If For The Wrong Reason

March 29, 2012 by Oregon Media Watchdog

Today on Yahoo! news, there was an article that had all the makings of your typical screed demonizing Conservatives as anti-science flat earthers: Study: Trust in science among educated conservatives plunges But a funny thing happened on the way to characterizing Conservatives as backwards nincompoops. Now don’t get me wrong, the author wasn’t trying to […]