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OREGON News:
 John
McCain -  Nathan
Sproul -  Money
-  Politics
-  Investigation
-  Law
-  California
-  Nevada
-  Oregon
-  Minnesota
-  Pennsylvania
-  West
Virginia -  Vermont
-  Massachusetts
-  Michigan
-  Libraries
- 2004
Election - 2008
Election
"McCain Employing GOP [Republican] Operative Accused Of Voter Registration Fraud." ... "[2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] John McCain's campaign has directed $175,000 to the firm of a Republican operative accused of massive voter registration fraud in several states." ... "According to campaign finance records, a joint committee of the McCain-Palin campaign, the RNC [Republican National Committee] and the the California Republican Party, made a $175,000 payment to the group Lincoln Strategy in June for purposes of "registering voters." The managing partner of that firm is Nathan Sproul, a renowned GOP [GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican] operative who has been investigated on multiple occasions for suppressing Democratic voter turnout, throwing away registration forms and even spearheading efforts to get Ralph Nader on ballots to hinder the Democratic ticket." ... "During the 2004 election, Sproul & Associates (the former name of Lincoln Strategy) was accused of attempting to destroy forms collected by Democratic voters in Nevada. That same year in Oregon, Sproul & Associates allegedly instructed canvassers to only accept Republican registration forms in addition to destroying those turned in by Democrats." ... "In Minnesota, meanwhile, Sproul's firm was accused of actually firing workers who brought back Democratic registration forms, while other canvassers were allegedly paid "$13 an hour, with the $3 bonus for every [Republican President] Bush, undecided or Ralph Nader voter registration." Similar problems related to Sproul & Associates popped up in Pennsylvania and West Virginia." ... "All of this was executed, it seems, through an elaborate web of deception. As Salon.com wrote back in 2004:" "Canvassers were told to act as if they were nonpartisan, to hide that they were working for the RNC, especially if approached by the media... In letters the firm sent to the libraries, Sproul misrepresented itself as America Votes -- a left-leaning national voter registration group not affiliated with Sproul -- but said that it was interested in registering "all those who wish to register to vote." Shortly after Sproul canvassers began working the libraries, though, patrons began complaining that the canvassers were being especially inquisitive about their political leanings, and some were pushing people to register as Republicans.""Sens. [Vermont Democratic Senator] Patrick Leahy and [Massachusetts Democratic Senator] Ted Kennedy sent a letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft in 2004 asking that the Justice Department "launch an immediate investigation into the activities of Mr. Sproul and his firm." Three years later, members of Congress still weren't satisfied. Rep. [Michigan Democratic Representative John] Conyers complained in an Oct. 2007 letter that the Justice Department was not closely scrutinizing Sproul's efforts. "The alleged misconduct described by many witnesses," he wrote, "clearly suppress[es] votes and violate[s] the law."" -By Sam Stein -HuffingtonPost.com 
John
McCain -  Terrorism
-  Women
- Abortion
-  Clinics
-  Federal
- Law
- Politics
-  History
-  Arizona
- Oregon
- 2008
Election
"Woman's rights advocate: McCain sides with 'sympathizers and enablers of domestic terrorism'." ... "The Arizona Senator [and 2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain] may not have directly consorted with any clinic bombers, but his legislative record was certainly favorable to them, and critics are hammering his association with sympathizers of domestic terrorists who target abortion providers." ... "People For the American Way encouraged McCain to "look in the mirror" after a RAW STORY report revealed McCain's connection with Marylin Shannon, a Republican official in Oregon who was a McCain delegate at this year's GOP [GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican (2008 election)] convention. The two appeared together at a 1993 fundraiser for an ultra-conservative organization where Shannon praised a woman who was later convicted of attempted murder in the shooting of an abortion clinic doctor." ... "“When anti-choice extremists were terrorizing American women and their doctors, John McCain had multiple opportunities to make what should have been an easy choice,” PFAW president Kathryn Kolbert said Tuesday. “But he chose political expediency over law and order." ... ""He didn’t say a word when Marylin Shannon sympathized with an attempted killer. He voted against the clinic access bill even as everyday Americans were being assaulted and besieged by domestic terrorists," continued Kolbert, a longtime women’s rights advocate who successfully argued a crucial abortion rights case before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1992. "As someone who faced repeated threats for work on behalf of reproductive rights, I am deeply disturbed by John McCain’s willingness to stand with and side with sympathizers and enablers of domestic terrorism.”" ... "McCain and Shannon appeared together at a fundraiser for the Oregon Citizens Alliance in 1993, a gathring of Christian right extremists that even fellow Republicans advised McCain not to attend because the group was so far outside the mainstream." ... "Speaking before McCain, Shannon offered some kind words for Shelley Shannon, who was accused and later convicted of shooting an abortion doctor: "I'm not related to Shelly Shannon, but I think she's a fine lady," the vice chairwoman of the state Republican Party said. McCain apparently said nothing to contradict that judgement, and less than three months later he voted against a bill that would make abortion clinic bombings a federal crime." -By Nick Juliano -RawStory.com 
 Barack
Obama - Christian
-  University
- Oregon
- Race
- 2008
Election
"Effigy of Obama found hanging from tree at George Fox University." ... "Officials at George Fox University say a life-size effigy of [2008 Election] Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was found hanging from a tree at the Christian school's Newberg [Oregon] campus." -KATU.com 
 Gordon
Smith - Illegal
- Immigration
- Business
-  Food
-  Workers
- Politics
-  Agriculture
-  Property
- History
- Oregon
-  Md
-  Hawaii
-  Utah
-  Wash
"Señor Smith: Low-wage Latino workers keep [Oregon Republican Senator] Sen. Gordon Smith’s family business humming. Not all of them are legal." ... "Up on a hill overlooking this Eastern Oregon town of 701 people, Smith Frozen Foods turns raw produce from the surrounding fields into ready-to-eat products." ... "Smith’s goods appear in grocery stores under other brand names. But in tiny Weston [Oregon], a water tank emblazoned with the capital letters S-M-I-T-H sits like a sentry greeting travelers on nearby Highway 11." ... "Gordon Smith, a United States senator from Oregon and the only Republican senator representing a West Coast state, has owned the plant his grandfather founded in 1919 for nearly 30 years." ... "“Son,” father Milan Smith once said, according to Gordon Smith’s 2006 memoir, “you can sell ice to Eskimos and coals to Newcastle.”" ... "Today, Smith Frozen Foods generates millions in income for the senator, according to Smith’s 2007 financial disclosure report." ... "And in this town, Smith’s wealth looms large, even though the 56-year-old lawmaker seldom visits and calls nearby Pendleton [Oregon] his home. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Smith is the 12th-richest member of the U.S. [United States] Senate, with an estimated net worth between $8 million and $39 million—wealth that’s allowed him to buy a $3.5 million mansion in Bethesda, Md. [Maryland], property on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, a Park City, Utah, condominium and—more famously—four antique golf clubs worth $1.25 million." ... "The workers at Smith Frozen Foods, who clean the machinery, monitor production and pack upward of 50 million pounds of produce each year, earn about $80 a day, four or five days a week, 10 months a year—if they’re lucky." ... "One other thing—some of them appear to be illegal immigrants." ... "WW recently spent several days in Weston, and the nearby cities of Milton-Freewater [Oregon] and Walla Walla, Wash. [Washington], where most of Smith’s employees live. WW spoke to dozens of current and former Smith workers, Latino advocates, court personnel, public defenders, educators, police administrators, church officials, social service agents and business owners and determined that some portion of Smith’s workforce comprises undocumented immigrants." ... "It’s a revelation that may not be newsworthy around Weston, where most people this reporter interviewed knew, or assumed, that the agricultural processing plant hired illegal immigrants." ... "Additional interviews and review of public records reveal that Smith’s company appears to have employed illegal immigrants for decades, stretching back as far as the 1980s." -By Beth Slovic -WWeek.com 
Homes
- Nevada
-  Florida
- Phoenix
- Arizona
- Los
Angeles - San
Diego - San
Francisco - California
- Florida
- Michigan
- Minnesota
-  Illinois
-  Ohio
-  Georgia
-  New
York - Seattle
- Washington- Massachusetts
- Portland
- Oregon
-  Colorado
-  Texas
-  North
Carolina
"Home prices down 15.8% in past year, S&P says: Seven of 20 cities tally monthly price gains in May, Case-Shiller data show." ... "Prices in 10 cities fell 16.9% in the past year." ... "Prices thus are at the same levels as they were in the summer of 2004, which means four years of appreciation have been effectively wiped out. Prices are down 18.4% from peak levels seen two years ago." ... "Here's a list of the 20 cities in the Case-Shiller index with the annual decline through May: Las Vegas [Nevada], down 28.4%; Miami [Florida], down 28.3%; Phoenix [Arizona], down 26.5%; Los Angeles [California], down 24.5%; San Diego [California], down 23.2%; San Francisco [California], down 22.9%; Tampa [Florida], down 20.2%; Detroit [Michigan], down 17.4%; Washington [DC], down 15.4%; Minneapolis [Minnesota], down 14.8%; Chicago [Illinois], down 9.4%; Cleveland [Ohio], down 8%; Atlanta [Georgia], and New York [City, New York], both down 7.9%; Seattle [Washington], down 6.3%; Boston [Massachusetts], down 6.2%; Portland [Oregon], down 5.2%; Denver [Colorado], down 4.8%; Dallas [Texas], down 3.1%; and Charlotte, N.C. [North Carolina], down 0.2%." -By Rex Nutting -MarketWatch
Gordon
Smith - Oregon
- 2008
Election - Politics
"Oregon Senate: Merkley tops Smith for first time 43% to 41%." ... "Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley for the first time has edged ahead of Republican Senator Gordon Smith 43% to 41% in Oregon, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey. While the advantage is not statistically significant, it is noteworthy for an incumbent senator to receive such low levels of support at this point in a campaign." -RasmussenReports
Gordon
Smith - Oregon
- Politics
-2008
Election
"Merkley surpasses Smith in quarterly fundraising." ... "Republican [Oregon Senator] Sen. Gordon Smith still has millions more than does his [2008 Election] Democratic challenger, Jeff Merkley. But for the most recent quarter, it was Merkley who came out ahead." ... "Merkley reported Monday that he raked in $1.42 million from April 1 through June 30. That is by far the most Merkley has raised in a three-month stretch and represents more than half his fundraising since getting into the race last summer. And it surpasses the $1.38 million Smith raised in the same quarter." ... "In all, Smith still holds a sizable lead: $9.73 million raised and $4.47 million cash on hand for the entire election, compared with Merkley’s $2.5 million total raised and $569,435 on hand." -By David Steves -RegisterGuard
Abortion
- Money
- Medical
- Law
- 2008
Election - Portland
- Oregon
- Woman
"Oregon City woman details abortion, relationship with Mike Erickson: Now a "pro-life" congressional candidate, he gave her $300 and took her to the clinic in Northeast Portland, Tawnya says." ... "An Oregon City [Oregon] woman who dated [Republican] congressional candidate Mike Erickson seven years ago said she asked him directly whether he wanted to have a baby. He shook his head no, she said, and paid for her abortion." ... "In interviews with The Oregonian, the woman said she met Erickson in September 2000, and she had the abortion in January 2001. They saw each other afterward, she said, even going on a trip to Mexico in March, before the relationship ended. She spoke on the condition that only her first name, Tawnya, be used." ... "Her story is backed up by medical and other records, and the accounts of two friends, one of whom was with her at the abortion. Their story conflicts directly with Erickson's version." ... "He agrees that he gave Tawnya $300 for medical help, and a ride to a doctor's office near Lloyd Center [in Portland, Oregon], but said he didn't know she was pregnant or planned to get an abortion. He said he doesn't think he saw her again after that day." ... "Erickson, a Lake Oswego [Oregon] businessman, is the Republican candidate for the 5th Congressional District and is running on a "pro-life" platform. The charge that he provided money to Tawnya nearly derailed his campaign for the May 20 primary and could hobble his chances in the [2008 Election November] Nov. 4 general election against state [Oregon Democratic Senator] Sen. Kurt Schrader, D[Democratic]-Canby [Oregon]." ... "Erickson has campaigned on a strict anti-abortion platform that favors abstinence education and adoption over abortion." (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) -By Janie Har and Steve Mayes -Oregonian
Gordon
Smith -  Oil
- Money
-  Auto
-  Makers
- Oregon
-  Television
- Ad
- 2008
Election
"Political ads try to tie Smith to gas prices." ... "An independent Democratic group launched two television ads today that try to tie [Oregon] Republican Senator Gordon Smith to skyrocketing gasoline prices." ... "Both contend that Smith has accepted huge contributions from oil companies and automakers, and that he had voted against higher fuel mileage standards while supporting tax breaks for oil companies." -AP via KTVZ  WATCH
Ad on Gordon Smith oil corporation "Billions"
WATCH
Ad on Gordon Smith gasoline "Dollars"
Education
- Consumer
- Poor
-  People
- Oregon
- Calif
- Federal
"Student Loans Start to Bypass 2-Year Colleges." ... "Some of the nation’s biggest banks have closed their doors to students at community colleges, for-profit universities and other less competitive institutions, even as they continue to extend federally backed loans to students at the nation’s top universities." ... "Citibank has been among the most aggressive in paring the list of colleges it serves. JPMorgan Chase, PNC and SunTrust say they have not dropped whole categories, but are cutting colleges as well. Some less-selective four-year colleges, like Eastern Oregon University [Oregon] and William Jessup University in Rocklin, Calif. [California], say they have been summarily dropped by some lenders." ... "The practice suggests that if the credit crisis and the ensuing turmoil in the student loan business persist, some of the nation’s neediest students will be hurt the most. The difficulty borrowing may deter them from attending school or prompt them to take a semester off. When they get student loans, they will wind up with less attractive terms and may run a greater risk of default if they have to switch lenders in the middle of their college years." ... "Tuition and loan amounts can be quite small at community colleges. But these institutions, which are a stepping stone to other educational programs or to better jobs, often draw students from the lower rungs of the economic ladder. More than 6.2 million of the nation’s 14.8 million undergraduates — over 40 percent — attend community colleges. According to the most recent data from the College Board, about a third of their graduates took out loans, a majority of them federally guaranteed." ... "“If we put too many hurdles in their way to get a loan, they’ll take a third job or use a credit card,” said Jacqueline K. Bradley, assistant dean for financial aid at Mendocino College in California. “That almost guarantees that they won’t be as successful in their college career.”" (1, 2) -By Jonathan D. Glater -NYTimes
Gordon
Smith -  Richard
Berman - Corporate
- Marketing
- Politics
- Oregon
-Federal
- Employee
- Law
- 2008
Election
"Employee Freedom Action Committee." ... "Last Thursday, May 22, a roguish outfit calling itself the Employee Freedom Action Committee ran full-page ads as part of that “AstroTurf” strategy in The Oregonian and Eugene Register-Guard to begin the post-election assault on [2008 Election Oregon Democratic Senatorial Candidate] Jeff Merkley, who two days earlier won the Democratic contest to challenge [United States Oregon Republican Senator] U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore. [Republican-Oregon])." ... "The ad refers to a 2007 Oregon law that lets employees rather than management decide how to vote to form a union. A more comprehensive federal version of that law is pending." ... "Washington, D.C.-based Employee Freedom is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, which means it does not need to disclose its funding sources. The group is headquartered in the office of D.C. lobbyist Richard Berman, who has a history of setting up AstroTurf groups for the tobacco and booze industries, as well as anti-union employers." -WWeek.com
Gordon
Smith -  Abramoff
-  John
Roberts - Ore
- Ariz
- Nev
- Georgia
-  US
-  UK
Scotland -  Sports
- History
- Politics
"Gordon Smith says he is missing the links." ... "He [Oregon Republican Senator Gordon Smith] once paid $1.25 million for four really vintage golf clubs - including a putter owned by King James IV in 1504 - and can speak at passionate length about golfing in Scotland [UK], having done so several times." ... "Golf Digest says it ran into a lot of this reticence in [Washington Top 200 golf list] its survey this year."
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Gordon
Smith - 
Trent
Lott - Racism- History
- 
South
Carolina - 
Mississippi
- Oregon
- "Gordon
Smith Defends Lott's Segregationist Comments." ...
"Speaking on the Senate floor Tuesday morning, [Oregon Republican Senator]
Sen. Gordon Smith, R-OR [Republican-Oregon], offered a passionate defense
of the pro-segregationist comments made by his colleague and friend, [Mississippi
Republican Senator] Sen. Trent Lott, more then three years ago." ... ""I
was half way around the world when an event befell Trent Lott that shook
me deeply," Smith said, referencing Lott's 2002 remarks in praise of Dixiecrat
[South Carolina Republican Senator] Strom Thurmond's 1948 run for the White
House. "I was celebrating my re-election and on vacation. I watched over
international news as his words were misconstrued, words which we had heard
him utter many times in his big warm-heartedness trying to make one of
our colleagues, Strom Thurmond, feel good at 100 years old. We knew what
he meant. But the wolfpack of the press circled around him, sensed blood
in the water, and the exigencies of politics caused a great injustice...""
... "In 2002, Lott lost his Senate Republican Leader post after he was
quoted praising the staunch segregationist Strom Thurmond during Thurmond's
100th birthday party. "I want to say this about my state: when Strom Thurmond
ran for President, we voted for him," Lott boasted. "We're proud of it.
And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have
had all these problems over all these years, either."" ... "Lott apologized
repeatedly for his remarks, calling
them "insensitive," "repugnant" and "inexcusable" during an appearance
on a black-oriented cable channel." ... "Lott recently found himself back
among the leadership ranks. His election as minority whip in November 2006
came by a 25 to 24 vote. Sen. Smith
played a key role in the internal party election."
-By
Sam
Stein -HuffingtonPost.com
WATCH
Oregon Republican Gordon Smith defend Mississippi Republican Trent Lott's
celebration of South Carolina Republican Strom Thurmond's segregationist
run for President in 1948.
Wave
- 
Technology
- Company
- 
Canada
- San
Francisco - California
- Oregon
- US
- 
Global
- 
Climate
- "PG&E
agrees to buy power from Canadian firm's proposed 'wave park'."
... "The dream of generating electricity from the ocean's waves will take
a major step forward today when Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announces
its support for plans to build the nation's first commercial wave power
plant off the coast of Northern California, the latest step in the state's
efforts to combat global warming." ... "The plant will consist of eight
buoys bobbing in the water 2 1/2 miles offshore, each buoy generating electricity
as it rises and falls with the waves. If all goes as planned, the "wave
park" will begin operating in 2012." ... "The power it generates won't
be much - enough to light 1,500 homes at most. But it represents another
potential front in the fight against climate change. California has ordered
utilities such as PG&E to buy more power from renewable sources that
don't spew greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and heat the planet. The
utilities are turning to the sun, the wind and now the ocean as a result."
... "San Francisco's [California] PG&E won't build or own the proposed
wave park, near Eureka [California], which will be designed and built by
Canadian company Finavera. Instead, PG&E has agreed to buy the plant's
power." ... "That promise will help Finavera get financing for the project
by showing potential investors that it already has a customer. It's an
unusual step for a technology that, until now, has existed more in the
lab than in the water." ... "There's no guarantee that the project will
work. Finavera's prototype buoy sank off the Oregon coast earlier this
year, for reasons the company hasn't completely nailed down." -By
David R. Baker -SFGate.com
Gordon
Smith - Trent
Lott - Racism
- History
- Miss
- South
Carolina - Oregon
- 
NH
- 
Tennessee
- "Smith
supported Lott's leadership bid." ... "[Oregon Republican
Senator] Sen. Gordon Smith was a key backer of [Mississippi Republican
Senator] Sen. Trent Lott's return to a leadership post." ... "Lott, R-Miss.
[Republican-Mississippi], this week won his bid to become the minority
whip, the second-highest Republican post in the Senate. He defeated [Tennessee
Republican Senator] Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn. [Republican-Tennessee],
in a 25-24 vote." ... "During the closed-door election, [New Hampshire
Republican Senator] Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H. [Republican-New Hampshire],
nominated Lott, and Smith seconded the nomination, Smith spokesman R.C.
Hammond said. Smith then spoke in support of Lott." ... "Lott had been
the Senate's majority leader - Republicans' top post -- until he stepped
down in four years ago after being criticized for remarks praising [South
Carolina Republican Senator] Strom Thurmond, who ran for president in 1948
on a segregationist platform [separating races]." -By
Jeff Kosseff -Oregonian
Dennis
Hastert - Politics
- Ill
- Ore
- "Short
of cash, NRCC seeks millionaires." ... "Faced with
lingering debt and a losing fundraising battle, House Republicans are recruiting
a slew of self-funding candidates to run in many of their top races this
election cycle." ... "At least seven candidates with the ability to self-fund
millions have stepped forward in key districts for the GOP so far, and
more could be on the way." ... "Most of the wealthy candidates were recruited
by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), but some have
stepped forward on their own and gotten the attention of a committee that
could use the aid of their pocketbooks in its attempt to recoup its 2006
losses." ... "Five are running against members of the Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee’s (DCCC) Frontline program for vulnerable members, while
one [Republican Mike Erickson] is running against perennial target Rep.
Darlene Hooley (D-Ore. [Oregon]). Another is running for retiring Rep.
Dennis Hastert’s (R-Ill. [Illinois]) seat in a race that could become a
battleground." -By Aaron Blake
-TheHill.com
Larry
E Craig
- 
Ted
Stevens - 
David
Vitter - 
Idaho
- 
Alaska
- 
Louisiana
- 
Oregon
- Law
- "Craig
Moves to Block Senate Ethics Panel Complaint." ...
"Lawyers for [Idaho Republican] Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho delivered
a letter to the Senate ethics committee today asking the committee to reject
a complaint relating to his guilty plea in an airport sex sting operation."
... "Mr. Craig stunned Washington late yesterday with an announcement through
his spokesman that he may return to the Senate despite announcing Saturday
“my intent to resign from the Senate effective September 30.”" ... "A nonprofit
group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington [DC], also
said it filed a complaint last week against Mr. Craig. In that filing,
Melanie Sloan, the group’s executive director, said the Senate ethics rules
broadly cover “improper conduct which may reflect upon the Senate.”" ...
"Ms. Sloan also called on the Senate to investigate [Senator] Ted Stevens,
Republican of Alaska, who is under criminal investigation for financial
dealings, and [Senator] David Vitter, Republican of Louisiana, whose name
appeared in phone records of a Washington prostitution ring." ... "The
[U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics] committee conducted a three-year
investigation into alleged sexual harassment, abuse and assault by Senator
Bob Packwood, Republican of Oregon, ending in his resignation under threat
of expulsion in 1995." -By Duff Wilson
-NYTimes
Gordon
Smith - 
Dick
Cheney - 
Environmental
- Science
- Politics
- Federal
- Investigation
- History
- Portland
- Ore
- California
- 
Fish
- Food
- Farmers
- Business
- "Smith
backs Cheney on salmon kill controversy." ... "[Oregon
Republican Senator] Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore. [Republican-Oregon], is siding
with [Republican] Vice President Dick Cheney over a massive fish kill on
the Klamath River in 2002, saying there is no evidence it was caused by
water diversions to farmers." [The Klamath River runs through Oregon and
California] ... "Smith also defended Cheney's role in intervening with
federal officials to help farmers in the Klamath Basin and cast doubt that
the salmon die-off caused sharp commercial costal [coastal] fishing restrictions."
... "The House Natural Resources Committee is investigating whether Cheney
exerted improper political influence to override scientifically based management
of the water resources." ... "Environmentalists, often at odds with Smith,
say his stance contradicts a study by the California Department of Fish
and Game, which found that the water diversions played a key role in the
deaths of some 77,000 salmon." ... "The California Fish and Game report
cited several factors leading to the fish kill, the largest in recorded
West Coast history." ... "There were larger-than-normal salmon returns,
warm water and low river flows that combined to crowd the fish, hastening
the spread of disease." ... "The report concluded that, "River flow and
the volume of water in the fish-kill area were atypically low," and that
the river flow was the only factor controlled by humans." ... ""It's stretching
credibility to claim that the flow management decisions by the [Republican
President] Bush administration in 2002 had nothing to do with the low flows
in the Klamath River," said Steve Pedery of Oregon Wild, a Portland-based
environmental group." -AP
via -kgw.com
US
- 
Iran
- 
Military
- 
Aircraft
- Technology
- Legislation
- Politics
- Oregon
- "GAO:
Pentagon Improperly Sold F-14 Parts." ... "The Pentagon
sold more than a thousand aircraft parts that could be used on ["Tomcat"]
F-14 fighter jets — a plane flown only by Iran — after announcing it had
halted sales of such surplus, government investigators say." ... "A Democratic
senator said the investigation shows why legislation he proposed that would
ban the sale of all F-14 parts is needed." ... ""The Pentagon's system
is still riddled with holes," Oregon [Democratic Senator] Sen. Ron Wyden
said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "These are the
very parts that they said they wouldn't be selling and they still are and
so you've got to make sure the changes are going to actually have teeth
and work." -By Sharon Theimer
-AP via -SFGate.com
Portland
- Oregon
- River
- Animal
- Electric
- Company
- History
- "Utility
blasts its Oregon dam to make way for fish." ...
"The largest dam removal in the Pacific Northwest in 40 years began on
Tuesday with blasts of 4,000 pounds of explosives, the dam's owner, Portland
General Electric, said." ... "The Marmot Dam on the Sandy River about 40
miles east of Portland [Oregon] was built almost 100 years ago along with
the nearby 16-foot-high Little Sandy Dam, which will be destroyed next
summer, the utility said." ... "Removing the two dams will allow the Sandy
to flow freely from Mt. Hood to the Columbia River." ... "When the dams
were built, they ruined a natural fish run that biologists say the fish
will rediscover and repopulate once the dams are removed, [Portland General
Electric spokesman Mark] Fryburg said." (1, 2)
-By Bernie Woodall -Reuters
Secret
- Government
- Politics
- Terrorism
- Law
- Oregon
- "Congressman
Denied Access To Post-Attack Continuity Plans." ...
"Constituents called [Oregon Democratic Representative] Rep. Peter DeFazio's
office, worried there was a conspiracy buried in the classified portion
of a White House plan for operating the government after a terrorist attack."
... "As a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, DeFazio,
D-Ore., is permitted to enter a secure "bubbleroom'' in the Capitol and
examine classified material. So he asked the White House to see the secret
documents." ... "On Wednesday, DeFazio got his answer: DENIED." ... ""I
just can't believe they're going to deny a member of Congress the right
of reviewing how they plan to conduct the government of the United States
after a significant terrorist attack,'' DeFazio said." -By
Jeff Kosseff -NewHouse.com
TV
- Advertisements
- 
Journalism
- Health
- Portland
- Oregon
- "TV
Stations Blur The Line Between News And Ads." ...
"Recently on Oregon Considered, we brought you a story about weekly
medical reports on Portland's CBS affiliate, KOIN-TV. Providence Health
Systems sponsors the health segments, and nearly all of them feature medical
experts from Providence. That kind of commercialism is fairly common in
local television stations, according to a new study by the University of
Oregon's School of Journalism. Colin Fogarty spoke with a lead researcher
in the study." ... "Jim Upshaw: "Stealth advertisements are, of course,
commercial messages intended to promote in some fashion a product or service
that are clothed in some other garment than the normal commercial."" ...
"Jim Upshaw is a professor of Journalism at the University of Oregon. His
article on commercialism in TV newscasts is published in the June edition
of the journal of Electronic News." -By Colin Fogarty
-OPB.org -OregonConsidered
via -PublicBroadcasting.net
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Children
- Health
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- Oregon
- "Oregon
Gov. Will Live On Food Stamp Diet: For One Week,
As He Battles Proposed Cuts In Federal Program." ... "This is Hunger Awareness
Week in Oregon, and for the next seven days, [Oregon Democratic Governor
Ted] Kulongoski and [his wife, Mary] Oberst will be cutting way back –
down to the budget one would live on if relying on food stamps – a diet
they hope others will also follow for a few days to better understand the
plight of those who have no choice." ... "It won't be easy, but the less
than bountiful fare is for a cause, reports CBS News correspondent Stephan
Kaufman, as Kulongoski begins lobbying Congress against cuts in the
food stamp program proposed by the Bush administration." ... "The Oregon
governor is also a strong advocate of school breakfast and lunch programs.
"When the federal government cuts back on them," says Kulongoski, "you're
actually depriving children of opportunity to basically have a healthy
life and at the same time, to be able to learn while they're in school.""
... "Oregon's first couple are the most-high profile people so far to take
part in a "food stamp challenge," a growing trend sponsored by religious
groups, community activists and food pantries across the country. The goal
is to walk the proverbial mile in the steps of those who rely on food stamps
to feed a family, to kindle both awareness, and, hopefully, empathy." (1,
2)
-AP via -CBSNews
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