Irons in the Fire (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
of Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s plan to lure green energy companies to Oregon with big taxpayer subsidies, resulting in a program that cost 40 times more than unsuspecting lawmakers were told, an investigation by The Oregonian shows.
<B>Power and Control</B> (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The US Chamber of Commerce is giving in to the global warming hysteria. The Competitive Enterprise Institute responded today to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s announcement that it will now support energy-rationing legislation by calling on small businesses to drop their Chamber membership and join CEI in fighting this catastrophic legislation. In a November 3 letter to Senators Barbara Boxer...
Fleet Owner RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Daimler Trucks showed Oregon governor, Ted Kulongoski a selection of its commercial vehicles with alternative drives and safety equipment featured in the company’s "Shaping Future Transportation" initiative during a visit to the company’s Stuttgart, Germany, headquarters
PA Pundits (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
By Andrew Bolt Utterly shameless: Climate change could kill 250,000 children next year, and the figure could rise to more than 400,000 by 2030, according to Save the Children. Just see all that child-killing global warming lately: How dare they. UPDATE But why is it that we’re not just deceived about the costs of global warming, but about the costs [...]
Watts Up With That? (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Oregon’s biggest problem used to be logging jobs lost from spotted owl lawsuits. A new sort problem is developing. Green jobs and green programs are going off the rails. Portland recently passed a draconian “Climate Action Plan to reduce CO2 emissions by 80% that has little chance of succeeding by its 2050 deadline. Read the story [...]
Watts Up With That? (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Oregon’s biggest problem used to be logging jobs lost from spotted owl lawsuits. A new sort problem is developing. Green jobs and green programs are going off the rails. Portland recently passed a draconian “Climate Action Plan to reduce CO2 emissions by 80% that has little chance of succeeding by its 2050 deadline. Read the story [...]
MaxRedline (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
While The Oregonian has a long and storied history of presenting opinion under the guise of journalism, and an equally long history of being scooped on every bit of investigative journalism, it appears as though they have finally come up...
MaxRedline (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski shared his sense of spirituality with a reporterette from NPR during the course of a fly-fishing trip. The article's just a brief puff-piece; the real meat comes in the third comment, posted by Fred Leonhardt. And...
Department of Health & Human Services (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the availability of thirteen new 30-second flu radio public service announcements (PSA).
PortlandOnline (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The Oregonian, Dave Tooze quoted
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Some tidbits for your mid-week consumption: Susan Castillo is running for a third term as state Superintendent of Public Instruction, according to OPB. A legislative committee has released draft language for the ballot titles for Measures 66 (pdf) and 67 (pdf) - the revenue measures passed by the 2009 Legislature and referred to the ballot by a coalition of large corporations. Predictably, the opponents...
U.S. News (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski says that God is "on the river . . . in the mountains."
NPR (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, a Democrat who is in his second and final term, has two passions: fly fishing, and bringing the renewable energy jobs of tomorrow to his state, where unemployment currently hovers near 12 percent.
The Rev. Chuck Currie (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
A new book from Transition Projects here in Portland: This book confronts homelessness by asking formerly homeless persons a simple question: Where did you sleep? Although we should not have been surprised, we found the replies alarming, jarring and discomforting....
Blog Town, PDX (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
No news yet on the involvement of BRENDAN FRASER, but Portland will see another film production in town sooner rather than later—Gus Van Sant's next project, Restless , will film "in Portland and surrounding areas," according to the Governor’s Office of Film & Television. This isn't the film Van Sant's collaborating on with Bret Easton Ellis , but something else entirely....
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