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government 17-Jun-2009 12:43

PacNW democrats love war

From the open publishing newswire: Not one democrat in U.S. House from Oregon & Washington voted against war supplemental.
Democrats in Oregon & Washington obviously are devoted to failed wars, are opposed to exit strategies, dearly love the current unreformed IMF, which ruins debtor nations, & support the totally unrelated & ridiculously inept cash-for-clunkers program. And of course these congresspeeps will dig deeply into their own pockets to come up with $100,000,000,000 for the war supplemental mishmash approved today. How much more in September, jerks!

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government 14-Apr-2009 11:11

Integrity Now? What happened to Kucinich?

From the open publishing newswire: Although it has been over a year, some may remember that as Kucinich dropped out of the presidential election prematurely because he was afraid of losing his congressional seat, he said he and his wife Elizabeth would be starting a new site for activists called "Integrity Now". This might have impressed Kucinich volunteers at the time, however absolutely nothing has been done toward that effort and the site domain has now returned to the SiteGround Default Server page.

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government | human & civil rights 14-Apr-2009 11:08

Ballot Measure 5-190: Immigrants Win, Wayne Mayo Bigots Lose! 5-190 Down In Flames!

From the open publishing newswire: Last year noted bigot and repressed dick head Wayne Mayo set his sights on higher office, and decided to pave the way with the blood of immigrants. He wanted to capitalize on the redneck, anti-immigrant nature of the right-wingers he pals around with. So he parked his pompous self outside the Scappoose post office, soliciting signatures to get Measure 5-190 on the ballot. He did manage to get it on the ballot, and alas, it passed by a slim margin. But the poorly written, badly conceived piece of hate legislation will never become law. Here is why, and why it matters.

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corporate dominance | government 14-Apr-2009 11:06

HB 2405 Telecoms Sneaking Around Again

From the open publishing newswire: HB 2405 is a bill proposed and promoted by Verizon. It is cast as a bill intended to keep Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) from being regulated. If that's all the bill did, there would be little reason to oppose this. However, that's not all the bill does.

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government | police / legal 10-Apr-2009 13:50

A response to Jury duty

From the open publishing newswire: Hello, I have been summoned for jury duty, I have been informed by the summons that I need to respond to the Multnomah county court by filling out a form letter they have sent to me. I have also included the letter below.
I have three issues I feel, I need to inform the court of that could influence my decision in any trial I may be chosen for:

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government 10-Apr-2009 13:46

Help Stop the 12-Lane I-5 in Portland

From the open publishing newswire: Hey everybody. If you are among the many people who are opposed to the idea of a $4billion, 12-lane freeway expansion project in North Portland for the benefit of Vancouver, please take a few minutes to copy and paste this letter

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environment | government 22-Mar-2009 12:47

Save Portland's Reservoir (again) & Bull Run Water Too!

From the open publishing newswire: With deadlines fast approaching, action is needed now to avoid Portland ratepayer and taxpayer costs of approximately $800 million dollars in capital expenses ($1.6 billion including debt service) for blindly mandated source water treatment and open reservoir removal. This, for no measurable public health benefit and without rational relevance to the intent of the LT2 Rule.

Time is of the essence to urge and press Portland City Council to vigorously seek legislative relief from the onerous and misdirected requirements of the EPA's Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2). Otherwise, the result will be the costly loss of our open reservoirs and costly filtration of our pristine Bull Run water. There is a critical public hearing on [Wednesday] March 25, 2009 at 2:30, at City Hall downtown. There, the Water Bureau will be asking City Council to accept and include in the budget plans to eliminate all 5 open reservoirs & build a filtration plant.

friendsofreservoirs.org

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government 22-Mar-2009 12:39

Free Stickers WHERE"S THE CHANGE?

From the open publishing newswire: For a free vinyl sticker made in the US by patriotic citizens who love this country, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Change Sticker Offer 19754 McKillop Rd. N.E. Scotts Mills, Oregon 97375 Donations are appreciated and will go back into more stickers.

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government | imperialism & war 22-Mar-2009 12:36

Things big and small

Individuals for Justice From the open publishing newswire: There are two minor things that bother me to the point of insanity, one is the wearing of the American Flag on your clothes to show--whatever. The second is a phrase used by politicians that goes like this, "The fact of the matter is... ."

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government | police / legal 05-Mar-2009 11:36

Upcoming West Coast RNC 8 Events: March 9-14

From the open publishing newswire: Two of the RNC 8 are hitting the road on the west coast next week! Come say hello at the following events: Monday, March 9 Presentation at Evergreen College, Olympia 5:30pm Building E, Room 1105 Free

Tuesday, March 10 Presentation at Reed College, Portland
Followed by a concert with David Rovics! 5-7pm Eliot Hall Chapel, 3203 Woodstock Blvd Free

Wednesday, March 11 Presentation at Red and Black Cafe, Portland
followed by music by the Dapper Cadavers and Steve Arceri 6pm 400 SE 12th Ave Donations at the door [more dates in READ MORE link]

info[at]rnc8.org

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government 02-Mar-2009 18:39

VIDEO:: Arrest Bush & Cheney Protest Announcement

Individuals For Justice meet here every Thursday (map) From the open publishing newswire: A short 2 min announcement about the weekly protest in Portland. Arrest Bush & Cheney demands by Portland citizens. I arrived as the weekly downtown vigil / protest as it ended on 2.26.09 I was able to get a short announcement about his event on video.

There is mentioned in the video about: www.Individualsforjustice.org (new website)
And also mentioned is about the on-line version of: www.warcrimetimes.org (newspaper 1st addition) This protest is on Thursdays across from the Federal building at high noon till 2:00pm

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bikes/transportation | government 21-Feb-2009 11:23

Fareless Square Changes Proposed

From the open publishing newswire: TriMet's commissioned report on Fareless Square modification options has been released, and times have been set for Open House events seeking public comments. Download the full report here:  link to www.trimet.org

Open House Meeting times: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 4-7 p.m.

Portland Building, Room C [,] 1120 SW 5th Ave.[,] Portland, OR 97204

[Many more meeting times in the "READ MORE" Link]

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government 19-Jan-2009 13:01

VIDEO:Impeachment Vigil "The Last One" 1.15.09

The Last Day of Impeachment Vigil 1.5 years latter on Indy Media From the open publishing newswire: This is the last protest for "Impeachment of dick n george" outside of Earl Blumenauer's (House District 3 Rep)office on 1.15.09 in Portland Oregon The Last Day of Impeachment Vigil 1.5 years latter on Indy Media[.] This is a 34 minute video from the "Individuals For Justice" who have been demanding Impeachment hearings from Earl Blumenauer week after week.

This video protest is the last after doing this every Thursday for 2 hours for about 1.5 years[.] We even had a jailbird (fake)Bush join us for "the last one"[.] The rubber chickens were there (Reed & Pelosi) and quite a few "shoes to toss around"[.] The dozen citizens who were there you will recognize from previous videos...

Thanks to Portland Indy Media for helping spread the word of this weekly vigil for justice[.] Thanks to the Lone Vet for inspiring us and being willing to face off with Earl to get this vigil going

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