Quickpoll: Should Beaverton city councilors be held accountable for not following their own city code? http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2010/02/beaverton_councilors_retreat_f.html  

Founders Quote: "Measures which serve to abridge the free competition of foreign Articles, have a tendency to occasion an enhancement of prices." --Alexander Hamilton, Report on Manufactures, 1791

TriMet will have to cut WES because it is so successful right? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/trimet_wes_cuts_budget.html

Your tax dollars at work: The O does a good job exposing the scam the BETC has become: http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/02/state_investigates_texas_truck.html

Not so special session watch: Should employers be limited by state law from credit checks on prospective employees: http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/02/oregon_may_become_third_state.html

 Psychologists now can prescribe meds: http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/02/senate_narrowly_passes_bill_th.html

Idaho/Montana actively recruiting Oregon businesses: MZ 66/67 fallout: http://nwrepublican.blogspot.com/2010/02/stunning-idaho-and-montana-actively.html

Sam Adams goes to DC to tout the amazing success of Portland’s streetcars: funny reader comments: http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/02/adams_goes_to_washington_to_pr.html  

Obama Nation:

AP story on new ObamaCare plan: “Realistically, he's just hoping to win a big enough slice to silence the talk of a failing presidency” . http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100223/NEWS/2230322/Outlook-no-brighter-for-new-health-plan  CBO: ObamaCare bill too sketchy to even score: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/23/plan-sweetened-for-gop-baffles-cbo/?feat=home_headlines  Lipstick on a pig: Same old same old: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/33322.html

Greece and the Welfare state in ruins: Samuelson in WAPO: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/21/AR2010022102914.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns

The insane Paul Krugman: We need much higher taxes and spending to do what’s right: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/22/opinion/22krugman.html

Scott Brown votes for Jobs bill: He doesn’t explain how a bankrupt nation can pay for this: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2221899520100222 Malkin: http://michellemalkin.com/

ACORN update: Congressional report says ACORN/SEIU “criminal enterprises”: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/61715

Stupid politician quote of the day: Harry Reid: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/82803-reid-men-when-theyre-out-of-work-tend-to-become-abusive

This day in American history: US flag raised on Iwo Jima: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=6816