Quickpoll: Is giving the “middle finger” to a cop free speech?; http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/02/clackamas_man_exercises_free_s.html

 Founders Quote: "The prosperity of commerce is now perceived and acknowledged by all enlightened statesmen to be the most useful as well as the most productive source of national wealth, and has accordingly become a primary object of its political cares." --Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 12

Not so special session failure: No badly needed ESD reform. http://www.statesmanjournal.com/  Shaping up to be campaign oriented: http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126738293075085200

Eugene story about falling tax revenue and rising costs admits PERS is huge problem: wake up folks: http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24501590-41/ruiz-budget-property-taxes-million.csp

Olympics wrap up: http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver  

Obama Nation:

Reliance on government at all time high: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/01/americans-reliance-on-government-at-all-time-high/

Tax cheat Timmy Geithner broke the law according to the AT article today: http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/03/secretary_geithners_got_some.html

Global Warming madness update: Al Gore is found and says hey a few mistakes with the coming climate catastrophe is ok and doesn’t change anything: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/opinion/28gore.html

Politician’s stupid quote of the day: Nancy Pelosi: “‘But let me say this,’ Pelosi continues, ‘The bill can be bipartisan, even though the votes might not be bipartisan, because they [Republicans] have made their imprint on this.’”

This day in American history: Articles of Confederation ratified: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/articles-of-confederation-are-ratified