Freedom Friday 7/15/2010

Quickpoll: Will reduced solar tax credits kill the industry in Oregon?

Founders quote: "The people of the U.S. owe their Independence & their liberty, to the wisdom of descrying in the minute tax of 3 pence on tea, the magnitude of the evil comprised in the precedent. Let them exert the same wisdom, in watching against every evil lurking under plausible disguises, and growing up from small beginnings." --James Madison

Should the new Oregon AG ruling preventing homebrew public competitions be challenged in court? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/07/beer_and_wine_makers_must_keep.html

Oregon reduces solar panel subsidy for smaller homeowner projects, but not larger ones: http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/07/oregon_trims_tax_credits_for_r.html

The Scam: State agencies begin first round of layoff’s due to Governor’s budget cuts, or are they really? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/07/oregon_state_agencies_announce.html

Westside wrap up:

Congrats to staff and others at Cedar Mills fitness club that saved child from drowning in pool: http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2010/07/child_saved_from_drowning_at_a.html

Beaverton’s mayor Denny Doyle wants 2k acres of land in Bethany brought inside UGB, even though some is miles away from current city limits and is not contiguous to Beaverton? http://www.oregonlive.com/beaverton/index.ssf/2010/07/beaverton_mayor_aims_for_north_bethany_area_asks_metro_to_bring_the_land_inside_growth_boundary.html

ObamaNation:

Nanny State update: Stimulus Scam bill provision mandates that the Fed Govt receive measurements of each American’s “body mass index” from health care providers: is this Constitutional.   http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/69436

OPBBBB: This monster passes: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/15/senate-passes-financial-reform-bill/

The Big Spill is stopped: Obama whispers “darn”. LOL! http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/15/cap-prevents-flow-of-oil-into-gulf-bp-reports/

Gallup Poll says that Govt and politicians are bigger problems than  illegals, health care, disaster response and fed debt: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/69491