Quickpoll:  Why are gas prices so high? O editorial actually lays it out, then takes the predictable liberal shot a Dick Cheney in the last paragraph. http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/121305754054180.xml&coll=7

Founders Quote: "[H]onesty will be found on every experiment, to be the best and only true policy; let us then as a Nation be just."

  George Washington (Circular letter to the States, 14 June 1783)

 Immigration office move from Portland to West Linn is heavily criticized: They should have moved to Hillsboro or Woodburn: http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=121260623707524700

 WA Co public safety levy officially passes in spite of double majority requirement. http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2008/06/washington_county_public_safet.html

 Property crimes drop according to the FBI: Does this hurt the property crimes measures on the ballot in the fall: http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1213064715260300.xml&coll=7

 UO wrestlers sue to save program: http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/121306830930970.xml&coll=7

 Ground Hog Day remake: Oregon Supreme court once again rules such that the US Supreme Court will consider the smoking verdict of a Portland janitor’s widow against Phillip Morris: http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/121306833230970.xml&coll=7

 This Day in American History: US Marines land at Guantanamo Bay Cuba to begin the ground war in expelling Spanish colonial influence in the Western Hemisphere. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html

 Global Warming Madness: today’s “I told you this would happen” segment: Groups to sue over increasing polar bear populations: http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200806/NAT20080610d.html

 Goodbye to Bryan Johnston: I will miss his common sense in the Democrat party. Rest in Peace friend. http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2008/06/bryan_johnston_rip.html

 Offbeat:

Monkey’s who know how to fish? http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INDONESIA_FISHING_MACAQUES?SITE=ORALB&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Conn police find pipe bomb in roadside chicken: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD_CHICKEN_BOMB?SITE=ORALB&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Short Indian leader demands taller statute: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INDIA_SHORT_STATUE?SITE=ORALB&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Ohio man stalls govt and gets new outhouse? http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD_NEW_OUTHOUSE?SITE=ORALB&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

 Congrats: 90yr old accepts diploma: Youre never to old to learn. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD_90_YEAR_OLD_GRADUATE?SITE=ORALB&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

22 graduate with I have a dream scholarships in Forest Grove: http://www.oregonlive.com/education/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/121306830730970.xml&coll=7

 Culture War: Are our kids becoming dumber because of an over reliance on technology in cell phones? is the new IPhone the best phone ever? http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1213059306106250.xml&coll=7