Quickpoll: Will the kinder/gentler approach change Portland bicyclist’s bad attitude? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1216868131272010.xml&coll=7

Founders quote: "It is not necessary to enumerate the many advantages, that arise from this custom of early marriages.  They comprehend all the society can receive from this source; from the preservation, and increase of the human race.  Every thing useful and beneficial to man, seems to be connected with obedience to the laws of his nature, the inclinations, the duties, and the happiness of individuals, resolve themselves into customs and habits, favourable, in the highest degree, to society.  In no case is this more apparent, than in the customs of nations respecting marriage."

 - Samuel Williams (The Natural and Civil History of Vermont, 1794)

 Can homemade hydrogen fuel systems help your gas mileage? http://www.dhonline.com/articles/2008/07/23/news/local/4loc01_hydrogen.txt

 Portland’s taxpayer funded day labor site is failing! http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=121684911213031100

 Eugene chip plant Hynix will close. Loses 1400 jobs. Is this a sign of the time? http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1216869903314710.xml&coll=7

 Should Oregon offer socially responsible investing in the college savings plan? http://www.oregonlive.com/education/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1216869909314710.xml&coll=7

 Your Tax Dollars at Work!: Congressional pork coming soon in massive spending bill: Your gonna love this! http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/jul/24/bill-jeered-as-omnibus-earmark/  

 Congrats: Sockeye salmon come back in record numbers! http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1216877107209520.xml&coll=7

 Portland cop fined for parking illegally: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/121687171035380.xml&coll=7

Listener picture of the day award winner: Darrell from Eugene: