Show Topics Archive
Tuesdays Show Topics 3/9/2010
Posted March 9th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Is the Beagley sentencing a violation of the first amendment? http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/03/judge_sends_message_with_priso.html Founders quote: "The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex." --James Madison, Federalist No. 48
WES disaster: Will it ever pan out? http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2010/03/when_will_wes_prove_itself_tri.html Westlund death: Retiring Senator Rick Metsger jumps in as a Dem/new Rep State Sen Chirs Telfer from Bend is into the race; http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100309/STATE/3090332/Senator-bids-to-fill-seat-as-treasurer
Culture wars: CNN interviews woman who live-tweeted her abortion: calls the baby a “womb squatter”. http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/08/cnn-so-what-was-it-like-to-live-tweet-your-abortion/
Monday's Show Topics 3/8/2010
Posted March 8th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Portland delay sewer projects for three years to fund bicycle plan? http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126798516735487200
Founders Quote: "If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy." --Thomas Jefferson
Freedom Friday 3/5/2010
Posted March 5th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Will Obama sign health care takeover bill instead of going to reconciliation
Founders quote: "We are not to consider ourselves, while here, as at church or school, to listen to the harangues of speculative piety; we are here to talk of the political interests committed to our charge." --Fisher Ames, speech in the United States House of Representatives, 1789
Jim Huffman announces against Sen Wyden: http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/03/lewis_clark_law_professor_jim.html
Thursday's Show Topics 3/4/2010
Posted March 4th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Does the US need a Constitutional spending limit: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/62268
Founders Quote: "If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions." --James Madison, letter to Edmund Pendleton, 1792
We’re number 1!! ODE is the only state to lower testing standards: http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2010/03/post_6.html
Wedsnday's Show Topics 3/3/2010
Posted March 3rd, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Are Oregon employers ready to start hiring again? http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/03/oregon_lost_more_jobs_in_receshed.html
Founders Quote: "No nation was ever ruined by trade, even seemingly the most disadvantageous." --Benjamin Franklin and George Whaley, Principles of Trade, 1774
Tea Party survey: Tea partiers strike back at critics: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/03/tea-party-leaders-use-survey-to-hit-critics/
Tuesday's Show Topics 3/2/2010
Posted March 2nd, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Can a medical “cultural mindset” change reduce health care costs? http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126704725172079900
Founders Quote: "It is very imprudent to deprive America of any of her privileges. If her commerce and friendship are of any importance to you, they are to be had on no other terms than leaving her in the full enjoyment of her rights." --Benjamin Franklin, Political Observances
Can PTSD be cured with dream analysis? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/portland_vet_center_rewrites_p.html
Monday's Show Topics 3/1/2010
Posted March 1st, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: 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
Freedom Friday 2/26/2010
Posted February 26th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Should unemployment benefits be extended for two years? http://www.cascadepolicy.org/2010/02/25/unemployment-insurance-extensions-appeal-to-the-heart-but-rob-the-soul/#more-3679
Founders Quotes: "Every new regulation concerning commerce or revenue; or in any manner affecting the value of the different species of property, presents a new harvest to those who watch the change and can trace its consequences; a harvest reared not by themselves but by the toils and cares of the great body of their fellow citizens. This is a state of things in which it may be said with some truth that laws are made for the few not for the many." --Federalist No. 62
Thursday's Show Topics 2/25/2010
Posted February 25th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregon voters amend our Constitution to allow annual legislative sessions? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/02/squabble_over_annual_sessions.html
Founders Quote: "War is not the best engine for us to resort to; nature has given us one in our commerce, which if properly managed, will be a better instrument for obliging the interested nations of Europe to treat us with justice." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Thomas Pickney, 1797
Is “proficiency” based education effective or just warmed over “outcome” based education: http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2010/02/portland-area_schools_debate_p.html
Wedsnday's Show Topics 2/24/2010
Posted February 24th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Does homebuilding pay it’s way in a local community? http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126698022820236100
Founders Quote: "Industry is increased, commodities are multiplied, agriculture and manufacturers flourish: and herein consists the true wealth and prosperity of a state." --Alexander Hamilton, Report on a National Bank, 1790
Tuesday's Show Topics 2/23/2010
Posted February 23rd, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: 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
Monday 2/22/2010
Posted February 22nd, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Should local taxpayers vote on local tax and regulatory issues? http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/02/is_damascus_in_danger_of_death.html Founders Quote: "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, he was second to none in humble and enduring scenes of private life. Pious, just humane, temperate, and sincere; uniform dignified, and commanding; his example was as edifying to all around him as were the effects of that example lasting; correct throughout, vice shuddered in his presence and virtue always felt his fostering hand. The purity of his private charter gave effulgence to his public virtues." --John Marshall, official eulogy of George Washington, delivered by Richard Henry Lee, 1799
Freedom Friday 2/119/2010
Posted February 19th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Will Tiger Wood’s apology today restore his public image? http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/19/tiger.woods/
Founders Quote: "Harmony, liberal intercourse with all Nations, are recommended by policy, humanity and interest. But even our Commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand: neither seeking nor granting exclusive favours or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying by gentle means the streams of Commerce, but forcing nothing; establishing with Powers so disposed; in order to give trade a stable course." --George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796
Thursday's Show Topics 2/18/2010
Posted February 18th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Will the next budget’s 2.5 B shortfall mean tax increases for all Oregon taxpayers? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/02/next_state_budget_needs_anothe.html
Founders Quote: "I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Adams, 1785
Rove: Where the tea party movement goes from here: Independence from both parties: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703444804575071291097797862.html
Wedsnday's Show Topics 2/17/2010
Posted February 17th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Is the new statewide emergency radio project the next IT boondoggle? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/02/oregons_proposed_emergency_rad.html
Founders Quote: "No nation was ever ruined by trade, even seemingly the most disadvantageous." --Benjamin Franklin and George Whaley, Principles of Trade, 1774
Jesse Jackson says Campbell was “executed”? So much for racial harmony: http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126634326613727400
Tuesday's Show Topics 2/16/2010
Posted February 16th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Will Jesse Jackson’s visit to Portland make race tensions even worse? http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/02/jesse_jackson_visit_to_portlan.html
President's day 2/15/2010
Posted February 15th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Do cops need special training because they may go psycho and commit murder? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/families_friends_of_three_wome.html
Founders Quote: "Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual -- or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country." --Samuel Adams, in the Boston Gazette, 1781
Freedom Friday 2/12/2010
Posted February 12th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Was negative poll results the reason Legislative Dems rebuffed the Gov’s Kicker reform idea? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/02/demcrats_to_kulongoski_no_kick.html
Founders Quote: "When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen; and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in the happy hour when the establishment of American Liberty, upon the most firm and solid foundations shall enable us to return to our Private Stations in the bosom of a free, peacefully and happy Country." --George Washington, address to the New York legislature, 1775
Thursday's Show Topics 2/11/2010
Posted February 11th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Does the House bill passed yesterday allowing teachers religious dress violate “separation of church and state”? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/02/house_overwhelmingly_says_end.html
Founders Quote: "Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations." --George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796
Wedsnday's Show Plan 2/10/2010
Posted February 10th, 2010 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Is a bill to suspend the “early release” law just political cover? http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100210/LEGISLATURE/2100411/Bill-would-suspend-early-release-program Author of bill Sen Chip Shields has been personally helping these guys get out of prison, who then reoffend: http://nwrepublican.blogspot.com/
Founders Quote: "Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters." --Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, 1775
Monday's Show Topics 2/8/2010
Posted February 8th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Did the Saints deserve to win the Super Bowl?
Founders Quote:
"No compact among men ... can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and if I may so express myself, that no Wall of words, that no mound of parchment can be so formed as to stand against the sweeping torrent of boundless ambition on the one side, aided by the sapping current of corrupted morals on the other." --George Washington, draft of first Inaugural Address, 1789
Sam Adam’s bike plan has no funding he admits: Just a publicity stunt to blunt the second recall effort: http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126556864614258600
Thursday's topics 2/4/2010
Posted February 4th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Is mandatory food waste recycling an infringement on your freedom? http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/02/portland_ready_to_test_collect.html
Founders Quote: "Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of government may hold the rotten materials together for some time, but beyond a certain pitch, even the best constitution will be ineffectual, and slavery must ensue." --John Witherspoon, The Dominion of Providence Over the Passions of Men, 1776
Wedsnday's topics 2/3/2010
Posted February 3rd, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Should taxpayers fund Portland’s 613 million bike path plan? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/portland_bike_plan_goes_before.html The Spandex Mafia strikes again and Copenhagen on the Willamette?
Founders quote: "It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution." --Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia Query 19, 1781
Should Oregon laws be changed to allow stiffer penalties for parents who lose a child to faith healing practices? http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/02/beagley_verdict_comes_in_from.html
Tuesday's show topics 2/2/2010
Posted February 2nd, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregon ban plastic grocery bags? http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/02/should_oregon_ban_plastic_bags.html
Founders Quote: "The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men." --Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, 1775
The “Not so special session” begins: Extending unemployment benefits and will they hurt business even more or back off? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/legislature_gets_to_work_leade.html
Monday 2/1/2010
Posted February 1st, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the legislature repeal the “early release” bill? http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100201/LEGISLATURE/2010311/Legislature-to-revisit-inmate-early-release-law
Founders Quote: "[N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt." --Samuel Adams, essay in The Public Advertiser, 1749
Oregon legislature opens special session today: list of bills: http://www.leg.state.or.us/bills_laws/concepts/home.htm
Freedom Friday 1/29/2010
Posted January 29th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Will State Dems raise even more taxes and fees after their tax win?
Founders Quote: "[A] good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted at your age are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous." --George Washington, letter to Steptoe Washington, 1790
Bend’s economy may not have hit bottom yet? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/bend_wondering_when_it_will_hi.html
Black Wedsnday 1/27/2010
Posted January 27th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Why did 66/67 pass? Funny how the vote was called just minutes after the polls closed and why the O filed a story one minute before poll closing about Clackamas County businesses disappointed with their passage, meaning the O knew the results before the polls closed. Smell something funny here? http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/01/post_13.html Results: http://egov.sos.state.or.us/division/elections/results/2010S/index.html
Founders Quote: "If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Thomas Cooper, 1802
Tuesday's Topics 1/26/2010
Posted January 26th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Do Beaverton taxpayers need another failed urban renewal project like the round? http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2010/01/beaverton_consultant_says_city.html Founders Quote: "Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread." --Thomas Jefferson
Monday's Topics 1/25/2010
Posted January 25th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Can the anti incumbent mood in America hurt Republicans? http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/25/fight-on-right-enlivens-utah-senate-race/
Founders Quote: "It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man who knows what the law is today can guess what it will be to-morrow." --Federalist No. 62
Freedom Friday 1/22/2010
Posted January 22nd, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Do you believe Pelosi when she says health care bill is dead? I don’t think so! http://hotair.com/archives/2010/01/21/paul-ryan-tells-nro-the-dems-are-going-to-try-reconciliation/
Founders Quote: "The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them." --Thomas Jefferson, Summary View of the Rights of British America, 1774
Congrats: Musicians in Portland raise $150,000 for Mercy Corps Haiti relief: interesting that several evil capitalists donated a majority of funds and you libs want to raise taxes on them huh? http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2010/01/portland_plays_songs_for_haiti.html
Thursday's topics 1/21/2010
Posted January 21st, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregon establish a state Bank? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/01/bradbury_would_create_bank_of.html
Founders Quote: "I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Ludlow, 1824
Wedsnday's Topics 1/20/2010
Posted January 20th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Does Brown’s victory kill ObamaCare or will we get the incremental version now? He wins by 141,000 votes. ACORN couldn’t steal this one!
Founders Quote: "The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Shelton Gilliam, 1808
Tuesday's Topics 1/19/2010
Posted January 19th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Is Oregon ready for a big earthquake? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/is_oregon_ready_for_the_big_on.html
Founders Quote: "He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing." --Benjamin Franklin, writings, 1758
Andy Duyck changes mind to run for WA county commission chairmanship: Trying to stop a shift to the left? http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2010/01/second_commissioner_will_run_f.html
Monday's topics 1/18/2010
Posted January 18th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Was the pro life rally with thousands yesterday in Portland indicative of conservative momentum? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/anti-abortion_rally_draws_thou.html CNS news on WAPO poll: most Americans want smaller government: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/59933 Can we trust the new conservatism with the Republican party’s old guard leaders? http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/fabian_conservatism.html
Founders Quotes: "A penny saved is twopence clear." --Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1737
Freedom Friday 1/15/2010
Posted January 15th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: will emotional ads defeat MZ 66/67? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/ad_wars_over_oregons_measure_6.html
Founders Quote: "The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Taylor, 1816
Haiti disaster: Please donate to MercyCorps: http://www.mercycorps.org/
Haiti: where will all the money go? http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2010/01/15/haiti_where_will_all_the_money_go
Thursday's topics 1/14/2010
Posted January 14th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Did TriMet handle the big snowstorm well? They said they did of course, even though there was massive public outrage: Some days you wonder what planet Fred Hansen lives on, because it isn’t earth: http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/01/after_all_the_rage_trimet_says.html
Founders Quote: "The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men." --Samuel Adams
EPA says Portland must have no more open reservoirs: How high will the taxes be to pay for this ruling? http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/01/epa_says_no_to_portlands_open.html
Wedsnday's show plan 1/13/2010
Posted January 13th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Should lawmakers be allowed to take state jobs immediately? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/01/should_lawmakers_be_allowed_to.html
Founders Quotes: "But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they are forming that neither the legislature, nor the nation itself can validly contract more debt, than they may pay within their own age, or within the term of 19 years." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, 1789
Tuesday's show plan 1 12 2010
Posted January 12th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Will Obama’s tax increase on banks cost you more money? http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/01/obama_considering_new_levy_on.html
Founders Quote: "Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve." --Benjamin Franklin
New state of Oregon website shows average state worker earns at least 24% more than private sector, without counting for benefits. http://www.oregoncatalyst.com/index.php/archives/2949-Oregon.gov-Publishes-State-Workers-Salaries.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OregonCatalyst+%28The+Oregon+Catalyst%29
Monday's show plan 1/11/2010
Posted January 11th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Will a second stimulus bill help Oregon’s economy? http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/01/jobs_bill_in_congress_could_br.html
Founders Quote: "No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious, or an economy of time more valuable." --George Washington, Message to the House of Representatives, 1793
Palin Wars: McCain’s campaign consultant slyly once again tries to hurt Palin in an interview: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/10/mccain-aide-palin-thought-candidacy-gods-plan-780971157/
Freedom Friday 1/7/2010
Posted January 8th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Do you believe President Obama when he says we are now at war with Al Qaeda? http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/08/buck-stops-with-me-obama-says/
Founders Quote: "As on the one hand, the necessity for borrowing in particular emergencies cannot be doubted, so on the other, it is equally evident that to be able to borrow upon good terms, it is essential that the credit of a nation should be well established." --Alexander Hamilton, Report on Public Credit, 1790
Should the taxpayers pay for refurbishing Memorial Coliseum? http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/01/trail_blazers_rose_quarter_pro.html
Wedsnday's show plan 1/6/2010
Posted January 6th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Is Portland’s minority contracting program a failure? http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/01/audit_shows_businesses_owned_b.html
Founders Quote: "The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt, are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife."
—Thomas Jefferson, letter to Spencer Roane, 1821
Monday's show plan 1/4/2010
Posted January 4th, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Is the railroad or the parents responsible for boy’s loss of toes after train accident? http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/01/suit_claims_that_railroad_liab.html
Founders Quote: "There is something so far-fetched and so extravagant in the idea of danger to liberty from the militia that one is at a loss whether to treat it with gravity or with raillery; whether to consider it as a mere trial of skill, like the paradoxes of rhetoricians; as a disingenuous artifice to instil prejudices at any price; or as the serious." --Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 29
Happy New Year's Day 2010!
Posted January 1st, 2010 by JeffQuickpoll: Was the last decade that bad?
Founders Quote: "The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations." --George Washington

New Years Eve 2009
Posted December 31st, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregon permanently ban foreign adoptions? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/12/state_prepares_to_resume_forei.html
Founders Quote: "Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm." --James Madison
Wedsnday's show plan 12/30/2009
Posted December 30th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should someone be fired at the city for the poor snowstorm response? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/unexpected_snow_storm_slows_we.html
Founders Quote: "The whole of that Bill [of Rights] is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals... [I]t establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of." --Albert Gallatin, letter to Alexander Addison, 1789
Tuesdays's show plan 12/29/2009
Posted December 29th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will the Oregon lottery’s new tv ads create more gambling addictions? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/12/oregon_lottery_lifts_self-impo.html
Founders Quote:"[The people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full possession of them." --Zacharia Johnson, speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788
Does a new rule allowing jail inmates to only send or receive postcards violate their right to personal mail? http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126162004414750000
Monday's show plan 12/28/2009
Posted December 28th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should we invade Yemen now? Lieberman says it is our focus now? http://newsmax.com/InsideCover/lieberman-yemen-terrorism-hasan/2009/12/27/id/344701
Christmas Eve 2009
Posted December 24th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will the passage of the Senate’s health care bill cause a power shift in Congress? http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/24/senate-passes-health-care-bill-historic-vote/?feat=home_cube_position1 Rove: it’s a game changer for sure: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704254604574614043538946528.html
Founders Quote: For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. Isaiah 9:6-7 (KJV)
Wedsnday's show plan 12/23/2009
Posted December 23rd, 2009 by JeffCan Walmart overcome expected objections and build a new Portland store? http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126152548748457100
Founders quote: "O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could defend yourselves, are gone; and you have no longer an aristocratical, no longer a democratical spirit. Did you ever read of any revolution in a nation, brought about by the punishment of those in power, inflicted by those who had no power at all?"
—Patrick Henry, speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1778
Tuesdays's show plan 12/22/2009
Posted December 22nd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Could a rolling Doc/nurse strike stop ObamaCare? http://www.redstate.com/vassar/2009/12/21/last-stand-by-doctors-can-a-rolling-strike-still-kill-obamacare/
Founders Quote: “When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”
Thomas Jefferson
Las Vegas Bowl 5pm today: Go Beavs! http://democratherald.com/sports/college/article_a1e481e0-ee7a-11de-af99-001cc4c03286.html
Sizemore surrenders laptop to teachers union: The O celebrates of course! http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/12/sizemore_turns_over_personal_l.html
Monday's show plan 12/21/2009
Posted December 21st, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will the Health Care takeover bill cost you more money? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/health_care_bill_passes_key_se.html
Founders Quote: "The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse." --James Madison
Monday's show plan 12/21/2009
Posted December 21st, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will the Health Care takeover bill cost you more money? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/health_care_bill_passes_key_se.html
Founders Quote: "The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse." --James Madison
Freedom Friday 12/18/2009
Posted December 18th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Can high tech manufacturing be revived in Oregon? http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/12/oregon_tech_manufacturing_fade.html Why this article is instructive to the future of “Green Jobs”.
Founders Quote: "We established however some, although not all its [self-government] important principles. The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves, in all cases to which they think themselves competent, (as in electing their functionaries executive and legislative, and deciding by a jury of themselves, in all judiciary cases in which any fact is involved,) or they may act by representatives, freely and equally chosen; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Cartwright, 1824
Thursday's show plan 12/17/2009
Posted December 17th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Can Chris Dudley win the vote of the conservative movement? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/12/chris_dudley_declares_gop_cand.html Willamette week: http://blogs.wweek.com/news/2009/12/16/chris-dudley-officially-joins-gop-govs-race/
Founders Quote: "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."—Cesare Beccaria, On Crimes and Punishment, quoted by Thomas Jefferson in Commonplace Book
Wedsnday's show plan 12/16/2009
Posted December 16th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should people be banned from climbing Mt. Hood during winter? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/treacherous_conditions_stall_s.html Can better preparation avoid these needless deaths? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/whether_climbing_mount_hood_in.html
Founders Quote: "One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them."—Thomas Jefferson, letter to George Washington, 1796
Monday's show plan 12/14/2009
Posted December 14th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: will form based building codes force you to live in denser populated areas with less personal space? http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/12/clackamas_county_to_experiment.html MaxRedline has a great take on this stupidity: http://maxredline.typepad.com/maxredline/
Freedom Friday 12/11/2009
Posted December 11th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll:
Should Tiger quit golf to save his marriage? http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2767377/Wifes-quit-call-to-Tiger-Woods.html
Thursday's show plan 12/10/2009
Posted December 10th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will a “johns” school reduce prostitution? http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/12/prostitutes_need_safe_house_an.html
Founders Quote: "[A] wise and frugal government ... shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government." --Thomas Jefferson
Tuesdays's show plan 12/8/2009
Posted December 8th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is PTSD a reasonable defense for war veteran’s murder of another person in the US? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/post_34.html
Founders Quote: "I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty." --Thomas Jefferson
Pearl Harbor Day 2009
Posted December 7th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: How much money will Tiger Woods spend to keep girlfriends quiet? http://www.campaignindia.in/news/2009/12/07/woods-scandal-new-mistresses-claim-tiger-s-stripes
Founders Quote: "There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." --George Washington
Freedom Friday 12/4/2009
Posted December 4th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will the new HS diploma requirement that some immigrant students not master English hurt society? http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2009/12/students_wont_have_to_master_e.html
Founders quote: "Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." --George Washington
Renuptial: Tiger Woods wife is renegotiating prenuptial agreement.
Thursday's show plan 11/3/2009
Posted December 3rd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Tiger Woods wife divorce him or work it out?
http://wcbstv.com/sports/tiger.woods.affair.2.1346199.html
Wedsnday's show plan 11/2/2009
Posted December 2nd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Was it wrong for Obama to announce a withdrawal date from Afghanistan? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/world/asia/02prexy.html?_r=1&hp A slick lawyer trying to sell dubious settlement to skeptical client? http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/12/025062.php He never used the word “win”. NRO’s Victor Davis Hanson: Dean Obama? http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MWM5YTUyMmUzZjVhY2UzNWRhYWExNzBlMGY2MjBjOGY=
Tuesdays's show plan 12/1/2009
Posted December 1st, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Lincoln HS coach be fired for DUII conviction? This is a strange story folks: http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/11/judge_rules_in_david_adelman_d.html
Founders Quote: "In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend." --Alexander Hamilton
Sizemore indictment could slow run for governor? What kind of a stupid headline is that anyway? Duh!! http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125961507703840900
Monday's show plan 10/30/2009
Posted November 30th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will Obama’s Afghan surge strategy work? http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/afghanistan_obama_surge/2009/11/29/291853.html
Founders Quote: "All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree." --James Madison
Were you at risk because of the delay in reporting the water system E. Coli contamination? http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/11/water-boiling_order_for_westsi.html
Freedom Friday 11/27/2009
Posted November 27th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Do the ClimateGate emails prove that man made global warming is a fraud? http://maxredline.typepad.com/maxredline/
Founders Quote: "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." --Thomas Jefferson
Happy Thanksgiving 2009
Posted November 25th, 2009 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Should Navy Seals face court martial because they may have given terror mastermind a fat lip? http://nwrepublican.blogspot.com/2009/11/navy-seals-facing-assault-charges-for.html Outrageous: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,576646,00.html
Tuesday's show plan 11/24/09
Posted November 24th, 2009 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Should teachers be allowed to wear religious clothing in the classroom? http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_teachers_may_get_ok_to.html
Founders Quote: "Wish not so much to live long as to live well." --Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1746
Monday's show plan 11/23/2009
Posted November 23rd, 2009 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Should some American’s free speech be limited? Some liberals say yes: http://www.cultureandmediainstitute.org/articles/2009/20091120103645.aspx
Founders Quote: "It is a happy circumstance in human affairs that evils which are not cured in one way will cure themselves in some other." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Sinclair, 1791
Freedom Friday 11/20/2009
Posted November 20th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: is Oregon’s recession over? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_state_economist_declare.html
Founders Quote: "We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency of the times." --George Washington, letter to Philip Schuyler, 1777
Was it excessive force or appropriate for Portland Police officer to shoot a beanbag at 12 year old out of control girl? http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/11/portland_officer_suspend_after.html
Wedsnday's show plan 11/18/2009
Posted November 18th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Are Oregon insurance companies making unacceptable profits? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/11/state_approves_every_health_in.html Anatomy of another Oregonian liberal media hit piece, with the expected results from the reader comments as they almost all buy into the story without thinking it through.
Founders Quote: "They are not to do anything they please to provide for the general welfare.... [G]iving a distinct and independent power to do any act they please which may be good for the Union, would render all the preceding and subsequent enumerations of power completely useless. It would reduce the whole instrument to a single phrase, that of instituting a Congress with power to do whatever would be for the good of the United States; and as they sole judges of the good or evil, it would be also a power to do whatever evil they please." --Thomas Jefferson
Tuesday's show plan 11/17/2009
Posted November 17th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is the health insurance mandate Constitutional under the “general welfare” clause? Sen. Merkley says yes: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/56968
Founders Quote: "This country and this people seem to have been made for each other, and it appears as if it was the design of Providence that an inheritance so proper and convenient for a band of brethren, united to each other by the strongest of ties, should never be split into a number of unsocial, jealous, and alien sovereignties." --John Jay, Federalist No. 2
Monday's show plan 11/16/2009
Posted November 16th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregon regulate marijuana growers in an effort to reduce eco damage?
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_pot_raids_find_a
nother.html
Founders Quote: "If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy." --Thomas Jefferson
Freedom Friday 11/13/2009
Posted November 13th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the 9/11 attack mastermind be tried on US soil? http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/13/ap-gitmo-911-suspects-ny-trial/ WH legal counsel Craig resigns to be replaced by Anita Dunn (communist lover) husband: http://michellemalkin.com/
Founders Quote: "Human Felicity is produced not so much by great Pieces of good Fortune that seldom happen, as by little Advantages that occur every Day." --Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography, 1771
Thursday's show plan 10/12/2009
Posted November 12th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is Oregon really in fiscal peril? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_among_10_states_at_grea.html Highly flawed methodology that ignores concepts to make government more efficient. It is all about raising taxes: http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/initiatives_detail.aspx?initiativeID=56004#budget
Tuesday's Show Plan 10/11/2009
Posted November 11th, 2009 by Jeff<
Quickpoll: Will America embrace returning war veterans as an asset or treat them as damaged goods?
Veteran’s Day 2009: Thank you for your service: Ft. Hood soldier will be honored today Pacific University: http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2009/11/pacific_alumna_to_be_honored_d.html
Tuesdays's show plan 11/10/2009
Posted November 10th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should abortion be banned in government run health care even with a policyholder’s own money? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/opinion/10tue1.html?8dpc
Founders Quotes: "History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suited to the temper and genius of their people. The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part is entitled to, and ought to enjoy." --Benjamin Franklin
Monday's show plan 11/09/2009
Posted November 9th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is the Pelosi version of ObamaCare dead in the Senate? http://healthcare.nationalreview.com/post/?q=N2NlYTJjZGQ1MDMyNjZjNjU1MGE0NTc5YzJkZjQ3ZGM= AP: Pelosi bill dead in Senate: http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/us_health_care_overhaul/2009/11/08/283404.html
Founders Quote: General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!'"
Freedom Friday 10/6/2009
Posted November 6th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will more radical Islamic attacks happen in
America like at Ft. Hood? http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/56732
Founders Quote: But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
Thursday's show plan 10/5/2009
Posted November 5th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Does AARP have a conflict of interest by endorsing ObamaCare when they financially benefit from it?
Founders Quote: "We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections." --John Adams
New school in Hillsboro teaches how to grow pot?: http://www.kptv.com/news/21514569/detail.html
Wednsday's show plan 10/5/2009
Posted November 4th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Did the bad economy drive Tuesday’s election results? http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/56587
Founders Quote: "As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity: And by a plain method of argument, as we are running the next generation into debt, we ought to do the work of it, otherwise we use them meanly and pitifully. In order to discover the line of our duty rightly, we should take our children in our hand, and fix our station a few years farther into life; that eminence will present a prospect, which a few present fears and prejudices conceal from our sight." --Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776
Tuesdays's show plan 11/03/2009
Posted November 3rd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the driver who killed his passenger by driving recklessly have gotten a much stiffer sentence? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/driver_in_high-speed_fatal_cra.html
Founders Quote: "[T]he importance of piety and religion; of industry and frugality; of prudence, economy, regularity and an even government; all ... are essential to the well-being of a family." --Samuel Adams, letter to Thomas Wells, 1780
Is ODOT’s plan to close some local highway access ramps the correct way to fix rush hour problems along Hwy 217? http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125722337531292200
Monday's show plan 10/02/2009
Posted November 2nd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregon voters change our Constitution to allow gay marriage? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/11/group_launches_drive_for_same-.html California’s experience and the violent gay rights backlash: Heritage foundation study: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/bg2328.cfm Maine votes on Tuesday: http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2009/11/01/maine_voters_to_pass_judgment_on_gay_marriage
Founders Quote: "Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread." --Thomas Jefferson
Freedom Friday 10/30/2009
Posted October 30th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will you attend today’s tea party express rally in Portland?
Founders Quote: "In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." --Thomas Jefferson
Boeing fallout: This business, not sentimentality: http://columbian.com/article/20091030/OPINION02/710309965 WPC. Washington is not competitive: http://washingtonpolicyblog.typepad.com/washington_policy_center_/2009/10/boeings-decision-and-what-it-says-about-washingtons-competitiveness.html
Thursday's show plan 10/29/2009
Posted October 29th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is Boeing’s decision to produce the 787 in S. Carolina anti union? http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2010154610_webboeing28.html
Founders Quote: "Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government." --George Washington
Wednsday's show plan 10/28/09
Posted October 28th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should government control where people live in order to “spread the wealth”? http://blog.oregonlive.com/hillsboroargus/2009/10/equity_expert_sees_segregation.html
Founders Quote: "What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind." --Abigail Adams, letter to John Quincy Adams, 1783
The Beaverton city council may support letting the people vote on a new baseball stadium: Finally, someone is listening. http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2009/10/majority_of_beaverton_city_cou.html
Tuesday's show plan
Posted October 27th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Ron Tonkin run for Portland Mayor if Sam Adams is recalled? http://www.oregoncatalyst.com/index.php/archives/2763-Recall-Ron-Tonkin-to-replace-Sam-Adams,-Avel-Gordly-leads-effort..html
Founders Quote: "Religion in a Family is at once its brightest Ornament & its best Security." --Samuel Adams, letter to Thomas Wells, 1780
Sam Adams slush fund for no bid contracts? Can you say possible corruption? http://bojack.org/2009/10/a_645_million_slush_fund_for_s.html
Monday's show plan 10/26/2009
Posted October 26th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Does a property owner in the country have the right to fire a weapon on their property? http://blog.oregonlive.com/hillsboroargus/2009/10/line_of_fire_shooting_range_ai.html
Founders Quotes:
Thursday's show plan 10/22/2009
Posted October 22nd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Komrade Obama set CEO pay levels? His Pay Czar slashes bank bailout CEO pay by 90%! http://www.cnbc.com/id/33417281
Founders Quote: Alexander Hamilton
1790 - Report on Public Credit
As on the one hand, the necessity for borrowing in particular emergencies cannot be doubted, so on the other, it is equally evident that to be able to borrow upon good terms, it is essential that the credit of a nation should be well established.
Wednsday's show plan 10/21/2009
Posted October 21st, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Sarah Palin debut her book on Oprah’s show? http://voices.washingtonpost.com/tvblog/2009/10/oprah-to-plug-palin-book-and-m.html?hpid=news-col-blog
Founders Quote: Thomas Jefferson
1781 - Notes on Virginia Query 19
It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.
Tuesday's show plan 10/20/2009
Posted October 20th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Federal stimulus dollars be redirected to rural areas with the highest unemployment? http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/10/rural_jobless_claims_improve_o.html
Monday's Show Plan 10/19/2009
Posted October 19th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should MC spend taxpayer money to push families to eat more healthy? http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/10/county_begins_david-and-goliat.html
Founders Quote: "More permanent and genuine happiness is to be found in the sequestered walks of connubial life than in the giddy rounds of promiscuous pleasure." --George Washington, letter to the Marquis de la Rourie, 1786
Flag rights protest goes forward in Albany: Kudos for them: http://democratherald.com/news/local/article_6d2d6fb0-bba9-11de-beb2-001cc4c03286.html
Freedom Friday 10/16/2009
Posted October 16th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Governor Kulongoski commute sentences of Illegals serving time in Oregon’s prisons so they can be deported? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/10/oregon_plan_to_deport_prisoner.html
Thursday's show plan 10/15/2009
Posted October 15th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is Paulson manipulating the Beaverton city council by threatening to pull out of MLS if he doesn’t get his stadium? http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2009/10/paulson_no_baseball_deal_no_ms.html
Founders Quote: "The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges holding their offices during good behavior; the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies of their own election... They are means, and powerful means, by which the excellences of republican government may be retained and its imperfections lessened or avoided." --Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 9, 1787
Wednsday's show plan 10/14/09
Posted October 14th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the Beaverton baseball stadium be voted on by residents? Group threatens to file referendum if city goes forward: http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2009/10/beaverton_citizen_group_balks.html
Founders Quote: "A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises the cure for which we are seeking." --James Madison, letter to William Hunter, 1790
Tuesdays's show plan 10/13/2009
Posted October 13th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Has the stimulus bill worked as intended? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/10/stimulus_saves_oregon_jobs_but.html Depends on your point of view? State’s unemployment rate dips to 11.5%, but not because we are in recovery, but rather because people have stopped looking for a job. We still lost 10,000 jobs last month anyway. http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/10/oregon_unemployment_rate_drops.html

Monday's show plan 10/12/2009
Posted October 12th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will the gay rights march on DC push Obama and Congress to abolish don’t ask, don’t tell? http://columbian.com/article/20091012/NEWS06/310129997
Founders Quote: "The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people." --George Washington, First Inaugural Address, 1789
Freedom Friday 10/03/2009
Posted October 2nd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is OSU illegally discriminating against a conservative student newspaper? Students file suit in Federal court or restrictions on distribution. http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2009/10/conservative_student_newspaper.html
Founders Quote: "I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic noise about the people. It is the stale artifice which has duped the world a thousand times, and yet, though detected, it is still successful. I love liberty as well as anybody. I am proud of it, as the true title of our people to distinction above others; but ... I would guard it by making the laws strong enough to protect it." --Fisher Ames, letter to George Richard Minot, 1789
New 400 million dollar radio network is facing new scruitiny from legislators and deservedly so with some of Oregon’s spectacular failures. http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/new_report_raises_questions_ab.html
Thursday's show plan 10/01/2009
Posted October 1st, 2009 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Is it disrespectful for bicyclists to ride through cemeteries? http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125434332392345900
Founders Quote: Alexander Hamilton
1788 - Federalist No. 81
[T]here is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit of the Constitution.
Should the Court of Appeals have overturned the rape conviction because of the prosecutor’s misstatement? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/oregon_court_of_appeals_overtu.html
Is the Biggi family holding out for more money for the property the city wants to buy for the new baseball stadium?
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125435598400828000
Thursday's show plan 10/01/2009
Posted October 1st, 2009 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Is it disrespectful for bicyclists to ride through cemeteries? http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125434332392345900
Founders Quote: Alexander Hamilton
1788 - Federalist No. 81
[T]here is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit of the Constitution.
Should the Court of Appeals have overturned the rape conviction because of the prosecutor’s misstatement? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/oregon_court_of_appeals_overtu.html
Is the Biggi family holding out for more money for the property the city wants to buy for the new baseball stadium? http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125435598400828000
Tuesdays's show plan 9/29/2009
Posted September 29th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should gun shops lose their license to sell because a gun they sold was used in a crime? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/no_license_for_tacoma_gun_shop.html
Founders Quote: We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die: Our won Country's Honor, all call upon us for vigorous and manly exertion, and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world. Let us therefore rely upon the goodness of the Cause, and the aid of the supreme Being, in whose hands Victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble Actions." --George Washington, General Orders, 1776
Sarah Palin set to release autobiography “Going Rougue” on Nov 17th. Is this a prep for a Presidential run? http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/us_books_palin/2009/09/28/265760.html She is the most popular of all GOP candidates: Politico: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26236.html
Monday's show plan 9/28/2009
Posted September 28th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Was N. Clackamas School District lazy in checking the job references of sex abusing teacher? http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/09/north_clackamas_missed_signals.html
Wedsnday's show plan 9/23/2009
Posted September 23rd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Federal stimulus money be spent on social services? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/federal_stimulus_money_turns_i.html
Wedsday's show plan 9/16/2009
Posted September 16th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should your internet search information be kept confidential? http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/16/obama-wh-collects-web-users-data/?feat=home_cube_position1
Tuesdays's show plan 9/15/2009
Posted September 15th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Are you willing to pay much higher electricity costs because California now has the strongest renewable energy mandate? http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/09/california_renewables_push_cou.html
9/11 Remembrance Day
Posted September 11th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Are 9/11 remembrance events becoming less meaningful? I was struck by the video of Bush announcing this terrorist attack at the Florida school, reading from a hastily written piece of paper, versus Obama’s dependence on the teleprompter. Also, watching the video of people jumping to their deaths from the World Trade Center building never ceases to cause me great sorrow.
Tuesdays's show plan 9/8/2009
Posted September 8th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is Capitalism evil? Film maker Michael Moore says it is: http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5850F320090906 Is this another attempt to buck up Obama’s leftist agenda? Is some of what he says correct?
Wedsnday's show plan 9/02/2009
Posted September 2nd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Does gender specific Biblical translations open the door for radical leftist agenda in Christianity? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/new_translation_of_the_bible_c.html
Tuesdays's show plan 9/1/2009
Posted September 1st, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Would Kitzhaber or Bradbury win the Democrat primary for Governor? http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090830/STATE/908300331/1042/OUTDOORS Bradbury 90% certain to run: http://www.kcby.com/news/local/56268027.html
Freedom Friday 8/28/2009
Posted August 28th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Do you take the state economist’s predictions seriously? Oregon’s economy continues to go down with the latest forcast, but hey folks, the end is in sight and the government spending recovery is just around the corner sometime the middle of next year. Green jobs will lead the way of course, with stimulus dollars really kicking in and making a big difference! These are the same folks who said that this recession wouldn’t be that bad because high tech had made adjustments.
Freedom Friday 8/14/2009
Posted August 21st, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is it time for MC Sheriff Skipper to retire permanently? Has he been dishonest about telling MC officials about the correct time lines for his recertification?
Wedsnday's show plan 8/19/2009
Posted August 19th, 2009 by JeffFounders Quote:
Beaverton Beavers campaign begins amongst controversy as business people protest: How can the city justify spending 50 million for a baseball stadium, which doesn’t include the cost of land purchases, parking structures and street improvements? http://www.oregonlive.com/wash... Why doesn’t Paulson move the Beavers to Wood Village where the dog racing track 31 acre property is available? http://www.oregonlive.com/gres...
Tuesday's Show Plan 8/18/2009
Posted August 18th, 2009 by JeffFounders Quote:Thomas Jefferson
1781 - Notes on Virginia, Query 19
Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
The Oregon sports authority is now going to help Beaverton try to bring baseball to the Westside: Will it make a difference? http://www.portlandtribune.com...
Homes for our Troops: Please help this organization build homes for two badly wounded Oregon soldiers here in Oregon. Go to Advantis Credit Union website to contribute.www.advantiscu.org
Freedom Friday 8/14/2009
Posted August 14th, 2009 by JeffFounders Quote: Samuel Adams
1775 - letter to James Warren
Wedsnday's show plan 8/12/2009
Posted August 12th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will you vote to repeal the gas tax increase? http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/08/gas_tax_referendum_filed_but_w.html
Founders Quote:
Thursday's show plan 8/5/2009
Posted August 6th, 2009 by JeffThomas Jefferson
1801 - First Inaugural Address
Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle.
Tuesday's Show Plan 7/28/2009
Posted July 28th, 2009 by JeffFounders Quote:
Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedo
Monday's show plan 7/27/2009
Posted July 27th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Cornelius petition the legislature to withdraw from Metro? http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2009/07/cornelius_to_metro_why_wont_yo.html
Freedom Friday 7/24/2009
Posted July 24th, 2009 by JeffFounders Quote: Samuel Adams
1780 - letter to Thomas Wells
Thursday's show plan 7/23/2009
Posted July 23rd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is the government takeover of our health care system President Obama’s waterloo?

Wedsnday's show plan 7/22/2009
Posted July 22nd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Beaverton build a new baseball stadium for the Portland Beavers?
Tuesday's Show Plan 7/21/2009
Posted July 21st, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will you sign the tax repeal petitions? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/07/tax_opponents_ready_to_launch.html
Thursday's show plan 7/16/2009
Posted July 16th, 2009 by JeffFounders Quote: Fisher Ames
1788 - speech in the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention
The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty
Wedsnday's show plan 7/15/2009
Posted July 15th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: should healthcare be a right?
Founders Quote:
Tuesday's Show Plan 7/14/2009
Posted July 14th, 2009 by JeffFounders quote: John Adams
1770 - in Defense of the British Soldiers on trial for the Boston Massacre
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
Monday's show plan 7/13/2009
Posted July 13th, 2009 by JeffFounders Quote: Candidus
1772 - in the Boston Gazette
[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.
Freedom Friday 7/10/2009
Posted July 10th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Can the WES survive given it’s dismal performance and huge operating losses? http://www.oregoncatalyst.com/index.php/archives/2498-Westside-Commuter-Rail-Is-a-Fiscal-Train-Wreck.html
Thursday's show plan 7/9/2009
Posted July 9th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should opponents of renaming 39th Ave for Cesar Chavez file legal challenges? http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/07/challenge_may_follow_renaming.html
Wedsnday's show plan 7/8/2009
Posted July 8th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Do terrorists captured on the battlefield have US Constitutional rights:? Obama’s assistant AG says so. http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=50681
Tuesday's Show Plan 7/07/2009
Posted July 7th, 2009 by Jeff
Founders quote: Alexander Hamilton
1775 - The Farmer Refuted
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
Freedom Friday 7/3/2009
Posted July 3rd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: What does the 4th of July mean to you?
Founders Quote: Thomas Jefferson
1821 - letter to John Adams
Wedsnday's show plan 7/2/2009
Posted July 2nd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: should MC Sheriff Bob Skipper be required to take full certification tests? http://blogs.wweek.com/news/2009/06/30/sheriff-bob-skipper-fails-certification-test/
Wedsnday's show plan 7/1/2009
Posted July 1st, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will the fusion bill change one party rule in Oregon? http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/06/how_would_fusion_voting_change.html
Tuesday's Show Plan 6/30/2009
Posted June 30th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will the Democrat controlled legislature pay a political price if the economy does not improve?
Founders Quote:
Thomas Jefferson
1789 - letter to James Madison
Wedsnday's show plan 6/24/2009
Posted June 24th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Republicans negotiate with the Governor to sustain his school budget veto? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/kulongoski_vetoes_oregon_schoo.html
Tuesday's Show Plan 6/23/2009
Posted June 23rd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Without a criminal indictment, will the Sam Adams recall be successful? http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/06/thicket_of_contradictions_sank.html
Founders quote: Thomas Jefferson
Monday's show plan 6/22/2009
Posted June 22nd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should faith healing parents be prosecuted when their child dies? http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/06/trial_in_death_of_infant_raise.html
Wedsnday's show plan 6/17/2009
Posted June 17th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will a bill creating fines for using a handheld cell phone reduce accidents? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/hand_held_cell_phone_bill_head.html
Tuesday's Show Plan 6/16/2009
Posted June 16th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Gov Palin now go on Letterman’s show since he truly apologized? http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/dpatton/2009/dp_06151.shtml
Founders Quote: Thomas Jefferson
Monday's show plan 6/15/2009
Posted June 15th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: is there anyway to prevent parents from killing their children? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/amanda_stottsmiths_family_was.html The sad Westside case of Amanda Stott-Smith.
Freedom Friday 6/12/2009
Posted June 12th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is it politically smart for the OR GOP to file ethics complaints against Hunt, Buckley but not Smith? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/taxes_oregon_gop_files_ethics.html
Wedsnday's show plan 6/10/2009
Posted June 10th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will banning cigarette vending machines in locations minors might have access reduce teenage smoking? The legislature passes bill, but will it really work? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/oregon_legislature_toughens_up.html
Monday's show plan 6/08/2009
Posted June 8th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Does photo red light reduce deaths or just increase revenue? http://blog.oregonlive.com/hillsboroargus/2009/06/photo_red_light_earns_councils.html Hillsboro city council votes in favor of first trial:
Freedom Friday 6/5/2009
Posted June 5th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will the Legislature’s “Clothesline” bill make any difference in global warming? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/oregon_legislation_puts_backya.html
Wedsnday's show plan 6/3/2009
Posted June 3rd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Can Oregon lead the nation out of recession? Moody’s Economy . com says so. These folks are completely out to lunch and living on some other planet. Nothing more than a political stunt engineered by someone in the Governor’s office to give them cover for raising green taxes for the new green economy.
Tuesday's Show Plan 6/2/2009
Posted June 2nd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will posting calories on chain restaurant menu boards reduce obesity? More ridiculous nanny state thinking from the liberals. http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/restaurants_must_post_calories.html
Monday's show plan 6/1/2009
Posted June 1st, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is Tualatin Riverkeepers creating a false alarm regarding Tualatin River water quality?
Thursday's Show Plan 5/28/2009
Posted May 28th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should former Governor Kitzhaber run for Governor again? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/05/former_oregon_governor_ponders_1.html
Founders Quote: Alexander Hamilton
Wedsnday's show plan 5/27/2009
Posted May 27th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Republicans in the US Senate try to block Sotomayor’s nomination? Politico: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22980.html A judge steeped the in the philosophy of identity politics?
Tuesday's Show Plan 5/25/2008
Posted May 26th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is President Obama’s weak response to North Korea’s belligerence remind you of Jimmy Carter? http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=48587
Tuesday's Show Plan 5/19/2009
Posted May 19th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is the no new taxes Republican budget better for Oregon than the Democrats tax increase budget?
Monday's show plan 5/18/2009
Posted May 18th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the RNC cave on principle to court Hispanic voters to regain power? http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22586.html
Thursday's show plan 5/14/2009
Posted May 14th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregon supplement ORNG soldiers recovery from Iraq war chemical exposure?http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/sickened_iraq_
Tuesday's Show Plan 5/12/2009
Posted May 12th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should unapproved nude photos not be allowed by internet service providers? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/yahoo_wins_round_in_oregon_nud.html
Monday's show plan 5/11/2009
Posted May 11th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregon claim exclusive jurisdiction over local guns and ammo? http://www.dhonline.com/articles/2009/05/10/news/opinion/1edi01_montanaguns.txt
Freedom Friday 5/08/2009
Posted May 8th, 2009 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Is it time for a gas tax increase if it adds jobs and helps the economy? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/05/oregon_lawmakers_set_to_raise.html
National Prayer Day 5/07/2009
Posted May 7th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Brett Farve return to Pro Football? Sports watch: NFL star Brett Farve is thinking about coming out of retirement again? As a Viking? http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBN_FAVRES_FUTURE?SITE=ORALB&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Wedsnday's show plan 5/06/2009
Posted May 6th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregonians scale back “consumerism” as Governor Ted suggests? http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/lifestyle-and-the-carbon-cap/
Tuesday's Show Plan 5/05/2008
Posted May 5th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should welfare be cut in the state budget along with everything else? Do the cuts really dismantle the welfare to work? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/05/nothing_is_safe_from_budget_ax.html
Freedom Friday 5/01/2008
Posted May 1st, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Did Sam Adams violate the “luring a minor” statute because he called Beau Breedlove 33 times when was 17? http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/04/mayor_sam_adams_beau_breedlove.html
Thursday's Show Plan 4/30/2009
Posted April 30th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the Governor veto the transportation bill because it names specific projects to be built? Is this really the problem or is it that Portland is rumored the get little of the money? Or is it about the rumored privatization in the bill?
Tuesday's Show Plan 4/2//2008
Posted April 28th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should disabled parking permit holders be required to get a medical note proving they need one? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/oregon_senate_cracks_down_on_h.html
Monday's show plan 4/27/2009
Posted April 27th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Would closing the southern US border stop the spread of swine flu? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/oregon_officials_on_alert_get.html
Tuesday's Show Plan 4/21/08
Posted April 21st, 2009 by Jeff-->
Quickpoll: Are you an extremist according to the DHS memo? http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2009/04/21/are_you_an_extremist
Monday 4/20//2008
Posted April 20th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Would baby Faith be allowed to be adopted by grandparents if talk radio had not raised the issue? http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2009/04/grandparents_will_adopt_hillsb.html
After tax day 4/16/2009
Posted April 16th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will yesterday’s tax day tea protests make any difference?
Tuesday's Show Plan 4/14/08
Posted April 14th, 2009 by Jeff20 tea parties tomorrow: Go to www.oregonteaparty.com to learn of an opportunity near you.
Monday 4/13//2008
Posted April 13th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Would a new law banning throwing down cigarette butts be enforceable? http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/small_item_big_impact_littered.html
Good Friday 4/10/2009
Posted April 10th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will you attend an Easter service this weekend? President finally decides to go to church on Easter: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21094.html
Thursday's Show Plan 4/09/2008
Posted April 9th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should exposing children to cigarette smoke an issue of children’s rights or parental responsibility? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/oregon_house_no_smoking_when_k.html
Wednsday's Show Plan 4/08/2008
Posted April 8th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregon close the Oregon school for the blind? http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2009/04/oregon_school_for_the_blind.html
Tuesday's Show Plan 4/07/08
Posted April 7th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Can Republicans regain power in Salem if Democrats overplay their hand? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/04/oregon_gop_plays_out_a_weak_ha.html
Monday's Show Plan 4/06/2009
Posted April 6th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Will the enviro nuts be able to stop the I-5 replacement bridge?: http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=123896418417564600
Freedom Friday 4/03/2008
Posted April 3rd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the Legislature enact a new law that allows anti drunk driving sobriety checkpoints?
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/04/a_way_to_balance_privacy_and_r.html
Thursday's Show Plan 4/02/2008
Posted April 2nd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the statute of limitations be lifted for rape cases because of improved DNA analysis?http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/serial_rapists_victims_testify.html Does the passage of time make it realistically impossible to give someo
Wedsnday's show plan 4/01/2009/08
Posted April 1st, 2009 by Jeff<
Quickpoll: Should all tobacco products be banned in Oregon?
Founders quote:
Tuesday's Show Plan 3/31/2008
Posted March 31st, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is Obama right to exert control over GM while letting banks/AIG off the hook? The blind squirrels at the O find another nut: http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/03/tough_love_for_gm_and_chrysler.html
Monday's Show Plan 3/30/2009
Posted March 30th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregon ban a wide list of everyday chemicals without strong scientific evidence of harm? http://www.oregonlive.com/news...
Founders quote: John Adams
1778 - Diary
Freedom Friday 03/27/2008
Posted March 27th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should GITMO detainees receive welfare when they are released in the US?.
Wedsnday's show plan 3/25/2009/08
Posted March 25th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Was the President successful in selling his budget to the nation with his prime time news conference?
Tuesday's Show Plan 3/24/2008
Posted March 24th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Does the call for a new word currency mean the end of America’s sovereignty? http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7851925a-17a2-11de-8c9d-0000779fd2ac.html Is this the fulfillment of Bible prophecy and the rise of an end time one world government? Why would we trust the IMF to regulate our money?
Monday's show plan 3/23/2009
Posted March 23rd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should public safety always be funded first during tough times? DA’s fear that budget cuts will embolden criminals. Are they right? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/oregon_prosecutors_fear_budget.html Yet, why are some counties not cutting? Should some we let some counties fail because they overspent generally?
Freedom Friday 03/20/2008
Posted March 20th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the Oregon legislature impose a 100% tax of bank executive’s bonuses? http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/03/oregon_legislators_want_to_tax.html

Thursday's Show Plan 3/19/2008
Posted March 19th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the state transportation commission have allocated more stimulus cash to urban mass transit? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/state_allocates_101_million_in.html
Wedsnday's show plan 3/18/2009/08
Posted March 18th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should bicycles not have to stop at stop signs like automobiles and motorcycles? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/03/roll_on_bikes_roll_on_through.html
Founders Quote:
Monday's Show Plan 3/16/2009
Posted March 16th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should an urban renewal district be created for downtown Hillsboro during a bad recession?
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 3/13/2008
Posted March 13th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should we kill sea lions that eat salmon at the Bonneville Dam? http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/03/first_salmoneating_sea_lion_ki.html
Thursday's Show Plan 3/12/2008
Posted March 12th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Are Portland men weak? New study says yes. http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/03/portland_has_weak_showing_in_m.html
Wedsnday's show plan 3/11/2009/08
Posted March 11th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregon comply with international adoption agreements for overseas adoptions of Oregon children? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/state_agency_halts_sending_fos.html
Tuesday's Show Plan 3/10/2008
Posted March 10th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should we all fly our flags upside down as a sign of the nation’s distress? http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/03/whos_turning_us_flags_upside_d.html
Monday's show plan 3/9/2009
Posted March 9th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the Blazers pull Oden out until his injuries are truly healed? http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2009/03/blazers_greg_oden_is_fed_up_an.html
Founders quote: Benjamin Franklin
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 3/06/2008
Posted March 6th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the dying ID thief be punished before he dies? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/id_thief_reveals_name_23_years.html Compassion or justice? How are the victims?
Thursday's Show Plan 3/05/2008
Posted March 5th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should repeat DUII offenders be prohibited from buying alcohol? http://www.oregoncatalyst.com/index.php/archives/2121-Rep.-Thatcher-Bill-aims-at-repeat-DUII-offenders.html Will this idea lead to less drunk driving deaths or will drunk drivers find ways around it?
Wednesday's show plan 3/04/2009
Posted March 4th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Are you willing to give back a part of your “kicker” check to the state?
Tuesday's Show Plan 3/03/2008
Posted March 3rd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Does Obama’s offer to Russia to suspend our missile defense shield make us vulnerable to rogue nations? http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=44359
Monday's show plan 3/02/2009
Posted March 2nd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Rush Limbaugh run for President?
Freedom Friday 2/27/2008
Posted February 27th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: How long will Oregon’s unemployment rate remain above double digits?
Founders Quote: Thomas Jefferson
1816 - letter to Joseph Milligan
To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.
Wednsday's Show Plan 2/25/09
Posted February 25th, 2009 by JeffTuesday's Show Plan 2/24/08
Posted February 24th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the legislature use dedicated trust funds to help balance the budget? http://www.blueoregon.com/
Monday's Show Plan 2/23/2009
Posted February 23rd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregon’s K-12 schools save money with a four day school week?
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 2/20/2008
Posted February 20th, 2009 by JeffThursday's Show Plan 2/19/2008
Posted February 19th, 2009 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Should the legislature use all reserve funds now or save some for the next budget?
Founders Quote:
Wierd wacky Wednsday 2/18/2009
Posted February 18th, 2009 by JeffFreedom Friday 2/13/2008
Posted February 13th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is MC’s new ordinance requiring menu calorie labeling discriminatory?
Wednsday's Show Plan 2/11/2008
Posted February 11th, 2009 by JeffTuesday's Show Plan 2/10/08
Posted February 10th, 2009 by JeffMonday's Show Plan 2/09/2009
Posted February 9th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Condors be reintroduced into the Columbia Gorge? http://www.oregonlive.com/news...
Freedom Friday 01/06/2008
Posted February 6th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is going into more public debt the way to stimulate our economy? http://www.oregonlive.com/news...
Founders Quote: Benjamin Franklin: 1758. He that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing.
Cedar Mill elementary downsizes: Are small schools better for educating kids? http://www.oregonlive.com/wash...
Humans not involved in Sea Lion deaths: Whew! I was really worried about that!
Thursday's Show Plan 2/6/2008
Posted February 5th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is your safety at risk if the environmentalists derail the Navy’s plan to increase training off the Oregon coast? http://www.oregonlive.com/envi...
Founders quote: John Adams
1815 - letter to James Lloyd
"National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman."
Freedom Friday 01/30/2008
Posted January 30th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should cities limit residents to only two dogs? http://www.dhonline.com/articles/2009/01/29/news/local/4aaa01_dog.txt
Tumbling Thursday 1/29/2009
Posted January 29th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Are little white lies ok? http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=123318357094208500
Wicked Stimulus Wednsday 1/28/2009
Posted January 28th, 2009 by JeffNo Stimulus Tuesday 1/27/2009
Posted January 27th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should ACORN get billions in Obama’s stimulus package? http://michellemalkin.com/2009...

Founders quote:
Thomas Jefferson
1808 - letter to Shelton Gilliam
Monday's Show Plan 1/26/2009
Posted January 26th, 2009 by JeffFreedom Friday 01/23/2008
Posted January 23rd, 2009 by JeffThursday's Show Plan 1/22/2008
Posted January 22nd, 2009 by JeffPost Inauguration Day 1/21/2009
Posted January 21st, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: How would you rate President Obama’s inaugural speech?
Post Inauguration Day 1/21/2009
Posted January 21st, 2009 by Jeff
Quickpoll: How would you rate President Obama’s inaugural speech?
Inauguration Day for the 44th President of the United States
Posted January 20th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Is 170 million too much to spend on a President’s inauguration? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Inauguration/story?id=6665946&page=1
Pre Inauguaration Monday 1/19/2009
Posted January 19th, 2009 by JeffFreedom Friday 01/16/2008
Posted January 16th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Portland toll all existing bridges to pay for repairs to the Sellwood bridge? http://www.nwcn.com/statenews/...
Thursday's Show Plan 1/15/2008
Posted January 15th, 2009 by JeffWednsday's Show Plan 1/14/2008
Posted January 14th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: WA courts say it is ok for teachers to have sex with 18 year olds: http://nwrepublican.blogspot.com/2009/01/breaking-teacher-sex-with-18-year-olds.html
Tuesday's Show Plan 1/13/08
Posted January 13th, 2009 by JeffOpening Day in the Oregon Legislature 1/12/2009
Posted January 12th, 2009 by JeffFreedom Friday's Show Plan 1/09/2008
Posted January 9th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Are you willing to pay more beer and cigarette taxes? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/oregonians_say_beer_cigarette.html
Thursday's Show Plan 1/08/2008
Posted January 8th, 2009 by JeffWednsday's Show Plan 1/7/2008
Posted January 7th, 2009 by JeffTuesday's Show Plan 1/06/08
Posted January 6th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: who pays increased health care taxes? http://www.oregonlive.com/poli...
What are the answers to this dilemma? Higher taxes? Government run health care? Lower priced/lower mandated insurance? HSA?
Portland wins most arguments in David Douglas urban renewal case: However, the court agrees with plaintiffs that it doesn’t benefit downtown. Let the spin begin. This should be fun! http://www.oregonlive.com/port...
Monday's Show Plan 1/05/2009
Posted January 5th, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregon regulate exercise and diet of children in day care? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/oregon_could_set_standards_for.html
Freedom Friday 01/02/2008
Posted January 2nd, 2009 by JeffQuickpoll: Did you make a new year’s resolution?
Founders Quote: But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
John Adams, letter to Abigail Adams, July 17, 1775
Blago scandal update: Sec of State refuses to sign paperwork for Senate appointment. http://www.americanthinker.com...
Tuesday's Show Plan 12/30/2008
Posted December 30th, 2008 by JeffMonday's Show Plan 12/29/2008
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Christmas Eve show 12/24/2008
Posted December 24th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Do you have a favorite Christmas tradition?
Tuesday's Show Plan 12/23/2008
Posted December 23rd, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Are you tired of the extensive storm coverage?
Freedom Friday 12/19/2008
Posted December 19th, 2008 by JeffThursday's show plan 12/18/2008
Posted December 18th, 2008 by JeffTuesday's Show Plan 12/16/2008
Posted December 16th, 2008 by Jeffst1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 12/11/2008
Posted December 12th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Should the big 3 auto makers now enter managed bankruptcy since the Senate bailout vote failed?
Thursday's Show Plan 12/11/2008
Posted December 11th, 2008 by JeffWednsday's Show Plan 12/10/2008
Posted December 10th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Is the city of Portland or Ford at fault with engines that blow up after burning a high mix of biodiesel? http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=122886513924967900
Tuesday's Show Plan 12/09/08
Posted December 9th, 2008 by JeffMonday's Show Plan 12/08/2008
Posted December 8th, 2008 by JeffFreedom Friday 12/05/2008
Posted December 5th, 2008 by JeffThursday's Show Plan 12/04/2008
Posted December 4th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Portland police commanders get a big pay raise during a bad economy? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/portland_police_commanders_win.html
Wednsday's Show Plan 12/03/2008
Posted December 3rd, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Is Hillary Clinton eligible to become Secretary of State? http://www.washingtontimes.com...
Founders Quote: "To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of enterprise, is not among the least considerable of the expedients, by which the wealth of a nation may be promoted."
Alexander Hamilton, Report on Manufactures, December, 1791
Monday's Show Plan 12/01/2008
Posted December 1st, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Will you spend less for Christmas?
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 11/28/2008
Posted November 28th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Should the US close Guantanamo Bay?
Terrifc Tuesday's Show Plan 11/25/2008
Posted November 25th, 2008 by JeffFreedom Friday's Show Plan 11/21/2008
Posted November 21st, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregon’s legislature adopt “smart spending” principles rather than raise taxes to fix the budget hole? PSU economist Eric Fruits says yes in O oped: http://www.oregonlive.com/comm...
Founders Quote: "The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained."
—George Washington, First Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789
Thursday's Show Plan 11/20/2008
Posted November 20th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: What ideas do you have to deal with the State’s budget deficit? Cut non essential spending, privatize, no pay increases, layoffs, voluntary furloughs, 4 day workweek?
Freedom Friday 11/14/2008
Posted November 14th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Should the Government not allow bailout money for executive bonuses?
Founders Quote: "Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families."
Wednsday's Show Plan 11/12/2008
Posted November 12th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the legislature change the land use laws to allow a regional approach? http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/11/legislature_will_consider_a_re.html
Veterans Day 2008
Posted November 11th, 2008 by JeffVeterans Day 2008: Thanks to all who have and continue to serve us in the military:
Quickpoll: Should concealed carry permit holders information be private? http://www.oregonlive.com/wash...
Founders Quote: "Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives."
John Adams, letter to Benjamin Rush, April 18, 1808
Monday's Show Plan 11/10/2008
Posted November 10th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should we memorialize Obama’s election with a national holiday? http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=80584
Thursday's Show Plan 11/6/2008
Posted November 6th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Will Oregon Democrats raise taxes in the next legislative session? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2008/11/democrats_in_salem_gain_votes.html
Monday's show plan
Posted November 3rd, 2008 by Jeffkpoll: Will Obama’s comment on “bankrupting coal powerplants” make any difference tomorrow?
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 10/31/2008
Posted October 31st, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the legislature increase government officials pay based on performance going into a recession? http://www.oregonlive.com/poli...
Founders Quote: "I acknowledge, in the ordinary course of government, that the exposition of the laws and Constitution devolves upon the judicial.
But I beg to know upon what principle it can be contended that any one department draws from the Constitution greater powers than another in marking out the limits of the powers of the several departments."
Thursday's Show Plan 10/30/2008
Posted October 30th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the Federal Reserve be loaning money to foreign central banks?
Founders Quote: "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it."
- Thomas Paine (The Crisis, no. 4, 11 September 1777)
Wednsday's Show Plan 10/29/2008
Posted October 29th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Does the close Governors race in WA state demonstrate that the conservative limited government message is still appealing? http://www.oregonlive.com/news...
Founders Quote: "The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind."
- Thomas Jefferson (Letter to William Hunter, 11 March 1790)
Tuesday's Show Plan 10/28/08
Posted October 28th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Do you like the Governor’s “Green Industries” plan? http://www.portlandtribune.com...
Founders Quote: "A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained."
-- Joseph Story (Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833)
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 10/25/2008
Posted October 24th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Do you believe there will be voter fraud in Oregon during this election? http://www.oregonlive.com/news...
Thursday's Show Plan 10/24/2008
Posted October 23rd, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Do you believe God exists? Atheists in the UK advertise on busses that he probably doesn’t exist:
Freedom Friday 10/17/2008
Posted October 17th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Is Portland correct in forcing injured firefighters back to limited duty work? http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2008/10/6_portland_firefighters_lawsui.html
Thursday's Show Plan 10/16/2008
Posted October 16th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Who won the Presidential debate last night? http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/oct/16/mccain-accuses-obama-of-class-warfare/
Wednsday's Show Plan 10/15/2008
Posted October 15th, 2008 by JeffTuesday's Show Plan 10/14/08
Posted October 14th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Will the President’s plan to buy 250 billion worth of private banks free up credit? http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/oct/14/bush-buy-stocks-in-banks/
Monday's Show Plan 10/13/2008
Posted October 13th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Are you cutting back spending on unnecessary items during this economic downturn? http://www.oregonlive.com/news...
Founders Quote: "Let the pulpit resound with the doctrine and sentiments of religious liberty. Let us hear of the dignity of man's nature, and the noble rank he holds among the works of God... Let it be known that British liberties are not the grants of princes and parliaments."
John Adams (Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law, 1765)
Tuesday's Show Plan 10/07/08
Posted October 7th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Will you keep your money in the stock market?
Monday's Show Plan 10/06/2008
Posted October 6th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Was the Congressional bailout bill worth it if it bails out the timber dependent counties? http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=122306576235955600
Thursday's Show Plan 10/02/2008
Posted October 2nd, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Should the Senate’s bailout bill be reduced and passed by the House?
Monday's Show Plan 9/29/2008
Posted September 29th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Will the bailout calm worldwide financial jitters? http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/sep/29/world-markets-fall-bailout-percolates/
Anniversary broadcast 9/27/2008
Posted September 27th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Who won last nights Presidential debate?
Freedom Friday 9/26/2008
Posted September 26th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the Oregon legislature sell 1 Billion in Bonds to stop our recession? http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2008/09/kulongoski_says_oregon_must_in.html
Freedom Friday 9/26/2008
Posted September 26th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the Oregon legislature sell 1 Billion in Bonds to jump stop our recession? http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2008/09/kulongoski_says_oregon_must_in.html
Thursday's Show Plan 9/25/2008
Posted September 25th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Congress loan automakers 25Billion for modernization? http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/83bfe68c-8a8f-11dd-a76a-0000779fd18c.html
Wednsday's Show Plan 9/24/2008
Posted September 24th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should we stop the bailout, let financial institutions fail and risk ruining our economy? Bernanke says economy will suffer dire consequences without bailout. Is he correct? http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/sep/24/bernanke-warns-of-disaster-if-no-bailout/
Tuesday's Show Plan 9/23/08
Posted September 23rd, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Is there a campaign to smear Gov Palin?
Monday's Show Plan 9/22/2008
Posted September 22nd, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the rich pay higher taxes than the rest of us? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/oregon_tax_activist_says_she_d.html
Wednsday's Show Plan 9/17/2008
Posted September 17th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Are you satisfied with the Feds response to the financial meltdown in the US? http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/sep/17/fed-weighing-rescue-package-for-aig/
Monday's Show Plan 9/15/2008
Posted September 15th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Are cell towers dangerous to humans? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/west_linnwilsonville_school_bo.html
Freedom Friday 9/12/2008
Posted September 12th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Will Palin help Republicans win election down the ticket?
Wednsday's Show Plan 9/10//2008
Posted September 10th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Was Obama referring to Palin when he made “lipstick on a pig” comment?
Tuesday's Show Plan 9/09/08
Posted September 9th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Do senior citizens need to be taught how to use cell phones? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/classes_teach_portland_seniors.html
Monday's Show Plan 9/08/2008
Posted September 8th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Does the double majority taxpayer protection save you money? http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=122084403187185900
Freedom Friday 9/05/2008
Posted September 5th, 2008 by JeffThursday's Show Plan 9/04/2008
Posted September 4th, 2008 by JeffWedsnday's show plan 9/03/08
Posted September 3rd, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Is Sarah Palin being unfairly attacked by the press? http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/sep/03/charges-against-palin-raise-profile-of-her-address/
Labor Day
Posted September 1st, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Will Gustav hurt the GOP Convention?
Founders Quote: "Work as if you were to live 100 Years, Pray as if you were to die To-morrow."
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 8/22/2008
Posted August 22nd, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Can rural Oregon regain prosperity with more independence from state laws? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/08/group_talks_of_rural_prosperit.html
Thursday's Show Plan 8/21/2008
Posted August 21st, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should the state’s elected officials and judges get pay raises going into a recession? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/08/oregon_officials_should_get_ra.html
Wednsday's Show Plan 8/20/2008
Posted August 20th, 2008 by JeffTuesday's Show Plan 8/19/08
Posted August 19th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Portland spend tax dollars to plant trees? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1219110942143030.xml&coll=7
Monday's Show Plan8/18/2008
Posted August 18th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregon adopt the open primary system? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1218939907101780.xml&coll=7
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 8/15/2008
Posted August 15th, 2008 by JeffThursday's Show Plan 8/14/2008
Posted August 14th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Will new natural gas supply lead to lower prices? http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1218686113202370.xml&coll=7
Wednsday's Show Plan 8/13/2008
Posted August 13th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Did Tre Arrow get enough punishment for his crimes?
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 8/8/2008
Posted August 8th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Is Riverkeeper justified in suing FERC?
Thursday's Show Plan 8/7/2008
Posted August 7th, 2008 by JeffWednsday's Show Plan 8/6/2008
Posted August 6th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Does the Paris Hilton add against McCain hurt Obama?
Tuesday's Show Plan 8/5//08
Posted August 5th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Are Oregon’s schools really failing?
Monday's Show Plan 8/3/2008
Posted August 4th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Is Multnomah County illegally misdirecting rental car taxes? http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=121779220635237100
Freedom Friday's Show Plan8/1//2008
Posted August 1st, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: will the sexual advancement letter hurt Ben Westlund?
Thursday's show plan 7/31/2008
Posted July 31st, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregon require all bicycle riders to wear helmets? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1217472906209150.xml&coll=7
Wednsday's Show Plan 7/30/2008
Posted July 30th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Is the Lakeside landfill a real threat to the environment as DEQ says? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1217386529157090.xml&coll=7
Tuesday's Show Plan 7/29/08
Posted July 29th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Is the President or Congress responsible for the coming huge deficit? http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/jul/29/bush-successor-faces-massive-debt/
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 7/25/2008
Posted July 25th, 2008 by JeffThursday's show plan 7/24/2008
Posted July 24th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Will the kinder/gentler approach change Portland bicyclist’s bad attitude?
Wednsday's Show Plan 7/23/2008
Posted July 23rd, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Can county fairs survive in modern society? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1216783522171010.xml&coll=7
Tuesday's Show Plan 7/22/08
Posted July 22nd, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should a Portland police officer be fired because she chose privacy over telling the truth over her weight loss surgery?
Monday's Show Plan7/21/2008
Posted July 21st, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Is traffic declining with high gas prices? http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=121658836643033600
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 7/18/2008
Posted July 18th, 2008 by JeffThursday's Show Plan 7/17/2008
Posted July 17th, 2008 by JeffWednsday's Show Plan 7/16/2008
Posted July 16th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Is there a war between bicyclists and motorists in Portland? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1216178716246880.xml&coll=7
Tuesday's Show Plan 7/15/08
Posted July 15th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: will the President’s lifting of the ban on offshore drilling make a difference? http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=32374
Monday's Show Plan 7/14/2008
Posted July 14th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Should Jeff Duyck appeal the Secretary of State’s ruling?
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 7/11/2008
Posted July 11th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: will you buy the new IPhone?
Founders Quote: "Remember, my Eliza, you are a Christian."
Thursday's Show Plan 7/10/2008
Posted July 10th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Should the drunk Portland city employee who assaulted the motorist be fired?
Wednsday's Show Plan 7/9/2008
Posted July 9th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Is Obama correct in saying that Americans should learn to speak other languages?
Tuesday's Show Plan 7/8/08
Posted July 8th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Will the Governor’s green jobs replace the jobs lost to his climate change taxes?
Monday's Show Plan7/72008
Posted July 7th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Do we need a third Columbia River bridge instead of a replacement for the current one?
Fourth of July Freedom Friday 7/4/2008
Posted July 4th, 2008 by JeffDeclaration of Independence
(Adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776)
Tuesday's Show Plan 7/1/08
Posted July 1st, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Will you vote for Obama if he wants to repeal the ban on gay marriage?
Monday's Show Plan 6/30/2008
Posted June 30th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Do guns make you safer?
Founders Quote: "Where liberty dwells, there is my country."
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 6//2008
Posted June 27th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Will the SCOTUS gun ban ruling lead to more violence and higher taxes?
Founders Quote: Nothing more than a change of mind, my dear."
Wednsday's Show Plan 6/25/2008
Posted June 25th, 2008 by JeffTuesday's Show Plan 6/24/08
Posted June 24th, 2008 by Jeff
Sign the Log Here, Log Now petition!
Help save Oregon’s timber dependent counties!
Monday's Show Plan 6/23/2008
Posted June 23rd, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Should Mike Erickson drop out of the CD5 race?
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 6/20/2008
Posted June 20th, 2008 by JeffThursday's Show Plan 6/19/2008
Posted June 19th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should faith healing parents of a dead child be charged with a crime? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1213854908157310.xml&coll=7
Wednsday's Show Plan 6/18/2008
Posted June 18th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Should Bin Laden be tried in US courts?
Tuesday's Show Plan 6/17/08
Posted June 17th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Is Tiger Woods the greatest golfer ever? He wins the US Open in dramatic fashion.
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 6/12/2008
Posted June 13th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Why do people lie? http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2008/06/hillsboro_mediation_program_ma.html
Thursday's Show Plan 5/14/2008
Posted June 12th, 2008 by JeffTuesday's Show Plan 6/10/08
Posted June 10th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: 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
Monday's Show Plan 6/09/2008
Posted June 9th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Should McCain pick a woman for a running mate to go after Hillary’s supporters?
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 6/6/2008
Posted June 6th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should judges decide how much money constitutes “vested rights” under MZ 49?
Wednsday's Show Plan 6/04/2008
Posted June 4th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Will Barak Obama choose Hillary as his VP?
Tuesday's Show Plan 6/03/08
Posted June 3rd, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Will Republicans sit out the November elections? http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/jun/03/november-sit-out-threats-worry-gop/
Monday's Show Plan 6/02/2008
Posted June 2nd, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should medical marijuana permit holders have concealed carry weapons? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/1212166219280550.xml&coll=6
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 5/30/2008
Posted May 30th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Are oil prices being manipulated by commodities traders?
Thursday's show plan 5/29/2008
Posted May 29th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should Oregon’s proposed high school exit exam not allow graduation if students fail one subject?
Wednsday's Show Plan 5/28/2008
Posted May 28th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should doctors have the right to pick and choose their patients?
Memorial Day
Posted May 26th, 2008 by Jeff

Quickpoll: Does commercialism during the Memorial Day weekend demean it’s significance?
Thursday's show plan 5/22/2008
Posted May 22nd, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll:
How much lower fuel mileage are getting burning 10% ethanol?
After Oregon Primary Day 5/21/2008
Posted May 21st, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Will Obama win Oregon in November?
Founders Quote: "Don't fire unless fired upon. But if they want a war let it begin here."
Wednsday's Show Plan 5/14/2008
Posted May 14th, 2008 by JeffShould Obama start to worry about winning? Some say so with changing Dem attitudes towards him.
Monday's Show Plan 5/12/2008
Posted May 12th, 2008 by JeffFounders Quote: "If, for instance, the president is required to do any act, he is not only authorized, but required, to decide for himself, whether, consistently with his constitutional duties, he can do the act."
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 5/09/2008
Posted May 9th, 2008 by JeffIs there a cover up in the death of the sea lions at Bonneville Dam?
Thursday's show plan 5/08/2008
Posted May 8th, 2008 by JeffFounders Quote: "War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired
and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by
practice." ---Alexander Hamilton (http://PatriotPost.US/fqd/)
Wednsday's Show Plan 5/07/2008
Posted May 7th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Should parents not let their teenagers drink energy drinks?
Tuesday's Show Plan 5/06/08
Posted May 6th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Will Ralph Nader make a real impact in Oregon in November?
Monday's Show Plan 5/05/2008
Posted May 5th, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Who shot the sea lions in the traps at the Bonneville Dam?
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 5/02/2008
Posted May 2nd, 2008 by Jeff
Quickpoll: Should the new I-5 Columbia River bridge have greater vehicle capacity?
Thursday's show plan 5/01/2008
Posted May 1st, 2008 by Jeff
Happy May Day! Comrade!
Quickpoll: Do you agree with Bush’s decision to allow concealed handguns at Crater Lake National Park
Wednsday's Show Plan 4/30/2008
Posted April 30th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: What are you doing with your “stimulus check”?
Monday's Show Plan 4/28/2008
Posted April 28th, 2008 by JeffQuickpoll: Should female’s at Connell House be housed with sex offenders? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/120914944380910.xml&coll=6
Tuesday’s Show Plan 4/22/2008
Posted April 22nd, 2008 by JeffFounders Quote: "He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing."
Monday's Show Plan 4/21/2008
Posted April 21st, 2008 by JeffFounders Quote: "My construction of the constitution is very different from that you quote.
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 4/17/2008
Posted April 18th, 2008 by JeffFounders Quote: "What a glorious morning this is!"
Thursday's show plan 4/17/2008
Posted April 17th, 2008 by JeffFounders Quote: "It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the vi
Wednsday's Show Plan 4/16/2008
Posted April 16th, 2008 by Jeff"The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated by the trial of adversity."
Tuesday's Show Plan 4/15/2008
Posted April 15th, 2008 by JeffFounders Quote: "If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so great as when they are confined within proper and moderate bounds. This forms a complete barrier against any material oppression of the citizens by taxes of this class, and is itself a natural limitation of the power of imposing them."
Monday's Show Plan 4/14/2008
Posted April 14th, 2008 by JeffFounders Quote: "[T]he States can best govern our home concerns and the general government our foreign ones. I wish, therefore...never to see all offices transferred to Washington, where, further withdrawn from the eyes of the people, they may more secretly be bought and sold at market."
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 4/11/2008
Posted April 11th, 2008 by JeffFounders Quote: 'Tis done. We have become a nation."
Thursday's show plan 4/10/2008
Posted April 10th, 2008 by JeffShould high school health clinics be privately funded?
Wednsday's Show Plan 4/09/2008
Posted April 9th, 2008 by JeffShould the state’s new ethics law be changed to be less burdensome?
Tuesday’s Show Plan 4/08/2008
Posted April 8th, 2008 by JeffFounders Quote: "The Declaration of Independence...[is the] declaratory charter of our rights, and the rights of man."
Monday's Show Plan 4/7/2008
Posted April 7th, 2008 by JeffShould the embezzling office manager have gotten more than 6 months in jail?
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/120733508213640.xml&coll=6
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 4/4/2008
Posted April 4th, 2008 by JeffIs it right to sue a city police officer for a false DUI arrest?
Thursday's show plan 4/03/2008
Posted April 3rd, 2008 by Jeff"Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and capacity, if wisely improved, and faithfully guarded, of transmitting to their latest posterity all the substantial blessings of life, the peaceful enjoyment of liberty, property, religion, and independence."
Wednsday's Show Plan 4/02/2008
Posted April 2nd, 2008 by JeffShould Forest Grove and Cornelius leave Metro and go it alone? Absolutely yes! http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/1207074038224560.xml&coll=6 It is pure socialism at it’s worst and the idea of sharing taxes
April's Fools Day 4/01/2008
Posted April 1st, 2008 by JeffWould you switch your party affiliation just to vote in the Democratic primary?
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VOTE_SWITCHING_OROL-?SITE=ORSAL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Monday's Show Plan 3/31/2008
Posted March 31st, 2008 by JeffShould Latino families be taught anti gang strategies in Spanish? Are we only making it easier for them to not assimilate by teaching it in Spanish?
Freedom Friday 3/28/2008
Posted March 28th, 2008 by Jeff
Should a law be passed to restrict state agencie’s ability to write administrative rules? http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080328/STATE/803280344
Wednsday's Show Plan 3/26/2008
Posted March 26th, 2008 by JeffShould the Clark County father have been convicted of negligence in his daughters death?Only if he had been drinking in my view. http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1206510917169210.xml&coll=7
Tuesday’s Show Plan 2/25/2008
Posted March 25th, 2008 by Jeff"[T]here is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of [slavery]."
George Washington (letter to Robert Morris, 12 April 1786)
Monday's Show Plan 3/24/2008
Posted March 24th, 2008 by JeffShould a school teacher convicted of cooking meth teach again? http://www.oregonlive.com/education/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1206329120310600.xml&coll=7
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 3/21/2008
Posted March 21st, 2008 by JeffIs Oregon heading into recession? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/120607172916560.xml&coll=7 The Gov thinks we are just fine. He is wrong!
Thriller Thrusday 3/20/2008
Posted March 20th, 2008 by Jeff
Will the proposed LNG pipelines lower energy costs and create jobs? A new study says yes, and of course fear mongers say no. http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/120586084492130.xml&coll=6
Manic Monday 3/17/2008
Posted March 17th, 2008 by JeffShould uniforms be worn at all public schools? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/12057243009450.xml&coll=7 Will it help with discipline? Does it provide a better opportunity for unity? It certainly does for the military, all militaries all around the world.
Freedom Friday's Show Plan 3/14/2008
Posted March 14th, 2008 by JeffShould the state be held accountable for the death of a 2 year old girl?
Thriller Thursday 3/13/2008
Posted March 13th, 2008 by JeffAre you willing to pay more in exchange for less smog? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1205384103295380.xml&coll=7
Wednesday's winning show plan 3/12/2008
Posted March 12th, 2008 by Jeff
Should the proposed natural gas pipelines on the Westside be rerouted around high value property or should they only be allowed along other existing utilities?
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/1205257841137890.xml&coll=6
Manic Monday 3/10/2008
Posted March 10th, 2008 by Jeff
Should public indecency laws be enforced on politically protesting, naked bike riders or is it a form of free speech? http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OR_NAKED_RIDE_OROL-?SITE=ORSAL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT What real limits are there on free speech?
Thriller Thursday 3/6/2008
Posted March 6th, 2008 by Jeff
Why does the state have to tell schools how to teach English to non English speaking students? http://www.oregonlive.com/education/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/120477752137950.xml&coll=7 If the results are real, then why cant local districts figure this out themselves? Why shouldn’t we use immersion rather than ESL?
Tuesday’s Show Plan 2/4/2008
Posted March 4th, 2008 by Jeff
Live from New York! International Conference on Climate Change show.
Tuesday's show plan 2/26/2008
Posted February 26th, 2008 by Jeff
Is MEChA a racist organization posing as a mainstream minority organization? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/120399990755230.xml&coll=7 They have a history of advocating for the violent overthrow of the southwestern US and for inciting riots and the recent pro illegal alien amnesty rallies. You decide.
Manic Monday's show plan 2/25/2008
Posted February 25th, 2008 by Jeff
Was the “not so special session” as success? Not if you are Speaker of the House Jeff Merkley: His subprime bill fails to be voted on in the Oregon Senate.
Freedom Friday 2/22/2008
Posted February 22nd, 2008 by Jeff
Did the NY Times write the article to help McCain? http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/02/thin_story_looks_bad_for_the_t.html Did they do it purposefully so they could cause conservatives to rally around him? Or, are they just being who they are?
Freedom Friday's show plan 2/15/2008
Posted February 15th, 2008 by Jeff
Should Colleges and Universities arm their security personnel? http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080215/NATION/210707420/1001&template=nextpage
Valentines Day show plan 2/14/2008
Posted February 14th, 2008 by Jeff
: Is health care a fundamental human right? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1202961317128370.xml&coll=7 No it is not! It is not as important than food, air, shelter in reality, but it is more important for the liberal progressives.
Wedsnday's show plan 2/13/2008
Posted February 13th, 2008 by Jeff
Do you believe that the MAX has lessened the traffic around the Portland Metro area. http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/1202844007290520.xml&coll=6 ODOT says it has, but do you see evidence of it as you drive around the area?
Tuesday's show plan 2/12/2008
Posted February 12th, 2008 by Jeff
Should the Federal government bail out all home foreclosures? No!!!! More cradle to grave socialism from an out of touch Congress and the Prez in an election year. Pathetic! Worse, another nail in the coffin of personal responsibility.
Freedom Friday's show plan 2/08/2008
Posted February 8th, 2008 by Jeff
Is it better for conservatives to stand on principle regarding illegals even if it means losing elections?
Freedom Friday's show plan 2/01/2008
Posted February 1st, 2008 by Jeff
Should Tigard taxpayer money pay for new Neighborhood Networks program? Is that something that should be done on a volunteer basis? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/120124230745870.xml&coll=7
Show topics for today 1/15/2008
Posted January 15th, 2008 by JeffWas it right for a family to finish their RV trip with their dead grandmother’s request? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1200363912152110.xml&coll=7
Happy New Year's Eve!
Posted December 31st, 2007 by JeffHappy New Year’s Eve!!! This History of New Years:




