Quickpoll: 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

Quickpoll: 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

Quickpoll: 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

Quickpoll: 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

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Quickpoll: 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

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?

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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

Quickpoll: 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 17^th. 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

Quickpoll: 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

Quickpoll: Should Federal stimulus money be spent on social services? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/federal_stimulus_money_turns_i.html

Quickpoll: 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

Quickpoll: 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

Founders Quote: James Madison

Quickpoll: 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.

Quickpoll: 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?

Quickpoll: 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

Quickpoll: 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

Quickpoll: 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.

Quickpoll: 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?

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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...

Founders 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

Founders Quote: Samuel Adams

1775 - letter to James Warren

Quickpoll: Will you vote to repeal the gas tax increase? http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/08/gas_tax_referendum_filed_but_w.html

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Thomas 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.

Founders Quote: James Madison

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Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedo

Quickpoll: 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

Founders Quote: Samuel Adams

1780 - letter to Thomas Wells

Quickpoll: Is the government takeover of our health care system President Obama’s waterloo?

Quickpoll: Should Beaverton build a new baseball stadium for the Portland Beavers?

Quickpoll: Will you sign the tax repeal petitions? http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/07/tax_opponents_ready_to_launch.html

Founders 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