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KATU - Portland, OR : Kitzhaber wants study of coal-export impacts | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports,

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:57:51 +0000

Um, your facts are wrong. "Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 8.6 percent in March, essentially unchanged from 8.7 percent in February. The February figure was originally reported as 8.8 percent. Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped a full percentage point from 9.6 percent in March 2011." - Oregon.gov More specifically, and verifiable by visiting this non-partisan website: http://www.deptofnumbers.com/unemployment/oregon/ Oregon unemployment rate has dropped consistently every month he's been in office. Like him or not, lets at least attempt to stick to the facts. If he is as bad as so many people claim, I would think that their would be enough facts to stand on without stating lies. I'm no Kitzhaber supporter, voted for Dudley, and would sign a recall petition the moment I see one if it were based on relevant fact. However, I am a bigger proponent of the truth, than any specific politician.

KVAL - Eugene, OR : Bomb squad investigates object in wreck near Silverton | Local & Regional News for Eugene, Springfie

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:07:29 +0000

Yeah, because I'm sure asking the owner would get to the bottom of it... 'Why yes, officer. Had I not crashed, you'd have seen how I play!' Please, bro. Lets use that mind.

KATU - Portland, OR : Crashes involving a hybrid require extra caution | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland News, Spor

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:25:50 +0000

'97: 288.0 V '00: 273.6 V '04: 201.6 V '06: 288.0 V

KATU - Portland, OR : \'Harry Potter\' actor jailed for joining riots | Entertainment News | KATU.com - Portland News, Spo

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:04:04 +0000

I do have reason to say that. I been buy the park that they... 'protested'... in(god, that's a stretch for that word). It's destroyed. Grass is gone, things vandalized. Complaining about me saying things don't make them less true. Not to mention watching them attack officers across the country via various live streams(be them from the news, or from the Occupiers themselves). Or, perhaps you were talking about the well documented increase crime rates around Occupy 'protests'? For every city that has a large 'protest' from these creeps except for New York City, you can view crime statistics released by the police department and see for yourself that crime rates go up when the 'protesters' are around. Not to mention the dozens that have been arrested for crimes and listed the protest sites as their address in their booking information, or the various protesters that have been rightfully arrested for breaking the law, like those idiots in NYC that attempted to cross the Brooklyn Bridge on foot despite being warned via loudspeaker that not only was it illegal, but that they would be arrested if they tried it. And you bet the Tea Party protesters can stick to misspelling signs and thinking Obama is a commie nazi. Last I checked, you are free to think what you want, even say what you want, in this country, no matter who disagrees with you. What you aren't allowed to do is become domestic terrorists like the Occupy 'protesters'.

KATU - Portland, OR : \'Harry Potter\' actor jailed for joining riots | Entertainment News | KATU.com - Portland News, Spo

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:00:37 +0000

Perhaps the coverage of the Tea Party didn't show vandalism and destruction because.... they didn't vandalism or destroy things? Their is evidence that you can easily go see in numerous cities across the country that shows that Occupy does, in fact, vandalize and destroy. I don't agree with either of those groups, but Occupy is, by several fold, the more violent and destructive of the two. Not to mention full of criminals(as witnessed by the increase crime stats for areas where Occupy 'protests' have occurred).

KATU - Portland, OR : \'Harry Potter\' actor jailed for joining riots | Entertainment News | KATU.com - Portland News, Spo

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:42:30 +0000

Are you really trying to say that the Occupy protesters haven't vandalized or destroyed things? I know of a park in PDX that would seem to contradict that...

KATU - Portland, OR : Snooki says she\'s pregnant | Entertainment News | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffic Weather

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 20:26:41 +0000

Perhaps this 'world is going to end' thing is true. The Spawn of Snooki is imminent.

KATU - Portland, OR : No GOP candidates for attorney general, treasurer | Local Politics | KATU.com - Portland News, Sport

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 20:24:17 +0000

So, endless babbling about how the state needs to reign in its spending, how 'immorality is eroding the foundation of the country', yet the Repubs cant come up with people to even try to get these positions. Pathetic.

KATU - Portland, OR : Salem flooding victims blame new school for the problem | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland New

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:12:57 +0000

I understand that flooding isn't a good thing, I live in an area that gets flooded several times per year. But 'this is what we feared the most'? Really? The most? So, someone breaking into your house, beating you within an inch of your life, raping your children, and covering every inch of your walls with hazardous waste ranked LOWER than flood waters in your 'what to be afraid of' list? Ya'll Salem people are weird.

KATU - Portland, OR : For protesters, man becomes the face of police brutality | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland Ne

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:32:25 +0000

Exactly. Hate to break it to the 'occupiers', but 'writhing in pain' and having a 'broken back' generally cancel each other out. If he'd been laying on the ground, perfectly still, unable to make a sound with just silent tears running down his cheek, then I would be inclined to believe that he had broken his back.

KATU - Portland, OR : For protesters, man becomes the face of police brutality | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland Ne

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:27:41 +0000

That's a good option too. Perhaps give them a choice. I wasn't thinking anything mission critical. I'm thinking, relieving IED sweepers. Send them running out ahead of convoys. Or to help identify sniper locations by sending them wandering out in the open wearing officer bars. Perhaps keep a few at home to help test new body armors, giving manikins a few days off. Though, I must admit, your idea could give them a good example of what REAL police brutality looks like.

KATU - Portland, OR : For protesters, man becomes the face of police brutality | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland Ne

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:40:38 +0000

You know, I've been to protests. In fact, I was there in the early days of this very protest. But this 'protest' is no longer ideological, that was replaced a long time ago with people seeking a chance to 'stick it to the man'. In my protests, I was never beaten. I was never yelled at by police. Like in my daily life, I have never had any negative interaction with police. Why? Because I follow the laws. If I somehow find myself in a position where I've broken one, I accept it and expect nothing less than the police to enforce the law; that is their job. If these 'people'(loose use of the word there, some of those shots are strong evidence that it isn't the correct word) were to follow the law as well, they would never have a negative interaction with the police as well. Plus, the possession, distribution, and manufacturing charges on their record would probably never have happened, but that's a whole other ball of worms. One last issue. In the raw footage, a few things jumped out at me: Several times I heard 'f*ck you', 'can you even f*ucking see what you're doing', and similar phrases with by far the most abrasive word in the English language used. I saw two people jumping on what appears to be a police car(note lightbar visible) at 1:24. Yet, they have the audacity to claim to be a 'peaceful protest'? I suppose they should be thankful I wasn't coordinating the 'raid'. 12:01 would have come with police in the surrounding buildings firing concussion grenades(to knock off those gas masks that should be illegal), followed by a long volley of tear gas. On each surrounding street, those fleeting would be netted and arrested, then forcibly enlisted in our military, in their own separate group, to relieve some of our hero's in the middle east. If they survive, they can see how much of that 'free speech' it takes to find transportation back stateside.

KATU - Portland, OR : Man found dead in Newport | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffic Weather and

Wed, 2 Nov 2011 06:51:40 +0000

You seem to be assuming, as is the ignorant KATU, that the deceased preferred to be referred to with 'he' or 'him'. Perhaps he was transgender! Ugh, the right wing bias here is absolutely sickening!

KATU - Portland, OR : Spokeswoman: Wash. state Sen. Scott White has died | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland News, Sp

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 05:38:11 +0000

'Twas the reptilians of the New World Order that killed him because their secret CIA prisons ran by martians were too full! Seriously, bud, people simply just die sometimes. Even famous people. It doesn't mean their is some huge conspiracy behind it. It just means that their heart stopped moving blood sufficiently to the rest of the body. But go buy the tinfoil for your hat anyway. It's good for the local economy. ;)

KATU - Portland, OR : Occupy Portland organizers not concerned about sex offender | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:15:44 +0000

Um.... convicted felons who are not currently incarcerated can vote in Oregon, bud. http://felonvoting.procon.org/sourcefiles/Oregon_...

KATU - Portland, OR : Wash. releases names on anti-gay rights petition | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland News, Spor

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:20:51 +0000

What amazes me about the religious type, is that they see absolutely no problem picking and choosing rules, and condemning those that don't pick the same ones to live by. When was the last time you saw a church where even half the population of men had long hair? When was the last time you saw a traditional church that who's pastor had long hair? Yet, cutting your hair is against 'gods will' in the bible(Leviticus 19:27). I don't fault the religious completely, though. As seen throughout our culture, people will believe what they are told by and large, especially if it is by a Pastor. What's funny about that, is that someone can simply self appoint themselves as a Pastor and receive all the benefits of being one, yet they are trusted more than, say, atheists that have taken the time to actually study the bible. Though, I must admit: debating a topic with a religious person and showing them that they really have no idea what the bible says is rather amusing.

KATU - Portland, OR : Watch it again: Chip Kelly give obnoxious fans the word | Sports | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports,

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:54:26 +0000

Education. Get some immediately. Please.

KATU - Portland, OR : Wash. releases names on anti-gay rights petition | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland News, Spor

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:47:48 +0000

Ah, see their is a gab in your logic. Their are pro-gay people that are heterosexual, just as their are anti-gay people that are homosexual(example of the later: George Rekers and his fancy for rentboys).

KATU - Portland, OR : Wash. releases names on anti-gay rights petition | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland News, Spor

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:45:18 +0000

You do realize, my friend, that quoting bible verses to an Atheist in an attempt at a 'threat' or 'warning' is rather pointless, right?

KATU - Portland, OR : Wash. releases names on anti-gay rights petition | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland News, Spor

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:42:23 +0000

With 8 primary versions of the bible, the idea of referencing by chapter and verse doesn't always work correctly. For this specific example, here is a link for you to where the bible(in this case, the New International Version) says "Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.” http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genes...