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KATU - Portland, OR : Woman flying from Ore. claims she was raped in Denver airport | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Tr

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:26:31 +0000

Yeah, I agree. Nobody on KATU stoops as low as to blame the background/ethnicity/class-status of a potential criminal as a reason for their behavior. Thank you SOO much for standing up for that principle. And, everybody, let's stick to the high level of intellectual discourse this board is known for by continuing this noble ethical principle that gbudavid has so courageously taken a stand for.

KATU - Portland, OR : Two people shot and killed in Longview home | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffic Weather and

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:45:24 +0000

Yeah, wait until he pleads not guilty and then let's talk about money saved.

KATU - Portland, OR : Teen accused of manslaughter to appear in court | Crime | Northeast Portland News

Fri, 8 Apr 2011 20:25:37 +0000

Wannabethugatosis. Symptoms include an inability to communicate without threatening bodily harm, an unexplained erection occurring every time a firearm is present and/or discussed, and a pathological hatred of anybody 'snitching'... unless it's your own as$ that's on the line... in which case, snitching occurs immediately and enthusiastically.

KATU - Portland, OR : North Portland grocer arrested for food stamp fraud | Business | Tualatin News

Fri, 8 Apr 2011 17:30:52 +0000

Why do people always assume anybody who is defending the right of the poor to eat automatically also is opposed to ANY sort of reform of the process? As if the two things are mutually exclusive, and anybody that thinks food stamps are a good idea also think in their minds, 'HAHAH, let them all eat candy and donuts ALL DAY Long!!! MUAhahahahah!!!' Like all liberals all just sitting somewhere thinking that. I think anybody who looks at the problem with an objective mind would say it needs to be reformed. At the very least, eliminating junk food, low fat/calorie to nutritional value foods, etc. And then going from there. Your idea of establishing some sort of mass food bank is maybe a decent idea, but would take a lot of planning. And it would be hard for people who don't have transportation and also have busy lives. Reforming what you can buy in the grocery store seems a lot more reasonable, to me. But yeah, It's pretty ridiculous that you can go into a store and use the cards, theoretically, on hundreds of dollars in soda/candy/garbage, and not spend one penny on a veggie or fruit or lean meat. But that's how it is. Creating a straw man to itch that little hateful part in your brain, imagining there are all these people out there who think it's a great idea that you can load up on junk food through Food stamps is A) not gonna solve any problem, and B) a complete figment of your imagination. And guess who sees to it that it's that way? That there's no restrictions on junk food or no-nutrition food? Not the recipients, not the DHS... the food corporations and grocery stores, through extremely wellf-funded lobbying efforts. Because, guess what... whether you're buying candy or chicken breasts, they still get paid the same. And the more things you can buy, the MORE they get paid. It's that simple.

KATU - Portland, OR : North Portland grocer arrested for food stamp fraud | Business | Tualatin News

Fri, 8 Apr 2011 01:01:50 +0000

Why do people always use these stories as excuses to hate on EVERYBODY that has ever relied on Welfare in the entire history of the program? You just know it's coming. It's the same thing as hearing of a Medicare fraud story (which, by the way, costs the govt. WAAAY WAYYY effing more than food stamp fraud), and immediately declaring anybody who uses Medicare a lowlife, subhuman scum. Yes, people, there are human beings out there that are so broke that they literally, without food stamps, would go hungry. Yes, they can walk into a grocery store and, without spending money they've earned themselves, buy something to eat so that they (and their children) don't go hungry. The country you live in, the society you're a part of, the people who have lead this country collectively, have decided that we're not going to literally force people to starve to death if they are in need or have made poor choices in their lives. We'll let them work horrible, soul-sucking jobs for close to nothing, we'll let them live in terrible housing with no security, we'll make them live out their lives terrified that they might become injured or sick and literally suffer becuase they don't have enough green pieces of paper in their wallets... BUT, they won't starve!!! Isn't it SO horrible!!! Yes, some of them are bad people and will take advantage of any help given them. As is the case in this story, where people sell them to, presumably, afford drugs/alcohol/cigarettes/whatever. Yes yes yes, isn't it just SO terrible that you have to suffer this indignity, knowing that somewhere, someone is getting something when they need it? Wouldn't it just be so much better if you, instead, saw that occasional person on the bus, walking on the sidewalk, sitting on a park bench, skin and bones, making an Auschwitz prisoner jealous, and holding out their hand for change so that they could go to the store and buy Top Ramen. Wouldn't that make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside? Wouldn't you get off work, see that, and just smile to yourself. 'Damn right, they deserve that! Why can't they all just starve to death? I'd be so much happier.' And then it's, 'Welcome to McDonald's, may I help you?'

KATU - Portland, OR : Mayor wants to fund prosecutor to help curb drug crimes | Crime | City Center News

Thu, 7 Apr 2011 04:26:38 +0000

Drug free zones are just irrelevant. Does anybody HONESTLY think that one crackhead has spent two seconds contemplating their sobriety because they're not allowed in old town? It's just a matter of a few more minutes spent transferring buses. I do think the cops have intentionally let that area go from tough enforcement, at least to an extent, as a way of punishing city hall for their allusion to the fact that the DFZs were racially discriminatory, ie. that the police themselves were racially discriminating. 'All right, let's just let it completely go to shht, if that's how they wanna play.'

KATU - Portland, OR : Charlie Sheen bombs on opening night of 20-city tour | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffic Wea

Sun, 3 Apr 2011 16:17:03 +0000

Man, imagining the type of person that would spend hundreds of dollars to go this tour. They might as well just let everybody in to each show, weld the doors shut, and write the building off for 50 years.

KATU - Portland, OR : Police dog killed while trying to apprehend suspect | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffic Weat

Sat, 2 Apr 2011 23:10:40 +0000

You know, speaking of the bible... I gotta place for you to shove yours.

KATU - Portland, OR : Police dog killed while trying to apprehend suspect | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffic Weat

Sat, 2 Apr 2011 23:07:09 +0000

Rip Kane. More balls on this dog than on all the scumbag, coward, wannabe gangsta POS thugs in the metro area, combined.

KATU - Portland, OR : Police: Man tried to run over cop | Crime | Northwest Portland News

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:36:05 +0000

But but but.... some bike riders dont wear helmets...

KATU - Portland, OR : U.S. launches missiles at Libyan targets | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffic Weather and Bre

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:00:22 +0000

Why don't you go move to Libya and learn arabic, you America-hating, Sharia-law supporting terrorist coddler? Some libyan official could be reading this right now surfing the web for stories, and would gain a lot of aid and comfort knowing their are elements in our own country who hate our president and second-guess him when he takes military action. I guess you want the fight Libyan army from your front porch, soon, huh? Because you obviously want to undermine our government. Doing good, Repugnicans? Let me see... hmm. WHY do you HATE America, sir? Why do you want her to fall in defeat to the evil menace of Arabism and communist-leaning dictatorships? Just move.... just go MOVE to Libya and get a house in Tripoli and enter your natural environment. Just GO!!! We don't want you here. We want people who blindly support everything our Government does... and sees the traitors who don't for what they are. I'm just exercising my free speech rights, and you wanna turn this into politics and change the topic instead of addressing what I'm asking to address. Maybe if I smash a rock over my head before trying this stuff It'll come out better.

KATU - Portland, OR : Girl killed by accused drunk driver | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffic Weather and Breaking

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:41:16 +0000

Find me ONE of you medieval justice lovers that has moved from the US to Dubai. Find me ONE, and I'll personally buy you a box of cuban cigars.

KATU - Portland, OR : U.S. launches missiles at Libyan targets | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffic Weather and Bre

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:40:10 +0000

Not only that, contributing a very limited air force presence in support of a VERY limited no-fly zone is a tad bit different than invading a country with a multi-hundred thousand troop army that costs the country tens of billions of dollars and hundreds of lives a month to run. I'll be generous and leave out the hundreds of thousands of civilians killed, and the massive destruction of property and infrastructure. But don't expect the conservatives on this thread to understand, they're too busy coming up with their vile and menacing attacks on anybody who dare question the President's actions here in attacking another country like they did so well in the run up to the Iraq invasion. I'll help you guys... traitors, hate the country, hate everything we stand for, go to Libya then, you're no better than the terrorists, aid and comfort, blah blah blah.

KATU - Portland, OR : U.S. launches missiles at Libyan targets | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffic Weather and Bre

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:34:48 +0000

So the logic follows that anybody in this thread who even mildly criticizes Obama for this action (which he did nothing close to initiate) will be swiftly met with accusations from you of traitorous behavior, wanting the country to be destroyed, wanting the terrorists to win, wanting Al Qaida to rape our daughters and steal all our possessions, and bladda bladda bladda.... Right? Get on that, I already see a few candidates for your wrath.

KATU - Portland, OR : U.S. launches missiles at Libyan targets | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffic Weather and Bre

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:32:27 +0000

Don't bother, trust me. It's like P***ing into the ocean, spitting into a hurricane, kicking a brick wall, etc.

KATU - Portland, OR : Minus federal subsidy, rural counties look to Legislature | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffi

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:26:26 +0000

You like me, you really REALLY like me!!!!

KATU - Portland, OR : Minus federal subsidy, rural counties look to Legislature | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffi

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:56:10 +0000

So people who were loggers/their families/communities are essentially charity cases now to you? And are supposed to be supported by people who had no say whatsoever in logging politics to begin with? Like me. Even if your point was valid (which it's not, of course) the logging political game was debated and settled WAY before 99% of people who are now the tax/spending revenue base knew what was happening. But that's okay, we're just supposed to be okay with this massive redistribution because all the loggers decided they'd stake their entire careers and livelihoods on an industry that was so susceptible to instability? What happened to the free-market, adjusting to circumstances, supporting yourself, sinking or swimming, being able to take a punch and have a stiff upper lip, not relying on others in tough times, etc? You know, all those precious capitalistic ideals that you hold onto now that teddy bear hugging and pacifier sucking is age-inappropriate?

KATU - Portland, OR : Minus federal subsidy, rural counties look to Legislature | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffi

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:50:41 +0000

Watch what happens when you tell guys like this that the revenue/jobs/spending that the Nikes and Intels, etc produce can ONLY stay in the metro areas those companies reside in. The logic is gonna get pretty fuzzy at that point, and things are gonna get psychadelic. Oh, and for fun, ask what they think of reparations for slavery, too, and see how they react. And then listen to them talk about how poor people (read: minorities) getting tricked into mortgages they couldn't afford were the sole parties responsible for tanking the economy.

KATU - Portland, OR : Minus federal subsidy, rural counties look to Legislature | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffi

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:22:55 +0000

They do a better job of pointing themselves out than anybody like you or me could ever hope. GOVERNMENT HANDS OF MY MEDICARE!!!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

KATU - Portland, OR : Minus federal subsidy, rural counties look to Legislature | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffi

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:13:00 +0000

No, they've decided they want the liberal, cash-heavy counties to subsidize their lack of funding and intentional, deliberate budget deficits. Just like it's always been with rural areas, just like it is, just like it always will be. The truth can be so insanely painful sometimes. Quick, you gotta Social Security check to cash and a Medicare funded doctor's visit to attend before you get home and watch Glenn Beck, rub one out to a Palin youtube speech and then get to bed early so you can go to the Teaparty rally in the morning.