en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/337091 Comments by neilbradley http://www.katu.com/news/local/Northwest-Immigration-deportations-drop-160325455.html?clmob=y#IDComment389511904 I don't understand what any of this has to do with racism. If you're in the US legally, fine. If you're not in the US legally, you're an illegal alien. Has nothing to do with race. Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:14:06 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Northwest-Immigration-deportations-drop-160325455.html?clmob=y#IDComment389511904 http://www.katu.com/news/problemsolver/Gresham-woman-uses-review-process-to-fight-foreclosure-159934475.html#IDComment386899324 The terms of mortgages are laid out in their agreements. If you fail to meet them, the bank is under no obligation to do anything for you. You're either late on your payments or you aren't. It doesn't matter if you've had generations of your family living there. You don't get to have something for nothing. I'm actually more PO'd that I've paid my mortgages on time since day one and can't refi nor take advantage of loan modifications because of LTV. Where's my "loan modification"? Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:20:26 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/problemsolver/Gresham-woman-uses-review-process-to-fight-foreclosure-159934475.html#IDComment386899324 http://www.katu.com/living/health/Mom-upset-about-students-sunburn-at-Wash-school-field-day-159811965.html?clmob=y#IDComment386037550 "Michener takes full responsibility for her decision not to put sunscreen on the girls before they left the house," Then shut up and go away, and don't blame others for your own lack of parenting skills. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:19:00 +0000 http://www.katu.com/living/health/Mom-upset-about-students-sunburn-at-Wash-school-field-day-159811965.html?clmob=y#IDComment386037550 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Two-people-pulled-from-flaming-car-that-was-hit-by-a-semi-159506565.html#IDComment384472589 Where was god when the accident happened in the first place? Too quick to give "god" credit for all the good and none of the bad. Kudos to the real heroes - the bystanders. They get all the credit. God had nothing to do with it. Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:17:57 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Two-people-pulled-from-flaming-car-that-was-hit-by-a-semi-159506565.html#IDComment384472589 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Pandhandling-complaints--159323165.html#IDComment382940811 Am I wrong to want a bite of that? Not the panhandlers, the burrito/sandwich things in the picture! Sun, 17 Jun 2012 08:25:40 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Pandhandling-complaints--159323165.html#IDComment382940811 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Speeding-driver-swerves-to-miss-stopped-car-hits-another-head-on-159298485.html#IDComment382579259 Yet more evidence that the standard for obtaining a driver's license should be a LOT higher than it is now. Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:09:35 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Speeding-driver-swerves-to-miss-stopped-car-hits-another-head-on-159298485.html#IDComment382579259 http://www.katu.com/news/national/Efforts-to-relax-pot-rules-gaining-momentum-in-US-158359635.html?clmob=y#IDComment382094086 In terms of consistency and interpretation of said verse, you also should agree that smoking cigarettes to get high (which is why they do it) is also something that shouldn't happen. Agreed? Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:44:28 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/Efforts-to-relax-pot-rules-gaining-momentum-in-US-158359635.html?clmob=y#IDComment382094086 http://www.katu.com/news/national/Efforts-to-relax-pot-rules-gaining-momentum-in-US-158359635.html?clmob=y#IDComment382093378 A relationship with anything that's all consuming isn't healthy no matter what the intoxicant, be it cigarettes, alcohol, or pot. Alcohol and cigarettes are *ALREADY* in the hands of the government, so that's kind of an empty argument. Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:43:04 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/Efforts-to-relax-pot-rules-gaining-momentum-in-US-158359635.html?clmob=y#IDComment382093378 http://www.katu.com/news/local/City-of-Vancouver-fireworks-ban-considering-banning-high-flying-fireworks-158527125.html#IDComment379011572 One step closer to the lame fireworks we have here in Oregon. Don't do it! Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:39:24 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/City-of-Vancouver-fireworks-ban-considering-banning-high-flying-fireworks-158527125.html#IDComment379011572 http://www.katu.com/news/national/Efforts-to-relax-pot-rules-gaining-momentum-in-US-158359635.html?clmob=y#IDComment378959009 Uhm, no. If I have an industrial job, like crane operator, truck driver, or anything else where my work cannot be impared, I will be fired. It doesn't matter if I have a prescription or not. The point is intoxication is intoxication. Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:24:59 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/Efforts-to-relax-pot-rules-gaining-momentum-in-US-158359635.html?clmob=y#IDComment378959009 http://www.katu.com/news/national/Efforts-to-relax-pot-rules-gaining-momentum-in-US-158359635.html?clmob=y#IDComment378958400 They're all drugs whether or not they are abused or mistreated. Anyone who smokes cigarettes habitually is a drug addict (nicotine). Anyone who drinks alcohol to an intoxicating level on a regular basis is a drug addict (alcohol). Anyone who smokes pot habitually is a drug addict. The point is, it makes no difference what the drug is. Abuse is abuse, whether or not the drug is legal. Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:23:26 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/Efforts-to-relax-pot-rules-gaining-momentum-in-US-158359635.html?clmob=y#IDComment378958400 http://www.katu.com/news/national/Efforts-to-relax-pot-rules-gaining-momentum-in-US-158359635.html?clmob=y#IDComment378282980 Angry? You're thinking of alcohol. About the only thing that's in danger from a pot smoker is a bag of Cheetos. Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:53:34 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/Efforts-to-relax-pot-rules-gaining-momentum-in-US-158359635.html?clmob=y#IDComment378282980 http://www.katu.com/news/national/Efforts-to-relax-pot-rules-gaining-momentum-in-US-158359635.html?clmob=y#IDComment378282412 Might you care to state why you think it shouldn't be legalized? I support its legalization. As an aside, I completely agree with your reasoning about restricting it to certain areas. Pot should not be smoked in public places due to its intoxicating effect, and you are correct they don't have the right to subject others to second hand smoke. Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:52:08 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/Efforts-to-relax-pot-rules-gaining-momentum-in-US-158359635.html?clmob=y#IDComment378282412 http://www.katu.com/news/national/Efforts-to-relax-pot-rules-gaining-momentum-in-US-158359635.html?clmob=y#IDComment378281321 No, nor would I want them to be drunk, either. Or high on over the counter drugs, either. What's your point? That suddenly if pot were legalized that everyone would be stoned all the time? Using that logic, that means because alcohol is legal that they'd be drunk all the time. Why would you worry about one intoxicant vs. another? None are acceptable. Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:49:12 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/Efforts-to-relax-pot-rules-gaining-momentum-in-US-158359635.html?clmob=y#IDComment378281321 http://www.katu.com/news/national/Efforts-to-relax-pot-rules-gaining-momentum-in-US-158359635.html?clmob=y#IDComment378248026 "It is a major drug of abuse," he said. "People ask me what the most dangerous drug is, and I say marijuana. Other drugs have serious consequences that are easy to recognize. Marijuana saps people's motivation, their direction. It's a drug that makes people stupid and lazy. That's in a way more dangerous." As he says while smoking cigarettes (drug) and drinking alcohol (drug). Not that anything that a drug czar from the Nixon administration would really have much in the way of modern day perspective, however... Mon, 11 Jun 2012 03:21:19 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/Efforts-to-relax-pot-rules-gaining-momentum-in-US-158359635.html?clmob=y#IDComment378248026 http://www.katu.com/living/food-wine/NE-Portland-liquor-store-part-of-pilot-program-to-sell-beer-and-wine-158301375.html#IDComment377433435 "I can't think of a reason not to have it all in one place," I can think of a reason if it's in the hands of government. Government should be in the business of doing things the general public can or won't do. Alcohol isn't one of them. Now it's in competition with local businesses. The OLCC has a monopoly on liquor in the state of Oregon but shouldn't The OLCC was created during prohibition and should have long since been disbanded. Sat, 9 Jun 2012 17:56:07 +0000 http://www.katu.com/living/food-wine/NE-Portland-liquor-store-part-of-pilot-program-to-sell-beer-and-wine-158301375.html#IDComment377433435 http://www.katu.com/news/national/NYC-proposes-ban-on-sale-of-oversized-sodas-155929955.html#IDComment371572967 It's a free country. Government has no right to intervene. What's next? No more burgers, shakes, etc... because it might be overconsumed by some people? Stop shooting the messenger. Fri, 1 Jun 2012 06:32:00 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/NYC-proposes-ban-on-sale-of-oversized-sodas-155929955.html#IDComment371572967 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Kyron-Horman-Desiree-Young-Kain-Horman-Terri-Horman-civil-lawsuit-156159635.html#IDComment371567312 Terri's behavior sure is fishy - she acts like she knows something. I get the impression she's an evil, vile person. Fri, 1 Jun 2012 06:17:42 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Kyron-Horman-Desiree-Young-Kain-Horman-Terri-Horman-civil-lawsuit-156159635.html#IDComment371567312 http://www.katu.com/news/business/Washington-high-court-upholds-private-liquor-initiative-155949695.html#IDComment371204781 Government should be in the business of providing services that the private sector cannot or will not do. Alcohol does not qualify, and the government shouldn't be in that business. Good to see that the right thing was done. Thu, 31 May 2012 17:56:37 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/business/Washington-high-court-upholds-private-liquor-initiative-155949695.html#IDComment371204781 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Man-in-critical-condition-after-hit-by-car-in-Salem-John-Dashney-155566775.html#IDComment370018716 Yes. But this is not a newspaper and there's plenty of room for the word "being". I just found the dropped words amusing. As an example, there's an article above that says "Mark Zuckerberg May Not Even Need A Prenup". The word "Even" isn't necessary, so it's not like they're hurting for page real estate. Wed, 30 May 2012 04:54:07 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Man-in-critical-condition-after-hit-by-car-in-Salem-John-Dashney-155566775.html#IDComment370018716