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KATU - Portland, OR : Carrie Underwood talks gay marriage backlash‎ | Entertainment News | KATU.com - Portland News, S

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:22:23 +0000

I wasn't justifying gay marriage soley on one thing. The 3 main reasons (to me) for allowing gay marriage: 1) Why should I care who marries or not? 2) It's discrimination 3) The government should not be dictating who get's married and who doesn't

KATU - Portland, OR : Man claims Seattle beating came from \'bunch of leprechauns\' | Offbeat | KATU.com - Portland News,

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:37:25 +0000

When they say "keep your hands off my Lucky Charm's" they aren't kidding!!! :)

KATU - Portland, OR : Carrie Underwood talks gay marriage backlash‎ | Entertainment News | KATU.com - Portland News, S

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:40:17 +0000

The ignorance of letting fellow Americans be treated unequally is more amazing. It's so stupid how anyone cares who does and doesn't get married. You have people moving here and getting married for citizenship, you have people getting divorced as often as they change pants, celebrities getting married then divorced day's later and people clammering to read about it, people being unfaithful to their spouses...yet hey, rather than worry about that and try to do something about that, you want to keep someone from getting married who wants to....yeah brillilant.

KATU - Portland, OR : Influx of cash rolls in to support Wash. gay marriage measure | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portla

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:04:31 +0000

Semper Fi mom5270, I agree with you 100%.

KATU - Portland, OR : Influx of cash rolls in to support Wash. gay marriage measure | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portla

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:28:39 +0000

TU I totally agree

KATU - Portland, OR : Influx of cash rolls in to support Wash. gay marriage measure | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portla

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:20:22 +0000

I am a former Marine who gladly defended my country when asked as well as a hetro-sexual MARRIED white male. Gay and lesbian couples marrying does NOT hurt my marriage. I joined the military to defend the rights of every American citizen so don't preach to me about patriotic rights when you ARE trying to discriminate against my fellow American's. How about doing something for the divorce rate? If you want to defend marriage, become a marriage counselor and play an active role to do something positive for your fellow American's, maybe then you won't be so disenchanted.

KATU - Portland, OR : Feds convict first Oregon medical pot grower | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports,

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:13:39 +0000

Seems he is a bit sensative...or paranoid about something :) I agree with you, if it's legit great but if it's someone abusing the system, shut em down. I am for legalizing it, but just like anything else, if your going to cheat the system to make a buck then you run the risk of paying the penalty.

KATU - Portland, OR : Driving season begins, as does griping about gas | Business | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traf

Tue, 29 May 2012 16:42:52 +0000

Right on, exactly what I was thinking. had a friend fill up in Arizone for $3.3x a gallon the other day, yet we are about $1 more....it's insane! "whining" aka vocalizing our frustration is MORE than justified as there really isnt much more we can do except not take our kids on vacations to get back at oil companies....

KATU - Portland, OR : Ouch – gas prices closing in on record highs | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland News, Sp

Fri, 25 May 2012 19:23:16 +0000

Exactly, an excuse to gouge us, nothing to do with environmentalist like biased news outlet's might encourage us to believe. They do it because they can is the real reason, and they make record profits. Maybe more tax breaks for oil companies will help?? Sorry, that last bit was sarcasm. :)

KATU - Portland, OR : Audit: Ore. schools miss chances to save energy | Politics | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traff

Thu, 24 May 2012 22:51:01 +0000

It isn't just about building improvements, it's also about procedure improvements. There are no cost/low cost improvements that can be done easily. For example, I have a high school foodball field that is visible on my drive home. They will have all of the stadium lights on when it's light out or when no games are going or even a practice. How about only turning on 1/4 of the lights if it's for people to walk around the track in the evening and not a sporting event, or just not have the lights on unless a game or practice is happening? Another example of a no cost improvement was when the janitors used to clean a school (not named intentionally), they turned all of the lights on before they started, then as they cleaned a room, they turned the lights off this way they knew which rooms had been cleaned. Once they found out how much money this wasted, they changed their procedure. These are the type of things that some school districts (Beaverton and a few others) are doing already but all of them should be doing it, looking for no cost/low cost energy savings.

KATU - Portland, OR : Top bike magazine ranks Portland the No. 1 cycling city | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland New

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:24:09 +0000

Well I agree to a point SOME roads are absolutely not meant to ride on along with cars. I don't ride to work anymore because I don't have any roads with shoulders wide enough to be safe. When I did ride to work, I would usually take a longer route that was safer due to less traffic and wider shoulders as well as having bright lights and bright colored clothes on. The problem is the roads are getting so over crowded and traffic planners seem to look at short term solutions rather than what is going to happen long term, so alternative commute methods SHOULD be explored. As far as the negative comments I was referring to, the point there is someone died or is injured whether or not it was a motorcyclist, bicyclist, long haul truck driver or you or I it's still a person with family and friends who deserve respect, not to have it turned into a political grand stand.

KATU - Portland, OR : 2 Lewis-McChord soldiers killed in Afghanistan | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:59:32 +0000

So sad to see, RIP and thank you very much for your service.

KATU - Portland, OR : Top bike magazine ranks Portland the No. 1 cycling city | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland New

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:50:55 +0000

I do often find it interesting how KATU post's about a motorcycle being hit by a car and immediately people assume defence of the motorcyclist and support them, yet the same thing happens with a bicycle and it's assumed it's the bicylcist's fault and thumb down anyone who supports the bicyclist. As a disclaimer I commuted by motorcycle for 2 years in all seasons, commuted by bike for one year about 50% of the time and have been commuting by car for many many years. Take a look at the comments here....car driver's fault yet by the third comment they are assuming it's the bicyclist's fault "a few bad eggs" http://www.katu.com/news/local/Cyclist-hit-on-Hig... Then here, it's the motorcylcist's fault, lost control and slid into a truck, yet comments are totally different. Both are SAD and should be left at that but it's always turned into a political issue.....seems like people think it's fair and balanced as long as it supports their view. http://www.katu.com/news/local/Motorcyclist-kille...

KATU - Portland, OR : Authorities: Kidnapped girls didn\'t eat for day | National & World News | KATU.com - Portland News,

Fri, 11 May 2012 21:39:59 +0000

Thank goodness!!! I also thought they wouldn't be found alive, glad to see some good come from this horrible situation.

KATU - Portland, OR : ‘Grimm,’ Timberline, Oregon Zoo win tourism honors | Business | KATU.com - Portland News

Tue, 8 May 2012 19:29:59 +0000

Yes! I don't have it right now, but I'm sure I can get caught up on HULU. :)

KATU - Portland, OR : ‘Grimm,’ Timberline, Oregon Zoo win tourism honors | Business | KATU.com - Portland News

Tue, 8 May 2012 19:17:32 +0000

Great to hear, I watched the first five or so episodes and really enjoyed them but haven't had time to watch it since, I will have to make some time to get caught up! T'U what I could :)

KATU - Portland, OR : Police: 5 dead, including toddler, in Arizona shooting spree | National & World News | KATU.com - Po

Thu, 3 May 2012 15:59:27 +0000

So terrible, I just came back from Gilbert a couple of weeks ago and have friends that live close by. It's so hard to believe someone could do such horrific things and I hate that they call him a former Marine, he doesn't deserve that distinction as no Marine I served with would do such horrible things. A 16 month old girl too...REALLY??? Sick *******

KATU - Portland, OR : Oregon\'s beaches will be spiffed up this weekend | Outdoors | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Tra

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:18:51 +0000

Count me in!

KATU - Portland, OR : Student killed in Indianapolis school bus crash | National & World News | KATU.com - Portland News,

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:16:40 +0000

How horrible!!! My thoughts and prayers to the families and the children who have to live with the memories of what they saw. :(

KATU - Portland, OR : Witness jumps into Willamette to help drowning man | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland News, Sp

Mon, 5 Mar 2012 19:51:23 +0000

Thank you for that information, I hope he will get a full recovery soon and thanks to the hero who jumped in to save him!!