en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1953727 Comments by scholar http://www.katu.com/news/national/118877914.html#IDComment138695412 And if your folks ever were in a union and fought for the 8 hour day, benefits, safety, minimum wage, and all the other things we take for granted, maybe you'd applaud the judge.... Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:24:06 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/118877914.html#IDComment138695412 http://www.katu.com/news/national/118848749.html#IDComment138458951 Who goes to their arraignment looking like this? An arrogant, uncaring, user...what she did is awful. Her punishment is light. She may have been at the "end of her rope" financially but you don't use a child like that! She looks defiant with her "attitude" shirt and all. Other people get to the end of their "rope" too but there are other ways to get assistance! Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:29:54 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/118848749.html#IDComment138458951 http://northportland.katu.com/news/news/black-lab-killed-pit-bull/439439#IDComment138276590 That is the thing about Pit bulls, sometimes no one sees it coming. I have read about Pits bulls that: out of the blue attacked their owner who was watching tv; showed no sign of aggression and then killed the child they had known since its birth; never tried to attack an animal before then took the door off the house going for a cat on the sidewalk. I believe that when a pit bull attacks another animal, or a person,UNPROVOKED, that pit bull is no longer safe. Period. Perhaps the owner and dog should have a forced intense training period at which time the animal can be appraised for potential danger, barring that I wouldn't want that animal in my neighborhood. The real problem is once there is a first attack...do we want a a "Second"? Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:36:26 +0000 http://northportland.katu.com/news/news/black-lab-killed-pit-bull/439439#IDComment138276590 http://www.katu.com/news/national/118719994.html#IDComment137990561 Help us please take back our government...so it will never be the right of every American to have access to the care offered in EVERY OTHER MODERN COUNTRY. If you lose a job you are offered COBRA at 4 times the cost. The GOP has nothing to offer. Certainly nothing better, not any real alternative... just.rhetoric and fear. Same old Same old. The GOP and Tea Party spout a lot...offer little. Mon, 28 Mar 2011 01:09:53 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/118719994.html#IDComment137990561 http://www.katu.com/news/national/118399384.html#IDComment136651306 If it had been booze he provided to a bunch of 19 year olds would the case be different? NO. You have to be 21 to buy it in MN OR drink it legally, and if you provide alcohol OR drugs to minors and something happens, YOU are libel. Seems I recall recently a mom at a party got the kids juiced and even went to bed with one - everyone was so hopping mad at her. Same thing. You throw a party and have some drugs or alcohol and you get minors amped up, you are responsible. He will probably get an involuntary manslaughter charge out of it...and he probably has f-ed up his life for a long time. Bottom line - he took the risk, he bought the stuff. Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:04:47 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/118399384.html#IDComment136651306 http://www.katu.com/news/local/118218959.html#IDComment135957517 If he is healthy, why not? In fact, why not harvest organs from All healthy people we put to death? Maybe a Little good could come of their deaths since (the guilty ones, anyway) didn't do good while living.... Sat, 19 Mar 2011 02:03:08 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/118218959.html#IDComment135957517 http://www.katu.com/news/national/118223104.html#IDComment135907614 How can we look and not weep...I wish I would win the lottery just so as to help in some way! Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:52:10 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/118223104.html#IDComment135907614 http://www.katu.com/news/national/118171844.html#IDComment135720575 First NPR. Then PBS. LINK TV? Any news not subsidized by feminine products and beer...but we MUST have apes with mouths like Rush Limbaugh and his ilk. NPR is one of the few sources of news with a trace of honesty left. Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:10:51 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/118171844.html#IDComment135720575 http://gresham.katu.com/news/crime/woman-gets-20-years-5-year-olds-death/439144#IDComment135625089 According to the report, little Oleander had physical evidence of LONG standing abuse. This was not a one time incident. SO unless Miss Quintero was a work 24/7, she saw it, she knew about it, (she may have Done some of it) and she did not stop it. Get off the soap opera box and face it - she is guilty if nothing else of incredible neglect and complacence. If she did not witness the Act of abuse, she sure as hell witnessed the effects! Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:59:58 +0000 http://gresham.katu.com/news/crime/woman-gets-20-years-5-year-olds-death/439144#IDComment135625089 http://gresham.katu.com/news/crime/woman-gets-20-years-5-year-olds-death/439144#IDComment135624091 I agree. The persons who spoke to me commented on how she acted the day they found out about the girl. She did not seem sad, did not seem shocked, just did not act the grieving stepmom at all. Her own two children do not appear to have been harmed, so I am not sure she was ever "scared". I am not sure she did not participate, nor will I ever know, I suppose. And yes, the family sure as heck should have seen something, and if they did, gotten involved! This is a convoluted and sad case all around. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:55:24 +0000 http://gresham.katu.com/news/crime/woman-gets-20-years-5-year-olds-death/439144#IDComment135624091 http://www.katu.com/news/local/118084609.html#IDComment135413881 And yet another reason to think about gun control..wonder if Charlton Heston will be swinging by. Lord...every living thing in the house. I hope we find out Why! Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:51:26 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/118084609.html#IDComment135413881 http://www.katu.com/news/local/118023919.html#IDComment135333308 Just Love the weird laws...she gets a lot less because I suppose there is less "physical" damage. A consensual encounter but one of vast age difference...and yeah, a man would get a lot more. The thing is, there was a time when no one could perhaps conceive of a woman "raping" someone unless she used a tool or did something like that. If I was that 14 year old's mom I'd have a lot to say and none of it pleasant! Getting a bunch of minors drunk and using one of them...30 days seems utterly ridiculous in terms of time.! Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:53:09 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/118023919.html#IDComment135333308 http://www.katu.com/news/entertainment/118015639.html#IDComment135129507 Tweet tweet twitter...and now another good reason to watch what the heck one says where, when, and HOW. If you have to be an A hole...try not to do it in public! There is one firing I can approve of wholeheartedly! Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:57:47 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/entertainment/118015639.html#IDComment135129507 http://gresham.katu.com/news/crime/woman-gets-20-years-5-year-olds-death/439144#IDComment134990585 I am sorry but I cannot make sense of Shocked 101. English 2nd language...? I know people who know Quintero, too. What they say is not nearly as flattering nor does it make her out to be so innocent. I suppose there are two sides to any story, but one result in this case. A dead, beautiful girl. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:42:35 +0000 http://gresham.katu.com/news/crime/woman-gets-20-years-5-year-olds-death/439144#IDComment134990585 http://www.katu.com/news/national/117896889.html#IDComment134735502 You are a sick person to think any country or people deserve this. No one "deserved" Katrina although our government did screw that up big time. Mon, 14 Mar 2011 02:15:33 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/117896889.html#IDComment134735502 http://www.katu.com/news/local/117825178.html#IDComment134523298 I lived with a hoarder in St Paul, MN. 14 animals...she would not let them go outdoors to crap because (in the middle of summer when it was 90 outside) they might "get too cold." She would feed the 10 cats on the floor, so the dogs could eat all their food, then put dog food out. The cats were always starving (I tried to feed them). Now and again friends would pop in and move cats when the lady was not home...she would replace them. No one could pet any of them as they were all pretty wild. I can imagine this situation all too well. I bailed, moved out as soon as I could. The woman was nuts, and dangerous. If anyone criticized her or her "babies" she would sit there on her bed muttering, while holding a knife. BUT: She managed her house. Cooked. Baby sat for people. Was respected. I hope all people who ever end up coming into contact with this situation will handle it better than I did...and maybe save some animals. And humans. Sat, 12 Mar 2011 23:41:47 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/117825178.html#IDComment134523298 http://www.katu.com/news/national/117843368.html#IDComment134475309 EVERYONE is downwind of a reactor accident. It circles the earth and one one will know how much falls where...I now the Hanford "accident" left fallout across the midwest. Nukes are not "safe" because mankind is not a safe creature either... Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:10:31 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/117843368.html#IDComment134475309 http://www.katu.com/news/national/117843368.html#IDComment134474886 How horribly sad to see that one of the first news items today is Beware of Scams relating to the quake. I remember Katrina and all the crap that went on with American ingenuity at ripping off people there. A quake, a tsunami, nuclear problem...they will need aid for a long time to come. Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:07:42 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/117843368.html#IDComment134474886 http://www.katu.com/news/local/117701224.html#IDComment133920385 The flag was on his personal property...parked at the school's property. Sorry. I side with the school. You want to try something fun - why not go to the school wearing a Nazi Swastika? Or some other bullshit. Maybe he ought to sport a KKK flag or whatever they use. Schools have some rights in deciding what is appropriate, what can incite trouble, (they can ban gang colors and shirts and wraps). He got a warning. He ignored it. Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:57:13 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/117701224.html#IDComment133920385 http://www.katu.com/news/entertainment/117751153.html#IDComment133917206 So you act nuts, brag about drug use, and when your employer fires you, you sue? God bless America...I hope he does not win... Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:40:22 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/entertainment/117751153.html#IDComment133917206