You have to laugh about the Oregonian trotting out their most egregious hit-piece artist to attack me because I caught Governor Kitzhaber … wait for it … shopping for eggplant! I ran into the Governor while he was at shopping at QFC and YouTubed the bizarre coincidence for laughs, and because …
Click here to listen to my call in to Lars Larson to discuss the Ginny Burdick kerfuffle.
She stands against “intimidation” – when it suits her. Democrat State Senator Ginny Burdick, an inveterate gun-grabber and author of several efforts to relieve Oregonians of the burdens imposed by their Constitutional rights, was to hold a “town hall” meeting at Portland State University last night, but at the last minute …
I am proud and humbled to celebrate the first anniversary of this blog. It has evolved quite a bit in its first year. I am most proud of the contributors who have agreed to post their stories at 54°40’ Or Fight! We now have 21 active contributors from around the …
In an unusual move for the folks at The Zero, they published an editorial this morning that was surprisingly positive in its portrayal of Republican candidate for Secretary of State Knute Buehler’s proposal to audit municipalities and agencies most at risk due to increasing PERS payment requirements, in hopes of elevating awareness of …
Knute Buehler is a Republican running for statewide office in Oregon. Therefore, whatever coverage he receives from the newspaper of record is typically scant. The Oregonian has a long, rich history of liberal bias, and yesterday’s story about Dr. Buehler is no exception. In a news article about a press …
This morning, during the 8am hour, the faithful listeners of the Bob Miller show on KPAM 860am were posed with a thought experiment. Evidenty George Zimmerman is having difficulty leading a normal life these days, and he’s launched a website to accept donations to cover expenses and pay his legal …
The Oregonian seems to have picked up on our earlier posts about misplaced priorities and self-inflicted budget woes at the Portland Bureau of Transportation. The story so far can be told in four pictures. Record revenues at the Portland Bureau of Transportation. “Discretionary” money has almost doubled since 2000. The city’s …
Metro’s in hot water again. The agency “manages” the Portland area’s 14 pioneer cemeteries of historical significance, and they also sell burial plots in them. Although there have been rumors over the years, the recent discovery of skeletal remains at a Metro dumpsite in Fairview have brought matters into sharp …
Dateline January, 7 2012 Portland OR – Flash. KATU News is reporting that “The Elk,” an art icon which was situated within the illegal Occupy camp, was quite possibly damaged by the Occupiers! On November 12, 2011; fetid protestors were forcibly evicted from Chapman and Lownsdale Public Squares by the Portland Police Department. …
Jeff Mapes, Democrat Mouthpiece local political reporter for the paper of record, lent an assist yesterday to lame duck Portland Mayor Sam Adams in his attempt to drive all Republicans out of the city limits: Portland Mayor Sam Adams says he is unhappy about Republican plans to hold a presidential …
Image via Wikipedia In Portland, it’s considered extremely bad form to discuss light rail using anything other than superlatives. Thus, in a Zero story about record gang violence, we get this: A 14-year-old boy lying on the corner of Northeast Multnomah Street and 11th Avenue, shot in the head and back. The killing, …
Here’s an update on the refusal of Oregon Museum of Science and Industry to allow the Climate Conference by the American Meteorological Service to proceed. After massive coverage on every major radio talk show in the Portland area, calls to reverse the decision by scientists all over the world, and …
PolitiFact has just submitted another entry in a long line of evidence of bias in their analysis. This time, it’s the Oregonian’s man on the beat, Charles Pope. Mr. Pope has decided to dissect this statement on the website of Oregon’s only Republican Congressman, Greg Walden: “When the bill was …
We wanted to bring the readers’ attention to a solid article posted by Jeff Mapes in The Oregonian that briefly covers the history of PERS, and why it’s currently in deep, deep trouble. The article gives a good, basic overview of Tier I and Tier II public employees, and where …
So much for the police brutality claim. They’re so desperate to create a conflict that they’ll manufacture one solely for the sake of having a martyr. Sickening. We’ve already documented how quick the legacy media was to highlight claims of police brutality. The Oregonian was quick to take credit for …
Thank you, Mayor Sam Adams. Your steadfast refusal to apply the law equally to Occupy Portland, simply because you agree with them politically, is costing Portland residents big time. You have failed to do your job, Mr. Mayor. You have not protected Portland taxpayers from unreasonable expense. This sentence from …
A quick post earlier today by our friends at NW Free Press: Getting Warmer Slower? It appears that The Oregonian Editorial Board does not read the front page of its own newspaper. In an editorial in today’s edition, the Board urges recognition of the connection between warming and extreme weather …
Remember the picture of the girl getting maced that went viral, and became a supposed symbol of police brutality? Yeah, about that. Check out Occupy Portland’s own video, showing her antagonizing the police and getting in their faces (starting at the 1:51 mark): UPDATE: My buddy Victoria Taft has a …
This movement is not over, and it’s not peaceful. Local news, Oregonian report on the peaceful nature of this movement, and sometimes just for laughs, they talk about the lack of sanitation. But there are no local legacy media outlets reporting on the violent and anti-American goals of this movement. …