Feature Article #1
Maddow — Fox News’ impact on race relations
Fox News is trying to artfully slither out of the reputation they have worked hard to earn — that they are a shill for the right wing — and this latest dust up with Shirley Sherrod is bringing it home even to faithful viewers of ‘Faux News’. O’Reilly tries to ignore Rachel’s charges and redirect the argument to ratings. Advertising revenue may be why reporting news factually is less important to them than ratings.
Feature Article #2
Olbermann — The witch hunt vs Sherrod and those who enabled it

I have sat behind this desk for seven years and pushed back at these counterfeit journalists, as a man might stand at the shore and try to push back the tide. I have been branded an ideologue and a profiteer and a mirror of image of that which I assail. I have said it in every way I could think of, and been told I have been over-the-top because I have mocked and shouted and repeated.
Feature Article #3
Maddow — Voodoo economics back — Jeff Merkley D-OR talks about it
Tax cuts for the rich grew the national debt during Ronald Reagan’s terms in office, George HW Bush, predicted it would. Senator Jeff Merkley, D-OR talks about it with Rachel
Feature Article #4
No Trespassing! Lakeside City Hall, this means you! Part 3
In short, according to Oregon law, this ordinance should have been properly posted so the public knew it was coming; openly placed on the agenda, so interested individuals could attend that meeting; and the decision to adopt it should have been arrived at openly…
Feature Article #5
No Trespassing! Lakeside City Hall, this means you! Part 2
It is important to note that there is no requirement in this new ordinance for a prior complaint, written or otherwise. There
is no definition of “reasonable manner” or “reasonable steps.” In contrast, Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 90.322(f) Residential Landlord and Tenant Law requires a minimum of a 24 hour notice before the landlord can enter the premises. In this new ordinance, determination of notification is left strictly up to the enforcement official, who alone can decide whether notification is “practical.” On the face of it, this ordinance appears designed to give City officials free and full rein to target any resident of their choosing in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
About this Site
When my oldest son, a Marine, left for war and crossed the border from Kuwait into Iraq in March 2003 I started writing my conscience. After two tours that young combat veteran, my first born son, is now permanently disabled suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and his mother is now an ardent peace activist. […]

One year to gain 12 miles. In light of the Wikileaks revelations about life on the ground in Afghanistan, this video helps to confirm the hopelessness of war and the suffering of war. As a nation, we have to be informed before sending our troops, sacrificing our youth, on such a course.
Last Wednesday, Coast Lake News Reported on City Hall’s passage of an Ordinance which handed any ‘designated enforcement official or designee’ the ‘Right of Entry’ upon private property and more than tripled the fines to $750 per violation per day.