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on The Fight Over Sugar Beets
Great just what we need, already the sugar subsidy the United States gives a few heavy political contributors serves to cause the dumping of cheap susidized sugar on world markets and destroys the economies of many poor countries. Then the American taxpayer whoever he is gives these countries foreign aid.
Genetic engineering has been an ongoing process since pre-colombian times in the western hemisphere. The staple of the Americas maize is a good example of a human engineered plant.
posted 3 years, 1 month ago
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on All About Memes
Are the contributors coerced, forced, drafted in any way? As far as I know people who have a lot of time on their hands are allowed to do as they want. I hope Ben makes a fortune when he sells his idea. Sorry Marc you don't seem to understand that he and his staff need money to provide things that entertain those with nothing better to do.
posted 3 years, 2 months ago
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on All About Memes
I can hear a definite disapproval in the voice of the moderator that Ben might actually be making a profit. Good on him, the last time people worked for free who weren't slaves was when the monks of the Catholic Church copied the bible for disemination. At least he is not begging for money from his customers like OPB does. Believe it or not his parents are probably happy he doesn't have to live with them.
posted 3 years, 2 months ago
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on Chief Sizer Speaks
One thing we never hear in these "debates" is any mention of "community" responsibility. Perhaps if there was just a City of Portland Community instead of a racial balkanized "community" we would find some citizen responsibility for the situation. Maybe we all ought to stop taking mind altering drugs, using guns to settle our differences and problems the police would have a reason to be more trustfull of the population. I don't blame the police for the crimes and violence committed by the population on itself. Who would like to be in a job with little respect from the poplulation and in a job in which you are a target?
posted 3 years, 2 months ago
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on Home from Haiti
Yeah that's why they risk their lives to get the hell out of there. What an insipid idiot you are.
posted 3 years, 3 months ago
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on Home from Haiti
I listen to the BBC every night and it is amazing how the world views any American effort in the world but I see little if anything coming from the culpable French much better to whine about the US and then let them take care of the problem. Medicin sans frontieres only has a french name. Perhaps the Eurotrash would be so kind as to pay off their WWII loans and we could use that money to help problems in the world. One comment stuck with me, when aid started to flow from the US to Haiti it was described as yet another invasion by America. There are french speaking people in Martinique and Guadaloupe maybe they could at least translate for the true heroes, our volunteers.
posted 3 years, 3 months ago
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on Your State of the Union
There is nothing in his bill to lower health costs, get the damn lawyers out of the business of ruining medical practice, increasing the number of physicians, making insurance available without regard to the state one lives in but good things for Louisiana and Nebraska and the UAW
posted 3 years, 3 months ago
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on Your State of the Union
I long for the day we have a president who realizes how good the country is and has been for the world in general and one who actually says something true once in a while.
I love his endorsement of nuclear power but don't believe he will back it up with action.
posted 3 years, 3 months ago
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on Your State of the Union
Dear Rev
Why don't you set an example by paying property taxes and income taxes voluntarily. These could then filter down to the poor with the usual government theft of 80%.
If I were you I would keep quiet, folks might figure out the religion scam.
posted 3 years, 3 months ago
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on Your State of the Union
Of course His newest deceit is to "freeze" his spending of last year at a level which should be rescinded. Can't wait for His newest lies. What a fraud! Obama makes Jesse Jackson's Chicago style extortion racket look tame. I suggest Rainbow push buy some shovels and get to work and actually accomplish something.
posted 3 years, 3 months ago
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on 66 and 67 Have Passed. Now What?
Does anyone know what happened to the money from the lottery and tobacco settlement ?
Both were supposed to pay for education. Actually the tobacco settlement was for programs for victims of their own stupidity and to get people off tobacco. Did the legislature realize how much money they had to waste because of tobacco? Have you seen a no smoking ad recently?
posted 3 years, 3 months ago
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on 66 and 67 Have Passed. Now What?
To suck the productive employers from California years ago it was only necessary for Arizona to offer 10 years free of business taxes and fees. General Dynamics left for Arizona and their fees went from $150,000 a year to zero to have a business in San Diego not to mention the high taxes saved and the employees could afford housing too.
posted 3 years, 3 months ago
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on 66 and 67 Have Passed. Now What?
The results of the election only gives encouragement to our "representatives" 750 Million Dollars is now the new baseline. What disturbs me is how anxious the electorate is to tax other people. It reminds me of the "luxury tax" put on in California on Vehicles and boats over $100,000. It produced many jobs IN ITALY! The boat building industry in California disappeared and the boats produced were registered in foreign ports. Ever wonder why so many ships have Panamanian Registry. Rich people and sucessful people are not stupid. Politicians are. Gotta go check on states without income tax for my next business.
posted 3 years, 3 months ago
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on English as a Second Language
I have personal experience with ESOL the new term for ESL or English for speakers of other languages. After three months my wife learned how to describe the furniture in a house and can say "I have an Armoire"
When she asked me how I said armoire I replied " I never have said the word" After the first semester she still was not taught how to say, "How much does this cost?" "Where is a hospital" " How can I take a bus to my house?" Where is a policman,restaurant etc. Or even "Do you have a job for me?"
But she can say 'I have an armoire,desk, table,sofa'. What a waste of time but then it is a government program.In addition the students had a tour of PCC campus and three lost days because of parties and my wife was told to bring food for the party.
A good practical class emphasizing needed communication skills is what is needed and IMMERSION at the earliest age possible is the way to learn language no matter what the teacher's union tells us about parallel classes for non english speakers.
The mexican american parents fought this " bilingual" program for english years ago, it never meant speaking two languages it meant two languages taught spanish and english and the spanish speakers were not integrated into the general school population until age 12. Dooming them to speak with an accent and to have less job opportunity forever.
posted 3 years, 4 months ago
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on Paper Mills
Listening to John the guest today I was surprised to hear a new word,"Pagination", I guess this means something but am not sure the use of words like this and those like issue to mean problem, a perfectly good word, is one of the reasons I don't read a daily newspaper. Oregon smells better without paper mills and maybe Obama can bail out the 200 some lost jobs at a cost of $300,000 per job. Perhaps the mill workers should join the UAW.
Personally I use lots more paper than I used to reading books and using paper bags but the writing has been on the wall (and not on paper) for a long time.
posted 3 years, 4 months ago
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on Measure 66
Government doesn't create jobs never has never will
posted 3 years, 4 months ago
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on Measure 66
Government in Oregon has increased expenditures 37% in the last three years, the dollar has declined by a few percentage points except for our Obama year. Has your income increased 37% recently?
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