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`Green` Jobs Brighten Oregon`s Employment Picture (AUDIO)

A study reveals that Oregon is home to more than 1600 clean energy-related businesses that employ about 19,000 workers.

(NEWBERG, Ore. ONS) - Job growth in "clean" industry is outpacing traditional job growth by at least 5-to-1 in Oregon, according to a new report for The Pew Charitable Trusts. It also shows investors are pumping more money into clean energy businesses - 48 percent more in 2008 than in 2007.

They are rare positive trends in this economy, and the Pew team predicts clean energy businesses will continue to see explosive growth.

Op Ed: Oregon’s Unfair
Corporate Taxes
Penalize Everyone

Evasion via “Tax-Breaks” Costs Citizens Billions Yearly.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - THIRTY-ONE FREELOADERS cost us all taxes from $1 million taxable incomes --via the ridiculous 70-year-old “$10 minimum”, in 2006. MORE THAN 5,000 Oregon corporations earning a profit here PAID NO CORPORATE INCOME TAX “beyond that measly ten dollars” in 2006.

Oregon corporations paid LESS STATE TAX in 2006 than they did A GENERATION AGO. TAX BREAKS now allow many Oregon profit-making corporations to pay ABOUT HALF what was then-due as an equitable share on their gains.

Reverend Benny & Mister Sid`s At Your Service #48

We've got to bring manufacturing jobs back to America. Buy American, folks. Support the American Worker.

(Salem) - I've got 150,000 miles on my car. I drive more than I'd like to because of my job. but I get 38 miles to the gallon unless I've got the air on.

Not bad. But I'd give it all up in a second if I had a decent electric bicycle. Maybe I'm just one of those guys who is attracted to quirky ideas and designs.

I've got to drive too far each day for that to be a practical option, but still it strikes me as ideal.

Hungary Relives its Nazi Past

Today too many Hungarians are showing their racist teeth again.

(SALEM, Ore.) - As the world learns of a senseless murder at a museum commemorating the Holocaust in the U.S. capitol, recent European parliamentary elections are signaling a re-emergence of far-right groups in Europe who profess not only anti-Semitism, but an actual desire to wage war against Jewish and Gypsy people.

In the wake of those recent elections that saw far-right leadership move forward in both Hungary and Austria, the Anti-Defamation League said it was "deeply distressing" that the blatantly anti-Semitic parties received so many votes, and called on European leaders to ensure that "anti-Semitism, racism and bigotry never again gain a foothold in Europe."

Man Who Opened Fire in Holocaust Museum Reportedly a Self-Proclaimed Racist

While attacking people in a museum that memorializes the Jewish victims of the Nazi's with an act that seems consistent with a long undying Nazi dedication, this racist reveals or claims on his Website, that he actually served in the U.S. Navy during WWII.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A man old enough to have actually been a Nazi soldier reportedly entered the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. today and opened fire with a rifle. A security guard was shot and later died of his wounds.

Officials report that the suspect, who was shot, is an 89-year old self-described white supremacist named James W. von Brunn who operates an anti-Semitic Web site and is the author of the book, "Kill the Best Gentile." He reportedly opened fire with a rifle which he plainly carried into the building.

Officials Hope to Identify Woman`s Body Found in River (PHOTOS)

MCSO requests help in identifying persons remains discovered in the Willamette River

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Investigators in Multnomah County say that on May 31st 2009, the remains of an unidentified female were discovered in the Willamette River. Multnomah County Sheriff's Office detectives say they are working with the State Medical Examiner's Office in attempting to identify this person.

They also hope that somebody might recognize that items that were recovered on the woman's body. They hope to establish leads that will help in identifying this person.

Human First, Economic Object, Second

Economic activity is a human activity, suggesting that economics must be based on some model of human behavior. We are not all capitalists, but we have been duped into believing that Homo economicus, economic man, is a valid model of human behavior.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Kevin Tokar, in his late twenties, had been working for four years as a sound editor for TV documentaries in Toronto. On the job, he often found his mind wandering as he realized that he was more interested in the stories than in his job of perfecting the presentations.

"I found myself wanting to be more involved with the people, places and problems presented on the screen in front of me than I could ever be from my comfy chair behind the sound mixing board."

Open Letter Encourages Sanity in Sentencing of California Medical Marijuana Dispensary Owner

Forward by Salem-News.com's Tim King.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - Veteran American marijuana activist Ed Rosenthal has drafted a letter he hopes will have an effect on the outcome of the sentencing of a California medical marijuana dispensary owner. Charles Lynch was in the opinion of thousands, possibly millions of Americans, completely railroaded by an overzealous California sheriff; one who overstepped his own boundaries countless times in the case.

The most basic information about California state law allowing medical marijuana use was disqualified because Charles Lynch was convicted on a federal level, and the United States government clearly, more than ever, does not respect the rights of states in a legal manner.

Rep Thatcher Says Supporting Small Businesses Means Opposing New Taxes

Thatcher spoke against the measures saying, “if those businesses are forced to pay more taxes, then there is less disposable income for businesses to use to hire workers and they may have to lay off workers.”

(SALEM, Ore.) - Thousands of small business owners will be hit by $733 million in new tax hikes approved by the Oregon House of Representatives today, State Representative Kim Thatcher (R-Keizer, St. Paul, Newberg) said.

During debate on the House Floor today Thatcher said, “We can’t tax our way out of a recession.” Thatcher voted against House Bill 3405 which raises the corporate tax to 8% up from 6.6% on companies with over $250,000 in corporate income.

Raise Revenue or Deepen the Pain

The Oregon Center for Public Policy says the legislature must enact HB 2649 and HB 3405 to avoid further harming Oregonians, particularly the most vulnerable.

(SILVERTON, Ore.) - The legislature will soon vote on bills that would raise taxes on the wealthiest Oregonians and corporations. If the votes fail, or if the measures are referred to the voters and fail there, middle- and low-income Oregonians — those hardest hit by the economic downturn — should brace for even greater pain than what’s already on the way.

A good indication of the kind of pain that would follow from the defeat of the revenue-raising bills — HB 2649 and HB 3405 — is the harm contained in the budget cuts already penciled in. Those cuts are largely set out in the budget that the Co-Chairs of the legislature’s Joint Ways and Means Committee released in late May.