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• Letterman hunts for jokes in Palin feud

  Fri Jun 12, 2009
  • I would guess tha tthe only thing in society that needs cherishing is women. The other thing I see is that the only thing that needs protecting is women. WOW !!

• Germs and flu are up; infection control is down

  Tue Jun 9, 2009
  • I am growing tired of all the fear and paranoia. WHO is doing a job. That is what they are paid to do. The health care industry is doing the same. Anyone involved in this mess are just doing their jobs as they see it.

• Italy's Fiat nabs Chrysler's ‘good’ assets

  Tue Jun 9, 2009
  • To the bond holders that invested in Chrysler, I say too bad. People who have invested in this corporation are no different than the fellow sitting at the poker table trying to draw an inside straight.

• Italy's Fiat nabs Chrysler's ‘good’ assets

  Tue Jun 9, 2009
  • I would question the thought that virtually no busines in America could raise money without bond holders. I started my business with my own money. I own it outright. There is no bond holder. Others in my profession did the same. The bond holders are not that important.

• Treasury: 10 big banks can repay bailout

  Tue Jun 9, 2009
  • Whenever I am painting a building, my thoughts wander. In some ways, painting allows my mind to wander. I got thinking about all this. I wonder what influence the "Good Ole Boy Network" has.

• Temp work covers up depth of unemployment

  Sun Jun 7, 2009
  • In the small town on the Oregon Coast I live in, I would strongly suggest that the numbers being published by the government are a bit off. In this area, it is tough to survive in normal times much less in hard times.

• School catches cheaters, cancels graduation

  Fri Jun 5, 2009
  • There is something wrong with legislating morality. To cheat some one out of something, or to cheat in order for personal gain has been going on for a long time now. The only difference between then and now is the flow of information.

• Job market damage remains deep

  Fri Jun 5, 2009
  • I often wondered what would happen when the available resources would no longer support the population. It seems to me this is what is happening.

• Credit crunch a crazy quilt of circumstance

  Thu Jun 4, 2009
  • I am a contractor in a small town on the coast of Oregon. Normally this time of year I am booked, and still receiving leads. I only take on small jobs that one man can do. This allows me to give to the client the lowest possible costs with the highest possible quality.

• In heartland death, traces of heroin's spread

  Sun May 31, 2009
  • Why is it that a lot is said about certain drugs that are illegal, and little is said about the legally addicted (it is okay if the drugs are from a prescription from a doctor). There are those who are addicted to the legal kind, and it some cases it does kill those patients.