Yes, just like those.

Sadly, your point is valid. Our counties commitment to personal freedom was sold off a long time ago. Even sadder is the fact most people do not know or care where it went, as long as the songs sung are to their liking.

Agreed. Even when we have our little tiffs and disagreements, it is better than the vitriol that passes for politics today.

UH, just like the IRS's? The Sate Department? Is there a pattern emerging here?

A teacher I know wasn't going to be fired but was involved in some hoo-ha that would put a stain on his record. Since he was planning to get a job once retired, he decided to fight it. 2 years later, he retired with the suit unresolved, so nothing on the record. Employees records turn out to be mere shams.

No it is still there, but every year, you do get that 3% increase no matter what, property goes down, but tavxes 3% up. They did not limit the stupidity of the dumbass voters to be swayed by tales of death and destruction if they do not approve a levy on themselves to stop it (which it never does), so instead of a general property tax increase, they go for a 5 year bond issue, that they then come back 4 years later and say will bankrupt them if they do not extend it another 5 and so on. I have 8 levies on my tax bill. My base tax is 900, the other 800 is all "additional". These looters are smart and the sheeple are incredibly gullible and stupid. They pass it every time...

Herb, they usually do make it to retirement: Lois Lerner.

It's true that you can fire anyone providing you want to go through a mountain of paperwork, personal attesting, waiting for months to years and delay, until the employee is ready to retire anyhow.

It is always amazing when you see who comes to the front of the political battle. The average person who comments on this site is probably more intelligent and better educated than any of the candidates we are offered.

That thing will never be built but I think Kitzrobber blew 500 million on the "study" of which I will be him and his girlfriend skimmed off a couple million, and the Democrap Party must have gotten a couple as well. I live 62 miles from Aloha (which is west of Beaverton). Even in Polk County, which always votes Republicrap overall, they have to have the Democrap Commisioners who not only waste money, but always seem to run out of it, and want to cram a new tax or levy on you. I started in 1996 with 850 a year property taxes, now it is 1700.

If you were walking by the lakeshore and saw a local educator drowning do you know what steps to take to save them?:
Tell them we need to take a vote first?

Also, ours is: Managers are people who failed at Garbage Collection.

I am sure his handlers have really scarred hands and missing difits, comes from trying to manage a crazy crocodile with more money than is good for it. But I bet he is as hardheaded when being told some facts and figures to use, and argues with them. Reminds me a lot of the Tellarites from Star Trek, he would be a great Tellarite or Ferengi.He has the lobes for business.

To be implemented by a Congressional and Select Senate Committee no doubt. There isn't a program SOME politician doesn't like, they just fight with each other like wild animals over a carcass, to see who gets the tasty, soft organ meat...

That is also true. They do have an express method when blame needs blamin...

All true, I am not sure of the resignation part, they could cobble one together just as easy. HillaryBeast just gets them "mysteriously dead ala Vince Foster. As far a Security clearances go, whoever gave HB one should be shot, right after the roller her into court for treason. It would be hilarious to see what she put down on her background check and who here references were. Can you use Satan as a reference?

My brother is in the southwest corner of the state, far away from Portlandia in both location and thought. It's too bad that a large, liberal population center dictates to everyone else in the state. I used to live in Vancouver, WA. I think the Portland folks were VERY frustrated that we would not accept their omniscient dictate and accept an income tax to fund the new I-5 bridge.

No, I am sure it was done live at the time of their broadcast, O'Reilly said something about an 11 o'clock show, and that was post debate, so maybe they had a special or something.

Reagan did it with the air traffic workers. We need more of that to cut the waste that costs us billions. I am tired of standard establishment politicians. We actually have a shot to elect someone who isn't politically correct, can pick and hire subordinates, and will expose stupidity and waste