The Past Six Presidents Have All Used Executive Power To Block Certain Classes Of Immigrants

Donald Trump has received much flak from Democrats and Republicans alike for his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S through executive authority. However, the past six presidents have all used the executive power to bar different classes of immigrants and that includes President Barack Obama, who has used the authority six times in his tenure granted in Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952.
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Norway Aims To Ban Sales Of Gas-Powered Vehicles By 2025

Norway has decided to prohibit the selling of all gasoline-powered cars by 2025, according to Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv. The ban, which has received support from political parties on the left and the right, is pegged to be the most aggressive anti-gasoline energy policies of its kind in the world – the irony, of course, is that Norway is one of the largest producers of fossil fuels in the entire world.
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NASA bans the word 'Jesus'

The name of Jesus is not welcome in the Johnson Space Center newsletter, according to a complaint filed on behalf of a group of Christians who work for NASA. The JSC Praise & Worship Club was directed by NASA attorneys to refrain from using the name 'Jesus' in club announcements that appeared in a Space Center newsletter.
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Majority Of Americans Oppose ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban For First Time In 20 years Of NYT Polling

According to NYU political scientist Patrick Egan, the opposition to such a ban is up 16 percentage points from the numbers seen in 2011. Moreover, support for an “assault weapons” ban is down 19 percent. On January 15-19, 2011 Americans polled at 63 percent in favor of a ban and 34 against. On December 4-8, 2015, American polled only 44 percent in favor of such a ban, with 50 percent polling in opposition. 


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Republican Women held bag ban forum - support for repeal grows

On Monday, March 25th, the Benton County Republican Women held a Bag Ban Forum at the Comfort Inn Suites in Corvallis with representatives from local businesses, the Corvallis City Council and Voters for Effective Environmental Policy (VEEP). The audience was welcome to ask questions and express their views on the ban on single use plastic bags and more. See story and videos at Corvallis TidBits: Plastic Bag Ban Challenge Closer to Becoming Reality.

UPDATE NOTICE: Representatives from Voters for Effective Environmental Policy (VEEP) will be the guest speakers at a special meeting of Benton County AFP on Saturday, April 13th, from 11AM to 1PM at King Tin Restaurant, 1857 NW 9th St., in Corvallis. VEEP is circulating a petition to repeal the bag ban ordinance. Read More......

Is Oregon Writing the Worst Gun Law Evah?

IMPORTANT! The Benton County Republican Women are organizing a campaign to write, call and email the Oregon legislators (all Democrats) responsible for this "Emergency" gun grab bill. Watch for details and please join the effort.

Hot Air, February 23, 2013 by Jazz Shaw - Living in New York, we’re no strangers to really restrictive new gun laws, but you sort of expect that out here. We now have real competition in the race to the bottom, though, if Democratic legislators in Oregon have their way. In fact, if HB 3200 gets passed into law on the 25th, pack up and leave the state if you have any interest in Second Amendment rights. Read more at Hot Air... Read More......

Corvallis bag ban & tax survey

OREGON CATALYST, 3/17/2012 by In the news - Hilex Poly

The Corvallis City Council is considering installing a ban and tax on all shopping bags, both paper and plastic. In exploring options, the City Council has asked for comments from the public in this survey. ✧ Please take a few moments and let the Corvallis City Council know your thoughts on bag bans and taxes on shopping bags. ✧ Hilex believes that the answer lies within common sense legislation that preserves Oregon’s manufacturing and recycling jobs, rather than increasing costs for local residents.  Despite misconceptions, plastic bags are 100% recyclable and made in the U.S., using domestic natural gas and support American jobs.

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WSJ: Tea Party Wins GOP Vow to Ban Earmarks

In a swift victory for tea-party activists, the Senate's top Republican, Mitch McConnell, agreed to a plan to ban GOP members from proposing earmarks for spending bills. Read more at Wall Street Journal... Read More......

Apartment residents told to take down U.S. flags

KATU.COM (Portland), 10/13/2009 by Melica Johnson and KATU Staff (Hat tip: Charles Nelson)

Oct. 15 UPDATE: Management got the message. All's well & flags are flying again!

ALBANY, Ore. - At the Oaks Apartments in Albany, the management can fly their own flag advertising one and two bedroom apartments - but residents have been told they can't fly any flags at all. ∴ Jim Clausen flies the American flag from the back of his motorcycle. He has a son in the military heading back to Iraq, and the flag - he said - is his way of showing support. ∴ "This flag stands for all those people," said Clausen, an Oaks Apartment resident. "It stands for the people that can no longer stand - who died in wars. That's why I fly this flag." ∴ But to Oaks Apartment management, Clausen said, the American flag symbolizes problems. ∴ He was told to remove the red, white and blue from both of his rides, or face eviction. ∴ "It floored me," he said. "I can't believe she was saying what she was saying."

Even long-time residents like Sharron White, who has flown a flag on her car for eight years, has been told to take it down. ∴ White said management told her that "someone might get offended."

"I just said to her 'They'll just have to get over it,'" White said.

Resident we talked to who had been approached to take down their flags all told us the same thing: that management told them the flags could be offensive because they live in a diverse community.

Attempts to find out for ourselves why management would ban flags were unsuccessful. KATU wanted to talk to management at Oaks Apartments, but no one has returned our calls. The woman we were told had made the decision said she was "not going to answer any questions."

The mother of one soldier fighting in Iraq put up a poster in her son's apartment window when she learned of the ban. Her son's roommate said he'll risk eviction to make sure it stays.

Another Oaks Apartment resident, Judith Sherer, doesn't have a car. Instead she carries an American flag around the complex to protest the ban, and wonders if the flag pin she wears is next to be "singled out."

"If I put it on and I walk outside, what's going to happen?" Sherer muses. "Am I going to be confronted by a manager about this?"

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Sec. Gates Overturns Dover Ban Without Consulting Military Families

MILITARY FAMILIES UNITED, 2/26/09 - Defense Secretary Robert Gates today announced that the current ban on the media photographing the transfer cases ceremony at Dover Air Force Base has been overturned. "We at Military Families United are disappointed with this decision because we feel that the families of the fallen heroes were not consulted prior to announcing this unnecessary change in policy. Despite Sec. Gates saying that he received “input from a number of sources, including all of the military services and the organizations representing military families,” Military Families United, the largest military family organization, was not contacted or consulted." To read the Military Families United press statement about this click here. Read More......