By the state's largest newspaper. One more crooked lib Dem....

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index..._call.html

Quote:In an interview, Lukens said editorial board members began discussing whether to call for Kitzhaber's resignation after a much-maligned press conference Friday where the governor refused to answer many questions and likened himself to press-averse Seattle Seahawk Marshawn Lynch.

I can hear the Governor now, "I am here so I won't get fined". "I am here so I won't get fined". "I am here so I won't get fined".....

Good thing no con repub governors have ever had to resign!

Looks like he's finally decided to hang it up.
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber Resigning

But he ain't going quietly. Ugh!

Quote: "I must also say that it is deeply troubling to me to realize that we have come to a place in the history of this great state of ours where a person can be charged, tried, convicted and sentenced by the media with no due process and no independent verification of the allegations involved. But even more troubling -- and on a very personal level as someone who has given 35 years of public service to Oregon -- is that so many of my former allies in common cause have been willing to simply accept this judgment at its face value."

Left wing governor in bed with wind & solar energy companies. Imagine that.

If this was Bush in Texas in bed with the oil companies, this would have lead the news for months.

(02-06-2015 04:24 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Good thing no con repub governors have ever had to resign!

I celebrate all forms of scum being outed. The more the better.

What's that Jimmy Buffet song, Cheeseburger In Paradise? In this case, just another day in Oregon's liberal lovin' sanctuary paradise:

Quote:Kitzhaber's resignation is in a lot of ways the climax of a strange political story that began last fall, when the governor's longtime girlfriend, who has assumed the role of first lady, admitted that she had received $5,000 to marry an Ethiopian man who wanted a green card.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015...or-resigns

Quote:Later, she admitted she bought a remote property with the intent to grow marijuana.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102413704

Quote:The resignation of Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber instantly promoted the liberal Democrat who is next in line to succeed him: the 54-year-old secretary of state who has long been thought to have her eye on Oregon's top elected position.

Kate Brown, who is widely considered to be to the left of the departing Democratic governor, will also become the first openly bisexual governor in the nation.

Her sexuality has never been a prominent issue in Oregon, where Portland recently had an openly gay mayor in Sam Adams and where the current speaker of the House, Tina Kotek, is a lesbian.

News accounts have long said Brown is married but considers herself bisexual, without elaborating. Her Blue Book biography says she lives in Portland with her husband, Dan.

She still considers herself bisexual, her spokesman, Tony Green, said Friday.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/orego...e-28952979

(02-13-2015 10:42 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  

(02-06-2015 04:24 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Good thing no con repub governors have ever had to resign!

I celebrate all forms of scum being outed. The more the better.

all people are corrupt to some degree....especially those with 'power.'...that's how governments are run....every damn one of 'em - from neanderthal times to where we are today....this country is one lucky biatch that is has developed into a mostly self-sustaining nation....

of course china owns our nuts now.....so that may change down the road....

and these are just simple tidbits.....

but you knew that.....

Green energy isn't economically viable, so Dems have to pilfer the public treasury to pay for it.

(02-14-2015 08:37 AM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  Green energy isn't economically viable, so Dems have to pilfer the public treasury to pay for it.

I guess that's the alternative meaning for "green" energy.

(02-14-2015 08:37 AM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  Green energy isn't economically viable, so Dems have to pilfer the public treasury to pay for it.

There you go again just making **** up. Would you kindly stop? Please?

(02-14-2015 08:51 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-14-2015 08:37 AM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  Green energy isn't economically viable, so Dems have to pilfer the public treasury to pay for it.

There you go again just making **** up. Would you kindly stop? Please?

Do you deny that taxpayer money is needed to fund green energy? How many Solyndras have we had? The government should stop paying for this green crap and it should stop attacking the coal industry.

For the love of God man do some ******* research. You are on the internet you know?

Ok. I'll do research to verify public money has not been used to fund any green energy. And I'll do research to verify the government has not placed increased regulations on the coal industry.

(02-14-2015 09:46 AM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  Ok. I'll do research to verify public money has not been used to fund any green energy. And I'll do research to verify the government has not placed increased regulations on the coal industry.

Those are not the same as your original statement. Please do not move goalposts like this and instead, focus on making non-hyperbolic statements which are defensible.

(02-14-2015 09:19 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  For the love of God man do some ******* research. You are on the internet you know?

What green energy do you live on?

Irrelevant question.

Wind Mills work great until you want to turn on a light switch in you home.

(02-14-2015 08:37 AM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  Green energy isn't economically viable, so Dems have to pilfer the public treasury to pay for it.

Solar Energy Subsidies Cost $39 Billion Per Year

Quote: Despite billions spent in investments over decades, solar energy will only make up 0.6 percent of total electricity generation in the United States, according to a report released by the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA).

“In spite of government’s best efforts to encourage innovation by solar energy companies and encourage Americans to rely more heavily on solar electricity, solar power continues to be a losing proposition,” the report said. “American taxpayers spent an average of $39 billion a year over the past 5 years financing grants, subsidizing tax credits, guaranteeing loans, bailing out failed solar energy boondoggles and otherwise underwriting every idea under the sun to make solar energy cheaper and more popular. But none of it has worked.”

Government support for the solar industry is vast, with at least 345 different federal initiatives that spread across 20 agencies, the report noted. The Pentagon has the highest number of solar programs, with 63, followed by the Interior Department, which oversees 37 programs. The Energy Department only manages 34 solar programs.

“This report is only the first step in asking the important questions about solar subsidies,” said David Williams, the president of the TPA. “Taxpayers need to know the truth about where their dollars are being spent.”[…]

The report concluded that the time has come for solar energy to prove its merits without billions in support from the federal government.

“After decades of massive ‘investments’ and disappointing results, it is time that Americans critically evaluate whether our faltering federal solar initiatives deserve continued support,” the report said. “With so little to show for so many costly initiatives, it should be apparent to objective observers that federal solar power efforts have not been a productive or prudent use of precious tax dollars.”

“Solar energy’s day in the sun may yet come, but taxpayers should not be forced to foot the cost associated with turning the failing industry around,” it added. “Solar energy must be asked to stand on its own, powered exclusively by private investment and initiative.”

http://freebeacon.com/issues/report-sola...-per-year/

As for the governor, good bye and good riddance. Don't let the door hit you is the @$$ on the way out. And spare us your petulant pity party.