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on Tea Party
Here's my twitter on the show:
OPB's Think Out Loud gives the Tea Party the entire show with no impertinent questions asked. Fair & Balanced?http://bit.ly/crx9Fb
BTW: The Politico just did an article about how the press has bent over backwards to cover this movement:
The tea party's exaggerated importance
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36185.html
posted 3 years, 1 month ago
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on Tea Party
Terribly unbalanced show. The host did not challenge any of the Talking Points. I know public radio has swallowed hook, line and sinker the whole Bush Era media idea of catering to the far right by removing any real discussion from the coverage. This was by far the worse example I've seen in quiet awhile. What's next the John Birch Society with only supporters allowed in the discussion and the rest of us can only call in sporadically and, of course, online where the website will crash . . .
posted 3 years, 1 month ago
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on Students and Credit Card Reform
A lot of the defaults are like what Jobetta described. Low paying jobs or layoffs and lack of medical coverage. Credit cards are substituting for basic social safety nets and responsible worker protection laws (right now we PAY companies to ship jobs overseas). And credit card companies are doing it making money hand over fist-- at a much higher rate than it would cost us to have sensible policies regarding these issues. Obama is making the first steps to provide these. I wish they had a better discussion outlining these issues.
posted 4 years ago
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on Students and Credit Card Reform
Disappointing is the word. A trained advocate could frame the discussion in a much larger framework and understand the real goals of the latest legislation. They could also bring to bear recent developments and proposed legislation that may really help consumers.
Portland deserves better than this.
posted 4 years ago
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on Students and Credit Card Reform
Unless something happens to you and your income. Also, the main point of the credit card company's aggressive recruitment of college students is that they figure they can either rope the parents into paying to protect their kids credit rating or they can get a cut of future income of the students. They don't care about loyalty. I wish the show had a real consumer advocate on.
posted 4 years ago
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on Students and Credit Card Reform
Horrible discussion. No consumer advocates? Ridiculous. A beltway business reporter who must suck up to his sources to get stories and an industry spokesperson and one clueless consumer?
This show needs new staff.
posted 4 years ago
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on Students and Credit Card Reform
@ David Miller - Jobetta is just a consumer, she's not knowledgeable about the industry the way an advocate would be. She can't frame the discussion larger than her own experiences. I wish they would get someone else to do this show.
posted 4 years ago
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on Within Bounds
No more Bethanies! Beaverton has done a terrible job. I noticed no one from there participated in this conversation. For good reason!
Hillsboro, between Orenco Station development and downtown has much more potential.
posted 4 years, 2 months ago
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on Within Bounds
I chose to live in the Orenco area of Hillsboro because I wanted a walkable neighborhood. As a result, my husband can take the MAX to work each day and can walk to shop at New Seasons, to a great Library and parks. I chose NOT to live in Beaverton because there were no walkable neighborhoods. We had lived in the Chicago area and enjoyed walking to two downtowns.
My favorite neighborhoods are ones built in the early 20th century along train/street car lines. I think this is what we need to do in the future NOT more sprawl. Carbon emissions must be reduced and walkability will decrease obesity and diseases related to a sedentary lifestyle.
posted 4 years, 2 months ago
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