On this day, March 28, 1942, Japanese-American lawyer Minoru Yasui (1916-1986) violated a military curfew in Portland, Oregon, and demanded to be arrested after he was refused enlistment to fight for the US. He was one of the few Japanese Americans who fought laws that directly targeted Japanese Americans or Japanese immigrants following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In 2015 he was among 17 people awarded the presidential Medal of Freedom.
Also on this day March 28, 1939, the front page of the Eugene Register-Guard blared the headline: "Mighty Oregon Scramble Ohio State to Take Hoop Title of All America," right under a declaration that the Spanish War had ended, of course.
People rely on jobs to feed their families
Oregon Republican Senator Dennis Linthicum has issued a statement about the unconstitutional government response to COVID-19 that has led to the destruction of Oregonians’ livelihoods while big government has grown exponentially.
“Oregonians’ constitutional rights are under attack with the never-ending statewide lockdowns
that cause significant destruction. Governor Kate Brown and her bureaucratic demolition crew
continue to ladle cash and benefits to their own, while penalizing small business owners,
especially those in the food service industry. Oregonians across all economic classes are being
horrifically harmed by the governor’s crafty, pernicious, and unconstitutional mandates.
“Every business is essential because every business employs people who rely on their jobs to
feed their families. With COVID-19 as the scapegoat, the government has created arbitrary rules
that determine winners and losers in its preparation to invade every aspect of Oregonians’ lives,
eliminating free enterprise and American liberty in the process. Logical, data-driven and
science-based policy decisions, rationally understood, would not put Oregonians in this
predicament, especially when the infection fatality rate is startlingly low.
“Led by Gov. Brown, the government has prioritized its gluttonous coffers over the hardworking Oregonians who pay their salaries.
“The detrimental impacts inflicted by Gov. Brown’s public health and government chums will
take decades to repair and the only solution is to free Oregonians so they may to get back to their
own lives.â€
--Ben FisherPost Date: 2020-12-09 18:33:47 | Last Update: 2020-12-09 18:48:55 |