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3.4 million people live in Oregon and Marion County is the state's fifth largest. Of the 61 million acres of land within Oregon's borders almost 57 percent is owned by the federal government and under the control of the USDA Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. High value, publicly owned timberlands (on federally owned property managed by BLM) provide important raw material for Oregon's wood products industry and local governments receive half the incomes from harvested lumber. Federal lands also provide important habitat for the more than 200,000 cattle grazing Oregon ranges (making milk Oregon's official beverage), while ranchers pay the federal government for grazing privileges.

OREGON MARION COUNTY JUDGE ALBIN W. NORBLAD stopped to visit friends and belt down a few stiff drinks on his way home from vacationing in Mexico. Later, Judge Norblad left his friends' home and drove to his home near Salem, stopping for more drinks on the eight-hour drive. Motorists reported the judge's erratic driving to state police and police began to follow Norblad's vehicle at about 11 p.m. in the vicinity of the judge's home. Officers watched Judge Norblad run a red light, stop in the middle of an intersection, and make a sweeping turn. Judge Norblad who was now driving on the wrong side of the road into oncoming traffic, did not immediately stop for police. Police found an open container of alcohol in Judge Norblad's car. The judge could not stand without assistance and had a blood alcohol level of more than twice the legal limit. Judge Norblad told officers he was "smashed." Although Judge Norblad has a history of abusing alcohol and the Oregon Commission on Judicial Fitness & Disability said, "It is evident there is likelihood of a repetition of misconduct," charges were dropped against the judge after three months of substance abuse counseling. Since completing the program, Judge Norblad has resumed consuming alcohol but has reduced his intake to two glasses of wine each night. Judge Norblad's conduct seems to follow Oregon's State Motto coined by JUDGE JESSE QUINN THORNTON, "She flies with her own wings."

CALIFORNIA ORANGE COUNTY JUDGE THOMAS J. BORRIS, 48, was found sitting on a curb next to his dented vehicle by Huntington Beach police. Tests revealed Judge Borris, supervising judge at the West Justice Center in Westminster, had a blood alcohol level of nearly three times the legal limit at about 2 a.m., when the judge ran into a tree. Judge Borris' attorney said he does not think the arrest will affect the judge's work. Judge Borris was named "Judge of the Year" in 1995 and "Deputy DA of the Year" in 1984 by the Orange County Narcotic Officer's Association. Judge Borris signed nomination papers for ORANGE COUNTY JUDGE RONALD KLINE at a signing party two weeks after Kline was arrested on charges of possessing child pornography. Judge Borris said, "I signed his papers out of courtesy to other judges." ORANGE COUNTY JUDGE JAMES STOTLER also signed the petition for Judge Kline. Stotler is married to U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE ALICE MARIE STOTLER, who was assigned to be the trial judge in Kline's child pornography case filed by U.S. Attorneys.

Law enforcement authorities have audio tapes of PENNSYLVANIA ALLEGHENY COUNTY COMMON PLEAS JUDGE JOSEPH A. JAFFE accepting $13,000 from an attorney who had cases pending before the judge. COMMON PLEAS PRESIDENT JUDGE ROBERT KELLAY and ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE JOSEPH JAMES of the Civil Division said in a statement, "We are deeply saddened by these published allegations. If the alleged conduct is proven to be true, it undermines the central purpose of our courts: to provide a fair and impartial system for citizens to litigate their disputes." The lawyer gave Jaffe $13,000 during a meeting at his home. The FBI stopped Judge Jaffe as he left the house and took the marked bills from the judge but did not arrest him. Judge Jaffe was granted paid leave and will continue to receive his $119,315 salary.

PENNSYLVANIA ALLEGHENY COUNTY COMMON PLEAS JUDGE H. PATRICK McFALLS, 59, who faced more than three-dozen charges filed by the state's Judicial conduct Board, agreed to resign this week. In exchange, the Judicial Conduct Board will dismiss all 39 charges against the judge (which include being drunk on the job and exposing his magestic hiny in public - including two motorists in front of the courthouse) and Judge McFalls will collect $7,000 a month in disability and pension benefits. Judge McFalls' attorney said that, "much of the attention in this case involves matters fit for late-night comedy shows," and that, "the substance of the charges has been obscured by the extensive publicity and ridicule." Judge McFalls denies ever being intoxicated on the bench.

Judge's conduct must measure up to the essentials of due process and fair treatment, which are not granted through back-room deals. Indeed, who sits in judgment over the people in our courts is more important than the struggle over virtually anything else today. Haven't we all learned that what can't be won in a fair contest is too often achieved in a court where a corrupt judge sits? Judges who believe they are the social engineers of our time seek to do through imposing their personal policy objectives what the Constitution plainly left to the people.

In light of what has been reported, it's too late for preventive medicine. America's courts are sick and dying. American principles of law, the Constitution and Bill of Rights, are infected with disease that has been brought on by the willful blindness and deliberate ignorance that allowed crimes by the "judicial industry" to flourish and to continue to harm innocent people.

The only hope for America is her people. Don't let America's courts continue to serve as incubators for this epidemic of injustice! Are you asking yourself, "What can I do? How can anyone prevail against such a powerful social oppression?" The answer has been in front of us all along. Just as Martin Luther King stood with two hundred thousand people decades ago on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., ... you simply ... disobey ... unjust authority. Peacefully, non-violently, ABSOLUTELY. Disobey social protocol that stifles truth, that stigmatizes personal freedom, that perverts justice!

There is awesome power in disobedience, and we have witnessed its' powerful examples from Dr. King, from Ghandi, from Joan of Arc, from Jesus, and from every other great person who led people to stand for what is right even when it meant they had to stand against powerful enemies.

When someone you elected, or someone appointed by someone you elected is seduced by political power and betrays you... petition them... oust them... banish them!

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