The AP piece (and one would suppose the Oregonian which was the source) exposes its bias in the first two paragraphs by using prejudicial language with no basis for it ... look at the bolded words.
Originally posted by AP:
ST. HELENS, Ore. - So far as she knows, Pufferbelly Toys owner Stephanie Cox hasn't been passing any state secrets to sinister foreign governments or violating obscure clauses in the Patriot Act .
So she was taken aback by a mysterious phone call from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to her small store in this quiet Columbia River town just north of Portland.
The real story is that she might have been selling toys that were infringing on a patent and members of the department charged with overseeing such things, asked her to remove the toys from her shelves.
Nothing new here except that the department in question is now under the Department of Homeland Defense umbrella.
