Editorials Archive
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100 Million on Welfare, Not Including Corporations
100 Fifteen million people are receiving welfare (I just found this ‘statistic’ amusing) because the political-industrial complex destroyed the economy. It wasn’t ‘the people,’ it was special interest groups. How could anybody blame the victims? I wish we had a system that could actually allow most individuals to sustain themselves, but we don’t. We have…
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‘You didn’t build that…’
President Obama: ‘You didn’t build that…’ I’m sorry, but all of these things in this photo are regulated by government, not owned or invented by it, and paid for with OUR tax dollars, collectively and individually. The only way you could give government direct credit would be to deny that we the People give…
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Marijuana and the will of the voters.
Say what you will about marijuana. Call it the ‘devil’s weed.’ Bring up ‘Reefer Madness.’ Tell me you didn’t vote for Prop 215. Spout off whatever propaganda you like, but remember this: the initiative that California voters approved is 12 years old already. So why are dispensaries still illegal in most of Orange County?…
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Satire: Behind the curtain: searching for the ‘Wizard of Oc’
I was one with the yellow brick road, the streets of gold, and the highway to hell (or as one indigenous to the left coast would say, the ‘freeway’ to hell), and now I have arrived. 3300 miles and I have arrived where exactly? Who the hell knows? Everything looks the same! When we still…
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Planet Earth: we’re ‘all in’ as faith and science ‘collide.’
Fox News has just reported that the end of the world will be this Wednesday. I hope everyone is wearing clean underwear!
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Bill Clinton speech liveblog.
Michelle Obama. What was THAT look for? Are you THAT pissed at Bill? The camera panned away QUICKLY after it saw that. OK, Bill Clinton made it clear unequivocally that he’s in Denver to support Obama, and now Michelle is smiling. Maybe she wasn’t pissed at Bill. So why did she look so angry? Again.…
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Only one Presidential candidate on Texas ballot… PLUS: Barr Vs. Colbert
Bob Barr Interview at approximately 11 minutes 30 seconds… and a reprint from the Barr Blog:
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Free by birth. Libertarian by choice.
It’s been long overdue. Though I was born into a Democratic family, I was a Reagan Democrat and a Clinton Centrist. I was the one at family dinners who used to debate my step-siblings’ old-generation Republican grandparents to revel in their glee and excitement as they watched me give the family know-it-alls a taste of…
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The Iraqis are moving on up… and we don’t get our piece of the pie.
Our Gas Buddy meter is indicating that the cheapest gas in Orange County is priced at $3.95/gallon. With the falling price of crude oil, it comes as no surprise that prices are finally declining, but does anyone else think that it isn’t enough? As James Carville might say, ‘It’s the oil, stupid!’ CNN is reporting…
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‘Semi-Weakly’ Review (‘World At War’ Edition) – July 21-27: America in danger, ending oil speculation, plus racial equality & Barack Hussein Obama
“Madam Speaker, I have, for the past 35 years, expressed my grave concern for the future of America . The course we have taken over the past century has threatened our liberties, security and prosperity. In spite of these long-held concerns, I have days–growing more frequent all the time–when I’m convinced the time is now…
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Governator’s ‘fiscal conservatism’ does not justify cutting state employees’ wages to level below state minimum
If you’ve ever seen FX Network’s brilliant ’30 Days,’ produced by ‘Supersize Me’ documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, you probably know how difficult it really is to live on $6.55 an hour. Apparently our Governor, a practical ‘gazilionaire,’ doesn’t have cable… or a clue.
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‘The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.’
These were visionary words for their time, and in the years since they were uttered, they have proven themselves true time and again, so much so that they are now conventional wisdom. Why is it, then, that so many ignore their fundamental truth? Why do people ignore the omnipresent warnings, the constant reminders, and the…
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‘Semi-Weakly’ Review – July 21, 2008
Hot Topic #1 – Let’s start with everyone’s favorite: gay marriage. Both my good friend Art and my arch enemy, the hypocritically and suspiciously bigoted Dan C., agree that Prop 8 will fail. But will it? According to the LA Times, the numbers don’t break down quite that simply. And both bloggers fail to recognize…
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So who’s it gonna be, Brother?
The L.A. Times headline from last week reads: ‘Obama lobbies for women’s vote‘ and features the photo above of he and Hillary Clinton, who has been considered a serious VP contender since ‘suspending’ her campaign. Then just yesterday Reuters points to former Georgia good ol’ boy Senator Sam Nunn and sitting Indiana good ol’ boy…
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McCain campaign office opening in Newport Beach… but will he answer the following questions:
Newport Beach Volunteer Victory Headquarters Grand Opening Sunday, July 13th / 5:00 p.m 4030 Birch Street, Suite 150, Newport Beach, CA 92660 contact@ocgop.org First, a study conducted by retired military personnel here in California has found that there is no detrimental effect to unit cohesion caused by allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in…
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Womens’ Sexual Independence… Or Something More Devious?
There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding this song, and I’d like to get some feedback from my readers. Is this video furthering the cause of women’s sexual liberation (it’s Independence Day after all) or of degrading shows of misogyny usually for the benefit of someone’s boyfriend? On the one hand, she ‘kissed a girl…
