Did you play RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons? Even more to the point, the computer game Zork? Do you think The One is an Oval Office disaster? Then hie thee hence to the amazing, guffaw-inducing, chortle-making, laugh-provoking Iowahawk, who’s got a scarily true-to-life Zorkesque rendition of how a mundane president can be so inept he must be wielding a cursed …
Vote! It Feels Good
With Election Day two weeks away, I was intrigued by a North County Times article yesterday by Mark Walker on the changing campaign strategies used due to early and mail-in voting. The article reads: “Fully one-half of voters in San Diego County vote by mail while the number is near 40 percent in Riverside County. The shift is reshaping how …
Richard Rider Calls For Mayor To Resign
While it’s doubtful that the Mayor will resign in the face of all of the latest developments, it should be pointed out the last time Richard called out for a mayor to resign, it happened two weeks later! Here’s hoping.
How To Sell Global Warming To Those Bitter Clinger Hicks In Flyover Country
From the New York Times, via Climate Depot: “Don’t mention global warming,” warned Nancy Jackson, chairwoman of the Climate and Energy Project, a small nonprofit group that aims to get people to rein in the fossil fuel emissions that contribute to climate change. “And don’t mention Al Gore. People out here just hate him.” Focus instead on the quaint religious …
NO on H VIDEO STORY
I just received the link to this video put out by the No on H campaign. I must say it is a stellar job taking us through the prior antics of the City Council in Chula Vista, now ending with yet another attempt to raise taxes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOHu1X3D6yI Check out the video and see for yourself. I am still confused as …
Urgent Update on the County General Plan – BOS Hearing on Wednesday
Guest Commentary by Randy Lenac, President, Save Our Rural Economy Save Our Rural Economy (S.O.R.E.) and many other key stakeholders in the County have been working to try and convince the Supervisors to scrap this bad plan and send staff back to the drawing boards to make it more fair and equitable for rural property owners and our rural economy. …
California gubernatorial alumni Brown promises the Dream Act
Let’s face it California isn’t just broke, it’s bankrupt. California’s largest budgetary item remains education and trying to hoodwink the Golden State’s residents into adding more money to the state’s failing schools will be especially tough. While Californians pay one of the nations highest per pupil outlays they are not seeing the return on their investment. California lags far behind …
Downtown Dishonesty – Did This Really Just Happen?
The Mayor’s downtown redevelopment scandal burst wide-open yesterday when he, Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher and downtown redevelopment leader Fred Maas held what the Voice of San Diego called a “mea culpa.” They call the cigar smoke-filled backroom”process” they undertook “flawed,” and pledge to make everything better by holding meetings about a DONE DEAL to increase the spending cap for downtown redevelopment …
It’s Groundhog Day In Santee
Most of you have heard the phrase, “If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times.” This is especially true for an unusual story told in the film, Groundhog Day which I had the pleasure of introducing my girlfriend to over the weekend, courtesy of DVD. The movie is some twenty years old by now, so I’m not …
Does Lorie Zapf Hate Cats?
Well, according to the most bizarre political mailer I have ever encountered, the answer to that question is unknown. The 6” x 11” mailer (which was obtained from a registered Democrat) features a black and white photograph of Zapf with an elongated nose. “Vote No on Zapf!” exclaims the header. Below it is a paragraph that is so poorly written, it …
Yes on A Gets Local, National Attention
Not too often that you see a local proposition garner national media attention, but that’s just what the Yes on A camp snagged last week following a feisty debate on KPBS’s “These Days.”
It Sure Didn’t Take Him Long To Compromise
Republican gubernatorial candidate, Carl Paladino just can’t seem to stay out of the news. After speaking against gay pride parades and the “brainwashing” of children into accepting the lifestyle, Paladino came under severe attack from the media and found himself apologizing for his remarks. “I sincerely apologize for any comment that may have offended the Gay and Lesbian community or …
Obamacare’s first unintended victims: child-only policies
Only a few months into America’s new Obamacare era, most child-only policies were dropped by private insurance carriers due to the poorly written legislation that would allow parents to sign up their kids after they were sick or injured and leave the carriers bearing all the costs. The child-only coverage is just the latest problem to arise from the massive …
6th Council District: Dead Tied
Independent polling last week: dead tie in the 6th Council District race between Lori Zapf and Howard Wayne.
Beating a dead Golden Bear — California vs. Texas
California is the benchmark that every state west of the Mississippi loves to compare itself to. Probably every one of these states’ business development agencies has a chart with “California vs. us” criteria. Guess who wins every time? Here’s a detailed study that just came out comparing CA with TX. The research firm is headed by Arthur Laffer. The results? …
Local Union Deceit and Lies in College Board Race
Guest Column by Michael Schwartz On Wednesday I was amazed to find in my mailbox a hit piece on a good friend of mine, Orrin Kole. Orrin is running for the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District Board and has been working hard to get his name in front of voters to let them know how excited he is to help the …
Global Warming Activist Topic-Banned From Wikipedia
Wikipedia is supposed to be a source of information, not propaganda. But William M. Connolley, who blogs under the name Stoat, has repeatedly abused his administrator position at Wikipedia to bias climate change-related articles to reflect his CAGW (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming) activism. But no more. After extensive run-ins with Connolley, Wikipedia has banned him from participating in climate change …
Busby to Intelligent Messaging: Drop Dead
Earlier this evening I spotted a small handful of people waving signs linking Congressman Brian Bilbray to white supremacy. An odd and baseless claim. Only one word comes to mind, desperation. In a climate where voters are looking for candidates who will work to create jobs and turn the economy around, a claim so outlandish and irrelevant will only turn …
San Diego County Taxpayers Association Publishes November Ballot Recommendations
Among the most coveted endorsements in San Diego politics comes from the non-partisan watchdog San Diego County Taxpayers Association. One of the Association’s most important functions is to provide voters with ballot recommendations that (in its own words) “satisfy its criteria for accountable, cost-effective and efficient government.” SDCTA has completed its review of the November 2010 General Election state and …
White House calls for $250 stimulus checks for seniors
For the second year in a row the Social Security Administration will not give seniors a cost of living increase. Many seniors depend on the monthly retirement checks as their sole source of income and have had to make do with less during this sluggish economy. According to Obama’s Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, “The President will renew his call for …
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