Howling up at the moon, and moaning under the stars…
Victor Davis Hanson posits at Pajamas Media on the past state of California’s greatness, and our lack of attribution to those who carried the burden of achieving it: 5) I can never quite understand the writ against our ancestors. I came into this world in 1953 replete with electricity, and modern medicine at the dawn [...]
A bit of Friday morning delight. From the Sacramento Bee: San Francisco transportation officials are considering charging drivers to cross downtown and the city’s southern border with San Mateo County. Among the ideas under consideration is a $6 charge to leave the city’s northeast sector, which includes the Financial District, weekdays between 3:30 and 6:30 [...]
The soulful stylings of Doctor Zero, on the President’s September 20, 2010 Townhall Meeting in Washington D.C. Responding to a question about the perception of business leaders that his policies are hostile toward them, Obama field tested a new meme about how the recession has really been over for a year: Well, first of all, [...]
Ken Barnes, running for Trustee Area 6 position on the Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD) Board of Trustees, notes that former California State Senator Deborah Ortiz has friends in high places, and is not afraid to use them. Failing to meet the filing deadline for LRCCD Area 6 Trustee election in November, she had [...]
A simple search of the California Legislature website using the “Bill Finder Tool” for the 2009 – 2010 session with just the search term “California” yields 5286 bills as a result. YOU are paying for this folly.
So the House passed the Senate Health Care Reform bill tonight. Swell. You know, George Lucas, masterful dialogue composer that he is (*cough* sarcasm *cough*) once penned: SO this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause. One concept occupies my mind. O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle [...]
Overheard above the din of fresh Nikes squeaking on the White House Court: “As I have always said, that was a foul.” “Make no mistake, I will make both of these free throws.” “We never suggested that both free throws were a requirement to win this game.” “Some have suggested that I called ‘glass’. Let [...]
On Tuesday October 27, 2009 a section of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge that had been repaired in September failed, causing minor damage and massive traffic congestion. Normal traffic on the Bay Bridge is maddening at best, but try tacking a couple of hours on to your commute home on a cold and [...]
How soon we forget: To all persons, citizens of Sonoma, requesting them to remain at peace, and to follow their rightful occupations without fear of molestation. The Commander in Chief of the Troops assembled at the Fortress of Sonoma gives his inviolable pledge to all persons in California not found under arms that they shall [...]
Matt Burden at BlackFive is running for office: For more than 20 years, I’ve served my country, fighting to protect and preserve the American freedoms, rights, and values that make this country great, first as an Airborne Soldier – and then as one of the leaders of the Internet political revolution that has held arrogant [...]