SacBee: Budget Deal Reached
A combination of spending cuts and tax increases have led to a deal between the state legislature and the Governor to close California’s $40-billion budget […]
Month: February 2009
Turn! Turn! Turn!: School Board Apologizes to Pete Seeger!
The Obama inauguration had a unexpected consequence this week as the San Diego School Board formally apologized to folk-singer Peter Seeger for attempting to force him to sign a loyalty oath nearly fifty years ago.
Ruling Expected Today On Sheriff’s Pension Case
I’m hearing that the judge in the case brought by The County of Orange to reverse Sheriff’s the 3% at 50 pensions will render a […]
Headlines from my Four Daily Newspapers
Wall Street Journal: Obama Warns of “Lost Decade” (subhead: President says Federal Government Is The Only Remaining Option to Jolt Economy) New York Times: Obama […]
Obama Press Conference: About the notion of bipartisanship
President Obama has three Republicans on his cabinent and made overtures to the GOP minority in the House and Senate on the stimulus bill. Thus […]
New Gallup Poll: Americans Favor Obama on Stimulus Bill
A reminder that Orange County is sometimes an alternative universe politically-speaking. But in the reality-based community, the American people resoundingly back President Obama and support […]
What Is Michael Steele Smoking?
This morning as I was finishing my breakfast glass of milk, I could barely contain it when I saw a video clip of Michael Steele, […]
Was the New Deal a Failure?
“Obama is re-running the FDR’s attempt to spend our way out of economic downturn. It failed then, and it will fail now. “ — Matt […]
The Irvine Tattler hangs it up
The Irvine Tattler, a web site that offered no ability to correct incorrect information, is going offline on Valentine’s Day. The site, which hadn’t had […]