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A Teacher’s Letter to President Obama

January 23, 2010 2

During your campaign you said, “I am tired of hearing teachers blamed for our collective failures.” If you really meant this, Mr. President, then please stop blaming teachers because we are all tired of hearing this too.

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Obama: I’ll never stop fighting for your voice

January 23, 2010 4

In this week’s address, President Barack Obama vowed to continue fighting for the American people to ensure their voices are heard over the special interests and lobbyists in Washington, despite this week’s Supreme Court decision to further empower corporations to use their financial clout to directly influence elections.

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Corporate personhood, fascism, and Libertarian-Republican double speak

January 22, 2010 1

With the Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday, CitiGroup, whose largest individual stockholder is a Saudi Arabian billionaire, can spend unlimited funds against any elected official who tries to regulate their activities. When they get in trouble again, legislators will simply give them another no-strings-attached taxpayer funded bailout, or else.

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SuperNews: GOP Death-Star

January 21, 2010 1

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEwb7obZLF4[/youtube] In honor of our friends at Red County, here’s timely video from CurrentTV’s “SuperNews” antimated program.  CurrentTV is run by former VP Al Gore, […]

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Who Can Save the Banana Republic?

January 21, 2010 10

What are everyone’s thoughts? As Gustavo asks, Who can save the Banana Republic? Who can bring change we Santa Ana residents can all believe in?

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Supreme Court Rules in “Hillary, The Movie” case

January 21, 2010 2

By a 5-4 vote, the court overturned a 20-year-old ruling that said companies can be prohibited from using money from their general treasuries to produce and run their own campaign ads. The decision, which almost certainly will also allow labor unions to participate more freely in campaigns, threatens similar limits imposed by 24 states.

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OC Deputies Ratify New Contract

January 21, 2010 0

On WednesdayJanuary 20th the members of the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriff’s voted on their new contract. Approximately half of the union membership, 886 members, participated in the ratification vote. The results were overwhelming.