California politics

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• A little more on the House GOPs newest member

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 580
  Im going to do something I generally avoid--quote from my own blog. While I was vacationing in California, I participated in one of Rep Kevin McCarthys GOP Whip Team blogger calls. During the question and answer session, I asked about the feelings of the Democratic doctors among the membership of the House of ...
  14 hours ago

• Cartel ‘spies’ infiltrate U.S. customs agency

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  SAN DIEGO - At first, Luis F. Alarid seemed well on his way to becoming a customs agency success story. He had risen from a childhood of poverty and foster homes, some of them abusive, earned praise and commendations while serving in the Army and the Marines, including two tours in Iraq, and returned to Southern ...
  3 days ago

• Seattle Mayor-Elect: Legalize Marijuana

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 486
  Seattle Mayor-elect Mike McGinn said during a radio interview Friday that he supports efforts to make it legal to use marijuana in Washington state. Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, D-Seattle, has introduced a bill that would allow people 21 and older to use pot. Speaking to KUOW, McGinn noted that city voters in 2003 ...
  4 days ago

• Hey, Ma’am, Can You Find 742,600 jobs in 11 Months?

  
  GayPatriot — Authority: 632
  Ten months ago, California’s junior Senator praised the Senate for passing the so-called “stimulus,” noting that the “$787.1 billion economic recovery legislation” was “ designed to save or create millions of jobs “.  She cited a White House prediction “that the legislation will save or create ...
  4 days ago

• Calif. Man Convicted of Throwing Wife Off Cliff [After 13-Days of Marriage]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Calif. Man Convicted of Throwing Wife Off Cliff ASSOCIATED PRESS December 18, 2009 TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) -- A 28-year-old man accused of throwing his new wife off a Southern California cliff has been convicted of murder. A Los Angeles Superior Court jury deliberated about a day before finding Jason Manai of Torrance ...
  5 days ago

• Schwarzenegger, Palin trade shots over climate change

  
  The Editors' Desk — Authority: 126
  California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are trading shots over climate change, CNN and a number of news outlets are reporting. CNN has one of the livelier accounts in a Political Ticker post by Alexander Mooney : AP photo Sarah…
  6 days ago

• LGBT Parenting Roundup

  
  Mombian — Authority: 130
  First, congratulations to lesbian mom Annise Parker , who won election as mayor of Houston, Texas, the country’s fourth largest city. She is the first openly gay or lesbian mayor of any of the country’s 10 largest cities. Schools and Youth The Oklahoma City School District voted to amend the district’s ...
  6 days ago

• The Tourist Trap

  
  ? The Macho Response ? — Authority: 134
  "Despite its good intentions, San Francisco is not leading the country in gay marriage. Despite its good intentions, it is not stopping wars. Despite its spending more money per capita on homelessness than any comparable city, its homeless problem is worse than any comparable citys. Despite its spending more money per ...
  6 days ago

• A Talk with Antonino D’Ambrosio about his book "A Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears."

  
  Anomaly Radio — Authority: 134
  If you ask most people to name important folk protest records of the sixties, they probably wouldn’t name something by Johnny Cash — or even think of Johnny Cash as a folk protest singer. But Cash did record an album that certainly fits that bill. And those who are aware of it, do acknowledge its power and ...
  6 days ago

• What Happens When California Defaults?

  
  Newgeography.com - Economic, demographic, and political commentary about places — Authority: 610
  The California Legislative Analyst’s Office recently reported that the State faces a $21 billion shortfall in the current as well as the next fiscal year. That’s a problem, a really big problem. My young son would say it was a ginormous problem. In fact, it may be an insurmountable problem. Our governor and ...
  1 week ago

• Guess we should be grateful for Boxer’s Incompetence

  
  GayPatriot — Authority: 632
  Sometimes, it’s a good thing that the junior Senator from the Golden State is such a legislative incompetent.  Given her far left ideology, were Barbara Boxer better able to master Senate procedure and the fine points of promoting legislation, she might have done more damage than she has done these past seventeen ...
  1 week ago

• Meet the Candidate #1: Jeff Stone

  
  Valley of the Shadow — Authority: 465
  Supervisor Jeff Stone is running for the California State Senate 36th District, representing Temecula. He is a former pharmacist and Boy Scout who got involved in local politics. Born in Los Angeles, grew up in Irvine and a USC Graduate, he came to Temecula in 1983. Supervisor Stone became active in 1992 working ...
  1 week ago

• Californians will vote on marijuana legalization in 2010

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 486
  ( AlterNet ) The Tax & Regulate Cannabis 2010 campaign has just achieved a major victory in its efforts to legalize marijuana for all adults in California — they have gathered the signatures necessary for inclusion on the state’s November ballot. This win means that Californians will be the first in the ...
  1 week ago

• California-A Great Place For A Small Business……

  
  The National Republicrat — Authority: 129
  …..as long as you start out with a large  one. California’s business climate already ranks 48th worst in the nation. We have the highest sales taxes, the highest gas taxes, high income taxes, and one of the highest corporate taxes in the nation. The costs of running a business, combined with the risks of ...
  1 week ago

• Fine, Ma’am, let’s talk about jobs

  
  GayPatriot — Authority: 632
  In a further example of bias at the AP (in the guise of journalism critical of a Democratic politician), “reporter” Kevin Freking covers how the two Republicans vying to replace Barbara Boxer in the United States Senate have been making much of her “ reprimanding a general for calling her ‘ma’am’ “.   ...
  1 week ago

• California Assembly Elects Gay Speaker; Unions Rejoice

  
  GayPatriot — Authority: 632
  I wish I could be as sanguine about the the election of the firmly openly gay Speaker of the California Assembly as I am about the first openly lesbian Mayor of the City of Houston.  And while I have met Assemblyman John Pérez, an openly gay Latino Democrat from Los Angeles elected by his fellow partisans to preside ...
  1 week ago

• AltaRock Geothermal Cancelled

  
  Geology News — Authority: 146
  The AltaRock geothermal project near San Francisco, California, has officially been cancelled. The project was a type of test to determine the future direction of geothermal energy in the United States. What happened?
  1 week ago

• Saturday Night

  
  Gerry Canavan — Authority: 146
  * Breaking news: Houston, Texas, has elected an openly gay woman as mayor. That’s… unexpected. * Is Ben Nelson a lost cause on health care? Related: Tom Harkin may introduce bill to eliminate the filibuster. Yes, please. * We are living through the Californiafication of America —a country in which the ...
  1 week ago

• Did I just send an anti-gay e-mail?

  
  GayPatriot — Authority: 632
  Just got another piece of spam from “Equality California” asking: “How are we going to win marriage back in California?” and “Why do we keep losing at the ballot box?” Filled with a the same sort of mumbo-jumbo we hear from this left-wing organization, the e-mail was just another (of the all too many) ...
  1 week ago

• Illegality of Using Zinn Education Project in California Schools

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 745
  All instructional materials approved by school boards and used in California schools must comply with the Standards for Evaluating Instructional Materials for Social Content (2000).  It’s an idiotic set of standards, radically liberal in orientation.  It states that materials must “instill in each child a ...
  1 week ago

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