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The Osama-Obama connection, and more "scoops" revealed!
No, not really. But one avid Weekly reader decided to help us out this morning with a little something we like to call a "scoop" in the news business. Apparently our crack team of investigators dropped the ball again, failing to connect the dots because of our liberal agenda. This intrepid reader had the bravery to speak out and risk being shredded by our treacherous misinformation machine. Among his revelations was the once heavily guarded secret – although actually somewhat obvious in retr
February 11, 2008Baby Hewie Attempts Stupidest Smear in History
With his book subject Mitt Romney (thankfully) out of the presidential race, Orange County's own nationally syndicated yackmouth Hugh Hewitt is desperately trying to remain relevant in this year's presidential race by trotting out the lamest smear attempt since Democratic Party nominee Barack Obama's middle name. Here and here, Baby Hewie tries to make an issue of Obama's 1995 memoir Dreams from my Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. "It has to be the most unusual book ever by a presidentia
March 25, 2008The (Busted) Reg-O-Meter©—Week Ending March 29
[Reg-O-Meter staff memo: With yet another entry this week of the name “Gordon Dillow,” the Reg-O-Meter, after being in operation a mere three weeks, incurred a major, possibly fatal technological malfunction—goddamn Radio Shack parts. Until repairs can be made, the Reg-O-Meter has been shut down. So instead, please enjoy the following slices of bad Reggie behavior from the past week you may have missed, sans highly scientific calculatin’ and shit.] SUNDAY, MARCH 23 The Weekly’s R.
March 29, 2008Orange County Entering Bizarro World
Dan Chmielewski over at The Liberal OC posted that Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama will hold a $2,300-per-plate fundraiser at Newport Beach's Balboa Bay Club but doesn't mention how much of a wrench it is to the county's political cosmology. Read the above again. Barack Hussein Obama. Holding a fundraiser. At the Balboa Bay Club. WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD?!?!?!?!? The Balboa Bay Club represents all that's reprehensible with the old Orange County, where GOP men spen
July 3, 2008Hey, Barack Obama: Don't Come Back to Orange County
A few of you might have heard that Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, arrived in Orange County on Sunday, held an exclusive fundraiser for wealthy contributors at the Republican-dominated Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach, and left. Some local Democrats gloated about the idea of Obama grabbing money on right-wing-nut turf, but who of substance cares about empty theatrics? You wouldn't have known anything about the visit because Obama restricted press access,
July 14, 2008Riding Low in the Saddleback
By Eleanor Carmichael It was hotter than Hell when I arrived at Saddleback Church (my former parish—no, seriously) for the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency. Unfortunately, I couldn’t look forward to sitting in the main worship center near Rick Warren, Barack Obama or John McCain. OC Weekly usually gets identified as “alternative” media. At Saddleback, we earned another A-word: “auxiliary,” which meant I was bound for room 404, the auxiliary press room—along with the likes
August 16, 2008Hewitt's Hughpocrisy
Hugh Hewitt came out west from the Reagan White House to oversee construction of the Richard Nixon Library and, later, represent The Irvine Co. and other coastal developers in court as they sought to build whatever they desired on their land, “environmental extremism” like the Endangered Species Act (that Nixon demanded from Congress and signed in 1973) be damned. Hugh’s hobby in those days was writing local commentary that criticized the SoCal media for being too biased and left leaning.
September 3, 2008Will Rappers Cost Obama the Election?
Please, Plies, come out in support of Sarah Palin Young Jeezy's brief flirtation with John McCain on the set of Saturday Night Live aside, it's clear rappers favor Barack Obama by a wide margin in this election. (Check out this survey, for starters.) Though emcee after emcee has supported Obama with endorsement tracks, the big-ups at this point are likely doing more harm than good. Witness the negative media reaction to Ludacris's Hillary/McCain/Bush-bashing "Politics as Usual" cut, which cause
September 29, 2008What's Bad for Obama is Good for Todd Gallinger?
Irvine City Council races have a long, rich history of generating critical looks from the county grand jury, tireless political reformer Shirley Grindle, state Assemblyman Chuck Devore (R-Irvine), solidly Democrat UC Irvine political science professor Mark Petracca and, of course, our own R. Scott Moxley thanks to the shameful schemes of the Larry Agran slate. But never before has the Irvine race veered into presidential politics – even more specifically, tonight's debate between Barack Obama
October 15, 2008Mackerel Flats' Folks Leaning Toward Obama? Who Knew?
Around 11 this morning, KPCC 89.3 FM's AirTalk show presented a call-in segment called "I Didn't Know My Neighbor Was Voting For (Fill In The Blank)!" Host Larry Mantle wanted to know whether anyone's neighbors put political signs on their front lawns that surprised the listener. First caller Garrett of Newport Beach said he is seeing a lot more Obama for President signs in front of houses in his neighborhood (including his own) than he would have expected in the heart of conservative Orange C
October 21, 2008Anti-Obama Vandals Target Obama HQ in HB!
When local Democratic Party activists showed up at their west county office in Huntington Beach this morning, they found evidence of some last-minute desperation among local McCain supporters: a plywood sign calling Obama a "racist" and equating the "liberal media" with un-Americanism. One of our freelancers, Nancy Powell, spotted the sign this morning and shot the picture before the Obama folks put the display in its proper place. "We don't know who did it but it was here in front of our door
November 4, 2008The Purpose Driven Knife in the Back of Obama's Gay Supporters
Perhaps for not going so hard on Barack Obama in last summer's Saddleback presidential forum, the Lake Forest mega-church's pastor, Rick Warren (right), will deliver the invocation at the president-elect's swearing-in ceremony Jan. 20, reports CNN. Warren did not make a public endorsement in the race, but his past views (and forum questions) were certainly slanted more toward John McCain. And Warren did publicly support California's Proposition 8, commenting in Saddleback's October newslet
December 17, 2008Why Does Obama Birth Certificate Say What They Say It Does Not?
Among those commenting to the extended-play interview with Buena Park Pastor Wiley Drake over his legal action contending Barack Obama was not born in this country and should not be sworn in as president is Linda from Mariposa, who writes:The Certificate of live birth is not a birth certificate--period! Obama's mother (private detective) was never in any hospital in Hawaii to even give birth. Even the announcement in the paper is an address that shows he never lived there. COLB's are usually giv
December 18, 2008This Week in the OC Weekly
In "Out of Tune" Gustavo Arellano interviews Bob Gunn, the man who helped Mariners Chruch become an evangelical giant. Then the church fired him for being gay, and they've been in and out of court since. News has Matt Coker explaining why Pastor Wiley Drake thinks he still has a unseating Barack Obama--sorry, Barack Hussein Obama in "The Preacher vs. the President-Elect."And R. Scott Moxley takes a look at the new math on how many Mike Carona campaign contributors got badges in "Moxley Confident
December 19, 2008Is Rick Warren Outing His Tolerant Self of Just Bluffing?
UPDATED WITH PASTOR WILEY DRAKE SAYING GOD WILL PUNISH RICK WARREN FOR PARTICIPATING IN OBAMA INAUGURATION (SEE THE VERY END).The choice of Rick Warren as Barack Obama's inaugural invocation giver has apparently so touched the leader of Lake Forest's Saddleback Church that he has become The Most Tolerant Pastor Ever!!!He posed for a photo that has his arm around an openly gay guy at the Out of the Closet thrift store in West Hollywood. He met with Melissa Etheridge, apologizing for the way
December 23, 2008Why Isn't Wiley Drake Suing God Over Inauguration?
We've previously told you about Buena Park pastor Wiley Drake suing to prevent Barack Obama from being inaugurated as president of the United States on Jan. 20 and, if that fails, suing to stop U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts from delivering the oath of office to Obama. For good measure, Drake has tried to prevent Rick Warren from giving Obama's invocation by warning the wrath of God will strike his fellow Orange County pastor.But one even higher authority somehow escaped Drake and
January 5, 2009Obama Makes 'Spider-Man' Cover, Good Luck Finding It
This week's issue of Amazing Spider-Man (#583, if you're counting) is notable for reasons other than featuring the latest thrilling adventures of our favorite webslinger: It features, both on the cover and inside, President-Elect Barack Obama, in a story taking place in Washington D.C. during the inauguration. The tricky thing is that the cover, shown here, is a limited edition ("variant," as we say in the biz), with the normal, much more common one being much less Obama-y. As you could expect,
January 14, 2009Nation Cheers Obama Inauguration, OC Reg Readers Whine
If Barack Obama's move into the White House today is inspiring folks all over the world, here in Orange County the mood, at least as recorded by online comments posted Orange County Register readers, is dour:--"This man has done absolutely nothing, yet is a God. People are so dumb." --"God help us!"--"This is not my President."--"Is it just me or are you also ready to vomit over this love fest the crazy left is having w/ this guy? I believe it's a very sad day for this country."-"The whole thing
January 20, 2009Amazingly, Hugh Hewitt Only Classy Local Conservative Pundit for Obama Inauguration
The great tragedy of our local conservative yakmouth-gone-big Hugh Hewitt is that there is intellect in him. Yeah, he always seems to walk lockstep with wackos (see: Nixon, Romney, Palin), but the guy is well-read, fund-raises often for good non-political causes and isn't ultimately noxious. Silly, sí, but not noxious--especially when compared with his talk-show brethren.Yesterday was further proof of that. On his blog, Hewitt characterized President Barack Obama's speech as "a fine beginning"
January 21, 2009High Security Meets High Fashion
Slate follows up on word that Barack Obama wore bullet-proof clothing during his inauguration by noting that a Colombian company, Miguel Caballero, makes bullet-resistant leather jackets, polo shirts, windbreakers and ruffled tuxedo shirts, which range from a few hundred dollars to $7,000 in price. Hmmm, who in Colombia would need fashionable, bullet-proof clothing?Media Bistro's Unbeige had fun with the menswear line back in August, when it debuted at Harrods of London:What do you buy for the
January 22, 2009[Hey, You!] Better Watch Your Mouth . . . Payback Is a Lady
November 20, 2008Where Obama Might Chow Down During His OC Visit
We may have been thwarted in our attempt to get tickets to see Obama speak at the OC Fair & Event Center later today, but that doesn't stop us from trying to guess where he might fill up on his OC jaunt, should hunger strike. Both Barack and Michelle are known for their love of food. They don't eat healthily all the time, by their own reckoning, but they enjoy what they eat, whether it's comfort food or more upmarket fare. Eddie Gehman Kohan at Obama Foodorama kindly gave me a few tips, nam
March 18, 2009Obama's Chin and a Little Bit of His Forehead
by Daffodil Altan and Vickie Chang He came. We saw (kind of). He left. For one hour and 15 minutes, Building 12 of the OC Fairgrounds, which normally houses things like Sugar Plum craft festivals and ShamWow demo booths, turned into the Church of Obama--those lucky enough to get tickets were fanning themselves with fliers, napkins and whatever else they could find in purses and on floors. Shouts of "mmmm-hmm" and "that's right!" punctuated the crowded town-hall style meeting; loud che
March 18, 2009Obama Town Hall Protesters Get Vlogged
Former Weekly managing editor Rich Kane turns vlogger as he hits the mean streets of Costa Mesa to capture protesters outside President Obama's town hall at the Orange County Fairgrounds on Wednesday.Among the pissed-off masses Rich encounters is Barbara Coe of the Huntington Beach-based California Coalition for Immigration Reform--or, as she informs Rich, "we were the Prop 187 people." Asked what she is doing there, Coe informs, "To send a message to Mr. Communist Obama, Mr. Pro-Illegal Alien
March 19, 2009Jilted John Campbell Bellyaches About Obama
We know that Representative John Campbell has digestion problems. We know that because he told us about them. We also know that Campbell swooned on national television for Barack Obama. We know that because Stephen Colbert pointed it out.In his latest e-mail blast to supporters, though, we find out that Mr. Campbell faces new indigestion. This time, the source isn't his colon. It's Barack Obama.I've been "back in the saddle" here in Washington for 3 weeks now, and I can't believe what I am seein
March 20, 2009Barack Obama The Pimp
Twenty-nine years ago, Lisa Jack was a camera-toting student at Occidental College and Barack Obama was a freshman from Hawaii. He quickly became involved in the college's Anti Apartheid Coalition, and stirred by his desire to change the world, got the heck out of Oxy and transferred to Columbia University for his sophomore year. (Trivia note/otherwise absent local angle to this story: I attended the college eight years after Obama and also was a member of the anti-apartheid group, but never wen
April 8, 2009[Hey, You!] Forget It, Dude. It's Whiteytown
January 22, 2009Change is Now Exhibit
January 15, 2009Inspired
January 15, 2009King for a Week
January 15, 2009Letters From OC Weekly Readers
December 25, 2008The Cyborg Supermen March Into Costa Mesa's Box Gallery for 'Übermensch'
September 18, 2008Tweeters (Twits?) Of The World Unite: We're Now On Board Too!
Yes, that's right--we're caving in to peer pressure delighted to be bringing our readers even more food news and commentary by joining the likes of Obama, Ashton and that bloke from the Mac ads.Our new account will be regularly updated by Gustavo, Edwin and myself.You can follow us at www.twitter.com/ocweeklyfood. (There's also an OC Weekly account, at www.twitter.com/ocweekly).I'm kicking things off tonight with a live blog from Marché Moderne's market night. There'll be food, there'll be drin
April 29, 2009Muslims and Christians Talk Jesus at Interfaith Event
Hot on the heels of President Obama's speech in Cairo, where he quoted from the Bible, the Koran and the Talmud, the Islamic Institute of Orange County hosts an interfaith discussion Sunday about the role and status of Jesus Christ in the Muslim and Christian faiths. "The Path of the Shepherd: Jesus in Christianity and Islam" will be led by Rector Reese Riley of St. Paul Episcopal Church in Tustin and Sheikh Junaid Kharsany of Inglewood Masjid. According to the institute, their "friendly discuss
June 5, 2009Super-Fun Cover Story Supplement: More Orly!
Even if you read every one of the 4,000-n'-something words of this week's cover story about Dr. Orly Taitz, Esq., our local dentist crusading to have Barack Obama removed from office, you still won't have gotten the full Orly story. She's a busy woman with many pots cooking. So here are a few more Taitz tidbits:You can see her -- tonight! She'll be speaking at a meeting of the Saddleback Republican Assembly in Mission Viejo, according to her blog. Starts at 7 p.m. at Atria Del Sol. Assemblyman J
June 18, 2009Meet Orly Taitz, Queen Bee of People Obsessed With Barack Obama's Birth Certificate
June 18, 2009Letters From OC Weekly Readers
June 25, 2009CNN's Rick Sanchez, Guests, Viewers vs. Obama Birther Wingnuts
CNN.com Rick Sanchez: Tonight's top non-story...CNN's Rick Sanchez aired a story around noon Pacific time on what he characterized as a non-story: the growing "birthers" movement that claims President Barack Hussein Obama was not born in the U.S. and is, thus, constitutionally unqualified to be commander in chief. You know, the non-story that OC Weekly has written and blogged about incessantly. Sanchez showed video of a Republican congressman's recent speech before constituents getting t
July 21, 2009Video: Birther Nutjob Orly Taitz Suffers MSNBC Meltdown
Just in time for Barack Obama's birthday--it's today--the queen of the so-called "birther" movement, Orly Taitz, appeared yesterday on MSNBC to talk up her latest "evidence" that Obama is not an American citizen. That "evidence" is an obviously forged "Republic of Kenya birth Certificate" that was issued several months before Kenya became a "Republic" and which even Karl Rove and Ann Coulter--no friends to the current commander in chief--concur is a fraud. The clip--in which Taitz is alternativ
August 4, 2009Crank Trifecta: A Birther-Tea Bagger-Town Hall Crier Rolled Into One
Media Matters gets the scoop on this morning's Fox & Friends bringing together the living embodiment of the "grass-roots" Birther, Tea Party and Healthcare Town Hall movements--without acknowledging it, of course, because that would be embarrassing even to Fox News.
August 19, 2009Thursday A.M. Shocker!!! Not All Register Readers Are Nutbars!!!
You would, of course, expect an Orange County Register story on local Muslim reaction to President Obama's Cairo speech to elicit online comments like these . . . NewportBob: President Obama is way over his head getting involved in this big picture "let's get along folks now" presentation. Super IQ: Obama should be living in Disney's Fantasyland not the White House. He's making a complete ass out of himself kissing those Muslim tushes right now. Wait till the Muslim terorists strike on his watc
June 4, 2009Obama Squares Off Against Gays and Birthers in Carter Country
Photo by Pete SouzaThe Chosen OneU.S. District Judge David O. Carter is working his magic in his Santa Ana courtroom in two cases involving President Barack Obama.One pits The Chosen One against his gay supporters, the other against his nuttiest foes.Carter on Monday dismissed the first of several pending challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act on a technicality, ruling that the same-sex marriage lawsuit must be refiled in federal court. The suit brought by Mission Viejo couple Arth
August 25, 2009Orly Taitz's Day In Court
John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyToday, Dr. Orly Taitz Esq., the Laguna Niguel dentist, lawyer and real estate agent who is attempting to sue Barack Obama out of office, appeared before Judge David O. Carter in Santa Ana's Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse. The occasion: a hearing in her lawsuit, Barnett vs Obama. We were there.Midway through the hour-and-change hearing, it became clear that in Taitz's mind, today was going to be a day straight out of a Dean Koontz-Dan Brown mash-up novel. It didn't
September 8, 2009Letters From OC Weekly Readers
October 1, 2009The Idiots' Guide To Not Being Schooled By Orly Taitz Like Joy Behar Was
Oh, television. Last night, comedian and budding political pundit Joy Behar had Orange County's own Orly Taitz on her new HLN show. Whereas past cable news appearances for Taitz have seen our "eligibility" activist in panic mode from the mere few seconds of air time she was given and the decibel level of the hostile hosts, Behar gave Taitz nearly a full nine minutes to do her best to come off as a sane dissident. Watch: I hope you'll indulge me stepping out of my normal "impassioned Taitz chroni
October 14, 2009Al Qaeda's Goat Boy: Back from the Dead and as Annoying as Ever
Goat Boy: I'm Ba-a-a-a-a-a-ack! Apparently, your teabagging grandma isn't the only person who thinks the election of Barack Obama spells doom for America. In celebration of the eighth anniversary of 9/11, Al Qaeda has just released a video called "The West and the Dark Tunnel." In the video, Ayman al-Zawahri predicts that the "Muslim nation" will bring down the Obama presidency, the AP reports today.Just how the "Muslim nation" will do that isn't clear. Is he talking about the Natio
September 23, 2009Big Week For Birthers and Their Crusade to Unseat Obama the Usurper!
The Ledger-Enquirer of Columbus, Georgia, reports today that Orly Taitz, the Orange County attorney who reigns as queen bee to the Obama "birther" movement, is representing a "conscientious objector" who refuses to deploy to Iraq*, not because he's a pacifist or because George Bush authorized the invasion of the country on bogus claims, but because President Obama isn't a U.S. citizen.That's right: As everyone knows, Barack Hussein Obama was born in Indonesia or somewhere, but definitely not Hon
July 14, 2009Feds Finally Lighten Up on Those Who Light Up
Flickr user theskywatcherIn a move that will likely increase President Obama's favorable rating even here in conservative Orange County, Attorney General Eric Holder ordered federal drug agents to stop prosecuting cases involving medical marijuana users and providers who obey state laws legalizing the drug for medical purposes. In other words, if you've got a doctor's license and a state medical marijuana ID card, you're not going to get fucked with by the feds. It's about time: California vo
October 19, 2009Racist Obama Imagery at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton
From a source...As I opened the door of the examination room after an appointment with my St. Jude physician, I came face to face with a political Photoshop disaster of President Obama's face superimposed on a feathered witch doctor complete with bone in nose. The title below the image said, "Obamacare" "Coming to a clinic near you." with the C replaced by a Soviet hammer and sickle. The picture was posted in plain view on an x-ray light box just outside the examination room. I was speechless
October 20, 2009Orly Taitz Motion Says Local Judge Wants to Lynch Her
John Gilhooley, OC WeeklyMaybe we will get another date with Orly Taitz in Santa Ana's Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse after all. Less than two weeks after Judge David O. Carter dismissed the Laguna Niguel's Barnett v. Obama lawsuit seeking to throw the President out of office, Taitz has filed a motion for reconsideration of that case.And boy is it... interesting. Some might call the motion racially and politically offensive, but, whatever. Like any battle for freedom, Orly's wa
November 9, 2009
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