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Domestic Policy

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Mitt Romney Abandoned for Newt Gingrich by Hispanic Leaders including OC's Miguel Orozco

    ​A Hispanic business and community leader in Santa Ana has joined other Hispanics around the country in signing an open letter to Mitt Romney that essentially accuses the GOP presidential candidate of hypocritically running away from his Mexican heritage. "Our purpose here is to advise you that t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    OC's Happiest Pro-Tax Increase Cheerleaders Are Democrats, Right?

    ​Those of you who don't believe that Orange County is loaded with ironies aren't paying attention.We've got vociferously anti-gay public figures who are secretly gay or bisexual. We've got Democrats who are more Republican than, well, Republicans. And, perhaps most amazingly, we've got self-descri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    [UPDATED with Judge's Ruling:] Justice Dept. Must Pay for Lying in Suit Against FBI by OC Muslims

    ​UPDATE, NOV. 18, 10:57 A.M.: "The Court must impose monetary sanctions to deter the Government from deceiving the Court again," Judge Cormac Carney of the U.S. District Court in Santa Ana writes in his Islamic Shura Council v. FBI ruling. He gave the council 14 days to come up with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Port of Long Beach Pact Allowing Truckers to Police Clean Trucks Program Draws Judge's Rebuke

    ​The Long Beach Harbor Commission illegally violated state environmental law when it weakened its truck cleanup program without first performing the required environmental review, a federal judge has ruled. Finding in favor of the Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Legalize Pot, Say Geniuses at Global Commission on Drug Policy

    ​The Los Angeles Times, and just about every other newspaper that covers world news, is reporting today that the Global Commission on Drug Policy, an influential think-tank made up of world leaders, has just issued a report calling the war on drugs "a costly failure" and calling on the United Stat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    California DREAM Act Passes State Assembly

    ​It's a little confusing, but no less a victory for illegal immigrant college students. While the national DREAM Act, an immigration bill aimed at providing a path to citizenship for young people, died in the U.S. Senate--and possibly forever--last year, the California DREAM Act is very much alive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Loretta Sanchez Defends Obama Attack on GOP Budget Plan

    Obama finally gets Sanchez backing​Appearing this afternoon on MSNBC, Orange County Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez defended President Barack Obama's morning speech declaring that he will not allow Republicans to continue to force the poor and middle class to pay for massive tax cuts for the rich.In ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Loretta Sanchez Asked to Speak About DREAM Act at Pomona College, Talks About Herself Instead

    ​Here at your favorite infernal rag, we have long criticized Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez for not having the, um, ovaries to support the DREAM Act, waiting until the tragic death of a DREAMer to co-sponsor the bill in Congress. Of course, we always hear it from Loretta apologists aghast that we c ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2010

    Return to Sender

    What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the Feds got off their duffs?

  • News

    December 16, 2010

    DREAM Act Supporters Keep Fighting

    From Santa Ana to Texas to Capitol Hill, OC residents prove among the most prominent advocates of the DREAM Act

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Mexican Macroeconomics

    Do undocumented migrants steal jobs from American workers?

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    FAIR-y Tales In the Immigration Debate

    Anti-immigrant think tanks are aiming their dubious statistics at the 14th Amendment

  • News

    October 21, 2010

    Prop. 19: More Than a Nickel Bag of Opinions

    Six leading OC medical-marijuana and pot-legalization advocates leave no turn unstoned in examining the ballot initiative

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    The Super Rich Aren't Like You and Me ... They're Whinier

    ​A letter to the Wall Street Journal by a Newport Beach real estate executive who believes it would be unfair if the Bush tax cuts were not extended for those who make over $250,000-a-year certainly set off McSweeney's writer Edward Murray. "The Poor Top 2 Percent" on the Huffington Post is Murray ... More >>

  • News

    August 12, 2010

    Seized

    Inside the brutal world of America's kidnapping capital

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Isaac Robert Longo, the Face of Marijuana Manslaughter?

    ​Don't be surprised if Isaac Robert Longo becomes a poster child for the evils of driving while high by forces girding to defeat marijuana legalization in California this November.After all, the 33-year-old Placentia man smoked pot before causing a five-car pileup on the 55 freeway in November 200 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Saint Margaret Ranch, er, Rancho Santa Margarita Backs Arizona's SB 1070

    ​UPDATE: As expected, the Rancho Santa Margarita City Council passed a resolution last night supporting the controversial Arizona immigration-reform law SB 1070. In adopting the thing, one panelist revealed he does not believe in immigration reform (see end of post) . . .Aw hell, Rancho, go all t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Legalization Could Cut Costs, Increase Consumption of Marijuana: RAND Study

    ​A new study shows legalization and distribution of marijuana in California could cut the price of cannabis by up to 80 percent and increase consumption.Findings by the RAND Corp. also show revenues from taxing legal pot could be significantly higher or lower than the $1 billion estimated by the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Progressive "Brownbaggers" Invite Teabaggers to Join Them in Government Spending Protests

    Tim Carpenter hammers away at the war.​Former Orange County progressive activist Tim Carpenter, who now does his agitating for the Michigan-based Progressive Democrats of America, is inviting tea partiers to protests at congressional district offices nationwide Wednesday aimed at reducing "unjusti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Healthcare Celebration Today, Healthcare Protest Tomorrow

    ​Supporters of the historic healthcare reform bill signed into law by President Barack Obama will gather in front of the Garden Grove district office of Rep. Loretta Sanchez this afternoon to thank Orange County's only Democratic member of Congress for her yes vote on the controversial legislation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Obama's Oil Drilling Pipe Dream Harshes Surfrider's Mellow

    oceanswavesbeaches.blogspot.com​The Surfrider Foundation released a statement today, expressing their disapproval of Obama's proposal to open areas of the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic coastline and Arctic coastline to oil drilling and exploration. They are not stoked.

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Governor Candidates, Humboldt County Pot Growers Agree: No on Legalization!

    Jerry Brown: "I've already indicated that that's not a provision I am likely to support."​The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 was certified for November's ballot this week after backers turned in signatures from hundreds of thousands of California voters, but the three top candid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    State Assembly Panel Weighs Legalizing Weed

    SFWeekly.comAmmiano​The Weekly just published Dave Ferrell's cover story about the creep toward marijuana legalization. The California Cannabis Initiative appears destined for the November ballot. Meanwhile, pressure to legalize it is still being applied in the state Assembly.The Assembly's Public ... More >>

  • News

    January 7, 2010

    Today, Medical Marijuana. Tomorrow, Legalize It!

    SFWeekly.comAmmiano​The Weekly just published Dave Ferrell's cover story about the creep toward marijuana legalization. The California Cannabis Initiative appears destined for the November ballot. Meanwhile, pressure to legalize it is still being applied in the state Assembly.The Assembly's Public ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    As FCC Weighs Net Neutrality, McCain Tosses in Monkey Wrench

    ​As the Federal Communications Commission meets today to develop some "rules of the road" for the Internet, U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Sarah Palin) has thrown up a roadblock.The bitter, defeated presidential nominee today introduced legislation that would block the FCC from creating new "net neutral ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    The Other Side of the Health-Care Debate Strikes Back

    The other side of the health-care debate (think opposite of Fox News' town hall criers) has come out swinging of late.California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee just issued a statement with the provocative title, "California's Real Death Panels: Insurers Deny 21% of Claims." ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Orange County Clergy Goes Hollywood for Obamacare

    Yes, the people popping up everywhere to disrupt explanations of Obamacare by congress people and administration folk seldom get covered these days. A favorite was two days ago on CNN, when the anchorwoman cut to such a town hall where a U.S. senator was detailing the plan. Without ha ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2009

    Reefer Madness

    Maverick Theater

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    FBI Spy: "Islam Itself is a Threat to National Security"

    John Gilhooley / OCWCraig MonteilhIf Craig Monteilh was hoping the Weekly's recent cover story about him would provide a springboard to media fame, he probably wasn't thinking of Inside OC with Rick Reiff on KOCE. But that's exactly where Monteilh found himself last week when Reiff interviewed Hussa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    John and Ken Go After Red County Blog (Again)

    *Originally posted on March 13; moved up by Gustavo 'cause the conversation is HOT!The hosts of KFI-AM 640 The John and Ken Show are ripping Orange County's right-tilted Red County blog once again. (You can listen here.) What set off the anti-tax crusaders--whose recent live Tax Revolt 2009 broadcas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    Read Curt Pringle's Lips: He'll Take New Taxpayer Dollars

    Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle has long been the golden boy among Orange County Republicans. He got elected to the party's Central Committee in 1986, and two years later became the GOP nominee for the Garden Grove area state Assembly seat. The party, under the leadership of then-Chairman Tom Fuentes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2008

    Barbara Coe Upset Sarah Palin Doesn't Acknowledge Her

    On Sept. 15, California Coalition for Immigration Reform head Barbara Coe sent off a questionnaire to Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. "The California Coalition for Immigration Reform (CCIR) is a nationally recognized nonpartisan grassroots organization representing thousands of p ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 3, 2008

    [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Cherry-Picking César Chávez

    On Sept. 15, California Coalition for Immigration Reform head Barbara Coe sent off a questionnaire to Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. "The California Coalition for Immigration Reform (CCIR) is a nationally recognized nonpartisan grassroots organization representing thousands of p ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 26, 2007

    Letters

    'And when I say "you," I am referring to white America. I purposely left that "white" uncapitalized'

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2007

    MLK Day and the Bush administration

    One of the things that fuels the belief of some people in some sort of government conspiracy in the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is the fact that Army Intelligence (along with the usual suspects, the FBI, etc.) was monitoring Dr. King. And now, just in time this year's MLK day comes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2007

    Arnold's New Era Begins

    In his inaugural address last Friday, Governor Schwarzenegger announced the beginning of a new chapter in California history, the "post-partisan" era, explaining, "The question is not what are the needs of Republicans or Democrats? The real question is what are the needs of our people?… Post- ... More >>

  • News

    November 9, 2006

    Osama's Gun

    How to not build bin Ladens AK-47 without even trying

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2006

    Speaking of congressional races ...

    Check out this little ray of sunshine from Bloomberg (the news service, not the mayor): Candidates Ignore $1.35 Trillion Minimum Tax `Bomb' By Ryan J. Donmoyer Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Congressional candidates this fall are furiously debating Iraq, Medicare and extending tax cuts. Most are staying qu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2006

    The OC GOP Way: extending taxes is NOT raising taxes

    Besides spam for our riches locked in a Nigerian prince's bank vault, a better head of hair and just plain better head, Clockwork's virtual mailbox has been filling lately with messages from the Committee to Renew Measure M. Now, normally when PR maven Meg Waters, Congressman John Campbell (R-Newpor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2006

    Can You Hear Me Now?

    In this case, the President has acted, undisputedly, as FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] forbids. FISA is the expressed statutory policy of our Congress. The presidential power, therefore, was exercised at its lowest ebb and cannot be sustained. --from Federal District Court Judge Anna D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2006

    The Quota System (Friendly Skies Edition)

    Everyone's heard stories, always officially denied, that you're more likely to get a traffic ticket near the end of month because the cops have a set quota of tickets they need to write each month. According to KMGH, the ABC affiliate in Denver, your traffic misery may be following you into the skie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2006

    Ed Royce Makes a Run for the Border

    The San Diego Union-Tribune, whose editorials typically lean solidly to the right, has come out firmly against mixing illegal immigration with the war on terror--and with "The Wrong Mix," they more specifically chide OC's own Rep. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) for chairing an Imperial Beach congressional h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2006

    Love That Dirty Water

    Troubling news from American Rivers, the 75,000-member strong nonprofit that is trying to save and restore our nation's rivers: The Supreme Court of the United States today handed down a divided decision in the Rapanos and Carabell cases that will lead to confusion on the ground and grave risk for t ... More >>

  • News

    May 18, 2006

    Gracias, OC!

    'Gustavo Arellano: youre a race-card-playing punk!'

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2006

    Bang, Bang, Shoot, Shoot

    It's always entertaining reading the Fullerton-based California Rifle and Pistol Association newsletter, The Firing Line. The best section, naturally, is On Target -- the letters to the editor. The March 2006 issue does not disappoint, with letters branding U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein "a loser" (h ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 29, 2005

    !Ask a Mexican!

    The year in Mexican-bashing

  • News

    July 14, 2005

    Why Does Daystar Hate Jesus?

    The religious broadcaster fighting for KOCE is already under federal investigation for abuse of the airwaves

  • Columns

    November 6, 2003

    Letters

    The religious broadcaster fighting for KOCE is already under federal investigation for abuse of the airwaves

  • News

    April 27, 2000

    Green With Anger

    One mans campaign to save a wetland

  • News

    July 8, 1999

    A Higher Fire Power

    Carona puts his faith in more guns after ambush of deputy

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