Congressman Dana Rohrabacher in the U.S. House of Representatives on 5/22/07:
A tsunami of illegal aliens is sweeping into our country, crowding our classrooms, closing our hospital emergency rooms, unleashing violent crime, and driving down wages.
This is not theory. It is a harsh, threatening reality borne out not by numerous academic studies, but by the life experiences of the American families from California to Georgia and from Iowa to New Jersey.
Our middle class is being destro
This is something interesting I just learned from the Orange County Health Care Agency web site:
"(1)The California Healthcare for Indigents Program (CHIP) is funded through surtax on cigarettes and tobacco products. CHIP provides funding to hospitals, physicians, and community clinics based on uncompensated care provided to individuals not eligible for MSI or any other government-funded program. (2) The Emergency Medical Services Fund (EMSF) receives funds from surtax on cigarettes and tobacco
First of all, I love Hamamori. I love it for all its exorbitant, creative, luxurious food. But as I walked past it today (on my way to Macy's Home at South Coast's Crystal Court), three uniformed paramedics** came out of the restaurant, carrying their equipment.
"Someone must have just seen their check", I quipped to my companion.
I got a well-deserved chuckle, but surely, you guys could come up with better punchlines than that...
**UPDATE: My lovely companion just
Courtesy of Garden Grove Police DepartmentLae ThongphunA Long Beach man has been arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse following Friday's death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son in Garden Grove.Lae Thongphun, 27, was detained after Garden Grove police officers and paramedics had arrived shortly before 11 p.m. to a residence in the 8500 block of Emerson Circle to assist a child who was not breathing.There they discovered a boy, Fox Chau Le, with his face covered in blood. He was treated
What began as a routine traffic stop Wednesday ended with the arrest of a 78-year-old Garden Grove man for allegedly battering a much younger police officer--an attack the cops say included grandpa kicking the patrolman in the nuts.
Twice!
