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Archive for October, 2007

You Couldn’t Make This Stuff Up!

Posted in suspicion, tagged , , , on October 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Carona Indicted, Finally!
Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona was indicted today for accepting bribes.  We, Mr Pie and myself, have thought this guy’s behavior was questionable for a long, long time, but we’re just some unimportant people who happen to live in OC and based that opinion on a long list of articles appearing in various newspapers. Apparently [...]

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We have a lot to be thankful for

Posted in Uncategorized on October 28, 2007 | 4 Comments »

He can’t run again.

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What Can I Say?

Posted in California Wildfires, Utter Frustration on October 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I know the firefighters have to eat and rest.  Some of them have not had any sleep in 36 hours or more.  At least Bush didn’t take them away from the firelines for too long. 

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About Those C-130s Sent To Fight The Fires…..

Posted in California Wildfires, Red Tape Stupidity, Utter Frustration on October 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I am in full rant mode right now.
On Monday we were told by the media that two C-130s had arrived to fight the fires raging in Southern California, but by Tuesday I hadn’t seen or heard that they were being used.  All of the news sources had scads of live coverage showing tiny airplanes dropping  red fire [...]

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The Fire This Time: Ashes of a Failed Policy

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on October 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Ok, maybe the title is overly dramatic, but this article speaks volumes about what went wrong in San Diego County and why:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez24oct24,1,2517947.column
A snippet follows, but please go to the site and read the whole article. Emphasis is mine.
Steve Lopez:
He won’t say ‘I told you so . . .’
October 24, 2007
Former San Diego fire Chief Jeff [...]

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Wind and Fire

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on October 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »

The other night it:
…cracked and growled, and roared and howled
Like noises in a Swound!
And this was the only damage in the morning….

That’s right, the famous Mme. Cecile Brunner is down and she took the top part of the fence with her.  The sound of the storm during the night was like a freight train.

I got up twice in the [...]

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A Phone Call From The Right

Posted in Uncategorized on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I just got off the phone with a nice lady who was very ill-informed about the organization she was calling on behalf of, the Campaign to Stop Illegal Immigration, which is headed by William Greene and funded by RightMarch, another of Greene’s organizations.  It’s a PAC, that nasty sort of amoeba-like organization that can campaign on [...]

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