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  The Real Catch of the Party

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:40pm EST by Terry Crowley

  Number of comments: 3
  Ruh Roh! Looks like the Superior Family and the Clean Family Man aren’t so clean! Wonder what Biden was up to… probably worried about who his entourage was going to run over next! LOL! Let’s just hope we don’t get some story about Biden using this woman as an ashtray [...]
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  Redistricting Fever – Catch It!

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:32am EST by Rogue Elephant

  Number of comments: 6
  Redistricting fever is sweeping the Golden State faster than swine flu hysteria. California voters have taken redistricting from the legislature's greasy palms, and put it in their own sweaty mitts. Now, you too can draw legislative districts (no previous experience required) by signing up for the Citizens Redistricting Commission. Special [...]
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  Ground Zero of Fullerton Redevelopment Failure

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:28am EST by Tony Bushala

  For dyed-in-the-wool government apologists like Dick Jones, Jan Flory, Dick Ackerman, Sharon Kennedy, Don Bankhead, et al., Redevelopment blunders are conveniently overlooked, when possible; when not possible, some lame defense is mounted, such as: mistakes were made (passive voice obligatory) but we learned and moved on; hindsight is 20/20 (Molly [...]
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  FFFF Image of the Month

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 11:15pm EST by Tony Bushala

  Number of comments: 8
  Here is Fullerton’s own congressman, Ed Royce, taking a rather, er, informal pose with a tall willowy blond woman at a recent White House function. Why this woman’s hand is on his chest is anybody’s guess, but judging by the happy look on Ed’s face he has granted his willing [...]
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  Lakewood Washington Cop Killer was Pardoned by Mike Huckabee!

  Posted: November 29, 2009, 7:44pm EST by Red Vixen

  Number of comments: 12
  Lakewood Washington Cop Killer was Pardoned by Mike Huckabee! Nine years ago, then-Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee granted clemency to Clemmons, commuting his lengthy prison sentence over the protestations of [...] [...]
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  Come to Katrina’s Holiday Soiree Benefit for Second Harvest! – Dec. 2

  Posted: November 29, 2009, 1:12pm EST by Vern Nelson

  Number of comments: 2
  Wow, I’m there!  Hope you are too.  (Actually I will definitely be there ‘cos I’ll be playing piano there!) (If you’re looking at this post through the awesome, irksome technology of an I-phone or such, and cannot see the big graphic, let me transcribe for you…) Costa Mesa City Council Member Katrina [...]
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  Is Pam Keller Qualified to Be Mayor?

  Posted: November 29, 2009, 12:19pm EST by Tony Bushala

  Yes. At least based on the abilities of those who have preceded her. People like Dick Jones, Don Bankhead, Mike Clesceri, Leland Wilson, etc., etc. Well, you get the point. To use a Harpoon line: a ling cod could do the job. Yes, Friends it’s that time of year, when the [...]
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  Retired Santa Ana city workers often make over six figures a year!

  Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:55am EST by Admin

  Number of comments: 12
  Who knew that working for the City of Santa Ana could make you a rich man?  The O.C. Register investigated what many of our local cities are paying to their retired city employees. While most of us have a bankrupt Social Security program to look forward to in our retirement, public [...]
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  Obama’s Big Decision Day

  Posted: November 29, 2009, 7:51am EST by Terry Crowley

  Number of comments: 12
  Well, Tuesday night is the big night. President Obama is going on National Television (except for Fox News, probably) and announce his Big Decision on Afghanistan. And what will it be?  The Bush Doctrine.  That’s right. 97 days of deliberations and Obama is going to send nearly all the 40,000 troops requested, [...]
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  What really happened to Tiger Woods?

  Posted: November 29, 2009, 12:18am EST by Admin

  Number of comments: 12
  The updated video above includes the 911 call by one of Tiger’s neighbors, reporting his accident early Friday morning What happened to champion golfer Tiger Woods when he crashed his car this weekend? It is truly a bizarre story. Fox Sports asked 20 questions about this mess, which make a lot of [...]
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  Dick Cheney for President in 2012?

  Posted: November 29, 2009, 12:06am EST by Admin

  Number of comments: 3
  Never mind Sarah Palin and Lou Dobbs.  Would you believe that some folks in the GOP are actually talking about running Dick Cheney for President in 2012? “Why? Because Cheney is a man of conviction, has a record on which he can be judged, and whatever the result, there could be [...]
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  Surprise! General Moonbeam doesn’t know the law!

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:22pm EST by Terry Crowley

  Number of comments: 12
  Have you heard the one about the pimp, prostitute, politician and the community organizer? General Jerry Moonbeam is a national joke, with good reason. But the latest escapade of selective application of the law may finally reveal just how unfit he is. The San Diego office of ACORN is accused of a [...]
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  Wall St. Journal’s John Fund interviews GOP Senate candidate Carly Fiorina

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 6:59pm EST by Art Pedroza

  Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina recently spoke to the Wall Street Journal’s John Fund.  Here are a few excerpts from his article, “She wants to reboot California.” Fiorina led off by telling Fund”that “in these hard times, a lot of people across the spectrum will listen to my message—that California [...]
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  Interview of Dale Tyler, Mission Viejo recall candidate

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 4:11pm EST by Larry Gilbert

  Number of comments: 12
  I just concluded a 90 minute interview of Mission Viejo recall candidate Dale Tyler. Background for this post. The election to recall Mission Viejo vice mayor Lance MacLean will occur on February 2, 2010. There will only be two names on the ballot to select from.  Dem. Dave Leckness, whom I interviewed  [...]
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  Agran and Krom spending over $100K a month on PR for the Great Park

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 3:31pm EST by Admin

  Did you know that “Forde & Mollrich, a private political consulting firm tied to Larry Agran, a Democrat and Irvine’s most powerful and devious politician, is getting $100,000-a-month for 20 months in a no-bid contract related to–no, not national security–but public relations?” I read about that over at the OC Weekly.  [...]
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  Public Service in Mission Viejo. Please don’t hit me, please don’t hit me

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 11:09am EST by Larry Gilbert

  Number of comments: 2
  While we have hundreds of volunteers  serving in Mission Viejo as members of our SCAT team, or in our animal shelter, library and Norman P, Murray Community and Senior Center, there is an area where the 80-20 rule is not even on the radar screen. Politics. Apathy. And there surely are valid [...]
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  Dobbs/Palin in 2012?

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 10:39am EST by Admin

  Number of comments: 5
  “Lou Dobbs, he of the not making sense on CNN, and Sarah Palin, she of the not making sense always, are both contemplating runs for the presidency,” according to an online source. Well, that ought to finish off the Republican [...] [...]
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  Steven Greenhut Hosts KFI Talk Show on Sunday

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 10:17am EST by Travis Kiger

  Number of comments: 3
  Friend, author and staunch proponent of limited government Steven Greenhut will be hosting a 3 hour show on KFI AM 640 this Sunday from 7 – 10 PM. Tune in online at kfi640.com for a great show. Steve has been busy lately. Last week he released a book titled “Plunder: How [...]
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  Tribute to Bohemian Rhapsody

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 9:19am EST by Terry Crowley

  Number of comments: 12
  Why Bohemian Rhapsody? Because it is the only song I will sing along to in the car, with the windows rolled down, at 70mph? Well, yes. But it is also a great tribute song. Forget about all the warmers, and the truthers, and the coffee filters and the heavy breathers [...]
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  Fiorina All Talk on Public Employee Unions

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 6:25am EST by Rogue Elephant

  Number of comments: 2
  Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate Carly Fiorina is all talk (and no action) when it comes to California's public employee unions. She raises the issue in every interview, but offers no solution. Even as taxpayer activists with the Citizen Power Campaign march forward to fix California government by stopping the [...]
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  Weekend Derailment Project – Less Than 40 Days to Save the Fair – Write A LETTER!

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 9:41pm EST by Vern Nelson

  Number of comments: 2
  I know I have been a harsh taskmaster and it’s been hard to keep up with the daily projects I’ve been giving you to stop the sale of our Fairgrounds.  (I know because not that many of you have signed this petition yet – yesterday’s very undemanding task.)  But I [...]
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  Schism on the Right! Gay-Hater vs. Mexican-Hater

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 8:34pm EST by Vern Nelson

  Number of comments: 4
  For your Oscar consideration: 9-1/2 minutes of friction between a Minuteman and a Westboro Baptist, outside last year’s Saddleback Church Presidential debate.  Can the GOP hang together in spite of bitter divisions like these?  (Kidding, I know you’re not all this crazy!  But still, how will you deal with these [...]
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  Mexican Consul Carlos Rodríguez y Quezada leaving Santa Ana early

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 1:40pm EST by Admin

  Number of comments: 1
  “Mexican Consul Carlos Rodríguez y Quezada is retiring from his post in Santa Ana on Monday, his spokesman Agustin Pradillo Cuevas said today,” according to the O.C. Register. Quezada has been controversial, to say the least.  He replaced a Consul who was very popular, and who fought for the rights of [...]
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  Howard Dean “Republicans are right”

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 10:54am EST by Terry Crowley

  Dr Dean gets much of it right about ObamaCare and how important it is at this point to kill it and get something that actually controls costs. He’s right that Vermont tried to reform Health Care as he says, with disastrous consequences. Unfortunately, capping premium costs at the 20% range is [...]
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  Sugarwoman Sides With Deceit; Uses FSD e-mail To Do It!

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:57am EST by Tony Bushala

  Since we at FFFF like sharing so much, I thought we would share this email with our Friends.  I wonder if it ever occurred to Hilda Sugarwoman that her old pal Linda Ackerwoman moved to Irvine a long, long time ago. It’s been 10 years. Maybe, just maybe, Hilda lost [...]
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  Harpoon Thanksgiving Message

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:44am EST by Tony Bushala

  We received the following cell phone message from The Fullerton Harpoon who is currently on a fishing trawler in the vicinity of the Sea of Japan and, apparently, has no computer access. Dear Friends, Happy Thanksgiving. Some of you may wonder what an old, crusty, salt-bitten sea gherkin like the Harpoon is [...]
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  Rackaukus Argues Self-Defense

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 7:35am EST by Rogue Elephant

  Number of comments: 1
  Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackaukus has joined 33 other California DA's in a Supreme Court brief supporting the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. The California DA's joined with several Nevada and Arizona district attorneys, police organizations, and other persons and groups concerned with protecting the public [...]
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  Democratic Holiday Party

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 7:08am EST by James Silverfox

  The  68th Democratic Assembly District PAC and 67th Democratic Area Wide Alliance are celebrating the holidays together. On Tuesday December 1st at  7:00pm, We will be having a Holiday Pot Luck Party;at the International Association of Machinists Hall, 5402 Bolsa Ave., Huntington Beach. Scheduled speakers include State Senator Lou Correa, State Assembly Representative [...]
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  Leftist Rats Deserting the Sinking Ship

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 8:11pm EST by Terry Crowley

  Number of comments: 10
  News this week is not good for the carpet chewers. Democrat incumbents in handily won Obama areas are not running for re-election. The heart can be weak when the road is long and looks like a loss anyway. The lower The One goes, the grimmer Reid’s and Pelosi’s prospects get. [...]
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  OC Sea Change: the Viet-Dem PAC Kickoff

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 2:30pm EST by Vern Nelson

  Number of comments: 8
  Remember how the ONLY Republican in Congress to vote in favor of healthcare was Louisiana’s bold Joseph “Anh” Cao – who also happens to be the only Vietnamese-American in Congress.  Josh pointed out that, with the exception of Cuban gusano Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Cao is also the only Congressmember who has [...]
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  Ed Royce caught posing with a party crasher at President Obama’s state dinner party

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:37am EST by Admin

  Number of comments: 12
  Hey Ed, where’s your wife?  Does she know what you’re up to? (Picture Courtesy of the O.C. Register) We always knew Congressman Ed Royce was useless, but now he is a national buffoon. Royce attended a party thrown by President Barack Obama this week, in honor of the Indian Prime Minister. [...]
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  Angelina Jolie reportedly hates President Barack Obama

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:20am EST by Admin

  Number of comments: 12
  Ruh roh!  We already reported last year that popular actress Angelina Jolie is not a Democrat.  She is in fact registered as an independent voter.  Now the New York Daily News is reporting that she can’t stand President Barack Obama! “She hates him,” a source close to the actress said in [...]
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  ACLU Files Suit to Free Turkeys

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 6:01am EST by Rogue Elephant

  A turkey executioner! The ACLU today filed a federal lawsuit seeking a stay on “turkey executions”.  The ACLU claims that the Presidential turkey pardon is evidence of a growing trend toward animal rights.  “We are seeking a temporary restraining order barring any further holiday turkey executions,” said an unidentified ACLU attorney, [...]
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  Obama in China

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 5:11am EST by Terry Crowley

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  Thanksgiving Derailment – 42 days to Save the Fair, with your loved ones!

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 1:08am EST by Vern Nelson

  Happy Thanksgiving! Is your family driving you crazy yet?  Is that why you’re hiding out in the other room looking at your computer?  Is your Republican Dad griping about Obama’s birth certificate, or your leftwing radical brother-in-law bitching about how Thanksgiving is all about the genocide of Native Americans?  Well, [...]
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  Gratitude and Hope – from Vaclav Havel

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 12:49am EST by Vern Nelson

  Number of comments: 8
  The kind of hope I often think about (especially in situations that are particularly hopeless, such as prison), I understand above all as a state of mind, not a state of the world. …it is a dimension of the soul; it’s not essentially dependent on some particular observations of the world [...]
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  388 years of gratitude

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:26pm EST by Terry Crowley

  Number of comments: 4
  This thanksgiving, Americans of every color and creed will sit down to a dinner with family, friends, and loved ones. Some will give thanks that at least one person in their home still has a job. Another will give thanks that the misfortunes of his neighbor have not been visited [...]
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  Thoughts on Thanksgiving Eve

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:58pm EST by Over But Not Out

  The stores were jammed today, from COSTCO to Albertson’s and everything in between. The primary target of all this shopping seemed to be food – the $ 5.99 pumpkin pies at COSTCO were flying out the door, and that is not easy as those pies are huge (and reportedly quite [...]
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  One turkey, a turkey who has made bad choices…

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 4:44pm EST by Vern Nelson

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  County cold weather homeless shelters open

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 3:57pm EST by Admin

  Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Karen Roper (714) 480-2805, cell (714) 423-8315 COUNTY COLD WEATHER HOMELESS SHELTERS OPEN November 25, 2009 (Santa Ana, CA) – The County of Orange announces the December 1, 2009 opening of the Cold Weather Armory Emergency Shelter Program, the seasonal program that provides up to 400 beds for [...]
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  LULAC Sues Ohio on Car License Issue

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 2:29pm EST by Over But Not Out

  Number of comments: 4
  The issue of legal status in order to obtain driving privileges has bubbled up in Ohio. Bloomberg News reports that the League of Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has sued the State of Ohio to prevent enforcement of a new Ohio law. It seems the law requires that proof of legal residency [...]
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  Ronald Reagan weighs in on the National health care debate

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 2:29pm EST by Larry Gilbert

  Number of comments: 4
  “The evils of socialized medicine” may be right around the corner. “…All of us can see what happens once you establish the precedent that the government can determine a man’s working  place and his working methods and behind it will come other federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as [...]
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  Is Tom Daly pulling out of the Supervisors race in the 4th District?

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 1:38pm EST by Admin

  Number of comments: 4
  Adios Daly! Multiple sources are reporting that Orange County Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly is pulling out of the race for the 4th Supervisorial District – perhaps as soon as next week. Apparently Daly knew it was over when termed out Supervisor Chris Norby, who is the incumbent in the 4th District, decided to [...]
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  Better Tighten It Up, Harry

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:27am EST by Tony Bushala

  We got a spam-mail from Harry Sidhu yesterday touting this or that. Attached was this dynamic Harry for Supe ad with Old Glory dissolving into an orange soda pop sea, out of which rises a solar avatar of the County Seal! Priceless! The funny thing is if you go to that [...]
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  How Would Angelina Jolie Carve a Turkey?

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 7:11am EST by Red Vixen

  If she were so inclined, how would Angelina Jolie carve a turkey? Here to help out is a very simple instructional video on how to carve this holiday's turkey. [...] [...]
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  Derailment Countdown: 43 days more – call DeVore!

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:56am EST by Vern Nelson

  Number of comments: 10
  So far we’ve called two state senators (Harman and Correa) and two assemblymen (Tran and Solorio) to instruct them to pass emergency legislation in early December to stop the sale of our Fairgrounds.  Today, with Thanksgiving right around the corner, I’m only going to ask you to make ONE call [...]
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  Supervisor Janet Nguyen wants to spend six figures on metal arches for downtown Garden Grove

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:54pm EST by Admin

  Number of comments: 2
  Supervisor Janet Nguyen wants to spend six figures to build two metal arches on Main St., in downtown Garden Grove.  And the arches will be handed over to the Garden Grove Downtown Business Association after the fact. “The two lighted metal arches with red strawberries filigreed in them are expected to [...]
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  Wildfire breaks out in Anaheim Hills

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:32pm EST by Art Pedroza

  Fire Map Courtesy of the O.C. Register “A wind-driven wildfire broke out south of Los Angeles Tuesday night as late season Santa Ana winds blasted down burning slopes toward homes,” according to Fox News. You can get real time updates on Twitter, from the Orange County Fire Authority, at this link. “The 241 [...]
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  Lazy Science of Climate Change in death throes

  Posted: November 24, 2009, 7:37pm EST by Terry Crowley

  Number of comments: 1
  The baloney that has passed as science for the past few years and only given confirmation to the ancient phrase “When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing — they believe in anything.”  is about to endure a slow, agonizing death. And it will be worth the [...]
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  Vote for the Orange County Political Turkey of the Year!

  Posted: November 24, 2009, 6:51pm EST by Admin

  Number of comments: 4
  Failed Assembly candidate Linda Ackerman is our Orange County Political Turkey of the Year! IMPORTANT NOTE: You can vote for up to THREE choices in the above poll UPDATE: The poll has closed.  Congratulations to failed Assembly candidate Linda Ackerman, our “Political Turkey of the Year!” What a year it has been for [...]