CM PRESS # 15

HAVE YOU NOTICED...

In all the news about the earthquake in Haiti, there has been nary a word about the Dominican Republic which shares the same island--Hispaniola--with Haiti?

Well, according to this article there is almost no damage at all in the Dominican Republic.

So, we wonder, why aren't we hearing about rescue and other efforts coming from the Dominican Republic? Why is the rest of the world putting in so much effort when the Dominicans are right there on the same island?

Maybe the Dominicans actually are helping, but you wouldn't know it from the news and you wouldn't even know that Haiti isn't an island all to itself.

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CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION TO LOOK AT BLACK PANTHER VOTER INTIMIDATION CLAIMS

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LA TIMES CATCHES ON TO WHAT WE WROTE MANY MONTHS AGO: WHITES NOT AFFECTED THAT MUCH BY H1N1

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The libs will try to say the reason is different levels of health care, blah, blah, blah, but the real reason is that whites have immunities to many diseases that other races lack.

One of the reasons that whites have some immunities that others lack is because of the Black Death that wiped out many Europeans in the 1300's.

Many of those who survived had genetic mutations that saved them. These saved ones then had the most children (ah, because they were the ones still alive) and passed on their mutations.

Today, most Europeans, both still in Europe and in the European diaspora, have the mutations.

This doesn't mean that indigenous Europeans (white people) are immune from everything.

We can and do get sick from other pathogens, but the H1N1 virus (at least in its present form) isn't that tough for us to fight.

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HAITIANS GROW IMPATIENT AT PACE OF RELIEF EFFORT

Rioting, looting, robbing, stealing, killing. Why, it's just like inner cities in the U.S. with similar demographics or New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Link

Hey Haitians, the world doesn't owe you a thing. Start taking care of yourselves and stop whining that everything isn't given to you.

And, hey, with the climate in Haiti, your country should be a paradise on Earth, not the hell hole you've made it into.

Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere but is on a par with nations in Africa that look very much like Haiti.

If you take people out of the equation, you'll never have correct answers as to why countries or cities or neighborhoods are as they are. Inanimate things do nothing. It is people who make places what they are. People matter.

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DOES COSTA MESA REALLY NEED THE BIG BUCKS HELICOPTER PROGRAM? DO WE EVEN NEED A HELICOPTER AT ALL?

The OC WEEKLY is running a story about one of Costa Mesa's helicopter pilots who is about to be paid more than $ 23,000 per month of your tax money. You read that right. Link (Fixed)

Back in October, the CM PRESS spoke at a City Council meeting and we asked the Council why they were having the cops fly around in an expensive helicopter from Europe when they could get one for about a third of the cost that is made right in Torrance. We got the usual stupid blank looks from the out of touch Council that spends your money like drunken sailors and which has stupid priorities.

Here's an article that we wrote in CM PRESS # 849 on October 23, 2009 about the helicopters.

ABOUT THOSE HELICOPTERS AND THE BUDGET IN COSTA MESA

This is a Eurocopter EC120B. It is similar to the helicopter used by the CMPD. It's made in Europe (there's also a facility in Texas) and costs around $1.4 million.

This is a Robinson R44. It is manufactured in Torrance, Ca. and costs about $ 404,000. It appears to be cheaper to operate and maintain than the EC120B. It is not used by the CMPD.

Perhaps the Costa Mesa City Council should ask why the CMPD isn't using a Robinson Helicopter. Maybe there are some very good reasons for not using it, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
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UPDATE: After we spoke and wrote about the helicopters, a CMPD police helicopter flew over our house a couple of times and used a loud sound making device for no apparent reason. Probably just a coincidence. Anyway, it caused one of our kids to run into the house and ask what was going on.

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WORLD OFFICIALS AND TV COMMENTATORS DO PC DANCE TO TRY TO EXPLAIN WHY CONDITIONS IN HAITI ARE SO BAD NOW AND WHY THEY HAVE BEEN SO FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS

[Photo is of Haiti before the earthquake. We kid you not.]

Want the truth? Check the CIA Factbook on Haiti and see if you can figure out why Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. LINK

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FAIR BID TOO LOW
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A LITTLE FREE ASSOCIATION SPECULATION:

1. High bidder builds and runs outlet malls. An outlet mall this close to South Coast Plaza and Fashion Island would cause problems for them.
a). Outlet mall developer would tell Costa Mesa officials about the millions of dollars in revenue the city would receive. Would the city then change zoning, etc. to accommodate such a mall?
b). Outlet mall developer might cede some land to city to sweeten the deal.

2. The Guv might be talked into not accepting the bid; unless Great Pork forces have his ear and want the Fairgrounds shut down in Costa Mesa so the Great Pork will be the new OC Fairgrounds.
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