Thursday, January 7, 2010

CM PRESS # 7

DAILY PILOT RUNS SAME STORY TWICE WITH TWO DIFFERENT TITLES--ONE HAS READER COMMENTS, ONE DOESN'T

On January 6, the Daily Pilot ran "An illegal immigrant's story." There are no comments from readers after the article. This is the one we found when we went to the Pilot tonight. Link

Then, on January 7, the Pilot ran the same story as "She has a sense of purpose." This one has reader comments.

This January 7 version seems to have disappeared, but we found it via the Pilot's search engine. Link

Here's a sentence from both versions:

"This undocumented immigrant from Mexico has been volunteering for Mika Community Development Corporation for the past two years. "


If you're curious about what readers had to say, here are two of the several comments that appear with the January 7 version--that seems to have disappeared. To read other comments, follow the link above.
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NBTrixie wrote on Jan 7, 2010 8:38 PM:

" I'm with you fly...when did sweeping streets make you eligible for residency?

And Yes, a couple of crimes if not more have been and continue to be, committed and glorified...

up is down and right is wrong and everybody better just shut up and take it or you're called a racist.

Welcome to Amexico! "

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fly wrote on Jan 7, 2010 3:54 PM:

" First, I am sorry for the loss of her son. I know how she must grieve. That said, I am amazed that she can get away with admitting to being illegal on the front page of the paper. And insulted that Ms. Brooks takes taxpayer money to help employ her. There seems to be at least two crimes here. Enforcement anyone? "
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GENES MAY PUT BLACK AMERICANS AT RISK FOR DIABETES
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Genes 'R Us. Understand this simple fact of nature or you'll always be confused about life, and especially human life.
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LA TIMES CLOSING ITS PRINTING PLANT IN COSTA MESA
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About 80 jobs being eliminated.

TRIVIA ALERT: I've never seen the presses at the LA TIMES, but when I worked for the New York Times at their headquarters in Manhattan I was given a tour of the building. The press room was in the deepest basement and the gigantic presses were said to be anchored to the bedrock so their vibrations wouldn't shake the building down. The noise was deafening.

Hey, Segerstrom Company, how about some upscale homes next to the LA TIMES building now that the noise has gone away? Costa Mesa needs such homes as bait to attract upwardly mobile people to the city instead of seeing them flee because of the slums that the stupid City Council won't thin out and the charities that serve illegal aliens that the Council keeps funding; which lead to a downward spiral and the resulting high crime rate and failing schools that we see in Costa Mesa.
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GUV GETS IT WRONG
In his state of the state message yesterday, Governor Schwarzenegger said that he was going to pump money into training for jobs.

What jobs? There aren't any.


It's not training that is needed, but jobs themselves.


Jobs are created when business expands. Business expands when it is let loose. California has become very business unfriendly. We need to reindustrialize the state. We need to give tax breaks to businesses. We need to get rid of lots of lousy regulations and regulators. We need to free business from the chains put on it.


California, with our mild climate, should be booming.

It's not.


Say you want to open a new car (or whatever) factory. Wouldn't you want it to be where you're not fighting cold weather and snow? And, wouldn't you want it where there's a large population? Wouldn't you like to be near the ocean for sending your product overseas? California is a natural choice. Unfortunately, the state screws so many ways with businesses, that you'll decide to go elsewhere. That's what is happening now.
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PHONY VAN TRAN STILL HASN'T ENDORSED MANSOOR
Assemblyman Van Tran, who represents Costa Mesa in the state assembly, is the only notable Republican that we can think of who still hasn't endorsed Allan Mansoor for Van Tran's termed out seat.

Our guess is that if Mansoor were Vietnamese, Van Tran would have been one of the first to endorse him.

Our further guess is that the Republican bigs also get what's going on but are still voicing (soft) support for Van Tran in his run against Loretta Sanchez, because he's the only game in town in that race for the GOP.
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ROHRABACHER GETS IT RIGHT ABOUT AFGHANISTAN
Link to Daily Pilot.
Scroll down for story, but the ones above it are also of interest.
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IMPROVERS QUIETLY ORGANIZING FOR NOVEMBER ELECTION
Fed up with do-nothings on City Council who are failing to improve the Westside.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.

2 comments:

  1. With regards to the LA Times didn't you just write about reindustrialization or is this another nimby execption.

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  2. No nimbyism at all. Re-industrialization doesn't mean building factories on every piece of ground. It means building them where they're appropriate and where they make sense.

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