CM PRESS # 789

U.S. MFG. JOBS DROP BELOW 9% OF WORKFORCE FOR FIRST TIME
We're not making much in this country. LINK
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TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF US...

North--Santa Ana--Teen girls raising money for cancer are robbed by Latinos. LINK
South--Newport Beach--No Teen girls were robbed again today.
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RACE, EVOLUTION, AND BEHAVIOR
by Professor J. Philippe Rushton
Download by clicking HERE.
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ALL THE WINNERS IN A RECENT TRACK EVENT IN EUROPE WERE BLACK
One English writer tries to explain it by saying it may have something to do with the footwear or the track, or...gulp...(psst, whisper, whisper he finally opines that, golly, it may have something to do with genes and race.) LINK So much for the PC nonsense about race just being a social construct. Genes R' Us, and the sooner people understand this, the better it will be for open discussions on race and related matters.
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GLEN BECK CONNECTS THE DOTS ON THE APOLLO ALLIANCE
LINK Lead story on American Patrol site. Fast moving content.
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CM PRESS # 788

SHARED GENES AND ETHNONATIONALISM
LINK
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ADDRESS VERIFICATION RESULTS AT INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS

The CM PRESS recently made a public information request to the NMUSD for details on how many students the district has lost as a result of students not being able to prove they live in the district.

Here's the response we received from Laura Boss at the NMUSD:

Please find the attached spreadsheet with the enrollment #’s you requested relative to address verification. The attached chart reflects enrollment as of June 2009 and currently enrolled students as of August 10, 2009. All enrollees have gone through the address verification process which continues daily both at the school sites and at the Student Services office.

We are currently approximately 900 students below our enrollment from June 2009. This is due to a number of factors including the Davis transition, the addition of grade levels being added at Costa Mesa feeder schools, and the ongoing address verification process.


SCHOOL 2009 June/ 14-Aug
ADAMS 525/ 431
ANDERSEN 488/ 464
CALIFORNIA 410/ 388
COLLEGE PARK 510/ 522
DAVIS 370/ 449
EASTBLUFF 369/ 316
HARBORVIEW 417/ 395
KAISER 655/ 586
KILLYBROOKE 428/ 344
LINCOLN 618/ 584
MARINERS 712/ 714
NEWPORT COAST 713/ 713
NEWPORT EL 410/ 397
NEWPORT HTS 573/ 563
PAULARINO 373/ 352
POMONA 407/ 419
REA 716/ 477
SONORA 483/ 499
VICTORIA 435/ 387
WHITTIER 648/664
WILSON 590/ 558
WOODLAND 472/ 426
CDM Middle 732/ 727
CM Middle 649/ 538
ENSIGN 1111/ 1036
TEWINKLE 654/ 665
CRC 66/ 0
CORONA DEL MAR 1487/ 1559
COSTA MESA 1093/ 1087
ESTANCIA 1264/ 1231
NEWPORT HARB. 2323/ 2354
BACK BAY 157/ 83
MIDDLE COLLEGE 77/ 33
EARLY COLLEGE 186/ 251
IND STUDY 56/ 37

GRAND TOTALS 21177/ 20249
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SO HOW'S THE DEINDUSTRIALIZATION OF CALIFORNIA GOING FOR YOU?

Unemployment now at 11.9% in the less than Golden State. LINK

Too many naifs bought all the talk back in the '80's about how we could send all our factories to other countries and California would be one big garden populated by former factory workers who had retrained to be bankers, etc.

The reality is that wealth is created when you make or grow something. Middlemen, agents and paper pushers perform valuable functions, but all they're doing is taking a cut off what someone else made or grew. Remove the makers and growers from the equation and all you have left are the middlemen, agents and various paper pushers who will soon find themselves out of work.
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GANG GRAFFITI IN MESA NORTH THIS MORNING

Unless the slums are removed, the gangs will always have safe harbors and habitats.

The graffiti is not the problem. It is just a symptom of the problem. Without the Fillmore slum, Mesa North would be one of the nicest neighborhoods in Costa Mesa. With the Fillmore slum, it will never improve.
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CM PRESS # 787

IN N.H., 700 OF 796 STIMULUS JOBS ARE JUST THE RETENTION OF STATE WORKERS IN THEIR OLD JOBS
LINK
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ILLEGAL ALIENS TRUMP VETERANS AT U.S. MEDICAL OFFICES
LINK
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TED KENNEDY CONCERNED ABOUT HIS SUCCESSOR
Hey Teddy, no problem. Just go into any bar in South Boston and grab the first drunk you see. Job done. LINK
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TRIAL UNDERWAY FOR BLACKS WHO TORTURED AND MURDERED YOUNG WHITE COUPLE
Set man on fire, repeatedly raped his girlfriend, doused her with bleach before killing her. Didn't read much about this atrocity in the lefty main stream press, did you? Instead, you were treated to emotional "hate-crime" stories where a white person may have yelled at a black after a traffic altercation or some such nonsense. LINK
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FROM THE LHC
Sectors 12, 78,56 are now near operational temperature. Sector 34, is the only one still at room temperature. Staff is replacing some flexible vacuum hoses that appear prone to develop leaks at very low temperatures with rigid ones, so parts of some sectors may be warmed up again. LINK
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DOWN AT THE DMV AND OBAMACARE CENTER

In walks one liberal gentleman who is in his mid or late 80's, by the name of Joe Bell, who pens a column for the lefty almost daily Daily Pilot in Newport-Mesa. He is bleeding from a cut on his arm (also from his bleeding liberal heart).

JB: I'm here...

Clerk: Take a seat.

JB: But...

Clerk: I said, take a seat.

JB: Okay.

(An hour passes.)

Clerk: You over there. What's your number?

JB: (Walks to counter.) I have this...

Clerk: Where's your number?

JB: Number?

Clerk: Yes, you were supposed to take a number when you came in.

JB: But, I didn't know that.

Clerk: Sorry Sir, please go take a number and wait until it's called.

(Several hours later, JB's number is called.)

Clerk: Are you here for a driver's license or for medical care?

JB: (Now faint from blood loss.) I don't remember...ah driver's license I think.

Clerk: New or renewal?

JB: Ah, renewal I think.

Clerk: Let me see your present license. (JB hands it to him.) Sir, you're more than eighty years old. That's too old to drive and you seem to be confused. I have to confiscate your driver's license.

JB: Confused? Oh, wait. Now I remember, I came here for this gash on my arm. I'm just a little light headed because of blood loss.

Clerk: Sir, you distinctly told me that you were here for a driver's license, not medical care. You'll have to go wait in that other line.

(Several hours pass.)

Clerk: Number 3,459.

JB: (Now punch drunk from loss of blood.) Yesh, Ise dat noomber youse jest called.

Clerk: Okay, Sir, what is your medical problem?

JB: Ise can't remem...ah, oh, yeah, I'm...bleating..

Clerk: Bleating?

JB: Yes, bleating...bleating, from my...

Clerk: Well, Sir, I'm afraid because of your age, we can't afford to give you a bandaid. We need to save those for illegal immigrants who are younger. Please go through that door over there marked "Soylent Green."

THE END

[Speaking of bleating, and as you might expect, Joe Bell has a different take on this HERE.]
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CM PRESS #786

HEY CITY COUNCIL, WANT TO CUT NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS BUT FEEL TRAPPED BY PHONY STAFFING REQUIREMENTS?
Consider closing at least one fire station. Firefighters don't like it? Let them all quit, and watch as hundreds of people line up to fill their cushy jobs.

Want to read some arrogant comments from firefighters who hide behind anonymous screen names? LINK
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CRIME SO BAD THAT CITY WANTS CURFEW ON ADULTS
Welcome to the multi-culti nightmare that America has become. LINK
Patterson is 87.6% non-white. LINK
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JOHN MCCRAZY BACKS SENDING MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN
Failed prez candidate a big warmonger. LINK
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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FLIP FLOPPING
Lefties upset about reports that public option may be removed. LINK
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HUNDREDS HURT IN BAGHDAD
Idiot Obama making same mistakes as idiot Bush. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Iraq was/is a meaningless war that is not in our interests. When we leave, it will become an Islamic republic that really will be our enemy. We blundered in on lies and killed the only man who was keeping Iraq secular and relatively peaceful--Saddam Hussein. LINK
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CM PRESS # 785

VOGUE MODEL WINS RIGHT TO UNMASK BLOGGER SO SHE CAN SUE HIM FOR DEFAMATION
Case may have major implications as many cowardly smearmeisters lose their cover and get sued by their victims. LINK
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CHICKEN UNDERGROUND GROWING
Urban farming catching on. LINK

POPULIST RIGHT RISING SAYS PAT BUCHANAN
Obama and the looney left losing the American people. LINK
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WATCH THE SKIES!
Building block of life found on comet. LINK
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REMEMBER THAT MISSING RUSSIAN SHIP THAT WE REPORTED ON?
It's been found. LINK
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CM PRESS # 784

CONSERVATIVES NOW OUTNUMBER LIBS IN ALL 50 STATES: GALLUP
And, their numbers are increasing. Thanks go to Obama and the nutcake lib pols. LINK
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WE WONDER IF DON LAMM REGRETS TAKING THE GIG AS CITY MANAGER OF WESTMINSTER
Seems to be a lot of trouble with Vietnamese Councilmembers and one Vietnamese State Assemblyman. LINK
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LEFTY NUTCAKE DEAN WANTS OBAMA TO KEEP PUBLIC OPTION
LINK
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OBAMA CHEAPENS CITIZENSHIP
For the first time, the Census won't ask if people are citizens. If it's a warm body in the U.S. it'll be counted. Scroll about half way down in the transcript for more. LINK
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A TALE OF TWO CITIES--SANTA AND AND COSTA MESA
While Santa Ana continues moving to revitalize run down neighborhoods by using eminent domain, Costa Mesa continues with its free-market approach to the Westside. LINK

Costa Mesa's approach is right for our city (if done right), given the fact that the Westside is ocean close. This makes the present industrial land much more valuable for homes. However, the City Council has to understand that "free-market" doesn't mean that the local government should do nothing to prime the pump of change.

Indeed, the Council and the municipal government should be actively reaching out to small lot developers and coming up with creative incentives to get them to open their wallets in this down economy and take the risk of putting in some lofts and homes on the bluffs.

Of course, the Council and staff will tell you that they are reaching out. However, as far as we can
tell, their reaching out is anemic and not at all robust.
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AFGHANISTAN BECOMING OBAMA'S VIETNAM
A meaningless war that just kills people. LINK
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ISRAEL'S SCI AND TECH MINISTER: "SOME OF OBAMA'S POLICIES BORDERLINE ANTI-SEMITIC"
LINK
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CM PRESS # 783

LAMO LEFTY SENATOR DUCKS TOWN HALL MEETING SO CITIZENS HOLD ONE WITHOUT HER (Her ears must be burning.) LINK
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WRITER AT HUFF POST KNOCKS SPLC
LINK
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THE TRUE COST TO COSTA MESANS OF THEIR PUBLIC "SERVANTS"

In this case, the servants are the ones served. The servants get the gold and the feather beds while those they serve have to work overtime to pay the servants.

You've no doubt been reading the columns in the dead tree press about the massive salaries and benefits that Costa Mesans pay our public servants.

What you're not seeing reported is that most of these public servants don't want to live in Costa Mesa and they take the money we pay them to the cities where they do live. Those are cities where they own homes, put their kids in schools, and do their shopping.

This is a big money drain on Costa Mesa. Our tax money is not recirculating here, it's going down the drain.

Several years ago the CM PRESS was able to obtain the percentage of our cops who don't live in Costa Mesa from City Hall's Human Relations Department. We didn't get their addresses or names, just the percentage that don't live here. That percentage was more than 75% (if memory serves it was up around 79%).

Recently, we tried to get the figures on the percentage of firefighters who don't live here and we also wanted an update on the percentage of cops who live elsewhere.

No dice. City Hall has now circled the wagons and won't give us that information.

This brings up the amount of secrecy that seems to be the order of the day at City Hall.

You see, we're just peons--we tax paying citizens--City Hall chooses what you can know about your government.

We ordinary citizens weren't allowed to know what was being negotiated with the employee unions and could give no input into the negotiations until everything was set in stone and rushed to a vote by the City Council. Now, we're stuck with contracts that screw us but reward our carpetbagging employees.

Our elected City Councilmembers just don't seem to be up to the task of protecting our interests and approve all sorts of stupid things. Don't get us going @#$#^&^*^&^%#=.

Hey, City Council, you can find out the percentages of employees who live here. Why don't you get those numbers and let us know?
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CM PRESS # 782

DOES COSTA MESA HAVE A BRAIN DEFICIT ON THE CITY COUNCIL?

In the wake of the stupid vote that approved the sweetheart deal with the Costa Mesa firefighters last week--Foley, Leece and Monahan are the ones who drank the kool-aid on this nonsense, while Bever and Mansoor voted against it--we'd like to be able to write that it is always these three--Foley, Leece and Monahan who make the wrong votes, but that's not the way it is. Sometimes, Bever and Mansoor also vote the wrong way on matters that will eventually come back to bite the citizens of this city.

We wonder--we're serious--if it's just a case where not one of the five Councilmembers is capable of thinking things through to their logical conclusions so each of them simply stumbles into good and bad votes and never really understands what they've done or why they're praised on some votes and condemned on others.

We're pretty sure the five aren't just blindfolding themselves and throwing darts to make their decisions, but sometimes it seems that way.

Maybe, along with other requirements for running for office, there should be one where the candidates have to take an IQ test--no, that won't work. Smart people also often make bad decisions.

Perhaps it's just a matter of the Councilmembers slowing down and talking privately to citizens who may see some problems with what the Council is being asked to vote on and who can offer some suggestions.

As it is now, the Councilmembers often get very public comments at City Council meetings, but this is often too late for them to think things through and change direction if necessary.

So, what we're often left with is what we now see all the time: The Council will pass something really stupid and harmful to the citizens of this city and won't understand this until citizens start writing columns and letters about their stupidity--after the fact, when it's too late.
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REPORT ON LAST NIGHT'S CHECKPOINT

The Costa Mesa Police Department conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Friday August 14, 2009, at Newport Boulevard and 22nd Street. Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency and is part of a National enforcement campaign.

During the hours of operation, 647 vehicles drove through the checkpoint, 212 vehicles were stopped, and 25 drivers were screened for driving under the influence. There were 3 DUI arrests. In addition, 9 drivers were cited for no licenses and 1 driver was arrested for possession of marijuana for sales. A total of 10 citations were issued for miscellaneous vehicle code violations and 9 vehicles were impounded.
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CM PRESS # 781

RUSH SLAMS THE SPLC
LINK
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ZELL'S ANGELS RIDING OFF INTO THE SUNSET?
Sam Zell may be elbowed out of Tribune. LINK
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FROM THE GENES 'R US FILE...

RED HAIR CAN BE A PAIN. NO, REALLY.
If you have red hair, you may need more local anesthesia than others. You got your red hair because of a mutation to the MC1R gene. But, as with most genes, this one affects other things as well. And, in this case, one of these other things is your body's sensitivity to pain. LINK
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HOW DOES IT FEEL...LIKE A COMPLETE UKNOWN
Cops grab Bob Dylan, don't know who he is. LINK
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ANOTHER FAKE HATE CRIME BUSTED
Black pretends he's a white supremacist on Facebook and threatens another Black. LINK
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GOVERNMENT AND MEDICAL CARE CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE SEEM TO WORK BEST
Example from Colorado. LINK

Obama wants people to believe this is how it'll work if the Feds take over medical care. The people in the know say this works precisely because the Feds aren't involved.
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FOUR HARLEM PUNKS TRY TO ROB WRONG 72-YEAR-OLD MAN

Punks quickly learn the damage a 12-gauge shotgun can do. Two dead, two wounded. Old man okay. LINK

[BTW--a 12-gauge shotgun is hard to beat as a defensive weapon. It's what Marines use at GTMO, Cuba to guard tanks in their tank park. At least that's what we used when I was there.]
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FROM THE LOOK AT ME FILE...

STATE SENATOR TOM HARMAN AND ASSEMBLYMAN VAN TRAN JOIN WITH LEFTY KATRINA FOLEY TO HELP KEEP THE WESTSIDE AS COSTA MESA'S VERY OWN SKID ROW

Hey, Goody-Two-Shoe Trio, how about doing your look-at-me-I'm-compassionate charity work (for the cameras and the publicity it will bring you) in Huntington Beach or Westminster or even in Mesa del Mar...you know, near where you live. LINK

And, if you say there are no homeless people near your homes, just give out the freebies there and they will come. That's what's happening on the Westside of Costa Mesa.
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WILL OBAMA CHANGE OBAMA CARE IN THE FACE OF OPPOSITION?


OUR VIEW: Yes. Obama may not state it this way, but he has shown time and time again that he knows that the tree that survives a strong wind is the one that bends.
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SWISS WANT TO BAN MINARETS
Say they're secular not religious. LINK
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LIB CONGRESSMAN REQUIRES PHOTO IDS TO ATTEND HIS TOWN HALL MTGS
That's more than people have to show to vote. LINK
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BUCHANAN GETS IT RIGHT ABOUT OBAMA'S WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
Will Obama get us out, as he should, or will he continue sending American kids to die for no reason? LINK
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FREE SPEECH AND FREE THINKING FINALLY COMING TO GERMANY?
The LA TIMES thinks it should--backs freedom to publish and read Mein Kampf. LINK
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CM PRESS # 780

REMEMBER THE RIGHTWING EXTREMISM REPORT?
It's now confirmed that it was baseless. LINK
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BROWN PLANET TO GET EVEN BROWNER
World population increase isn't coming from White areas--sissified White metro sexual yuppies too busy pursuing meaningless yuppie materialistic goals to have children. LINK
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STUPID PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION COMES UP WITH ANOTHER STUPID IDEA
They want to put up memorials for city employees who"serve" the city. Ah, dimwits, the city employees get paid for their service and they get great benefits. It's not like they're heroes for just doing their jobs and getting well paid to boot. LINK

Come on City Council, get rid of this stupid commission. Roll their functions into the overpaid Planning Commission.
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OC REGISTER DETAILS HOW TAXPAYERS ARE BEING TAKEN FOR A RIDE BY
SOME PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
How about getting a couple of million bucks after you retire? LINK
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INSTEAD OF WATCHING COSTA MESA CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, PERHAPS WE SHOULD BE WATCHING POLICE AND FIREFIGHTER MEETINGS--THEY SEEM TO BE IN CHARGE OF COSTA MESA...EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THEM CHOOSE NOT TO LIVE HERE AND CAN'T VOTE HERE.

Here are the details of the sweetheart deal that Foley, Leece and Monahan gave the firefighters, as reported in the almost daily Daily Pilot. LINK

Maybe it's time for Costa Mesans to all get second jobs so we can pay these civil "servants," and provide them with the services and benefits that they demand. Hey, it costs money for some of them to live in Newport Beach and other finer cities.
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LEFT WING KOOK BROTHER OF EQUALLY LEFT WING KOOKIE HOWARD DEAN WANTS LOU DOBBS FIRED
These two nutso Dean brothers demonstrate that left wing kookiness may be genetic. LINK
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PIRACY IN NORTHERN WATERS?
Russian warship may now be shadowing missing ship. LINK
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PALIN STANDS BY 'DEATH PANELS' COMMENTS AND POLITELY CALLS OBAMA A LIAR
Palin gets it right. LINK
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THROWUPATORIUMS COMING TO DRUG REHAB IN NEWPORT-MESA?
Ah, maybe not. LINK.
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CM PRESS # 779

95% OF MURDER WARRANTS IN LA ARE FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS
This and more factoids below in a chain email we just received...

From the L. A. Times
1. 40% of all workers in L. A. County ( L. A. County has 10.2 million people)are working for cash and not paying taxes. This is because they are predominantly illegal immigrants working without a green card.
2. 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.
3. 75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles are illegal aliens.
4. Over 2/3 of all births in Los Angeles County are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal, whose births were paid for by taxpayers.
5. Nearly 35% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally.
6. Over 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living in garages.
7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most likely illegal aliens from south of the border.
8 Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal.
9. 21 radio stations in L. A. are Spanish speaking.
10.. In L. A. County 5.1 million people speak English, 3.9 million speak Spanish.
(There are 10.2 million people in L. A. County )

(All 10 of the above are from the Los Angeles Times)

Less than 2% of illegal aliens are picking our crops, but 29% are on welfare. Over 70% of the United States ' annual population growth(and over 90% of California , Florida , and New York ) results from immigration. 29% of inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens .

We are a bunch of fools for letting this continue

HOW CAN YOU HELP ?

Send copies of this letter to at least two other people. 100 would be even better.
This is only one State...............

If this doesn't open your eyes nothing will, and you wonder why Nancy Pelosi wants them to become voters!

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LET'S IMPEACH HER NOW BEFORE SHE DOES FURTHER DAMAGE!! WHAT AN IDIOT!!
IF YOU DON'T AGREE JUST DELETE--IF YOU DO--PASS IT ON!! WHERE DO WE GET THESE MORONS'

Windfall Tax on Retirement Income

Adding a tax to your retirement is simply another way of saying to the American people, you're so darn stupid that we're going to keep doing this until we drain every cent from you. That's what the Speaker of the House is saying. Read below...............
Nancy Pelosi wants a Windfall Tax on Retirement Income. In other words tax what you have made by investing toward your retirement. This woman is a nut case! You aren't going to believe this.
Madam speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to put a Windfall Tax on all stock market profits (including Retirement fund, 401K and Mutual Funds! Alas, it is true - all to help the 12 Million Illegal Immigrants and other unemployed Minorities!
This woman is frightening.
She quotes...' We need to work toward the goal of equalizing income, (didn't Marx say something like this?), in our country and at the same time limiting the amount the rich can invest.' (I am not rich, are you?)
When asked how these new tax dollars would be spent, she replied:
'We need to raise the standard of living of our poor, unemployed and minorities. For example, we have an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in our country who need our help along with millions of unemployed minorities. Stock market windfall profits taxes could go a long way to guarantee these people the standard of living they would like to have as 'Americans'.'
(Read that quote again and again and let it sink in.) 'Lower your retirement, give it to others who have not worked as you have for it'.
Send it on to your friends. I just did!! This lady is out of her mind and she is the speaker of the house!
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BANK ROBBERS AGREE ON BEST BANK TO ROB
Wells Fargo at Baker and Harbor robbed for second time in a month. LINK
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YET ANOTHER DUI CHECKPOINT NEAR MONAHAN'S JOINT FRIDAY NIGHT
As we wrote before, the cops should save gas and just stand at Monahan's front door. LINK
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GARAGE FIRE IN COSTA MESA REVEALS LIVING QUARTERS
Are those living in the garage in the country legally? LINK
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ALMOST DAILY DAILY PILOT REPORTS ICE STATS FOR FIRST TIME
As you know, the CM PRESS has been publishing the ICE stats in Costa Mesa every month since the ICE agent was assigned to our jail. The almost daily Daily Pilot, on the other hand, has been silent about this and as far as we know has never reported the ICE stats...until late last night. LINK

Does this indicate there are changes afoot at the almost daily Daily Pilot, or did someone screw up by reporting this important news? Time will tell. In the meantime, you'll find the ICE stats here at the CM PRESS month after month as we just report the facts and let the chips fall where they may.

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MAN TO MARRY HIS PILLOW
They're in love. Another case where a domestic partnership won't do. It has to be marriage. Ho hum. When the definition of marriage is changed to be all inclusive, well, it can mean anything. LINK
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LHC COOLING DOWN


Only sectors 34 and 67 are still at room temperature. Sector 12 is down in the operational range near absolute zero. Sector 78 is being cooled down and should join Sector 12 soon. Sectors 23, 45, 56 and 81 are also being cooled down. Remember, the LHC is about 17 miles around so each of the eight sectors is a little more than 2 miles in length. Once the sectors get below a certain temperature, people can't enter them.
When fully cooled down, the LHC will be the coldest place in the universe.

We wonder. Are the folks at the LHC secretly trying to beat their stated November start-up schedule?

They've also been saying that when they crank the LHC up that they'll only bring it up to half-power--which is still twice as powerful as the present most powerful particle accelerator on the planet at the Fermi Lab outside of Chicago. Maybe, if all goes well, they'll put the pedal to the metal on the LHC?
LINK
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IN STAFF WE TRUST

Mayor Pro Tem Leece wants the city to display the motto: In God We Trust at City Hall.

Given Ms. Leece's frequent recent arguments that the City Council should trust staff when the Council tries to decide thorny issues, perhaps the motto should be In Staff We Trust.

Actually, a little less blind trust and a little more critical thinking and intelligent reasoning is needed around City Hall.



And, speaking of that, according to the almost daily Daily Pilot, lefty Councilmember Katrina Foley--who from where we sit appears to be an acolyte of the two great liberal gods Diversity and Multi-Culturalism--wants any display of the words In God We Trust to include symbols of "other religions." How inclusive of her.



Perhaps the slogan should be: Do Your Own Thing If It's Happen' Now, Baby.



Three things about the In God We Trust slogan and religious symbols:

First, In God We Trust is not a religious symbol. A religious symbol would be images of things such as (but not limited to) a Cross (Christians) or Star of David (Judaism), Crescent Moon (Islam) or a Swastika (Buddhism) and on and on and on.

The second thing about this is that if actual religious symbols are used with the slogan, some religions are sure to be left out--how about Wicca, Voodoo, Satanism, just to name three?--and this will lead to legal challenges and legal losses for the city.

The third thing is that while it can be argued that In God We Trust is a secular slogan;this is a weak argument, and the slogan may be offensive to those who do not believe in a God or whose concept of God is so different from what is usually meant by the term in the three desert religions of Christianity, Judaism and Islam as to be insulting.


When all is said and done, and given the present state of the law, displaying the slogan In God We Trust without any religious symbols at all, may pass constitutional muster simply because the slogan has been around in the country from its founding and can be passed off as an historic and traditional expression.


Give it a few years, though (maybe not even that long), and there may be Muslims who may want the slogan changed to Allahu Akbar (God is the Greatest). And, Muslims may make the argument that this slogan is just as secular (or not) as In God We Trust.



The back story on all this is that when the U.S. decided to veer away from its traditional roots and become a multi-culti nation (and we use the term nation loosely) it opened the door to becoming a real life Star Wars Bar where everything has to be watered down lest someone or some group be offended. And, by the way, were you asked if you wanted the nation to veer away as it has?



Anyway, in this new America, the guy with three eyes wants a three-eyed god. The guy with horns on his head wants a god with horns on his head. The guy who worships an old sock hanging from a tree in his backyard wants that in City Hall. To satisfy all, means to have a slogan or images that are so plain wrap as to be as meaningless as having a slogan on the wall at City Hall that says: "BE" and a religious symbol that is just a swatch of color such as blue.


"Hey, wait a minute," says the guy in the front row. "I'm offended by the slogan 'BE'. My religion says 'DO'. And, my religion teaches that the color blue is evil."


Welcome to Babel. The future is now. Is this what you thought it would be like? Weren't you really expecting to have a personal jet pack or a flying car in your garage instead of a country that is falling apart? And, did you ever think you'd have a president who refuses to show his birth certificate when some claim he wasn't born in the U.S.?
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