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Guest Post: Of Yogi Berra, John Burton, Wind and Whitman
Yogi Berra was born in St. Louis in 1925, John Burton in Cincinnati in 1932. One would think the similarity between these two men would end there, other than Burton’s fanaticism for baseball.
Not so.
Berra became known for turning a phrase that even Norm Crosby had trouble understanding. Like being asked at a pizza joint if he wanted his pizza cut in six or eight slices. Read more »
Going from a Circus to an Amusement Park…
A Day at the Disneyland® Resort with Assemblyman Curt Hagman
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
Join Assemblyman Curt Hagman and his family for a fun-filled day at Southern California’s premier destination.
Come for lunch at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel® & Spa, enjoy a day at the Disneyland® Resort with VIP experiences and you can even choose to stay the night at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel® & Spa
$1,500 Family Package
Includes 4 lunch tickets and 4 Disneyland® Resort Tickets
$3,900 Deluxe Package
Includes 4 lunch tickets, 4 Disneyland® Resort Tickets and a one night stay at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel® & Spa
Guest rooms need to be reserved by July 15th
*Additional Lunch & Disneyland® Resort Tickets can be purchased*
Space is limited so RSVP early. Read more »
From Inside “The More Things Change File,” What’s the Year?
“In XXXX, the state faced a multibillion-dollar budget problem.
Initially responding to … (a) proposal to transfer authority over some mental health and health programs to counties, the Legislature considered aa number of options to simultaneously reduce the state’s budget shortfall and improve the workings of state-county programs.”
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In Honor of the World Cup Please Enjoy This Classic…
And Timely Monty Python sketch Read more »
Guest Editorial: The Cowboy Libertarian on the GOP Primary
Reagan’s 11th Commandment
“Our 11th Commandment is perhaps more profound than we realize. ‘Thou shall not speak ill of any Republican.’ To do so means we are inhibited in the support we can give that Republican if he should become the nominee of our party. Certainly our task is harder if we must challenge and refute charges made by our opponents if those charges were first uttered by us…. Read more »
Put on Your Public Relations Guru Hats and Play This Game
Watch Meg Whitman’s Primary Night Victory speech.
Now watch that of her Democratic rival, Jerry Brown.
Ignore the substance or lack thereof. (California’s Capitol will dissect the contents of both at a later date.)
Don’t analyze. Be visceral.
Just watch.
Who is the winner?
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Received May 12 By Some Appointees, Small Window to RSVP
(Editor’s Note: Nonetheless, must be expecting a big turnout, given the venue.) Read more »
The Tortuous Legality of Labeling Heinous Video Games
Recently, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a statement praising the United State Supreme Court for agreeing to hear his appeal of a 9th Circuit ruing which declared a bill the GOP governor signed in 2005 requiring the labeling of violent video games and prohibiting their purchase by minors is a violation of the First Amendment’s right to free speech. Read more »
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