69 years ago today, 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy France.
We should never forget their bravery and sacrifice.
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The Greatest Generation
Posted by Thomas Gordon on June 6, 2013
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Does the First Amendment apply to bloggers?
Posted by Thomas Gordon on May 28, 2013
Senator Dick Durbin recently asked “What is Freedom of the Press?”
Seriously??
Has this guy taken the time to read the US Constitution?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to peaceably assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
What part of “press” doesn’t Democrat Senator Dick Durbin get?
Back when the Founding Fathers wrote the Declaration, they understood that press included pamphleteers, who were the tweeters, Facebooker’s and bloggers of the day.
Yet Dick Durbin, who’s been in office more than 15 years hasn’t quite figured it out yet.
Pathetic
Do you still believe in the First Amendment and that it applies to all?
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We shall never forget
Posted by Thomas Gordon on May 27, 2013
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. — George S. Patton
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President Obama-Drone Ranger
Posted by Thomas Gordon on May 24, 2013
Earlier this week President Barack Obama reaffirmed his intention to continue the use of Predator drones to seek and kill enemy combatants who pose a continuing and imminent threat to the USA.
But what about the 4 American citizens killed by drones without due process?
Should the USA kill American citizens abroad or even spy on American citizens here without first giving them a day in court?
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Drone strikes, due process, terrorism | Leave a Comment »
OC settles Bill Hunt lawsuit
Posted by Thomas Gordon on May 23, 2013
The County of Orange has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by former Sheriff candidate Lt Bill Hunt for almost $ 2 Million according to the OC Register.
Bill Hunt was demoted to patrol duty after he waged an unsuccessful campaign for Sheriff against Mike Corona who is currently serving a 66 month sentence in a Colorado Federal prison for witness tampering and conspiracy.
Bill Hunt announced during his runs for Sheriff that he would make Orange County California’s first “Shall Issue” county.
Mr Hunt currently owns and operates his own private investigation company .
Posted in Orange County | Tagged: Bill Hunt, Mike Carona, Orange County Sheriff | 1 Comment »
Adiós Alcalde Antonio
Posted by Thomas Gordon on May 22, 2013
After 8 long years, Los Angeles long nightmare is almost over.
Last night Eric Garcetti was elected Mayor of Los Angeles by 182,000 voters out of 3.8 million residents. He faces almost insurmountable challenges such as streets that look worse than war zones, huge budget deficits, and huge blighted swaths of cityscape.
Los Angeles residents were pelted with almost 33 million dollars worth of mail, billboards and radio & TV advertising.
Can Eric Garcetti rise to the challenge and restore Los Angeles to its former greatness or is it too late for LA and California?
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Eric Garcetti, Kevin James, Los Angeles Mayor | 3 Comments »
When is a deal not a deal?
Posted by Thomas Gordon on February 28, 2013
With time running out, President Barack Obama has ramped up the fear tactics on the impending sequester. Massive teacher layoffs, planes falling from the sky’s, massive releases of hardened criminals from prisons and other impending doom as both Barack Obama and his spokespeople would have us believe.
The agreed to spending cuts are only $44 billion out of a total Federal budget of $3.6 billion. That’s still an increase in spending over last years Federal budget of $3.5 billion.
The White House Office of Management & Budget claims the sequester will slice $2 million out of the $20 million budget belonging to the National Drug Intelligence Center. Sounds scary until we dig deeper and find out that program was closed in 2012. Their duties have been absorbed by the DEA and they only requested $8 million of the former $20 million budget to run the same programs.
And despite Barack Obama claiming otherwise, the whole idea of spending cuts were his idea as part of the deal to raise taxes and increase the debt limit back in August 2012. He has been quoted repeatedly as saying we needed a balanced approach of “revenue increases” and spending cuts.
Republicans met Barack Obama half way on tax increases and Barack Obama signed off on agreed too spending cuts.
This President has no one to blame but himself.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Budget, cuts, Obama, Sequester, taxes | 1 Comment »
Garden Grove Council to limit public comments?
Posted by Thomas Gordon on January 8, 2013
This evening the Garden Grove City Council will be discussing an item that would reduce the amount of time for public comment.
Staff reports state “An inordinate amount of time is devoted to public comment, often of a repetitive nature.”
The Council seeks to cut the time per speaker from 5 minutes to 3 minutes.
I’ve heard from several residents and community leaders who state that they plan on objecting to the proposal at this evenings meeting which starts at 6:30.
Do you think the Council will place limits on speakers or find a better way to do the people’s business without limiting the people’s input?
Posted in Garden Grove | Tagged: 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Garden Grove | 6 Comments »
Tim Jemal for South OC Community College District Fundraiser & OC Tax endorsement
Posted by Thomas Gordon on September 25, 2012
Disgraced former OC Public Guardian John Williams who resigned not only as a community college trustee, but as OC Public Guardian is attempting to regain his seat on the South Orange County Community College District.
Chris Nguyen wrote a detailed post here
The one guy standing in his way is Tim Jemal, who is having a fundraiser this evening from 5:30 – 8:00 pm at Il Fornaio, 18051 Von Karman Ave in Irvine.
Mr. Jemal has also picked up the endorsement of Reed Royalty and the Orange County Taxpayers Association as noted in the press release attached below.
OCTaxPAC Endorses Tim Jemal for South Orange County Community College District Trustee
Lake Forest, Calif.-The Orange County Taxpayers Association Political Action Committee (OCTaxPAC) is proud to endorse candidate Tim Jemal for South Orange County Community College District.
“The Orange County Taxpayers Association Political Action Committee (OCTaxPAC) is proud to endorse Tim Jemal for Trustee of the South Orange County Community College District. We realize how important districts such as this are for the County and taxpayers.” said Reed Royalty, advisory member to OCTaxPAC. “We believe that Tim will be a great asset to the District and be committed to utilizing each and every tax dollar in the most cost efficient way feasible.”
Currently, Mr. Jemal is a small business owner in Orange County and has been active in the South Orange County community volunteering with the PTA, Saddleback Valley YMCA and conducting business mentoring.
“OCTax is a highly effective advocate on behalf of Orange County taxpayers. I am very pleased to have their support,” said Jemal. “As a fiscal conservative, I am committed to ensuring our precious tax dollars provide world-class education at Saddleback and Irvine Valley Colleges and the Advanced Technology and Education Park (ATEP).”
The Orange County Taxpayers Association (OCTax) is the taxpayers’ advocate on many public policy issues in Orange County. OCTax was co-founded in 1986 by Reed Royalty. Its mission is to ensure that taxes and tax-supported programs are fair, understandable, cost-effective, and good for the economy. OCTaxPAC is a separate organization that is sponsored by OCTax.
Take a peek at Tim’s website here and encourage your friends to vote for Tim.
Posted in South Orange County Community College District | Tagged: Education, OC Taxpayers Association, Tim Jemal | 1 Comment »
Brett Franklin enters race for Santa Ana Council
Posted by Thomas Gordon on July 16, 2012
Today is the official start to campaign filing season, both here in Santa Ana and up and down the state.
As it stood this morning Santa Ana was looking at a race between Charles Hart and Eric Aldrete. It’s not yet known if Carlos Bustamante who currently represents Ward 3 will seek re-election.
Just announced via an email that declared Santa Ana is in crisis, Former Ward 3 Council member Brett Franklin announced his entry into the race as well.
Rumors and speculation abounds about other potential candidates declaring for Ward 3 including SAUSD Trustee John Palacios and gossip blogger Art Pedroza.
We will keep you posted.
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