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Updated on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 8:48 pm

I have decided that for every Mac or Apple post I write, I am going to add "Mac still overpriced" at the end. This will be my personal rallying Cry against the computer company and its over the top pricing tiers. Most of you know that I am neither a Mac or Windows fan and I use what I...
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Adam Lambert sat down with some white woman on the Early Show and was impressively mature and intelligent. Not that I would think he would be anything other, but for as much as I post about him on here, I know very little about the man off  stage. Adam held his own, in what appeared to be,...
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    The Economy is a Lie, too     By Paul Craig Roberts    vdare.com/roberts/090921_economy.htm     Americans cannot get any truth out of their government about anything, the economy included. Americans are being driven into the ground...
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Dear Kern County Parents, Santa knows there are many boys and girls who haven’t written him yet this year. Please send your letters before it’s too late! He must receive your letter by 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 14th. With these time constraints, Santa can only receive your letters...
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BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT 1601 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA (661) 326-3815  PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 25, 2009 On Saturday, November 28, 2009, the Bakersfield Police Department Traffic Enforcement Detail will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License...
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The Anaheim Ducks are re-assigning goaltender Justin Pogge to the San Antonio Rampage in the American Hockey League. Pogge got the news following Wednesday morning’s practice. “They have an injury in San Antonio and he’s going to be playing,” said David McNab, senior...
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The federal government spent $3.5 TRILLION in Obama's first year in office.  Hope and change, ya'll.  And, so far, Obama has amassed a $1.5 TRILLION deficit.  I know, boring numbers, but when you consider that President Bush left a $468 BILLIION dollar deficit, how did it grow to...
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Bakersfield Police Department Press release On 11/25/09, at 12:27 p.m. Bakersfield Police received a report of a man with a shotgun walking toward the Bank of America at 9000 Ming Avenue.  Officers promptly surrounded the bank and observed what appeared to be suspicious activity...
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Do you guys remember reading The Story of Ferdinand? The children's story about the Bull who refused to fight in the bull ring, instead preferring to smell flowers.  It has been enjoyed by many children for the last 75 years. Disney’s adaptation of it in...
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Fr. Dwight Longenecker, a convert to Catholicism from the Anglican faith, hits the nail squarely on the head with this essay on his blog: 10 Reasons Why Modernist Christianity Will Die Modernist Christianity must eventually die or cease to be Christian. At this time modernism still wears...
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Another AT&T user sent in this cool shot of a power plant. 
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The cold-blooded killers at Planned Parenthood value money over human lives, so says a former director of an abortion business in an article below that was posted on California Catholic Daily. For those who want to take up arms and join Abby in the growing pro-life movement, why not come to the...
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I could go all the way back to when my daughter was 5 years old to sue people who have actually caused injury to my daughter. I could have retired long before I did, in fact probably would never have worked again!!!  The first bone break was when we found out my daughter does...
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Seven in ten Republicans say they would vote for Sarah even though less than 30 percent of all American voters polled said she was qualified to be President.  The good news for Republicans is that they have finally found their true voice in Palin.  Since their defeat in 2008, they have...
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Before we get around to the hardest prediction I've had to do in two years I've been in Bakersfield (let me see if I can put it off any longer), let me take the time to say a very Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there. Hope everyone finds time to enjoy family, friends, food and football...
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Bakersfield Police Department PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 25, 2009 On Tuesday, November 24, 2009 from 1400-2000 hrs the Bakersfield Police Department Traffic Enforcement Detail conducted Click It or Ticket saturation patrol in Ming Ave and Chester Ave corridors. ...
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Holiday Off Road Safety Tips This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center. Date:  Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Time:  11:35:13 PM Department Contact:  Lt. T. Davis Details:The Kern County...
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What a nice New Year's resolution--that a news organization would do its best to not screw up the news.  For all of you Fox News lovers who aren't able to figure it out, they are admitting that they have been lying to you for all these years....
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Bakersfield High Schools's Thespian troupes have helped collect 2,655 pounds of food for local charitable food programs. They were among 282 Thespian troupes from 35 states collecting canned food in the Trick or Treat So Kids Can Eat campaign. In total, the groups raised 332,746 pounds, a...
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 Who doesn't like Cheetos? This kid sure does. The photo was submitted by an AT&T subscriber. 
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Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving! Crossposted from the ASPCA Newsletter   Easy Tips for a Pet-Safe Holiday Season There’s nothing more scrumptious than gathering with friends and...
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 An AT&T subscriber sent in this photo of a cute dog with big ears. They also sent in a photo of their cat, August. 
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If the juvenile and wildly erratic behavior of celebrity environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr. is anything to go by, the warmists are more upset about ClimateGate than they are letting on. Begley appeared on Fox News yesterday to react to the explosive story of the hacked CRU emails which prove that...
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Scores of southwest Bakersfield residents awoke over the weekend to find their car windows shattered by pellet guns. They talked to each other on their streets, but most of them didn't see an officer coming to their neighborhood to talk to victims or look for evidence. When they called police,...
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Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. ANTONIO    GARCIA    M    BAKERSFIELD    CA    93305    H   ...
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Woodrow Wallace Middle School in Lake Isabella recently debuted new additions to the campus, according to the Kern Valley Sun. Among them: • new classrooms • a new gymnasium that can be converted into a community center ideal for performances, meetings, presentations, and in the...
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For those with memories as spotty as Perino's, President Bush took office on January 20, 2001. On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the U.S. in terrorist attacks coordinated by al-Qaeda. Five people were killed later that year in the anthrax attacks. What a shameless...
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bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/11/24/ed-begley-jr-loses-it-on-fox-news/   Alright.  All the clap trap crap of left v right, arguing, etc has GOT TO stop....All this does is increase everybody's blood pressure I cannot believe a NEWS STATION would allow...
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 A Verizon wireless user sent in this picture of a two-week old female puppy that needs a name.  Any suggestions?
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 Carol E. Lee – Wed Nov 25, 12:54 am ET The Obama White House is addicted to the “unprecedented.” Perhaps it was a sign when President Barack Obama sat down in January to record his first weekly address and announced: “We begin this year and...
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Nene Anegasaki is a blushing new bride, the only problem is that her bright face is compossed of pixels. Nene Anagasaki is a computer program from the game LovePlus and she was designed to give companionship to lonely and sad (and I stress sad) men. The wedding took place during a Make: Japan...
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OK, so maybe that headline was a TAD bit over dramatic, but you clicked on the link and that seems to be the whole point behind Plane Stupids new ad campaign, in which they hope to levy guilt on those in support of airport expansion. The ad is controversial, but I wonder if it actually creates a...
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Let me preface this article by saying I, in no way, intend to portray both sides of this argument with a neutral eye. I believe it does a great disservice to truth when we attempt to be objective about every subject. There is no more journalistic integrity in portraying the...
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A new survey from  Public Policy Poll has shown that, if Democrats do not pass health care reform with a public option, they risk losing reelection bids. I would consider this a “no duh” moment, but apparently pollsters found this surprising. The survey asked registered voters...
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 As some of you may be aware, last week I donated an autographed hardback edition to my Pencil Drawings book along with a signed 8.5" x 11" print of the title page featuring Gordon, and two 5" x 7" signed prints of Felix's Cowboy drawings. All to be part of a silent...
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By: Jeff Cox CNBC.com Published: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 | 4:55 PM ET www.cnbc.com/id/34040009 As experts debate the potential speed of the US recovery, one figure looms large but is often overlooked: nearly 1 in 5 Americans is either out of work or under-employed....
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I wouldn't, but let's just say that I did.  How would you conservatives react?  Not favorably, I'd imagine. So why is it that Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh have called Senator Mary Landrieu a prostitute because of her support of health care reform and not a word of rebuke from the...
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I thought this was good.
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Our own government is decimating us from within - Just as Khrushchev   said they would   KGET-TV updated 19 minutes ago State auditors say California's unemployment fund is broke and will face a huge deficit come December. By the end of this year, it's estimated the state's...
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  The Bakersfield Tea Party Patriots sent out a release this afternoon ragging on Kevin McCarthy.   Here's the release,:   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2009   Congressman Kevin McCarthy Supports Reelection of Mary Bono Mack On Monday, November 23rd Congressman...
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I get e-mails and CDs from every band imaginable. From majors to indies - I've heard it all. Local CDs are often predictable - odd production, a lot of money misspent, with the occasional gem. Then there's Joel Jacob. I met Joel a few years back while covering the KELLY95...
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I was catching up on my comics from my on line source. I love Number 9 Chickweed Place, Working Daze, Frazz, Rudy Park , Liberty Meadow and a bunch of others that do not fit with the geriatric society that decides what funnies go into the TBC paper. While moving away from my eye candy I spied a...
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Suspicious death of Frazier Park man NEWS RELEASE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CORONER DIVISION This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator for the convenience of news reporters.  Facts concerning news events of major importance,...
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I recieved this in an E-mail.  I didn't check it out with Snopes because I don't care if it might be a bogus letter.  More Americans every day are coming to this conclusion. Dr. Geoffrey P. Hunt is a social and cultural anthropologist. He has had nearly 30 years experience in planning,...
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Oprah Winfrey is heartbroken after discovering that her long-time lover Stedman Graham is writing a tell-all book for $10.37 million, exposing her most shocking and embarrassing secrets.   Stedman, 57, has kept sensational diaries of his life with Oprah, 54, during their 22-year on-off...
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Wow, who would have thunk it?  Glenn Beck takes to the airwaves several hours a day complaining about the liberals in this country, but here he is saying that we need to start thinking like the communists in China: http://www.youtube.com/watc... After watching the clip, I'm not...
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What do you know, a couple hours after we posted a blog about Pete Parra's Assembly endorsements, we got a similar list from his opponent Fran Florez. Here they are: Assembly Majority Whip Fiona Ma; Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez; Assembly member Warren Furutani; Assembly member Paul Fong;...
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Not all churches are created equal; but I continue to say the real America may still be found in the rural churches throughout our nation. Sinclair Lewis was too intent on the subject of the hypocrites within fundamentalist churches that made a mockery of their professed beliefs; so it was that...
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Here is one of the turncoats in the Democratic Party who, like the Republicans, is refusing to give the people of her state what they want and need: http://www.youtube.com/watc... She might as well switch parties if she isn't going to go along with this whole health care thing.
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A few programming notes before we get to today's main event: (a) State volleyball playoffs start tonight, with section champions the only invites from Kern County. Frontier plays host to La Canada in Division II, while Tehachapi gets a visit from Cerritos in D-III. Winners play in the state...
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