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Hi,
I have been following your stories about the double murder in McFarland, I appreciate you keeping it in the forefront of the news so that this ruthless crime doesn't go unnoticed especially in such a small town that does not even have a STOPLIGHT in it can have this happen. BUT... there...
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Mortgage defaults up. Loans tightening up.
http://realestate.aol.com/a...
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Friday night I was called to a vehicle vs. train at Famoso-Woody Road. All I knew when they called me was that a car had been hit. I always hate those calls because I never know what to expect. I have seen glancing blows that just scared everyone, and I have seen cars so badly damaged it was...
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Go Kevin! I am a fan since I've known him since he wore pj's and big glasses, and watched him race go karts. Do you like him or not Bakersfield?
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Saturday, February 10, 2007
Presidential contender Rudy Giuliani gave a rousing talk about his vision of the future at the California Republican Party Convention in Sacramento today. This post is rather long, but I want to provide more of his 45 minute talk rather than providing...
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Reporter Maureen Milford of The Wilmington News Journal wrote a story about backstabbing in the work place.
Where else would you do it except at a crime scene?
The story suggested it is on the rise.
It would be a lie to say we don't have backstabbing at The Californian. As the union...
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You know as humans I think we can get greedy. We want things, I mean as we live here we are called to be servants of Jesus Christ but we also want. And becuase we have so much faith in our Lord and savior we pray to Him and ask Him of these things. And sometimes what we have to come to understand...
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The day before yesterday I may have been witness to a kidnapping, but I don’t know. To explain that enigmatic statement, over the years the house next door to me here in the country has been a continuing saga of criminals coming and going. One day I returned to my cottage only to see three...
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This little six-minute presentation (sound not required, although it's nice sound) certainly gives you a bit to think about--and shows why you'll have a lot *MORE* to think about tomorrow. (Although exponential growth *NEVER* holds up...we hope.)
http://www.scottmcleod.org/...
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No neighborhood is safe. The blood of the raging gang wars is being spilled
onto all of our streets.
It is no longer someone else¹s problem. The violence is no longer occurring
in just "the wrong parts of town." It can, and is happening all over town.
These are our...
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Q: My 82-year-old mother has held season tickets the last two years for Broadway plays at Rabobank. I drive her there since she no longer drives.
While attending “Jesus Christ Superstar,” which was excellent by the way, we were forced to park in the lot on the other side of the...
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Q: What happened to the assisted living complex that was supposed to be built on Auburn Street between Fairfax (Road) and Morning Drive? I've seen no action there in a long time.
-- Sharon Bush
A: The land is slated for a 79-room assisted living complex and 60 single-family homes, said John...
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It's the age old debate, closed ports verses stealthed ports. First, what is a port? A port is the door to your computer, there's different ports for different things. The three-way handshake takes place, and the information is then delivered to your computer to a certain port, and the...
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South's boys basketball team won the league championship with a win over North last night, and as usual, the Californian decided not to write a story on it. It was a great game last night. South was down 60-54 with 2 minutes left, and came back and won 68-64. North's gym was...
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Rudy Giuliani didn't make it to Bakersfield on his recent sweep through California, but it hardly mattered. Local Republicans could feel the love all the way from Sacramento.
If Giuliani was harboring any doubts about a run for president, they were apparently squashed last week during his...
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Here's something for the majority of you to pick apart. Since it comes from NewsMax I feel quite sure you'll discount every word before even reading it. But..post it I shall because like my heading says..it interests ME.
My favorite part (for amusement) is this:
"If...
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Well the SO went for her second solo ride, well ride with me on her own bike and after checking the weather we thought we were ok, however....see pix.
But I was so proud of her she was a trooper...
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Tomorrow is Saturday! Will use my cam to video the paper in the morning! Can't wait to read my long missing Applause... Crossing my fingers... GOOD NITE!
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PUBLISHED 2-20-2007
We wring our hands over the death and destruction in Iraq and other war-torn countries. What about in our own neighborhoods?
The death toll is mounting. Are we going to let the gangs take over? How many of us must die before we recognize the crisis?
After receiving...
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PUBLISHED 2-19-2007
In this skeptical age, a holiday that honors politicians may seem like a set up for a punch line. But it isn’t.
On President’s Day we should take a few minutes to ponder the holiday’s historic meaning and its implications for the future.
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PUBLISHED 2-18-2007
Californians cannot afford to blow what may be our best and perhaps last chance to develop a rational water policy in California before disaster strikes.
An exhaustive study by the private Public Policy Institute of California irrefutably demonstrates that changes...
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duplicity: contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action; especially : the belying of one's true intentions by deceptive words or action.
complicity: association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act
The man in this article over at Editor and Publisher is both of the...
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We've all heard about the ash-dropping scandals, where a company will claim to drop ashes over the oceon and then just let them pile up in a garage somewhere.
But what about lost cremains? Burials in the wrong plot, or even without telling a family the burial has taken place? Body swaps?
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The Bank of America is quite comfortable betraying America for profits. Our government is quite comfortable betraying America by not only refusing to secure our borders for the sake of profits, but will punish those sworn to protect our borders if they do their job. Caesar Bush and Company,...
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This was emailed to me by a friend. It's priceless..........
WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO TURN ON THE TV AND HEAR ANY U.S. PRESIDENT, DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN GIVE THE FOLLOWING SPEECH?
My Fellow Americans: As you all know, the defeat of Iraq regime has been completed. Since congress does not...
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Who can say that you can predict the future and get it exactly the way you want? Who are you to say that because this happened that will definitely happen so if that does happen this will also happen? It isn't practicle to say to yourself and/or others that oh this will definitely happen because...
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Well, the teachers unions are at it again putting the education of our children in the caboose of the union powered Crazy Train and this time it is the Delano Elementary Schools that are in the crosshairs. The union is telling prospective teachers not to go to work there, trying to get existing...
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We are five years into the economic expansion and Americans are still waiting for their fair share with inflation swallowing pay raises. Businesses are hiring but forecasters fear the economy is about to stall. "If this is a recovery" the leader of the opposing political party said,...
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Ahhh..Bank of America. That bastion of social sympathy. That towering pie in the sky for those seeking a better life. They are so touched by the plight of illegal immigrants that they are going to begin issuing credit cards to illegals. ILLEGALS! People without social security numbers, valid...
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I see the state has decided to pass out 1.75 million bucks to help the farmworkers pay their bills due to layoffs after the "Big Freeze". I suppose it's a compassionate thing to do, but when I(along with many others)got laid off in 1980 when work ran out on the RR, nobody offered to...
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The judge in the Vincent Brothers case drew a delicate line Wednesday between photos that illuminate an issue and those that show little but gore.
Kern County Superior Court Judge Michael Bush explained he will allow photos that reveal an important point the prosecution would like to make...
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So, being that Valentine's Day is a very hectic day for some restaurants around town, did anyone find the time to take that special someone out for a romantic Valentine's Day dinner they deserve? Or perhaps the whole family? If so, don't forget to Dine N' Dish by submitting a review to the...
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WWJD? apparently as per a local pediatrician<Christian, deny health care to a child because his/her parent(s) have a or a few tattoos. I am not quite sure where to start on this one: do not judge: Jesus was know to hang with some shady types:and you can believe something stupid just be smart...
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this s--- is crazy u cant even come outside Ur house no more, u might get shot what the h*ll is going on. Rip Deondre big cuddy, you'll be missed by all of us.Why would people do something like this. this doesn't make no sense
there just killing Innocent people out there, stop the...
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PUBLISHED 2-16-2007
As turmoil continues to rage in the McFarland Unified School District, McFarland parents and taxpayers must step in.
A study by a team from the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office found the district isn’t following its own policies and is mismanaging...
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Another question for you. What would you rather do?
So, which would you rather watch Reality TV or Court TV?
For me, I enjoy reality tv. In particular, I like the drama. Life is just so serious sometimes and as long as the drama is not my own, I will watch it.
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When it comes to sex, old people have been left out.
Not about doing it, but about learning about it.
And that's why the fastest growing segment of the population to get sexually transmitted diseases are people over 45. And people in their 70s and 80s need to be brought up to speed on...
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Yesterday, our current occupant of the oval office held a Press Conference. The entire transcript can be read here as the government is very good about providing us with Bush's immortal words.
This part of the transcript caught my eye:
Q Thank you, sir. General Pace says that these...
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Kudos to the Kern County Sheriff's Department for being the first to enforce the Cool Parent ordinance — the one that makes it a civil sanction for providing alcohol to underage children.
The administrative citations were issued to four Bakersfield residence in connection with a Dec. 22...
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Some of the comments made in the Spaces/Jack mule blog yesterday brought to mind the day a SSI intake worker said to me" not having a brain, does not qualify as a disability"..I paused..one..two..and said "Obviously". She never got it.
Here are some great links if you...
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Blue Mountain is one of the largest online sites that offer e-cards. Apparently their political views run very right of the center. Check out this RawStory article about a recent e-card which says its a "VD" card showing love "Democratic Style". The link to the e-card is here....
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The Grammys the Dixie Chicks won won't get them back on local radio stations, KUZZ or KBKO.
The reason for that is not so much the radio stations as it is the narrow-minded country music fans in this neck of the woods.
Because it is the fans who keep telling the radio stations they won't...
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This poem is severely edited to make shorter so it is not perfect
I need to tell you my love,
that I want to be more then enough.
I want for you to love me so intensely,
then you will know we were meant to be.
I want to feel your precious lips against mine,
as your finger tips slowly...
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I saw this this on a Jewish websiteBeautiful Women
Did you know that if shop mannequins were real women they'd be too thin to menstruate?
There are 3 billion women who don't look like supermodels and only eight who do.
Marilyn Monroe wore a size 14.
If Barbie was a...
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When I watch TV, all I hear every five minutes are commercials for MOR furniture. The hard-sell, redundant, annoying commercials play at every single commercial break, on every cable channel targeted at the Bako area, always saying the same things. I am so totally sick of their...
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We all use computers for many activities. Some use it for entertainment purposes or keeping in touch with friends or family, while others may use it as their primary business tool to store their critical information. Whatever the reason may be, your data is very important to you and losing it,...
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Valentines Day, a day of love, generosity, giving and intimacy, has been celebrated on the feast day of St. Valentine as early as the third century. The holiday is associated with giving "valentines" and the infamous little angle with the bow and arrow we all know as cupid....
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PUBLISHED 2-15-2007
The $38,000 monthly salary for an interim Kern Medical Center chief financial officer is sticker shock. Patrick Lash’s contract is for six months — $228,000 — compared to the $150,000 annual salary of a previous full-time CFO.
But if Lash can accomplish...
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PUBLISHED 2-15-2007
A new bill that would eliminate the statute of limitations for a variety of sex crimes is a generally good idea, but must have safeguards to ensure integrity of defendants’ rights.
With some exceptions, the statute of limitations requires crimes to be tried...
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Reporters Jessica Logan and Steve E. Swenson will bring you a continuing blog on the Vincent Brothers trial.
Brothers, a former vice principal, is accused of killing his wife, Joanie Harper; their three children, Marques, Lyndsey and Marshall; and Joanie Harper’s mother, Earnestine.
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