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This morning in my email I had a letter from a group of Democrats..to be more precise..the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, or DCCC.
Now, I signed up for their emails only to be informed as to what this heinous group of ner-do-well's and all around special interest kinda guys and...
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Some years ago I caught a segment of the news show "60 Minutes" in which two editors of The National Enquirer were forced to admit they had
made up published stories about a well-known celebrity.
That a supermarket tabloid would fabricate stories was no surprise, but what really...
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This should get some knickers a few knots.
"An Inconvenient Meal" .....and the letter from PETA
The Real Story on the right of the page.
.......It's a little irreverant but what the heck.
An no..it isn't an attack on Gore for heavens sake. I'd think it...
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PUBLISHED 3-11-2007
Bakersfield is not a small, backwater city. It’s one of California’s major metropolitan areas. And it’s time we acted like one.
Bakersfield reportedly is the only city of its size in California that lacks a universal trash recycling program with...
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Ok, this won't make some folks happy, but here it is..
Do to overwhelming pressure, the Democratic party bowed to pressure demanding that Fox Noise..er News not be allowed to host the Nevada debates.
"The Nevada State Democratic Party is pulling out of a controversial presidential...
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PUBLISHED 3-13-2007
There’s no doubt. Childhood obesity is a health crisis in California. But Sen. Dean Florez’s proposal to require high school students to take four years of physical education, rather than just the two now required, in order to graduate will not solve the...
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PUBLISHED 3-13-2007
The prospect of adding two judges will give the Kern County Superior Court much needed flexibility in handling civil cases and could reduce the pressure for plea bargains in criminal cases.
The Judicial Council of California — the court’s policymaking...
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With the recent release of the Bakotopia Music Compilation: Volume One CD containing some of Bakersfield's most influential bands such as Another Year, Mento Buru, and up and coming bands such as Hayes Field, an interesting question arises to me. Who is Bakersfield's best...
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PUBLISHED 3-12-2007
The decision to ask for money that is just there for the “taking” should be a no-brainer. But local school districts aren’t sure they will be asking.
Why? They are perplexed by the way the California Teachers Association has set up the procedure...
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PUBLISHED 3-12-2007
Is no holiday safe from the “religious wars"? Now some folks are hopping mad over the Easter bunny.
Some years ago, Walnut Creek renamed the Easter bunny the “Spring Bunny” to oversee its community events. At the time, the change was made, it...
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In a March 11 Opinion Section Viewpoint article, Kern County Supervisor Michael Rubio lays out a plan to join forces to fight gang violence in Kern County. The plan will be discussed on March 19 during a joint meeting of the Bakersfield City Council and Kern County Board of Supervisors. Check out...
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That is the title of an article I wrote last September, but it came to me the subject needed a broader emphasis in light of things like increasing gang violence in America. Considering all that has happened since I was a kid shooting marbles and the world children live in today, children have...
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Ok, so I am known to have celebrity crushes and for that I get alot of flack from people. Not that I mind, I always love a laugh so I don't mind the teasing. For years, I only had two, which are Tim McGraw and Dennis Quaid. It seems that in the last few years though, I have acquired a few more....
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I just *KNEW* the Liberal Media was handing us a lie about the initial attack. Too many things just didn't add up:
Security forces who observed one of the attackers at the scene a day before the destruction, and possibly even had the suspect IN CUSTODY.
Close family ties between...
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Okie from Muskogee and Hillary for President just don't sound all that congruous to me.
But grizzled country singer Merle Haggard has written a song supporting Hillary Clinton for president.
Now, just doesn't that beat all?
I am a little surprised by this. One of the lines is: "This...
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Apparently, people come to Bakersfield ON PURPOSE!
Tourists have spent an estimated $1 billion in Kern County, attending things like Elton John's Aida musical, Gwen Stefani, state wrestling tournaments and March Meet racing.
The folks at Rabobank hope past successes can lead to more, and...
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Colbert coined the name for Bush’s war tonight.
It’s the Grand War.
Because our grand children will still be fighting it.
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Question concerning Daylight Savings Time, Sunday Morning.
If I forget to reset my Microwave Clock.
Will my Hot Pockets cook for a hour and three minutes?
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Most blogs are places where the writer gets to pontificate on whatever he or she deems relevant to the topic around which the blog revolves.
However, I received an e-mail about a week ago that I want to share. This editorial was originally published in Cal State Bakersfield's student newspaper,...
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The number of vendors selling cigarettes to teens is on its way down.
The county Department of Public Health sent 24 underage high school students to 114 tobacco vendors across the county and found that 26 percent of the vendors sold them cigarettes. (Read "More teens smoking" in...
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Surely most folks have heard about her comment at CPAC last week where she referred to Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards in a derogatory gay word. Well, Trashcan Annie, who had roughly 100 newspapers syndicate her column as of last summer, is now down to 44 newspapers according to...
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Having officially reached the 1/2 century mark (plus 3) I was informed by my family physician I HAD to have a colonoscopy.
I was filled with terror as I pondered the invasion of my most private part by a gazillion foot long clinical apparatus. In my entire life,...
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PUBLISHED 3-9-2007
Water is a fighting word in these here dry Western states. California history is littered with bodies shot on the battlefield and lawsuits fought in courtrooms.
Water is the lifeblood of communities. Without it, cities can’t grow and riches cannot be made.
And...
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Kelsey Spann, a good friend of Joanie Harper, took the stand today and talked about her friendship with Joanie and Joanie's relationship with Vincent Brothers.
Both Spann and Brothers ended up in tears, apparently.
This is at least the third time I know of in this trial that Brothers has...
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Did you know that police and fire personnel give children in tragic situtations stuffed animals to help comfort them?
The provisional class of the Junior League of Bakersfield (JLB) is accepting donations of new teddy bears and other small stuffed animals to donate to the local fire and...
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This past weekend our multimedia reporter Dane Boedigheimer shot video at the CIF wrestling championships (state wrestling tourney to laymen like you and me.)
He got just about all the final matches and stayed up until 4 a.m. editing them. You can watch the video here.
We have gotten a ton...
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Why in any nation considering itself civilized should any convicted child predator ever be set free to continue preying on children? The ready answer that comes to my mind is America is not a civilized nation. It doesn’t take the corruption rampant in our government to tell me this, all it...
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KERO and CNN have stories on a local soldier who is getting flak for a sticker he's put on his truck. Check out the KERO story here.
The sticker reads "Lord please forgive me, I have committed sins for our freedom."
Some folks are up in arms over the sticker, arguing killing...
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Why do owners of bit sized dogs find it necessary to tote them into the department and grocery stores? As an associate of a department store, it irritates me to no end to see how inconsiderate these people can be. First, department and grocery stores are for HUMANS..not pets. ...
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Warning: your free speech rights are not going to interfere with my life! In very recent news AutoAdmit has taken the opposite stance. The Bakersfield.com website has a similarly effective policy.
It seems that Auto Admit has allowed free speech to interfere in...
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It seems that the insurgency is alive, well and growing in Afghanistan, just as I have been saying it was and would all along. While the anti-war and anti-Bush crowd have been distracted by all the crap in Iraq, they have(again as I said they would)lost focus on the war on terror and now it's...
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Will be on the 10 o'clock news channel 23... to night! They are very slow there about getting back to the men. My husband is still waiting for a hearing aid or even a call back appointment to L A... to see if there is more treatment other than hearing aids.... That...
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Two Bakersfield gay women are accusing San Joaquin Community Hospital of discrimination. (Read "Couple: Hospital's refusal of visit was discrimination" in Thursday's Californian.)
Sharolyn Takata and Donna Jones, who are registered domestic partners, took their daughter to San...
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I got one more thing to say.
See ya there...
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PUBLISHED 3-8-2007
For the first time since the so-called rape of the Owens Valley starting early in the 20th century, the second of two major water agreements may signal a welcome cease-fire in California’s notorious water wars.
An 18-year legal battle that pitted growers against...
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PUBLISHED 3-8-2007
The wait times in local emergency rooms can be shortened if local training programs, such as the one for nurses at Cal State Bakersfield, can be expanded. A shortage of nurses is a major reason for delays at hospitals and doctors’ offices.
There is no problem...
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Look at me..
I’m a size two…
Anybody else sick of that commercial?
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Christy Scott has fond memories of her years at Cal State Bakersfield where, back in the mid-1990s, annihilating opponents on the volleyball court was the joy of her days.
Photos:
Photo by Felix Adamo
A natural athlete and fierce competitor, Scott never minded those years before...
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Time for a musical interlude..
Everyone take a break..
Don’t lose your temper.
We can work it out.
In no time. You will see it my way.
If you only try.
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It's three days after the CIF State Wrestling Championship and I'm asking for a critique of our coverage of the two-day event, along with the two days leading up to it.
You can be as specific or as general as you want. Please share what you thought we did well, what you thought we missed and...
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Why is it that "Bakersfield" is a punchline? Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" featured a news piece by KGET Channel 17 last night, and all Colbert said was "Bakersfield" and he got a laugh.
Are we that funny? Are people laughing because they're shocked we...
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The conviction of Libby caused me to wonder what Custer had planned for an encore; more Indians? Such seems the “plan” of the Bush administration. Custer may not have said “Bring it on!” or put out posters for Sitting Bull “Wanted Dead or Alive!” but the...
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I've been holding off on writing about green autos for a number of reasons. There is a lot of info out there, a lot of new tech out there, pluses and minuses and hidden costs etc. There are hybrid cars that get bad milage (including some hybrid cars that get worse milage than their...
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Sometimes I marvel that someone actually pays me to work for bakersfield.com. I mean, I work at a great place for and with great people who dream big and strive to get better each day. And add to that, we have great readers who share their time and passion to make our site more...
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Evangelicals. Accepting without question your faith .. Please tell.
What has your politics returned. How has this President rewarded you, in exchange for two terms at the helm.
Two SCOTUS Justices that Pro Choice Rudy Giuliani said he would have nominated…. Has the abortion issue...
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Bakersfield’s Dr. Gary Merrill makes national headlines and the Colbert Report.
Disgusting. Embarrassing..
http://www.kget.com/news/lo...
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FOSTER FAMILY NETWORK (FFN) was established in 1986 to address the growing need for quality foster homes for children, especially adolescents. Many of these children are victims of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, neglect and/or abandonment. Children are referred to FFN by county departments...
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PUBLISHED 3-7-2007
Building 18: a dilapidated 50-room former hotel across the street from Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Until Army officials scurried to address the growing outrage, mold climbed the walls and rooms were infested with rats.
Welcome home, wounded soldiers. This is...
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PUBLISHED 3-7-2007
An appeals court last week settled the question. Former Sheriff Carl Sparks did not have the authority to give premium pay to some of his top brass.
The sheriff was required to ask the Board of Supervisors for permission — a step Sparks neglected to take.
It is a...
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Where there’s smoke, there may not be a lot of fire – at least not in Bakersfield.
Although state law prohibits smoking within 25 feet of a playground or tot lot, and tobacco waste, like cigarette butts, are not allowed to be dumped within the same area, it appears no one has ever...
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