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Welcome to Lyric today/Hear it Tomorrow, and you will hear it tomorrow, as long as I can keep up with all of the new songs that occupy space in the song-crowded freeway I call my head.
I incensed, even to the point of moral outrage, by the predilection of some, yes, even...
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Are you tired of witnessing nothing but a Hanging Chad? I can't believe the New York Times passed on my interview with Chad Vegas :)
Oh, well, at least the Nothwest Voice was willing to give Chad Vegas a voice, and me an opportunity to present a fair and balanced take on the man...
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Well, We all know who is running on both sides..The Prez, the Veep. Both have made their speeches at their respective conventions, and let's face it. 99% of Americans have already made up their minds on who they will pull, punch or touch for. Liberals made their minds up after the Primary as did...
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As surf the web, and witness the treatment McCain is receiving from some hard-core liberals, you'd think we were flashing back to the days when soldiers once stationed in Viet Nam first returned to American soil. People cursed them, spit at them, and did much worse.
Obama, Biden and...
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By JAMES GELUSO, Californian staff writer
Phil Wyman spent the first part of his Wednesday on one end of the Mississippi River, packing bags to be sent to the other end.
An alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention, Wyman joined other delegates in packing relief packages for...
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Here's the filled-out questionnaire from Fran Florez, the Democrat from Shafter running for the 30th Assembly District post held now by termed out Nicole Parra, D-Hanford.
Florez is up against Republican Danny Gilmore of Hanford, whose questionnaire is posted below this one.
Name: Fran...
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Every election season we ask candidates for major offices to fill out questionnaires about their backgrounds. It's a great way to start vetting these folks.
Here's one from Danny Gilmore, the Republican from Hanford running for the 30th Assembly District post being vacated by termed-out...
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Here are the latest numbers of the race for the whiteshouse. These numbers capture the bounce coming out of the DNC convention. What has to be seen is the how they will compare to the RNC numbers coming out of their convention next Monday/Tuesday.
A Hotline/Diageo poll out this morning gives...
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The first day of the Republican convention was truncated by Hurricane Gustav but our Congressman Kevin McCarthy still got a speaking part -- as co-chair of the platform committee.
I am such a junkie that I actually watched it live but if you didn't, here's the text:
Prepared Text of Congressman...
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The country is going to wholeheartedly embrace John McCain and Sarah Palin as the winning ticket. They represent real change, and they are prepared to put country before anything else.
I'm proud of the current President of the United States, but let's face it, how good could you do...
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Well under the equal exposure law, I hope to see a glowing bunch or articles about Obama, I mean how far can u lean to the right?
McCain is alright, but I don't make 5 million bucks a year so I guess I'm not middle class, and I know how many houses I...
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John Edwards seemed to have the world by the tail. Then he self-destructived. What are some of your ideas concerning why people such as Edwards self-destruct? Is there such a phenomenon as fear of success, or is this just a case of selfishness, narcissism, and ego getting...
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Bernita Jenkins of Bakersfield, an Obama delegate, shared this second dispatch from Denver:
Tasting history like this cannot be written into the books for anyone to really understand the true magnitude. If I were to read about this in later years as part of history I would be touched,...
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Local Democrat Bernita Jenkins, a delegate for Barack Obama, is sending dispatches from the convention back home to fellow party faithful.
Here's the first; we expect to hear more from her later:
Hello Everyone,
Thank you for the opportunity to represent you at the Democratic National...
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A new Web site aims to collect tales of health care troubles due to the Medi-Cal cuts and the budget impasse.
MyCAStory.org features videos, photos and stories from California residents.
According to the site, "Our purpose is to share the stories behind the numbers of everyday Californians...
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Pro-life, pro-wifewords and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008 well, some say I'm anti choiceand anti womenbut I just want more of thembrought into the worldcause when you limit lifeyou limit women'cause half are baby boyshalf baby girls chorus:I'm pro-lifeand I'm pro-wifenow that may...
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While the Democrats are whooping it up in Denver, Republicans led by our own Congressman Kevin McCarthy are working on the GOP platform for their convention next week in St. Paul.
Go here if you want to peek into those proceedings, being held in Minneapolis and carried on C-SPAN's Web site.
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Some of you know what I'm talking about. For the rest of you, don't reach for your dictionaries. Just look at this crowd at the Democratic convention.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The two largest mortgage holding corporations in America holding over three TRILLION dollars in mortgages are nothing more than crooks. Everyone knows it. So where is the call to arms by the masses and the congress? Where are the senate hearings and investigations by...
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The two largest mortgage holding corporations in America holding over three TRILLION dollars in mortgages are nothing more than crooks. Everyone knows it. So where is the call to arms by the masses and the congress? Where are the senate hearings and investigations by...
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Fearing that the recent rapid narrowing of the gap in the polls between Obama and McCain is a sign McCain's next house will be the Whitehouse, and gleefully jumping at yet another opportunity to engage in "Gotcha! politics," the Democrats have been all over McCain about his...
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As the presidential race hits high gear, we’re expanding our election coverage on bakersfield.com. The newest feature is a partnership with Politico.com, a national political website that’s built a reputation for big scoops (including last week’s brouhaha over the candidates'...
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The Sacramento Bee dropped in on Assemblywoman Nicole Parra's new office outside the Capitol building.
She was banished there by the Assembly speaker for not voting on a budget proposal last Sunday night.
The Bee calls the office "punishment digs."
And here's a fun take from Big...
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There's more interesting fallout from the Nicole Parra non-vote on the budget.
Her bills are "done for the year," at least those with her name on them, according to the Sacramento Bee.
Meanwhile back home, she's being called a "rock star."
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Nicole Parra is being kicked out of the Capitol, probably because she didn't vote for the state budget proposal last night. Read more here.
“That’s the most severe punishment I’ve ever heard of,” said Vic Pollard, who covered the Capitol for The Californian until last...
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The failed vote in the Assembly last night to pass a budget has some health leaders worried that the cuts to Medi-Cal won't be restored.
Here's an excerpt from an L.A. Times story about the vote:
Assembly Republicans on Sunday blocked a proposed spending plan that would have closed the state's...
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Rush slammed after blaming Elizabeth Edwards for affair
David Edwards and Nick Juliano
Published: Thursday August 14, 2008
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Well folks, we've finally done it. Our official page up and running: http://livingliberally.org/...
I haven't gotten any schwag yet for our founders, but I'll place an order soon. In the meantime, get on over there and sign up for the...
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Entertainers voicing their opinion is nothing new and they certainly have the right to do so. I don't think their opinions should carry any more weight than mine do, but I digress. They voice their opinions on talk shows, TV series', in films and in song, which brings me to the point of this...
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Barack Obama has disappointed me again. His decision to not debate McCain, aside from the traditional three debates, is truly a let down. If, as Obama said previously, it is such a great idea to have all those town meeting debates, why has he changed his mind now? Is it because...
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I imagine most of you heard about the lights being turned off in the House of Representatives by Nancy Pelosi. She had them turned off, and ordered the press out. Thid kind of behavior is totally unacceptable. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who sees a problem with these...
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The left and it's lapdog, a.k.a. the media, have proven me right once again. Not that that makes me unique. Their predictablilty makes many people look like psychics! Yes, once again shiny objects have taken their attention away from, what was just a few short months ago, the most important...
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People are howling about John McCain's new ad featuring Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, making fun of Barack Obama's "celebrity" and questioning his readiness to lead.
What do you guys think about it? A fair attack? Below the belt? Nonsensical?
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Commercials decrying the effects of the 10 percent state cuts to Medi-Cal hit the airwaves recently.
I saw one for the first time last night.
And among the health providers featured in the TV spots is Bakersfield nurse practitioner Carmen Morales-Board, who works at Kern Medical Center.
Here's...
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So presdiential hopeful John McCain is coming to Bakersfield Monday.
We don't know too much yet about his itinerary yet but we do know he'll be at a fundraiser. Posted here is a photo from when McCain came here in 2000.
If you got a chance to talk to McCain, what would you ask him?
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Congressman Kevin McCarthy was on Fox News Tuesday afternoon discussing the "All of the Above" American Energy Tour he's been on.
McCarthy just got back from a trip with other congress members to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay...
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Is Dean Florez all talk? No, says Jim Boren up at the Fresno Bee.
He talks about all kinds of legislation Florez has carried in the wake of farmworker fatalities, air pollution reports and the state's bungling of a software contract.
Sure Florez calls a lot of press conferences and ruffles a...
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A majority of Central Valley voters support a ballot initiative banning same-sex marriage but they may not get their way in November because statewide, more folks oppose it.
That’s according to a Field Poll released Friday that found 51 percent of likely voters statewide say...
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John McCain and Barack Obama are neck-and-neck in the Central Valley, though many are undecided or like someone else, according to Field Poll results out Wednesday.
If the election were held now, 39.6 percent would vote for McCain while 38.8 percent would choose Obama, the early-July...
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For all you Republicans and Democrats, it's time to leave your parties. That's right. Register as a decline to state, or register as Constitution Party or American Independent Party.
You can only take so much of this nonsense. The Republicans are blind on the war and blind on...
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As the Kern County Board of Supervisors enters the 21st century.
http://www.bakersfield.com/...
(I don't want SBDO county to provide civil marriages here...I want *KERN COUNTY* to do so at the direction of their new County Clerk.)
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I have been getting e-mails on how to bring down the price of gas since it first went over $2.00 per gallon. Don't buy gas on Tuesdays, Don't buy from this company or that, impeach the president, etc. Novel ideas, I suppose, but all totally ineffective.
It doesn't matter which day you buy gas,...
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Anybody else STILL seeing campaign signs from the June 3 primary up around town?
They're supposed to be down within 10 days of the election, but we've seen one at the Marie Callender's East Hills entrance (we're not sure it's still there, though) and along Seventh Standard Road coming back from...
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Hey Folks,
We're on for tomorrow (Thursday 7/3/08) night at Pizzaville on Oak Street. I'll be there at 7:30. We won't be an official chapter until I file some stuff, but this is a good "dry" run. If you haven't seen me, here I am working.
So, who is coming out to...
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I was really depressed when I read the news that The Bakersfield Californian (TBC) has fired Leonel Martinez, because the newspapers executive editor Mike Jenner, TBC decider; decided he needed a columnist who "will focus more on local issues and local people." So I did what I...
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So folks, how about it? I'm thinking of starting up a chapter of the much loved Drinking Liberally right here in good ole B-town. I'm thinking Thursday nights and someplace downtown like Jerry's Pizza. I'd like to do something with a bit of food and something other than just...
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I recently witnessed something that is becoming more and more typical of liberal behavior and it is happening more often all the time. My friends and I were sitting in our usual booth at the restaurant we frequent most days for breakfast and were discussing the upcoming presidential campaign....
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This is just so sad. I really admired Tim Russert and never missed Meet the Press. We need him to grill the presidential candidates!
Here's NBC's latest story:
WASHINGTON - Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press,” died Friday after...
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This was a blog entry I wrote a year ago on another site, and I think it'd be great to hear what others have to say about it..
The Healthcare System
I think it's safe to say that the nation's current Healthcare system is beyond screwed. Insurance companies have a chokehold on the...
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So I was reading some of my old papers I wrote in college, and came across this one. Thought it was interesting what I wrote, and now, 4 years later, I'm wondering if I should revisit my conclusions, or if they still hold up.
A Brief Overview of United States - Saudi...
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