HT to the OC Register’s Orange Punch blog for the lead. Matt Cunningham and I got into it about Bill Clinton’s shrinking of the government and this article in the Examiner proves my point. Enjoy! Stuff in Bold is my…

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Between the OCBlog and the OC Register, the new Living Wage initiative passed by the progressive-moderate majority Irvine City Council is getting pretty beat up.  But methinks people are confusing “Living Wage” issues with “Prevailing Wage” issues and they are…

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Finally, something useful gleened off of the Flash Report. Of the 22 million registered voters in California, here’s the breakdown by party, courtesy of the secretary of state’s office: Democratic – 6,667,437 or 42.52% Republican – 5,362,473 or 34.19% American…

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Total Buzz and the Irvine World News have reported that Irvine council member Dr. Stephen Choi has formed a committee to explore a bid for Todd Spitzer’s termed out assembly seat. If Dr. Choi does run, it will be as a…

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“Beware the Ides of March, as it appears to be the day that the Governor indicates that he is not a team player… “ – Jon Fleischman, Flash Report, 3/15/2007 Et Tu Fleischman?! I love when Republicans eat their own. …

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Comedy isn’t pretty.  Comedian Richard Jeni died last weekend of a self-inflicted gunshot due to mental illness.  For someone so talented and so funny, its a real tragedy.  My wife reminded me of other comedians with other problems from depression…

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In a laughable column in today’s (March 14) OC Register, Congressman John Campbell touts the GOP’s “American Taxpayer Bill of Rights,” which he claimed co-authorship of as a member of the Republican Study Committee chair on the Budget and Spending…

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