Your friends at TheLiberalOC.com are launching an Orange County chapter of the national organization of “Drinking Liberally.” This is just an informal, non-programmatic gathering that will meet every Thursday evening at Memphis Bar in Santa Ana at 8:30 p.m. Personally,…

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A few days ago I wrote a post about a fundraiser for Costa Mesa Mayor Allan “Definitely Not a Mexican” Mansoor. In the post, I mentioned the location of the event (a public park) and suggested that people show up…

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We’ve been reading about this ridiculous $400,000 contract that Sheriff Mike Carona has been peddling to the Board of Supervisors since June, and the final decision will more than likely be made on Tuesday. It’s a contract with Scott P.…

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Life is easy for racist Costa Mesa Mayor Allan Mansoor. First he got the OC GOP to endorse him for reelection to the Costa Mesa City Council, and now he’s got the Minuteman Project throwing fundraising picnics in his honor.…

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I met up with Orange Juice blogger Art Pedroza last night, and a friend of ours told us about a fundraiser hosted by Santa Ana City Councilman Carlos Bustamante last Wednesday. The best part of this event was when Carlos…

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In Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural speech, he said “With malice towards none, with charity for all.” With those words in mind, I wanted to post a quick something about a rally that will take place in Anaheim tomorrow afternoon. I’ve…

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This is the first in a series of articles where we run candidate profiles about good politicians that are fighting for seats in November. This series will also include many city council races after the August 11th filing deadline. The…

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I’m a little tardy here, but I wanted to respond to the July 17 reader response in the OC Register written by Irvine Council members Christina Shea and Stephen Choi. Here’s the link to the original story. They write: “Larry…

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Frank Mickadeit’s column in the Register is a good read this morning. And like Steve Greenhut, he misses the larger point and focuses instead on a much smaller one but blowing it out of proportion. You can read Frank’s column…

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I think Steven Greenhut over at the Register’s Orange Punch blog has cracked his nut (head). I think it happened sometime Thursday morning when he received a forwarded email from someone in the County (probably his buddy Chris Norby) that…

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I’ve gotten a few emails from people that think the Jon Fleischman photo that accompanied Monday’s Martin Wisckol column is hilarious. Someone called me and said “Did you see the picture in the Register of Fleischman surfing for porn?” And…

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I’m getting into it a bit with Steven Greenhut at the OC Register. The man sees no value in unions, particularly government unions. He actually posted a note online that he was happy to see pro-union companies like General Motors…

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