Posts Tagged ‘ Bigotry ’

OC Tet participants embrace diversity, in spite of Andy Quach and his religious police

February 14, 2010
By Chris Prevatt
OC Tet participants embrace diversity, in spite of Andy Quach and his religious police

In a desperate effort to repair his tattered drunken-bad-boy image, Westminster City Councilman Andy Quach whipped up outrage on the part of a small band of bigoted religious leaders to threaten boycotts of the parade he chaired. All this because "The Commies Gays are Coming, The Commies Gays are Coming to march in a...
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Posted in Orange County - Local | 3 Comments »

Teabagging with Chuck DeVore and Bill Hunt in Laguna Hills Today

February 13, 2010
By Dan Chmielewski
Teabagging with Chuck DeVore and Bill Hunt in Laguna Hills Today

On the heels of last week’s national Tea Party convention, two of OC’s leading teabaggers are geting together to headline a Laguna Niguel protest in which most of the attendees got a federal tax cut this year.  State Rep. Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine) who is running for the US Senate seat now held by Senator...
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Posted in California, Orange County - Local | 25 Comments »

For Memorial Day, 2009: The Lesson of the Four Chaplains, 1943

May 24, 2009
By Michael D. Fox
For Memorial Day, 2009: The Lesson of the Four Chaplains, 1943

When I was child, my father, a World War II Navy veteran, taught me the story of the four chaplains of the USAT Dorchester. I thought of the four chaplains during the presidential election when I listened to former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell explain why he endorsed Barack Obama for President of the...
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Bigotry and Mistrust Fuel Stupidity on Immigration Matters

January 21, 2009
By Steve Perez
Bigotry and Mistrust Fuel Stupidity on Immigration Matters

Blogger refutes right wing talking points with regards to immigration and it's socio-economical effects.
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Posted in California, National-US, Orange County - Local | 3 Comments »

Bigotry We Won’t Believe In

January 15, 2009
By Andrew Davey

If you haven’t seen it yet, check out this doozy of a Rec List diary at Daily Kos. Apparently, there’s plenty that Rick Warren hasn’t been honest about. His AIDS programs in Africa have forsaken the effective measures taken to actually reduce transmissions of the virus, and instead have resulted in more infections. His...
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Bricks Through the Window…

October 10, 2008
By Andrew Davey

Is this for real? Seriously?! I guess so. The Democratic Party office in Denver was attacked last night. Someone threw bricks through the glass door and the window. Fortunately no one was in the office when the attack occurred, so no one was injured. Still, this makes me scratch my head. It feels so bizarrely creepy...
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Choi’s Shameful Smear

September 23, 2008
By Dan Chmielewski
Choi’s Shameful Smear

The Irvine Chamber of Commerce hosted a breakfast last Friday for the candidates for Mayor and City Council.  Council member Steven Choi, running for re-election despite already having a committee to raise funds for a run at Chuck DeVore assembly seat in 2010, by luck of the draw, was selected to be the final...
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