Posts Tagged ‘ Greenhut ’

As I noted in a post Friday, I used to live in NY23, a sprawling district in Upstate NY that’s been Republican since the 19th century; but while Republican, the area is hardly conservative.  Its’ very moderate and often difficult to tell Democrats and Republicans apart.  These are good people; salt of the earth...
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I do enjoy a fun play on words as much as the next person.  No, dear reader, this isn’t a resignation letter or a blog jihad or any thing quite like that.  But the the past several months, my friends and neighbors have been seeing less of me. It’s not that I’m not around or...
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Steven Greenhut and I debate the political make up of the Register’s editorial pages all the time.  He rightly points outr progressive positions taken by the paper in the area of opposition to the war in Iraq, the assault on civil liberties by the Bush administration and his paper’s support for Gay Marriage as...
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In reviewing the Orange County Register’s opinion pages on Sunday I came across Supervisor Janet Nguyen’s rebuttal to Steven Greenhut’s criticisms of her and Supervisor Bates’ votes for Sandra Hutchens as Orange County’s Sheriff. Glad to see they gave some ink to the rationale for the majority view of the Board. This would of course be...
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When it comes to the angry mobs of professional protesters in Little Saigon most people have shied away from publicly offering any sort of criticism.  Amongst Vietnamese politicians only First District Supervisoral candidate Hoa Van Tran has shown the courage to stand up and speak out against these folks.  Janet Nguyen, Dina Nguyen, Van Tran and the...
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Most people think the reporters or columnists for newspapers write the headlines associated with the news stories or columns that carry a reporter or columnist’s byline.  That isn’t true at larger papers, as copy editors will write a headline that fits the space and captures the essence of the story or the column. Some recent...
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WOW! Where do I start? I was looking yesterday at Orange Punch, only to find Steven Greenhut trying to compare OC GOP power broker Mike Schroeder to none other than Hillary Clinton. Yes, you heard me right… Schroeder = Clinton. Wait… HUH??!! Greenhut tried to make this case by saying Schroder’s legal maneuvering against...
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