As Republicans continue to gin up the IRS “scandal” of targeting Tea Party groups for claiming non-profit status on their taxes, some interesting omissions from our friends on the Right. The rash of non-profit applications by Tea Party and Right…
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Republicans far behind Democrats in Social Media
by Joel Smith • • 2 Comments
Republicans have been coming up with excuses for months on why they didn’t win the 2012 Presidential election, and almost all of them have come to the same conclusion: they weren’t as good as Democrats at reaching out to voters.
Mariner’s Church Featured in WSJ Story on Evangelicals Leading on Immigration
by Dan Chmielewski • • 4 Comments
In the “good news, bad news” department, Mariner’s Church in Irvine is prominently featured in a page one story in this morning’s Wall Street Journal (and the story is behind a paywall–get used to it), and the story is about how…
Liberals Seek To be the Good Guys With Guns
by Chris Prevatt • • 4 Comments
In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shootings the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre said; “The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun.” As a Liberal, fighting the right-wing insanity that is Orange County, I find myself agreeing with Mr. LaPierre.
Register Opinion Pages Offer Advice for GOP
by Dan Chmielewski • • 5 Comments
In spite of a public announcement of sorts about changes and “diversity” in its editorial pages, OC’s largest daily newspaper’s opinion pages have a Brokeback Mountain relationship with the GOP; they just can’t quit you Republicans which is why…
Actual Cost of Iraq War Could Approach $4 Trillion
by Dan Chmielewski • • 5 Comments
The meme from my Republican friends who hate President Obama and Democrats in general is Obama has “bankrupted our country and eroded our civil liberties.” What short memories they have. Next week marks the tenth anniversary of the invasion of…
Waiting for Smoke From the Hall of Administration
by Editorial Staff • • Comments Off
Yesterday, The Orange County Board of Supervisors narrowed down their list of potential candidates for the vacant position of County Clerk-Recorder. The new list of eleven candidates will be scheduled, at a date yet to be determined, for public interviews by the board.
