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ACORN Operating Under Different Name

Posted by Marine59, in Political Comments 23 March 2010 - - - - - - · 8 views

The crime-infested community organization famous for voter registration fraud blames right-wing attacks for its demise as covert branches pop up under different names, allowing the original group to keep much of its public funding.
The Obama-backed Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has conveniently changed its name to...


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The Internet age turns 25

Posted by Marine59, 22 March 2010 - * * * * - · 11 views

The online revolution began and continues largely without government “help”.
Who could have imagined how life would be changed by the Internet? There weren’t many testing the waters 25 years ago when, on March 15, the first dotcom Internet domain name – symbolic.com – was registered by a Cambridge, Mass.,...


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Bill to Repeal Ammunition Registration to be Heard Next Week!

Posted by Marine59, in Political Comments, Education 19 March 2010 - - - - - - · 8 views

On Tuesday, March 23, the California Assembly Committee on Public Safety will consider Assembly Bill 1663.

If passed, AB1663 would...


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Rise In Tuition Breaks For Illegal Immigrants

Posted by Marine59, in Education 17 March 2010 - - - - - - · 9 views

Web Site: Judicial Watch

Amid a budget crisis that’s negatively impacted public education across the country, the number of illegal immigrants benefiting from discounted tuition at colleges and universities in Texas continues rising, costing...


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Census goes way beyond its valid function

Posted by Marine59, in Political Comments 15 March 2010 - - - - - - · 7 views

The Census Bureau estimates that the life cycle cost of the 2010 Census will be $13.7 Billion to $14.5 Billion, making it the costliest census in the nation's history.

Suppose you suggest to a congressman that, given our budget crisis, we could save some money by dispensing with the 2010 census. I guarantee that he'll say something...


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County Spends $600 Mil On Welfare For Illegal Immigrants

Posted by Marine59, in Political Comments 11 March 2010 - - - - - - · 8 views

Judicial Watch
County Spends $600 Mil On Welfare For Illegal Immigrants

For the second consecutive year taxpayers in a single U.S. county will dish out more than half a billion dollars just to cover...


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Free Internet too tempting for FCC

Posted by Marine59, 10 March 2010 - - - - - - · 20 views

Agency assumes it has power to subsidize broadband in the boonies

The Federal Communications Commission, like most government agencies, is constantly seeking to expand its power and scope. Private businesses expand through innovation and offering better goods or services to consumers who can decide whether...


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Drive by the office, get paid

Posted by Marine59, in Political Comments 10 March 2010 - - - - - - · 10 views

Legislators game the system to preserve daily expense payments.

How would you like to go to work at 9 a.m., wave to your boss and say "Hi, I'm here, Bye," and then immediately turn around, walk out the door and go home or play a round of golf? And here's the best part, you still get a...


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Constitutional Red Flags

Posted by Marine59, 10 March 2010 - - - - - - · 9 views

As distasteful as many of us find it, the courts have consistently ruled that burning the American flag is a constitutionally protected act of free speech, not defined as a hate crime. Now we are told burning the Quran is a hate crime and will be investigated accordingly?

While I agree with neither act, I am stunned by the logic or, rather, the lack of...


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UCI Student Demands

Posted by Marine59, 04 March 2010 - - - - - - · 5 views

Here are 4 of the 15 demands the UCI student’s gave to Chancellor Michael Drake to consider:

• Rewrite UCI’s financial aid to cover all educational expenses (including housing) and be more accessible to low-income students

• Directly hire all outsourced campus workers as university employees with appropriate salaries and benefits.

• Fully fund...