From the The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. n. The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources.
Start a rumor. Rumor blows up in your face. Point a finger at someone else and blame them. Bob Beckel, a DEM, had spent a great deal of time cleaning up his image. He used to yell gibberish to confuse the listener. He found that such nonsense really was unbelievable so he changed. He still [...]
He wasn’t into name-calling, he simply dealt with the facts. I believe that his time with Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan probably rounded out his impressive personal background.
Tell Congress to stop talking, which will help global warming, and start doing their job…
Every two years we in Lassen County have a November election. Contained within that election is a vote for our local electric utility Board of Directors. That is about the time that our local “Committee†website goes on its rant about illegal elections and provides wild ideas about how the election should be conducted. This [...]
To insist on further evidence could put some of our fellow Americans at risk. Can we afford to take that chance? I do not think we can.
There isn’t a lot of fat in city spending. Any negative that impacts revenue or increases expenses could present some important challenges during the next fiscal year.
Let me get this right. About half of the voters turned out and by a 56% to 44% (a margin that anyone considers a mandate) Mr. Pyle won. So the theory of the Committee is that the half that did not turnout was the half that would have voted in mass against Mr. Pyle. If they felt so strongly on this issue, why did they not vote?
The votes are in on eminent domain in California. Proposition 98 used eminent domain to cover up its real intent – chaos in the housing market. For not being honest the Proposition only received 1,343,037 votes in favor while more than 2 million folks saw through the commercials. Proposition 99, a tad better than 98, [...]
The 2006 election was the start of the change in direction of the City Council. I defeated Mary Fahlen, Rocky Joy resigned last year, and now Joe Franco is elected to replace Rod De Boer.
