Line of the Week… All due respect to the City of Escondido, but I simply can’t pass this one up. At an event for Senator Dennis Hollingsworth in La Mesa on Thursday night, a few folks were talking about Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s announced appearance in Escondido the following day for a "budget presentation." The buzz was that the event, to be held at the city’s large California Center for the Arts, would include a "special" announcement. Given Arnold’s stated budget solution to sell off the Del Mar Fairgrounds, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and several other properties of note, one quick-thinker couldn’t resist a conjecture:
"Maybe the Governor’s going to announce he’s selling Escondido to the Chinese to make a few bucks."
Oh, to be fair, at least to Escondido, here’s what Arnold did discuss on Friday.
Speaking of the Hollingsworth event… The Senate Republican leader was spot-on as usual Thursday night, noting his recent response to a question from the media. Considering Hollingsworth’s criticisms of the "Big Five" budget process, the reporter wanted to know if the Senator would be boycotting his first such meeting. "No, I’m not going to boycott it," he answered, "my first agenda item is to open it to the public."
No on Blueberries, not Blackberries… Hollingsworth also gave an off-the-cuff shout-out to bloggers…or, at least that’s my interpretation. I was updating Facebook via Twitter with some of the "funner" items as they took place during the evening, and as the Senator started into the red meat of his speech, he said, "…and Barry, turn off the Blackberry and stop Twittering."
So, let me get this straight. He wants to make the budget process more transparent, but he also wants to muzzle bloggers?
He was, of course, joking.
A Tea Party Manifesto… Sarah M. Bond, one of the principle Tea Party organizers in San Diego and Southern California, on Thursday published a great grassroots manifesto on her Lipstick Underground blog (and Facebook), entitled "Act Like Men…Or Get Out." That may sound like a Cosmopolitan cover teaser, but it’s a far cry from it. Some hi-lites:
Much has been said lately about the “in-fighting” amongst Republicans for the heart of the Party. Many elected officials and Party leaders plead, “We have to stop attacking each other, we must come together, the Democrats don’t do this, wah, wah, wah.” Typical Republican wimp-out.
But in case anyone noticed, the more Republicans act like 20th Century Democrats, the more seats are lost to the Left. Out of disgust, the silent majority stopped showing up to vote. And the middle can’t tell the difference between the parties…except that Democrats have shinier logos and better websites, so hey, go with the guys who look cooler, right? We’re so far in the hole, we have nothing to lose by fighting the R.I.N.O.‘s, Moderates and Democrats…and everything to gain by actually standing for something.
This is war…and I want the GOP to act like it.
Enough with worrying whether Nancy Pelosi, or the press or Colin Powell approves. Enough with worrying if it looks like we are fighting amongst each other. WE ARE. I want my Party back, and I don’t care who hears about it. Maybe when “they” see us fighting about what Republicans stands for, they’ll think we actually give a damn again.
Read the entire entry. Please.
Meghan vs. Ann in a Southbound Train… Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain, recently said of commentator Ann Coulter, “Maybe her popularity stems from the fact that watching her is sometimes like watching a train wreck.”
Uhhh, other than being the daughter of one of the worst GOP nominees ever fielded for the office of president, I can’t imagine why anyone cares what Meghan McCain thinks. Yet, I have seen more than one media reference asking whether the young McCain is the future of the Republican Party.
If it’s a train wreck the GOP wants, I submit that either Ms. McCain or Ms. Coulter would fit very nicely in the role of drunken engineer.
Have a superb week!
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Barry on Twitter.
June 14th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Could we all agree to forget about the MCDOLE ERA…tired out RINO war heros who highjacked the Republican Party, for they felt it would be “nice” to be president… .look what we got for these follies…..Clinton chasing White House interns, taxing seniors’ social security benefits, the dismantling of the intelligence community. Now we have the Messiah who has already given us United States hostages in North Korea while the twerp blasts off atom bombs; mad men in the middle east reckless beyond belief and the Messiah bows to them as these whack jobs raise oil prices; rising interest rates, a tax policy that will force IBM and Microsoft to move more operations outside the country to competitive labor-wise. But the Messiah is undaunted. He is making the CIA “nice” and reading “rights” to beheaders and terroists of all stripes. The more industries he destroys,the more pay he regulates, the more of the middle class becoming dependant sheep the better…and we ain’t talked health care and immigration yet!!!!
So Flash Report movers and shakers….stop worrying about your nonsense Blackberry/ Ipod….you got enough to do saving this state and country or you may wake with a mark on your door….the mark only recognizable by those who pick ya up for a ride to the community gulag!!