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"This one is a lot like Rocky versus Apollo Creed"

By Guy Montag | 05/14/08

Really?Peter Day with the Hesperia Star wrote an article about the race between Rita Vogler and Brad Mitzelfelt and the "importance" of the SB Sun's endorsement of Vogler.  Day compares the race to "Rocky versus Apollo Creed."FYI - For those of you who have had the luxury of watching any of the Rocky films (if you haven't watch all of them up until Rocky IV, the rest suck) you can agree that this makes no sense.  Rocky Balboa and... read more »

Pelosi led Congress' approval numbers sink to new lows

By Guy Montag | 05/14/08

Here is a story that you won't see on the nightly news:"The approval rating of the U.S. Congress dropped to near-record levels and is lower than U.S. President George Bush's mark, a Gallup poll indicates."Every time this same poll publishes the President's numbers CNN, LA Times, etc. trumpet it.  When 18% of people approve of Congress, it will probably get lost in the shuffle in newsrooms while they work on the Barack Hussein Obama... read more »

Happy International Workers' Day

By Guy Montag | 05/01/08

Did you know that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (the Longshoremen) have said that they will not be moving cargo along the West Coast, today?To quote an opinion piece in the SF Chronicle, the ILMU passed a motion that called the war in Iraq an: "imperial action for oil in which the lives of working-class youth and Iraqi civilians were being wasted and declared May Day a "no peace, no work" holiday. Angered after supporting... read more »

Hardly Working Joe Baca rails against Lou Dobbs

By Guy Montag | 04/28/08

This is from the UK:  "Joe Baca, the chairman of the congressional Hispanic caucus, told the Guardian that CNN's parent company should be held accountable for the content of programmes the network airs.""Words matter and words have power. One-sided rhetoric can lead other programs to cite opinions as fact and adopt polarising word choices as the standard," Baca, whose caucus is influential within the Democratic party, said.Thank you so much... read more »