I had to stop and ask myself, self… why do all those Bible-thumping Right-Wing Wacko Pro-Life Groups include Human Cloning on their scorecards???

The National Right to Life, the Eagle Forum and the CRA/NFRA all take Human Cloning seriously, but put cloning and abortion into the same (divisive) life column.

Doug Ose said on the radio that every abortion is a tragedy. I agree with him, but unlike O-Si I mean it…

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http://blog.placer-cra.org/past/2008/5/7/doug_ose_on_national_security/

On May 5, 1862, the Mexicans were triumphant over the Emporer Maximillian and the French. The French surrendered and withdrew. After a series of Revolutions, the French decided that they were going to colonize Mexico. It didn’t last very long – and while Mexico could not decide what Government they wanted – they knew it wasn’t the French.

Mexico is one of a few countries with a National holiday dedicated to a Military Defeat of the French. The interesting irony is that I learned Mexican History almost 100% in Spanish at Fresno State when I attended class there.

It dovetails well with Doug Ose and his votes against English Only. Even in the early 1990’s as a student, I had to listen to professors talk about the “reconquista”. (That refers to the 1848 treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which should be a national holiday, where 50% of Mexico’s territory was ceded to the US after Mexico invaded Texas and we defeated them)

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Do you like lower Insurance Rates?

I salute Steve Poizner for coming into the department of Insurance and doing some house cleaning as Garamendi was little more than a place-holder.

Garamendi made a bunch of late regulations related to trying to get votes from LA – Poizner has been overturning them out of the interest of the entire state. Apparently, that has been more than Garamendi can handle.

Dear Lieutenant Governor Garamendi:

I write in response to your letter of May 1, 2008 in which you comment on recently announced changes to the Proposition 103 prior approval rate regulations.

 

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Click here to read Nevada County Union Article from 4/30/2008

Logue for Assembly Announces

the Secure our Borders Bus Tour!

From the border to the Sierra

Minutemen co-founder to address area residents on illegal immigration

BY PAT BUTLER, pbutler@theunion.com
12:01 a.m. PT Apr 30, 2008
One of the leading proponents of a border fence and other measures to crack down on illegal immigration will be speaking next week in Nevada City as part of the “Secure Our Borders” campaign tour.

Chris Simcox is the co-founder of the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, an organization that has attracted national attention – and some criticism – for organizing volunteers to patrol the southwestern U.S. border and orchestrating a campaign to force the federal government to get tougher on illegal immigration.

Third Assembly District candidate Dan Logue is bringing Simcox to the area for a three-day tour that starts at 11:30 a.m. May 7 at Trolley Junction restaurant, 400 Railroad Ave., Nevada City. The event is open to the public, but lunch costs $12 at the restaurant.

California senator and 4th Congressional District candidate Tom McClintock is joining the tour.

After the Nevada City stop, Simcox is scheduled to speak in Susanville, Quincy, Oroville and Loma Rica in Yuba County, said Logue, a Yuba County supervisor and Realtor in Marysville.

Sue Horne, a Nevada County supervisor and Logue’s opponent in the June 3 Republican primary, did not return a call Tuesday seeking comment on the tour.

Relatively few Mexican immigrants reside in western Nevada County – about 2,000, according to one church that has an outreach program. Nevertheless, illegal immigration is the top issue in the larger district, Logue said Tuesday.

“This is crippling the economic future of California,” Logue said. “They (illegal immigrants) have to play by the same rules and abide by the laws of the land that have been ignored.”

Logue supports a border fence, making proficiency in English a requirement of citizenship, legislation to bar illegal immigrants from attending public schools and “turning off the immigrant magnet.”

The Republican candidate said he believes the lure of free health care and public education costs the state millions that it no longer can afford, and that “sanctuary cities” like San Francisco and Los Angeles need to be denied federal funding.

Logue’s positions mirror those of Simcox, a lightning rod in the immigration wars who has been interviewed by CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, PBS, USA Today and countless right-wing radio talk show hosts.

Simcox, 46, is a former Los Angeles kindergarten teacher who moved in 2003 to southern Arizona, where he bought the Tombstone Tumbleweed and launched the movement that has made him a hero to some and an enemy to others.

Organizations including the Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Council of La Raza have accused Simcox of “hate-mongering.”

Simcox was not available to be interviewed on Tuesday, according to a representative from the Minutemen organization

Arnold loves Prop 99, his vision for California is to have your house paved over with a strip mall. Heck - Ose could build his Cabana anywhere in that case. Arnold is one of two sitting Governors that call themselves members of the Mainstreet Partnership - check their website...

The Mainstreet Partnership angle bears mention - Arnold is their poster child of what a Republican should be... Post-Partisan. It underscores the differences between the RMSP and the rest of the GOP. Read their scarlet letter if you have any questions about their vision of Unity in the GOP...

As to Arnold - watch him endorse property theft by local government, then read about him ripping on rural California... Nice, eh? Republican Main Street Partnership - the Republicans that are too sophisticated to cling to their Guns and Religion.

Arnold should be campaigning for Ose...

Recent News on Yes Prop. 98

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Ose has to be feeling the heat...

Last night, there was a debate in Orangevale put on by the Sunrise Area Republicans. This group is reported to be deeply tied to Ose as Ose called Citrus Heights home before and during at least part of his stay in Congress.

This club’s express policy is to not endorse in contested primaries and was (incorrectly) characterized as a Moderate group by my sources.

Ose Admission: “I knew Farm subsidies were wrong…so I stopped.”

You’d think by now, Doug Ose would stop debating Sen. Tom McClintock. Each time the two candidates square off in candidate forums, Doug Ose walks away a loser. This time, Ose may have made two big mistakes. Moderator Jim Pelley gave all four Republican candidates for Congress questions from the audience that covered the gamut of issues raised in this election cycle.

Ted Terbolizard and Suzanne Jones made it clear they were not rolling over for the Ose-McClintock debates. Terbo is always entertaining and in some respects is a better public speaker than any of the candidates.

Tom McClintock loosened the audience up considerably stating, “I will not respond to Character attacks, I’ve come to talk about issues”.

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The Club for Growth was only the beginning -

Gun Owners of America - The NRA, the National Taxpayer's Union, the Eagle Forum have now all weighed in on the race...

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The below attached article might explain why several in local government have endorsed Ose- they must know about his successes “bringing home the bacon” to the district.

Please also Note the close connections to SACOG – which is a local government organization made up of Supervisors, Commissioners, and City Councilmembers.

Included in Ose’s record of voting for budget busting-spedning are:

$925,000 for the Please Touch Museum. (CAGW Pork in HR 4577. Labor-HHS-Education Fiscal 2001 Appropriations/Conference Report).

$176,000 for the Reindeer Herder’s Association. (CAGW Pork in HR 4578. Fiscal 2001 Interior Appropriations/Conference Report.

$800,000 for red imported fire ants. (CAGW Pork in HR 2330. Fiscal 2002 Agriculture Appropriations/Conference Report).

These must be some of what Ose meant when he told Eric Egland – “If you want to be part of the club, you have to make accommodations…”

Attached here is the circa 2003 article from the Sacramento Bee

 

OK – so the Sierra Club Complains about any development, but this one is special. Doug Ose was taking direct action on behalf of his father’s land interests in Natomas…

Bob Matsui and Doug Ose were so well connected that Ose refused to allow Matsui’s sacrifical lamb opponent – Ken Payne – to be photographed with him in 1998. Payne is a current member of the Placer GOP Committee.

Why didn’t Ose have Wally Herger take the lead on this? Herger is right next door in Sutter County – only about 10 miles away and Herger who never endorses anyone endorsed Ose. Seems like those two are pretty tight.

Take a look at the end of this where the attorney representing the opponents of expanding Natomas Development lit into Ose. It seems that Enlow Ose owns 1,118 acres right in the affected area.

Of further note are the BONDS that were passed to pay for infastucture development. Will further investigation show that Ose campaigned for those bonds as well? Bonds used to pay for infastructure for development on daddy’s land, a sweet deal that should keep the developer fees nice and low!

This is not a debate over how wrong the Sierra Club is or their opposition to development of any kind, rather it is a debate over Ose’s motives for doing what he did.

This should also give you pause as the levees, also a subject of this contraversy were downgraded effective 5/1/2008 and development in Natomas is effectively being halted.