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Back to homepageArnold still haunting GOP conventions
March 4, 2013 By John Seiler The ghost haunting this past weekend’s California Republican Convention in Sacramento was the steroid-bloated, hulking apparition of ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Just eight years ago, in 2005, Arnold was the toast of the GOP. He
Read MoreCalifornians exercise gun rights in Nevada
March 3, 2013 By John Seiler When the Soviet Union existed, Russians traveling to the free, capitalist West would pick up goods that were difficult or impossible to get back in the USSR: stereos, cameras, French perfume, etc. California now
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Video: Sacred Gun Rights will not be taken away
March 2, 2013 By John Seiler Last November, former Secret Service Agent Dan Bongino lost a race for U.S. Senate from Maryland In January he made a video defending gun rights, posted below, that has “gone viral” on YouTube. This
Read MoreDemise of two conservative journals helps explain GOP problems
Feb. 28, 2013 By John Seiler Two venerable old conservative print journals have died in recent days. Policy Review has ceased operations entirely. Human Events, which was Ronald Reagan’s favorite weekly journal, will cease printing but remain online. I was
Read More20th anniversary of Waco raid
Feb. 28, 2013 By John Seiler If you think government “protects” you, remember what happened 20 years ago today: The federal government initiated its siege of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Tex. The siege lasted 50 days and ended on April
Read MoreShock! Taxpayers funnel $83 billion to banks
Feb. 26, 2013 By John Seiler Wonder where your tax $$$$$ go? Well, $83 billion a year goes to the Big Banks. Bloomberg reports: “Banks have a powerful incentive to get big and unwieldy. The larger they are, the more
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Is there any hope for CA Republicans?
Feb. 25, 2013 By John Seiler Last week I riffed on a column by Tony Quinn on Republicans, immigration and California, “Are Republicans Finally Learning to Count?” In turn, Quinn has responded to me: “He argues that even if they
Read MoreCA suffers 3 of 8 “most miserable” cities
Feb. 23, 2013 By John Seiler In Forbes’ new ranking, three of the eight “most miserable” cities in the United States are in California: Modesto (No. 5 worst), Vallejo (No. 6) and Stockton (No. 8). Cities were graded on such
Read MoreI’m going to Starbucks to support gun rights!
Feb. 22, 2013 By John Seiler When my work is done today, I’m heading off to Starbucks to patronize their fine coffee. Three of their ships are half a mile of where I live. That’s because today is the day
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Obamacare in Washington, D.C.
Feb. 22, 2013 By John Seiler Although Washington, D.C. now has some “home rule” by local democracy, the U.S. Constitution actually gives all power over the District to the U.S. Congress. So the feds really run it. The functioning of
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