
State Senator Lou Correa likes his LiberalOC sticker in the VIP Suite (c) 2009, TheLiberalOC.com
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addresses OC Democrats
Tonight’s sold out Truman dinner was a huge success and drew a large crowd of Democrats inside and about 100 protesters outside. House speaker Nancy [...]

In these pages, I’ve taken my councilmember to task for contacting me only to invite me to his expensive fundraisers. I’ve wondered what he does. Yesterday I got the following message which tells me, for the first time, [...]

Sure I found Sarah Palin entertaining, but never in my wildest dreams did I think she was seriously this stupid. In an interview with right-winger Rusty Humphery proclaimed her true level [...]
The Liberal OC will be well-represented at tonight’s Truman dinner which features House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Chris Prevatt and I will be there as well as Claudio Gallegos and Bill [...]
I can hear them now; it’s a marriage between a man and a woman so it must be OK. But according [...]
We received this from Lorri Galloway, Anaheim city council member and candidate for 4th district BoS seat, regarding helping kids at Eli Home. Go the [...]
We received this update from Melissa Fox this morning:
“I’m very proud and grateful to be able to share with you that [...]

From Don Lee at the LATimes:
In a hopeful jobs report before the holidays, the nation’s unemployment rate eased to 10% in November from 10.2 % in October, and the number of workers on payrolls was essentially unchanged last month, the Labor [...]

I noticed this story and I couldn’t help wondering what Billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg knows about Project Labor Agreements that the members of the Orange County Board of Supervisors don’t?
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Sean Mill and I are friends. I know that sentence makes some of my co-bloggers here uneasy at best and angry at worst. I’ve never had a problem with Sean and I don’t think he’s had one with me. [...]

Jennifer Muir working the County Government Beat at the OC Register has this story regarding the ongoing difficulties with the Public Administrator/Guardian for Orange County.
John Williams
The county’s top [...]

Assemblyman Jose Solorio
Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D-Anaheim) issued the following press announcement Wednesday:
SACRAMENTO – In a letter dated Dec. 2, 2009, Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D-Anaheim) requested Governor Schwarzenegger to stop the sale [...]
My favorite definition of a conservative is “a liberal who hasn’t figured out how to think for themselves.” And while I’m not fan of [...]

Bill Hedrick
CORONA, CA – Bill Hedrick, the first major Congressional candidate to voice opposition to the President’s proposed troop increase in Afghanistan, reacted to the President’s speech at West Point Tuesday night.
Even ‘Short Term’ Escalation [...]

President Obama will lay out his strategy for Afghanistan at 5 pm PST.
Here is the link for the live White House video stream of President Obama’s speech from West Point.
If you are unable [...]

Steven Greenhut
There continues to be a great deal of criticism leveled at Public Employees regarding their pay, benefits and pensions. The criticism is largely based on false information and misleading facts. One of the [...]
Congresswomen Loretta Sanchez posts an elegant Christmas Card this year which pokes fun at disgraced former Congressman Tom DeLay’s injury-shortened run on Dancing With The Stars this [...]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
The 15th Annual Democratic Party of Orange County Harry S Truman Award Dinner will have a capacity crowd this Friday night, December 4th, at the Irvine Hilton. More than 550 guests will gather to [...]

The effort to take the marriage equality battle back to the California ballot in 2010 experienced a major [...]
Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang, fresh of his listing as one of OC Metro’s “Orange County’s 25 Hottest People,” issued a report on the City of Irvine’s [...]
Cecilia "Ceci" Iglesias
The Latino community has been reporting for the past couple of weeks a woman who has been going around the community named Cecilia “Ceci” Iglesias touting herself as an Independent candidate [...]

The Orange County Register’s Scott Martindale reports that Poverty figures are on the rise among O.C. schoolchildren.
The number of impoverished children ages 5 to 17 jumped [...]

Rick Warren spoke with David Gregory on Meet the Press today about a variety of topics including giving, understanding, compassion, Prop 8, abortion, the economy, and President Obama.
In talking about his world-wide humanitarian efforts Warren made an interesting point.
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WASHINGTON – In the midst of these challenging times for our nation, President Barack Obama used his weekly address to express gratitude to America’s military men and women and their families, and give thanks for our nation’s many blessings. He [...]

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
John Nichols writes on The Beat blog at The Nation that:
If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to get the 60 votes he will need to [...]

Well, well well. Owing back taxes is no longer than exclusive domain of Obama administration appointees.
California Governor Arnold Scwarzenegger appears to owe tens of thousands of dollars in back taxes according to [...]

Norberto Santana with his son Maximo at the as-yet-unlaunched Voice of OC's office. Photo: Jonathan Ho
Spencer Kornhaber over at OCWeekly followed [...]

Here is a Super Awesome Kool video put together for Thanksgiving. The song is “The Thanksgiving Song” and the artist is the talented Adam Sandler.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
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Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, Americans across the country will sit down together, count our blessings, and give thanks for our families and our loved ones.
American families reflect the diversity of this great nation. No two [...]
So what are you thanksful for?
It’s easy for me. My wife and kids. My family’s general health and good tidings. My health has dramatically improved. My business is busy and growing. I have more [...]

We just received word from the DPOC that Rep. Loretta Sanchez will make an announcement on December 1. The announcement isn’t that she will run for Governor, but will be about the debut of her new holiday card.
Will it be [...]

Irvine Councilwoman Beth Krom
The Pilgrims could never have imagined America as we know it today. From our colonial roots, we have grown into a country that remains the envy of the world, even [...]

I found this story on Huffington Post this morning and had to share.
On MSNBC’s “Countdown” last night, Keith Olbermann awarded Carly Firorina the bronze medal for stating at a breakfast recently that she [...]

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Interesting position taken by Bishop Tobin of Rhode Island. Because Patrick Kennedy is upholding the law, he is being [...]

From Raw Story:
Global destruction breaks out as Sarah Palin is elected president in 2012, in a new mashup presented on Saturday Night Live.
News coverage purportedly revealing a Sarah Palin presidential victory and cataclysmic scenes from the new Roland Emmerich film draw familiar fake [...]

Tonight at the Central Committee meeting of the Democratic Party of Orange County Executive Director Melahat Rafiei announced that she will be stepping down from her position on December 31, 2009. Rafiei [...]

Abel Maldonado leaps to the 2nd highest State Constitutional Office
Sorry for the rip-and-read here, but it is what it is.
From Dan Smith at The Sacramento Bee:
Gov. Arnold [...]

Proving that the elitists on the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) are firmly committed to the destruction of public transportation services, the OCTA Board has decided to cut service hours again.
They simply do not understand that declining revenues are due to the [...]

Once again, the tea-partiers fail to get their way. The Orange County launched recall attempt against Republican Anthony Adams failed to meet the required number of signatures to move forward the Secretary of State’s office announced on [...]

WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, President Barack Obama described the progress made during his trip to Asia, and detailed steps the administration is taking to spur job creation. The President explained how increasing exports to Asia Pacific nations can [...]

When windbags like Rush Limabugh call this economic climate “Obama’s economy,” a reminder that George W. Bush was able to avoid accepting responsibility for the declining economic forecast during the initial months of his first term because the declining economy [...]

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from the Krom campaign and wanted to share this with our readers.Please join us for a screening of [...]

Oh, how I miss Molly Ivins.
"This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage."
That’s from [...]

Pat Lynch, editor-in-chief and host of “Speak Up” on womensradio.com recently interviewed Irvine’s Beth Krom, who, as most of you know, is running for Congress in the 48th District which is mostly Irvine.
Have a listen to the [...]

Dan wrote about Art Pedroza and his Orange Juice Blog posting links promoting NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy Love Association). He expected that Pedroza would eventually redirect the links somewhere else. It [...]

The following video was sent to us by Mike Matsuda, Trustee of the North Orange County Community College District. His son Ethan Matsuda is a pretty smart kid and Mike and his wife Susie have taught [...]
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