A True Injustice: Schwarzenegger Commutes Sentence of Esteban Nunez
By: Paul Zahorecz (Diary) | January 3rd at 02:42 AM |
Background of the Crime On October 4th, 2008 Esteban Nunez, son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, and 3 other accomplices, Ryan Jett, Rafael Garcia, and Leshanor Thomas, arrived at a Cal State San Diego fraternity party under the influence of alcohol, and were subsequently not admitted to the party by Luis Dos Santos, a 22 year old student at near-by San Diego | Read More »
Illegal v. Undocumented
By: Paul Zahorecz (Diary) | December 31st at 01:17 AM |
In keeping with the Left’s ambitious agenda to disassociate the word “illegal” with anything “immigrant”, the Society for Professional Journalists (SPJ) and specifically, their Diversity Committee, has set out on a mission to replace the terms “illegal immigrant” and “illegal alien” with the more politically correct “undocumented worker” or “undocumented person”, with regards to how journalists report on immigration matters. Claiming that the change | Read More »
It’s the Democrats, Stupid!
By: Paul Zahorecz (Diary) | December 18th at 04:28 PM |
Today, the Senate was unable to pass the amnesty bill known as the “DREAM Act”. With 55 votes in favor (3 of them Republican), and 41 against (including 5 Democrats), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) was unable to garner the support he needed to advance the bill. After the vote, Reid issued a statement which read in part: “I am deeply disappointed that | Read More »
California’s Insurgency
By: Paul Zahorecz (Diary) | December 16th at 05:12 PM |
With California’s fiscal house in complete disarray and facing an almost $28 billion shortfall over the next 18 months, a sound and logical person might assume that California lawmakers have their hands full as they attempt to deal with the problems created by years of “smoke and mirror” budgets, debt shifting, and massive borrowing. However, as reported today by the Los Angeles Times, sound | Read More »
Taxes and Rhetoric
By: Paul Zahorecz (Diary) | December 5th at 11:25 PM |
With the release this week of the November job’s report, it was no surprise to find the topic of this morning’s political talk shows focused mainly on the economy, and specifically, the “extension of the Bush-era tax cuts”. Senator Kyl (R-AZ), appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation” correctly refused to call them “tax cuts” while pointing out the fact that the so called “tax | Read More »