State senate leader not harmed in Oakland carjacking (12/30/07, page A3)
Kamika Dunlap & Steve Geissinger, CCTimes
The state is running a $14 billion deficit and the Senate leader has 22″ rims on his taxpayer funded car?
PS: We’re glad Senator Peralta is ok, but he and his cronies need less expensive cars.
USA on hook for record UN budget (12/28/07, not in CCTimes)
The United Nations has approved their new $4.2 billion budget which is 10% higher than last year.
The United States, which was the only country to vote against this increase, is on the hook for their 22% ($922 million).
Denver breaks snow record for Christmas Day (12/27/07, not in CCTimes)
If it makes man-made globawl warming look real, it’s on the front page. If it makes it look like a myth, just ignore it.
That seems to be the philosophy of the Contra Costa Times.
Denver, the heart of the snow-belt, broke its record for snow on Christmas Day. What’s amazing is that it happened during what [...]
Florida Democrat backs Cheney impeachment (12/26/07, page A13)
Lesley Clark, McClatchy
Here’s a great example of media bias.
The Contra Costa Times runs a worthless story about some congressman kissing up to the Kos by collecting signatures calling for impeachment of the VP. The congressman provides no evidence substantiating his charges that the VP committed high crimes. The writer even says that the video on [...]
Where’s NOW? (12/24/07, not in CCTimes)
Jeff Jacoby summarizes murder and attacks against women in the name of Islam.
A young woman in Saudi Arabia is sentenced to 200 lashes for having a boyfriend and then allowing herself to be raped by 7 men who caught them behaving like a young couple. The King pardoned her.
A British teacher in the Sudan is [...]
Health care costs that are just sick (12/24/07, page D1)
Steve Butler, Retirement Planning Columnist
I really like Mr. Butler’s writing skills. Easy to read and usually easy to understand. Unfortunately, when it comes to government intervention in the free market, I almost always disagree with him.
Like today, when he suggests that the government should be more involved in health care, ignoring that it is because [...]
Battle over emissions revs up (12/21/07, Front Page)
Frank Davies, MediaNews
With the Contra Costa Times, if it has to do with man-made global warming it has to be on the front page.
So the EPA blocks California’s attempt to create an island unto themselves of expensive and more dangerous autos. What does California do? They take what little taxpayer money they have left to [...]