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  • John Spencer District #3 Supervisor – Keep him!

    George Rebane Too bad I cannot vote for John since I live in District #1, but I can sing his praises and recommend that all the good citizens of District #3 keep John doing the excellent job that he has done for the past 5+ years.  I have known John and have been one of…

  • La Raza at UCLA, or Great Divide continued

    George Rebane Some marginally informed people, mostly of the left persuasion, continue to believe that the Great Divide debate is fueled only by conservatives and free marketers wanting to separate from the socialist left.  RR serves as a forum for such debates.  Here is a factually confused yet dedicated Hispanic Los Angeles School District teacher rallying…

  • Dumbell Economics

    George Rebane “Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.”  Labor organizer Oscar Ameringer quoted in the London Independent.  What he really meant to say is Politics is the con game of buying votes from the poor with…

  • More bids, more approvals, same stimulus

    George Rebane Good news, the county got approved for more ARRA funding, but getting it is another matter.  In the meantime this week’s memo to the Supes from county CEO Rick Haffey has a lot of good stuff that we all should be aware of, so I’m making the whole 3+MB pdf available here.  The topics covered…

  • ‘Economic Freedom in America’ – KVMR commentary

    George Rebane [This was recorded as my regular commentary on KVMR FM 85.9 for broadcast on 30 April 2010.] How economically free is America?  Not as free as it used to be, and that fact ties in to almost everything else that has been happening in our land as our government continues to grow, consume wealth, and…

  • Trust in Government at Record Lows

    George Rebane   NPR and the Associated Press report this morning (here) the latest poll (here) by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press that shows 4 out of 5 Americans don’t trust their government.  Trust in government has now plunged to historic lows.  This comes as a great surprise to the…

  • ‘Altered States’ – the Great Divide dialogue continues

    George Rebane   In today’s (17apr10) WSJ there is a major article (‘Altered States’) by author/historian Michael Trinklein that reviews previous attempts in the Union by people to carve out territories for themselves that are more homogeneous along their citizens’ interests.  Contrary to opinions most popular with today’s left, the Union has had such percolations going…

  • Bring on the taxes instead

    George Rebane If Congress does nothing more, we have a long list of added taxes, fees, etc drizzling down on us over the next few years.  Congressman John Flemming MD, (R, LA) has summarized them nicely on his website.  In case the Congressman’s home page changes, I have made a one page pdf of the data…

  • ‘Nuclear zero’ – KVMR commentary

    George Rebane [This was recorded as my regular commentary on KVMR FM 85.9 for broadcast on 16 April 2010.] Nuclear zero has a nice ring to it.  That great philosopher Rodney King poignantly asked, ‘Why can’t we all just get along?’  With this aim, many of the world’s leaders met last week in Washington to see…

  • Unions torpedo the Union

    George Rebane Starting with the federal government, public service unions have contributed to fiscal calamities in every jurisdiction across the land where they have been able to get a foothold.  That is not to say that the leftwing chorus has stopped singing its hosannas to clandestine and corrupt collective bargaining.  Democrat controlled city councils and…

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