Friday, May 19, 2006

Live Blogging the Beach Cities Republican Club

5/18/06 - My first taste of live-blogging...

1913- the place is packed, lots of new members
1915- Wow, an Invocation. They've never done that before
1935- you didn't miss much. I was eating but all they did was Opening
announcements.

Mike Spence is now talking about Prop 81.

Prop 81 purports to fund libraries. Provides no funds for future
support and maintenance. So, we'll get nice, new facilities which are
closed most of the time. If the legislature wanted this, they could
fund it with the savings from interest payments we'll be paying if this
dog passes. Gist of the message: Don't fall for this. The Sik1's
standard policy is to vote No on all bonds. This is a good example why.

1948- Next speaker is Lee Tarasco. He wrote Farenhype 911. Former
speechwriter for Reagan. Involved in a new political website for kids.
It's a great idea, and it will be up in time for the next school year.
Check out: Ourcountry.com (It's not up yet, tho'. I'll link to it when
it comes up.)

Next speaker: Rod Guidon - Running for City Council

A couple of other candidates give short pitches.

1957: Lisa Snell of the Reason Foundation, a libertarian think tank.
This should be good.

Opens with PJ O'Rourke quote. I like her already. Prop 82: Free
preschool as a constitutional right. Sheesh.

1.What is economic case?
You've seen the tear-jerking commercial about 4-year old Amy. Rand
Corp. Says we get a 4:1 return on investment. They base this on a
Chicago study, but it's a bait-and-switch. The results from the Chicago
study came about from 6 years of intervention, not just preschool.

This is a scam. It's even more insane than most.

Check out results of Quebec's Universal Preschool plan. It sounds like
a failure.

Man, she knows her stuff.

This will throw the current preschool teachers out of work. Requires a
BA and a special credential to teach preschool.

Solution: Stop stealing and losing the money already allocated to this.
There should be a study out there that I can link to.

So, No on 82.

2014:Kevin Gilhooley, Victory 2006. Short and sweet call for
volunteers.

Andy Ramirez: Friends of the Border Patrol.

Yeesh, more immigration stuff.

2020: Yup, here it comes. "Fire Susan Kennedy". Well, that's not a bad
idea.

Beating the drums about Mexican Army border incursions. God save us
from people who are right. They are gonna hand the country over to the
Democrats during a time of war. And they never consider that the
Democrats will be worse on this issue than Bush.

I'm not sure if he understands international law about the use of troops
in law enforcement activities.

2038: Brian Gibson. Running against Jane Harman. God bless him. I've
always liked folks who tilt at windmills.

2046: Dr. Mary Jo Ford-running for State Assembly. God bless her, too.
This race might be winnable. Ted Lieu has to be broke. He spent all
his money in the last election and he's a million bucks in debt to the
Democratic Party. His big issue is preventing us from buying ultrasound
machines. Ted Lieu is a putz, and we can push Mary Jo over the top.

2055: Jack Simmons, a comedian. "If I want to hear a fifth-graders
opinion, I'll listen to Air America." Good bumper sticker: Your honor
student is not as smart as my President. Funny guy. Also associated
with ourcountry.org. They're trying to put together a conservative
comedy night here in town. Should be good.

2111: Drawing and closing announcements.

After the meeting, I managed to buttonhole Andy to talk about
immigration. My first question: Are you willing to hand this country
over to the Democrats in a time of war? Obviously, his answer is no.
But he's a True Believer and his issue is the border. He has some very
compelling evidence about Mexican Army incursions onto our side of the
border. My take on this is that these are cases of: 1. Mexican army
"freelancers" working to protect the drug and smuggling cartels 2. Drug
and smuggling cartel soldiers who have gotten ahold of military
equipment and uniforms, probably both.

Anyways, he promises that this issue is ready to blow wide open into
congressional hearings, and soon.

Look, the border is key to fighting and winning the GWOT. I get that.
But I don't want to drive the base away at this key point in time. The
sad fact is that the Republican's are not doing a good job here, but the
Democrats will do a worse job. Al Rantel, Doug MacIntyre, O'Reilly and
the rest are not making the base fighting mad, they are making them
stay-at-home mad.

Andy has promised me access to some of his evidence, and I'll be posting
it once it comes through.

And that's all, folks. Remember, I live blog so you don't have to.

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