I’m Flabberghasted!

conservative family values!

I could barely believe my eyes when I read CRAIGSMITH this morning. He says Dr. Laura is “being honored” by the defense dept (Rumfeld’s old haunt) for supporting the war! Imagine that. Instead of working to end the foolish occupation of Iraq by the Bush Administration, she’s gets a medal for being the #1 Bush CHEERLEADER! Her charity, Operation Family Fund, allegedly helps Iraq war families because the US government won't! What a bunch of BS! The best way to help US families is to get the fuck outta Iraq!

but....

Schlessinger has another reason to support the troops that's even nearer to her heart.
"My kidlet's in Afghanistan," she said of her who son, is deployed with the 82nd Airborne Division. "I wouldn't have understood as much as I do now (if it weren't for him). So I've taken it as my personal responsibility to get everybody up to speed."

More at MilitaryNewsPress….

“My kidlet”?? Your kidlet is being investigated by the military for possible court martial!! What kind of a con is our government running when they honor Dr. Laura and fear Cindy Sheehan??

Please, someone..help me understand….

Monarchs and Mongrels

Wendy and Craig McCaw are going to be fixtures in Santa Barbara for a long time, and they've called out the dogs of war. Between them, they must own over 100 million dollars in real estate, so I've decide to do a little investigative reporting.

They are divorced but share common interests and visions for California. Their visions are not all earthly, either. Certainly, I am gaining some perspective about this dynamic duo.

Whales and Aliens

Wendy loves whales because Craig loves whales, or visa versa? Either way, their foundation spent over 3 million dollars to "save" a much-abused-by-humans whale named Keiko, who "starred" in the "Free Willy" movies. Keiko could not adapt to the wild due to his domestication by humans and eventually died from all the attention and handling.. with friends like these....

Says Craig McCaw: "The orcas swim in space that we don't very well understand and of course in outer space we will face some day the moral dilemma of how to deal with aliens who land on earth, perhaps, if in fact what

people believe is true- and we will have the same moral dilemma in

exchanging people or creatures back and forth with them for

understanding.

What is right and to what degree should it be voluntary or not

voluntary or for the good of society, theirs or ours? So we're on

the cusp of some very difficult issues that we frankly aren't going

to escape very easily. But it's quite clear to us that these are

extremely intelligent creatures. That dolphins and killer whales are

very much like us only with fins and there is a certain amount of

mutual understanding that comes from this exchange".

Yeah, Craig..I'm concerned about spacemen, too!

California

Craig brought his dough from Seattle to Santa Barbara and snatched up property on Park Lane in Montecito and 60 acres of beachfront sand by the Bacara in Goleta. The first thing people with inordinate amounts of money do is cut down ALL the trees on their new property. I've seen it time and time again! I don't understand it, but there it is. McCaw is no different, having chopped more than 200 eucalyptus trees at his new digs. I guess he doesn't like butterflies! Wendy, of course, beat him to SB and bought the News-Press, a big spread in Hope Ranch and numerous other holdings. Then she hooked up with the Montecito social set and found companionship with Arthur Von Weisenberger, AKA Nipper, who appears to know a lot about nothing!

Together, they have blazed a publishing trail with a scorched earth policy.

Craig McCaw now shares the Santa Barbara spotlight with Wendy, and the headlines will be filled with their antics. Pearl Chase and Charles Stearns must be turning in their graves....

Fiesta by the Numbers....

Fiesta BONUS!!

Fiesta BONUS!! Dr. Laura graciously and seductively poses in her Fiesta outfit..lookin' good!

My Fiesta Predictions:

• Gang deaths-1

• Gang stabbings-7

• Gang shootings-0

• Drunk drivers-25

• Folks barfing on State Street-112

• TACOS served-20000

• Dead horses in Fiesta parade-1

• burritos SB police chief Cam Sanchez eats-2

• number of party-goers that score-151

• Indians coming over the hill to partake in the festivities-3
• Number of parties Craig Smith gets invited to-3
• Number of blue lines Mayor Blum will see after three margaritas-5

number of days until Fiesta..uh..I don't know....

It's got nothing to do with being PC; it's got everything to do with having some Common Sense, Nipper..you moron! His response: Yes, I am big on bottled water and have been for most of my life. Full disclosure - I am the founder of www.bottledwaterweb.com which is an industry supported web site

The recent NewsPress editorial suggests:

1. bottled water is ok as long as you recycle the plastic and

2. cigarettes on the beach are not that big of a problem.

To think otherwise indicates political correctness. This highlights the phony concern for the environment that has laced some of their other editorials over the years. All you need to do is walk on the beach, pick up some litter and see how many cigarettte butts you get. POLLUTION!

Next, Nipper gets Travis to write about bottled water saying "plastic is okay!"

How many millions of gallons of potable water have you treated, Nipper? I'd wager "none". You know NOTHING about water treatment! Stop pretending you do!

The bottled water industry depends on gullible customers who believe the hype. The energy it takes to make bottled tap water is absurd! Plastic bottles should be banned from the landscape! and you should be banned! and Dr. Laura should be banned..and Wendy, too!!

The NewsPress can't justify this silly editorial simply because Nipper fancies himself a bottled water expert..what a ruse!

Bottled water marketing can be misleading.

Blood on the Tracks...

Santa Claus Lane is a very popular place, especially in summer. Unfortunately, it is close to the railroad tacks. Trains barrel by five to ten times a day. You have to cross the tracks to get to the beach and if you aren't paying attention, you could get killed. The tracks are no place for dogs, children, or people talking on cell phones. We never had a problem or death until recently, where a man talking on his cell phone tried to save his unleashed dog from an oncoming train..the odds were stacked against him.

Union Pacific owns the property by the tracks and may resort to putting up a fence to keep people out. That would be sad. Use a little common sense so we all can continue to enjoy this beach...and avoid further tragedies.

kinda, sorta..and the redundancy of bloggers being redundant, repeating themselves over and over again..redundantly

I dream of Laura, with the light blond highlighted hair….

A poster got me thinking…who would I rather have sex with if my only options were Dr. Laura and Wendy McCuckoo…well, today, Dr. Laura tipped the scale in her favor. It’s her passion! She LAMBASTED the SB Newsroom for signing off and proving the anti-NewsPress folks are indeed cheapskates and hypocrites for not supporting the eight. Man, she was MAD! Actually, we are waiting for one of the reporters to marry a billionaire, divorce him, and collect the cash..then they will have all the support they need!

I have included a picture of her topless so when I reread this post, I’ll get excited!

So my choice is Dr. Laura..hands down..er.. one hand anyway……….

Al, you and Tipper tried to censor musicians in the 1980's, you and Clinton helped create the invasive species hysteria..and now this??

My Take on Global Warming…

greenhouse gases...

People are scared..when the ice melts..what will they put in their Scotch on the rocks? Actually, we are the next species to become extinct.

What are we good for?

We over-populate, pollute, we’re spoiled, we’re stupid. The earth will benefit immensely with our demise. Nature will regain her foothold, and the cycle of life will start all over again. The next group of humans will be more aware. The natives will populate first but these tribes won’t even know what a poker chip is! Then the white guys will come along. I will be their leader and will have a couple of pretty girls to help repopulate California. I will encourage open borders and multi-lingualism for everyone except Islamic and Christian fanatics.

The seas will continue to rise and eventually the earth will be covered with water. Then we’ll all drown!

Blazing a Rock n Roll Trail...

Back in the 60’s, Los Angeles was the place where young rockers could play clubs like the Whiskey a Go Go on fabled Sunset Blvd, get noticed, get a following, get a record contract and get rich. Then came the fame, the girls, the drugs, the work, the hype, the fans and a question: how in the world could you survive all that?

When Stephen Stills walked on stage at the intimately cool Marjorie Luke Theatre in Santa Barbara on Sunday night, the sold out audience gave him a rousing welcome and we got a glimpse of a man who has survived a turbulent career and surfaced as a true artist and a die hard rock ‘n’ roller.

Forty years later, he’s still blazing! Opening with “Helplessly Hoping” played on a big Gretsch White Falcon, Stills sang with a time ravaged but strong voice and fans of all ages were whooping with appreciation of some fine songs. A first hour acoustic set included a rousing version of “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”, “Johnny’s Garden” from Manassas, some funny banter and he closed with an electric set and a few encores. Highlights were “Isn’t It A-bout Time” and “Joe Walsh’s “Rocky Mountain Way” on which Stills played a mean slide guitar and kept flicking guitar picks out into the audience! Then “ For What It’s Worth” got everybody up and dancing in the isles and rushing up to the stage! What are we? Teenagers!?

Well, it was fun..LOUD..but fun!

California Dreaming.....

I was downtown checking out some things and wandered over to Jimmy's Oriental Gardens..it's long since closed of course, but as I walked on a little more I noticed these beautiful food aromas wafting over the sidewalk..the sub sandwich place..I'll be back there soon! Then past Sojourner's Cafe..mmm good..then I was hit with the most lovely, strong bouquet that was a wonderfully sensual experience.....C'est Cheese... cool little store with more cheese than a Louisiana brothel....C'est bon!

Ah...the French! this is good ol' Santa Barbara!!

thank god they saved Jimmy's....

Treeless in California

City of Santa Monica to Cut Down 40 Ficus Trees

KCAL 9 News reports that Santa Monica plans to cut down 40 ficus trees to make a more inviting shopping experience! Apparently, some business owners say the trees lining the business district streets make it too dark and scary for shoppers! Talk about stupid!!

BOYCOTT MESA SHOPPING CENTER!!

Now, the Mesa Shopping Center is doing the same thing..cutting down pines and eucs to get a modernized look.... the clueless Marilynn Leafdale of Investec, who owns the property, said the new look will be more appealing to Santa Barbara shoppers..another southern transplant with no respect for nature telling you what SB should look like! DISGUSTING!! Look, you can update buildings and inject botox into your silly face, but you can't update trees..these were healthy specimens should not have been cut down for such ridiculous reasons!

Less trees, more shoppers!?!?

All they need to do is PRUNE them! Who ARE these people??

her Independence…

Dr Laura's TRANSFORMATION... liberal eyes...

In her latest ( and very short) NewsPress column, Dr (of thinkology) Laura now says she is an independent. Hey, maybe she's been reading this blog! She doesn’t like the two party system whereby folks vote along party lines. She says it dumbs down the voters. Well, yeah. She says those critical of Bush’s Iraq war are now not all that bad! HA. A few weeks ago she was lecturing people who were critical of Bush. Now, when more and more conservatives start thinking for themselves and speaking out against Bush, she’s all for it...

Maybe she has seen what wars do to people like her son. Maybe she has finally come to the realization that wars must be entered into with extreme care..American lives are not disposable items just to keep idiots in power!

The NewsPress trial is coming in August. I hope they call Dr. Laura as a witness..now that would be entertaining!

Has Santa Barbara Lost its Mind?

or just Das, Barnwell, Marty

and Helene??

"Hoping to give residents a visual reminder of the effect of global warming, a local nonprofit wants to paint 12-inch high blue lines on Santa Barbara curbs to mark how high water levels would rise if Antarctic ice sheets continue to melt."

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We need environmentalists, not goofy alarmists!!! Mayor Blum and Helene Schneider are reportedly in favor of this nonsense!

Here it is ..the wackiest city council meeting I've ever heard!

Meeting Minutes

If you want to paint a blue line around your property..go

ahead..but keep this goofball idea off the city

streets..

Painting streets or sidewalks for other than pedestrian-related safety issues will be a distraction and a hazard! It opens the city to lawsuits!

Real environmentalism requires hard work, not gimmicks.. these blue lines will also contain Bruce Caron's website address..an ADVERTISEMENT!

lightbluelines what are you smokin' Brucie!?

Wendy Hearts Old People!!

Wendy McCaw, lacking any real retort to criticism against her management style, gets hysterical and calls Lou Cannon a "decrepit, old man" in today's opinion. Then she goes on and on trying to justify her paper (the Santa Barbara NewsPress) and the wonderful job she has done. She tells us the reason for all the commotion at the paper is "money"..she needs to protect the "bottom line" and needs to turn a profit. After five years, no profits? What a wiz of a biz lady! This is what happens when you get your money from your rich ex-husband..no work ethic!!

an example of what a Stanford education will get ya!

"Today the hue and cry of "journalistic ethics" by your journalist elite, rather than being the noble words you assert, instead have become little more than the chant of an ancient priesthood long discarded by their former flock, our readers."

"That is not in keeping with the tenants of fairness and integrity. Simply put, that is the reason changes were needed at the News-Press."

huh..wha?? I think you mean "tenets" not "tenants" Wendy

Wendythewordsmith

All the while, she smacks ex-employees who have left, calling them "sick" for being disloyal to her! She's like a wounded animal in a corner...GROOWWWLLL!!

I met up with Arnie at a little coffee shop outside Lake Tahoe.....

Sonny: How’s it hangin’ dude?

Arnold: Hi! Mr. Sonny...Ya know, that’s what Dr. Laura said to me when I went for a ride on her boat! She groped my weinerschnitzel and started barking like a little dog..then she called me her li’l nazi!

Sonny: I’m shocked..what happened next..

Arnold: what happens on Dr. Laura’s boat, stays on Dr. Laura’s boat..you know, like Vegas! Besides, Maria may be reading this interview…

Sonny: Yeah, I know. Speaking of Vegas, are you trying to turn California into an Indian gambling glitter state? A casino in every neighborhood? Balance the budget on gamblers?

Arnold: Ya..I am! I like to gamble and so do all those folks who live in trailer parks..if you count them all up, and then count all the money they lose at the casinos, why not take a portion for Colyfornia? See, Sonny. I’m a businessman and so are the Indians..we are going to “terminate the budget deficit!” HA HA HA..

Sonny: Ok..um, what do you think of all the Mexicans sneaking over the border for the last 50 years?

Arnold: I like ‘em. The Mexican girls are hot. Maria is a Mexican..

Sonny: Maria, your wife, is a Mexican?

Arnold: Ya.. I think so

Sonny: Well, she’s lovely woman! I like Mexican girls ,too!

Arnold..ya, me too!

Sonny: Speaking of Nazis, the Channel Islands Park folks and Nature Conservancy have been slaughtering animals on the islands that they have deemed non-native. It’s kinda like what the Nazis did to the Jews. I think the whole thing is a scam because bionativism is a fake science. And besides, I like the pigs and fennel over there. What I don’t like are the tourists and “biologists” messing around with the natural order of things. What do you think?

Arnold: Tourists bring money and that’s what the Colyfornia islands need..money, not piggies. In the old country, I had pigs for pets..they were like family members..until we killed and ate them.

Sonny: Well, I can see I got my work cut out for me..thanks for your time Arnold. Maybe we’ll talk again soon…

Arnold: Ok Sonny…but don’t bet on it!! HA HA HA

bitch! that's the word!! Wendy's Trial Upcoming in August....put the bitch on trial!

we will hear about labor laws that Wendy broke! Meanwhile, here's a look at her lawsuit with a former love man...