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Malik Ali claims Jews control the world's media, planned 9/11, and orchestrated the Danish Mohammed Cartoons. In fact, he says, all the evils of the world can be blamed on the "Zionist Jews" that control the White House, Congress, the CIA, Supreme Court and more. Yes, this is real live demagogue and supporter of terrorists, coming to speak at Long Beach State once again sponsored by the Muslim Student Association. He openly voices support for suicide bombing, Hamas, Iran, Hezbollah, and world-wide anti-Western Jihad. We cannot stand by and let these lies, libel, hate, and intollerance go unchalleneged. Join...

The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy: it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups. Nine-tenths of the economic fallacies that are working such dreadful harm in the world today are the result of ignoring this lesson. — Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson In the 60-plus years since Henry Hazlitt pounded out on his pre-computer-age typewriter those lines from his classic contribution to economic and conservative literature, the world has demonstrated their wisdom repeatedly,...

Joseph Sanchez, Long Beach resident brought out his son, Joseph Sanchez Jr., 4, to protest the HR3447 bill. (Tracey Roman / for the Press-Telegram)A protester holds up a sign that reads "Revolution is the solution" in spanish. (Tracey Roman / for the Press-Telegram)School officials keep an eye on marching students as hundreds showed up to Montebello High School and urged those students to leave the school and protest against proposition HR 4437 on March 27, 2006, at the Montebello school. The Mexican flag was raised at the school by the protesting students, shown in the background. Students walked from...

<p>NBC to “Enrage America!” against Minutemen.</p> <p>Stop NBC from airing Law and Order Tonight 11/16/2005 !!!</p> <p>Call your local NBC affiliate NOW!!! To stop the Rage!!!</p> <p>Send a copy to everyone you know!</p> <p>If you are a Minuteman or Minuteman Supporter – You are being attacked and NBC is putting the lives of law abiding, peaceful border security demonstrators at risk.</p>

WASHINGTON - Congressional incumbents and Capitol Hill alumni rallied 'round in the final week of the fight against California's redistricting overhaul. The well-placed Proposition 77 opponents came from many states, and with their checkbooks wide open. Amid California's most expensive election ever, the far-flung lawmakers helped pump up the forces defeating Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's agenda. "There are a number of members of Congress who don't want to face the voters," Tulare Republican Rep. Devin Nunes said Friday, "and Prop. 77 would have made that happen." At least 53 House members contributed to the anti-Proposition 77 effort between Halloween and Tuesday's...

LONG BEACH — Everyone who saw the raw anguish on Officer Mike Parcells' face as he carried his mortally wounded K-9 partner Ranger to a waiting team of veterinarian medics last week felt his pain. That moment captured on film and played out on TV sets throughout the country clearly showed the dogs that comprise the Long Beach Police Department's K-9 Detail are more than just animals trained to look for dangerous suspects, explosive materials or drugs. But does the dogs' amazing capacity for sniffing out what humans may never find outweigh the emotional toll of losing these trusting animals...

Next Friday, as Tibor Rubin enters the White House, generals will stand at rigid attention. The president of the United States also will rise and then drape the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for gallantry in combat, around the neck of the 76-year-old Holocaust survivor and Korean War veteran. Rubin and a legion of supporters have waited almost 55 years for this triumph of camaraderie and persistence over both bureaucratic lethargy and the prejudice endured by so many old-time Jewish GIs. Rubin still does not know precisely which of his wartime feats met the standard of “conspicuous gallantry...

Stumbled upon a fun little quiz, sort of a personality test to find out what sort of dragon you are. Those of you who are fantasy, D&D, sci-fi lore types will know what I'm talking about. http://www.geocities.com/teo592/quiz/dragon.html

SACRAMENTO, CA: California State Assemblyman Ray Haynes (R-Riverside County) will submit language to the Attorney General tomorrow for a landmark statewide initiative that would establish a separate state police force to patrol California’s international border. Known as the “California Border Police Initiative”, the measure is the first of its kind in the nation. “The federal government has proven itself incapable of securing our borders, so it is time for Californians to step up and take matters into our own hands,” said Assemblyman Haynes. “This initiative establishes a separate and distinct state police force, much like the Highway Patrol, charged with...

This Friday will mark the third anniversary of the murder of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy David W. March. March was killed in the line of duty sometime around 10:30AM, April 29th, 2002 on Live Oak Ave. in Irwindale, during a traffic stop. The driver of the black Nissan Maxima Deputy March pulled over was Armando Garcia, a twice-deported illegal alien with convictions for meth dealing and wanted by the police in neighboring Baldwin Park on weapons charges. According to passersby, Deputy March was shot and wounded as he approached Garcia, then Garcia exited his car, walked up to...

VATICAN CITY - Cardinal Bernard Law, who resigned in disgrace as archbishop of Boston over his role in the clergy sex abuse crisis, has been given a role of honor in the mourning for Pope John Paul II. The Vatican announced Thursday he will lead one of the daily Masses celebrated in the pope's memory during the nine-day period that follows the funeral, called Novemdiales. The service will be held Monday at St. Mary Major Basilica, where Law was appointed archpriest after leaving Boston. Some Catholics in his former archdiocese immediately protested. Suzanne Morse, spokeswoman for Voice of the Faithful,...

If Cesar Chavez were still alive, he would have wanted this day named in his honor to be more than a celebration, according to his friend, Father Patricio Guillen of Ontario. "Everyone can celebrate, but we need to do more than celebrate," said Guillen, executive director of the San Bernardino-based immigrant service organization Libreria del Pueblo. "We need to continue to struggle, promote and defend the rights of farmworkers today, especially since many of them today are undocumented and they have greater problems as far as being able to organize." While Chavez is being commemorated today - his birthday -...

WASHINGTON - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger asked fellow Republicans for more money for California Thursday - even as he pushed a redistricting plan that could threaten their jobs. After meeting with House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands, Schwarzenegger claimed progress on federal funds for transportation, health care and incarcerating illegal immigrants who commit crimes.

Fight the Illegal Alien Invasion! Many Americans express anger and contempt for those who enter our country illegally and turn our communities into Third World cesspools. Many Americans curse the whores in Congress who betray their country in the name of corporate campaign donations or cheap votes. When it comes to fighting illegal immigration, many Americans talk the talk. Few walk the walk. On February 19th, average citizens from all walks of life will take a stand and go into the streets to express their rage and educate citizens about the disastrous impact of illegal immigration on our economy and...

LOS ANGELES - James Caan and Robert Duvall have joined the late Marlon Brando in providing voice acting and likenesses for Electronic Arts' "The Godfather" video game. Caan and Duvall, who reprise their respective roles as Sonny Corleone and consigliere Tom Hagen from the film, also were involved in the development of the game and are scheduled to attend its premiere unveiling of the game in New York's Little Italy on Feb. 10. The video game, which draws inspiration from both Mario Puzo's book and Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 movie, is scheduled for release in the fall. Before his death...

WHITTIER -- Armed only with his Bible and his faith, George Barber survived the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944. Fifty-six years later, as the only surviving chaplain from that horrendous battle, he delivered the opening prayer at the dedication ceremony for the D-Day Museum in New Orleans in 2000, joining celebrities Tom Hanks, Tom Brokaw, Steven Spielberg and others. On Friday, Barber, 90, died at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier. Born Aug. 26, 1914, he was 27 in October 1941 when he joined the 11th Horse Calvary the youngest chaplain on active duty in all the branches of the...

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SUPERVISORS REPEAL CONTROVERSIAL LARGE CALIBER RIFLE BAN On Tuesday November 30, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors voted to repeal its .50 caliber rifle ban rather than continue to fight a lawsuit that challenges it. CRPA, along with a consortium of other plaintiffs including the California Side by Side Society, the California Association of Firearms Retailers, the Fifty Caliber Shooters Association, Double Gun Journal, Sports Afield, Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, Inc., and several individual county residents, sued the County of Contra Costa and the Board of Supervisors over the "large caliber" firearm ban designed to outlaw .50...

SACRAMENTO -- Supporters of a ballot measure to take the redistricting process away from the Legislature received permission Tuesday to start circulating petitions -- for the second time. The measure is sponsored by Ted Costa, the political activist who first launched the recall drive against Gov. Gray Davis. "This is the other half of the recall," Costa said. "We changed the executive branch. Now we must change the legislative branch. They're entrenched and their first allegiance is to the special interests who give them money, and not the voters." The measure would create a panel of three retired judges, selected...

DOUGLAS, Ariz. -- It's no secret that people sneak into the United States from Mexico every day. But what has been kept under wraps is exactly who is coming in. NBC4's Chuck Henry went deep in the Arizona desert to find out. It's a place that used to go by the name "Cocaine Alley" because of all the drugs that were smuggled through. But now some officials are more concerned about human smuggling, specifically illegal entry at the border by individuals who are not actually from Mexico. They're called "Special Interest Aliens," because they're coming from countries believed to be...

McClintock on the Propositions I've been getting a lot of calls about the various ballot propositions. Here's how I see them: 1A. Watered Down Protection for Local Governments. YES, I suppose. Extends limited protection to local governments against future raids by the state AFTER the state finishes ripping off another $2.6 billion over the next two years. I support it because the protections are a slight improvement over existing law, but if you really want to protect local governments, Prop. 65 is the ticket. 59. Public Records, Open Meetings. YES. Louis Brandeis said it best: "Sunlight is the best of...