I could not be more thrilled with the announcement yesterday from Governor Schwarzenegger’s office that he has appointed conservative Republican leader Jim Camp to a senior position, as the Deputy Director of Communications for the State Department of Fish and Game.

Jim’s GOP pedigree is long and storied, but I will say that my favorite item in his resume is that he served as Deputy Executive Director of the California GOP when I was the Party’s ED, and it was a pleasure to have worked side by side with him for conservative victories.

Jim has been highlighted lately for his musical talents, as an extremely talented singer and songwriter, and has just recently released an album that was recorded entirely on an Apple iPod! You can check out more on that at www.jimmcamp.com.

Congratulations, Jimmy, on your new “gig” and to the Governor I would express my sincere appreciation. I know Jim will do an d outstanding job for you and for the endangered salmon, trout and wild boar of California!… Read More

We usually look to the news department of a media publication to break news items, and then the opinion page of that publication to opine on the news. Down in San Diego, the Union-Tribune’s Chris Reed continues to justify his statewide reputation for aggressive research as an editorial board member, and the lead editorial from the U-T today demonstrates it. There has been an ongoing and growing theory that the aggressive proposal by Governor Schwarzenegger to impose massive government regulation on the health care insurance provided by private employers in the Golden State would violate a relatively obscure federal law passed in 1974 called the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, known as ERISA (I should add that proposals by legislative Democrats also would be cross-wise with this federal law). Reed spoke with a senior official with the U.S. Department of labor and apparently the Feds are quite cognizant of what is being discussed in California (as well as some other states) and don’t think that plans as proposal pass federal muster. FR readers should definitely take the time to read this SDUT piece, which tops our main… Read More

We usually look to the news department of a media publication to break news items, and then the opinion page of that publication to opine on the news. Down in San Diego, the Union-Tribune’s Chris Reed continues to justify his statewide reputation for aggressive research as an editorial board member, and the lead editorial from the U-T today demonstrates it. There has been an ongoing and growing theory that the aggressive proposal by Governor Schwarzenegger to impose massive government regulation on the health care insurance provided by private employers in the Golden State would violate a relatively obscure federal law passed in 1974 called the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, known as ERISA (I should add that proposals by legislative Democrats also would be cross-wise with this federal law). Reed spoke with a senior official with the U.S. Department of labor and apparently the Feds are quite cognizant of what is being discussed in California (as well as some other states) and don’t think that plans as proposal pass federal muster. FR readers should definitely take the time to read this SDUT piece, which tops our main… Read More

Former Reagan Administration Attorney General and prominent California conservative leader Ed Meese is the Chairman for the Legal and Judical Studies at the Heritage Foundation and makes the cojent arguments AGAINST the current AMNESTY bill being considered by Congress, and supported by President George W. Bush. It is worth a few minutes of your time to watch this video… Here is a bonus video for you — Fred Thompson, the "non-candidate" candidate for the GOP nomination adds his ten cents on the amnesty proposal. The video is also worth watching just to watch the annoying balloon that keeps coming in between the former Senator and the video camera… … Read More

Thursday morning we packed up the family and took the drive from Sacramento to San Diego . I woke up in the middle of the night dreading the drive. As it turns out, my dread was well deserved.

10am. An hour late Valerie, Ella,Richard and I get on the road. This causes me no end of stress, because by my count unless I can stay at 85mph we will hit LA/OC/San Diego traffic later in the day. We decide to take the 99, since the 5 drives us both nutty. As we drive onto the freeway I see a flag painted on some neighborhood house and mention to Valerie that it would be interesting if we count American flags flying on the way down. She agrees.

10:45. Stockton . I’ve already got my Irish up at the truckers who – with only two lanes on the freeway – decide to slowly pass each other and block traffic. I just don’t understand why one truck going 55mph needs to pass another truck going 54.9mph. Each passage takes approximately one day… Read More

If you have a few minutes, and need a refresher course on exactly what a slimeball ex-Congressman Duke Cunningham really was, then click on this link to pull up some Q&A from Harper’s Magazine with Marcus Stern who, along with some other MSM colleagues, have just released a new book detailing the travesty.

After reading this Q & A, you will probably hope, like me that Cunningham, serving a lengthy sentence at the U.S. Penitentiary and Federal Prison Camp in Tuscon, Arizona, is stuck moving bricks from one side of a courtyard to the other, over and over.

I’m still mad. (H/Tto John Dadian for sending this my way.)… Read More

Walid Shoebat, Zak Anani and Kamal Saleem are Arabs. Each was an active Terrorist.

All three will tell their stories at UCI this coming Wednesday night, May 30th, at 7:30 in Bren Event Center.

The 3 former terrorists have attracted standing room audiences all over the country. Stanford University, announced it would not permit off campus supporters to attend their talk on campus. The usual academic tolerance at work.

The UCI College Republicans have made sure they secured a large auditorium. The security will be tight by the excellent on-campus police and the Irvine Police Department.

Walid Shoebat was born in Bethlehem, [ not many can say that], from a prominent Muslim family. He joined the PLO at an early age and was jailed often by the Israelis.

Zak Anani, is from a prominent Sunni family and also served in the PLO since he was 7 years old.

Kamal Saleem, born in Beirut from 2 generation of Imams,was active in the Muslim terror groups during the War in Beirut in the 1980’s.

All three are marked as " apostates ".

This is the real deal.

UCI has the notorious reputation of… Read More

When I was running for state assembly, I had to fill out a questionnaire for the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce in order to receive their endorsement. One of the questions dealt with education; this was my answer:

Strong schools are essential to a vibrant community. In order to attract and retain the most productive citizens, our public schools must be top-notch. Pleasanton schools are known statewide and nationally as exemplary educational institutions, and that does not happen by accident. The partnerships between the schools, chamber, city government and the parent community are critical…and must be constantly nourished with vigilant work to keep all stakeholders in communication about what our schools need for the short term and the long term.

I would add this sentence to the Chamber’s Education Vision Statement: “Then, bring them home!”

It’s not just that I am a mother of three kids in Pleasanton schools who wants to see her kids come home from college and… Read More