Dispatch from the Fire Front
I was right in the middle of the Sesnon Fire below the hills in the northern San Fernando Valley. Returning from a trip to the East, smoke billowing from the hills just north of my house. Evacuations called for just blocks away. The cars packed, pictures off the walls, reinforcements brought in … my sons and friend. Many of my walking and hiking areas burned to black. Then we waited to see the how the fires turned, flowed or jumped in the dried hills.
In the dark of the night the bright blaze on the hillside had a hypnotic effect, both strangely stunning and scary at the same time.
The fire burned down to Sesnon Blvd. I call one of my race walking courses the Sesnon Loop. I’m up there all the time. Had the fire jumped that road houses would have surely gone up in flames. The firefighters made a stand here, pushing back the flames. They were on top of the fire immediately, letting some of the dried brush burn down so they would not have to come back and fight the fire in that spot again, then applying water to the fire and putting it out.
Make Your Vote Count
Accusations of voter fraud have dominated the news cycle as of late, with groups such as ACORN going as far as to register 7-year-old girls to vote alongside Mickey Mouse, members of the Dallas Cowboys (in Arizona) and a particular teenager who is set to vote 73 separate times.
The fact that such a story has received so much coverage as of late is indicative of the Media’s bias in favor of conservatives – this is just another blatant Rove/Cheney/Fox News/Diebold attempt to see that individuals are denied the right to vote!
In fact, we have obtained the agenda of the radical right, no doubt personally drafted by the evil forces of Donald Rumsfeld and Newt Gingrich, detailing their plans to deny true social justice in this coming election. Here are just some of their evil plans:
Bailout Brings Dumping Danger
Wanna buy a property cheap? I mean, for $40,000 you could buy a property that was worth $100,000 only a year ago, and may be worth that again soon. Maybe you could buy it for $30,000 if you bargain hard. Hold out, and perhaps that price would drop to a low, low $25,000.
That’s the kind of deal you could get from the Resolution Trust Corp. in the early ’90s. You remember the RTC? It was created in the midst of the savings and loan implosion. The RTC is often credited with clearing out the smelly air, but it is also blamed as engineering one of the greatest wealth transfers in history. It essentially took properties that had been foisted onto taxpayers and dumped them, sometimes for pennies on the dollar, to those shrewd enough to recognize a bargain.
Check out the Fox&Hounds Ballot Endorsement Grid
With twelve different measures on the California ballot for the coming election, things can get a bit confusing. In an effort to make this process easier for our readers, Fox&Hounds has put together an Endorsement Grid, listing the positions that a number of California Advocacy Groups have taken on the various ballot measures along with links to their respective websites for further information if available.
If you don’t see your group listed and you would like to be, please feel free to Contact Us with your list of positions.