http://www.calpubco.com One small step at a time Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:56:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A couple of days ago, an eight-year-old girl's lemonade stand in Tulare was shut down by a city code enforcement officer because she didn't have a city business license to hawk her fresh-squeezed drink at a busy intersection. Daniela Earnest was trying to raise money for a family trip to Disneyland. In ... http://www.calpubco.com/?p=57 Please help me. I'm beginning to think Republican! Real icky. Granted that the fools did much to get us into this economic mess as well as to shatter our budget because of their misadventure in Iraq and their failing to do the job in Afghanistan when they had the opportunity That granted, ... http://www.calpubco.com/?p=55 What's so different about Obama? What did he do that overcame his huge lack of name recognition, his paucity of landmark legislation, and his comparative inexperience with the rusted steel factory known as Washington, DC, and caused his election to the Presidency? There are a lot of somewhat technical things. Yes, ... http://www.calpubco.com/?p=53 From our friend jorcutt: On this evening news I watched with great pleasure the Iraqi gentleman throwing his shoes at Georgie Bush. It displeased me that the irate Iraqi missed, but other than that... The gentleman mentioned that he was motivated by the killing of hundreds of thousands of his fellow ... http://www.calpubco.com/?p=51 [caption id="attachment_45" align="alignleft" width="188" caption="Stina Nygren"][/caption]For people who have followed the Prosepct and Californian during the time our family owned the newspapers, some of our more seasoned readers will recall letters I sent home during my year as an AFS student in Skellefteå, Sweden. To call it "formative" is to ... http://www.calpubco.com/?p=44 "It's my job to be cleaning up this mess and that's enough reason to go for me; it's my job to be better than the rest and that makes the day for me." My buddy Jonathan wants me to write a blog. When there's something to say that I haven't said ... http://www.calpubco.com/?p=38 Dear Fellow American Patriot, I am an American patriot and proud of it. I give my unqualified support to President Bush because I know he is a patriot as is Vice President Cheney and the members of the cabinet. And I support continuing the war in Iraq for however long it ... http://www.calpubco.com/?p=28 Our longtime friend, Amy Monsen of the Calaveras Humane Society, dropped us a note today telling us that the CHS will be included in Comcast's Adopt A Pet listings on the cable television system. If you happen to see a funny little red light on your cable box, it means there's ... http://www.calpubco.com/?p=26 A good and trustworthy friend writes the following: I heard of this several years ago and to realize they've stuck with the policy is heartwarming and worth widespread publicity. Let's all shop at Sears : I assume you have all seen the reports about how Sears is treating its reservist employees who are ... http://www.calpubco.com/?p=25 County election results are in. Nobody ran for City Clerk in Angels Camp. The most infamous graduate of UCSC (never was there a Congressman more aptly named) is still in the House, and since he won in a walk, we have four more years of trying to get used to ... http://www.calpubco.com/?p=24