“Saturday October 20 , 2012: OSA 1 Year Occuversary Extravaganza” — or so they want you to think!
I’m not quite sure whether or not the plans for Occupy Santa Ana’s anniversary celebration tomorrow night are public or intended private to members. (I’ve asked a few times, but I don’t think that I have quite gotten a definitive answer.) So I’ve scrapped my detailed report on the violent mayhem respectful and joyful remembrance they have planned of an activist year well spent and suggest to the rest of us that you should get out of Orange County on Saturday night when you still can be prepared to offer your own good wishes to this tight-knit cult group.
No, seriously and truly — I jest. They have something nice planned to commemorate the occasion and I hope to be there with a gas mask (STOP THAT!) plate of food to share. I just don’t know who all is invited — so one of them (and you know who you are, one of them) will just have to step in and clarify for the masses of readers with a comment or two. Occupy OC and Occupy SA have jousted from time to time, but I think that we’re each happy for the existence of the other. If OC has an activist score recorded on some standardized test somewhere, it has shot upwards over the past year, no small thanks to our friends in the center of the Orange Donut.
For the rest of us: this is your Weekend Open Thread. Talk about what, within reason, you will.
Photo credit: Crystal Ngo.
And, off topic, this is the photo that Art “Pravda” Pedroza frantically begged Vern to take off from the site a year ago, after I had done a Photoshop on the theme of Pedroza being OC’s Matt Drudge wannabe. I was sorry to see someone from the OC Weekly’s comments section (who may himself have been Pedroza) appropriate Marlena Carrillo’s name for a false and defamatory post about me. Marlena and I disagree on some things, but in my personal verbal interactions with her she’s been nothing but decent — and she doesn’t deserve to be used as a sock puppet for some coward’s attack on me. Online OC Politics (like OCPolitics.com) is sick; it will take lots of time and effort to reform it, but it will eventually be done. Enjoy the photo for now.
Does anybody else get the feeling that Romney is going to have a John Edwards moment where his whole world comes crashing down? Is he ready to confess that he has a wide stance?
Does polygamy skip a generation like alcoholism sometimes will?
Oh God! The Winships are creeping into my frontal lobe.
*You just gave me an idea…
Next weekend thread, in the spirit of “Talk Like a Pirate Day,” let’s do a “Comment Like the Winships Thread.”
Are you suggesting that as a Bishop, he has other type of “binders full of women”? We are not supposed to talk about his religious affiliation, a right which I respect. However, opprobrious practices, such as pedophiles in the Catholic hierarchy, are rightly condemned.
His undisclosed tax returns will crash his whole world.
Why aren’t we supposed to talk about Romney’s religious affiliation? The media hyperventilated over Obama’s affiliation with Jeremiah Wright, didn’t it?
Here’s the thing; mainstream evangelical Christians have spent the better part of the last few decades LAMBASTING Mormonism, calling it a cult, highlighting it’s more fanciful beliefs, proclaiming that it’s not a Christian religion. Yet these very same Christian’s are now prepared to ignore all that, hold their nose, and potentially install a Mormon as the President of the United States.
Hypocrisy isn’t a strong enough word for THAT spectacle.
More Mormon recruitment if Romney wins = more Republicans, I guess they figure.
In other words, the game of secular politics comes before the integrity and consistency of one’s beliefs.
And we’re supposed to believe these people place personal values and principle above all else?
I believe it is open, or at least it should be. At the Old Courthouse at 5pm for photo, follow crowd after that for BBQ at 7pm.
And yes, the activist/radical capital has greatly increased over the past year. Let’s see how far we can invest it before the next crash.
Chairman Vern, could you please make sure that Greg goes to bed early tonight? Make sure that he does not drink Yerba Mate this late, as it will keep him awake until the wee hours of the morning, and then you know what happens…Instead of making love, he starts bombarding Moxley with more responses….This drama is not fun anymore, it is nasty. They want to send him to Manila…I am going to tell them to send him to Cuba. Fidel will enjoy having somebody matching his long rethorical and writing skills. ..I wonder if Greg likes poems. Writing poems helps to summarize our thougths and deliver meaningfull messages, he may like this one: …”me gustas cuando callas,porque estas como ausente..” On a serious note, the vicious attack on the Pakistan girl by the Talibans, deserved a discussion here. You need to show your feminine side once a while, or encourage your female contributor to expand her subjects other than “food” related ones, which is kind of sexist role. Buenas noches!
This drama has never been fun, actually. I just don’t like them lying about me — and few try to stand up to them.
The Manila reference is simply because my wife is Filipina.
We’d love more female writers here. Inge doesn’t just focus on food issues; you should search on TPPA and read her stuff on that, for example. Her focus on food right now is due to her activism on Prop 37 — and far from being sexist, it’s an exercise of her own choice. Manana!
Buenos dias Greg! I felt like babysitting you last night, but I slept soundly without having to read any of your articles. I checked the OCW and there was no new messages from you, or anybody else. I received their e-mail though,highlihting the subject of the week, and it was their last piece on you. They became obsessed with you, to the point of being carnivorous. At least quite a few people stood up to their disgusting remarks. I hope that your family has not been affected by their garbage. As I said to you at the beginning of this drama : no hay mal que por bien no venga. Have a great week-end.
I’d love to get a copy of that e-mail for my scrapbook; send it to me if you can. This has truly been one of the more bizarre experiences that I’ve ever had. The “silver lining” is, I suppose, that Moxley in particular has revealed himself as what he is in a way that will be hard for him to live down. That’s not something that I particularly cared about, though, so it’s small consolation.
From: inbox@ocweekly-insider.com
Subject: Brandon Ferguson has sent you a ocweekly.com blog post
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:39:32 -0600
Brandon Ferguson has sent you a blog post from http://blogs.ocweekly.com
OC Weekly Blogs – http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2012/10/gregory_a_diamond_lawyer_brea.php
I keep getting those from Brandon too. That’s how I was the first to know about the last story, and the first to comment there, where I wrote “No, greg – no comments here.”
Why does Brandon think I’m so interested in their stories about Greg? At first I thought he was giving me a heads up.
Now he’s done a story about Dana standing up last night’s debate crowd, where he spends most of the story making fun of Ron V and Occupy. To hell with Brandon. I think he’s just kissing Moxley’s ass.
Brandon’s been odd about Occupy since he started making fun of us as not being serious protesters because we didn’t want to storm the Federal Building at Occupy the Courts back in January. I guess he wanted an “it bleeds so it leads” story. Too bad; initially he seemed more on the ball.
I’m amazed that Dana chickened out on debating. Well, almost amazed.
I remember Brandon insulted our great street-theater piece about Corporations being people that day. Well .. I admit we didn’t pull it off that well, except for Charles and Michael and Yenny, but the writing and the song were great.
I’m surprised and disappointed in Dana, and busy writing my piece on it. Like I’ve always said, that’s always been one positive thing about him, he never chickens out of a debate like ALL THE OTHER OC CONGRESSCRITTERS. We STILL don’t have an explanation from him.
The old court house, cool. almost fitting as it is the star of American horror story asylum.
I forget whether I wrote about this here or not, but — Minnesota no longer will ban free online courses over the internet. Civilization is saved.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/10/19/minnesota_coursera_ban_state_won_t_crack_down_on_free_online_courses_after.html
did i miss the party or is it tonite. will there be valet parking, a hosted or no host bar, binder babes, an orchestra, dancing midgets……
It starts in an hour. No valet parking, no bar, yes on the binder babes, no on the orchestra (if you don’t count a celestial choir celebrating the event), and any midgets are no likelier to dance than anyone else. OSA members do take tips for their activism, though, so bring plenty of $5 bills.
Willie, if you’re looking for binder babes, Slick Willie is going to be at the Bren Center at UCI on Tuesday at 5pm.
You might be able to cut one loose from the group that he always attracts.
Word is that Hillary’s going to be in D.C.
By the way — I don’t know if everyone is getting the banner ads for my State Senate opponent Bob Huff, or if it’s just a special treat set out for me, but if you are PLEASE CLICK ON THEM as often as you can. That means more money for Vern and less for the CA Republican Party. I’m just so tickled by this — I’d hate for him to think that it wasn’t working and stop!
The Anaheim School Board Candidates Forum took place this afternoon at the Islamic Institute. It was organized by OCCCO (Orange CountyCongregation Community Organization)
and moderated by the Voice of OC. Nine candidates responded four questions on school bullying, parental involvement in school governance, school choices and equity of educational opportunities, and the role of religious institution in public education. The impactg of budget cuts, the importance of extra-school activities, parents participation, recognition and acceptance of diversity, and the separation of church and state, were the main trend of their responses.
All the candidates seemed quite genuine on their quest to be elected and improve the public education. One of the candidates, Thomas “Hoagy” Olguin, tried to differentiate from the others by saying that the board should not be used as a platform for politcal careers. I thought that this was an unfair shot directed to the younger candidates : Al Jabbar, John Santoianni and Thomas Peters. If he was trying to give the impresson that he is not politician, his glossy propaganda materials gave me a different impression. He repeated the argument that politics or outside agendas should not be brought into schools.Twice he asked the moderator to repeat questions when it was his turn to answer, which made me wonder about his listening skills. The other latino candidate , Art Montez, drew on is experiences as a minority student to elect board members who reflect diversity, and to forcefully advocate for education as an entitlement. There is only one lady running, Katherine Smith, who made the odd statement that “teachers should dress as school teachers”. To be fair, her statements in general were reasonable. Most of the candidates had acceptable responses overall.
I had an interesting conversation with Gerald “Gerry”Adams, about religious tolerance. I believe he is the president of the school’s district employee association. On the same topic, I got a clarification from Al Jabbar. I briefly chatted with Bob Gardner and Jerry Silverton about reasonable campaign propaganda for this type of office.I appreciate talking to the candidates, it makes them more accesible and human. Brian Chuchua was in the audience, I had met him three times this week, at the Anna Dr forum and a couple of days ago in my district council meeting. By now I feel like he is my friend, he is likeable guy.
I wish all the candidates for the school board succes in improving Anaheim’s public education.
Chris Norby showed up today on FFFF to comment on and amplify a hit piece against Sharon Quirk-Silva. That gave me a chance to ask him directly a question that I have raised before. As I suspect that Tony Bushala may not allow the post to remain there, I figure that I have to post it here as well. (I’ve omitted some extraneous comments in between his and mine.)
To which I wrote:
Photo credit please.