>> ^shagen454:

I think these people should GO HOME. GO HOME and watch Glenn Beck while masturbating over a picture of Sarah Palin... brainless sacks of shit.


Whoa WHOA! Masturbating to Sarah Palin is not a brainless thing to do...it's for Conservatives and Liberals alike!

Appreciate the context, Guy. Can you provide a direct link to the story? Thanks!

>> ^GuyNumberOne:

I am in no way condoning what happened here, however as a resident of Orange County I was appalled enough to look into the backstory, as the protest simply seemed far too hateful given the amount of support it had.
From the Washington Post:
"In an e-mailed statement, (U.S. Rep. Ed) Royce said he was angered by the presence of two keynote speakers at the event. Imam Siraj Wahhaj was named with169 others as co-conspirators in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, though Wahhaj was never charged and has denied involvement. And Amir Abdel Malik Ali spoke at "Israeli Apartheid Week" at UC Irvine in 2010 where he said he supports Hezbollah, which the CIA labels a terrorist group."
Again, I think this is disgusting, but the choice of keynote speakers seems odd given the purpose of the fundraiser.

I am in no way condoning what happened here, however as a resident of Orange County I was appalled enough to look into the backstory, as the protest simply seemed far too hateful given the amount of support it had.

From the Washington Post:

"In an e-mailed statement, (U.S. Rep. Ed) Royce said he was angered by the presence of two keynote speakers at the event. Imam Siraj Wahhaj was named with169 others as co-conspirators in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, though Wahhaj was never charged and has denied involvement. And Amir Abdel Malik Ali spoke at "Israeli Apartheid Week" at UC Irvine in 2010 where he said he supports Hezbollah, which the CIA labels a terrorist group."

Again, I think this is disgusting, but the choice of keynote speakers seems odd given the purpose of the fundraiser.

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>> ^dapper:

as Lao-Tse said, "Nothing breeds fear like nationalism". This line has always resonated with me, particularly when I see these kinds of xenophobic protests in America (Tea Party) or Germany (Neo Nazis) or elsewhere. America seems intent in proving that it got things wrong... be it national pride, health care, education, the environment, banking, mortgages, the stock market... And still, we follow.


Here in Germany every demonstration/march of neonazis meets a group of counter-protesters, from the political center-rigth to left (and yes, far left), and the counter-protest is always bigger, very often 10 times bigger. When I see videos like this about the tea-party or other far-rights in the usa, i always wonder where the counter-protest is.

This is amazing! Now what I'd like to see is the take off, approach, and landing at the John Wayne airport down in Orange County. The landing strip at John Wayne is pretty tight, requiring the pilots there to take off at a steep incline. Landing is probably pretty whack too.

Geez, I thought we had poor city planning on the west coast in the United States. This is pretty bad.

Why create a tiny roundabout without massive YIELD notifications in the middle of a four lane intersection -- and with a crosswalk? It's a recipe for disaster. Just put up some stop signs/lights and turn it back into a normal intersection.

The only roundabouts that I know of that work (and even these have some problems) are larger, multi-laned roundabouts with a solid structure/island in the middle to prevent driving straight through it and other similar moving violations due to ignorance/impatience.

We have a decent number of larger roundabouts in California, mostly in south Orange County (as well as the Orange circle, which is more inland) and there's a couple in Long Beach. I've NEVER seen these types of problems. Reminds me of what happens when street lights go out due to a power outage.

Awesome! Looks like a great time was had by all. Too bad Charms and I couldn't make it. Maybe next time.

Btw, this did not take place in LA. Buena Park is in Orange County, not Los Angeles. Betta rekanize!

>> ^Yogi:

I've been noticing the schadenfreude runs thick when it comes to this situation with Lohan. People around the internet are splooging with glee over the fact that she'll be sent to prison...
Why? I get some people have sad little pathetic lives and they're very happy to smile at someone else's horrible life. Why so much joy though? It's very upsetting to me.


Jail and prison are two COMPLETELY different things, man -- and on a side note it's pretty effective. I went once and I never want to go back, but at the same time it wasn't at all like prison (people in jail who were on their way "up state" informed me of the difference). Most of the time you just sit around at your bunk, read books, watch television, play cards, hang out and talk to people -- it's literally just hangin' around. (Orange County jails at least.)

But it's also a great big nothing -- what I mean by that is that it's a lot like being in a big ol' waiting room, so there is a lot of time to reflect and very little access to drugs or alcohol. Jail is where you go to reflect on your massive FUCK UP. And Lindsay done fucked up.

I'm upset that she didn't get as much time as the average joe would, but that's a separate issue from my gladness at her going to jail. Jail IS NOT unfair punishment. It's extremely just, especially when this isn't just about doing drugs, but endangering the lives of the community while doing drugs. There's a difference.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

^$150 plus $50 driver fee anywhere in LA or Orange County.


No deal. 1 Z$ is all I can pay you.

^$150 plus $50 driver fee anywhere in LA or Orange County.

yeah and if both of you are representative of your respective states, the whole fucking planet is doomed.

LA/Orange County is the (insert evolutionary dispensable human organ here) of America.

I am the first to not be in denial about how fucking nasty H-town is...^^ above choggie, see here the remedial practice of free-associating to make some point which matches the one on these two's heads-"Derrrt, duhhh. Bush is from Texas so Texas is a shithole.....go fuck yourselves.

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Thanks dgandhi!!

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Sorry? I didn't understand a word of this intro.

Authored by David Neumark, (professor at UC Irvine, a college located in the hardcore conservative Orange County, CA), and William Wascher who sits on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. So no surprises here.

yes. really.
it was fucking bizarre.
and it preyed on a disenfranchised subculture. really i never go the whole punk rock evangelical christian thing. at all. not that youre not entitled to your own personal belief set and spirituality. its the bizare group think evangelical part that doesn seem to mix well. but whatever. i thought it was funny that the sermon was all about zombies basically.

i dont know, i was raised mormon and never saw anything nearly as bizarre there as i have seen in these hip rock band power point churches. like catholics, mormon services are very reverent and ceremonial and traditional. they also dont have like one guy that talks all the time. the congregation all take turns giving talks and running the service. and theres no paid clergy. say what you want about the mormons, their beliefs are full of shit and the dogma has hurt alot of people close to me. but the services are tasteful and frugal at least. and they dont get into the wierd shit until youre a high preist and going to temple. and until the recent funding of anti gay marriage propaganda i had pretty much no problems with how they spent and dealt with tithing.

i also totally thought going to mass with my catholic stepmom was a hoot.



In reply to this comment by JiggaJonson:
I dont want to sound offensive but...really? I mean, really?

I had a girlfriend who was an evangelical and wanted me to convert, I went to church with her thinking it couldn't be too different from my somewhat traditional catholic upbringing. When services started we watched clips from The Passion of the Christ and then discussed how to get tickets for 5-10 minutes. Then the pastor rode in on a harley and we watched clips from Orange County Choppers. The episode was about the motorcycle guys teaching kids about how to work on motorcycles and the sermon was all about why it is so important to start your kids off learning about jesus early on. Then the full band roared into action (two drum sets, three guitars, several singers and a few horns) followed briefly by collection (I'm assuming to pay for the big screen tvs and projectors in the room, not to mention the band and the Harley) and then a Passion ticket raffle.

We left and my g/f at the time described how great it was that the church could get a message out that people today could relate to. I was going through my head thinking about how much everything must have cost for that one session (poverty, chastity and faith right??) and getting reamed out by her for not waving my arms back and forth in 'praise' when they were singing.

So, not that I dont believe you or anything but, damn, the things some people do.

fyi that whole incident above happened when i was struggling with disbelief I was feeling which only made things weirder.

In reply to this comment by peggedbea:
my exhusband was/is severely mentally ill. when all else failed, one of his doctors recommended going to church. at that point we would have done anything . she recommended a church that catered to punk rockish young adults, which i suppose we were. so..... we went. they were all very nice of course, the church was called "deliverance" and we had to make jokes about how fucking creepy that is. it was in a dead, run down shopping center from the early 80s. it looked like a tattoo studio from the outside, with tattoo'd up skateboarding young punks seemingly loitering outside. at 21 and 29 we were probably the oldest people there.

sooo.... the pastor comes out. the sermon that day is about raising the dead. and how if jesus could do it and he was a man, then we could do it too!!! everyones homework was to heal the sick and raise the dead. FOCUS ALL YOUR ENERGY ON RAISING THE DEAD!!!!!!! then he played a 45 minute long guitar solo which made all the kids raise their arms or rock back and forth on the floor. also everyone HAD to give all their money, if they didnt raise $10,000 that week the church would be shut down, so give all your money then go home and get money from your parents.

soooooo we were of course highly fucking offended by everything that went on there. and besides that, a medical doctor prescribed a church sermon about raising the dead to mental patient with psychotic features. WTF?!?! i wont even get into all the hundreds of ways that could have gone terribly wrong.
luckily my husband hated religion even more than i do and knew damn well that was 100% bullshit and not license to go on a fucking zombie hunt with his machete or something.

something is terribly wrong.