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Dear Editor:
In recent weeks articles have appeared in the Media that the State of California is twenty billion in debt. The word from Sacramento that taxes have to be raised or tax items that have never before been taxed, such as personal services.
The people of California certainly don’t need any new taxes with the economy in such bad shape, however something has to be done.
Assemblyman Lloyd Levine introduced to the Assembly AB2026 Ca-intra-state online poker study. (would offer online poker site for those who reside in California.
The Governmental Organiza-tion Committee unanimously sent the bill forward to Assembly Appropriations Committee. If a online poker site bill is passed by the State legislators the revenue would be in the millions.
The State of California already has a Gaming Commission in place. The state has more poker players than any other.
Although the above will
not solve the deficit, it certainly would
help. Keep in mind when the
Federal issues concerning online poker
are settle, and they will be. The
California Internet Poker Site could
offer services to other states and
the world, bringing in billions.
The first state to a online poker site will have a great advantage.
I urge all to contact their Assembly and Senators and ask for their Support of AB2026.
Sincerely,
William W. Grey w.grey@sbcglobal.net
Dear Editor:
Dear Editor:
We want to thank the Laguna Journal and investigative reporter Michael Webster for alerting the public through many articles he has written in the past about our Sheriff Michael Carona and for breaking the news of the indictment of Carona on federal corruption charges stemming from a lengthy investigation into allegations that he had misused his office for financial gain,
We again want to thank Mr. Webster for reporting and keeping the Journal’s readership up to date and not giving up on Carona’s misdeeds and for years gave much more detail then the main stream news media provided. According to the Journal and others Carona also appears to be well known by Vegas notorieties who have homes in Laguna Beach and Newport Beach, including Rick Rizzolo owner of Crazy Horse too strip club and contributor to Sheriff Carona and now a resident of a Federal penitentiary. The list includes past Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones, current Mayor Oscar Goodman, MGM CEO Terry Lanni, Stations Casino owner Frank Fertitta, Jr. just to name a few that we have read about in the Journal. Keep up the good work.
Professor James Femia 949 494-7546
Long time teacher and Laguna Beach resident
To the Editor:
Dear Mr. Webster :
Thank you for contacting me to express your support for the Fair Tax Plan. I appreciate hearing from you on these matters.
I agree that the current income tax system is broken and we need real reform. As a CPA with a Master's Degree in Business Taxation, I appreciate and support many of the theoretical underpinnings of the Fair Tax and share the desire to see an alternative system of taxation put in place. Although the Fair Tax would shift the focus from taxing work to taxing consumption and is preferable to what we have now, the move would be very dramatic and could have some unintended consequences.
My fear is that a drastically different system having millions of retailers collect a 23 percent federal tax and an approximate 8 percent state tax on tens of millions of transactions per day would create an incentive for individuals to conduct cash transactions in a gray market in hopes of avoiding the taxes. In order to enforce this system, we would need a huge Internal Revenue Service that would be more intrusive since it would need to be able to audit this massive number of transactions.
Also , to not have both a national sales tax and income tax, we would need to simultaneously repeal the 16 th Amendment to the Constitution, which authorized the income tax, and implement the Fair Tax. These difficulties and hurdles have led me to propose a different, more politically viable , approach to tax reform, known as the AMT Repeal and Taxpayer Choice Act.
The AMT Repeal and Taxpayer Choice Act would create a voluntary Alternative Simplified Tax (AST) that would give individuals the option of paying either the AST or the regular income tax as it is structured in current law, beginning in tax-year 2007. The bill would give taxpayers the choice of paying either the current, regular income tax, with standard tax rates and more available deductions; or, the AST that has fewer available deductions but lower tax rates. In general, the AST would look a lot like a rudimentary two-tiered flat tax.
Should one tax system work better for you one year, choose it. If the other system works better in another year, choose that. Tax payers would choose the system every year at the time of filing their income tax returns regardless of the system they chose in the prior year. My hope is that it would introduce taxpayers to the virtues of a simpler tax code while not abruptly forcing everyone to a completely different way of doing business. Once Americans see the benefits of a simple system, any system, including the Fair Tax, would be easier to implement.
I remain respectfully yours,
JOHN CAMPBELLOct 17, 2007
Representative John Campbell
United States House of Representatives
1728 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-0001
Dear Representative Campbell,
While I'm pleased to see Congress again discussing tax
reform, the
current focus on just the Alternative Minimum Tax misses
the point. No
doubt, the AMT is a problem for many, but worrying about
the AMT --
when the whole federal income tax system needs to be
replaced -- is
not going to solve the real problems facing all American
taxpayers.
As a voting constituent of yours, I support a real
alternative, the
FairTax, and would suggest you study and co-sponsor this
proposal. The
FairTax is a progressive alternative to our current
system that is
better for everyone: Citizens, businesses, and
most of all our
economy, which would be unshackled from the endless
volumes of
regulations and rules that comprise our federal tax code
today. It
will help save the "Made in America" label and protect
the
poor and middle class with a monthly prebate.
I urge you to consider and actively support a real
income tax
alternative: The FairTax. This tax reform plan, embodied
in H.R. 25,
already has 65 co-sponsors and is the only true
alternative to our
current flawed tax code. The taxpaying public --
individuals, farmers,
schoolteachers, seniors, small business owners, and
others -- will
thank you for your co-sponsorship of the FairTax (H.R.
25).
Sincerely,
Mr. Michael Webster
Laguna Journal
301 Forest Ave
Laguna Beach, CA 92651-2115
Today is the Day for "Sicko"
June 29, 2007Friends,This is it! Two years in the making! The day that our new film, "Sicko," arrives in theaters all across North America! Click here to see where the nearest one is to you.After you go, let me know what you think. Oh, and send us a photo or a video from your cell phone to show us what it looked like at your theater. We'd love to post a photo from each of the 440 movie theaters showing "Sicko."To read more about the movie, you can go to www.michaelmoore.com.Here's what this morning's review in the L.A. Times said: "It's likely his most important, most impressive, and most provocative film." Okay, what do they know? I prefer to trust the assessment of E! Television Online: " 'Sicko' - the best movie ever? Maybe." Maybe? MAYBE?! When will they ever give me a break?It's been a weirdly funny week. First Larry King bumped me for Paris Hilton. Then today, when CNBC invited me to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for an interview, the stock exchange said I was barred from the building. On top of that, Tony Blair is gone, Cheney says he's no longer answerable to anyone's elected government, and I simply don't want an iPhone. Just another week in America.Hope you enjoy the movie!
Dear Editor:
Sincerely
appreciate your help with "Post Press"
Highlighting the HOT
Fashion show held at Mandarin Fine art Gallery
In Laguna Beach for "Sandie
Ward's Original" designs for women, on Saturday
May 19th, 2007.
Funds were raised for "Friendship Shelter" a
local charity.
Please call if you need this in any other format
to print and I will be
happy to forward.
Just starting out, we can use all the help we
can get!
Picture #8, 7731 is Designer, Sandie Ward.
Picture #9 is John Tabacek and Kimberly
Harlot from Mandarin Fine Art.
Thanks Kindly!
Sandie Ward
Studio 949-494-5571
Dear Editor:
Dear Editor:
This week, baby seals started loosing their lives in Canada as fisherman hunters took to the ice. If this hunt is like last year, over 350,000 harp seals will die -- almost all of them babies as young as 12 days. These newborn seals are skinned or bled alive, clubbed to death, or shot and left to die under the ice!
One of our most effective weapons against the hunt is a boycott of Canadian seafood. Pledge to stop the seal hunt using your buying power! >> http://go.care2.com/e/R0e_/IJkg/.2jC
Why is a boycott powerful and effective? Seal hunting is
an off-season activity for Canada's east coast
commercial fishermen. Only a small fraction of their
income comes from selling seal skins to the fur
industry. [1] The majority of
their annual income is made through seafood products
such as snow crab, cod, scallops and shrimp.
This financial connection between the commercial fishing
industry and the seal hunt means that people
all over the world have the power to end the hunt by
choosing not to buy seafood products from the hunters.
Sign the pledge to boycott Canadian seafood
today and help cut off the profits that fuel the seal
hunt! We'll send your pledge to Canada's Minister of
International Trade.
When you put the pressure on Canada's fishing industry,
you'll be joining the more than 350,000 people who have
pledged not to buy Canadian seafood products until this
cruel hunt ends for good. Together, we are making a
difference to these beautiful, intelligent creatures!

Robyn E.
Care2 and
ThePetitionSite Team
[1]
Only a reported $17.5 million (Canadian) annually,
compared to the nearly $3 billion taken in by the
Canadian fishing industry from seafood exports to the
United States.
Dear Editor:
Dear Mr. President,
Thanks for your address to the nation. It's good to know you still want to talk to us after how we behaved in November.
Listen, can I be frank? Sending in 20,000 more troops just ain't gonna do the job. That will only bring the troop level back up to what it was last year. And we were losing the war last year! We've already had over a million troops serve some time in Iraq since 2003. Another few thousand is simply not enough to find those weapons of mass destruction! Er, I mean... bringing those responsible for 9/11 to justice! Um, scratch that. Try this -- BRING DEMOCRACY TO THE MIDDLE EAST! YES!!!
You've got to show some courage, dude! You've got to win this one! C'mon, you got Saddam! You hung 'im high! I loved watching the video of that -- just like the old wild west! The bad guy wore black! The hangmen were as crazy as the hangee! Lynch mobs rule!!!
Look, I have to admit I feel very sorry for the predicament you're in. As Ricky Bobby said, "If you're not first, you're last." And you being humiliated in front of the whole world does NONE of us Americans any good.
Sir, listen to me. You have to send in MILLIONS of troops to Iraq, not thousands! The only way to lick this thing now is to flood Iraq with millions of us! I know that you're out of combat-ready soldiers -- so you have to look elsewhere! The only way you are going to beat a nation of 27 million -- Iraq -- is to send in at least 28 million! Here's how it would work:
The first 27 million Americans go in and kill one Iraqi each. That will quickly take care of any insurgency. The other one million of us will stay and rebuild the country. Simple.
Now, I know you're saying, where will I find 28 million Americans to go to Iraq? Here are some suggestions:
1. More than 62,000,000 Americans voted for you in the last election (the one that took place a year and half into a war we already knew we were losing). I am confident that at least a third of them would want to put their body where there vote was and sign up to volunteer. I know many of these people and, while we may disagree politically, I know that they don't believe someone else should have to go and fight their fight for them -- while they hide here in America.
2. Start a "Kill an Iraqi" Meet-Up group in cities across the country. I know this idea is so early-21st century, but I once went to a Lou Dobbs Meet-Up and, I swear, some of the best ideas happen after the third mojito. I'm sure you'll get another five million or so enlistees from this effort.
3. Send over all members of the mainstream media. After all, they were your collaborators in bringing us this war -- and many of them are already trained from having been "embedded!" If that doesn't bring the total to 28 million, then draft all viewers of the FOX News channel.
Mr. Bush, do not give up! Now is not the time to pull your punch! Don't be a weenie by sending in a few over-tired troops. Get your people behind you and YOU lead them in like a true commander in chief! Leave no conservative behind! Full speed ahead!
We promise to write. Go get 'em W!
Yours,
Michael Moore
mmflint@aol.com
www.michaelmoore.com
Friends,
Let the resounding defeat of Senator Joe Lieberman send a cold shiver down the spine of every Democrat who supported the invasion of Iraq and who continues to support, in any way, this senseless, immoral, unwinnable war. Make no mistake about it: We, the majority of Americans, want this war ended -- and we will actively work to defeat each and every one of you who does not support an immediate end to this war.
Nearly every Democrat set to run for president in 2008 is responsible for this war. They voted for it or they supported it. That single, stupid decision has cost us 2,592 American lives and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives. Lieberman and Company made a colossal mistake -- and we are going to make sure they pay for that mistake. Payback time started last night.
I realize that there are those like Kerry and Edwards who have now changed their position and are strongly anti-war. Perhaps that switch will be enough for some to support them. For others, like me -- while I'm glad they've seen the light -- their massive error in judgment is, sadly, proof that they are not fit for the job. They sided with Bush, and for that, they may never enter the promised land.
To Hillary, our first best hope for a woman to become president, I cannot for the life of me figure out why you continue to support Bush and his war. I'm sure someone has advised you that a woman can't be elected unless she proves she can kick ass just as crazy as any man. I'm here to tell you that you will never make it through the Democratic primaries unless you start now by strongly opposing the war. It is your only hope. You and Joe have been Bush's biggest Democratic supporters of the war. Last night's voter revolt took place just a few miles from your home in Chappaqua. Did you hear the noise? Can you read the writing on the wall?
To every Democratic Senator and Congressman who continues to back Bush's War, allow me to inform you that your days in elective office are now numbered. Myself and tens of millions of citizens are going to work hard to actively remove you from any position of power.
If you don't believe us, give Joe a call.
Yours,
Michael Moore
mmflint@aol.com
www.michaelmoore.com
P.S. Republicans -- sorry to leave you out of this letter. It's just that our side has a little housecleaning to do. We'll take care of you this November.
Dear Editor:
Morales, Lorena LBMorales@mednet.ucla.edu
Dear Editor
Dear Editor: & beloved friends,
As my shame of being human deepened in recent days, and my knowing
that the
world crisis must be isolated so that each can sort out their own
people, a
rainbow of hope was sent to me by beloved friends in Israel.
This is the voice of a muslim woman, a woman that speaks for
freedom, she
challenges those that wish to deny all peoples right to exist, in
a way they
wish to live and be.
I hope that you enjoy the video and it brings great hope to your
hearts.
http://switch5.castup.net/frames/20041020_MemriTV_Popup/video_480x360.asp?ai
=214&ar=1050wmv&ak=null
May we continue to send our love and light to the middle east so
that peace
can be a reality forevermore.
Please share this video with the rest of the world.
Love beyond measure
Kim
Love Ambassador
www.spiritualpsychology.co.uk
www.academysounds.com
Tel: +44 (0)1206 521177
Dear Editor
Editor:
Open letter to the Governor:
Editor:
Dear Michael,
PLEASE
JOIN US IN SUPPORTING "THE
INDIGO EVOLUTION," a fantastic documentary
that explores the lives of Indigo children from
a spiritual, educational and scientific viewpoint.
The film will be released in hundreds of locations
on January 27, 2006. To find a location and date
near you, go to http://www.theindigoevolution.com.
After
the release of the original Indigo feature film,
many people contacted James Twyman and myself
asking us for a documentary that would go deeper
into the actual Indigo phenomenon. Along with Kent
Romney, James directed and produced "THE INDIGO
EVOLUTION," and I was pleased to serve as the
Executive Producer. The film includes some amazing
profiles of and interviews with real Indigo children
whose wisdom, talent, insights, and humor will take
your breath away! The documentary also takes a look
at the subject from a new perspective, exploring the
topics of education and parenting as well as mission
and spirituality. Experts like Neale Donald Walsch,
Doreen Virtue, Gary Zukav, Ram Dass, and many
others, offer their view of the New Children, as well
as the subject of human evolution.
Please
join us and support "THE INDIGO EVOLUTION"
as the first film in Spiritual Cinema to be released in 2006!!!
Again, for more information, or to see where the film
will be screened near you, please go to
http://www.theindigoevolution.com.
See you there!!!
With love,
Stephen Simon
Editor:
It’s a Guitar Christmas at MJS Music Publications!
MJS Music Publications is spreading the Christmas joy by
giving away a free Christmas Carol book. The book is
specifically written for guitar and features traditional
notation, TAB, chord charts, and lyrics of several Christmas
classics. You won’t find something like this anywhere
else!
The book will be available online now through 01/10/2006
giving every guitarist enough time to brush up on their
favorite Christmas Carol, and enough extended time for
newbie’s to break in the new guitar they got under the
tree on the 25th.
But that’s not all. MJS Publications is making it a true
Christmas by giving as an added bonus, a recorded version of
the songs. This not only accompanies the book, but also
doubles as an "all guitar" Christmas Album.
The book is being offered exclusively in PDF version through
www.mjspublications.com and can be easily printed.
Furthermore, the Audio files can be effortlessly burned to a
CD and played on most players. So go ahead, Have a Guitar
Christmas!
Song List:
"Angels We Have Heard On High"
"Away In A Manger"
"Deck The Halls"
"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
"It Came Upon A Midnight Clear"
"Jingle Bells"
"Joy To The World"
"O Christmas Tree"
"O Come All Ye Faithful"
"O Come, O Come, Emanuel"
"Silent Night"
"We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
The songs are transcribed and recorded by Mark John Sternal
author of the best selling "GUITAR: Total Scales
Techniques and Applications" series for guitar and
bass, also released in Spanish. Mark is currently on a
National Tour promoting his acclaimed new release
"GUITAR: Probable Chords."
Isandra Gonzalez
(786) 263-3925
Editor,
I grew up watching the Gorton's fisherman commercials, and
listening to the jingle, "Trust the Gorton's
fisherman." You don't even want to know
how many fish sticks I ate during my childhood. But today, I
know I CAN'T trust the Gorton's fisherman, because he's been
supporting whale slaughter
since 2001.
Gorton's of Gloucester is now a wholly owned subsidiary of a
Japanese whaling company. Each year, Gorton's parent company
kills hundreds of
whales in the name of "scientific research," thanks
to a loophole in the international ban on commercial whaling.
This year it has announced plans
to double the number of whales it kills, including the
endangered fin whale, and next year it plans to slaughter
endangered humpback whales too.
Take Action! Tell Gorton's to reel in its Japanese parent
company and help put an end to whale slaughter:
http://usactions.greenpeace.org/action/start.php?action_id=72
Sincerely,
John Hocevar
Oceans Campaigner
P.S. My friend Nathan is onboard the Esperanza right
now, helping to protect whales from Japanese whalers in the
Southern Ocean. Please support our efforts to protect these
gentle giants:
http://secureusa.greenpeace.org/securedonate/index.php?usa_source_template=oceans&from=113005
Read more about Nathan's experiences on his blog:
http://members.greenpeace.org/gpblog/index.php?blog=858
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1: Help Greenpeace Take a Stand. Become a Member Today.
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3: Tell a Friend. Forward this message to a friend. Help
spread the word.
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Defending Our Oceans
We just launched the greatest expedition in Greenpeace
history, a voyage around the world to protect our oceans, and
we're starting by directly
confronting Japanese whalers, and the companies that profit
from the slaughter of these magnificent animals. Follow us on
our journey, and stay tuned for more information on how YOU
can help.
Read more at:
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LAnce from LA Moseley
GOD SPEEDS ENTERTAINMENT
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Editor,
Editor:
It
seems that the longer our troops are fighting the war, the less
coverage they get and the public tends to forget the sacrifices
they are making. Since other stories start to take precedence over
the war, I thought it would be nice to keep the memories strong in
the publics eyes with small reminders. I wrote something and was
hoping to share it with other readers and families with loved ones
serving and those who don't even have anyone over there. Please
read it. I am hoping you will see this as something special for
the family and friends of our troops and put it in your paper.
Sincerely, Donna Lyons Irvine California
"Never Forget"
Soldiers are a special breed. Trepidation, peril, devastation,
tragedy are all parts of war. What we forget is that the threats
and dangers of their job that keep us out of harm's way exceed
anyone's expectations. And we forget that they are the ones
who see, feel and breathe the exhilaration and sometimes
affliction that the job involves. Their demons are tucked away in
their subconscious and they try to mask it with humor or try to
forget. Yet they will never forget. For when these heroic
individuals lay down to rest they remember. They remember the
child, woman, or man they saved or the ones they couldn't save.
They remember the little cries for help, possessions engulfed by
flames, destruction and panic. They remember deplorable images
that will forever impact their lives. As United States civilians
we look to them to "save" and "protect" us. We
see them as strong, confident and willing servants. Our United
States soldiers have courage, grit and resilience, but they are
human. And they will never forget. So we too must never forget the
sacrifices these men and women make for our country. Never forget.
By Donna Lyons 2005 16 Miners Trail, Irvine CA 92629
909-800-4002 Loveofhearts2
Editor:
Corporations have invaded our health food stores
and they are attempting to water down organic food standards.
This is only a partial list, I will try and track down the larger
list soon. Take a good look and remember every time you
spend a dollar and where you spend it, is a political and social
statement about you. Either you are supporting those farming
practices that are sustainable and respecting the planet or you
are supporting farming practices that are unsustainable and
killing the planet.
Rose
roseword@cwnet.com
Editor:
Dear
Michael:
Let’s
see, a documentary on the “reality” behind The
Da Vinci Code: It should take itself very seriously. It
must have the obligatory dramatic re-enactments—Leonardo
painting clues into the Last Supper, Jesus kissing Mary Magdalene.
And don’t forget the soundtrack featuring a choir of monks
singing Gregorian chants.
There
are plenty of
Da Vinci Code-related
documentaries that match this description (or something close to
it). Beantown Productions’ Da
Vinci Declassified, however, is not one of them.
In
contrast,
Da Vinci Declassified, which airs October 23 on
TLC, offers a fun, fast-paced, even irreverent approach to its
topic. More importantly, it also takes a stand by proving the
whole thing is one big fat hoax. Among the areas of the book
debunked by Beantown multi-hyphenates David Carr and David Comtois
are…
·
The nefarious secret society known as
the Priory of Sion that controls and manipulates the events in the
novel in order to protect the secret of the Holy Grail. Da
Vinci Code author Dan Brown treats the Priory—allegedly founded
in 1099—as fact but Beantown proves otherwise. It was
actually founded in 1956 as part of a real estate scam!
·
The bad guys in the book, the Catholic
group Opus
Dei, actually do exist but are far from evil. Beantown gets
a rare interview with one of its members who explains their
mission is simply to “find God in your work.”
·
According to Brown, Leonardo created a
mysterious device, called the cryptex, which was used to conceal
sensitive information or destroy it should it fall into the wrong
hands. Beantown actually re-creates
the cryptex (which works on the same theory as a
primitive bike lock) to test its validity—and guess what?
They discover it’s all a figment of Brown’s vivid imagination.
With
more than 25 million copies sold and a Ron Howard film in the
works starring Tom Hanks, The
Da Vinci Code is receiving more attention than nearly
any other book since the Bible. It’s high time someone
approached it with thoughtful, well-researched skepticism. We
invite you to speak with Carr and Comtois about the above and
more.
I
will call soon to determine your interest, or please feel free to
contact me at 714.444.9731, ext. 205.
Best
regards,
Raymond
Raymond
Diaz
714.444.9731
X 205
714.444.9733
Fax