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E-MAILS TO THE EDITOR:

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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:

The point of Thanksgiving is to remember the things we have to be grateful for. It's our special time to give thanks... not just for the obvious, like food, but for the thousands of fortunate moments, the multitude of blessings that we receive each year.

That's not always as easy as it sounds. We tend to remember the bad things much more easily than the good. Make thankfulness an everyday habit. It's a skill that will benefit you throughout the year.

Begin by keeping a gratitude journal. Don't write down negative things; only positive ones. For example, "I'm grateful that I made it through that heavy rush hour traffic safely." "I'm grateful that I got to see a beautiful sunset." "I'm grateful that I have a class at school that I really like."

Think of all the good things that happened because something bad happened first. For example, "If that slow driver hadn't pulled in front of me, I would have gotten a speeding ticket." "If I hadn't tripped on the playground, I would never have met such a nice person." "If I hadn't experienced unemployment, I would never have acquired the skills that got me a more fulfilling job."

Don't focus on what you don't have. Focus on what you do have. For example: "I'm so fortunate to have a warm place to sleep in the winter." "I'm so fortunate to live in a safe neighborhood where I can take walks." "I'm so fortunate to be able to see the beauty around me."

Think about people you've known that have made you thankful for their existence. They can be family, friends or simply people that you've read about or seen on television. Imagine how many other people there are who might be equally as wonderful. You just haven't met them yet.

Think about people who have made life hard for you. Now think about the things you accomplished because of them. Did you finish something because they said that you couldn't? Did you get better at something because they made fun of you when you did it badly? Did their cruel actions make you vow never to treat others that way? Even the negative forces in your life can be hidden blessings, worthy of your gratitude.

Think about the animals that have given you joy: Dogs that love you with every inch of their hearts, cats that think your lap is the best place to nap in the whole world, birds whose songs uplift your spirit, squirrels whose antics put a grin on your face and so on.

Think about the places that make you smile: A favorite hangout, a wooded trail, an exciting city, a great spot from which to view the sky, a hill that you once rolled down. Give thanks for all these things.

Now pass it on. True gratitude involves action. Lend a hand. Pitch in. Make a gift. Give your time. Listen. Give back as often as you can. Even a friendly greeting can make all the difference in the world.

Create your own opportunities for gratitude. Do you know someone who never seems happy? Be ready with a smile and a kind word each time you see them. It may require patience, but eventually, they'll smile first when they see you. Your interactions with them will be much more pleasant. Guess what? You'll have a new reason to be thankful!

Let others know when they've done something that you're thankful for. For example, "I'll never forget how you stuck up for me. It meant a lot." "That email you sent really made my day." "You make shopping here a pleasure." An attitude of gratitude spreads like ripples from a tossed pebble, benefiting all it touches.

Remember that hard times make good times sweeter. Also keep in mind that obstacles and challenges not only make you stronger, but they force you to explore outside of the comfortable routine that you've settled into. Without challenges, there can be no progress. Without obstacles, there can be no achievement. Be thankful for the opportunities.

Tammy Searle

TammyAndFriends.com

140 Encinitas Blvd # 312
Encinitas, CA 92024

Cell 760-500-6555
Fax 760-557-1506

My MySpace page....
http://www.myspace.com/tammylovesalexissearle

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:

War and Republicans go together. The "war president", Bush, in his rush to drag the U.S. into another war before his term ends brings on the specter of WWIII in a fit of insanity.

Death and destruction seem to mean nothing to the President as he plays with unsubstantiated facts and figures. Every time W. tosses out more uncorroborated information about Iran, U.S. intelligence agencies are quick to step in and contradict it.

Bush's phony facts about Iran's weapons of mass destruction are as non-existent as they were about Iraq's WMD's.

Will Americans be duped again by Bush and his cabal and its propaganda?

Ron Lowe Santa Monica 530-277-0776

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.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact me. Having the benefit of your views is important, and I appreciate you sharing them with me.

I remain respectfully yours,

JOHN CAMPBELL
Member of Congress

Oct 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 Journal301 Forest Ave Laguna Beach, CA 92651-2115

To the Editor: October 30, 2007

The anti-immigration movement is a shrill chorus of self-righteous white xenophobics (people afraid of foreigners) who have been sucked into a divsive nationalist agenda.

The immigration debate about brown skinned Mexicans and Latinos is no different than the social unrest over blacks in the 50's. Racism has just spiraled around again and taken on a new shape.

An example of what most Americans are not seeing as they ride in the comfort of their SUV. I ride public transportation and many of the passengers are Mexican. They don't wear signs saying I am a legal or illegal immigrant. They are hard working and courteous fellow passengers. But, there are others who ride the same buses who have an agenda; white, rude, belligerant, and obnoxious anti-immigrationists who spew out obscenities on Mexican men, women and children. The police have had to be called on occasion.

So, who would you rather sit next to, be with? A respectful immigrant or one of these white hatemongers? This is not an extreme and isolated case.

Ron Lowe Santa Monica 530-277-0776

Today is the Day for "Sicko"

June 29, 2007

Friends,

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!

Yours,
Michael Moore
mmflint@aol.com

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:

Even though Jerry Falwell had a lighter side one tends to remember the other side, the public persona of the preacher we came to know so well.

Falwell spotlighted everything that is wrong with Christian conservatives and the fundamentalist right. The preacher spent years fanning the flames of hate. Falwell led the charge of those trying to tear down the wall between church and state.

Falwell was a major player in the frontline of the anti-abortion crazies and had a serious case of homophobia. If the right reverend had had his way we would have prayer in school. Let's not mince words and try to glorify Jerry Falwell.

Ron Lowe Santa Monica, CA 310-451-3738

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: Send Even MORE Troops (and you go, too!) ...from Michael Moore

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

Dear Editor:

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:

I think the vast differences in compensation between victims of the September 11 casualty and those who die serving our country in Uniform are profound. No one is really talking about it either, because you just
don't criticize anything having to do with September 11. Well, I can't let the numbers pass by because it says something really disturbing about the entitlement mentality of this country. If you lost a family member in the September 11 attack, you're going to get an average of $1,185,000. The range is a minimum guarantee of $250,000, all the way up
to $4.7 million.

If you are a surviving family member of an American soldier killed in
action, the first check you get is a $6,000 direct death benefit, half
of which is taxable.

Next, you get $1,750 for burial costs. If you are the surviving spouse,
you get $833 a month until you remarry. And there's a payment of $211
per month for each child under 18. When the child hits 18, those
payments come to a screeching halt.

Keep in mind that some of the people who are getting an average of
$1.185 million up to $4.7 million are complaining that it's not enough.
Their deaths were tragic, but for most, they were simply in the wrong
place at the wrong time. Soldiers put themselves in harms way FOR ALL OF
US, and they and their families know the dangers.

We also learned over the weekend that some of the victims from the
Oklahoma City bombing have started an organization asking for the same
deal that the September 11 families are getting. In addition to that,
some of the families of those bombed in the embassies are now asking for
compensation as well.

You see where this is going, don't you? Folks, this is part and parcel
of over 50 years of entitlement politics in this country. It's just
really sad. Every time a pay raise comes up for the military, they
usually receive next to nothing of a raise. Now the green machine is in
combat in the Middle East while their families have to survive on food
stamps and live in low-rent housing. Make sense?

However, our own U.S. Congress voted themselves a raise. Many of you
don't know that they only have to be in Congress one time to receive a
pension that is more than $15,000 per month. And most are now equal to
being millionaires plus. They did not receive Social Security on
retirement because they didn't have to pay into the system. If some of
the military people stay in for 20 years and get out as an E-7, they may
receive a pension of $1,000 per month, and the very people who placed
them in harm's way receives a pension of $15,000 per month.

I would like to see our elected officials pick up a weapon and join
ranks before they start cutting out benefits and lowering pay for our sons and daughters who are now fighting . " When do we finally do something about this?" If this doesn't seem fair to you, it is time to
forward this to as many people as you can.

Morales, Lorena LBMorales@mednet.ucla.edu

CA Public Records Act Request

Dear Editor

So Latinos are taking jobs from Americans! Do they come on horses with rifles, and say gimmee your jobs? Do they sneak into town at night, mug you, and say I want your job. No, the newly arrived immigrants do back-breaking work in the fields, kitchens and factories that Americans won't touch.

The next time intolerant white folk, Republicans and anti-immigrant forces say Mexicans are taking our jobs tell them their prejudice is showing and to take their bigotry and shove it.

Ron Lowe Grass Valley, CA 530-274-7039

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

Thank you so much and thank you for your continued support of the arts!

Artfully,

Robin Fuld

J Kamin Fine Art

j.kaminfineart@verizon.net

Editor:

Open letter to the Governor:

Dear Governor Schwarzenegger:

Please call a moratorium for all capital cases, and please commute Clarence Allen's sentence to life. Clarence Allen is 75 years old, blind from diabetes and in a wheelchair. It serves no good purpose to put him to death.

Sometimes my sense of humor can be very Irish. Humor is related to humility which, in this earthly existence, is the mother of all virtues. Humility helps someone to keep their feet on the ground, and it even orients love in the proper direction - towards God and towards neighbor. Without humility, we are all damned. Even God has a sense of humor, and a new-born God has a sense of humility. The bright lights of Hollywood, or Sacramento, can blind someone to this reality.

If my sense of humor is biting, I beg your pardon, because I'm Irish. This Irishman loves you, and he wants only the best for you and all of California. My grandfather's youngest sister married a Murphy, and she moved to Los Angeles from Columbus. How do you handle the Kennedy clan when they get together? More importantly, how do you handle a problem called Maria?

Do you know that there are archaeological excavations of the Celtic site of Halstatt, Austria? How far is Thal from Halstatt? While we're not exactly certain where the Celts came from, we do know that they snaked their way through Europe, and most of them ended up in the British Isles. Some say that the Celts are related to the lost tribe of Dan of Israel.

"Those who never forget their origins never go off course(e-mail of Dunnigan to Governor Taft 23 March 2004)." We are family, and the family needs to work together for the human rights of all.

Sincerely,

Matt Dunnigan

Fermo Posta:U.P. 47

Via Di Porta Angelica

00193 Roma

Italia

Phone: (Italy) 389 2762 150

mrdunnigan@yahoo.com

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

www.MJSPublications.com .

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:
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Editor,

In California, small-minded men, Republicans and anti-abortionists, have commandeered the intiative process, much like Gov. Schwarzenegger has, to bring us Prop. 73. Prop. 73 is an abombination, a farcical exploitation, concocted by an immoral minority of religious extremists who are trying to force parental notification and their anti-abortion viewpoint on the majority of Californians.

Republicans, hardcore conservatives and religious right-wingers would like nothing better than to have you to sit at home on your duffs Nov. 8. Low voter turnout favors their abuse of power and misuse of the election process.

Vote NO on 73, say No to Schwarzenegger and send a message to religious zealots and ultraconservatives alike. And after the election ask the governor why he wasted $50 million dollars of taxpayer monies on a special election.

Ron Lowe Nevada City, CA 530-265-4123 ron_lowe7@yahoo.com

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:

In reference to the story " Big biz's organic grab" Corporations have infiltrated health stores without you knowing it

By ADRIA VASIL

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
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Editor:

Dear Michael:

Thanks for taking the time to discuss Beantown Productions Da Vinci Declassified documentary for TLC. We thought your readers might be particularly interested seeing how Laguna Beach ’s Pageant of the Masters is featured in the documentary. Beantown producers David Carr and David Comtois felt strongly about using the Pageant of the Masters to help explain why Leonardo may have used a feminine model for the apostle John in his famous Last Supper painting. I’ll look for stills of the Pageant from the documentary and forward them to you soon. Until then, here is more on what makes Beantown Production’s documentary different from all the rest.

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

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Editor:

Dear Michael:

St. Mary’s has long been a beacon of openness and compassion despite its “mainline” affiliation. We hope you’ll let your readers know that this tradition of spiritual exploration and commitment to other human beings will surely continue and strengthen under our new leader. Thank you in advance for your interest in St. Mary’s and our legacy of service to Laguna Beach. We are all excited about what is to come.

Best regards,

Tad

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Editor:

To our Wonderful Laguna Community:

It is with great joy that our family sends you this letter today! On Tuesday, 9/27, our beloved Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Bailey, went missing. Not one to wander far from our yard, we grew frantic and spent our afternoon and evening posting signs with local merchants; Zinc Cafe, Starbucks, Caffino, The Coffee Pub, Bambini & The Coffee Bean in hopes that someone would have seen her and return her home to us. The warm reception and touching offers of help we received by not only these establishments, but by local Laguna Beach Lifeguards and Volunteer Fire Authority was greatly touching. As long time Laguna Beach residents, we have always prided ourselves on the great sense of community we enjoy here. That was truly on grand display during our search for Bailey yesterday.

We are so pleased to report that this afternoon (9/28) our third "child" happily sauntered down the driveway and through the gate, home to us. While her wear-about still remain a large mystery to everyone who drove tirelessly up and down our city streets looking for her, one thing that we do know for certain is that the city of Laguna Beach continues to show us what great community spirit is!

Thank you Laguna!

The Capobianco Family Lagunacapo@cox.net

P.S. should anyone have witnessed our little girls escapades Tuesday night, enquiring minds would love hear about it!

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Editor:

A sales tax increase should be approved with one important condition.

Laguna Beach’s latest calamity not only exposed Blue Bird Canyon, it exposed its weak financial underside as well. The City Council can only correct this problem by developing, adopting and adhering to a comprehensive Long-Term Financial Plan.

The process needs to start with a thorough evaluation of the City’s short and long-term financial needs into the foreseeable future – at least 20 years. This includes everything from risk management to projected costs for capital projects to repair our decaying sewer and storm drain systems, streets, and other infrastructures.

Establishing these goals must be based upon the most accurate
information available, balanced with all projected revenue sources. As example, the projected costs for street, curb, gutter and sidewalk repairs and replacement should be based upon a comprehensive street and sidewalk assessment program.

Such a financial plan would include a policy to set aside a specific amount of money each year - to be deposited into a dedicated emergency reserve fund - with the goal of building the fund a specific percentage of the adopted general fund budget. Most cities establish a goal of between 8% and 15% of their general fund budget. It would be wise for our city to set the emergency reserve fund goal at the higher end of the scale given Laguna’s history of floods, landslides and fires.

Once a Long-Term Financial Plan is adopted, the Council would evaluate how it was doing to achieve its financial goals as it considers the proposed budget each year. This process helps to take financial decisions out of a crisis or piece meal mode to a mode of more thoughtful deliberation. Decisions are only as good as the information upon which they are based.

A keystone to starting the process is gathering input from the public, possibly with a citywide questionnaire, and analysis of issues by staff This process will require a commitment of a significant amount of staff and Council time, and will likely take one to two years to develop. Once developed, the Plan is updated annually to reflect updated information and immerging issues not anticipated.

This process was adopted by the City of San Clemente almost fourteen years ago and it has been extremely successful. San Clemente has been transformed from a run down financially strapped community with notoriously potholed streets and a decaying storm drain system, to a financially healthy one with miles of new streets, improved streetscapes, storm drains and other revitalization projects. All levels of public service have been dramatically improved, including public safety and recreation services. San Clemente was able to accomplish this largely as a “bedroom community”, without the benefit of the tremendous tourist tax base of Laguna Beach.

This process will demand discipline and financial constraint on the part of the current Council and future Councils. The payoffs will be incredible in terms of avoiding the costly problems of crisis management and continually having to change priorities.

The current financial crisis is requiring many city projects to be
postponed or shelved indefinitely, such as the community-senior center, lifeguard headquarters repairs and finalizing the creation of a database of city records after a $100,000 investment. Derailment of such projects is costly and very upsetting to the many people that have been patiently waiting for something of interest to them to get done. This must be especially upsetting to the many people that have gone to tremendous lengths to raise funds for the community-senior center.

I, for one, believe that the potential sale of the approximately
$2,000,000 City property currently leased to the Girl Scouts for $1 per year should be placed back on the table. To sell the property does not mean that the Girl Scouts cannot still function or that the city would not work with them to find an alternative place for them to meet. For the Girl Scouts’ parents to hide behind the notion that the City should not sell its property is a sham. Cities buy and sell property all the time. There is nothing sacred about our City selling its land for the good of the community.

How can we further delay building the community-senior center and other important projects because the Council caved in to the pressures of the Girl Scouts’ parents? I would hope that these vocal parents would show more understanding for the needs of others within the community. The general citizenry that will use this new facility will greatly outnumber the relatively small number of Laguna Beach and out of town Girl Scouts that use their leased property.

Council, I will support a sales tax increase with a sunset clause, if you agree to implement and adhere to a responsible Long-Term Financial Plan that includes consideration of the sale of the land currently leased to the Girl Scouts. Should the Council embark on such a plan, I suspect that taxpayers will be more likely to agree to future tax increases or special assessments if they recognized that the Council was being financially responsible while trying to meet the community’s needs.

Lynn Hughes, Laguna Beach

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Editor:

You have published incorrect information that was put out by those who didn't even bother to check the facts. There are no terrorists living at that address in La Habra, and the innoccent [sic] people living at that address now are being harassed because no one was responsible to verify if John Loftus was even telling the truth.

If you don't believe this, call the La Habra police department and ask them. They will tell you that these people are being terrorised [sic] because of irresponsible organizations that call themselves news reporters but actually are not.

You need to remove this story and issue an apology to the family.

shame on you!!!!!

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Dear Shame on You!!!!:

Sorry you feel the way you do. The facts are that more people then Loftus gave the address to the Journal. Had you read the story you would have read that the local police checked the address and found a couple who were not involved living there. There will not be an retraction the Journal stands by its story! However we did remove the La Habra Address. Asst. Editor Sue Holt.

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Editor,

What can one person do?

Most people I've spoken with in recent years feel they have no power, no ability to affect the dreadful course of events unfolding around them, especially world or national events. Cindy Sheehan shows what one person can do.

Whether you agree with her position on Bush and Iraq or not, there can be no doubting the magnitude of the effect that has followed her actions. By standing along a dusty road in Texas with a sign she has done more to successfully challenge the neo-con New World Order than the entire worldwide anti-war movement and the entire Democratic Party combined. If more people dared to individually stand up for what they believe in this way the police state would wither on the vine.
During a war normal life is suspended. We are in a war, but it's not the fake war on terror we see on Fox and CNN.

The real war is being made all over the Earth against average everyday people like Cindy Sheehan. Right now most of the casualties are overseas but the real focus is still right here in the US. Unless the American people can be subjugated, intimidated, disinformed and made willing to give up their rights those making this war will ultimately lose it.

The real war is a war against free speech, against the bill of rights,
against freedom, against conscience and against human decency. It's a war against life, against nature and against the Earth itself. As Americans we are uniquely both the perpetrators and the victims of this war - perpetrators because this is all being done in our names and victims because it is our freedom that is the ultimate target.

Deny the corporate police state what it wants and you will deny it power. To defeat such an enemy, we must use the weapons that are most effective, the weapons they most fear.

What are these weapons? Certainly not bombs or bullets or suicide attacks.
They are the manufacturers, distributors and perpetrators of most of the violence we see in the world today. Using the techniques of advertising, propaganda and human psychology, they manipulate young Americans to go to war as readily as they brainwash young Muslims to become suicide bombers.

What they fear most are not weapons of mass destruction but sincere words.
Cardboard signs. Acts of conscience. A refusal to go along with the propaganda of fear. A determination to not let them get away with it.

It all comes down to one person at a time non-violently standing up for what they believe in. Anyone can refuse to be intimidated into silence or passive acceptance. Sometimes, defending your country means fighting against it.

Like the power within a single atom, we all have this power right now freely at our disposal.

Freedom is the gift given to all Americans. Use it or lose it.
Robert Lederman
201 896-1686
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Editor:

We're fine thank the Lord. I'm working on a benefit with Laguna Relief & Resource Center to help victims of the landslide. We're having a reception Sat. June 4, 6 to ll p.m. at the Women's Club, 286 St. Ann's Drive (corner of Glenneyre). Fine wines, gourmet dinner, live entertainment, music for dancing, silent auction, raffle prizes & more. $35 a person, $40 at the door. Hope you can make it & I thank you to please pass the invitation to your friends. Love & Blessings!

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Editor:

My Wife and I and Millions of other Americans are wondering why people would build homes, Multi Million dollar homes on the sides of hills with the knowledge that at some point in time they would end up at the bottom of the canyon. It's said on the news that there is no insurance for these pitifully stupid people but they insist on building there. Myself as a tax payer don't want a dollar of my money going toward the restoration of these homes. If these folks have millions to build these home they should have enough to rebuild without a government handout. After all most people in the nation have better sense than to build on dirt hills. But then I keep forgetting, we are talking about California and the people of California, the land of Fruits and Nuts.

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Editor:

Our Harmonic Concordance Experience

Our local "Harmonic Concordance" ceremonial experience turned out awesome. We had planned a small celebration at a local home with a nice natural back yard setting of maybe a dozen or so guests. Then at the last minute we listed our
celebration of hosting offer with the Harmonic Concordance web site. The response was overwhelming. We had 103 requests for information and 47 showed. We could jam in and accommodate 40 in the canyon home and back yard so we met the others at Aliso beach in South Laguna. We had a moving time, starting with a spectacular sunset (green flash did not show), followed by the Lunar Eclipse (which we could not see do to cloud cover). Though payer, meditation, drumming,
rattles, flute sounds and camp fire, the evening was filled with unity joy, peace and reconciliation.

The concordance harmonic agreement tones formed the basis for the extraordinary sky that followed the eclipse. The cloud formations took the shape of a huge Feather Fan others saw in it step rows of the Anasazi farming fields of the American Southwest. Shortly thereafter the unobstructed view of the full moon appeared a circle or halo, which we have all seen before. But then never before seen, by all there. A spectacular 2nd circle formed which had all the colors of the rainbow. We named it "The Harmonic Agreement Tones". It was one of
those times when humanity was achieving significant progress in the raising of consciousness and spiritual growth. From my viewpoint, I've experienced quite a number of highly touted moments of great enlightenment. This to me was a massive paradigm shift into a new enlightenment of Harmonic Concordance.
The energy that flowed forth was the light from which all knowledge and God given talent comes from. Where dreams are visions while we sleep and visions are dreams while wake, but they are always coming and Nov 8, 2003 they were
super charged.

Through this ceremonial experience we reached for the highest expression possible for the development of human beings. And for what this can mean for the world and peace. As this experience raised our consciousness, we grow in spiritual understanding and in our ability to express our world and the marching on of mankind.

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Editor:
Everyone always refers to the Constitution of the United States as though they know it by heart. We have all heard the phrase "you are violating my constitutional rights". However, how many of us have actually read the document it in its entirety? Most likely, a very small percentage of us could be included in that group. It would be wonderful if it was required reading for every citizen of this great nation of ours. Maybe, then we would understand that the founding framers gave us a blueprint by which we could be a government that was by the people and for the people.

This document provides for us a model by which, we are to live as a free people. It is a constitution meant for all Americans, for all times. The Constitution instructs us to elect the President, every four years, elect the Congress and a Senate and to install a multi- tiered Judiciary system, The checks and balances instituted in this document was to perpetuate a democratic nation. Party politics came about to make for an adversarial climate. For the truth to come forth there must be a thesis, an antithesis and a synthesis of opposing ideals. It makes for good competition; after all, competition in the public sector as well as the private sector makes for a healthy America.

Now let us focus on the local governments and examine the obvious lack of competition that exists here in our California cities. The system called general law government has over 300 cities in the state operating under the format of council/manager administration. This system prides itself on being devoid of bipartisan politics and runs counter productive to the governments that exists at the National as well as State levels. Why is this the case? The answer can be found in Richard Stillman's book entitled the "The Rise of The City Manager". He argues that a city should operate as a corporation and who best to run the city than the City Manager. He is the technician, the CEO, the Council is the Board of Directors and we the people, are the shareholders. In a perfect world, this system could work for the benefit of all. However, this is not a perfect world and we the shareholders are getting a raw deal. A poll could easily verify voter dissatisfaction here in Laguna Beach. What we are forced to endure is a façade of a democratic system, which in reality is a government controlled by the City Manager, who is appointed and not elected. There in lies the unaccountability. Sources tell me that the average salary for a City Manager in the state of California is $204,000 per year. Just use common sense, City Councils are not in control of local governments. How could they be, when they are paid a mere pittance compared to the City Managers. They are merely puppets for City Managers. Is that why the City Managers are the third most powerful lobbying group in the state of California? They perpetuate their existence and in fact, no city incorporated in the state of California since 1970, has been anything but City Manager controlled. We do not have democracy at the local level, but instead a technocratic bureaucracy.

In Laguna Beach the City Manager, Ken Frank has been in power for over 25 years and there are sentiments amongst many of the citizens that the situation is out of voters' control. It does not matter who is elected to the City Council, no one will dare contest Frank. The council is in fear of the man. Why is this so? They are afraid of his power and the monopoly he enjoys. However, there are some citizens in Laguna Beach that have the courage to stand up and expose the emperor for what he is, a dictatorial leader. Just take an anonymous survey of what city employees feel and the truth would hurt. As a person who has lived here over 15 years I talked to many about their opinions. Is that why the Fire Fighters had to go forth with their initiative? Would a democratic system purposely endanger the lives of its citizens? Would a caring government sell its artistic soul to the highest bidder? Would it have little regard for the needs of its senior citizens? The answer is no to all of these questions. The spirit of freedom is in the air, here in Laguna Beach. When the people are educated about the Constitution and what it stands for, the closer we will get to having the representation of a government in Laguna Beach, that is for the people and by the people.

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