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Villa Park Shocker!

{”Villa Park” as in Pancho “Villa,” right?} When I recently saw the flag of Arizona waving outside a Huntington Beach home, I said, “Where else but here!” I was then given the response, “Villa Park!’ I haven’t had anything to do with the Orange County City that side steps the Spanish “ll” as “y” pronunciation since [...]

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Loretta Sanchez Finally Co-Sponsors Dream Act!

{You’re Not Cool If You Don’t Have This Shirt Already} According to the Library of Congress, Democratic Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez has finally signed on to become the newest  co-sponsor the Dream Act! By making the 47th Congressional District in Orange County a “Dream District” yesterday, Sanchez has given a boon to the movement seeking passage of [...]

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Kaos Theory – La Linea F/ Chicky

It’s been long in my plans, but I might as well break it out now! I’ve always wanted a component of this website to feature some of the music demos that I produce and record. With the current climate of xenophobia permeating the United States, I’ve decided to make available a track off my finished [...]

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Hey Phil: Meditate on This!

Facing a protest outside of today’s Western Conference Finals game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns, Phil Jackson released a wishy-washy statement addressing the controversy that arose from his previous remarks regarding Arizona’s draconian anti-immigrant legislation saying, “I have respect for those who oppose the new Arizona immigration law, but I [...]

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Chomsky on SB1070!

In this video, Noam Chomsky speaks at length about immigration, xenophobia and Arizona’s SB1070 or as the activist who introduces him  summarizes as “neo-liberal policies and stuff like that!” Since a new Pew Research poll shows a majority of Americans – including Democrats – supportive of the draconian legislation in the Grand Canyon State, the [...]

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