Integrity, Duty, Honor and Responsibility aren't just words to Charlie Brown. They are the guiding principles of an officer and a true patriot who has devoted his life to serving his country.
Not every retired military officer lives by these words, but when you find one that does, you can remember what it feels like to be proud of a fellow American.
That's how I felt one evening two years ago when I had the opportunity to join a group called the Band of Brothers gathering at a suburban hotel meeting room just outside of Washington, DC. And that's when I first met Lt. Col. (ret.) Charlie Brown. Charlie didn't make it up the Hill in 2006; we stand ready today to make sure he is successful this time.
(go Charlie Brown - our Progressive Blue endorsed candidate for the CA-04! - promoted by poligirl)
Greetings, Fans of one of the most beautiful Congressional Districts in the country, still accursed by one of the most scandal- encrusted Congressman, who is trying to retire out before he gets indicted. Local Democratic candidate Charlie Brown is running for this seat against imported Southern Californian carpetbagger and Republican "I Con"
(icon™, yes, that is what the Republicans call him) Tom McClintock.
This is just a quick reminder that we here in CA- 04 are having a debate tomorrow night Oct 2 between Charlie Brown and Tom McClintock in Oroville. It's a candidate forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Butte County. It is at the Southside Community Center at 2959 Lower Wyandotte Rd, Oroville, 95966, at 8 pm. IMPORTANT EDIT TIME UPDATE: Forum begins at 7pm with local candidates and Charlie Brown and McClintock's segment starts @ 8pm. Early arrival may be best.
If you're local, you can alway Tivo the other event and come see real live democracy in action.
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Saturday, September 20, 2008, at the Veterans Hall in Oroville, CA. Left to right, Mrs. Jernigan, Mayor Steve Jernigan of Oroville, Charlie Brown, candidate for Congress in CA's 4th district, and a volunteer for the Town Hall and BBQ event.
There's lots more pictures and news of upcoming Charlie Brown events, if you'll continue with me over the fold:
On Tues, Sept 16, the Tom McClintock (R) carpetbagging campaign for CA- 04 up here in Northern California, running against Democrat Charlie Brown, sank to a new depth akin to the stock market crash of 2008.
Sacramento News Channel 10, ( ABC ) ran a story about a swiftboat ad release by the McClintock campaign, and did not tell who the people were in the video nor who was involved in the making of it. (link: http://www.news10.net/news/sto... ) They did not note that the "uniform" was just a jacket over a tee shirt and jeans. They edited video in such a way as to disguise an incident of potential assault by a McClintock campaign advisor. They did not say that the event was written up as a press conference by other sources, to imply open access, when the McClintock campaign decided to call security to prevent access by observers, and was not letting them see the event. I witnessed the event (or rather, the closed doors, mostly except when they opened ) from the hallway but was prevented from recording it and was threatened with removal from the building by someone who would not identify themselves or their job title.
Regarding the video on the News 10 site, now that I have seen it:
The dark haired man in the suit facing the camera is John Ruiz, a "campaign consultant" or "advisor" for the McClintock campaign, previously associated with John Doolittle and Richard Pombo, who also is financially involved with Southern California Casinos being financed by the Malik family of Detroit. http://www.theverifiabletruth.... This Malik family has given thousands of dollars to campaigns of Tom McClintock. He (Ruiz) had just previously committed what is known legally as "assault" upon another person in the photo, which has been edited out of the News 10 video, by grabbing the person's arm and threatening them under his breath. He then made another comment out loud trying to provoke a fight. Only the person's reaction, saying "do not touch me again," is shown in the video.
The person in the print shirt with his back to the camera is a real veteran and did not assault anybody. The person standing behind Ruiz is a real veteran and did not assault anybody.
No Show Tom, Fake Schedule, Swiftboating, & the Keystone Kops
Or how Termed- Out State Senator Tom McClintock (R, Anywhere for a per Diem), who is running against Charlie Brown (D, Roseville ) posts a fake schedule on his official campaign website while his campaign workers set up an assault on Brown's field director and the "press" acts like the White House press corps.
(go Charlie Brown - our Progressive Blue endorsed candidate for the CA-04! - promoted by poligirl)
September 14, 2008. Nevada City, Northern CA.
Southern Californian career politician Tom McClintock, fresh from a 2 month gridlock in the CA State Senate, where he has led the Republican effort to bankrupt the state during the fiscal crisis by refusing to sign any budget (entire career ) , and still advocating Republican style tax cuts for the wealthiest during a 17 Billion dollar shortfall, was spotted at the Constitution Day Parade in the California Sierra this Sunday. McClintock, who is terming out of the CA State legislative offices, and is in between runs for Lt Gov and Gov, is searching for another job in the public sector he has made a career out of disparaging. Lucky us. The consultants picked our district.
Meanwhile, thousands of state workers and vendors cannot pay their bills because of layoffs and the state stiffing them.
McClintock was last seen on the steps of the State Capitol in Sacramento, with a group of ersatz border vigilantes who run email scams, calling for the resignation of the mayor of one of California's largest cities and saying the Federal Government should cut funding off to San Francisco and Los Angeles.
On to the parade appearance. Shame how campaigning gets in the way of collecting funds for his next run for office.
Gentle Readers and Fans of Northern CA: Today, Monday, September 8, 2008, 2 things happened in CA- 04. Charlie Brown, the Democrat running to replace Republican John Doolittle, the Abramoff- scandal encrusted retiring incumbent, released recent polling data that showed he has a lead over the SoCal Republican imported to the district to replace him. This is great news. http://www.charliebrownforcong...
And a former staffer of John Doolittle, as you may have heard by now, was arrested at his home and indicted, and pled not guilty to many different aspects of bribing and corrupting Congressional Representative Number 5.
This is just really interesting, so we'll do a little background refresher.
August 4, 2006. Doolittle exits Coco's Restaurant after an Auburn Dam Council meeting, to find a sea of protestors and media questioning him about the Abramoff scandal. photo by author
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Sept 4, 2008. left to right, General Wesley Clark, Tim Burke of Cottage Housing,Carol and Duane Zanon of GOHC, Dana Hendrickson of Rebuild Hope, Charlie Brown, as Charlie presents his second charity contribution for the Promises Kept Veterans Charity Challenge on Sept 4, 2008 in Roseville, CA.
"We always hear about candidates spending money to communicate their campaign promises," Brown said. "I think it's high time we had a few who invested a little money in keeping them."
"Among other things, Charity Challenge funds are helping to house and feed the homeless, connect at-risk veterans with earned benefits and healthcare services, and to prevent disabled Iraq and Afghanistan vets from falling through the cracks during tough economic times," Brown said.
In a previous diary about our local Republican candidate's "energy policy," called "Shale," I pointed out that Tom McClintock was wrong about how much the cheapest electricity costs per kilowatt hour, saying it was 6 times cheaper than it actually is. Crazy Tom ignores the facts of energy production cost and finance. Crazy Tom has had plenty of time to correct this, but, being a NeoCon Republican, he won't, and he keeps on repeating this. He changed the original version on his official website to an "error, not found" page, but he keeps on repeating the ridiculous stuff in public speeches. Recently, Crazy Tom put the text of a speech he did last weekend August 23 in Grass Valley up on his website. There he goes again, as Reagan would say.
Now let's look at another part of it, his vision for the American River Canyon up in Auburn. Plug 'n Flood it.
Confluence of the American River Canyon near Auburn. This would go underwater if the Dam was built downstream. photo by diary author
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Why is this man standing in front of the Placer County Republican (and McClintock's Campaign HQ) office building in Roseville last Saturday morning?
