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No One Believes the Mainstream Media Anymore
Image Credit: Gallup Poll There was a time—gather ‘round, kids—when the phrase “according to the news” actually meant something. People watched. People trusted. People nodded along like the anchor was reading from stone tablets handed down from Mount Journalism. Fast forward to today… And the public reaction is closer to: “Yeah… I’m gonna need a...
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Why We Fight — For Freedom and Security
Wars rarely begin when the missiles launch. They begin years earlier, sometimes decades earlier, in ideology, threats, and actions that slowly accumulate until a response becomes unavoidable. For the United States and Iran, that timeline stretches back nearly half a...
Capitalism or Socialism? The Choice Becomes Real
For most of the twentieth century, the argument between capitalism and socialism existed largely in textbooks and foreign policy speeches. Americans watched it play out in Europe, in the Soviet bloc, and in the Cold War’s ideological theater. Today, that argument has...
City of Corona Update: Strong Citizens, Feckless Council, City Manager Follows Pattern and Prepares Escape Now That He Has Been Exposed
Jacob Ellis is following the pattern to a tee. He came in on a White Horse with accolades, hope and fanfare. Now that Q1 of 2026 is almost done - nearly 8 years in to his tenure - the disaster is metastasizing. I first wrote about this over three months ago. Sell your...
Russiagate Revisited
Nearly a decade after the first tremors of what became known as “Russiagate,” the story refuses to disappear. It lingers in Washington like unfinished business — a political scandal whose documentation has grown steadily thicker while accountability has remained...
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Today’s Installment of “Why the Opposition to CAGOP Leadership Can’t Have Nice Things”, a Frank Exercise in Fact Checking Part 1,356,781
Apparently, in order to be a member of the opposition to the CAGOP’s Leadership (Be it Brulte, Patterson or Rankin) you must believe that all CAGOP elections are rigged (including the two times I worked on behalf of their side for Steve Frank and Travis...
OC Assessor’s Office Assessment: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up!!! OC Investigation in to Claude Parish’s Misconduct is Unreal!
Please retire for your own good, sir. A workplace misconduct investigation found a top Orange County elected official violated gender discrimination and retaliation policies and harassed a subordinate over her medical disability, according to a confidential...
OC Assessor’s Office Assessment: Claude Parrish Writes His Own Opposition Campaign Pieces (again) Saying More Stupid Stuff + Bonus Battery Charge!
“Pay attention, I have no idea what I am going to say next…” Tustin homeowners could see a drop in their property taxes after an old air base hangar burned to the ground, showering the surrounding area in ash and debris containing asbestos. “This...
OC Assessors Office Assessment: Time for Claude Parrish to Retire! (Unless You Want to Lose More Elections in the OC)
I remember Claude Parrish from 25 years ago in my early days of CRA. I remember the CRA’s dinosaurs Gil Ferguson and Dick Mountjoy bemoaning what a bizarre puzzle Parrish was at the time. I wonder what the elder statesman (both long since passed) would say if...
Did you know that the CAGOP Voted to Audit All of Their Accounts? Guess Who Voted No?
Remember Jack Guerrero’s acceptance speech when he won election to Treasurer of the CAGOP? Top-down audit? Doge CAGOP? Well, he had a chance to. At the most recent CAGOP Board Meeting – Jack Guerrero objected to unanimous consent when it was moved and...
2025 California Republican Party Convention Recap: Meet Some of Team Rankin and Some Unsolicited Advice for the Opposition
I still love you guys, but you keep blowing it Maybe I am wasting my time writing this blog. Some would tell me that the following passage of scripture applies: “… nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and...
2025 California Republican Party Convention Recap: Why the Opposition Can’t Have Nice Things (Part 4) Pre-Ordained Conspiracy!
The poor guy never knew what hit him… In part three we laid out the time honored pattern: Step one: The opposition has high hopes, recruits a few good and a few bad candidates. Step two: Everyone outside the group is labeled a heretic and a traitor to the GOP...
2025 California Republican Party Convention Recap: Why the Opposition Can’t Have Nice Things (Part 3) Created Convention Chaos
Why does it always have to end this waaaaaay? First off, your intrepid blogger would like to thank all of the people that have come forward with color on the events leading up to the convention and at the 2025 CAGOP Convention itself. It is heartening to know that...
2025 California Republican Party Convention Recap: Why the Opposition Can’t Have Nice Things (Part 2) Selective Editing and Stubborn Lies
Ever tried to win an argument with someone? It sucks. Now imagine that person you are arguing with has zero idea about the by-laws of the CAGOP or the way things work, before you think I am referring to Steve Frank, it is more than just him. Mike Cargile was the...
2025 California Republican Party Convention Recap: Why the Opposition Can’t Have Nice Things (Part 1)
This is the Treasurer of the Marin GOP. The Marin GOP messed up so bad that they were stripped of their delegates to the CAGOP because they did not know Robert’s Rules and failed to have a proper organizational meeting. In short, Francis and crew believed...
California Republican Party Convention Recap, News Articles Pretty Much Sum Up What Happened. (Hint: Lord of the Flies)
Yes, my favorite Lance Corporal on the dope rhyme. Yep – let that post sink in, it is like I wrote nothing two day ago. This is the lack of self awareness or situational awareness I am referring to in the opposition to the CAGOP establishment. That said, two...
California Republican Party Convention Recap Part 1: Your Intrepid Blogger’s Hot Takes
There is going to be a bigger story told in the coming days about the nuances of what happened. As I have not posted in quite a while, it is time to break the silence. Whaaaaaaaaazuuuuuup! I have been affiliated with Corrin Rankin since 2017, and I have never been...