The Swim Race
There was a competition for women to swim from San Onofre to Catalina doing only the breaststroke, and the three women who entered the race were brunette, a redhead and a blonde.
After approximately 14 hours, the brunette staggered up on the shore and was declared the fastest breast-stroker. About 40 minutes later, the redhead crawled on shore and was declared the second place finisher.
Nearly 4 hours after that, the blonde finally came ashore and promptly collapsed in front of the worried onlookers. When the reporters asked why it took her so long to complete the race, she replied, "I don't want to sound like a sore looser, but I think those two other girls were using their arms."
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Live Chat with Susan Cobb June 20, 2003 at 3:00 PM ET
Also featuring Paul Strauch, definitive surfer extraordinaire, and Larry
"Cobbo" Cobb, shaper of surfboards with "soul."
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What to do with your life is not the most important question.
The most important question you need to ask yourself is,
"When I do anything, How should I do it?"
The answer is, "Kindly"
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O.C. BUILDERS REACH THEIR FINAL FRONTIER
"It's some of the prettiest land you'll ever see," ( AND WE WANNA RAPE IT!) said Mark Boud, market analyst for Rancho Mission Viejo and the Irvine Company. The article describes how Orange County has long been developer-friendly, but is now at "the beginning of the end" in terms of remaining open space. (WE WANT IT BULLDOZE IT ALL) The story describes the current RMV and Irvine proposals, the struggles they face, and the effects they will have. "The effects that residents in Orange County will feel most acutely because of these types of far-flung developments are further congestion of roads. What we're doing is creating a road map for traffic," said Bill Corcoran of the Sierra Club. "Another effect people will have is further seeping of water pollution into streams and in the surf."
The article recognized the strength of the volunteers who have continually worked hard to protect our valuable open space and stop the development plans that threaten it.
"One wild card will be the depth of opposition to proposed projects as developers seek approvals from planning commissions, city councils and county supervisors...To the South, Rancho Mission Viejo's proposal for 14,000 homes had drawn up to 500 opponents to 'scoping sessions.'"
"Some say that once public hearings begin on Irvine Co. projects, they will draw opposition similar to Rancho Mission Viejo. And analysts say some projects sought by smaller developers, such as Banning Ranch in Newport Beach or Tonner Canyon in Brea, may never be built because of intense, organized opposition."
The article ran in the California section of Sunday's Times. You can read the complete article at
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-buildout15jun15,1,235744.story
This is a great opportunity to send a letter to the Times. You can write about the importance of supporting affordable housing near existing jobs and transportation networks instead of building in our last open space and polluting our last clean surf.
And while your are at it, go over to
http://www.friendsofthefoothills.org/ and sign up to stay in the loop!
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Corporate Welfare, get ready for yet another screwing from our friends at the Power Company .....
Senate OKs subsidies for nuke plants $16 billion in loan guarantees
"proposal to provide up to $16 billion in loan guarantees to construct six new power plants a giveaway to the industry"
Those guys on capital hill must think we are all
inbread.....
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