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Sandy Sand began her writing career while raising three children and doing public relations work for Women's American ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training). That led to a job as a reporter for the San Fernando Valley Chronicle, a weekly publication in Canoga Park, California. In conjunction with the Chronicle, she broadcast a tri-weekly, 10-minute newscast for KGOE AM. Following the closure of the Chronicle, Sand became the editor of the Tolucan Times and Canyon Crier newspapers in Burbank. She is currently a guest columnist for the Los Angeles Daily News and contributor to ronkayela.com
Thursday, January 1, 2009 OMG, How Could I Live Without My MTV? (1 comments)
Very well, thank you very much, even if Time Warner and Viacom reached a temporary agreement.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Bush Leaving Office in a Barrage of Figurative Shoe Throwing
The new mantra: Don't let the shoe hit you on your way out the door. Bush is leaving office in a toxic wake of re-regulations, leaving consumers stranded on a reef with nowhere to go, not even state court.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Warning! This Movie Contains Smoking (7 comments)
If the smoking lamp is lit in a movie, you just might not be able to handle it.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Fed to Lower Interest Rate to Minus 0.05 Percent
It's a topsy-turvy world, and the Fed is lowering the interest rate and going into uncharted territory to save the life of the economy.
Monday, December 15, 2008 Lame Duck Ducks Shoes
After Ramos and Campion, two border patrol agents wrongly convicted and imprisoned for doing their job and shooting a multi-convicted drug runner at the Mexican border, there is no one more deserving of a presidential pardon than the reporter who threw two shoes as George Bush during a press conference in Iraq.
Friday, December 12, 2008 Astronomers, Start Thinking Outside Your Own Toxic Brain Atmospheres (2 comments)
C'mon, astronomers and scientists. Give us a break. Just because a planet has what you call a toxic atmosphere of carbon dioxide and a surface temperature of 1,700 doesn't mean it doesn't have some kind of life thriving there. It just won't be your pitiful kind of narrow thinking life.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 Bushies Deaf to Torture By Music (1 comments)
They're a bunch of twisted sisters. Bush, Cheney, Rummy and Gonzo, who authorized torture should have cells reserved for them at Gitmo after it's closed and be treated to months of nonstop blaring music. Heard often enough and loud enough, even the Star Spangled Banner would drive them crazy (like they're not now), and make them hate the people who were doing that to them.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Woman Who Kept Slinky Alive Died at 90 (1 comments)
Who can forget?
Ev'ryone knows it's Slinky
It's Slinky, it's Slinky,
For fun, it's a wonderful toy
It's fun for a girl and a boy.
Sunday, November 23, 2008 The headline reads: Happy people watch less television, researchers say (3 comments)
Maybe the headline should say "Busy people watch less television." Or "Smart people with nothing better to do figured out how to con dumb people into funding their silly research."
Thursday, November 20, 2008 California Supremes to Hear Challenges to Prop. 8 (3 comments)
It's going to be a long court fight and both sides are getting their legal ducks in a row for the courts to rule whether the anti-same sex marriage ballot measure approved by voters is legal or un-Constitutional.
Monday, November 17, 2008 Omigawd! Barack Obama Sparkled on "60 Minutes" Interview (84 comments)
What a joy! After eight year of Bush and Bushisms to see Barack Obama in action during an interview that actually made sense and was confortable to watch and not cringeful.
Thursday, November 13, 2008 Vile Words For Obama From Bush: "I am Just As American As He Is American" (8 comments)
We always knew Bush is an idiot. Only the Lame-Duck-in-Chief George Bush could turn a silk purse of an interview into a sack of crap by once again questioning if Barack Obama is a "real" American.
Saturday, November 8, 2008 Obama's First But Not Unforgivable Bone-headed Move (4 comments)
Picking the mayor of Los Angeles, who has bankrupted this city, to be on his economic advisory board was a major blunder. If that was political payback, so be it; now drop him as hard and as quickly as you can and never look back. His taint will stick to your administration.
Friday, November 7, 2008 A Call to Arms Against the Mormon Church. End Its Tax-exempt Status Now! (23 comments)
I have nothing against the Mormon church or its devotees, EXCEPT for their sponsorship of and dedication to California's Prop 8., a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, and preaching it from the pulpit. They no longer have the right to IRS tax-exempt status and have grossly violated the dictates of separation of church and state.
Monday, November 3, 2008 Lobbying Church Goers: Time to Eliminate All Church Tax-exempt Status (1 comments)
More than ever churches are mixing politics and big business with preachery. They're driving their tax-exempt status straight over a cliff ...exactly where it should be ... abolished and gone down in flames!
Sunday, October 26, 2008 Sarah Palin is Going Off the McCain Reservation and Staking Out Her Own Territory (2 comments)
The first hints of Sarah Palin separating herself from John McCain came last week from Rachael Maddow and Keith Olbermann; now it's all over the Web. As I write, it's the first topic on Howard Kurtz' "Reliable Sources" on CNN. The most prophetic analysis of the inner Palin came from the woman who beat her out in the Miss Alaska pageant 24 years ago, Maryline Blackburn.
Saturday, October 25, 2008 What Part of Middle Class Tax Cuts Don't the McCain Airheads Understand? (2 comments)
McCain's audiences believe the Republican lies and always vote in their own worst interests, even when the truth is right in front of them every night at their own kitchen tables, every day in their bank accounts, and at their go-nowhere, low-paying jobs...if they're lucky enough to still have jobs.
Thursday, October 23, 2008 Breaking: The County of Los Angeles to be Auctioned Off (1 comments)
Economic irresponsibility and total fiscal bungling is forcing L.A. County's Board of Supervisors to auction off the county. Mayor Antonio "Photo-Op, Never Stay in the City" Villaraigosa said the City of L.A. may be forced to follow suit.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 They Can't Answer a Simple Question: What the Hell's it to Them if Gays Marry? (6 comments)
Not happy with prior defeats, the uptight prigs are at it again and trying to get voters to pass a Constitutional amendment outlawing gay marriage in California, which if passed, will probably be declared un-Constitutional.
Friday, October 17, 2008 Intemperate Lovers Jailed in Dubai (3 comments)
Too much champagne can make people do stupid things; sober Dubai court hands down ridiculous sentence.
Thursday, October 16, 2008 NOW, Speak Up Now or Forever Hold Your Piece (7 comments)
Now, without a doubt whatsoever, we know it's true: John McCain hates women and doesn't give a rat's ass about us or our health.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 If Only One of the Debate Robots Had Stood Up and Asked... (3 comments)
If only some ballsy questioner had asked McCain when he's going to stop Sarah Palin from inciting rally-goes to riot, and shouting out hateful threats because of her lying accusations that Barack Obama is a terrorist. But no, they all looked so frightened and cowed to death.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Palin's Power to Destroy the World Via Scientific Ignorance, Part Deux (1 comments)
Speculation is that Sarah Palin will have a tough time in duking it out with Joe Biden in the veep debate. That remains to be seen; we all might be surprised. But considering her lack of scientific curiosity, how would she do if someone threw in some science questions?
Monday, September 29, 2008 McCain Blinked. The Debate Happened. He Placed His Bet and Lost. (3 comments)
McCain's his name; craps his game. By his own admission John McCain likes to gamble, and now the gambler wants to be President; McCain thinks the presidency is a crap shoot.
Saturday, September 27, 2008 Travel Only Broadens One's Backside (2 comments)
World travel and possession of a passport does not a foreign policy expert make.
Friday, September 5, 2008 Hospitals Are Using Scare and Loss-leader Tactics
This isn't one of my tongue planted firmly in cheek spoofs. It's what this radio commercial sounded like to me. I kid you, not. Well, just a little.
Saturday, February 23, 2008 March 4th Can Be Our 2nd Independence Day (16 comments)
March 4th could prove to be our independence from 20 years of Clinton/Bush rule in Washington.
Thursday, February 21, 2008 Johnny McFearMonger McCain is a Big Pharma Shill and/or a Huge Stock Holder (5 comments)
McCain's fear mongering tactics will drive us to become upper junkies and alcoholics. Maybe that's the idea. If we're zoned out on tranquilizers and booze we won't care that he'll give us four more years of the same.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Obama or Clinton? You Decide Who's Words and Who's Actions (5 comments)
It's come down to a war of words vs. actions between Obama and Clinton. The following is a list of each candidates legislative accomplishments. You can decide who is verbose and who is a legislating athlete.
Monday, February 18, 2008 Congress, You're Being Eavesdropped on, Too
When the Senate rubber-stamped the Protect America Act, or the Patriot Act on steroids, it should have been titled the Clemens/Bonds Bill, and they would have paid attention and held hearings before passing it.
Monday, February 11, 2008 In Defense of David Shuster...Sort Of (8 comments)
One little four-letter word and they want MSNBC's David Shuster's head served on a silver platter as if what he said were as bad as...
Thursday, February 7, 2008 Comeuppance for Poisoned Pet Food Purveyors (4 comments)
Chinese, U.S. companies indicted for distributing toxic pet food. Too little, but it's a start in prosecuting all companies that poison us, our children and pets regardless of country.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 Rudy, Your Virtual Fence is Bull (1 comments)
A virtual fence, our present border security and rules of engagement is about as useless as me putting a three-year-old at the front door of my house, and have him tell burglars: My mom said you can't come in.
