Hot off the Press: A good man down edition

Questions are being raised about safety at Angel Stadium after a zealous off-duty cop shot two men harassing him on Wednesday and the death of a man earlier this season: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-angels-violence26-2009jun26,0,3639135.story. I hate the Angels and their whole family friendly shit. They're a microcosm of Orange County. Go Dodgers!

It's okay to take your gun to church: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/us/26guns.html?_r=1&ref=us.

Here's the follow-up: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/us/29guns.html?ref=us.

A Minutemen group — you know, those hicks who volunteer to patrol the border with Mexico to prevent illegal immigration — has turned into its own form of border bandits: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/us/27arizona.html?_r=1&ref=us.

The US "Cash for Clunkers" program is much more complicated than European versions, and will likely not be as popular or beneficial: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/business/27clunkers.html?ref=us.

Liquor retailers and whiskey lovers in the Hawkeye State are frustrated that a popular rye whiskey, made in Iowa, is very hard to find: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090628/BUSINESS/906280325.

Economic woe has claimed an American tradition in some cities: they've canceled their Fourth fireworks due to lack of funding: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fireworks29-2009jun29,0,2351470.story. This is hilarious on many levels.

Coloradans can now legally catch rainwater: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/us/29rain.html?ref=us. For those back east who think this is kind of silly: water is a very serious issue in the west.

The recession will have a lasting affect on Iowa's public services. The state will need to deal with a $903 million short-fall next year, and there's no stimulus money (which is kind of like invisible money, anyway) to help: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090629/NEWS10/906290318.

The good ol' Iowa State Fair is feeling the recession pinch, too: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090629/NEWS/906290316.

Looky here: an article from the Wehrmacht Register. An OC high school principal confiscated copies of a student magazine because of a "gang-looking" tattoo and satirical Top Ten list: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/magazine-school-student-2478684-script-johnson. As a former student journalist, I have to side with the magazine editors. Take the Nazi to court.