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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
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, January 1, 2009 OMG, How Could I Live Without My MTV?
Very well, thank you very much, even if Time Warner and Viacom reached a temporary agreement.
SHARE 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.
SHARE 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.
SHARE 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.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, December 13, 2008 The Day the Music Died
Even music has fallen victim to a crumbling economy.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, December 12, 2008 Astronomers, Start Thinking Outside Your Own Toxic Brain Atmospheres
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.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, December 10, 2008 Bushies Deaf to Torture By Music
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.