Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
It’s tempting to blame it entirely on the California legislature, but that’s not fair. California voters elected this legislature and this governor. I’m just in the suffering minority, and one of these days, I’ll end up voting with my feet and taking my taxes with me. (But it’s really hard
Continue readingI believe it was Mike who commented that California, knowing itself to be “too big to fail,” is doing whatever the Hell it pleases. (Or more accurately, the Democrats in state government, elected by feckless voters, are doing whatever the Hell they please.) Over at Ace of Spades, you can
Continue readingDo you remember the old Dean Martin comedy roasts? The zingers were mean, sometimes mildly risqué, and usually funny. Don Rickles was the acknowledged master of the genre: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH23UjMG5wQ[/youtube] The California Assembly has taken the roast to a whole new level. At a benefit to raise money for programs involving
Continue readingYou guys are all connected to the news, so I know that you already know about the Supreme Court decision forcing California to release up to 46,000 prisoners because of the appalling conditions in California prisons. As a California resident, I’m less than thrilled about the fact that people who
Continue readingI’m trying to think of something snarky and clever to say, but I’m actually rendered speechless by this one: Taking the lead where Washington has wavered, California on Thursday is expected to adopt the nation’s most ambitious plan yet to curb global warming. The California Air Resources Board is all
Continue readingLaer Pearce is one of the sharpest political observers out there. He blogged for many years at Cheat-Seeking Missiles, and gathered a loyal following, myself included. He put the blog on hold, though, to write a full length book about a subject near and dear to his heart — the
Continue readingI feel as if I should say something profound, but I don’t really have that much that is profound to say. I do have a few observations, and then I’ll start compiling a running list of good post-election posts (so check back often): I’ll repeat what I said yesterday: it
Continue readingI wouldn’t have thought so, but AJ Strata thinks it’s an actual possibility. What’s bizarre to me, a native Californian, is that nobody in California seems to have figured out that California’s golden years coincided with Republican governance and its years of decline coincided with Democrat control of either the
Continue readingAs it’s being sold, California’s Prop. 21 is meant to gladden the hearts of all who love open space, wildlife, natural beauty, etc. I know I do. Even better, the proposition seems so reasonable: For just $18 per car per year, which is less than most people, even poor people,
Continue readingIf you’re in California, it’s easy to figure out which people should get your vote: Fiorina over Boxer, Whitman over Brown (and yes, that’s something of a nose-holder), anyone over Pelosi, etc. It gets much more confusing when you get to the numbered items on the ballot. Prop. 23 is
Continue readingIf you have friends in California, send them this ad before Tuesday. That’s all you should have to do: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbIC_1syrqE[/youtube]
Continue readingUPDATE from Bookworm: Poor Enrico’s. Because its name features prominently on the building, people are assuming it posted the sign. It did not. From Enrico’s facebook page: You may have received an email about a sign that says “FU (spelled out) Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina” asking you to call
Continue readingMy friend Sally Zelikovsky says it in the clearest words possible: Unless conservatives in California vote for the Republicans, we will have a Sacramento government made up entirely of San Francisco Democrats. If that horrible outcome sounds painfully obvious to you, you don’t know California. There are two dynamics in
Continue readingFunny, funny David Zucker video challenging Boxer’s arrogance and cavalier approach to American money: Call Me Senator from RightChange on Vimeo. If you’re in California, this year you have a real choice: vote for Carly Fiorina. She’s a true conservative and a dynamic, effective individual. My mom, who can’t quite
Continue readingI keep meaning to blog about Meg Whitman’s maid, and then I don’t. Factually, it’s an insanely stupid story, although the lurid headlines in California’s lefty papers may be enough to confuse some independents into abandoning any vague ideas they may have been having about voting for Whitman. In other
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