California used to lead the nation in a lot of areas.\u00a0 We had the best schools, the best roads and the strongest economy.\u00a0 We also had the best weather.\u00a0 If there was a new trend that caught on in California, you could count on seeing it replicated throughout the rest of the country.\u00a0 California was the undisputed leader of the country.\u00a0 It was the place to be.<\/p>\n
Sadly, we are about to lead the country once again, but in the worst possible way.\u00a0 California is literally self destructing before our very eyes.\u00a0 For a long time other states\u00a0looked at the economic disaaster that is\u00a0California and wondered if we could possibly be serious.\u00a0 About every three months there is a new financial crisis and California faces another multi-billion dollar deficit.\u00a0 Some people now estimate that in addition to the current deficit, California may have $100 billion in unfunded pension liabilities.\u00a0\u00a0 The rest of the country used to envy us.\u00a0 Now they laugh at us.\u00a0 How do you justify the thought process of political leaders who want to legalize marijuana and ban happy meals?\u00a0<\/p>\n
On November 2, 2010, the entire country arose and demanded change with a loud clear voice.\u00a0 They voted to reduce the size of government, stop taxing and stop spending.\u00a0 But in California voters gave an overwhelming vote of confidence to the same clowns that have pushed our economy to the\u00a0brink of collapse.\u00a0 Then, in an act of pure insanity,\u00a0voters gave the California legislature the authority to pass a budget with a simple majority vote.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The reason budgets weren\u2019t passed on time is that a handful of Republicans refused to vote for increased taxes and increased spending.\u00a0 Now the last remaining guardrail protecting the California economy from going over the cliff has been removed.\u00a0 We have a union loving Democratic State Assembly, a union adoring Democrat State Senate, and a union worshiping Democratic Governor.\u00a0\u00a0 To finish the job, we elected pro-union liberal Democrats to every statewide office.<\/p>\n
Following is the list of those elected to statewide office this Tuesday:\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
Governor:\u00a0 Jerry Brown, Democrat.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 He was Governor for 8 years decades ago.\u00a0 He became famous across the country as Governor Moonbeam.\u00a0 During his tenure he fought against Proposition 13, which reduced property taxes, then tried to take credit for it.\u00a0 By his own admission, during his previous tenure taxes went up, spending went up, roads deteriorated and education got worse.\u00a0 But he was not Meg Whitman and he is a Democrat so he got elected.<\/p>\n Lt. Governor:\u00a0 Gavin Newsom, Democrat<\/strong>.\u00a0 He is the hard-core core left wing wacko Mayor of San Francisco.\u00a0 He arbitrarily decided that Gay Marriage should be legal in California so he just started marrying gay couples in San Francisco.\u00a0 He is so liberal and so far left that he was trounced by Jerry Brown in the Democratic primary.\u00a0 So, he decided to run for Lt. Governor hoping no one would notice.\u00a0 It worked.<\/p>\n State Controller:<\/strong>\u00a0 John Chang, Democrat.\u00a0\u00a0 He claimed credit for saving the state millions of dollars because of actions taken by other people. \u00a0(This included the City of Bell scandal ignored by Debra Bowen).\u00a0 \u00a0But, no one cared, because he is a Democrat.<\/p>\n State Treasurer: \u00a0Bill Lockyer, Democrat<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He is famous for filing a Global Warming Lawsuit against automobile manufacturers when he was attorney general. \u00a0Then he even tried to sue the Board of Hewitt Packard with regard to a change in the board of directors. \u00a0\u00a0However, the Republican candidate must have been really special, because even the Republican Party refused to endorse her.<\/p>\n Secretary of State: \u00a0Debra Bowen, Democrat<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u00a0She has been accused of ignoring massive voter fraud by ACORN.\u00a0 She was notified of the problems in Bell, California, where the city manager and others were paying themselves outrageous salaries, but she ignored it.\u00a0 The story eventually broke in the LA Times and became a major scandal.\u00a0 There are also other allegations of preferential treatment of the Democratic Party.\u00a0\u00a0 This is the person who make sure our elections are fair and balanced.\u00a0\u00a0Perfect..\u00a0<\/p>\n Attorney General:\u00a0 Kamala Harris, Democrat.<\/strong>\u00a0 She set an all time record for poor performance as District Attorney for San Francisco.\u00a0 Under her leadership, San Francisco has the lowest conviction record in the state.\u00a0 No police organization in the state was willing to endorse her because too many obviously guilty people were set free because of her incompetence.\u00a0 She also refused to turn over illegal aliens to ICE, even when one was a dangerous \u00a0convicted felon. \u00a0He ended up killing several people.\u00a0 \u00a0But, she is a Democrat, and in California that is all that matters.<\/p>\n Insurance Commissioner: \u00a0Dave Jones, Democrat<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 He is an anti-insurance company activist who thinks all problems with regard to health insurance can be solved by personally ordering insurance carriers to lower premium, without regard to actual costs.\u00a0 He loves Obamacare.\u00a0 This tactic was tried before with Proposition 103, which was passed in 1988.\u00a0 It is how we ended up with an elected Insurance Commissioner.\u00a0 Proposition 103 required auto insurance companies to reduce rates by 20%.\u00a0 It was litigated for 17 years.\u00a0 Somehow rates never actually went down.\u00a0 So far every person elected to Insurance Commissioner in California has tried to use the position as a political platform to run for Governor.\u00a0 Perfect!<\/p>\n Superintendent of Schools: \u00a0Tom Torlarkson, Democrat<\/strong>.\u00a0 (He switched from Democrat, to decline to state, to run for this non-partisan office).\u00a0 He is a former teacher strongly endorsed by the California teachers union which spent more money on his campaign than he spent himself.\u00a0 This is exactly the kind of balance we need in a Superintendent of Schools.\u00a0 He will be more than willing to make the hard decisions and challenge the teachers union\u2026right!<\/p>\n California has officially replaced Michigan as the dumbest state in the union.\u00a0 For years we watched pro-union Democrats run the Michigan economy into the ground.\u00a0\u00a0 But this year the voters finally had enough and voted the Democrats out of power.\u00a0 My prediction is that the Michigan economy will take off.\u00a0\u00a0 It is hard to imagine California improving under the leadership of this group.<\/p>\n Democrats are banking on turning the economy around by building the bullet train to run from Fresno to Bakersfield.\u00a0 All of the trains and equipment will be manufactured in California. That actually is a good idea, because no sane business owner would continue to operate in California if there was a viable option.\u00a0 \u00a0This is progressive utopia; lots of government spending creating\u00a0those delicious union jobs.\u00a0 Of course California has no money and the federal government is broke.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0So, they will probably\u00a0try to finance this with bonds, backed\u00a0by a project that has no chance of ever turning a profit.\u00a0 This is similar to how the French financed the Panama Canal.\u00a0 That worked really well too!<\/p>\n Even though voters miraculously voted down Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana, this state legislature is likely to just do that anyway.\u00a0 Democrats view marijuana primarly as a great cash crop that they can tax with wild abandon.\u00a0 In addition, this will attract a whole new business to California, pot farms.\u00a0 No sane business owner, who does not smoke pot, is likely to be interested in setting up shop in this economic disaster zone.\u00a0 In addition, the more people in California who smoke pot, the more likely we will continue to elect Democrats.<\/p>\n I am suddenly feeling warm all over.\u00a0 Oops, I may have peed by pants.<\/p>\n TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" California used to lead the nation in a lot of areas.\u00a0 We had the best schools, the best roads and the strongest economy.\u00a0 We also had the best weather.\u00a0 If there was a new trend that caught on in California, … Continue reading