[grey_whiskers]

Thanks for the criticisms. Let me respond.

I had two reasons to write this piece, one serious and one not-so-serious.

The not-so-serious is that (as Alinsky said) ridicule is an effective weapon. And the left has gotten away with snide comments and raised eyebrows for decades, as though merely slandering the right is sufficient. It's time we returned fire.

The serious one is that I don't want California to be like someone who takes out a home equity loan to "consolidate their debts" but who doesn't cancel their credit cards : and so just runs them up again, AND loses their house for so doing.

They can go hang themselves as far as I'm concerned: but I don't want them sinking the US Treasury while they're at it; the gunwales are already awash without it.

As far as writing for the middle: I'm more likely to gain their approval by writing in a sarcastic vein than by writing learned policy papers. We've had enough of rule by the Ivy League self-annointed anyway. Recall that Wilson was President of Princeton University back when that meant something.

Cheers!

[mlocher]

You and I are alike in that we want CA to solve its own problems without US help. It also sounds like you have given much thought about your audience, how to reach them and what your purpose is for writing. Many bloggers and writers do not go through these steps, so I must commend you.

As I mentioned earlier, I do appreciate your posts!

[Tax-chick]

Pretty good. Help yourself to some grog for spelling “gunwales” correctly!