Posted on 01/26/2006 10:14:49 PM PST by NormsRevenge
McClintock PING!
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Jerry Brown's election was the end of California. And now conservatives have an almost insurmountable task. We have people running from California into Nevada territory to escape the insanity.
I met two couples who had fled San Diego to east Tennessee when I visited family recently. They said things got too expensive, taxes were too crazy, and their car had just been demolished by an illegal immigrant who, of course, had no insurance and disappeared into the night.
That was the end of California for them.
And the beat goes on...
Like the Democrats care about that. Oh, I'm sorry. The governor has an R behind his name. My mistake.
In a decision that will rank as the most shameful in the history of the California Senate, the leadership has abandoned the legislature’s role – and especially the Senate’s role – as the central decision-making organ in the state government.
Say What?? How can they do that?
Davis had his Big 5 meetings and I guess it stuck, How? Why? Good question.
We have an illegal immigration problem? When did this happen?
:) HA!
I don't think they can, legally. This is looks like another dark of night payoff, with Arnold's clear complicity.
Who's going to sue?
Just more "Open" Gubamint.. kind of reminds you of that most ethical gubamint ever claim by Clinton when he took office...
and the band played on as the ship proceeded at full ahead thru the ice field, Susan Kennedy ensconced with her partner in the Crow's Nest lookout.
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Third, it should be recognized that highway construction and maintenance is an ongoing responsibility of each generation and should be funded on a pay-as-you-go basis.
This is a really good analysis by McClintock. I do have one criticism. Pay as you go is right, as long as you actually do that. When you neglected the infrastructure and have to play catch up, then the responsibility for paying for the catch up part can and probably should fall on more than one generation.
This was President Reagan's rationale for borrowing for military spending to replace what should have been spent during the Carter years. That is if
Oh we got an ethical administration out of Clinton, but he never specified what kind of ethics upon which it intended to rely.
See? Reminds you of "special interests," doesn't it?
Its late so I'm hoping the question was sarcasm and we aren't both embarrassed by this response.
Under the ordinary system of US politics there are only two significant partisan factions. No matter how these factions are distributed among the governing bodies, a normal, intended process of governance occurs. Even the minority has their 15 minutes of fame.
California's current system is broken. It is has been perverted by the political class. There is only one faction in the governance. The elite class. Both partisan factions have carved out a slice of the resultant spoils of this ordinarily prohibited class.
The executive is willing to work with the majority, partisan faction in the legislature with no regard to the republican (small r) responsibilities of their office. The corrupted leadership of the minority, partisan faction in the legislature, also certain that there is little consequence to breaching their republican obligations, is willing to work with the majority faction, as long as they, the minority leadership, gets their small slice of the pie for their district.
Compounding this odd situation and making it truly unique is the fact that the executive is occupied by a group that is closer in principle to their partisan opponent's philosophies that that of their own party.
Even today all legislators have a role in the process but the drama is unique. The majority faction votes in lockstep because, the legislation is, after all, of their own hand. Minority factions ordinarily present an obstacle that the majority must surmount by negotiations. Not in this case.
Corrupt, legislative, minority, party leaders have already cut a deal with both the opposition in the legislature and the executive. Under these unique circumstances individual, minority party, member's votes simply don't matter. The majority, combined with the scoundrels in the minority's leadership, assured of the cooperation of the corrupt executive, control in excess of 66% of the vote and can do anything they want. The minority party faithful can pound sand. The executive won't empower the minority because the legislation being decided is also of their own hand.
Ironically the system works well because of the support of the partisan idiots that we often encounter on this forum. When you are challenged by the FairOpinion account just reflect upon the corruption in Dick Akerman, Kevin McCarthy, Duf Sundheim and the Wilsonegger gang that this account supports and enables.
BTTT
You are one very troubled soul if you think FairOpinion's opinions here on FR "make or force" everyone in CA to vote a particular way. You've (and your pals) have been running your fingers off everyday about the evils of "bad policies" and those evil "rinos". It's really having an affect on the legislature in Sacto and voters ALL THROUGHOUT CA, eh?
Blaming all this trouble in CA upon FairOpinion is stupid. Or blaming it on the usual posting (Wilsonegger ad nauseum) by you is stupid.
Blame California, if you must. Do I undersand your frustation? CHAH! YES. But WHAT is to be done?
Do you think if FairOpinion or me just "go away", it's going to change the minds of millions of voters in CA? This is what you appear to posit. You've just gotta beat up on someone for your life not being perfect, or as you think it should be?
This is insane, Amerigomag.
You've implied that FairOpinion is corrupt. You do understand that you've just posted that.
Thanks for the ping.
FO is a shill for the New Majority Big Tent Gay&GReen CA GOP, plain and simple. Is that an attack?
No, it's the most apparent conclusion one can arrive at as her posts of the last year have shown.
Forget discussing social issues, be it environment or LGBT related.
All we get from her is you're voting with the dems if you don't march lockstep with the GUB across the board.
All the while, he appoints more dems and greens and gays to the bench and commissions that he threatened to blow up not so long ago.
OH well. This is all the fault of folks at FR who are trying to highlight the differences between his hype and reality.
Thanks for weighing in, DL, I was wondering where you were hiding your soft touch. You been pretty mute of late.
Your true colors finally emerge, .. again. Thanks!
Facts suck, huh?
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