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It's November 3, 2010. You think you are waking up to a sunny California morning only to realize it's a dark, dark day. Jerry Brown is governor, Gavin Newsom is lieutenant governor, Kamala Harris is attorney general, and the rest of the Democrat ticket has prevailed. California is going to be controlled by San Francisco politics. Got your attention now? Tea Party folks have brought a refreshing candor to the conservative scene, demanding from conservative candidates a return to conservative principles. But we don't live in a perfect world. And in California, we live in a deeply skewed political landscape...

One movie I definitely want to see this holiday season is the next Tolkien novel adapted: The Two Towers. Those of you, who have read the book, know that this story captures exactly what is occurring in our nation as we prepare for war, the good people of the West are under attack by a conniving evil that has used the generosity of the West against itself. (Note the parallels between Saruman and the Saudis). The West has so long been protected from the necessity of dealing with far-off evil, that its citizens are not yet convinced that such a...