Good to see the wicked speaker is leaving, but the joy is not here in California, otherwise.

Now, California Republicans need to finally step away from the idea of a retail political solution-where a rich, but unconnected, newly introduced Republican fitting the correct profile- is retired.  The “dream” women” ticket failed.  Will they stick around and try to help the party build?  California needs to reeducate house to house with a clear message.  Our old stalwarts put in place during the time of Reagan have disappeared and we have generations that do not really remember him and his influence has disappeared from our educational system.  Now we have Moonbeam who most likely will again be branded with that name as he has not changed his stripes.  The question is whether California can survive this mistake self-inflicted last night. 

Our Democrat brothers and sisters will now own the damage they will inflict.  Republicans need to prepare for the next election.  Hopefully, we can bear the suffering.  It will be interesting to see how the new gerrymandering will occur. 

One final thought, the loss in California is also a reflection of the effect of the state of the religious culture in California.  The Catholics of California are not well-formed and they have swallowed the poisonous ideas of moral relativism starting with the idea that life issues can be mitigated by other social justice issues.  The Church is under attack, but the Catholic in the pew does not seem to be aware of it and the need to defend the Church.  Are we surprised about this…the answer should be NO considering the poor state of our Catholic schools that are not much different from the public schools.  The Bishops should sit up and take notice.  The USCCB (and the CCHD) will probably go in the other direction because they have lost a group they were quite fond of…Catholic Democrats in Congress.

What White Women Want, Surprisingly the GOP

What White Women Want, Surprisingly the GOP Some interesting statistics and breakdowns among women. Guess we can actually say that the "woman's vote" is not a monolithic act. Many of us are actually prolife...picture that and why is that the case?

Rep. Tom McClintock on effects of Poor Public Policy on California Economy

Rep. Tom McClintock on effects of Poor Public Policy on California Economy:

"In short, with no transparency and no accountability, billions of dollars that should have been used to improve California’s water infrastructure and that voters expected would be used for that purpose when they approved the bonds have evaporated, the money spent by politicians and bureaucrats for whatever struck their fancy, benefited their personal ambitions or furthered their personal agendas."

And so, the story continues with the latest version of smoke and mirrors. We need dams, less environmental wackoism and a retoolof California by the public sector. Pete Wilson RINOs and Moonbeam Brown types are not the answer, they are the blame.

Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association, Inc. v. Santa Clara County Open Space Authority

Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association, Inc. v. Santa Clara County Open Space Authority How sweet it is to finally see victory in this matter. Having worked hard to get Prop. 218 passed and then to see this lawsuit get its day in court, I am rejoicing. When the people care enough to stand up for themselves at the ballot box, it should be honored. We are ruled by too many commissions, czars, agency bureaucrats and elitists with pet projects that think everyone else should fund without a voice. IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE living in Santa Clara County, ask them to check their property tax statement to see if they are in the open space district and to request their refund....that includes business owners who own the property of their business.
Perhaps you or your friends will be able to throw a block tea party with this money. You could also consider joining the Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association (formerly the Santa Clara County Taxpayers Association (which yours truly was a former president of) at http://www.svtaxpayers.org/

A Little Education Regarding State Employees Greedy Pension Funda

ARTICLE: CalPERS' Pension Began the Budget Dive Taxpayers should pay attention to the cost for maintaing pension funds and making up for crazy investments.

Using Economic Agony to Sell Snake OIl

It’s Only Words | GlobalWarming.org Just remember that "clean energy can help improve the faltering economy" is the vogue lie for let us tax the hell out of energy by making it as expensive as possible. Hope you are enjoying a chilly summer.

Over Taxed and Undermotivated

Today is a national day of note.  Firstly, it is tax day.  It is the day where Americans who are productive face the music of what it costs for the privilege of collecting a paycheck.  Yes, we put out taxes in the pot in hopes that it will pay for keeping us safe and ensuring that commerce can be conducted in an orderly manner.  

It should remind us of the greedy hand known as government.  Hence, we have the second observance today, that of a tea party.  

Unfortunately, many adults today want a nanny state.  They want to be tucked in every night by a feel-good government.  They want the government to make us to feel all warm and cozy and take away all our difficulties.  They want to visualize peace and random acts of kindness and all the bad guys will just disappear.  And if we are attacked, apologize immediately and all will be well.  They are asking the fox to guard the hen house as they fail to see that the most scary tyrants are those of an over reaching government.  To be a good government nanny, means to pass more laws about what can be done, taught or thought.

It is scary to think that we have elected a person who thinks he has a mandate to recreate our civil society in his and other demigods of his party, as long as they agree with him, image and likeness.  They do not see politicians were put in office to uphold our founding principles.  They want to coerce thinking and action through repressive tax laws, public ownership of banking institutions, healthcare and even more control of our children in longer school weeks and years.  They want you to suspect anyone you know that has private wealth as not hardworking or deserving of any fruits of their labor.

Worst of all, they do not respect life from its most humble of beginnings and they don't want to be reminded that they are funding genocide with abortions and the right to die movements.  Anyone who sees these issues as the primary issues today is extremist and suspect.  Yet the community organizer in the White House should be the first to acknowledge that if you believe in something, you should speak up for it.  Ronald Reagan pointed this out in the following quote:

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children what it was once like in the United States when men were free.

It is April 15th in America.  God bless America.

California's Upcoming Water Revolt By Shawn Steel

"...Californians now face an unprecedented, man-made threat to their stable way of life. Our state is slowly dying of thirst. This crisis, however, is one that could easily be avoided, if those in power in Sacramento wished to avoid it. In something of a continuing irony, it was the father of current state Attorney General and former madcap Governor Jerry Brown (early-’60s Governor Pat Brown) who made sure California would be provided adequate water supplies for 50 years. He succeeded. California’s population doubled and the Central Valley led world food production. But now we are running out of water. Why? The left blames the always handy drought. But much of California has always been a desert. That’s a convenient excuse of dictators, both real and would-be, employed in Russia in the 1930s, in Ethiopia in the ’80s, in North Korea, and California, now. In each case, the crisis was and is man-made..."

Steele presents the real story about water and California. Like many shortages, it is a question of distribution rather than a shortage of resources. It is a way to control people...like the potato famine of Ireland...wheat was exported while the people had to eat diseased potatoes...or the grain locked up in storage facilities in Somalia kept away from the people by power-starved warlords...California Political Review is a great journal if you want a close look at California.

Club for Growth--A Great Place for Information

The Response to a Bummer of a Speech

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/02/jindal_responds_obama.html

Sometimes, you just have to speak the truth.  When the other guy doesn't and doesn't care that he doesn't and can say anything to sugar coat, you have to just say it.!  Keep speaking the truth, Gov. Bobby!

Also catch Michael Steele's impressions. He points out Obama has spent the equivalent of $36 billion a day with the passage of the stimulus package and remember there is more to come...how sad. href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/02/michael_steele_reacts_to_obama.html"

Ready to say O Bummer?

The Market is speaking....do we have imcompetence at the helm or someone who really hates free markets?  Next, tax increases and defense cuts.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090223/wall_street.html

In Hiatus with regard to the California Republican Party:  My thoughts on a Meg Whitman Candidacy:  

 I think Whitman’s problem is first and foremost mainstream women.  Sarah Palin is one of us.  She gets the importance of the life issue, what the women’s movement is really about.  She is authentic.  I don’t want a politician that  can’t understand that it is not natural to flush a child, any child down a sink for any reason.  I don’t want the scars of abortion to go unnoticed and we want our future generation preserved from genocide. We need smaller government that supports the family and does not fight it.  I need a free market back in California.  The California University and College system needs to be restored to excellent educational institutions and not propaganda centers. Give people back their own money and let them fund the things they feel are important.  Get candidates that can speak a well-thought sentence.   The Democrat party, as it stands now, is the party of tax cheats, abortion supporters and those that lobby for programs that will further exploit our daughters in the misguided sexual revolution that has only brought more venereal disease, depression, low self-esteem, single parent homes and un-natural family situations.  Meg Whitman is not comfortable with any of these issues.  She will not be much different from what we now have in office.  She will want them off the table.  By the way, the party should stop telling us what women think.  I am a  woman and I know what I think!