Sigh. Didn't we just
have an election? With a billion ballot initiatives? Why can't a populace ever get some peace and quiet that isn't interrupted by the thundering of plebiscites?
But for all you Californians who just looove democracy, here's
a very nice analysis of Proposition 74.
I expect
Senate Bill 5 to greatly ease my passage through the hallowed halls of the University of California. Note in particular the following provision:
The Legislature further declares that ... students should be free to take reasoned exception to the data or views offered in any course of
There's an article in the Weekly Standard asserting that Californians are
Suckers for 'Science', spending a million zillion dollars on speculative stem cell research while spurning measures that would totally, definitely, for-real save lives:
THE PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION 71 in California (the Stem Cell Research and Cures
In keeping with my emergent desire for political activity on those narrowly tailored local and technical matters where I feel I can be most effective, I bring you an entry of extremely limited interest - but there might plausibly be one or two California geologists lurking among you Gentle Readers.
The lovably zany California state goverment really needs to suck it up and raise taxes, but every so often someone proposes
a spending cut I can actually support - or at least proposes to eliminate a mandate of indeterminate but non-negligible
A few notes on water resources in Southern California.
I would be less grumpy now if I had a glow-in-the-dark fishy friend.
Small consolations in the wake of Guvenah-Elect Ahnold:
Trumping all the "my governor can beat up your governor" cards from Minnesota.
The
occasionally professional accordion player came in second-to-last.
Both bullshit ballot initiatives were killed quite dead.
Governor-elect Schwarzenegger has appeared in about 40 real movies, and many more schlocky TV specials and
The L.A. Times Food section gets in on the electoral action with the
election-night party plans of the losers. A surprising number of candidates are teetotallers, including even the ones running on a platform of "Drink Butt Monkey Beer" - there goes that ad campaign. Quite frankly, I don't
Some people just don't know how to run a press campaign, or something -
Scott Davis has withdrawn his candidacy because in a race composed of equal parts serious budget difficulty and circus hijinks, with a dash of 100 or so candidates' pet issues thrown in,
Ekstra Bladet has
an interview with "Ketchup" Carl Mehr, wherein the Danish-born candidate drinks morgenkaffe and reveals himself to be a Republikaner, ligesom The Terminator. Assuredly not to be missed! This man may well garner several percent of the vote in
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See the
Certified List of Candidates! Ooooh. Aaah.
I woke up late last night slash early this morning, believing for a good fifteen seconds that civilization was over. Kaput. Dying a hissing, steaming death
While I'm posting (I need one more post to fill up gaps in my entry numbers, so my re-entered archives will be in harmony with the universe) I should mention that
psychic dogs have said signs point to Arnold this election.
Howard Dean's got a blog. It's trendy. There should be multiple gubernatorial recall candidates with blogs; so far, I've only found
William Tsangares, who is running on a "Recall Arnold" platform and selling goofy Republican T-shirts. Readers actually interested in democracy, as opposed to the tabloid circus coverage I
Water flows under bridges, leaves fall off trees, I hork my database with no recent backups, life goes on. I'll replace the past two months in the time-stream as quickly as I can, given that I've finally found a house to move into, they've started handing me actual responsibilities at
At five o'clock yesterday afternoon, I was one signature short of gubernatorial candidacy. Though I stood on the steps of the County Recorder's office begging passers-by to please give me a chance at high office, and maybe a dollar for beer, I was cruelly denied on both counts.
I know
Hooray for half-assed ballot initiatives!