Arnold ended up being another lying, two-faced critter, another disappointment for Ca., if he had done all he ran on from the beginning, stuck to it, Ca. wouldn't be in the sorry state it is now....with O he'll get his bail-out, along with tons of other blue states to follow.

Nothing like the blood-sucking left.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

...a lot like the liberal's ideal place to live. Except, that in the liberal fantasy-land; money is never the problem since the taxpayer almost always gullibly digs deeper into their pockets instead of;

voting with their feet.

California; meet Michigan. Perhaps we're not as flashy. Well, how could we be? We've been in a recession for 7+ (Jenny-Graholm) years. But we're outta cash & those voters...well they've all forwarded their mail & the state's got all these bills & stuff. Plus the state wants goodies & needs cash to get 'em. What else is new?

If we could only keep people from leaving. Perhaps a new law!

I may live in TX now, but it hurts to watch my native state sink lower and lower into the abyss.

Years ago, along with other Young Republicans, we talked about why so many of the rich upper middle class voted Democrat and it was generally agreed that they were feeling guilty about having so much that they felft voting Democrat meant they were taking care of those poor people they left behind on the way up.

My family, except for a few, has left the state shaking our collective heads as to how this could have happened.

Boy!  This just sounds awful!  What to do?

We can start by determining who are the conservative lights in California. Getting that information here?  Anywhere?

That is the problem.  We know all about the people and their deeds on the left, but little about who on the right is fighting these people and their ideology.  So, the next time you are at the polls, you will know who NOT to vote for, but know little if anything about who to vote FOR.  

Whether it is this web site, which does a terrific job at its stated charter, dozens of others like it, conservative radio, or the very small smattering of conservatives on TV, all are busy bringing to light the transgressions of the left, but not telling us who on the right is standing in their way, if they are effective at doing it, what else needs to be done, and how we conservatives can assist in getting it done.  

The definition of insanity is doing things over and over, but expecting a different result.  When the elections of 2010 roll around, ask yourself if we, as conservatives, are amongst the insane?

We got beat by a community organizer in this most recent election.  Perhaps, it is time to do a little community organizing ourselves.   It starts by knowing who amongst our Republican politicians are truly conservative and as important, who among them are actually effective in futhering conservative aims.  

I'm in the payroll business, so I'm keenly aware of some of the taxation that goes on in this country.  In California, employees pay "State Disability Insurance", a tax on wages.  This is a special tax that most states' employees do not pay.  Under Grayout Davis, this tax was getting out of control.  When Arnold came in, the tax was cut about in half.  A couple years ago, it began climbing again.  For 2009, the state has announced that the tax will be right back to where it was under Davis. 

For many employees, they will notice a 27% hike in the SDI rate from last year.  For those employees who hit the SDI limit, they will notice a 40% hike in how much SDI they pay for 2009!

Arnold has lost, the unions have won.  And that, my fellow Californians, is just the beginning of the increased taxation.

Allow me to state the obvious.

You can only do so much with X number of dollars.

OK.  I managed to come up with that without a degree in so-called economics.

Whether you look at Capitalism or Socialism that's just the way it is.  Except with Socialism there's always a lower cap.  With real Capitalism there is no upper limit.  But, you can't keep kicking the legs out from under free enterprise and expect to get the taxes you need in order to carry out state-funded programs.

Roads, schools, police, fire fighters, prisons and other basic services like that should never be messed with.  Degrading the basic infrastructure of a society only creates more need that the state then is obligated to address and more people become dependent upon the state...maybe that's the goal? 

These states and their ever-widening umbrella of socialistic programs are increasingly getting into fiscal trouble.  These programs don't work because they're extended to waaay to many  people that are simply unwilling to work, don't contribute much if anything when they do work, and a bureaucracy that can care less as long as their getting paid.

One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.