The President of “No”
By: Erick Brockway (Diary) | July 27th at 09:27 AM |
Sound familiar? It should, it’s been a trick of the Democrats to pin that label on Republicans for years; “The Party of NO.” I submit to you that despite media reports and observations to the contrary, that label is now firmly stuck not only to the Democrats, but President Nobama Obama as well. No Plan Obama has no budget plan, only a campaign agenda. Long | Read More »
Heads on a Stick!
By: Erick Brockway (Diary) | February 17th at 09:29 PM |
Some Ca GOP Senators are aware of their endangered status Cal Senator Abel Maldonado (R-Santa Maria) is in the bulls eye of both Senate majority leader Darryl Steinburg and the more conservative Californians, both trying to sway Maldonado to vote either Yes or No on the massive tax increases. In this picture Steinburg is trying to convince Maldonado (R) and Senator Dave Cox (R-District 1) | Read More »
Californians ask, Where’s Our Money Gone?
By: Erick Brockway (Diary) | February 9th at 02:17 AM |
Pretty obvious the state is broke; we’re over taxed, what gives? One thing is no surprise, Californians keep voting for bond propositions like tougher sentencing for criminals and healthcare for kids, all good ideas, but with no additional funding sources allocated the draw is heavy. Mercury News did an analysis that states basically California spent more than it took in. Duh. Sacramento politicians used accounting | Read More »
California Liberals fight each other over our tax money
By: Erick Brockway (Diary) | February 5th at 01:11 AM |
Pass the popcorn, if you can afford the tax on it! Taxes paid by local Californians are being fought over by state, county, and local governments as we working stiffs continue to feed the fire of the economy. It would be funny if were their money they were fighting over, but as usual it’s ours. The state of California, in its debt hole, says they’ll | Read More »
California FINALLY Number One
By: Erick Brockway (Diary) | February 4th at 02:23 AM |
…with the worst credit rating of any state It took some doing, but California finally beat out Louisiana for the bottom spot on the state credit rating list, making us number one if you hold the list upside-down. With everything pretty much upside-down in California anyway…you get my drift. California and Louisiana had been tied for last place, A-plus on the S&P state ratings list | Read More »
Stimulus for Calif: Enabling We Can Believe In
By: Erick Brockway (Diary) | February 1st at 01:18 PM |
Fed’s Stimulus allows California to pretend-again The Stimulus is rapidly approaching the US Senate, after passing the House with no Republican support, and California legislators are fairly salivating over the chance to stave off fiscal collapse, if only for a few months. The “Stimulus” itself, being a Democrat Christmas Wish List of pork and pork by-products, seems to do little to create real permanent jobs, | Read More »
MORE Calif Economic Stupidity? Pelosi sticks her nose in
By: Erick Brockway (Diary) | January 31st at 12:44 AM |
Is it even possible? Yes, it’s possible. Insane, but that’s what we’ve come to expect. What do you think The California State Lands Commission would say to a plan that would be worth billions of dollars for the state treasury, was supported by local Democrat lawmaker Lois Capps, and such environmental groups as the Environmental Defense Center, and did I say would be worth billions | Read More »
An Addiction So Severe Even Obama’s Unicorns Can’t Heal It
By: Erick Brockway (Diary) | January 29th at 01:09 AM |
What do you do with a friend who’s self-destructive? Someone who maybe overindulged for whatever reason, and is now addicted to their drug of choice? Do you ignore the problem, hoping it’ll go away on its own? Maybe confront the person, and risk losing a friend, hoping to save a life, but in the end losing the friend and the life because they refused to | Read More »
In California, Atlas Twitches
By: Erick Brockway (Diary) | January 18th at 02:40 AM |
It seems over the last several years quite a few stories have cropped up in the news of Californians abandoning the state. In 2005, they were headed to the Midwest; A growing number of people are leaving California after a decade of soaring home prices, according to separate data from the Census Bureau, the Internal Revenue Service and the state’s finance department. Last year, a | Read More »