California, the golden state, the land of American dreams, the place where I was born. What was once a land of milk and honey in the eyes of many is taking a hard dive into reality. I left there in 1978 after the passing of Proposition 13 made two classes of citizens a matter of law. It sealed me and so many others into a group of never will haves. It was big government mob rule democracy at it’s worst.
People are saying that unemployment is the worst it has been in sixty years. I beg to differ. During the Carter fiasco real unemployment in San Diego County was in reality well over twenty percent among the non government sector. I had people with advanced degrees pumping gas along side me at University City Arco.
The answer, at the time, was more socialism, and higher taxes. At least that was the solution offered up by Governor Moonbat and crew. New laws on Gun Control were being passed faster than most Californians could keep up with. New laws on vehicle emissions made it all but impossible to keep your vehicle running. At least legally.
The police concentrated on those dope smoking hippies and anyone that didn’t wear a crew cut while allowing white collar criminals the run of the state. The elites, when they were prosecuted, were given a slap on the wrist, or allowed to post bail and run across a border like Polanski did.
While at the same time a friend came home and found two thugs raping his wife. They then beat him to a pulp, until he was able to get to his 357, and put an end to their nefarious ways. The California response to that home invasion and sexual assault was to imprison him. He died there, and his wife later committed suicide. So much for the California dream, and that was many, many years gone by.
Lead by a RINO California is still in trouble up to it’s nose, and may very well be going down for the third time. I blame the people for the states demise. They keep on electing big government authoritarians. People who believe that others are too stupid for their own good. People who believe that government has the answer to every problem. People who are better than thou, and that will show you the error of your ways.
The Guardian wrote a really swell piece about all this. The grammar and spelling are magnificent. Worthy of superior marks in English Composition. But, the article misses the point completely even as they do such an eloquent job of describing the situation unfolding in California.
I started this blog a few years ago, and, as I stated in one of the earliest pieces. Government most often creates problems, or makes them worse. While Freedom, and Liberty find solutions. My thoughts have not changed.
Tags: California, Democracy, Democrats, Failed States, Gun Control, News, Politics, RINO's, Taxation, unemployment
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October 7, 2009 at 12:07
Another great piece! I like the personal anecdote style to this one, too. I agree that Governor Arnold is just a RINO and too much a believer in government solutions. It’s amazing that The Progressive Era of Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson hasn’t taught some of us yet to get big government out of the way. That’s where this misguided, disingenuous socialism in our country started, IMO, The Progressive Era. Social engineering was in the air then, the thing to do. But fortunately, Obama’s disapproval rating is going UP, and it can only be, at this point, because of his middle-linebacker blitz interventions into the economy and into health care. Freedom, as you say, made this country great by keeping unshackled our initiative. Obama and crew don’t see that, incredibly. Barry Goldater nailed it: “A government that can give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have.”
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October 7, 2009 at 15:46
Scariest sentence in the English language: “Don’t worry, I am from the government.”
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October 7, 2009 at 20:23
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October 8, 2009 at 07:12
Ain’t that the truth fnord! I used to have a T-Shirt with something like that printed on it. That went over real well when I taught a CPR class for what turned out top be mostly ATF Agents! Thanks for commenting, and nice blog you have.
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