As California goes, so goes the Nation! Gee, I hope not!

The "Terminator" turned girly man has turned California into France according to Matthew Kaminski of the WSJ. To quote Chester A. Riley, protagonist of the 50s TV show "The Life of Riley," "What a revolting development this is." One of my favorite places on earth used to be La Jolla, but now, I fear that ambiance just won't be the same. Worse, Mr. Kaminski suggests that the rest of the country is not far behind and destined to become a “dysfunctional financial mess” hamstrung by an electorate too accustomed and dependent upon feeding at the public trough and too self-unenlightened to correct the problem.

Consider also that the dean of the University of California, Irvine law school, a public institution, is suing the community of Laguna Beach over its treatment of some of the homeless who have started pitching tents and living on the beach. This despite the fact that “Michael and Robert, wearing sunglasses and relaxing in a park overlooking the sparkling Pacific Ocean, cheerfully list … the meals and services available to them: coffee and Danish brought to the park every weekday morning; bag lunches and dinner feedings; showers, laundry and kitchen facilities at a drop-in center; and shelter during the winter months.” Sounds like they have it pretty good! I understand that we need to support those less fortunate, but I wow, do I wish I lived on the Pacific Ocean!

Many years ago I head a joke that said California was like a bowl of granola full of fruits, nuts and flakes! Clealy the situation has not improved.

re: Look at the Time, Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 1/30/09

Ms. Noonan is right. America needs it's politicians to recognize that times have changed and the old ways can not and should not be tolerated. President Obama left the crafting of his stimulus package to Congressional Demwitocrats who seemingly just could not resist the temptation to burden the package and taxpayers with amazing amounts of pork. The WSJ's analysis of the package can only justify about 12 percent of porkage as something that can actually stimulate the economy.

President Obama promised change but what he actually delivered was more of the same old partisanship by abdicating his role as consensus builder to the Goldmansachs Head (GSH - coined by Ms. Noonan in her article) suffering Speaker Pelosi and her merry band of pokers. Worse, because President Obama is still the darling of main stream media Republican disapproval was "reported" as Rush Limbaugh vitriol. Remarkably Speaker Pelosi came to the rescue by placing her GSH on display by attmpting to defend her pet condom project as "cost cutting" stimulus.

Americans need to wake up and realize the impact of the numbers being tossed around. Glen Beck's Inconvenient Debt puts our economic troubles in frightening perspective. We simply cannot afford the massive amounts of spending contained in President Obama's Stimulus Package. We need stimulus, but nothing is better than the Speaker Pelosi's GSH based porkage.