Blog
Back to homepagePathetic media never report Obama’s support for fracking
March 12, 2013 By Chris Reed It’s bad enough that the media consistently depict hydraulic fracturing as new when it’s been around for 60-plus years. But what’s also amazing is that the California media covering the state government’s ongoing attempts
Read MoreEco-phony Arnold tools around in gas-guzzling Mercedes SLS AMG
March 11, 2013 By John Seiler According to the Daily Mail: “He has been seen enjoying a number of dates with a mystery blonde in recent weeks but on Thursday Arnold Schwarzenegger was indulging in his first love — his
Read MoreL.A. Times story on pension reform: Dumb de dumb dumb
March 11, 2013 By Chris Reed The Los Angeles Times reported over the weekend that public employee unions are suing to block some of the pension reforms that Gov. Jerry Brown got through the Legislature last fall. “Advocates for the changes
Read MoreDid the bullet train die in sequester fallout? Maybe. (Hallelujah!)
March 10, 2013 By Chris Reed The fallout of the sequester continues to be widely discussed, with the conventional wisdom being that President Barack Obama and his political team made a rare and serious miscalculation with their attempts to panic
Read MoreHow about solving murders instead of gun control?
March 10, 2013 By John Seiler California already has among the country’s most restrictive gun laws. Not satisfied with existing attacks on our Second Amendment “right to keep and bear arms,” the state Legislature is pushing even more restrictive legislation.
Read MoreEven L.A. revolting against taxes
March 10, 2013 By John Seiler The big news in California the past week was not the mayor’s race in Los Angeles. It was the defeat in that election of the half-cent tax increase, Measure A, by 55 percent to
Read MoreCA job growth vs. ND job growth: Bring on fracking!
March 9, 2013 By Chris Reed Greens were doing some chest-thumping this week after a new study came out that said California led the nation in 2012 in creation of green jobs. “Environmental Entrepreneurs tracks the creation of green jobs
Read MoreMetLife: And another CA company bites the dust
March 8, 2013 By John Seiler California’s high-tax, excessive regulation climate has killed another state business and the jobs that go with it: “Insurance giant Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. said Thursday it will move 2,600 jobs from offices in five
Read MoreTime to break up Los Angeles
March 8, 2013 By John Seiler Los Angeles obviously doesn’t work. The election of a new mayor, the first phase of which was held Tuesday, won’t help. L.A.’s schools are among the worst in the country. Driving through the city
Read MoreMore CA cities should declare bankruptcy
March 8, 2013 By John Seiler Last year, three California cities declared bankruptcy: Stockton, San Bernardino and Mammoth Lakes. Atwater nearly did. Mammoth Lakes lost a lawsuit. But for the other cities — as well as for the Vallejo bankruptcy
Read More