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John Seiler: Sometimes you win one. This week, the Good Guys won a Big One. Hollywood’s attempt to censor the Internet went down in flames like a Luftwaffe jet fighter shot down by the American “Red Tails” in the new
Read MoreElmer Fudd Translates Jerry’s Speech
John Seiler: To help us better understand, here’s Elmer Fudd translating Gov. Jerry Brown’s State of the State speech for us: As weqwiwed by the state constitution, I am wepowting to you this mowning on the condition of ouw state.
Read MoreBiased Title for Jerry’s Tax Initiative
John Seiler: Get a load of this title AG Kamala Harris gave Gov. Jerry Brown’s $7 billion tax-hike initiative: “TEMPORARY TAXES TO FUND EDUCATION. GUARANTEED LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING.” That should trick a couple hundred California voters into voting for
Read MoreLive-Blogging Brown State-of-State
John Seiler: I’m going to live-blog Gov. Jerry Brown’s State-of-the-State address, at 10 am on Jan. 18, 2012. Assuming the technology works. You can watch his address online here. Let’s blog! 9:43 am: A minister is leading a prayer. I
Read MoreCA High Public Employee Pay
Katy Grimes: It’s official – California has the largest number of public sector employees making more than $150,000 per year. The Sunshine Review, a nonprofit organization dedicated to government transparency, released its first state government salary report today, which analyzed public sector employee
Read MoreDeVore Thriving in Free Texas
John Seiler: People keep fleeing repressive California — with its hereditary Dear Leader, Kim Jong Brown — for the free state of Texas. One of the latest was Chuck DeVore, formerly a California assemblyman and candidate for the U.S. Senate.
Read MoreSpain’s High-Speed Boondoggle
John Seiler: Spain also has wasted money on a high-speed rail boondoggle, one they actually built. The Bee ran an article on it that tried to make the Iberian choo-choo sound better than it is. But the facts still were
Read MoreKnow Your ‘Rich’ Economic History
Katy Grimes: In order to fully comprehend how California residents will be impacted even more by Democrats in the near future, we need to look at the economic condition of the entire country, and put our economic history into context. Under the
Read More‘Grassroots’ Looks Like This
Katy Grimes: TIME magazine recently announced the 2011 Person of the Year was “the Protestor.” American protestors conjure up all kinds of images, from the Occupy Wall Street Protestors, striking union nurses, teamsters, to university students occupying the library at UC
Read MoreBrown Gang Can’t Tax Straight
John Seiler: The Three Stooges have taken over California government. Gov. Jerry Brown’s regime couldn’t even type up its tax-increase initiative scheme without botching it. Correcting the error, Brown sent a letter to the attorney general: (ii) For that portion
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