But the fiscal crisis in California is partly his fault for promising to cut that car-tax just to get himself in power.

Ahnold hasn’t watched enough of Clint Eastwoods spaghetti westerns and Dirty Harry cop movies. If he had he’d know “a man has got to know his limitations”. Or, maybe he should remember the old Chinese proverb to “be careful what you wish for”. He apparently thought (and was told) that most of being governor was just looking good and pretending to be a tough guy by calling people names like “girlie men”.

Doesn’t seem to have worked.

And what is this wicked you speak of? Blasphemy! Blasphemy!

And I see bmaz is as wicked as ever, so that part of the world remains unchanged. Whew ;-))

She spent a ton of energy time and resources trying to get FERC to insist that Enron stop pressing Washington electrical utilities on for money on (corrupt) contracts signed when Enron manipulated the markets

**Sorry, was interrupted.

Sample info:
http://www.efsec.wa.gov/kittitaswind.shtml
http://www.xconomy.com/seattle…..-turbines/

And of more than passing interest, a long time friend was telling me about the fact that in her rural city, a business that makes wind turbines is cutting $900,000 in payroll A MONTH. I don’t even know how to describe what that means to a little city that hasn’t had even $250,000/month payroll in over 20 years.

And what’s even more surprising to me, the rural (ornery, cranky, hate-change) folks that I’d expected to be raising hell and up-in-arms about wind turbines impeding their views seem to be quite taken with them. They’re still able to hunt elk in some of the regions set aside for wind generation.

Not that any of the (male) guests booked onto the Beltway Sunday Showz would know any of what I just wrote here…. (sigh).

Wonder what Sen Maria Cantwell might have to say about these issues, if they ever let her on? She spent a ton of energy trying to get FERC to insist that Enron stop pressing Washington electrical utilities on for money on (corrupt) contracts signed when Enron manipulated the markets, and as a result, one presumes that Sen Cantwell knows a thing or two about energy issues.

But then, she’s a girl.
And now girlz are aloud.
Grrrrrr………….!!

Californians really like their propositions. They are not too swift about all the ways they can be manipulated by a wealthy individual or industry. Maybe it satisfies the “libertarian” in people. Who knows, without it many Californians might form a CIP (Californian Independence Party). I have friends who rail about taxes but regularly go to casinos where they blow $300-$500 at a time. They consider it entertainment. If the government could figure out a way to have people go blow their whole tax allotment at a casino, I think there might be less complaining.
readerOfTeaLeaves, we are ok in San Diego right now. No major fires are burning in San Diego county although this morning I woke up to the smell of smoke. I think it is drifting down from Orange County.

What is your goal?