Arnold Destroys the World

But won’t we become a nation of drug addicts? No, says Miron. Walk down any city street and you can already buy legal drugs in multiple establishments: Caffeine at Starbucks, nicotine at the supermarket, alcohol at bars and restaurants. And we’re not ALL addicted to all of these drugs.Our current drug policy doesn’t work, Miron [...]

If you don’t like Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — and judging by his 22% approval rating, most Californians don’t — chances are good that you’re not going to like Meg Whitman or Jerry Brown either. Although the Republican and Democratic gubernatorial candidates have some differing views on the causes and cures for California’s financial problems, most [...]

Cooley described Rizzo as the “unelected and unaccountable czar” of Bell, accusing him of secretly setting his own salary and misappropriating city funds by increasing his compensation without approval by the City Council. “This was calculated greed and theft accomplished by deceit and secrecy,” Cooley said. City Council members, meanwhile, failed to oversee Rizzo’s actions [...]

Investors react to a Department of Education report that shows nearly two-thirds of the schools’ students aren’t repaying their federal loans. Stock prices of for-profit colleges plummeted and calls for stronger government regulations mounted as investors and consumer advocate groups alike reacted Monday to an Education Department report that showed nearly two-thirds of the schools’ [...]

Contrary to popular belief, the rich are MORE well off after this latest econimc crisis than before it. No need to belive me, read teh US Government report. And according to an analysis by the Central Intelligence Agency, the U.S. has one of the most unequal income distributions in the world. In this field, most [...]

While I’ve been touting the skill with which Arnold was able to destroy California, it’s not just him that is the problem. Statistics demonstrate that the middle class is being eliminated at a faster pace that at any time in our history. There are a number of reasosn as to why this is happening – [...]

While California (and the rest of the nation) continue to pay for Enron’s crimes, top executives from Enron are trying to get off on technicalities. This story form the AP points out that part of the Enron convictions’ is based on a misinterpretation of “the rules.” While it offers Skilling a chance at get his [...]

The following comment, usually portrayed as a liberal point of view comes from former president George W. Bush’s daughter. There is hope after all. “Why do, basically, people with money have good health care and why do people who live on lower salaries not have good health care?” she said. “Health should be a right [...]

“When people really sit down to fill out their ballots or go into the election booth, I think they’re going to be disturbed by the fact she hasn’t voted for 28 years straight, and then all of a sudden she spends $90 million, four times more than anyone’s ever spent ever in the history of [...]

To make those things happen, the San Francisco utility is spending more than $46 million of its shareholders’ money to deluge television viewers with what Pruett described as “a vigorous advertising campaign” that touts what the company calls the Taxpayers Right to Vote Act. via PG&E defends backing Proposition 16 – latimes.com. If PG&E, SCE [...]