California's State of Insanity

Before I moved to California, I enjoyed voting. Once every four years, I thought very deeply for a very long time about the presidential candidates and then voted for the Democrat. I left the crappy high school gym knowing I had voted for a government that would bring progress and change, ignoring the fact that the high school gym kept getting crappier. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - May 31, 2009 - 9:23 AM PDT
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Chris Finnie
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by Chris Finnie - Jun. 1, 2009

I subscribe to Time and don't usually like Stein's pieces. But this one hit the nail right on the head. Not only is it accurate, but quite funny--mostly because it's so true. I read the line about voting more often than the legislature to my housemate and we both had a good laugh over it because California under The Governator has become the land of special elections. It's just one more way he's bankrupted the state because these things are not cheap in a state this size!

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Allena Hansen
by Allena Hansen - May. 31, 2009

Never has an essay so aptly demonstrated its premise.

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Leo Romero
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by Leo Romero - May. 31, 2009
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alan segal
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by alan segal - Jun. 1, 2009

Not really journalism but quality satire.

clever and a entertaining read, but disapponting to treat so light hearted. Two very big issues here. Only 25% of voters turned out and voted no on initiatives that by not passing are going to really hurt the idiots that voted no and the real idiots that didn't even bother to vote. They are all going to be crying when they possibly lose their jobs, or economic livlihoods by the deep cuts in government funding and services Arnold is going to make. The second big issue Stein didn't ... More »

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