Which is what we in California are probably going to be now for a long time!

Laer Pierce has more:

Schwarzenegger Turns Left

Ahnold has appointed a former top Grey Davis aide and former executive director of the corrupt Cal. Democratic Party, Susan Kennedy, to be his chief of staff.

How fitting, and how disappointing. The voters reject the entire slate of initiatives that would have begun the process of killing the monster Davis left, and Schwarzenegger responds by hiring the creature that fed the monster. He’s turned to the dark side … well, the grey side … of California’s political spectrum.

I’ve got a great new reader to this blog from Mustang, OK who recently remarked that our Gov. and I were the last two conservatives in the state. Not hardly, there are a lot of us — but that group has never included the Governator.

We worked hard to throw out Grey Davis and hoped that Arnie would ignore Maria’s lefty advice and steer the state in a new direction. Maybe it’s just not possible until the entire enterprise goes tits-up.

I hope not, but this action today is not a very good sign! (db)

I was having a discussion about this over dinner about a week ago. One of my friends was adament that Gardena, CA could not possibly let Nissan leave, it would be disasterous to the local economy. Well, scratch one for us out here. [h/t: Glenn Reynolds]

[Nissan CEO] Ghosn cited lower real estate and business taxes as major reasons for the move.

“The costs of doing business in Southern California are much higher than the costs of doing business in Tennessee,” he said.

And then Glenn, the Instapundit adds this:

Plus, housing is much cheaper for employees, and there’s no state income tax.

Doah! It’s a Homer moment for CA, that’s for sure . . . (db)

Have you ever awakened and found yourself in an alternate reality? Conservatives in California do so just about each and every day. Take today for instance. It was a doozy! Let’s count, shall we?

1. The majority of CA voters think it’s just peachy for an underage girl to walk into planned [un]parenthood and abort the nascent human life growing inside her — without any prior notification of her parent(s) or guardian.
2. The majority of CA voters think that it is OK for public-employee unions to “take” monies from their union members and spend it to support candidates and causes contrary to a union member’s wishes — even though these public workers work for us, the citizens of California, not for a private company.
3. San Francisco voters approved a total handgun ban, giving a great big nasty raspberry to the 2nd Amendment — and that’s not all.

The Washington Post reports on the San Fran ordinance, which by the way, the NRA has already filed suit against.

Voters approved ballot measures to ban handguns in San Francisco and urge the city’s public high schools and college campuses to keep out military recruiters.

The gun ban prohibits the manufacture and sale of all firearms and ammunition in the city, and makes it illegal for residents to keep handguns in their homes or businesses.

Only two other major U.S. cities _ Washington and Chicago _ have implemented such sweeping handgun bans.

With all precincts reporting early Wednesday, 58 percent of voters backed the proposed gun ban while 42 percent opposed it.

Although law enforcement, security guards and others who require weapons for work are exempt from the measure, current handgun owners would have to surrender their firearms by April.
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The military recruitment initiative won with 60 percent in favor and 40 percent against.

The measure, dubbed “College Not Combat,” opposes the presence of military recruiters at public high schools and colleges. However, it would not ban the armed forces from seeking enlistees at city campuses, since that would put schools at risk of losing federal funding.

Wonder if this means that the Navy looking guy in the Village People has to bow out at on-campus events?

No wonder I couldn’t muster up much blogging energy today, not to mention that I worked at the Good Wife’s office all day, and then did client work this evening. But hey, that’s no excuse . . . it was after all “just another day in paradise.”

Can I wake up now? (db)

I just voted. Outside my polling location was a table set up with a slotted paper box marked as “Ballot Box”, and a pair of nice little old ladies running a “parallel election”. Further up the block sat Judy Alter, who I was told had paid for all this. But, what was it? I wasn’t the only one wanting to know. Another voter, a woman about the same age as the two at the table was giving them the grilling for sure.

“Who are you with? Who’s paying for all this? Why?”

“We’re non-partisan. That woman over there is paying, so far. We’re not sure that the computer-tallied voting is fair and accurate.”

Oh boy! Nutters, and close too, just a block away from Okie Central! But, like those that read the National Enquirer, I have an enquiring mind and just had to know, so I go over to Ms. Alter.

You guys are really non-partisan? You’re paying out of your own pocket? How are you going to publish the results of your study?”

Yes, I’m non-partisan. I’m paying, so far. We’re going to publish the results on our websiteStudy California Ballots dot com.

OK, tell me this. Did you think that there were problems in Ohio last Nov?

We have that study on our website. We also studied the New Mexico elections.

So I came back and checked them out. Non-partisan my day-glow Okie butt! Here are some of their fact sheets and articles:

Reports and Factsheets

“Myth Breakers, Facts about Electronic Elections” by VotersUnite.org
An electronic voting primer to educate election officials. 2005, 62 pages (pdf file).

No Paper Trail Left Behind: The Theft of the 2004 Presidential Election by Dennis Loo
Excellent analysis and facts from the 2004 election, and how they add up to a dramatic yet obvious conclusion

House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff:
“Preserving Democracy: What Went Wrong in Ohio”
Read the Congressional report that exposed the many rights violations of the 2004 election. Jan. 5, 2005, 102 pages (pdf file).

Florida Op-Scan Systems Hacked Three Ways by BBV Investigators
Diebold’s optical scan software proven to be riddled with vote-rigging hacks.

Overview of California’s voting systems and regulatory history

Web Link Collections

Elections research, in all media formats, categorized by subject:

* The Election Justice Center, up to date on national reform movements

http://www.solarbus.org/election/

* Fairness by Beckerman — Election news with an emphasis on Ohio

http://fairnessbybeckerman.blogspot.com/

* Election 2004 and Election Reform, a thorough and well-organized guide

http://shadowbox.i8.com/stolen.htm

* Evidence of Electoral Fraud in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election: A Reading List

http://www.opednews.com/keefer_111504_readings.htm

And here are books that they recommend:

Bev Harris and David Allen, Black Box Voting — Ballot-tampering in the 21st Century, Plan Nine Publishing, 2003, ISBN 1-929462-45-X, 264 pages. The best single book on electronic vote fraud, by the leading investigator.

Bob Fitrakis, Steve Rosenfeld, Harvey Wasserman, Did George W. Bush Steal America’s 2004 Election? Columbus Alive, May, 2005, ISBN: 0971043892, paperback: 768 pages. Essays on voting fraud and suppression from frontline activist-reporters; includes the Conyers Report on Ohio.

James M. and Kenneth F. Collier, Votescam: The Stealing of America 2000, ISBN: 00963416308, paperback, 405 pages. A 30-year quest exposing the roots of modern-day electronic voting fraud, starting in Florida in 1970.

So, how can they accurately tabulate results when a lot of Republicans, like myself, see through their BS about non-partisanship and self-select to not participate? She answers that criticism here. I’m not buyin’ it.

You know, I don’t really mind a blatantly partisan protest or events, not even close to my polling place ’cause hey, it’s “The Peoples’ Republic of Santa Monica” now, isn’t it? But at least have the stones to admit that you’re a bunch of Bush Stole the Election lefties that are afraid big bad Arnold is gonna ram Propositions 73, 74, 75 and 76 down your throat!

Pathetic! (db)

One of the more important issues in this week’s special election out here in La La Land is Proposition 73, which mandates that an abortion cannot be performed on an underage girl until after 48 hours from parental notification. Here is how Yes on 73 puts it:

Parents Have a Right to Know

In California, if your daughter is under 18: She can’t get a flu shot, she can’t go on a school trip, she can’t have a tooth pulled, she can’t get her ears pierced, without your knowing it.

But an older boyfriend or school employee can take your 13-year-old daughter to an abortionist who can perform a SURGICAL or CHEMICAL ABORTION upon her without your knowing it.

HELP PARENTS PROTECT THEIR DAUGHTERS by promoting Prop 73, the Parents’ Right to Know and Child Protection ballot initiative, which will require a doctor to notify a parent or legal guardian 48 hours before an abortion is performed on their minor daughter.

Vote YES on Prop 73

Doug TenNapel takes it to the next level:

… some doctor performs an operation on my 12 year old daughter that invovles sucking my grandson down the sink without my knowing and there will be hell to pay.

As the Michael Ramirez cartoon in yesterday’s LA Times shows, a girl under 17 cannot get into an “R” rated movie with being accompanied by a parent or guardian, but they can walk into an abortion clinic and have the nascent human life chopped up and sucked right out of them. Just what the living Hell is up with that?

Protect your daughters — Vote YES on Prop 73! (db)

A lot of bloggers have written about the California legislature passing a bill yesterday that would allow same-sex marriage in our great state. This regardless of the fact that in an initiative vote, Proposition 22, that prevented the state from recognizing same-sex marriage, even if it had taken place in other states or countries. That’s the bad news.

The good news comes from Governor Schwarzenegger’s office, where he vows to veto this bill when it comes to his desk. Not that Arnold is opposed to same-sex unions, or even same-sex marriage for that matter, but he does respect the will-of-the-people as expressed by a state-wide vote.

Many of us believe that these things need to be left up to the states, including issues such as abortion. If a state’s population decides via the vote to allow these things in that state, all of us opposed can either work to overturn those laws, or move to a state whose laws reflect our own ideas and beliefs. Some of us are content to be a “Daniel” living in the lion’s den.

Thanks Gov. In the face of what’s easy, left and wrong, it’s a great thing to do what’s hard and right. (db)