Alleged four time cop killer Maurice Clemons was granted clemency by Mike Huckabee when he was governor in Arkansas in 2000. This is a repeat of the Michael Dukakis Willie Horton scandal that was used by papa Bush successfully in the 1988 presidential campaign. Dukakis supported a weekend furlough program where convicted felon got weekend leaves of absence. Willie Horton was one of the felons. Horton never returned during his leave on June 6, 1986. While free he raped a local woman, gagged and beat her fiancé and stole their car. From this event papa Bush was able to exploit fears of people by painting Dukakis as soft on crime. Possibly the most successful tactic of that campaign. And it worked.

Mike Hackabee former governor of Arkansas

And what does this all mean? South Carolina Governor Sanford gone as a possible 2012 presidential candidate. Now the main nemesis of Sarah Palin if she chooses to run as a republican in 2012 badly damaged. The last one standing is Mitt Romney. Sarah would have had a tough battle with Huckabee but she can take the Massachusetts health care tarnished Romney. Romney will look like the old guard, conventional, wooden, caught up in his contradictory record of non achievement in government. Basically the flood gates just blew open for Sarah if she desires the nomination in 2012.

Lesson to be learned here? Never trust a convicted felon.

It is amazing how someone can sink their own political ship with their own words and thoughts.

Glenn Beck has a crew that has the time and money to ferret out this video archives in order to help the process.

For those who call Beck a nut job … they better think again … without his research team we would still have Van Jones and be far less educated on what is really going on in the minds of some of these radicals.

If you no longer trust what ANYONE has to say or are tired of some reporters spin on what is going on … tune into Beck and see our leaders in their own video living color.

Decide for yourselves.

It is truly sad to watch normally smart people behind on the latest breaking news because the main stream missed the boat or never ran for it at all.

I love Ann Coulter for all of the reasons liberal/progressives hate her.
She is bright.
Her facts are always dead on accurate.
She dishes out the mean spirited commentary 10 times worse than what liberal/progressives started long ago.
It makes me laugh to see these liberal/progressives whine and cry foul over tactics they themselves introduced to society … when directed their way.

Here is a snip of the latest by Ann Coulter:

Alas, it is still too early to tell at MSNBC. For Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews – at least two of whom would be severely punished under Shariah law – the shooting of George Tiller was an act of terrorism, no question. The death of a census taker in Kentucky was also an act of terrorism. (We learned this week that it was a suicide–insurance scam.) But as to Maj. Hasan, the jury is still out – and will be out for many, many years.

Actually, according to Keith, the Fort Hood massacre may not have happened at all. He has argued persuasively, on several occasions, that it is impossible, literally impossible, to commit mass murder at a military base.
The whole story …

I watched Sarah Palin (promoting her book “Going Rogue”) on Oprah and then Bill OReilly. Personally I find her fascinating, down to earth and smart as a whip.

Then I watched on the verge of rolling on the floor with laughter … Martha Stewart. I found myself saying YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING? Stewart a woman tossed in the pokey for insider trading? What is it with these progressives?
Its fine to screw your grandmother out of her last dime but Sarah Palin is dangerous?

I love to watch the Palin opposition almost go into cardiac arrest with fear of her. I find it even more hysterical to listen to them trying to explain their hatred as being something other than stark fear.

What are they afraid of?
Her absolutely cleaning their clocks should she decide to run against them?

Oh my gosh how clueless are these people? Both airhead democrats and nose in the air republicans.

What do those opposed to her NOT GET?
The public is drop dead tired of the corruption from both parties that is clearly rampant in Washington.

I have been pretty much a life long Republican … NO MORE! … I find it hard to believe how many republicans can not see that their party is DEAD. I have had to face it … for the last 16 years our government has totally sucked.

I say the mass pull together and vote every one of the SUCKERS in Washington out of office. Lets replace them with ordinary people who know what it is like to work a 40 hour week and live on a shoestring budget.

The change I hope to see?
Starting from scratch … rolling back spending … staying out of everyone else’s cat spat while working to correct the things wrong here in the USA.

Well I did it like thousands of others. I went to the Sarah Palin book signing in Orlando, Florida. I have been to a few of these before. Neal Boortz, Glen Beck and some unknown author standing outside a book store in Savanna selling his self published novel about the local ghost. The last one was enjoyable. There was no one else there and the guy seemed all too eager to tell me and my wife about his novel. The other three were nightmares to some degree or another.

Sarah Palin Going Rogue

For the Glen Beck book signing I had a plan. Got there early, got my number, 366, and still waited several hours. Overall it went pretty good if you like to wait in line a lot. As I approached Glen I frantically took pictures in my outdated digital camera that gets maybe 10 pictures before you have to change the batteries. I squeezed off shot after shot hoping to get that perfect shot for this blog. I was so focused on shooting and the line kept moving closer and closer till I suddenly realized I was standing in front of Glen with this dazed look in my eyes. Glen was looking at me I wondered what the hell he was looking at me for. Then he said “How are you doing?” making eye contact with me to get my attention then gently breaking eye contact to indicate he was no threat to me in case I was a crazed lunatic on PCP or maybe just a crazed lunatic. I snapped out of it and came back to reality and shook his hand, smiled and moved on then proceeded to continue shooting pictures. It was just plain weird meeting the guy in person. Surly these pictures will win some photojournalism award, right?

Wrong. The pictures were horrible. Between my moving down the line, incorrect camera angles and red eye there was barley a decent shot in the bunch. One was so horrible I must post it here. Sorry Mr. Beck my deepest apologies but the family needs to know the dangers of amateur photography. The shot is a wonderful picture of Mr. Beck’s five o’clock shadow, 3/5ths of his face looking downward, nicely pressed shirt, pen in hand but you cannot see his hand and totally worthless. Surely this is photography hall of shame material. And there were others to compete with this one but out of guilt and shame I will not post them. Sorry I have had enough humiliation. Glen I learned my lesson.

And now the Sarah book signing experience. Oh Sarah the perfect mother of five and other assorted R rated thoughts. Her book signing was a nightmare. The day started off at 7:30 AM. I thought I would get in line at the local Barnes & Noble, wait an hour and a half, maybe two, get my number and get out of dodge until the evening fireworks scheduled to go off at 7:30 PM started. Uh-huh in my dreams.

Every female in her 40’s and 50’s who was a fan of Helen Ready, “I am Woman”, was there. They were up one block and down the other. I surly must be number 1,487 or something insignificant. I was in the back surrounded by agitated women who were going through or had already experienced menopause! They were all patriotic and it didn’t help the Armed Forces Recruiting office was right next to me. I wouldn’t have noticed but for the fact that as young military recruiters walked into work these women cheered them like they were rock stars. I thought to myself come on ladies weren’t you the chicks that avoided any guy with short hair in both college and the night clubs? Of course they were. I remember it quite well. Back in the post Vietnam War days these women would not be caught dead on a dance floor at a disco or rock club with a guy with a military haircut. Long hair was in style and those of us in the military stood out from the crowd. We were the nonconformist of our day and being truly a nonconformist is rarely rewarded by the main stream of popular culture. These were the same women 30 years later applauding young military men in uniform going to work. Quite a stunning turnaround. I guess age and the specter of returning to a Jimmy Carter economy can do that to you. Well good for them.

As the line moved on the day dragged on and there was ample time to get acquainted with ones new found neighbors. Some read books like Jeff Shaara’s WWI novel To the Last Man, some stood in silence, and some like me made friends and talked about anything that came into our bored minds. Most were educated, some elderly and occasionally a minority or two.

One young black man with dreadlocks read intently his ninja book of struggle and great warrior clashes all the while gently ever so slowly sneaking his way up the line. I notice him because he stood out in this crowd of post menopausal women like I did at a rock concert back in 1979 with my military haircut. I gently asked “what do you like about Palin? Politics, celebrity?” “Oh I like her politics.” And the message was sent that I noticed him and to stop cutting in line. He later explained he was scheduled for work at 10:00 O’clock and soon realized that was not going to happen. He resigned himself to the fact that he would be late and made the dreaded text message to the boss. To his credit he stuck it out and made the book signing that night.

Another mother and her daughter gave up after a few hours as the line laboriously moved at a snails pace. Barnes & Noble limited access to six customers at a time so as not to overwhelm the staff behind the checkout counter. It made for a lot of conversations and lot of boredom.

In these waiting lines for political events the one thing that always strikes me is how the elderly are so different in their demeanor. Most stand there patiently in line while others much younger whip out portable lounge chairs and have a seat. The temperature seems to have no affect on these stoic souls. They have faced the Great Depression and WWII. They know true hardship. Their culture is in the last troughs eventually leading to extinction. No ego, no vanity, no expectations of special treatment. When I see these people from another time and place I marvel at their patient discipline to maintain their composure in the middle of impatient baby boomers.

Political conversation at these events are a repeat of Bill O’Reilly, Glen Beck, Sean Hannity and Rush. Very little political imagination. The same talking points. The same conversations over and over again. When I suggest that Sarah Palin would be better off running as a Libertarian the crowd is aghast at the thought. That wasn’t discussed on Hannity. Some dismiss the idea because Sarah is opposed to abortion. Others turn away in disgust at the traitor in their mist. Once again I am outside the mainstream just like back in 1979. So sayeth the lord.

Eventually I make it to the bookstore. I cannot get two wrist bands without two people being physically present. One for my wife and one for myself. Fine so I buy one book and get one wristband. Take that Sarah! And I leave the store at high noon. I am amazed that I have made it five and a half hours waiting to pay $20 for Sarah Palin’s book and somewhat pissed off that I will have to come back at 7:00 PM for the actual book signing. I am in group “G” which in case you didn’t notice is behind A, B, C, D, E and F. That means a whole lot of people.

Now I like Sarah, she’s the best female politician to come along since former Ronald Reagan ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick, but she makes me a little queasy at times listening to her. I don’t know if it’s that Alaskan accent. As a kid in lower Michigan I always resented that stupid upper “Yoopers” Michigan twang. You know like they were somehow nicer and superior to the heathens down south because they got 30 more inches of snow each winter. “Ya man like the snow machining is good, ja man eh. Youz folks down there might not get the snow for another month, ja man ja know eh?” Just irritating at times although Sarah hides it well in public. Not well enough for my liking.

I like her a lot and would really like her as a third party candidate focused on breaking up the monopoly of dictator heavy and special interest light. These political parties have had a monopoly for 156 or so years and it’s time to kill both of them. They work together and there is not a lot of difference between them. Both parties need to be broken up. Canada has five or six parties why can’t we have four? Two on the right and two on the left as it should be. And if nothing gets done in Washington then the people have won. If legislation slowed to one bill a year it would be wondrous. Nothing good comes out of Washington that helps the people. Special interest dominate and it would be nice to have a couple of parties that truly represent the people. Libertarian, Objectivist, Constitutional I don’t care. Just work on breaking up the monopoly.

Yes I like her a lot but not as much as my Republican wife does. So when she got off work there I was standing in line another hour and a half waiting for her. She got in line, I gave her the sacred wristband, taped it back together and she was in and out in an hour. Merry Christmas baby. It was worth the wait so she could see probably the one political person she admires more than anyone else.

Glen I would suspect doesn’t give a hoot about bad pictures on an old dinosaur camera . He’s a guy. Why should he? Sarah now that’s a different story. Bad pictures of female politicians do have a negative affect. Sexist? Yes indeed. We all have seen the Nancy Pelosi Frankenstein picture of her with her face contorted in anger and blood vessels protruding out of her forehead, pancake facial power three centimeters thick breaking apart into platonic plates like a earthquake along the San Andreas fault line in San Francisco. Very scary and damaging.

Sarah and her crew have devised a way around this dilemma. Her operation bans cameras and all personal items. The signing area is blocked off on three sides. A professional photographer is commissioned to video tape and distribute 5”x7”, 8”x10”, 8”x12” and 11”x14” prints for $15.99 to $35.99. Problem solved and making a little change on the side.

She went up into the enclosed area in the limited access second level where those below could not see. My wife had her book signed, “thank you for being here,” shook her hand and it was over. She was ecstatic but at the same time somewhat puzzled. She confided in me that Sarah was “really skinny” and she looked “different” than on television. Sarah looked tired and not quite as spectacular, like an ordinary person tired from a long days work. Sarah’s father made quite the impression on her still looking like a dashing elderly gentleman but was less impressed with the mother describing her as somewhat disheveled. Yea baby I know the feeling.

One has to wonder what these celebrities think. Everyone knows your history and sometimes the most intimate details of your life. Most of the people at these events worship you. Complete strangers approaching you hour after hour wishing you well and asking the most mundane to intimate question. Totally out of bounds questions to real strangers but perfectly acceptable between the public and a celebrity. Ah the price of stardom. Still it must be quite annoying and at times amusing to have a complete stranger ask you about your grandson and your daughter’s plans for college.

And that is about all the celebrity worshiping I care to partake in for the near future. The fascist are in power trying to consolidate power and I need to start a new business of fewer than 50 people to avoid the wrath of the federal government and the punitive legislation coming my way. Sole proprietorship seems to be the up and coming wave for the peasants. I know I cannot idly sit by while the federal monster sacks and pillages the nation. I will stay politically involved and aggressive if needed but my days of celebrity reverence are over. Time to move on.

Sorry Mr. Beck

Everyone loves Sarah. Of course except the deranged emotionally handicapped on the left. And I mean that in its totality. Only complete disingenuous freaks of conformity could hate a woman who paid her way through college, raised five children, stayed married to her high school sweetheart, climbed out of literally nowhere with no money or connections to become governor of her state and run for vice president. She is a modern hero to millions of women including my wife who adores her. And I have to be honest she’s pretty fringing hot. “I am not blind” as she says about her husband Todd. Yea Sarah and neither are we.

Sarah Palin Libertarian Party in 2012?

Sarah showed she has good instinct and that can not be taught. She is a natural. I believe her when she confesses she got a “D” in macroeconomics. She’s not one to slough through the nitty gritty of abstract thinking or do a whole lot of reading outside required reading to perform her job. Well if she’s going to be a presidential candidate in 2012 it’s about time to retake macroeconomics and get an “A” this time around. Sarah has a whole lot of reading to do if she wants to serve the people to the best of her ability. I know it’s a lot more fun to shoot a 30-06 or snowmobile. And if she doesn’t want to run for president then have fun. If she really wants to blow away Obama or Romney in a debate then she needs to do some serious reading over the next two years. As for Huckabee she should be nice and forget about pinning him in some corner. That is not going to happen.

Why should she run as a Libertarian? The Libertarian Party is an established party that is closer to her values of limited government than the republicans. The republicans talk the talk but don’t walk the walk. Sarah is a woman of action. The republicans are not. Running as a Libertarian would be putting her principals first and party second. And hopefully destroy the Republican Party while she’s at it.

And if Obama is re-elected? So what! The best thing that ever happened to republicans these last three years has been the election of Obama. Obama had a huge impact on gun sales and he should be the NRA gun salesman of the year. And just as Obama has affected gun sales so has he affected the national attitude towards conservatives. Almost overnight democrats have been exposed for the fascist dictator wanna bees that they are. Obama is a walking freak show that is glued to Teleprompters, unable to articulate arguments on his own. Could the republicans dream up of a better advertisement of what a liberal democrat really is? Come on who could be so stupid as to have the 9-11 terrorist masterminds tried in NYC? Talk about the gift from heaven. Republicans should be supporting Obama in 2012 so when they win in 2016 they will have 300 seats in the house and 70 in the senate. By then we will have suffered hyperinflation and maybe we can eliminate a whole lot of federal programs, privatize social security and kill Medicare. Germany reformed after Hitler and we can reform after Obama.

Now Sarah will have some problems with the Libertarians. We believe in liberty and freedom. That means legalized drugs for adults. Prevention and rehabilitation cost 10% of the cost we now pay for the war on drugs. No federal programs except national defense. Abortion should be a state issue or better yet a local issue. Most libertarians are isolationist but not all. Foreign policy is one of the few really contentious issues Libertarians are divided on. Myself I think killing bad guys overseas is an investment in creating a better gene pool for humanity. Like some general in Afghanistan said “killing bad guys makes for a good day” or something to that effect. Killing terrorist who kill innocent women and children in the name of Allah is a good thing. Thugs of the world need to be killed. But I am in a minority in the Libertarian Party. Most like to stick their head in the sand pre WWII style.

Hey it’s not a perfect party but is there such a thing? Sarah would be in a win win position. She could help in the destruction of the Republican Party. She might even win. At worse she would get the allegedly Parkinson disease riddle Obama a second term. The man is a complete Jimmy Carter II except he’s more of a dictator asshole. As long as the republicans have the house or senate nothing will get done. What the hell. Go rogue Sarah and don’t look back.

The freedom loving people of this country have been looking for someone of national stature to lead a secessionist movement both away from the corrupt Republican Party and a true secessionist movement of the states away from Washington DC. We don’t want to be a part of a nation that rips off the peasants with both taxes from the federal government and inflation from the Federal Reserve. We want to be able to pursue life, liberty and happiness without interference from ANY federal or state government. All social engineering needs to be at the local government level period. Kill the nanny state. If it causes a realignment of the United States then that is the price of freedom and liberty. Go rogue Sarah. Kill the beast.

One final though Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. If we the people are going to get our freedom and liberty back sacrifices will need to be made. Get it Sarah?

“At the grocery store today, we saw quite a few tabloids with stories on Dr. Utopia having lung cancer, attributing his recent dramatic weight loss and skeletal appearance to that. These aren’t The Enquirer, which is more accurate than the New York Times, but tabs like The Globe and others in that ilk.

We personally believe Dr. Utopia has Parkinson’s, and that Parkinson’s will be the excuse he gives when he chooses not to run for a second term (after it’s clear to him he’s not going to win, he would rather take his toys and go home rather than face that defeat on a national scale…LBJ style).

Affirmative Action President

It would explain his weight loss and the facial twitches he has.

There’s a direct link between Parkinson’s and heavy cocaine abuse, of which Dr. Utopia freely admits in his book, The Dreams of William Ayers, or whatever it’s called.”

Read the rest on hillbuzz.org

Everyone is familiar with the left nut job Michael Moore and his stupid videos. Moore claims Cuban health care is better than the United States, splices together Charlton Heston film clips NAZI style to make propaganda points, and makes factual errors like the Afghanistan oil pipe line that was pimped by Clinton not Bush. The usual crap that is indicative of a undereducated slob. Moore is uneducated in every sense of the word and apparently quite lazy to boot. Moore lasted one day on the Flint assembly line and four months as editor of Mother Jones. Fortunately for Mr. Moore there are a lot of idiots in the world that like his half truths and lies. He is the richest and most famous “nut job” video maker in the world.

And now we have the right wing version of Moore in Alex Jones. Just like Moore Jones dropped out of college and came from middle class parents. People on the left complain Jones is funded by and is agent for the Jews, whatever that means. Anybody know please leave a comment. His videos are handed out at Tea Parties all across America. He has two web sites Prison Planet and Infowars. Apparently Mr. Jones is approaching Moore in nut job video status.

Alex Jones

So the dirty deed was done. To his credit my friend sat through the whole video, even the global warming part that caused his blood pressure to peak at dangerous levels all the while frantically trying to control erratic convulsions. He did quite well for a left tool and now we are even.

This brings me back to Mr. Jones. Just like Mr. Moore he has a tendency to be short on research and long opinion. Briefly a couple of glaring errors in the video.

The first is the proposal that the Federal Reserve be put under the jurisdiction of the congress so “the people” can control the national bank. Mr. Jones has an aversion to bankers` and the Federal Reserve. A lot of economist agree. The Federal Reserve has depreciated the currency 95% soon to be 98% since its inception. Bankers love printing money and getting people to pay for the inflated currency with hard currency. What’s new? This has been going on for centuries. John Law did the money bubble dance back in 1715. And the Alex Jones solution is to turn the bank over to congress?

Hello earth to Mr. Jones! This congress has been ripping off the people for decades and you want to give them the keys to the piggy bank? Not a good idea. Dude badly needs to watch some Dan Mitchell or Peter Schiff videos and get a clue.

Here is a clue for you Mr. Jones. The Federal Reserve was created by wealthy New York banks to eliminate or reduce competition from competing regional banks and to facilitate as much seigniorage as possible. All over the world preferably. Basically kill the little guys and print a bunch of cheap money and pass it off as valuable money and pocket the difference. Got it?

The solution to the problem would be to eliminate the Federal Reserve and revert back to regional banking that worked from 1836 to 1913. Or create a federal receivership bank to handle banking failures and a second federal bank that is restricted to increasing the money supply at some set rate say 4% plus or minus 1%. Set the reserve requirement at 8% or some number and leave it alone. Get out of setting interest rates and let them float. The old system creates competition and forces bad competitors out of business. The old system worked fine for everyone but New York bankers that wanted monopoly profits and were scared of “unfettered competition” from regional and state banks. Got it?

The second theme that reoccurs in these “right wing” videos is that the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA. Lou Dobbs, Ross Perot and every right wing group seems to be opposed to free trade. All those Mexican stealing our jobs. Well let’s set the record strait. The reason blue collar wages have been suppressed 37% give or take a little in the 1990’s and 2000’s at the same time there was a boom for white collar wages is the border. You see a wall there Mr. Jones? No wall and no restriction on foreign workers mean lower wages for unskilled and semi-skilled labor. You know that supply and demand thing. NAFTA increases economic activity thereby increasing demand for workers. NAFTA is not the problem. The lack of a wall and chaotic immigration policy is the problem. Build a wall and wages will rise for low skilled labor.

Exports by the US have increased 157% since NAFTA. Exports from Canada and Mexico have increased 231%. NAFTA has helped the US economy grow 0.5% a year. When a consumer is allowed to by cheaper goods it increases the consumers’ purchasing power. The people are better off not the large corporations. More choices mean more competition and less centralization of economic power.

When trade increases with Mexico it created more demand for Mexican labor. The incentives for the average Mexican worker to stay in Mexico go UP not down. If the Mexican worker can make a living and raise a family in his or her home country they will be less likely to want to relocate to the United States. If the United States had free trade with every nation the purchasing power of the people would go UP not down.

Basically Mr. Jones for every $1 of savings to a domestic manufacturer created by barriers to trade the consumer loses $9 to $19 of purchasing power. A very bad trade off. Look at Venezuela and their 90% tariffs on imported goods. Is that what you want?

Protectionism also renders domestic manufacturers obsolete in the world market. Does anyone remember the isolationist Soviet Union and eastern block automobiles? Anyone remember the Yugo? Isolate domestic industry from international competition and you end up with a bunch of factories producing Yugo’s. Not a smart decision.

The problem with domestic manufacturing is the horrendous tax burden and complexity of the tax code. If you want real change support the Fair Tax or a flat tax that eliminates all corporate taxes. Corporate taxes are nothing more than a tax on the people. Double taxation. Corporations collect taxes and pass them off on consumers, share holders or company growth and research. It all depends on the elasticity of the product but all three are bad outcomes.

Mr. Jones does get a lot right and he does put both republican and democratic politicians and points of view in his video. Give credit where credit is due. Unfortunately his lack of education, specifically economic education clouds the overall effect of his videos and relegates him to the “nut job” video library.

Deficit Neutral mreans what to President Obama?
Who knows?
Our President appears to be term challanged or simply a flat out liar.
Where does he come up with these terms and how stupid does he think we are to believe ANYTHING he says any more.

He has one accomplishment so far and that was plunge us trillions of dollars more in debt over what the previous administration did.

Lets all face it. Our Whitehouse and Congress do ONLY ONE THING SUCCESSFULLY.
Do you know what that is?
PAY THEMSELVES!

We the people stand for this … what is wrong with us?
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

Let me explain what DEFICIT NEUTRAL means.
You rob Peter to pay Paul.
In lay terms it means you DON’T pay the gas and electric bill so you can buy food. For Obama care? It means we rob Medicare (the elderly) and raise taxes to pay insurance for those who do not have it or want it.

If President Obama wants DEFICIT NEUTRAL I suggest we drop all government salaries and pensions in half. Install time clocks for all members of congress and pay them by the hour. Cut their staff in half. Teach them to read and understand what they read. Audit their taxes to make sure they are not only accurate but paid ON TIME. Quiz them on the bill they are about to vote on A WEEK BEFORE THE ACTUAL VOTE. If they DO NOT show up for the vote FINE THEM!

Those of us here in California have known for a long time the state government is innept at best and corrupt at worst. We booted Gray Davis out of the governors office with a recall in 2003. Still we are bankrupt with little or no change.

California, was once the envy of the nation with the country’s best schools, infrastructure system and a thriving economy. Today our schools are the worst in nation, our state has the two most congested regions in the country, our unemployment rate is higher than the national average and California is consistently ranked the worst state to do business. Our legislature has failed to pass a budget on time 22 times in the past 30 years, each day of the delays costing the taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. Special interests have hijacked the initiative system, passing misleading initiatives through expensive campaigns.

There appears to be no way to correct any of this under the present State Rule.

So perhaps its time for drastic action on the part of California citizens.
A Constitutional Convention is under way.

Read the document here … http://www.repaircalifornia.org/Docs/repair_california_prop_1.pdf
Sign on here … http://www.repaircalifornia.org/join.php
More information here … http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/15/INAM1AJM9R.DTL