Monthly Archives: May 2009
California Dreamin’
A good indication of the depth of the recession is the change in marketing strategy for the California Lottery. Recently the Lottery Commission had a theme about “California Dreamin’ “. Now the pitch is, “Isn’t any jackpot worth playing for?” … Continue reading
Global Warming Debate is a Big, “So What?”
What if the Conservatives are right and climate change has nothing to do with human activity? The Conservatives dispute the scientists who assert that post industrial generation of CO2 is warming the atmosphere. Perhaps Conservatives are correct that the scientific … Continue reading
The Dread Order II
I heard a really funny thing today. A vendor came into the office to deliver some nails and staples, the kind of order I used to write checks for two or three times a week as recently as October. It’s the first … Continue reading
A View from the Trenches in an Economic Siege
It isn’t hard to describe the scene on the ground here in California. There are countless empty store fronts, empty houses, more people roaming the street than I’ve ever noticed before. The news programs seem to be trying to make … Continue reading
Politics of the Day
Cranky Bullets · The California Supreme Court decided that the word “marriage” doesn’t matter for Gay people. They said that it doesn’t matter because Gay people still have all the rights of a married person via a civil union, with … Continue reading
Schwarzenegger To Cut California Welfare, Mental Health and Education on Tuesday
Brace yourselves California, the government is about to hack off limbs. Arms and legs and blood and gore are about to hit the streets in Sacramento on Tuesday according to my source – a lobbyist on a bar stool in … Continue reading
Are Choices Making Us Unhappy?
There are times when I am not sure what to write about so I just have to begin writing and then a topic emerges. I was watching a talk today on ted.com (highly recommended for thinking humans) by a man named … Continue reading