No_Such_Reality_IHB
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Long live the Republic!
Brutus where forth art thou?
Brutus where forth art thou?
9.25% Sales Tax in O.C.
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It's four BILLION too low compared to where it was under Pete Wilson.
http://ocbiz.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/06/schwarzenegger-wants-925-sales-tax-in-oc/4502/
You want four billion? Here's four billion!
http://igs.berkeley.edu/library/htCAVehicleLicense2003.html
Gray Davis followed the law, did the unpopular, and Karl Rove and Daryl Issa knifed him for his trouble. Now, five years later, Arnold says "things are much different now". No, jerky, they are exactly the same - except they aren't. The Republicans kicked the can down the road and made it worse!
I wonder what Gray Davis' reservoir of schandenfreud looks like.
Vas, I need to borrow your pic Hell freezing over. Skek and I voted for the same guy at the same time. Different reasons, but still...
Yeah... we really need that pic. I voted for the same guy at the same time Eva and Skek did. Probably for some of the same reasons Eva did, and some of the same reasons Skek did, but... no... seriously, we need that pic.
First, there was no way in God's creation that I was going to vote for Cruz Bustamante. Given that, I needed to figure out who was a serious candidate that wouldn't bollix things up until the next general election. I thought that a vote for McClintock was a vote for gridlock because you just know that he and the Lege would never agree on anything.
I'm kinda surprised you didn't vote for Schwarzie. You kind of struck me as a New Majority type.
In explaining the ungovernable character of the French nation, Charles de Gaulle reportedly said, "Nobody can easily bring together a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese."
Just sayin'.
On a more serious note, while Schwarzenegger's life story is compelling, there is a disturbing note in that life story. When asked about how he became a Republican, he traced his political belief system to a speech that Richard Nixon gave during the RNC. Forget Watergate. I can't think of anyone who I consider Republican that traces that belief system to Nixon. He certainly wasn't what I would consider to be a conservative.
the school funding debate is tricky... there is often funding available it just depends on the district and more importantly the administrators in that district. my cousin has spent years teaching in both compton and inglewood. the poorer districts get so much extra funding and the attention of private foundations. few yrs ago the gates foundation gave every student in their school a new laptop. she said the laptops sat locked in closets for yrs because the school didn't have any plan for how to utilize the technology nor did they have teachers that knew how to use/teach with them. that same yr compton hi installed a new half million dollar projection system in their auditorium. no one knew how to operate it. she says when they finally fired the thing up one day they realized there were additional parts (some sort of mirrors) required with projector that whoever ordered the system didn't bother to get. not that there was a need for the projection system to begin with, it just somehow managed to be in the budget. half million bucks of waste right there, by a school most people would consider under-resourced.
no_vaseline_IHB
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awgee said:
It's four BILLION too low compared to where it was under Pete Wilson.
http://ocbiz.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/06/schwarzenegger-wants-925-sales-tax-in-oc/4502/
You want four billion? Here's four billion!
http://igs.berkeley.edu/library/htCAVehicleLicense2003.html
Gray Davis followed the law, did the unpopular, and Karl Rove and Daryl Issa knifed him for his trouble. Now, five years later, Arnold says "things are much different now". No, jerky, they are exactly the same - except they aren't. The Republicans kicked the can down the road and made it worse!
I wonder what Gray Davis' reservoir of schandenfreud looks like.
EvaLSeraphim_IHB
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skek said:
Vas, I need to borrow your pic Hell freezing over. Skek and I voted for the same guy at the same time. Different reasons, but still...
EvaLSeraphim_IHB
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In addition to reinstating the Vehicle License Fee to its full two percent, the State also needs to change the child exemption (or was it a credit?) to what it was before the tech bubble surplus. The fact is, the State is collecting revenue at the rate it was when we had a surplus, except that we no longer have the surplus. :shut:
graphrix_IHB
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EvaLSeraphim said:
Yeah... we really need that pic. I voted for the same guy at the same time Eva and Skek did. Probably for some of the same reasons Eva did, and some of the same reasons Skek did, but... no... seriously, we need that pic.
no_vaseline_IHB
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Nude fixed his post. Pic unrelated:
EvaLSeraphim_IHB
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skek said:
First, there was no way in God's creation that I was going to vote for Cruz Bustamante. Given that, I needed to figure out who was a serious candidate that wouldn't bollix things up until the next general election. I thought that a vote for McClintock was a vote for gridlock because you just know that he and the Lege would never agree on anything.
I'm kinda surprised you didn't vote for Schwarzie. You kind of struck me as a New Majority type.
EvaLSeraphim_IHB
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EvaLSeraphim_IHB
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skek said:
In explaining the ungovernable character of the French nation, Charles de Gaulle reportedly said, "Nobody can easily bring together a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese."
Just sayin'.
skek said:
On a more serious note, while Schwarzenegger's life story is compelling, there is a disturbing note in that life story. When asked about how he became a Republican, he traced his political belief system to a speech that Richard Nixon gave during the RNC. Forget Watergate. I can't think of anyone who I consider Republican that traces that belief system to Nixon. He certainly wasn't what I would consider to be a conservative.
ABC123_IHB
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I'm glad that Arnold is raising the sales tax, but I think he should raise it 25% so we can get closer to the fair tax that so many people seem to want.
acpme_IHB
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stepping_up said:
the school funding debate is tricky... there is often funding available it just depends on the district and more importantly the administrators in that district. my cousin has spent years teaching in both compton and inglewood. the poorer districts get so much extra funding and the attention of private foundations. few yrs ago the gates foundation gave every student in their school a new laptop. she said the laptops sat locked in closets for yrs because the school didn't have any plan for how to utilize the technology nor did they have teachers that knew how to use/teach with them. that same yr compton hi installed a new half million dollar projection system in their auditorium. no one knew how to operate it. she says when they finally fired the thing up one day they realized there were additional parts (some sort of mirrors) required with projector that whoever ordered the system didn't bother to get. not that there was a need for the projection system to begin with, it just somehow managed to be in the budget. half million bucks of waste right there, by a school most people would consider under-resourced.
ipoplaya_IHB
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skek said: