Yet Ron Paul and Rand Paul are libertarians -- NOT Objectivists (Objectivism being the philosophy of Ayn Rand). Libertarianism owes much to objectivism -- but makes serious departures from it. Visit the Ayn Rand Institute to learn more about Objectivism and how free markets and self reliance makes for a free society.

This doesn't bother me so much any more ... as I've decided to leave the state. Between high taxes, lousy business climate (thanks in part to AB 32), and the eventual take over of health care (AB 810 or 840) the bankruptcy of the state is almost totally assured. I love California -- both my spouse and I are natives from families with a long history of living in the state (grandparents arriving prior to 1900). We've travelled extensively elsewhere, but there is no other place we'd rather live than right here. Nonetheless, we're leaving -- not that we're so affluent that we're in the most targeted income groups -- it's simply the totality of the leftist utopian world that is being attempted here.

If Obama or the Democratic Party is so foolish to attempt a dictatorial power grab, it will set off a civil war that will make the Civil War of 150 years ago seem like a walk in the park. There are a substantial number of American Citizens who take the 2nd Amendment very seriously -- and the 2nd Amendment was specifically designed to put the politicians on notice that the words of the Declaration of Independence have teeth: That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends [the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness], it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it...

I'm a CA native ... and I'm now seriously thinking of moving across the mountains into Nevada -- no state income tax and I'll get to vote against Reid in 6 years...

Simple. It's a government take over of the health care system. If we're too old or too sick, we will be given the choice of euthanasia or a slow painful death. But that will save a lot of money. And it will give government bureaucrats life or death control over all residents.

Our founding fathers must be spinning in their graves -- life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. A bitter, bitter joke these days.

to authorize a strike. Most workers are currently without a contract (no agreement has been reached) and they're upset that the Governator has required 3 or 4 days per month furloughs to cut pay in the current budget crisis.

I say, if the workers strike, any who don't show up for work should be fired as having abandoned their job. Then offer the jobs to the 11.5% unemployed in California. There are massive numbers of highly qualified potential employees who could quickly fill the positions -- and at a lower pay rate with better terms for the tax payers.

may have just discovered that paper has two sides -- but to save the half-million dollars, they probably spent $75 million for new, duplexing copiers.

I note that I worked for a contractor at a government agency back in 1993-1996 -- and there were signs by the self-serve copiers "reminding" us to use both sides of the paper. It has long been a policy to copy on both sides.

Many of these "savings" have the sound of being fake responses made to make the numbers look good.

forgotten one thing. Older people vote -- and vote more reliably than younger people.

I suggest that members of Congress be immediately given (no matter what their actual age) the same priority for medical care as a 75 year old.

A joke going around suggests the NEW health insurance plan for the elderly: You are given a gun with 4 bullets. You shoot 2 Senators and 2 House members. (Don't miss.)

Of course, you'll be arrested and sent to prison. There, you will get your hip replacement and your heart transplant -- and you won't need to worry about Social Security running out, since you'll be in the government's care for the rest of your life.

is not relevant. It is the Czar of Education that we need to be concerned about -- that's probably some leftist crazy who will set up indoctrination camps for our kids.

That would solve the problem. Then let each student activity collect fees from the students in a free market...

Ooops! Can't have that. The socialists running the universities don't believe in free markets...