The fucked up state of California, Part 2

The Doghouse is back!! after the show being canned for STUPID reason, they are back in a new radio station. I heart the old Doghouse.. the "new" doghouse has the same peeps .. but their format has changed.. we will see if I still like them after a few weeks.

A guy by the name of Big Willy emailed the Doghouse and basically gloated on the election "victory", in the same breath, he bashed Arnold, and everyone in the government that didn't have the big D in from of their name.

I wrote the following email to the Doghouse in response to his email:


"Hey Doghooooouse!

I am glad you guys are back... Mornings were just so different without you guys. I am guessing Ruthie is no longer with you guys.

This email is in response to Big Willy's email.

I think it is sad that there are people with such hatred for a person that they will vote down an initiative because of that hate.

These are the same people that would vote down a more oxygen for babies initiative if it was introduced by Arnold.

We have a "district" in California that is 200 miles long but only a few hundred yards wide, that’s because incumbent politicians draws their own district lines based on computer assisted analysis. To ensure that they or their own party stay in power.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle: “In November 2004, 153 legislative and congressional seats were on the ballot but not a single one changed party hands.”

This is how entrenched our politicians and the political parties are in California. Both parties spend hundreds of millions on ads to deceive the voters, to ensure this measure did not pass.

Big Willy is right. Our governor couldn't get the legislators to work the redistricting. But did he or those who voted against the measure wonder why? Why would legislators willingly pass a bill that could potentially jeopardize their job security?

I am glad we have different opinions when it comes to various issues. But when an argument because one based on misinformation, lies and hatred, it becomes an exercise in futility.

I often wonder how a state can blame Gray Davis because the legislation were overspending money that weren’t coming in anymore when our economy eroded.

I often wonder how a state can vote for an actor who clearly used his popularity to win, not his stance on various issues.

And now I wonder how a state can vote down the very measures that the actor they voted into the office introduced. Ask yourselves; will having a new governor but restricting him to the same set of rules get a state out of its troubles?

Worst off, I wonder how a state is EVER going to advance and change with the times if status quo is good enough for them. Status quo isn’t necessary bad… but not when there are complains everyday on how F’ed up the State is.

Californians have spoken, and they told a telling tale.

We told the country and the world that we are complainers but we are unwilling to embrace changes

We told the country and the world that we are creatures of emotion and not rationalization.

We told the country and the world that we rather be stagnate and take jabs at a governor we put into office, instead of moving forward and better ourselves.

California deserves to be in the state that we are in because that is how the people decided to vote. Uninformed and vengeful."


I am done with the issue, it's a dead horse.. and I am done talking about it. If worst come to work, I will just move. Colorado is a beautiful state... So are Montana and Washington...