California Propositions

Disclaimer: If you don't want to know Northe's California politics bcuz you're too big of a hippy that is offended easily and think Socialism is the end-all-be-all get the fuck off the site and check back for the next regular Angry Time update on Wednesday 11/9/05.

Primer: This is an unrelated post to the theme of the site. It may not be a work-related story, but if you think you've seen Northe really going off on Angry Time, you are dead wrong. Bottom line is this is going to be long and cumbersome especially if you aren't from California. If you are from California, you need to read this and you need to step up to the plate if you differ from my take on what the king of earth, The Governator, wants to do to get California away from the Socialist grasp that has been constricting us for far too long. You have two options on reading this, read everything I have written which will be extremely time consuming or scroll down to the Propositions reading only the Un-Angry Analyses and Zero Hour to save time. You can even read one Proposition a day to save yourself time, it will be up until this Wednesday. I ofcourse would press for the first option to recognize the method to my madness but its on you. This will take you a while to read, you have been fore-warned.

Angry Time and California: First off, I claim no party. I am an Independent. I don't give a fuck about party loyalty, I don't give a fuck about politicians and I give less of a fuck about their power. Their power is what they want. They don't want to work for the people, they work to achieve more power and, more importantly, maintain that power. When the shit storm clouds gather overhead, they don't want to be held accountable, they control the damage done to their power base. That's all they give a fuck about. Period. Got it? The only thing every politician agrees upon is once the finger pointing and blame gets shifted in their face, only then is it time to stop pointing fingers and attempt to solve the problem. Get off your my party is better than your party bullshit, cease sucking off the propaganda of your party and take off the nose plug that prevents you from realizing that your party's shit stinks just as bad, if not worse, than the other's. Your lack of critical thinking is what corodes this country's integrity. That whole mindset is worthless.

What your obligation, as a citizen of the United States, is to define your set of morals and stick to them, regardless of what any party thinks your morals should or should not be. You fight for what you believe in, regardless of what any party thinks you should be interested in or fighting for. You keep an open mind to every rational voice that comes forward, regardless of how close-minded any party wants you to be. Keyword being rational, you don't listen to a Nazi, you don't listen to a Black Panther and most of all you don't listen to a gaggle of hippies.. ever.

That being said, let's walk down the path of history here in California to the Recall Election. The election that all of a sudden this state has completely forgotten why it even happened. Let's get shit straight here.. ex-Governor Gray Davis, a Socialist among dozens and dozens of Socialists in the California legislature and government, wraps himself in the banner of the Democrat party, making a complete mockery of it, and you fuckin idiots vote for him cuz you can't possibly vote for an (R). Then, once the facts started coming out about the administration and how insanely corrupt and poorly managed it was, California said, "FUCK YOU."

What led California to saying, "fuck you?" Obviously, we can't remember something that happened so recently and that was so relevant to our lives in this state and this country. We especially can't remember this when we are just finding out that Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston were seen kissing! That's how little I think of the likes of you until you prove otherwise. Californians said, "Fuck you" to the government of California bcuz over the course of the half eight years prior to the Recall Election California's Revenue was up, as in made more money, by some 20-25% or so. The problem is that spending, under Socialist Governor Gray Davis, increased by 36%. Then the reports come out that California is some $10 Ba-ba-ba-Billion in debt. How the fuck does this happen? You made MORE money but you spent astronomically MORE than what you took in!? What in the shit!?

Angry Timers, this is what happens when you have Socialists that only want to see more and more of the working man's dollars go into the coffers of the government. YOU don't know the best way to spend the money you earned, THEY know the best way to spend your money. Case in point, to remedy the excessive spending done by the socialist governor and legislature, these fucking idiots in the state legislature had the nerve to say, "You know what, we overspent. In order to fix our bloated debt, we're going to have to raise taxes."

Now hold the fuck up, when I feel like going out and buying a new Jaguar and a 50" LCD screen, I can just go up to my boss and say, "You know what, I overspent. In order to fix my bloated debt, we're going to have to give me a raise." Are you fucking kidding me? They threaten us, the one's that hold the key to their power, with fiscal ramifications!? They threatened us and then the Socialist Governor, with the blessing of the Socialist legislature of California, illegally tripled the motor vehicle tax on us to increase revenues. They treat us like their fuckin cash cow and I don't know about you, but no one squeezes my nipples looking for milk without getting their windpipe's physical integrity checked. This is why the Recall happened. This is why California was pissed. This is why, for once in my life, I saw a state come together, Democrats, Republicans and Independents, do exactly what we should always do: Look out for one another and chin check the shit out of corrupt, piece of shit politicians that don't give a crap about us. We held those worthless assholes accountable for the first time in their careers and feces leaked onto their fancy wingtips.

That doing anything for you? That jogging your memory? Cuz for fuck's sake I look at this state now and the propaganda machines are churning full force and like maggots to rotting flesh you guys can't get your fill of lies, bullshit and distortions. Arnold was elected bcuz he worked for a living and through that work earned his place in his careers. Arnold was elected bcuz he didn't float to the rim of the toilet bowl and become top terd for a political party and get shoved out to become a candidate for Governor. Arnold was elected bcuz he was the only rational voice in a sea of fucking bureaucrats that only wanted to practice the fine arts of cronyism, inventing new government positions to spend more money, overspending on pet projects and finding new ways to tax the public. You see it everywhere and you let it slide, day in and day out, you let it slide. You do. I fuckin don't. Someone is doing it and it sure ain't me. For one fucking day, Californians stood up to those that are OUR bitches. Our bitches, yes, regardless of their elitist attitude and seeming so fuckin brilliant, politicians are owned by us. California won that day and now we are back to business and politics as usual. Wake the fuck up and let's go over these Propositions introduced by the Governator one by one.

Proposition 74: Public School Teachers. Waiting Period for Permanent Status. Dismissal. Initiative Statute.

Increases length of time required before a teacher may become a permanent employee from two complete consecutive school years to five complete consecutive school years; measure applies to teachers whose probationary period commenced during or after the 2003-2004 fiscal year. Authorizes school boards to dismiss a permanent teaching employee who receives two consecutive unsatisfactory performance evaluations.

Un-Angry Analysis: The government sector of employment is necessary but to excessive levels deteriorates to irrelevance. The private sector, from the service industry of small business to the corporations of the state, fund the public employees of our state. In the real world, the private sector, there is no "permanent employee" status. There is no guaranteed job and there are tons of evaluations on job performance that someone in the private sector will undergo in the course of their life. No job, under any circumstance, should be so giving without being critical. Critical, not unfair, critical. This Proposition merely brings the untouchable jobs of the government that happen to be teachers, fulfilled by a small percentage of inept lemmings, closer to the reality of our lives where our job performance is held accountable day in and day out. Especially for the sake of our childrens' educations and futures we need the best, brightest and most hard-working fulfilling these teacher positions and I think this is a start on the right track to securing this expectation every American should have.

Angry Time Analysis: Twofold Proposition. I don't know about your experience with teachers or friends in life that have become teachers but let me tell you mine. I have 5 friends that are teachers now. Only one of them gives a fuck about teaching and he happens to be invested into the school bcuz he is also the defensive line football coach for my highschool. A hell of a football program and a hell of a guy.

That being said, I have heard these types of things come out of the mouths of the others. Regarding worthless, piece of shit students with no drive in life, "I can't fail all of them, I just end up giving most of them D's."

Now I don't know, maybe I am too entrenched in real life to see the sound judgement of this complete separation of reality, logic and consequences. Since when did we start practicing the art of pushing kids out the door marked "Qualified" when they aren't fucking qualified!? No wonder our society is becoming more and more dependent on the government. There is NOTHING gained from an action like this, nothing at all. We might as well be giving kids their high school degrees at age 7, cutting our overhead and calling it a day.

Regarding their job, "I have the whole thing planned out, tenure for this, move in to a house over here, retire in 20 years, 80% pension and I'm pretty much set."

Well holy shit, you sound like you have our children's success on that list of priorities! I don't think you guys get it, I have an 11 year old daughter, if I come across a teacher that even gives off the slightest scent of this type of attitude, I'm raising hell. Out of sheer principle I raise hell. You do remember what principles are don't you? Now I know there are a few dozen of you out there pulling up and biting on your skirt. Wanna know something, I don't give a FUCK how people view me. I fight for principle. I don't care if all of my daughter's friends' parents think I am a fucking lunatic. I fight for it bcuz I know am I right. I don't climb up a hill with a bayonet gutting people, getting their worthless entrails on my fancy new shirt unless there's a reason. I expect a certain amount of professionalism and interest from our teachers and if I don't see it, I am making sure I am heard. You can reap the benefits of my actions if you're too fuckin lazy yourself, that's what I would expect from 98% of the population. Fuck you if you're in that 98%. One more thing, if I can instill these principles into my daughter then I succeed as a parent. Just like a teacher, if they can instill algebra comprehension into my daughter then they succeeded as an algebra teacher.

Everything in life is performance based, not emotional based not feeling based, life is not a popularity contest. Its fucking performance based, if you don't give a shit enuff to perform or you simply don't perform, you don't deserve to be on the team and you sure don't deserve to become a permanent employee with tenured status after two fucking years with this mindset. Period. I can go on, but I think you might understand where I am coming from and will be going. If not, you must be a hippy.

Verdict on Prop 74:

YES!

Proposition 75: Public Employee Union Dues. Required Employee Consent for Political Contributions. Initiative Statute.

Prohibits public employee labor organizations from using dues or fees for political contributions unless the employee provides prior consent each year on a specified written form. Prohibition does not apply to dues or fees collected for charitable organizations, health care insurance, or other purposes directly benefiting the public employee. Requires labor organizations to maintain and submit to the Fair Political Practices Commission records concerning individual employees’ and organizations’ political contributions; those records are not subject to public disclosure.

Un-Angry Analysis: Members of unions should not be bound by the political mentality of the hierarchy. Think about this for a moment, would you agree that the bigwigs at companies such as IBM or Johnson & Johnson share the same values as you? Then think of this in terms of unions. Same deal, hierarchical entities have different political objectives than the folks that work for them. There should be freedom in thought and action while being able to abide by the rules and regulations provided by the well-intentioned bulwark of the union. This Proposition does exactly that, it exonerates any unfair fee extracted from a union employee's paycheck that is not authorized by the union employee. This is opposite to what is currently happening, as of now, until you decline this action you are having fees extracted from your paycheck and used for political purposes whether or not you are aware. This union practice is extremely unfair. The reason the unions are fighting this so hard, and have spent over $100,000,000,000 yes thats $100 million, is bcuz they would rather reap benefit from the apathy and busy lives of employees while their agenda and power is maintained and grown rather than depend on the gumption and assertiveness of their employees to maintain and grow their power.

Wrapping up, union employees are not losing political power from this Proposition. They can donate as much money as they want independently or through their union. Just like you or I. I am not a member of a union and I can donate to whomever, whatever amount I wish. The only reason a specific union would be weakened is if, in fact, a great percentage of employees don't agree with their political views. In such a case, the right thing has been the affect of a just cause and Proposition.

Angry Time Analysis: Ho ho ho, the unions. The latch on, leech and equal pay for everyone mindset that perversed a once noble cause. Yes, there was a time that I would have been a fan of unions. Unfortunately, that would have been decades ago. Now, unions have become kings of cronyism, servers of propoganda and proliferators of excuse-based labor. I mean let's put a union in perspective, people. Sure they do good things, but pay really close attention to what I am about to say in this sentence: Angry Time doesn't give a fuck about the good that is done, if good isn't expected from organizations then what is the point?

Fuckin tell me what the point is of organizations, companies and people in general if that's not the point! I give a fuck where they are doing a swell job, good for them, they are meeting expectations. I give a fuck when its time to kick people back into line when they do something wrong. So as I was saying, let's take a class of students, you have the A students and the flunkies.. why not give them all the same grade? That's what most unions do. They grant equal pay that is based on nothing more than the fact that you show up. Want me to keep going? Caltrans anyone? Should I continue? The 10 guys there, of only which two are actually working and the other 8 are staring, supervising, drinking, talking and staring at the people supervising, drinking and talking. Yet all these fuckers are being paid a healthy wage and performance, there's that pesky word again, has nothing to do with it. Everything is performance based, everything. No matter how many man-hours Caltrans logs, they suck, from top to bottom, fucking suck. For over a year I have had the same potholes on the same streets I travel. Fuck Caltrans. Oh and the best part about unions, its hard as hell to get fired even when you are the worst employee ever.

What does this type of hive mentality give birth to? It gives birth to corruption, laziness, a non-competitive work environment and worst of all pressure to assimilate. Assimilation in an already plagued environment is a bad, bad thing. This is the way I see political parties. Assimilation instead of challenging, competing and revolutionizing is the way to become stagnant as a body and as a person. Stagnant bodies make good chum in my opinion, for anything else they are worthless.

What does this have to do with Proposition 75? Because when there is a groupthink culture and when the money you dish into said group of people only serves the cause of what the hierarchy sees fit, power is taken from either a minority or a majority. This is the practice of the most disdainful people that both sides of the political spectrum gripe about. The unions will tell you that Prop 75 is useless, that people in unions can opt out of payment to political causes if they wish. Now if this were the case, then why would passing a Proposition that makes this more clear be a problem? Why would unions be spending $10s of millions on negative ads regarding this Proposition? The teacher's union raised millions and millions of dollars in extra "fees" from the paychecks of teachers to stop this Proposition from happening. Its not just that, its that they outright lie about the Governor and what the Proposition will do. They lie non-stop. The union heads are no friend to the union employees in my opinion and definitely not to me, someone that seeks the truth in issues. The union employees are merely a means by which they can raise the funds to give the union heads to maintain and/or gain more power. Taking more money from an already underpaid profession, such as teachers, to fight for their own political fight is disgusting. A fight that a fair percentage does not want to participate in. This is a completely unfair practice, I suppose why the Fair Political Practices Commission is going to have to be sifting thru the horseshit and making things right again.

From listening to a dozen debates regarding this Proposition I have heard anything from people being bullied into not opting out from political union dues to being physical threats made by union employees to those that speak out in favor of this Proposition. I mean are we serious here? Let's wander down that path for a second, would a teacher from the teachers' union teach students that when an opposition voice is heard you shout them down and make physical threats? You fuckin think about that one cuz you aren't gonna hear this kind of reality anywhere else. Is this the type of behavior you would want your child to partake in? Fuckin hypocrites, hang them upside down and flay em all.

This Proposition places every member of the unions into the "No" category for contributing their union dues to political causes. Those that care enuff to place their money in the hands of the unions for political causes need to fill out a form once a year. They have to show gumption, effort. There is no loss of power here for the union employees. The problem is that this is a terrible thing in the minds of the union powerplayers bcuz its no longer automatic and they are fighting tooth and frikkin nail to make sure this Proposition doesn't pass. Whenever any insane amount of money, topping over $100 million in this case, is dumped into fighting against a certain movement without actually taking the issue head on, be wary.

The very actions that unions fought for back when they were formed, protecting people from being bullied, pressured and abused, is exactly what is being conducted by the unions now. Only that now, the shoe is on the other foot and its okay bcuz they know what is best. Are we coming full circle yet? Do you guys see the dots being connected in my disjointed, bloviated rambling?

No person should have a monetary obligation to something they don't believe in. No person should have to feel social, political or employment ramifications based on this scenario. If this Proposition passes, if things are right with the world, alternate unions, that actually keep the interest of the people/workers in mind, will rise again and dissolve the corrupt unions of today.

Verdict on Prop 75:

YES!

Proposition 76: School Funding. State Spending. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

Changes state minimum school funding requirements (Proposition 98), permitting suspension of minimum funding, but terminating repayment requirement, and eliminating authority to reduce funding when state revenues decrease. Excludes above-minimum appropriations from schools’ funding base. Limits state spending to prior year total plus revenue growth. Shifts excess revenues from schools/tax relief to budget reserve, specified construction, debt repayment. Requires Governor to reduce state appropriations, under specified circumstances, including employee compensation, state contracts. Continues prior year appropriations if new state budget delayed. Prohibits state special funds borrowing. Requires payment of local government mandates.

Un-Angry Analysis: The most important issue in this Proposition is that it "limits the state spending to prior year total plus revenue growth. Shifts excess revenues from schools/tax relief to budget reserve, specified construction, debt repayment." This is an extremely sound fiscal practice and is exactly how the state of California, hell every state, should be run. It eliminates spending excessive amounts of money based on last year's revenue and it also forms a state savings account if you will or a means to pay off debt during a year when money is left over. This Proposition ensures there is no stall during budget disagreements. This Proposition also takes away the state's oppportunity to overspend under the guise of borrowing money (read as: using a credit card to increase debt rather than conventional spending measures).

Regarding schools, do not believe the lies of the unions. The current lie being spread via propoganda is that Arnold has cut the education budget and will continue to do so. This does not cut school budgets. This slows the rate of increase during years of fiscal duress. Arnold has not cut school budgets, he decreased the rate of spending bcuz we don't have the money. Another reason that makes this sound fiscal practice and should be voted on to become part of the state constitution. If fiscal responsibility has to be written into law for it to actually become part of the status quo, then so be it. Either way, its a wise decision.

Angry Time Analysis: Two lines. Took two lines to come up with my opinion on this one. "Limits state spending to prior year total plus revenue growth. Shifts excess revenues from schools/tax relief to budget reserve, specified construction, debt repayment." So basically, until now, as demonstrated by Socialist Governor Gray Davis and his underlings in the Socialist Legislature, state spending would never be found anywhere near the word "limit" and state revenue would never go anywhere near the word "reserve." Fiscal responsibility and limits matched with a state savings account is a good thing. Making it in writing to where a Socialist governor, when elected again bcuz of you fucking idiots, cannot deviate from the Constitution of California is an even better thing.

I mean can you imagine? Having to come up with a Proposition to impose on politicians that my daughter learned in kindergarten mathematics! You cannot spend more than what you have. Since our state lacks honest and responsible politicians, Arnold is ensuring that they can no longer abuse the system which leads to them wanting to tax successful people more to make up for their wrong doing. Two years ago the world's, yes world's, 5th largest economy was on the brink of bankruptcy due to fiscal mismanagement! Not revenue problems, it was mismanagement! Its absolutely pathetic that something like this has to even be introduced to our Socialist Legislature but you know what, its the only way its gonna stop. Its the only way that our state can reign in the debt. If this doesn't pass, you will see the same shit and mark my words, you will see tax increases on the state tax and income tax levels. And you know what, if that goes over with no problem, they'll just spend more cuz you fucking idiots are the ones making it possible with your hard earned money and it will embolden them by seeing this Proposition fail to do it again and again.

The Governator threw in a few more daisies as well. Such as continuing the prior year's budget during delays rather than bottlenecking. If there is anything a politician is good at, its delaying, filibustering and waffling. This lets them do it all day without effecting we the people. Another is prohibiting special funds borrowing, read as: interest accumulated debt. You cannot only not overspend but you cannot over-borrow either! Genius! Why the fuck this is some revelation in the year 2005 is beyond me. I guess it just goes to show you and support what I have been saying all along, they don't give a fuck about you. They want power and most of the time power comes in money form.

Do you seriously not get this!? We all have to deal with this reality, every company on the face of the earth has to deal with this reality. Period. This is not armageddon, this is sound fiscal practice. Fuck, its so frustrating to see stupid fucking lemmings follow the lead of these complete asshat liars. Fucking liars the lot of them! They are getting away with murder here and making the population shift in its judgement for this Proposition cuz they have the money to afford thousands of propaganda ads. All the shit I heard you Democrats complaining about how Bush had money during '04 and thats the only reason he is winning the election. Well guess the fuck what, now its being done by your side of the political spectrum. You gonna sit there and point at bad behavior to justify your side's bad behavior or are you going to stand up for what is right!?

And lets get shit real fuckin straight here while I'm about the right mode of pissed off to do it. California spends $50 Billion on education. Education accounts for more than half of our state's budget. HALF! You know what we have to show for it? Fucked up grades and under achieving kids. Seriously, we have been absolutely terrible in grades nationwide. With that kind of money being spent our kids should be coming out of there smarter than us! But these fucking union bureaucrats just spend it on administrative costs, not the kids! Think I'm talking out of my ass, you fuck? Then why, for the past 3 years my daughter has been in Public Schools do I have to buy paper, crayons, pencils, paper towels, staples, paper clips, markers and plastic utensils along with other parents to make up for the short comings of our schools!? Why!? The government of California is wasting this money. We have upped spending on schools every fucking year, this year being another record high spending year on education and we are getting negative results. Reign it in fuckers, reign it in! Bottom line is this is all no brainer stuff. This is not revolutionary, this is common sense. Something that is rarely seen in politics nowadays bcuz people like yourselves just let it happen and watch. You still gonna watch?

Verdict on Prop 76:

YES!

Proposition 77: Reapportionment. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

Amends state Constitution’s process for redistricting California’s Senate, Assembly, Congressional and Board of Equalization districts. Requires three-member panel of retired judges, selected by legislative leaders, to adopt new redistricting plan if measure passes and again after each national census. Panel must consider legislative, public proposals/comments and hold public hearings. Redistricting plan becomes effective immediately when adopted by judges’ panel and filed with Secretary of State. If voters subsequently reject redistricting plan, process repeats. Specifies time for judicial review of adopted redistricting plan; if plan fails to conform to requirements, court may order new plan.

Un-Angry Analysis: This Proposition makes life harder for entrenched politicians. Essentially districts in California, 153 districts, where not a single encumbant political party lost power in the last election, will once again be up for grabs and the politicians will have to run on issues rather than a letter by their name. This has the potential to be huge for those of us who actually care about California and want to see politicians held to the fire and held accountable for what they say versus what they do. If you subscribe to the belief that any political party held completely uncontested and unaccountable for their job performance solely bcuz of the (R) or (D) in front of their name for years and years is not a good thing, then you want to vote in favor of this Proposition.

Angry Time Analysis: I saw a very entertaining ad on television the other day on this Proposition. It shows three bumbling, white, old judges cutting apart a map of California while some idiot spoke nonsense. Bumbling bcuz apparently now judges are old codgers but when they are fighting for ultra-liberal principles their shit doesn't stink. White bcuz in '04 after Bush won again, the white man became the new leper of American society. I should really get around to informing my Nicaraguan mom about my dad of Scottish decent lacking credibility since he's white. Old bcuz there is nothing more enfuriating than watching an elderly person do something you can do much quicker. Oh and hey, you fuckin wise-ass that's thinking in the back of your head, "Derrr, Northe, ummm, derrr how do three white men represent the diversity that errr, umm California has nowadays?" Hey idiot savant, they did redistricting in the early 90s using the same concept, three retired judges that happened to be white, back then and it went over with flying fucking colors. Oh wait, no you're right that was when "your guys" were in power, so therefore it was okay. Since Arnold is in power, its not okay. I get it. Way to block that punch with your face.

Sorry, I enjoy digressing, the end result of the commercial is the judges redistricted California to match the map of Texas. Hahahah, holy shit! Basically, if California does this we'll become Texas, a Red state. An over the top Blue state will become Texas. Fuck I hate everyone. I guess they wouldn't do it unless idiots like yourselves wouldn't be such suckers for it. Oh and the funder for this commercial, Fabian Nunez. If you don't know him let me explain to you what I hate more than a Socialist, its a Socialist that thinks that his job is to represent people from another country, his being Mexico, rather than look out for those that elected him into power, legal citizens from the state of California. Eat a deep-fried dick covered in cinammon sugar, Fabian.

The best part is that the voice in the commercial sits there and says things like, "retired appointed judges that are unable to be held accountable for their decisions," and "districts will be formed to create new powerful districts for a single political party." I don't even know where to start. "Judges not being held accountable," lets start there. Judges are never held accountable, judges are appointed and not elected so that they cannot be punished for upholding the law. They cannot be voted out, they cannot be fired. This is both good and bad but thats not important, what is important is that the commercial is fulla shit and should be turned on its ear which I love to point out and do.

Next statement about "creating new powerful districts for a single political party." Holy fuckin shit! This is the saddest shit ever. You have to understand, special interest propogandists depend on the public not knowing shit. You guys are too busy to know that not one district in California switched power in the last election. Not one single district went from (D) to (R) or vice versa. I mean who are we kidding here, this is a political system that Saddam Hussein woulda been proud of: No competition and power is maintained. Absolutely fucking crazy that this happens in the United States. Can you comprehend being absolutely untouchable as a politician? Do you understand the fiscal damage they can do bcuz people are so fucking dumb they vote based on an (R) or a (D)? Gray Davis thought he knew, he did what he thought he could get away with and he got crane beaked in his pasty white titty for it thanks to those in this state that stood up for what's right.

What this Proposition could possibly do is throw a curve ball to these fuckin politicians that are so extremely comfortable in the positions they have. Their power cannot be fucked with; therefore, they hate the idea of losing that foundation of power. Now, honestly, this may not help for anything but you know what, if it makes politicians sweat and have to actually earn their keep in this world Angry Time says fuckin do it. For mere symbolism, which is probably at best what this Proposition stands for, do it.

Verdict on Prop 77:

Yes, for symbolic purposes.

Zero Hour: One thing that I realize that I, nor the power of Angry Time, can instill in people is the passion, anger and desire to want to change something for the better. So many factors etched into our brains create fervent support or adamant hatred for revolution, or on a more literal level hatred for "the other" political party. I can only hope that you can see through the eyes of what the Governator is trying to do here. There is no sinister power grab here, it is a series of commom sense initiatives to prevent the mistakes of the past from recurring. Mistakes that have been visited and revisited and, if California was personified, probably has reservations to go back for yearly vacations to come. Something must be done to stop the cycle of idiocy.

Don't fall prey to the emotional tactics the lying propagandists use to persuade you to feel that this election is a waste of time. That spending some $50 million on a special election is a display of vulgar power by Arnold. We drop $50 million in California at the drop of a hat, people. They tried that during the Recall Election and spending that $50 million on the election saved taxpayers billions of dollars in tax hikes. Use logic, use common sense, listen with apprehension.

Understand that the opponents to these measures are the same people that have been running things and running this state into the ground. Understand that with a healthy California economy there are no steps taken to secure fiscal stability by our state government, instead our state was plunged into a heap of debt. Understand that the California Legislature has failed us time and time again over the years and the last Socialist Governor kept on signing the budgets with no problem. Understand that making the Governator out to be some dumb twit, they are exercising damage control and ignoring the issues at hand. They are spending hard earned money to lie and manipulate and don't think twice about it bcuz if they can spend $10s of millions of dollars to secure their power it is worth it.

The problem is that I write this on the news that the Governator's support on his Propositions is waning. I write this knowing that you impressionable, lazy, unknowing individuals are being seduced by the lies that the entrenched politicians, unions and Socialists are winning the propoganda war, the folks are losing. I write this knowing that if it happens to change one vote to a "yes" on any of these Propositions then it was worth spending my time writing this hate-filled speech.

One thing that I have learned in my short life is that you stand and fight for what you believe in. No matter what the odds, no matter what the risk, no matter what the potential outcome, you die for what you know is right. You do everything that you can, you pull no punches and you win or fail knowing that one truth... that in the end of the day, you stood for something just. If the sane, hard-working, honest people of California do not wage war in the name of bettering the state, then I ask you: What hope does California have for its future?