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Another Perfect Day

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 133 Comments › )
Filed under Art, Elections, Elections 2012, Fascism, government, OOT, Open thread, Politics, Progressives, Regulation, Socialism, taxation, Unions at June 5th, 2012 - 11:00 pm


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Sacramento has been out of control for years. Not too long ago, the State of California, were it a separate country, could have boasted having the 8th largest economy world wide. Not so any more.

Goodnight Gray. Goodnight Ahnold. Goodnight Moonbeam.

California is not completely lost… yet. Watch what happens in the regional and local elections – there’s been some redistricting. The results will tell you if California has a ghost of a chance of recovering from gross fiscal mismanagement and fascist socialism.

And we don’t get paid for posting here, let’s talk about the gross fiscal mismanagement of The Overnight Open Thread.

Regulators Gone Wild! Part II California Edition.

by Flyovercountry ( 46 Comments › )
Filed under Economy, Politics, Progressives, Regulation, Socialism, Unions, Unions at August 31st, 2011 - 8:00 pm


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When my children were younger, my family, like many other American families faced a dilemma.  What to do with the offspring during working hours.  After the 6 week leave of absence from her job, the little Mrs. and I realized that we would not be able to just toss the bundle of joy into the bassinet for the day while we both of us left for our money earning activities.  The little bundle of joy, Deborah, required pretty consistent attention.  Feedings, changing, play time, what have you was something which was not going to go away simply because we needed to earn a living.  The dilemma was the fact that day care in a government approved facility was more expensive than the money my wife earned at her job.  Day care it seems, was in the government’s view anyhow, something which should only be available to those who earned a hell of a lot of money.  At the same time, our actual household expenses increased dramatically, and we needed the second income.  We searched for an alternative solution.

That alternative solution was the same one found by millions of American families.  We hired a private babysitter, one who did not get herself on the list of government approved day cares.  Kathleen, was good with children, ran a tight ship, and actually was well liked by our kids.  She was much more reasonable in price, and held flexible hours, something the government approved day cares did not.  Over the years, Kathleen became part of the family.  All in all, the bad government policy led to what bad government policies always lead to, harm to those the policy is intended to help, and a quasi black market.  So, in an effort to further destroy the dreams of its citizens, the state of California has a plan.

How will parents react when they find out they will be expected to provide workers’ compensation benefits, rest and meal breaks and paid vacation time for…babysitters? Dinner and a movie night may soon become much more complicated.
Assembly Bill 889 (authored by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, will require these protections for all “domestic employees,” including nannies, housekeepers and caregivers.
The bill has already passed the Assembly and is quickly moving through the Senate with blanket support from the Democrat members that control both houses of the Legislature – and without the support of a single Republican member. Assuming the bill will easily clear its last couple of legislative hurdles, AB 889 will soon be on its way to the Governor’s desk.

How much more abuse will the good people of California take from their Democrat Politicians?  The bottom line for you folks living on the Left Coast is this, dream to get ahead in this life at your own peril.  The State has issued a decree that children are now something for the well to do only.  Those people you have elected to office on the laughable premise that they cared for the little guy, have just taken a giant step to destroy the little guy.  Those private babysitters were all little guy entrepreneurs, running at home businesses.  They will be effectively shut down by this.  The Democrats will no doubt tout the fact that they are protecting them by granting them perks, but those perks will only appear if people continue to hire them, which they will in no way be able to do.  The people hiring the babysitters will once again be left with children, and diminished incomes, just at a point in life when they need increased incomes.  Thank you Democrats!

Cross Posted at Musings of a Mad Conservative.



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Jihadi Infiltration in Fresno

by 1389AD ( 239 Comments › )
Filed under Afghanistan, Islam, Islamic Invasion, Islamic Terrorism, Islamists, Military, Terrorism at June 12th, 2011 - 1:30 pm

Map of California showing Fresno County and city

I found this at Patriot’s Corner, where a notice in the sidebar says that the blogger (I assume the primary admin) has been banned at LGF “Not once, but three times!”

Read this if you seriously love and care about our country. This is a warning, a serious warning.

Posted by PatriotUSA at 11:56 PM

Early American patriot

…This is from a person in Fresno, CA. This is happening all over the US.

THIS IS SOMETHING EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW!!!

We now live about 30 miles from Fresno. We are up in the Sierras and Fresno is the first big town we encounter when we leave the mountains. We shop there often. I received this from my ex-homicide partner who is still active in law enforcement circles in the Fresno area.

Excuse the language, but don’t excuse the facts. Don’t give up your guns, and buy necessary ammunition if you can find it. Be cautious and alert. Be ready if, God forbid, we need to protect our families and loved ones.

If you weren’t at Rotary meeting on Friday, you missed the only decent speaker we’ve had in more than a year. LTC John Cotter is the 144th Fighter Wing’s anti terrorism officer. John had a two-part presentation. First part was describing his job as the units anti terrorism officer. Pretty standard stuff.

The second part was information that will curl your hair. A Part-time air guardsman works as a checker at local Von’s. Two women in full burkas buy every pre-paid cell phone in the store. Clerk/airman gets to thinking about it Goes to Cotter and reports incident. Cotter asks store for surveillance video. It’s scary enough that he contacts Fresno FBI.

FBI investigates and determines these women have been doing this all over the Valley. Cell phones shipped through Canada to Iraq/Afghanistan where they become triggers for roadside bombs.

The Shell station at Peach and Shaw. Every time a local GI goes there in fatigues they are asked specific questions. What is your unit? When are you deploying? How many aircraft are you taking?

The F-16s out of Fresno fly CAP for west coast. As such they are the first line of defense so they have the US ‘s most sophisticated air-to-air missiles. Foreign governments would like to get their hands on those missiles or at least learn how to build them. Also how many we have, etc. Two spy groups are working on it, one based at Fashion Fair Mall (the F-16s take-off pattern) and one based at Sierra Vista Mall (the F-16s landing pattern).

Cotter said the ragheads (But we don’t profile) are always probing the base…Two dorks in a pickup show up at the front gate wanting to deliver a package marked Air National Guard, Fresno.. No postage, no UPS, no FedEx, no DHL, no nothing. Just a probe.

I asked Cotter why we haven’t seen anything about this in The Bee, on KMJ, on local TV news. He said they’re not interested. Since Friday I’ve learned of two other things. My brother-in-law, Frank, (management at Avaya) had a Muslim tech who took a leave-of-absence for 6 weeks in Afghanistan. After the 6 weeks were up he called from New York requesting an extension. Frank (who does profile) said, you’re fired, and called the Fresno FBI who were very interested. Don’t know the outcome.

A Muslim who owns a liquor store in my former hometown of Kingsburg was constantly bugging customers to buy guns for him. Finally one of the guys I grew up with called the FBI.

We are a country at war and the enemy is among us. I don’t care what Janet Napolitano says, it’s a fight to the death and we should be prepared as possible. Brother-in-law Frank has a theory and I think it may be closer to the truth than Homeland Security wants to admit. See note below in red There are a certain number (probably a large number) of Muslims among us who are awaiting the trigger date and will begin randomly killing as many of us as they can, sort of a Fort Hood on steroids. I know I’m getting prepared to shoot back.

Two items of interest: Sheriff Margaret Mims wants to grant concealed carry permits to all who are qualified. Columnist Jim Boren, among the most bleeding of the bleeding heart liberals, says it’s time for Fresno residents to arm themselves. LOAD up, you can bet this is happening in places other than Fresno…..

David Rayburn


…Obama appointed two devout Muslims to homeland security posts.

Obama and Janet Napolitano appointed Arif Alikhan, a devout Muslim, as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano swore-in Kareem Shora, a devout Muslim, who was born in Damascus, Syria, as ADC National Executive Director as a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC).

NOTE: Has anyone ever heard a new government official being identified as a ‘devout Catholic,” a “devout Jew” or a “devout Protestant”…?

Just wondering…

More here.


Ah-nold, you Bastard!

by Deplorable Macker ( 5 Comments › )
Filed under Headlines, Republican Party at May 17th, 2011 - 5:03 am

Ah-nold’s “legendary” past finally catches up with him. Turns out that the former Governor of California indeed messed around on Maria and fathered a child out of wedlock.
Here’s an excerpt from a statement he issued to the Los Angeles Times:

“After leaving the governor’s office I told my wife about this event, which occurred over a decade ago.I understand and deserve the feelings of anger and disappointment among my friends and family. There are no excuses and I take full responsibility for the hurt I have caused. I have apologized to Maria, my children and my family. I am truly sorry.
“I ask that the media respect my wife and children through this extremely difficult time…While I deserve your attention and criticism, my family does not.”

And rightfully so, you scumbag! For this, he deserves nothing less than the forfeiture of his career. Then again, the “Reverend” Jesse Jackson kept right on going….