by anomalous_Biff oddity [courtesy of Blog for America]

They claim to be so fiscally sound and claim to be cutting spending, but the truth is they are more than happy to spend all the money they need for their pet projects. ( Iraq and Afghanistan, plus tons of others) with no regard to the debt or the damage the uncontrolled spending will have. Never mind the impact on our children and gran children, no debt is too large, plus they get to tell the world how fiscally conservative and sound they are, their policies and philosophies will drag this country to economic ruin. The worse thing?..Our party leaders give great lip service to opposing the insanity, then turn around and vote for it. Something must be done to right our economic ship, or this great country is sunk!

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Bill Cavala
A veteran of over 30 years in Sacramento

“I’ve got a great idea, let’s put on our own show”. Thus Mickey Rooney’s line in a half dozen “barnyard musicals” of the 1930’s. The same worn script is now being used by the government in California’s budget crisis.

The legislative “show” is the repeated effort of Democrats to cast Republicans as the villains in the state’s budget crisis for their refusal to offset service cuts with new taxes. The GOP has their own script, claiming they are all that stands between Democratic taxes and economic ruin for California.

The audience for these shows, the Capitol Press Corps, writes critical reviews of both shows. They prefer fantasy scripts of the sort written by the retiring “budget nun”, Liz Hill. Her recommendations have the strange virtue of rave reviews while commanding absolutely NO votes from ANY of those who employ her for advice (!)