hippy pam,
And there you are at the heart of the conundrum. The sheeple will not do anything if they are not properly informed with the right information given by someone who would know what and how information should be put out to the sheeple. In short they maybe sense something isn’t right and with the msm flooding them with quaint information that ‘oh, this new stimulus will begin a recovery’ or just the fluff BS the msm keeps distracting the sheeple. This is a really big thing for me and the lack of obama not even addressing the issue, unless he has and I missed it. But an uninformed public just will not know how to take action until the reality of nothing works, nothing is available anymore and no information. Obama really needs to brush off the anti-trust laws and go after these few conservative owners and break up their monopolies and spread the media back out amoungest other interest groups.
There are far too few commentators that try but the sheeple have been doped for so long, if they hear something they may just brush it off because it would be too disturbing to them. And if the sheeple do wake up to reality, it will be a clumsey, disorgainized reaction for a while.
Also I think too many people are expecting results immediately when poor ole obama hasn’t even quite served a month and if any are like me I will give him 100 days for some kind of real action, it may not even happen then but later. HE may need to get mad, mad as hell and he won’t take anymore. The people will follow him then.

I was recently asked why I reply to this thread in convoluted movie script language, it is quite simple. The Governor of California is a walking talking action figure from some crummy science fiction movie. The voters in California? It is really hard to sympathize with their plight. Especially in a state crying poor house, which is home to that bedrock of American culture: HOLLYWOOD.
Maybe it is just Midwestern disconnect, but why is so much money being blown on the Oscars, while your state services fall apart? But hey, keep your chins up, California is governed by one of Hollywood’s biggest money makers. For lack of a better word, they are called “stars”.

samosamo…..All any one does is bitch…..city level- county level-state level-federal level…..just all talk-talk-talk…....
    We need a BOSTON TEA PARTY or some such but THE SHEEPLE just mill about in their pens and bleat….

By hippy pam, February 18 at 6:00 am

There is a way to fire them and it is called a recall vote which is how this spitting image of american hubris, even though he isn’t american by birth and a steroid monkey at that, became governor the first time. And just like roh-nold, ah-nold used his ‘flamboyant’ celebrity image to convince the people he had the connections to become their benevolent governor. Seems all those star struck fans thought him perfect for the job. So, once again, another low grade actor that can play a script jerks california around and with the country’s and the world economies crashing he can only think of how many people to fire to save his ass.
Come on california, you did it before so do it again, organize the recall and try to put a real economic thinker and doer in office and maybe some pressure will be taken away. But you should think about recalls on a lot if not most of your state representatives in the legislature.

We need to stand up and take back our government…..At the FEDERAL LEVEL….They are-after all-hired by the peoples vote….and should be FIRED if they don’t DO A GOOD JOB…..
    If a couple of these RIP OFF artists were stood up against a wall and shot in plain site of each other THINGS would change..
    Bernie madoff and family should have been STRIPPED NAKED and PARADED down MAIN STREET…But when you know there will be no consequences for bad actions-what the f*ck do you care?
    MAKE these people care….unstead of just talking and bitching about it!!

I’ll bet those scores of California military bases are open as are the B-2 and F-22 production lines. 

I don’t hear of any layoffs at Lockeed Martin or any of the other armament industries taking public money.

The Governator was adamant. These people still need air! You still better git your ass to Mars! The economy is not pumped up anymore. It is a flabby girlyman. The rack is starting to look like a useless spare tire. Maria! I told Maria to hold on tight, Sacramento has become an avalanche that has covered up our souls. Even my Humvee needs an oil change. Why doesn’t Jesse Ventura answer the phone? I know why he stays in Mexico most of the time. I can give you at least one CHRONIC reason.
To all the unemployed state workers of Cali-Forn-Yah: There may still be hope and job opportunities OFF WORLD. A chance for a new life. Do whatever is necessary to GIT YOUR ASS TO MARS!

At my daughter’s high school yesterday in California, all the younger teachers got pink slips stating they would be laid off. Including the only teacher capable of teaching calculus at a supposedly Elite school.  Much more tax money is now spent on prisons than higher education, which is also to be slashed.

These are all PUBLIC elite schools, at least a step below the PRIVATE elite schools, such as the prep schools and the Ivy league. This is part of the process of stratifying American society to increase social, political and economic inequality.  In doing so, the power structure is turning the US into a third world country, destroying the future. 

America cannot compete economically anymore, and emphasizes military imperialism.  This destruction of the future is part of the death culture promoted to oppress the American population, and the other peoples of the world.  When prisons are emphasized over education, which are themselves minimum security institutions, any pssible progress to a better future is destroyed.

Partisans like to accuse state politicians from the other party of screwing up their state’s finances, but the argument doesn’t exactly jibe with the fact that over 40 of our 50 states are now in financial trouble.

Could public officials from both parties in all of those states have become incompetent at the same time?

Or could it be that Washington has something to do with it?

Could it be that the GOP has played a role?  They held power until recently,  and they despise all social and infrastructure programs, just the kind whose current lack of funding is causing states such turmoil.  Nor can I see how tax cuts for the wealthy, the only fiscal policy idea the GOP has ever had and therefore their answer to all financial woes, could have helped much either.

Now, cut the pay of the remaining.

Once upon a time, federal or state workers made less money than their private counterparts, in the days of lifetime employment and private pensions. 

The government made up the difference to their employees with early retirement and pension, every holiday under the sun, 30 days vacation a year and a pretty fair medical and dental plan.

Now if only the private counterparts could have the perks those public servants enjoy.

By Larry Parker, February 17 at 10:29 am

I dunno larry, seems she would pass more around than that steroid monkey posing as young vibrant stud about town. What was the comparison of ahnold and rohnold reagan? Seems rohnold was a bit tamer and smoked cigarettes.

Unfortunately for us, even if a budget is passed California is in real trouble. It’s likely that those layoffs, will only be put off for a little while.

For a long time in this state, the legislature took and took from the middle class, thinking that they would always be there to pay for the political agenda of the left or the right. But now the middle class is gone.

Like two Dogs fighting over all that’s left of California’s carcass, the legislature is refusing to face the grim reality of what they have done. Their inaction, will doom the citizens of this state to much suffering.

What nonsense. We are dropping deeper and deeper into, hell, we are all but in a depression and california appears to be leading the nation in raising taxes on its people. Damn almighty, this country is doomed and the creeps the got us here are begin bailed out and rewarded for their standing as the best and the brightest.
And could this be worse than what ex-gov. grey did to get recalled? Would the people of california dare to recall arnold? Would it help?

Californians!!!

Call-Write-Email your elected officials!!!

Insist OCTOMOM Stop Receiving Millions in State Monies!!!
Insist Those Sickly Preemie Babies[all 14] be Adopted by caring families who are financially stable and can be responsible for all the attendant medicals these “mentally and physically challenged” infants will require through the coming years.
Insist this “cash cow” GET OFF the WELFARE ROLLS and WORK!!!
You will save your state LOTS OF MONEY!!!
STAND UP AND BE COUNTED!!!

These people need air! You’d better git your ass to Mars!