BBC NEWS | Americas | California in 'fiscal emergency'
Democrats and the governor, and the Republican lawmakers who take pride in never voting in favour of any budget, have set us on a road toward two possible cataclysms: a popular revolt that will further diminish the power of government as we know it, and ruinous default that keeps the recession alive for another decade and plunges Californians, and perhaps all Americans, into nearly unimaginable misery. Full Story »
Posted by Chapman Clark, Jr.



It amazes me that no politicians have had the balls to step up and say, "Enough. We can fight petty beauty and popularity contests later... But now ... More »