The Secretary of State’s website is overloaded, this according to the LA Times, with 3.5 million votes counted statewide:
source: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/election/#props
Oh, and Jerry Brown. Ah, moonbeams and business exodus, the combo that killed the golden state goose.
Strangely, the first symptom seems to be dyslexia, as this odd Google ad showed up right after I hit publish: (screencap)
Maybe by morning they’ll have that fixed….
If they want to return to a state of nature, which is what they want as far as I can tell, so be it. Frankly I am happy to see them governing themselves at the local level as they see fit, as long as the rest of us don’t have to bail them out via the federal government.
Kate says: (November 3, 2010 at 1:08 am)
“California … now economically and politically twinned with Britain?”
I think a more apt economic comparison is to Greece. I, for one, will not appreciate being asked to bail out California for its self-created bankruptcy.
That’s rich.
Shows what intensive voter fraud can do to an election.
The vote is all based on the wording of the title. How could someone vote to continue pollution?
Now if the title was ” Defer greenhouse gas emission limits”, then it gets approved.
It’s probably no more complicated than that.
I might guess that the folks pushing for this to be approved did not get to choose the title, because if they did they are pretty darn stupid.
Read all the prop’s in CA this year and the results of the state wide races:
CA wants to let 9 liberal “citizens” re-gerrymander their districts with a commission of 5 Dems, 5 Reps and 4 Indies (go find a conservative Indie in CA today thus 9 libs). That won’t work any better; they don’t want much in the way of increased tax/fees for some areas and by requiring 2/3rds to impose them to pay for things (call them the free benefits props); they don’t want you to smoke pot in public but it’s now OK for a simple majority to pass a state budget created by liberal Dems for a liberal governor to sign.
All in all CA will be bankrupt before Obama leaves office. Oh, and absolutely no way a CA bailout will get through Congress so look for the dynamic duo, Bernanke and Geithner to play the Laural and Hardy and find a way to sell Treasuries to CA for negative interests while buying all the CA bonds Brown wants to sell. And they’ll make it up on volume.
The exodus had already started. Beginning with the first legislative session in Sacramento, it will accelerate. The really smart folks will be selling out starting today since property values, business values, etc., will plummet. Adios!
“Californians are so stupid”
I can only agree. I’ve live here for 48 years and have watched this stupidication process from the inside.
I don’t know. California seems hell bent on rushing to a crisis. I sometimes think it is a pimple that just has to pop.
Go east old man!
“When the party’s over, turn out the lights…”
The party’s definitely over for California. It’ll be interesting to watch what happens next (though I would prefer to watch from a safe distance).
Somebody should let them know Spain is already attracting all that green investment.
Mike Haseler says:
November 3, 2010 at 1:06 am
“This is fantastic news … for anyone who is not living in California.”
Unfortunately, the citizens of California then move to places like Colorado and start electing the same kinds of idiots that made them leave their old state.
All is not lost
Now they have to get the new “fees” approved. Prop 26 passed.
PROP 26
REQUIRES THAT CERTAIN STATE AND LOCAL FEES BE APPROVED BY TWO-THIRDS VOTE. FEES INCLUDE THOSE THAT ADDRESS ADVERSE IMPACTS ON SOCIETY OR THE ENVIRONMENT CAUSED BY THE FEE-PAYER’S BUSINESS. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
Is there still an agricultural embargo?
We just haven’t hit bottom yet: click1, click2.
The LA Times this morning said that the Republican tsunami stopped at the California border. Actually, that was not true. It didn’t stop until it got to the coast:
http://oi54.tinypic.com/2lbdg6w.jpg
I imagine the results of this proposition fared similarly, and was defeated by voters from the coastal enclaves, not the interior of California.
Putting prop 19 on the same ballot was a masterstroke. The hippies and stoners out in the backwoods of California never normally vote, but this got them down to the polling stations. Since they don’t really use electricity/gas anyway – or at least, don’t think they do – they all voted against 32 whilst they were there.
See the name-recognition voting for Jerry Brown to go with it.
WHO has the money to pay high-ranking Google ads to push such agenda?
Must be pushed covertly by nuclear industry, gaz and “green energy” corporations…
Follow the money, unearth very large dead and very stinky rats…
Texans are pretty safe from California immigrants, Californians can’t stand Texas weather. We here in AZ are in danger though; So Cal is right across the border.
I think I may purchase a moving van franchise in California to capitalize on the last remaining business opportunity there. Seriously, who in their right mind would stay there unless they absolutely had to?
Most Californians are clearly convinced they should take the leadership in reducing CO2 emissions and that the rest of the nation will be watching closely.
They are right, but not for the reason they imagine. The rest of the nation is watching very closely because they do not want to miss the opportunity to compete for the companies and jobs that will be relocating to other states over the next couple of years.
A grand experiment under Jerry Brown omg. It will be interesting to watch the coup de gras for the state of California. An object lesson for the rest of the world.
Well, the election went pretty much like I anticipated. It wasn’t as good as I had hoped, but it is better than what it was. Sadly, Cali, went in the predictable direction. Sorry, Anthony. But be of good cheer. Cali can still serve a useful purpose! They can be examples of how not to do it!
For those that are disappointed in the results of the election, hoping for more gains by the conservatives, the single largest statement made by this election, the Illinois senate race.
For those worried that neither political party will be able to accomplish much, gridlock is a good thing!
Sad, in one decade you’ve gone from “Eureka, I have found it!” to “We’ve totally lost it! Dude”
After seeing the results this morning, I was thinking about the situation.
40% of California’s electricity comes from other States. 4 States are in the process of suing California over the AB32 Cap & Tax issue. If the other States lose the suit, why wouldn’t they simply choose to sell the electricity to any State other than California to avoid the California regulations and Carbon Tax?
Is there any law that states they must sell energy to California?
Unfortunately this blog seems to be deteiorating – from a science based blog to another right wing blog like the horrendous Gateway Pundit!
REPLY: Well now that election season is over (which many people are interested in, so damned if I do, damned if I don’t, and Prop 23 had U.S. and world repercussions) we’ll be more science based. – Anthony