Hey Jerry Brown: Substituting One Crisis For Another Is Not Leadership

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Friday October 28, 2011 · 1:27 PM PDT

2011/10/28 · 13:27

Today California Governor Jerry Brown announced a "retirement system overhaul". Let me decode that for you--- An erosion of our quality of life under the guise of austerity. Highlights of this indignity include requiring public workers to pay HALF of the cost of their pensions through paychecks deductions, diverting 1/3 of the pensions of future hires to the 401k wheel of fortune, and raising the retirement age from 55 to 67. Wow, I feel better already. Let the revenue flow into our state under this bold, thoughtful plan.

Think Not? Me either.

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Monday April 12, 2010 · 4:45 PM PDT

2010/04/12 · 16:45

A funny thing happened at my local post office last Friday. My PO is a tiny outlet, with usually only one person working the counter. I try to avoid it at lunchtime because there is usually a line. When there is a line however, it gives you a chance to chat with the person in line behind you. Sometimes that is a good thing, other times not.

See below for my story:

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Thursday October 08, 2009 · 2:41 PM PDT

2009/10/08 · 14:41

I had a great time re- watching the Lord of the Rings Trilogy a couple of weeks ago. If you saw it, I am sure you will remember the Eye of Sauron, focusing in on Frodo and his friends. Now that eye was evil, and it only noticed our hero when he interfered. When he got in its way of its goals. It never knew Frodo existed and never would have paid attention to him until he got in his way. I feel the same way about the Senate Blue Dogs. They are not heroes in any way, and I won't go so far as to call them evil and I am no Sauron, but they are in my way and that has made me notice them. They are in my way because I want a public healthcare choice so I can reject the defective product sold by my insurer.

So in the interest of fairness, and since I had no cool giant eye to project over the capitol, I sent them each an e-mail to let them know how I feel and why they should care.

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Wednesday September 09, 2009 · 12:42 AM PDT

2009/09/09 · 00:42

My spouse and I battled our health insurer for over 18 months to get coverage for our autistic child's speech therapy. The battle was finally resolved in March and we won. No one, and I repeat, no one, could loathe their insurer more than I. But after watching and listening to the health care "debate" (or debacle if you prefer), I hate them even more and it has surprised me.

My feelings grow stronger every day. Every day I read a news article telling me that "The Public Option is Dead", "Support for Obama on Health Care is Falling", etc., my feelings of disgust and anger grow stronger.

There is only one "option" I want to see, and that is a strong, new law that stops the madness. Anything less than that is not good enough.

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