George Rebane
Jeff Ackerman, publisher of The Union (sometimes aka The Onion), finally vented his spleen this morning against the doings in Sacramento which have been going on for some time now, but apparently 
in the tolerable region of our local paper’s radar. I was happy to see Jeff step out and paint a picture of California that most mainstream media (MSM) outlets continue to shun. His editorial covered almost all of the waterfront, but did leave an important part out – namely CARB’s Scope Plan to implement AB32. I’m sure the readers of Jeff’s paper will eventually discover how that bombshell will sink California even lower in the national ratings.
After a laundry list of pretty sad statistics about California, in my view, Jeff’s outstanding statement in the piece was –
“Yes, but at least we’re smarter than the other states,” you might be muttering. Actually … we’re not as smart as we think, which might explain why we keep voting for incompetent candidates. In fact, there are 46 states that are smarter than California, according to the booklet. Vermont is ranked number one and Massachusetts is ranked second, thanks to Harvard, M.I.T. and a few other brainy institutions. Even the so-called Okies are smarter than the average Californian.
He deserves a tip of the hat for stating what the MSM have been hiding under the rug for years. (for the bigger picture, please see ‘How Elections Really Work’)
The point here is that readers of RR and several other local blogs (e.g. NC Media Watch, CABPRO Report, YubaNet, …) were apprised of these outrages months ago. This was at a time when broad-based appeals to our representatives and state leaders might have done some good. Now California’s annual budget bomb is about to go off and it’s too late to snip the fuse. Across the country local bloggers are more and more becoming the timely source of news that the MSM either miss, avoid, or drag their feet. All bloggers have an unabashed and individualistic view of the world, and don’t need to make nice with their advertisers or corporate offices. With almost everyone now on the internet, there is little excuse for limiting your knowledge of what’s going on to any one source, especially one from the traditional MSM.
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