George Rebane

It’s time to start a new feature on RR now that the country’s market-mangling socialists-in-denial are in charge, both in super-majority California, and now in Washington DC.  Add to that the other Democrat-dominated states that look to California to ‘lead the way’ with the march to Marxism, and you’re looking at a perfect coast-to-coast public policy pandemic.  Hard to figure how things could get worse.  I’d like to differentiate what these Chronicles will cover from the postings and comments under our Dark Days Diary, which will draw topics from the rest of the country, and possibly the world (e.g. Biden’s geo-strategic, trade, immigration, and environmental policies).  But here let’s stick to California’s self-inflicted auto da fe.

For openers, the smart/productive ones are either gone or still going.  Our progressives have been denying this easily verifiable fact for the last few years.  They’ll have a more difficult time hanging on to their myths when the new census numbers reduce California’s House districts by at least one.

Sacramento demonstrates its incompetency by the hour.  We still can’t get the C19 vaccines distributed in a timely manner to the venues that need them.  Our leftwing bureaucrats (they’re all leftwing) have pissed away a confirmed $30B of federal pandemic relief dollars to criminals, fraudsters, and convicts residing in our jails, and even across the country.  By some estimates, that amount may reach $100B before the monies are accounted. (more here)

And then there are the majority of Californians who can’t quite put it all together.  When presented with Republican and Democrat public policies, the Republican policies win hands down.  This is subsequently demonstrated when such policies are put to a vote by our electorate instead of quietly run through Sacramento’s sausage mill.  But when the same voters look at politicians on the stump, they have a hard time saying no to the scumbags who promise everything and deliver none of it.

This phenomenon is expressed in other mainly large urban areas.  It is most likely due to the growth of national dumbth (topic of an upcoming post) as recognized by a growing group of academics, psychologists, and commentators.  Yes Virginia, national dumbth is real, ubiquitous, and not just an isolated tenet of Rebane Doctrine.

[19feb21 update]  The recall roars onward.  California Assemblyman Kevin Kiley emailed – “The latest signature count is 1,689,000, and "alarmed party leaders" are panicking, making all hands on deck calls to try to head off this extraordinary citizens’ movement.”  The linked Politico article makes for interesting reading about the political dynamics now in a frenzy over the Newsom recall initiative.  The odds of replacing our idiot governor are now a solid smidgen above the chance of a snowball in hell.