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Bring Back Real Cars!

John Seiler: In the government's obsessive project to treat us all like prison inmates, it has destroyed the great cars America once produced. Except for pollution controls -- which were done stupidly anyway -- all government controls on cars amount to tyranny. If I want to drive in a dangerou...

LA Students Regurgitate Govt. Food

John Seiler: Food fight! I love it when kids rebel against the government schools. Reported CBS Los Angeles: "The revamped school lunches at Los Angeles Unified School District have won awards, commending them for improving the menu at the second largest school district in the nation. Too bad ...

Sacramento’s Sinking Economy

Katy Grimes: How far does Sacramento have to fall before its citizens show some inkling of caring? A new Brookings Institution study shows just how far out of touch Sacramento is economically, with the rest of the country and major cities around the world. Out of the 200 metropolitan areas sur...

Internet Shoots Down Censorship

John Seiler: Sometimes you win one. This week, the Good Guys won a Big One. Hollywood's attempt to censor the Internet went down in flames like a Luftwaffe jet fighter shot down by the American "Red Tails" in the new movie of that name. Hollywood lobbyists pushed cash and legislation on Con...

Elmer Fudd Translates Jerry’s Speech

John Seiler: To help us better understand, here's Elmer Fudd translating Gov. Jerry Brown's State of the State speech for us: As weqwiwed by the state constitution, I am wepowting to you this mowning on the condition of ouw state. Putting it as simpwy as I can, Cawifownia is on the mend. Wa...

Biased Title for Jerry’s Tax Initiative

John Seiler: Get a load of this title AG Kamala Harris gave Gov. Jerry Brown's $7 billion tax-hike initiative: "TEMPORARY TAXES TO FUND EDUCATION. GUARANTEED LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING." That should trick a couple hundred California voters into voting for the Dear Leader's unneeded tax grab, ...

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