Plays Well With Others

Re: Voting …

Erm. Thanks for voting. Obviously no one listens to me. If anyone did, the republicans wouldn’t be in control of every damn piece of government out there. They are now in full control of Congress, which means Dubya will have enough power to blow up the damn planet if he feels like it. Good going for those that did vote for this. At least I don’t have to take any responsibility for anything that happens over the next two years.

As for some of the local initiatives that I thought were kind of funny, over in Oakland (east of the Bay and San Francisco), the folks voted in favor of more police officers. Since Oakland has had about one hundred homocides this year, it’s a big deal. The voters DID however shoot down and of the measures that would PAY for these officers. There were three measures that would put a tax in place and would be used to fund these police officers. You can’t have your cake and eat it too. If you want more cops on the streets, you have to pay for them. Erm.

As for the homeless measure I discussed in the last entry, if also got approved. The people voted to lower the amount of money given to the homeless and use the savings for rehabilitation programs. A second measure however didn’t pass. This measure would allow money to be used to build homeless shelters and treatment centers. Basically the people of San Francisco are saying, fuck the homeless. Just get them off my doorstep. Don’t pass GO, don’t collect the money, just get lost. Don’t even give them a place to sleep. Just make them go away. Nice.

Finally, there was a measure for some small town in California to be renamed “Got Milk?” No joke. The Milk Advisory Board wanted to rename this small town “Got Milk?, California”. The town got together on voting night and decided that they didn’t want to live in a town named for dairy. Ugh. You just know that pretty soon we’ll all live in towns named after companies. Niketown, Illinois. Tampax, Florida. Depends, California. I can just see it now.

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