I hope America picks Newt, it’s just so crazy it might work!

It’s too bad there isn’t a country rich in solar panels we could bomb and invade.

I love these simple discoveries. Makes you wonder what other types of right-under-our-nose health discoveries are just ready to be discovered?

Shortages in the Central Valley have bode well for Republicans, as they have been able to blame the water crises on Democrats meddling with the delta. The problems and solutions need to be much larger than just […]

For some reason, I love it when the campaigns fall on their face.

Now, how do we get the DEA to reschedule marijuana…

It’s interesting that wikipedia, reddit, and other sites are still going through with their blackouts tomorrow. It will still raise awareness about SOPA’s sister bill, PIPA, that is equally damning to internet freedoms.

We’ll “print” 16 trillion dollars to save the institutions that crashed the economy, but bring our infrastructure into the 21st century? Nah.

This is Obama’s signature move, pull the rug out from under the Republicans by adopting their talking points, implement them in policy, then defuse their platform. While this may be a more politically cunning […]

Oil I know is we need more renewable energy.

There is some interesting aspects to immunity laws for legislators. Back when legislators rode horse drawn carriages to the legislature, these laws were put in place to make sure they weren’t being detained […]

Legalize recreational coal, end the coal war.

Marijuana is an entirely different animal than oxycodone. First of all, it’s impossible to overdose from. It’s impossible to consume enough marijuana to overdose and die, the psychoactive effects are short term […]

Besides being a bad year for the measure, Prop 19 took a late hit when the Cannabis Growers Association, a trade group of Medical Marijuana growers, came out against the measure out of greed for their bottom line. […]

Whenever I read about Monsanto it always sounds like a fictional evil corporation, then I remember they are real. And control a huge portion of our food supply.

Re-development, at least to me, seems like a mixed bag. The re-development funds that revitalized the gaslamp quarter from one of the shadiest neighborhoods in San Diego to a bustling center for businesses has […]

I think the jockeying to be the first primary is way out of hand. Our politics are dominated by CONSTANT campaigning, when really elected officials should be spending more time GOVERNING.

I hope it doesn’t happen, but there are several scenarios here that play out with systemic global financial collapse. Not good no matter which way you slice it.

If Romney get’s the nomination (which, unfortunately, it is looking like more more and more despite his campaigns recent uninspiring fizzle) that will be one bore of an election. I would pay good money to see a […]

All we need to lower unemployment is a good war. We employ people (making bombs) to kill people (shrinking the number of unemployed). Maybe we need a war on the unemployed! Someone hire me to make decisions.

It’s the chipping away of rights that really scares me. Each little step is not enough for people to get up in outrage, now after 40 years of the drug war and 11 years of the war on terror, we think that the […]

Linking to infringing content will be met with a prompt pepper spray from your monitor.

I recently drove up the Central Valley of California and saw 100′s of signs along the 5 talking about water. Water has never been a cut and dry (GET IT!@!@@!@!) issue in California.

Everyone I grew up with was training to be an in-door desk monkey (like myself), but I know quite a few of my friends who love gardening and being outdoors would love a career change to food production/farming.

Ideological maps are an interesting way to visualize political preference. Unfortunately they don’t account for ideological consistency, which everyone (both candidates and voters) are hypocritical all over the place.

The drama that unfolded with Baucus and Daschle was really fascinating. If you like insider baseball type political deals, PBS’s frontline has good piece on it.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamasdeal/

From Hammurabi’s Code to 40,000 laws per year. Humans are fascinating.

To be honest, i’m not sure where I’m at on the carry issue, but making colleges foot the bill for gun lockers while education has suffered from year after year of budget cuts is pretty silly. I’m interested to see […]

A mainstream candidate failing to get on the ballot is a failure of the rules and of the campaign manager. Someone’s feet are going to be held to the fire on this one.

It’s not a matter of how or when we do it, moving off of fossil fuels and onto renewable energy will determine the type of world the next generation will inherit. A cultural change that shifts us away from profits […]

Hispanics are a huge political force in California and are only growing larger. The Republicans lost a generation of latino voters with Prop 187 and the demographic shifts are singing a sorry tune for the Reps.

Maybe I should snag some free coffee while I am up here

Somehow I don’t feel safer with drones flying overhead…

Leginfo.ca.gov is also a nightmare. While it serves its purpose, it looks like something out of the geocities era of web development.

Another angle of the problem is the huge opportunity costs of running for office. You will have to at least take 6 months off from work, so being wealthy helps whether that period, and many races come down to the […]

Our society is imbalanced. We glorify profits at all cost while the humble who do good have to advertise their deeds to get credit for their deeds. Secular or non-secular, good deeds are good deeds.

As soon as we figure out a way to design a golf course with just cactus and rocks, our water problems will be solved. All hazard Par 100.

Nobody beats him on consistency. That’s a guarantee.

If they get a candidate on the ballot in every state, that could throw a wrench in the plans of a lot of campaigns.

I can’t take recommendations from the World Trade Organization seriously. They have been instrumental in the expansion of the global empire that pillages third world countries and kills for profit. Burying […]

With the leaps and bounds made recently in battery technology, Solar with serious battery storage sounds like the future of clean energy. Now, we just need to apply those concepts to market ready designs and get […]

My hat is off to Tisha. We can stand all day outside of the ring and complain about what’s going on, but it doesn’t matter a lick until you put some gloves on and join the fight. Great interview.

Whoa, there. Questioning the direction of higher education in California? That’s a pepper spray to the face.

Running a business in California is a nightmare. We haven’t been able to find a balance of regulations to protect the environment and workers that still allows businesses the flexibility to operate in a down economy.