For my thoughts on all of the California statewide propositions and Los Angeles County measures being voted on in a couple of weeks, click any proposition below: Statewide propositions [bg_faq_start] Prop 51 — $9 Billion General Obligation Bonds for schools and community colleges No. Funding is awarded on a first-come/first-served basis, so those with the…
Tag: politics
Kennedy’s Undelivered Speech
On the day John F. Kennedy was killed, November 22, 1963, he was on his way to deliver a speech in Dallas, TX, related to US security matters. Here are a few excerpts: We cannot expect that everyone, to use the phrase of a decade ago, will “talk sense to the American people.” But we…
Laser Shoot-Down
London’s Daily Telegraph reports on successful tests by the US to shoot down drone aircraft using lasers. I believe they are using the same sorts of infrared lasers that were used in the Space Elevator Games to power climbers up 1000 meters of cable last year. There is not much reason that these could not…
In Congress, July 4, 1776
The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among…
Government Does Nothing Well?
Last night at dinner, a friend of mine repeated to me an often-heard challenge to name something … anything … that the government does well. This line came during a discussion of health care reform in the US. I let the challenge pass at the time, but since then I have thought more about it,…
California Proposition 16
Proposition 16: Vote No.