The San Andreas Fault

When I first saw the San Andreas Fault I thought it was a ditch dug out by people trying to drain the land.  It didn't look like a fault line of potential earthquake disasters so great they made movies about the potential damages.  But, lately I have been thinking about it more because of the weirdness emanating from the west.  They must be living under more intense pressure than I originally thought.

First was the high-speed rail, partially funded by the Chinese even though it appeared to go nowhere, and lttle has been done on it.  Anytime we see money going into a project and nothing coming out, there is a good chance the money is being used for something else besides what we thought it was for.

Second, the Governor of California went to China to negotiate his own climate arrangement and the Premier actually met with him - at least for photos.

Third we find out that California is giving taxpayer money to illegal aliens so they can hire lawyers to defend themselves in deportation cases.  This was very much like allowing illegals to go to school with in-state tuition.  They seem to be spending state money to help people who are not only not state citizens, they aren't U.S citizens either.  I'm applying for grants right now to go to the University of Southern California, where I actually paid to go when I was younger.

Fourth, some Hollywood types have decided to encourage those misguided people out there who might want to assassinate the President of the United States.  I kind of draw the line there and withdrew the grant requests.  Madonna said it when she was here for the inaugural parade.  Mr. Depp who is slipping a lot in popularity demonstrated why yesterday by doing the same thing.

Now there is a travel ban imposed on some states California does not agree with.  Texas is one of them.  What makes them think they are so much better than the rest of us?

Last, I heard Nancy Polosi talking about herself yesterday [the "I am a master political strategist speech] and was pretty sure living under all that stress for so long has finally caused those people out there to break.

We always called California the land of fruit and nuts, but that was years ago.  I long for those days again.