e-Claire

Dear John Burton;

It seems you've finally slipped your gears and taken up permanent residence out where the busses don't run. You are Senate President Pro Tem of a state whose economy is the equivalent of the 7th largest nation in the world. You represent upwards of 500,000 people in one of the most educated and affluent areas of California. Your district and your state are currently facing huge job losses, drowning in a quagmire of Monty Python-esque regulations and working very hard not to be dealt a death-blow by a $14 billion deficit brought on by penny-wise and pound-foolish overspending. Your response as a leader to these troubled times? Attempting to hold out the bright-and-shiny distraction by focusing people's attention on ducks. Not only are you attempting to distract from the important issues, but you are doing it in a way which is insulting to even the most wacked out avant garde of your constituency; pretending a farm animal is a cartoon character. [?!?] Your game is given away by your timing, Mr Senator. And your ethics by your companions and fellow travelers, people who threaten the children of business owners who don't toe their line. UPDATE: Fellow BFLer Andrew of Pathetic Earthlings has the definitive take:

On the other hand, John Burton knows more than just about anyone about cramming unneeded and unwanted crap down the collective gullet of Californian. I figure he knows what he's talking about.

Go See him -- the man is on a roll!

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