Schwarzenegger declares fiscal emergency in California

There’s bad news coming out of California, where Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a fiscal emergency to address California’s deficit Gov. Schwarzenegger has ordered state offices closed three days a month to save cash, and the Legislature will have 45 days to send him a plan to balance the state’s budget, which ended the fiscal [...]

Bar throws fundraiser for man who kills passenger

Here’s the setup:

Jay Taylor got drunk.

Jay Taylor made a choice to drive while drunk.

Jay Taylor chose to drive a motorcycle, for which he didn’t have a license, drunk.

Jay Taylor, driving drunk on the motorcycle he wasn’t licensed to drive, killed his female passenger, who happened to be his girlfriend.

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You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours

I wish I could say I’m shocked, but I’m not:

A struggling Hawaiian bank received $135 million in bailout funding in January after the office of a U.S. Senator with large stock holdings in the company called federal regulators.

Central Pacific Financial Corp. “was an unlikely candidate” for assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program [...]

Why does that sound so familiar?

In a recent press release attacking Rep. Gwen Moore, Republican Congressional candidate Dan Sebring said the following (emphasis mine):

Has it slipped the Congresswoman’s mind that we are currently engaged in two wars, and America’s young men and women continue to stand in harm’s way so that we may sleep comfortably under the blanket of [...]

Abortions down in Wisconsin

The number of abortions performed in Wisconsin dropped slightly last year to its lowest level since the state began keeping records three decades ago, according to a report released by the state yesterday. According to the report, the state Department of Health Services study found that 8,229 abortions were performed in Wisconsin last year, down [...]

Happy Birthday to Blogging Blue

Blogging Blue is two years old today. In honor of the occasion, here’s a little ditty by the Beatles:

It’s been a good two years. I’d like to thank those of you who read and contribute on a regular basis (all 4.2 of you), because you folks have made the past two years quite [...]