One of the most unpleasant experiences of this life is the funeral. It is most unpleasant for the leftovers in the casket that just a few hours earlier exhibited life’s energy. For you and I it is an
unpleasant reminder of this our temporary human state. The flowers surround the casket while the organ music provides a gentle tone for the contemplation of our condition. The appropriate words are said. The pallbearers are in place, each lifting their side of the casket and placing the casket in the ground. To those of us who remain life goes on but it will never be the same.
This is the California election of November 2, 2010, it is the funeral of our golden state. The forever point of departure has been reached and there will be no going back. Our fate is sealed. The pallbearers on the left have won and dumped the state’s remains on the steps of our capital in Sacramento. The retort of most of California is that these words are the whining noises of an old white state reality. Not so, for this funeral is not about race, class or age, it is not fundamentally a clash of political parties but a culture clash.
Who are the culture adversaries? The winners are the consumers of the state’s life blood on the left side of the casket. Who are these folk? They are the entitlement crowd. They view the state as a means to an end, a self centered attempt to get ahead of the other guy. They milk the social welfare system for all it’s worth with no regard for the fact that welfare was intended to be a last resort. The system was intended for those in survival mode but now it is about a bigger flat screen. This abuse has long been a negative reality in our state but if the truth were told, this reality has become grotesque and regrettably socially acceptable.
The new offenders that have formed an unholy alliance with the welfare culture are their new labor union co-conspirators. The list of union offenders is long, according to unionsmart.org, 47 are operating in the state of California, all of whom are venders for political influence. One of the most aggrieving unions is that of the AFSCME and their branch organizations feeding at the Sacramento trough. The voting block of these governmental employees along with the teachers union, the firefighters union, the prison guards union, the medical and nursing communities is huge.
Under the pressure of these economic times and Governor Schwarzenegger, a few of these unions have agreed to minimal adjustments but the liability to the state into the future is insane. As of November 2, the election results guarantee that even these minimal adjustments will not be honored. The readers of the Daily Press who call the voters stupid are misguided. These California voters, to their own shame, are voting for their own self interest, to call them merely stupid is a backhanded compliment. The unholy alliance has doomed our fate. The alliance is a brotherhood of consumers.
We are doomed to a perpetual financial crisis and the raising of taxes on both individuals and businesses. You union folk will soon come to realize the enormity of your selfishness. We are doomed to a downward spiral to third world status in the extreme near future. The Golden State of California is dead and there will be no resurrection.
Producers let us mourn together or like rats, if you can, abandon ship!
G.Goslaw
