Thursday, July 31, 2008  I Called Ah-nuld Today...His Answer, &
My Solution  Well, if you live outside of California, you may
not have heard about our idiot governor's latest brilliant plan
to get the state legislature to bend to his will regarding the
state budget. In a nutshell, as of today, Ah-nuld is cutting the
pay of state workers to the minimum wage. To add insult to
injury, wages will be cut to the national minimum wage of $6.55
an hour, as opposed to California's minimum wage of $8 an hour.
Why would he do such an obviously steroid-induced act? Well,
it's a classic GOP temper tantrum. Unless the California State
Legislature agrees to Ah-nuld's version of the budget, he won't
pay the workers their due. Oh, sure, they'll get it all back
once the budget's signed. So what's the harm? So, some workers
lose their homes, can't buy enough groceries to feed the kids,
or can't put gas in their cars to get to big deal, according to
Ah-nuld.  Actually, I started getting phone calls from other
teachers wanting t