SPLIT DECISION

Governor Brown recently signed a controversial new bill into law. This law, as I understand it now requires public schools to provide mandatory curriculum highlighting the societal and historic achievements of gays, lesbians and transgender people. This I assume means a separate and identifiable lesson plan that differentiates from those significant persons in history that were heterosexual. Wonderful. The spokesperson for the Governor made it clear during his press release statement that this new requirement was mandatory for all K -12 public schools and that there was no, “opt out” clause available for parents who may find this new curriculum offensive or damaging. The spokesperson stated flatly, “If you don’t want your children to receive this curriculum then you will have to pull them out of public school all together.” Pardon Me? Did he just tell every parent in California who loves their children to take a hike if they don’t like what a few liberal activists have succeeded in shoving down their throats? This is the very same spokesman who recently told everyone In California who supports the two-state movement currently gaining momentum to, “Move to Arizona if you want to live in a Republican state”. What is going on here?? Why is the spokesperson for the Governor, who I always presumed to be the Governor for all the citizens of California, telling us to get lost and go away if we don’t like the way things are going? When the citizenry recently passed a proposition allowing for a simple majority by the California legislature to pass a budget, did this pave the way for the liberal Democrats to simply say, “If you don’t like it, get the F—k out!” Are they serious? I think so.

I understand that California is primarily a democrat dominated state. Up until lately that was something I lived with and tolerated and as a conservative leaning individual, it has not always been easy. I have done a lot of apologizing to people about the dysfunctional and corrupt government, the bizarre sense of entitlement by so many, the insane and unexplainable behaviors of anything from San Francisco, the socially progressive enclaves along the coast and the obvious lack of collective intelligence from the citizenry. It was tolerable for awhile. There was always the assumption that this would all self correct and more capable people would assume the reigns of leadership. It’s not tolerable anymore. The fringe elements and liberals have won. Nancy Pelosi keeps getting re-elected. That right there is a clear indicator of things. It is simply scary. The lunatics have taken over the asylum. These lunatics have always been a driving force in the asylum that is California, but now it appears they have full control and have transformed the state into a social dictatorship. Morning political conversations at my workplace have gone from loud and energetic exchanges of ideas to a much more subdued nervous chatter. Our worst fears have been realized. Talk radio personalities are having daily conniptions over the not so gradual elimination of our rights and freedoms. Morality in California, historically rare in certain parts of this state has vanished all together. If the truth won’t get you the satisfaction you need, lie profusely until you do. God has been banished from California under a judge’s order and he was replaced by cross dressing, gender neutral pot heads. And please, .let’s talk more about gays and lesbians; we just don’t seem to hear enough about their struggle for entitlement in the media! Dare not utter the Pledge of Allegiance; that would show national pride and a respect for those who fought and died so we could have the right to become this warped! Instead let’s teach the virtues of homosexuality and make that really cool. Don’t wear a tee shirt with the American Flag; you might offend a Mexican national and we don’t want the next owners of this state mad at us. You can’t send your kids to school with food anymore because the government wants to feed them now. They will be raising your kids from this point on because they know better! You just need to support their worthy cause by giving them more of your hard earned money. If you’re not entirely happy with your current gender, Change it! Don’t like the new you? Change it back! You’re entitled!

 If you somehow failed to get everything you want, or somebody else has more then you, sue them! In California you’re obviously entitled to whatever you currently don’t have. Was your coffee really hot? Sue McDonalds! Can’t find a human finger in your Taco Bell burrito? Put one there and then call a TV reporter! If you having trouble finding an entitlement group to connect with, manufacture one!

We are realizing a sobering and sad time in California. It’s not funny anymore. It’s real now. The comet has entered the atmosphere. We lost our state to an incompetent corrupt government and the fringe elements who have successfully forced their belief system on us. It’s not enough for them to simply live the lives they choose; they must force everyone around them to accept their lifestyle proclivities. They officially call the shots now and to add insult to injury, they are asking those who will not accept the new normal to pack their bags and move on. Is there any question about this? When the spokesperson for the governor stands up and tells you to get on board or get lost, it’s frighteningly evident.

Mr. Governor, you just signed a bill into law that allows for my taxes to fund college educations for illegal immigrants. I don’t remember you asking any of us if that were ok. I don’t remember my district representative asking either. Apparently you no longer work for us and are no longer required to even consider how we feel about your decisions. As a result, most of my lifelong friends have left for other states, long ago fed up with the embarrassment that is California. They could not do business here because you taxed them into oblivion and so they took their jobs and their income and went somewhere else and from what I see, this is precisely what you had hoped for. If you can rid this state of independent, hard working, responsible people then it clears the way for you to institute your form of governance with little resistance. So it’s not surprising then that you would direct your spokesperson to politely but directly show us the door as soon as we question your actions.  

Anyone who knows me is aware that I am not a quitter. I will swim up a waterfall simply to make a point and I will fight for what I know to be right until my last breath. I don’t know any other way to be. But I feel tired now and I know when I’m beaten. I see no way to reclaim this state in its current condition and I see no purpose in fighting about it anymore. We are at a point where we need to agree that we disagree and find a way to move on. When a married couple can no longer reconcile their differences, they separate and divorce. Many times there is no bad blood or hard feelings, just an understanding that somewhere along the course of their lives, things changed and it was mutually beneficial for them to move on. The State of California has two separate and diametrically opposed political bodies. One controls the state government and one doesn’t. We don’t have to fight about who is right or wrong anymore. It doesn’t matter. There is a clear winner and loser here. But is it possible to accept this and modify the current situation to accommodate the will of a people who also live in this beautiful state but who want to live their lives free from tyranny and social control? Free from oppressive taxation and government corruption? Is there a place where we can observe the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights…………The Holy Bible? A place where we can work hard, seek our own destinies and observe and honor our national heritage? In a historical sense does this sound ridiculously familiar?

I have no ill will toward those who want to live a different lifestyle then I do. Some of the closest people in my life are the ones I describe here and I love them dearly. They are terrific people. I cherish each individual’s freedom of choice. But you are turning California into your vision only and forcing it upon us. That I cannot accept. Let us live as we choose. If you cannot keep from forcing your philosophies upon us then let us go. We find your philosophies to be warped and bent, immoral and tyrannical. We disagree with you with the same level of conviction that you disagree with us. Let’s get a divorce and move on! No residual ill will, no hard feelings, just a mutual understanding that we need to go our separate ways. We all have the right to seek happiness. Why continue on with a situation that makes it more difficult for both sides?

So why not discuss a two state concept? There’s plenty of land for us all. Think of the personal sense of enrichment each individual would feel if they had the chance to choose which state to live in. Unless you have other agendas yet to be revealed, I see this as a win-win situation. What’s that you say? You need our what? Our money? You need our money in order to institute the kind of Marxist state you have planned? I see now. You need a host organism, something to suck from in order to provide the level of welfare and entitlements to all who live in your great society. Because you know it simply cannot work if there is nobody actually generating a product and stimulating an economy for you to control. History bears this out. You need producers, you need people willing to put forth the effort and generate resources so you can re-distribute them to your voting constituents! So why then are you so quick to tell us to leave? You need us! You have a dichotomy between what you want and what you will get that you are in no way prepared to deal with. Maybe you can create a new government program for that.

And this dichotomy would certainly go along way to explain why California representatives recently travelled to the State of Texas to politely ask them to stop taking all our jobs and stealing all our worker bees. It’s not unlike the domestic violence cycle. The Governors spokesperson gets furious and tells us to get out. Then after cooling down and reflecting a little on what was said, he calls up and apologizes, promising never to behave like that again. After some time and more conflict, he flares again, telling us to pull our kids out of public school if we don’t want then learning about great moments in homosexual history. When the schools don’t get their state money because parents did just that, I’m confident another correction will come.

There is a scene in the movie Hancock that I found interesting and somehow relative here. Hancock, a drunk with superhuman powers agreed to turn himself in and go to jail in order to satisfy the general public and help restore his image. In the jail pod he is confronted by several bad looking thugs who have an issue to settle with Hancock because he put most of them there. After he is totally surrounded, Hancock makes a comment to the effect, “Look……I tell you what,I’ll do me and you all do you and everything will be fine.” The thugs of course didn’t appreciate the olive branch extended by Hancock and they forced the issue, resulting in an unfortunate state of physical discomfort for them.

I would like to extend the same olive branch to the liberal activists and those who wish to control my life. I’ll do me and you do you and everything will be just fine. Otherwise…………………….