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Monday, February 22, 2010

Stimulating the government plantation

Stimulating the government plantation


Living in California is a challenge to rationality. Essentially, living in California makes it hard to maintain sanity.
In other words, this place can drive you crazy!
Clearly a state run and controlled by Democrats/liberals/ progressives/socialists/communists/Marxists – take your pick – with as iron a fist as they're able to muster, what's going on now is enough to spin your brain. And it doesn't help when activists and bureaucrats from Washington get involved.
Would it surprise anyone that the powers that be in the state would favor affirmative action? Would it be a surprise to know that those same people and agencies would do all they can to promote "a level playing field" and "fairness" for anyone they deem underprivileged, under-served victims.
Of course not!
Look at these headlines from just last week.
A federal lawsuit was filed to overturn California's ban on affirmative action in public university admissions and hiring.
At issue is Proposition 209, approved by 55 percent of the voters in November 1996. The proposition is a constitutional amendment that prohibits public institutions from considering race or sex or ethnicity in hiring or school admissions.
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