Best Hamburgers in San Diego

For my San Diego readers who REALLY like hamburgers – the best are at Bentley’s in Encinitas right on the edge of Rancho Santa Fe. (162 S. Rancho Santa Fe Rd.)
We are talking ½ pound freshly ground Filet Mignon, on  a great bun with mushrooms and two pieces of bacon for $10.95.
(Really good French Fries.)
Because [...]

A National “Feel Good” Shopping Spree

This nation is in the “Feel Good” of a Nordstrom’s Shopping Spree.
 
The bills come due in five years. Too far away to be concerned.
 
That is when we may remember those items we bought in glee, and that are now old and used while the bills are new and pressing and…very scary.

Rasmussen Tracking Poll

The Rasmussen Tracking Poll reports today that President Obama is at +2. The percentage rating the President as “Strongly Approve” is 34%, and the percentage rating him  as “Strongly Disapprove” is 32%, leaving the President at +2.
Yesterday, he was at +4.

Latest Field Poll

The latest Field Poll (April 29), shows that five of the six Propositions are heading for failure.
 
Good!
 
I am torn on the one that is passing – it is a good idea, but passing it rewards a turncoat Republican Legislator who got the Democrats to include it in the mix in return for his vote passing [...]

Liberals HATE The Poor!

Being a Liberal means never having to say, “I’m Sorry.”
 

Liberals oppose drilling in ANWR et al, meaning higher fuel prices that hurt the poor.
Liberals oppose vouchers, locking poor Blacks in failing inner city schools.
Liberals support Ethanol, which raises food prices for the poor, worldwide.
Liberals oppose Wal-Mart, which brings cheaper food for the poor.
Liberals banned DDT, [...]

A Historical Footnote

I would like to put in a good word for Alfred Wallace, as many were celebrating Darwin’s birthday.
 
Now you may not have heard about Alfred, whom the Washington Post recently referred to as a “bug collector.” Now, as it happens, that is pretty accurate, and to mention him at the same time and in the [...]

And The Beat Goes On…

The Reason Foundation is reporting that only 31California teachers have been fired for cause in the past five years.
 
In January, 2009, California reported having more than 310,000 public school teachers.
 
The American Psychological Association reported in 2000: “in 1996, 26 percent of the participants reported feeling like they were having a nervous breakdown” http://www.apa.org/releases/mentalhealth.html.
 
Now, it [...]

More on the Proposition Kerfuffle

The Democratic Party California Convention this past weekend in San Francisco failed to muster the 60% vote necessary to endorse Prop. 1A and 1B.  
 
They didn’t do it to avoid the two years of taxes included in the first proposition, they just do not want any limitation on spending, however weak that limitation may be. [...]

Flu

It is always dangerous to comment about on-going news stories – about the time one comments, four new and contradictory items hit the news!
 
Still, the “Swine Flu” – or whatever they are calling it in this quarter-hour – looks like a real problem.
 
Starting in Mexico, it spread because of Mexico’s poor medical and sanitation standards. [...]

So, Who IS Running the State?

The radio show John & Ken on KFI, (AM 640) Los Angeles have been beating the drums against the Republicans in the California Legislature dropping their opposition to the Governor’s budget – and more importantly they have been opposing all of Propositions on the upcoming ballot.     
 
So, yesterday the Governor asked:

“Are John and Ken running [...]