Election Day Recap...

Have you ever wondered, when you look at election results, why you even bother voting?

Bob Johnson, Esq. does - he is the contrarian to end all contrarians - nothing he votes for ever passes or gets elected - NOTHING.

Let's break it down for the denizens of California (as he still votes by absentee ballot from the confines of his yurt outside Kabul)...

Prop 1A - High Speed Rail between L.A. and San Francisco. Passed. Why? We have a high speed rail now, and it's called Southwest Airlines. Another case of Californians spending what they don't have, when the fuck are you going to learn?

Prop 2 - Farm animals can't be caged anymore. Passed. Um, ok, there's a difference between your dog and a chicken. One's a pet, the other is food (well, at least it is in the U.S.). You have now put all the chicken & egg producers out of business in California, so we can import all that stuff from other states now, lowering our tax base. And if you think that it's coming from Mexico, think again - NAFTA's going bye-bye folks...

Prop 3 - Children's hospital bond - See Prop 1A answer -

Prop 4 - Abortions for minors, no questions asked - passed. Um, last I looked, a minor doesn't have the rights of an adult. This just opens the door to the "what is a child/what is an adult"-question. Bad idea...

Prop 5 - Nonviolent Drug Offenses/Sentencing. Wow - fail - much like Prop 8 passing, I'm somewhat shocked. This was a defense lawyer boondogle from the get-go, the mere description in the voter pamphlet was 3-4 pages long - a bad idea regardless.

Prop 6 - Police funding - Fail. Nice - tired of the bottomless source of funds for a bunch of fat moustached guys making $100K+ a year that won't respond to my calls...

Prop 7 - Renewable energy. Oil is $65 a barrel now, think this had a chance?

Prop 8 - Gay Marriage - fail. Almost fell over on this one. Glad to see the left has now firmly re-captured the wacko religious vote that Reagan stole from them originally in 1984 - good luck with that...

Prop 9 - Victim's rights - pass. Still more bizarre "lock 'em up and throw away the key" voting from the state that encourages understanding and compassion - apparently, Californians are hypocrites - I NEVER knew that!

Prop 10 - Alt. Fuel Vehicles - See Prop 7

Prop 11 - Redistricting - pass(ing). Not sure how this is sneaking through - the Democrats have gerrymandered the lines in California to assure re-election in every contest, and Dems hold something like a 2 to 1 advantage in this state...yet they want to give this up? Not getting it...

Prop 12 - Vetern's Bond Act - Pass. See Prop 1A. Like cops, firefighters, school teachers, and puppies, if you so much as question throwing billions of dollars at veterns, you might as well proclaim yourself a child molester - that's just not allowed in California!

As for the obvious race, much like the dog that finally catches the rabbit at the greygound races - what are you going to do with it now that you caught it, Obama?

Looking forward to another 4 years of Jimmy Carter...enjoy it America - you're getting what you deserve...