tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post113139696505435558..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Calling All CaliforniansHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1131490501136450052005-11-08T17:55:00.000-05:002005-11-08T17:55:00.000-05:00Yah, JE. I believe California's initiative process...Yah, JE. I believe California's initiative process grew out of the progressive movement's frustration with the entrenched powers that be, sometime in the early 20th century.<BR/><BR/>I agree in principle with the people having a nuclear option, but the button shouldn't be pressed a half-dozen times a year, every year, as it is now.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1131476624483988472005-11-08T14:03:00.000-05:002005-11-08T14:03:00.000-05:00Tom, we agree there. The proposition system in Cal...Tom, we agree there. The proposition system in California is flawed to begin with, but when you couple it with voter malaise and society's general inertia towards entertainment over information, it's a <I>real</I> problem.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1131437620478780242005-11-08T03:13:00.000-05:002005-11-08T03:13:00.000-05:00I am more afraid of direct democracy than a fan of...I am more afraid of direct democracy than a fan of it also, Connie. If that makes me sound like a complete reactionary, then so be it.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1131416468641751832005-11-07T21:21:00.000-05:002005-11-07T21:21:00.000-05:00Realizing that in the above I sound like a complet...Realizing that in the above I sound like a complete reactionary <I>vis-a-vis</I> Proposition 78, please let me elaborate that my main objection stems from the onerous and punitive means tests that it imposes.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1131414738681068902005-11-07T20:52:00.000-05:002005-11-07T20:52:00.000-05:00I'm voting "No" on both propositions. 79 is incred...I'm voting "No" on both propositions. 79 is incredibly flawed and based on a program from Maine that died a dismal death and deserves to be cast to the dung heap of stupid ideas lots of people want to vote for. (You know, like a President George W. Bush?)<BR/><BR/>78 is an entirely voluntary program, and I do not trust the generosity of the pharmaceutical industry.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1131401137695809732005-11-07T17:05:00.000-05:002005-11-07T17:05:00.000-05:00Dr. Zycher, despite your best efforts to make peop...Dr. Zycher, despite your best efforts to make people aware they are killing the golden goose, our friends on the left do not accept the principle.<BR/><BR/>They would rather have us all eat gruel than let some get caviar, even though the rest of us would still get pizza (with two toppings!).<BR/><BR/>Nor are they aware the reason most vaccines are no longer made in the US is because said goose has already been squeezed bigtime.<BR/><BR/>But I do hope you'll keep trying.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com