Klavan on Electile Dysfunction

Heh.

via Smitty , at The Other McCain

Schwarzenegger Cuts Gov't Workers Pay to Minimum Wage

Because, he won't be back!

The Schwarzenegger administration today ordered State Controller John Chiang to reduce state worker pay for July to the federal minimum allowed by law -- $7.25 an hour for most state workers.

The instructions from the Department of Personnel Administration exclude roughly 37,000 state workers in six bargaining units that recently came to tentative labor agreements with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The rationale is that the legislature has not passed a budget, therefore there really isn't any money budgeted to pay these folks, but, you have to pay them something!
As noted, if you worked for one of six collective bargaining units that cut a deal with Arnie, the ax didn't hit you.

Schwarzenegger has invoked a 2003 state Supreme Court decision as grounds for the move. That ruling, White v. Davis, held that without a budget that appropriates money for state payroll, employee wages can be withheld to the federal minimum. That condition exists today, which is the start of the 2010-11 fiscal year and the state is without a budget. The back pay would be paid once a budget is enacted.

Even if it's legal, is it the right thing to do? Schwarzenegger is a lame duck, due to term limits, but ticking off 240,000 state workers is bound to have some consequences. People's expenses tend to expand to their salaries. That's about a quarter million Californians who will have to cut back on spending (and paying sales tax) just to struggle to make ends meet.

Not a pretty picture!

Cross posted at Left Coast Rebel, Say Anything

Person of Pallor Penalty StartsToday

I'd like mine "over easy"!

The Person of Pallor Penalty, the discriminatory tax against pale Americans takes hold today, in anticipation of funding Obamacare when it finally kicks in in 2013, as was noted before in "I Have a Dream, that Someday We Will be Taxed by the Color of our Skin!"

Vintage Babe of the Week

Tonight's Vintage Babe* is Catherine Deneuve!
(*a.k.a. Rule Five Thursday)












Like fine wines, the ladies improve with age!

The Four Chaplains

During her appearance on Troopathon 2010, Michelle Bachmann referenced an incident from WWII, the sinking of the USAT Dorchester. I remembered the stamp from my childhood stamp collection, that was issued as a memorial to their self sacrifice. If you are not familiar with their story, it can be found here.

Troopathon Live

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Update: After one hour (out of eight), they have over $300,000 for the troops.

Update II: At the end of the eight hour live show, the total was $541,711.



The phones and email contacts will be active until Monday the 4th, if you didn't get a chance to give yet.

Limbaugh Speaks to Benefit Troops

Time for the third annual Troopathon from Troopathon.org. This will be a webcast starting in about an hour, (1PM Pacific, 4PM Eastern) featuring Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and many many others raising money to send care packages to the troops.
Melanie Morgan, former talk show hostess from KSFO radio in the SF Bay area is in charge of hosting and organizing the Troopathon.
Give a listen. Give what you can. Support our troops. Let's kick off the Fourth of July Weekend by remembering our active duty troops.