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It really is an intriguing story, how Neel Kashkari, the Republican candidate for governor of California, lived for a week as a homeless person recently. Kashkari is barely recognized in the golden state where Democratic incumbent Jerry Brown often makes headlines. Like it or not, Brown has an appeal to Californians. He's down to Earth in ways other state leaders are not. It's something that has carried over from his first round as governor decades ago. However, I doubt Brown would ever go homeless in his quest for re-election.
You can see a local news story on the happening here. I actually think it's neat that Kashkari did this, if only because it creates discussion. People have a lot of fabricated ideas about people on the street; many don't realize just how easy it is to get there.
So much for politics. Now I'm going back to watching a vintage episode of "Daniel Boone" that has been sitting on my DVR for a couple of weeks. I miss the old westerns and this one was pretty decent, even though now that I'm older I'm more aware of some of the show politics that went on between the cast members. I guess it's just part of humanity; still, I recently learned that it was essentially Patricia Blair that forced Veronica Cartwright off the series. Cartwright talked about it an interview that I saw. Apparently, with the youthful actress growing up and starting to be paired romantically with characters, Blair felt threatened that she was made to be older. Actresses are sadly vain like that all too often, and it's a shame since the redhead was a very beautiful woman.
And with that, I revive my Orry's Orations blog, at least to some degree for now. Anyone out there? Have a great day!
It's been an interesting news day in California, and it began with Governor Jerry Brown signing the order to take away roughly 48,000 cell phones from state employees. He even turned in his own phone. I love this. I'm all for it, and the move to reduce the driver's pool. It's time the state government learned how to operate like the rest of us. I suspect that all of their car use isn't necessary, not in this age of videoconferencing and other technology.
Go Jerry!
Then there was the report about the smart meter issue. It really didn't conclude anything, though. Requested by a couple of politicians in response to complaints, the report said there wasn't a correlation between the meters and health issues reported by homeowners. At the same time, it said more study was necessary.
Now that was waste of energy, in more ways than one.
And Michael Douglas says his tumor is gone. I'm not a fan per se, but for anyone, this is good news. I also hope that he moves forward in becoming a better father to his son, who really needs a dad who is present in his life.
Congratulations, Michael.
Now we know how much it takes to buy a California primary -- $71 million. Actually, it was $90 million, but the $71 mil was how much Meg Whitman used of her own money to buy voters. It's sad to think that money and negative advertising could buy votes, but it did.
She's prepared to spend another $150 million to beat Democratic candidate Jerry Brown. Brown once was the governor of the golden state. I didn't always agree with everything he did, but I liked his uniqueness and how he pushed away the perks of the job. Whitman doesn't have the guts to do that, but I'm sure she'd hire someone to pretend to be her and do so, if she could get away with it.
Brown isn't going to spend $150 million to win the election. He's off the map to an extent so I don't know if he has the backing to get another shot at the office.
Well, at least we learned what it cost to buy a state.
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