The Daily Show takes on California’s initiative system<\/i><\/p>\n
by Brian Leubitz<\/p>\n
I’m not going to surprise anybody on this blog when I say that the initiative process is well and truly screwed. It leaves us with the people voting on a minority’s rights, voting for contradictory measures, and a wealth of confusion. But with the Daily Show taking aim at the mess that is now, unfortunately, Hiram Johnson’s legacy, perhaps the word will get out a bit more broadly.<\/p>\n
John Burton, who can make many a sailor blush, surprises even the Daily Show’s John Oliver with both his language and his feeling about the initiative system. As Chairman Burton puts it: “It’s It’s F&$*$D.” And a quick note to our esteemed leader, we’re not boycotting Amazon anymore. In fact, you can buy one of the exciting Kindle Fire<\/a> devices and I get a referral fee. Of course, if you’d prefer to shop at a store that hasn’t tried to skirt sales taxes for several years, you can shop at Barnes and Noble and get one of their competing Nook tablets<\/a>. Oooh, exciting, either way, you’re helping out Calitics.<\/p>\n Back to the video, MinuteMan crazy dude (and Assemblyman) Tim Donnelly is also featured. But I’ll just let you get to that on your own…<\/p>\n