CA vs. The Bushies

California is far from a perfect state. Like Wisconsin, many of the rural and less urban parts of the state can be far too conservative for my taste. And although it's rather amusing sometimes to have a Guvernator who just happens to work out at the same club as E & I, it's also a bit disturbing when Ahhnold stumps for Bush's re-election or takes time off from state issues to attend the Golden Globes.

And yet.

I'm discovering that California has a pretty long history of independence, of challenging the federal government over issues that are critical to the state, to the environment, to CA residents. And I'm liking this aspect of Cali-rebellion.

Case in point: Attorney General Bill Lockyer has filed suit against the feds for the Hyde-Weldon Amendment that Bush signed recently because the language of the amendment threatens billions of dollars in state funding related to abortion providers and services. I especially love Lockyer's statement that "Equality for women is illusory unless they can make their own health care decisions," Lockyer said. "With the Weldon amendment, President Bush and Congress are denying women that freedom."

Well said! At least someone in the higher-up political realm is taking a stand against the egregious and ongoing anti-abortion and anti-choice policies and financial decisions of the current administration.

How many more days do we have to get through before the next election??!!