Rise of the Political Machines

Arnold may think battling self-aware machines in Terminator 3 prepared him for the Governor's office, but he is sadly mistaken. New and more deadly machines than anything SKYNET could conjure have set their sights squarely on the "Governator": political machines.

On Thursday, 500 teachers, students, and parents appeared at a rally in Ventura led by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell opposing Schwarzenegger's slash and burn budget. During last year's budget crisis, public education leaders agreed to forgo $2 billion in funds guaranteed to them under Prop 98 under the sole condition that it not happen again. This year, Arnold has comepletely broke his promise to California's children by witholding an additional $2.3 billion of guaranteed funds. Parents and educators are understandably a bit peeved...

Earlier in the week, the state arm of Howard Dean's Democracy for America organization declared political war on Arnolds proposed special election. Through the web and mobile technology, 9000 California for Democracy supporters will be kept in the know as to where Arnold's paid signature gathering monkeys will be camping out. Like a bolt of lightning, an army of anti-Arnold activists will descend on the location, passing out leaflets to counter Arnold's disinformation campaign and inform the public of the staggering cost of staging a special election out of childish petulance.

GOVERNOR'S DECLARATION: This past week has been hellish, we'll start regular updates again next week.