Civil Discourse in CA

California has a dysfunctional government, and nobody on either side of the wide political spectrum out here would disagree. For a more quantitative view, see the picture below, which shows how California has the most liberal liberals and the most conservative conservatives.


Fairly recently, following the Joe Wilson (R-SC) "You lie!" outburst at the State of the Union address, one of our more, uh, outspoken state legislators, Tom Ammiano, pulled the same stunt on Ahnold. Now, just to show he's no girly-man, Ahnold replies by vetoing a San Francisco bill in his own special way:


Lovely to have such grown ups in charge, isn't it. If California is a leading indicator of what the future holds, you should all be afraid.