Without any other pressing matters of concern looming, California assembly passes resolution to ban cursing

Some satire writes itself, and in the case of Democrat politicians, it often comes fast and furious as they try to steal more and more of your liberty.

Amid the ongoing — and occasionally tense — debate over how to clean up California's budget mess, lawmakers have taken time out to tidy something else almost as unmanageable: our language. This morning, the Assembly approved a ceremonial resolution turning the first week of March into "Cuss Free Week."

...To keep folks honest, Portantino is handing out no-cuss jars to all 120 legislative offices in the Capitol — and to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Every time a naughty word slips out, a few coins get dropped in.

On Friday, legislators announced that they'd found $1.5 billion in budget cuts.

That leaves $18.5 billion to go... Almost all the savings resulted from one bill that replaced the state’s existing tax on gasoline with a new one. The new tax siphons a bit more than $1 billion in revenues that used to go to local transportation.

Executive Summary: another Blue State, another fiscal disaster.