“a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion that a white make who hasn’t lived that life.”

That's not the complete quote, and you know it, jagoff. Christ what is wrong with you? I love you asshat conservatives talk incessantly about strictly interpreting the exact words of teh Constitution, but can't repeat one fucking sentence word for word.

Salon, please listen carefully: a magazine without King Kaufman on sports, but with Glenallen Walken on bullshit I could read at any number of rightwing websites is not a magazine I wish to renew.

Yeah, I wonder about that too. It must be wondrous living in a world without logic and all those crazy "facts" that hold the rest of us down. Do people like liberty just sleepwalk their way through life?

"The Wichita area is now left with zero abortion providers[.]"

I can't believe that. I mean, I can, but good lord, Wichita is a real city. It has over 350,000 people living in it. It's the largest city in Kansas. Can there really be no abortion providers there now? TCF, do you have a source for that?

Sorry, didn't read the LA Times article. Got it now. Presumably, its source is accurate.

"If liberals got their way and propositions were eliminated in favor of rule by decree from Sacramento"

It's not just liberals! Our social Founding Fathers also held a deep distrust of plebiscite government! Look, seriously, direct democracy sounds really great in theory, but in practice you get the Athenian mob sentencing Socrates to death. Representative democracy just works better.

Also, the California state government is not the same as the City of Los Angeles government. Sacramento didn't ban Walmart. That issue is unrelated to problem discussed in AL's post and in most of the letters commenting on the post.

"I currently pay about $2,500 in property tax. Without Prop 13 (which locked the value of your home to purchase price plus a small increase every year, and lowered the rate to 1%) I'd have to pay $20,500, which just isn't possible."

Except now people like me have to subsidize your low taxes with income taxes, sales taxes and our own property taxes. That doesn't sound fair to me.

"I pay enough in California tax to hire a full time police officer to guard me."

Oh, well, then you win, big boy! Now, is that including health and pension or not?

Are you really so dense as to not get the fact that you're own property tax break results in you having to pay higher income and sales taxes?

Also, love how you justify yourself based on not having any children. Those of us who are raising the next generation of full time police officers to guard you are just leaches, aren't we?

How do you make so much money when you are so stupid (at least $500k/per year I'm assuming)?

Sorry to break it to you, but civilization costs money. Like tax money. (Stop me if I'm going too fast for you.) If it costs X to run the schools and prisons and fire departments and police departments and social programs and parks and all the rest, then some collection of governments will need to raise money somehow to pay for it. This shit isn't free. Now, apparently you want to live in a third world country, where you pay for your private security to protect you and let the rest of the people live nasty, brutish and short lives. Fine. You are an idiot, but that's your prerogative. For the majority of Americans who don't want America to turn into Zimbabwe, we want government and the civilization and the ensuing costs and benefits that go along with it.

Also, I know how Prop 13 work, thank you very much. While you've been acting out your Atlas Shrugged fantasies, I was wasting my time obtaining a JD and practicing law. Yes Prop 13 requires a 2/3 vote, and yet other taxes rates and fees are still somehow higher now than they were in 1978. Why? Because the government needed money and it had to come from somewhere. Really it did. Personally, I think California spends too much money. But if the choice is between raising taxes or closing Pelican Bay or UCLA, I'm gonna raise taxes -- and I went to USC. I'm sorry that my desire for schools makes me a leech, but, then again, you are a waste of carbon who contributes nothing to California but your money. Guess what, when you move to Zimbabwe, you won't be missed.

"public education campaign in support of free enterprise, with a special focus on the economic literacy of younger Americans."

Economic literacy? Most Americans (myself included) barely grasp math. Maybe they should scale down their ambitions.

"Asbestos claimants have been left out of the bankruptcy talks. The rapid 363 sale will leave their claims with the old Chrysler while the new Chrysler is protected from current and future product liability claims."

Would there have been anything for asbestos claimants had Chrysler simply been liquidated? If not, then they really didn't suffer any harm, because either way they would be left with nothing. Also, an insurer of Chrysler would still have duties under its insurance contract with Chrysler even if Chrysler is in bankruptcy (assuming that there is any insurance available to Chrysler for the ongoing and future asbestos claims).

"Answering your question is why bankruptcy law exists. The 363 sale to 'new' Chrysler short circuits the process. The Executive branch is attempting to use the 363 sale to push through its own bankruptcy plan without going through the courts."

But Chrysler is in bankruptcy. Asbestos claimants had their day in court. One may disagree with the outcome, but you can't say that it didn't go through the courts.

Stay classy, Jeremiah!