Today’s Latin Lesson Is a Quote from Cicero That Republicans Want Applied to the Budget

Magnum Vectigal Est Parsimonia

“Economy Is a Great Revenue”    Read more »

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Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy, Page 510

Explaining Machiavelli’s political view:

“But there is also, in politics, the question of means. It is futile to pursue a political purpose by methods that are bound to fail; if the end is held good, we must choose means adequate to its acheivement.

“The question of means can be treated in a purely scientific manner, without regard to the goodness or badness of the ends.    Read more »

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Another Episode of “Politics on Tap” with Capitol Weekly‘s Malcolm Maclachlan, Assemblywoman Holly Mitchell and Jason Kinney, California Strategies communications consultant    Read more »

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Brown Stumps For Legislative Support of Temporary Tax Extension

Two days before the Legislature’s often-missed deadline to pass a budget, Gov. Jerry Brown took his case to the court of public opinion attempting to push a handful of Republicans to vote for an extension of temporary taxes set to expire in two weeks.

Backed by a diverse coalition of business groups, educators, labor and law enforcement Brown called on lawmakers to pass the plan he proposed or “something very close to it” and do it soon.    Read more »

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Today’s Latin Lesson Comes From a Common Trait of Politicians

Cacoethes Loquendi

“An Itch for Talking”    Read more »

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Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosphy, Page 624

“In Locke’s theory of government … there is little that is original. In this Locke resembles most of the men who have won fame for their ideas. As a rule, the man who first thinks of anew idea is so much ahead of his time that every one thinks him silly, so that he remains obscure and is soon forgotten.    Read more »

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State Senators Count Rhetorical Budget Coup

After hours of often repetitive rhetoric, the Senate approved eight bills on June 10 aimed at balancing the budget but failed to win enough votes for a measure to extend $9.4 billion in taxes set to expire this year.

Among the measures passed was what lawmakers called “Budget Jr.,” a 575-page bill, AB 98, that amends the previous spending plan lawmakers approved in March.    Read more »

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Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy, Page 36

“When the Declaration of Independence says ‘we hold these truths to be self-evident’ it is modeling itself after Euclid.”

(In a footnote, Russell says “self-evident” was substituted by Benjamin Franklin for Thomas Jefferson’s “sacred and undeniable.”)    Read more »

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No Doubt Just a Coincidence This Budget Issue Is in the Districts of GOP Sen. Bill Emmerson and Assemblyman Brian Nestande

University of California at Riverside Med School Stalled Over Funding

National Medical Committee Withholds Preliminary Accreditation for UC Riverside Medical School.

10:51 PM PDT on Wednesday, June 8, 2011

By LORA HINES, The Press-Enterprise

Preliminary accreditation for UC Riverside’s proposed medical school is on hold because the state has not budgeted ongoing money to fund it, university officials said Wednesday.    Read more »

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An Apt Description of What a Budget Compromise Should Be

“The best evidence of the fairness of any settlement is the fact that it fully satisfies neither party.”

–Winston Churchil, 1926    Read more »

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