Another Reason Fornicalia Is Doomed:

Fornicalia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger came out on Monday and killed all potential coastal drilling.

From the AP:

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday withdrew his support of a plan to expand oil drilling off the California coast, citing the massive oil spill that resulted from a drilling rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.

The announcement assures that no new drilling will take place off the state's coastline in the foreseeable future because Schwarzenegger would have to include the drilling proposal in his May revision of the state budget.

Speaking at a news conference near Sacramento, the governor said television images of the oil spill in the Gulf have changed his mind about the safety of ocean-based oil platforms.

"You turn on the television and see this enormous disaster, you say to yourself, 'Why would we want to take on that kind of risk?'" Schwarzenegger said.

The Republican governor had proposed expanding oil drilling off the coast of Santa Barbara County to help close the state's $20 billion budget deficit. Democrats last year blocked a similar proposal, but Schwarzenegger renewed his support this year, saying it was a reliable way to increase revenue as the state grapples with an ongoing fiscal crisis.

Schwarzenegger now aligns himself with the rest of the Leftist Defeatists whose lives revolve around ZRT (Zero Risk Taking) -- because someone might acquire a splinter and sue.

Let me attempt to put some things into perspective, Governor Schwarzenegger:

Fornicalia is not just competing with itself for jobs and economic survival, it is competing with other states. States whose tax structures and regulations are much more favorable, in general, to business.

Further, Fornicalia is not just competing with itself and other states in the union, it is competing with the rest of the world, economically. And the rest of the world, trust me, doesn't much mind encompassing some risk in their business ventures. Fornicalia used to be the fourth largest world economy. It is now the eighth largest and falling. Under your stewardship, sir.

With Mr Schwarzenegger's mindset, for example, one should not fly. Ever again.

Specifically, tens of thousands of aviation accidents have occurred since the beginning of flight, with -- literally -- thousands of persons killed as the result of stepping into, now, a thin aluminum or soon to be composite tube.

In 1977, the Tenerife disaster killed 583 people in only one incident, involving two aircraft.

In 1985, involving Japan Airlines Flight 123, 520 people were killed aboard a 747 following an explosive decompression. This was, to date, the highest loss of life resulting from a single aircraft event.

With Mr Schwarzenegger's logic there would be no more flights.

Instead, in direct contravention of his so-called "logic," aircraft are getting even larger and able to carry more passengers than a Boeing 747. The Airbus A380 has the "socially responsible" capability to carry, in a standard configuration, 555 passengers -- or up to 853 passengers in an "all economy" variant.

With Mr Schwarzenegger's logic there would be no more petroleum tankers built or utilized following the Exxon Valdez accident.

At 987 feet long and 30,000 tons empty, the Exxon Valdez is a midget compared to new oil tankers.

Now, the ULCC (Ultra Large Crude Carrier) Jahre Viking tapes in at 1,503 feet long and 565,000 tons laden.



With Mr Schwarzenegger's logic we should never step foot into another car, considering -- in the US alone -- roughly 45,000 persons die in vehicle accidents per year (that's about one "Vietnam" military action per year). Roughly 115 people die in car crashes daily.

With Mr Schwarzenegger's logic France should totally abandon its nuclear electrical generation grid.

Mr Schwarzenegger has, in truth, no logic whatsoever.

Let me go one point further, if you will but humor me for another paragraph or three:

Yahoo News came out recently with the 20 most "economically stressed" counties in the nation.

Of those twenty, TWELVE were just in Fornicalia. To wit:

By The Associated Press – Mon May 3, 8:50 am ET
Here are the 20 most economically stressed counties with populations of at least 25,000 and their March 2010 Stress scores, according to The Associated Press Economic Stress Index:
1. Imperial County, Calif., 31.27
2. Merced County, Calif., 28.29
3. Lyon County, Nev., 27.96
4. San Benito County, Calif., 27.26
5. Sutter County, Calif., 26.41
6. Yuba County, Calif., 25.8
7. Stanislaus County, Calif., 25.46
8. Iosco County, Mich., 24.89
9. San Joaquin County, Calif., 24.78
10. Nye County, Nevada., 24.19
11. Lapeer County, Mich., 24.03
12. Cheboygan County, Mich., 23.89
13. Luna County, N.M., 23.82
14. Lake County, Calif., 23.78
15. Kern County, Calif., 23.62
16. Tulare County, Calif., 23.17
17. Madera County, Calif., 23.04
18. Fresno County, Calif., 22.72
19. Clark County, Nevada, 22.65
20. Boone County, Ill., 22.59

These, dear Governor Schwarzenegger, are called CLUES.

BZ