Thursday, November 19, 2009

California Chaos

With California facing a potential $21 billion dollar deficit, a near riot broke out at government operated UCLA, over a proposed 32% tuition hike.




UCLA's Daily Bruin reports:

A crowd of more than 500 demonstrators rushed Covel Commons on Wednesday to protest a proposed 32 percent student fee increase. They were met by dozens of university police, some of whom were outfitted in riot gear. At one point, protesters broke through police barricades that surrounded the main entrance to Covel. Officers responded to the stampede of students and union workers by extending the metal barricades around the entrance and using nightsticks and Taser guns to force the crowd back
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In the private sector, if a firm can't pay its bill, it files bankruptcy (possibly going out of business), it doesn't raise prices to handle its money mismanagement.

ViaDrudge

2 comments:

  1. In the private sector, if a firm can't pay its bill, it files bankruptcy (possibly going out of business), it doesn't raise prices to handle its money mismanagement.

    Awesome.

    These kids don't get it. Everyone knows when they're being robbed but no one in this country knows what to do about thieves.

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  2. People used to know what to do about horse thieves. Hemp was perfectly legal back then.

    We need to re-legalize hemp pronto. It looks like a lot of rope will be needed soon. A whole lot of rope.

    To quote a passage out of Silverado:
    "We'll have a first class trial, followed by a first class hanging."

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