Pet Sounds

Wendy's pet politicians get free publicity...

now I would never try to link such a beautiful thing as the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album with such an ugly thing as the News-Press...but times being what they are, I make an exception today.. in Wednesday's paper, Cushman and Joe the Councilmember pose hoping that Wendy's golddust will fall on them someday...Joe was at an election day Tea Party..I heard he was carded at the door for immigration status...."I ain't no ignorant Mexican" claimed Joe.

Cushman was selling art stuff to raise money for the Children's Museum..a warm and fuzzy thing to do before an election. Local businesses are folding and the head of the Chamber of Commerce is out selling baseball cards!

I had an idea: don't vote in the special election to protest Gov Arnold's poor leadership..but, alas, I voted. How about next election: no more actors... Arnold has been wandering around the state hand in hand with Rob Lowe, embarrassing me to no end! You represent Carpinteria now too Arnold..remember that...
now, why did Californians recall Gray Davis, a seasoned, intelligent but somewhat goofy politician? Why did we allow that spectacle to happen, with every freak under the sun running as a candidate? Why did we let a criminal like Darrel Issa lead the charge?? Why did they replace Davis with an actor who doesn't know WTF he is doing, who was cheering ENRON on while they were stealing from California during the "energy crisis"?
Arnold should be working on solving government/private industry problems..not holding more unnecessary elections... the special election was a bust....a waste of time and money..the people of California should stop pretending they are not part of the problem... their irresponsible voting record helped create this budget problem!
and yet all these pet politicians are the ones who voted to recall Davis.. Read the NewsPress editorials in the past..all they did was gush over Arnold and all his buddies...really, these people are pathetic and no friend to California... TAX THE SINNERS: gamblers, drinkers and smokers!! oh and golfers!! regulate Wall Street and private corps like health care and insurance who defraud Californians and Americans with absurdly high premiums and stop blaming the wrong people....ie, the streetsweeper...
we need a better breed of investor (no more daily house-flippers) and business person (no more Wendys)....
foodie booty...
hey how many restaurants does Santa Barbara need? it seems there's at least 5 per block..is everyone really that hungry? why are they all closing..is all that food spoiling..give it to the homeless! how about some variety in Santa Barbara for once...most neo-SB women go home and purge after dinner anyway, don't they??
lifestyles in 805 land!