I just received my California voter's pamphlet, and am perusing it with avid interest. One thing which baffles me: why should the signature of organizations like "Californians United for Public Safety" be taken at all seriously, as a factor for or against any of these propositions? I mean, can't any random group of people (or heck, one person) call themselves "California Disabled African-American Firefighters Against Child Labor" without having to actually be Californian, disabled, African-American, or firefighters? It isn't as if there's some impartial regulatory agency in the sky, dictating that your group can't be called "Consumer Guardian Watchdog Peeps" if, in fact, you are a group of corporate lackeys and Walmart CEOs...

Anyhoo. This message brought to you by: "The Association For The Advancement Of Differently Gifted Asian-American Womyn In Education." Of which I am president. Thank you, and good night.