The sheeple is being lied to

Main-stream-media (MSM) is touting how Governor Brown has signed a "Balanced" budget implying that all is well within California.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Gov-Brown-proudly-signs-balanced-state-budget-4628307.php

It's sad that this is actually pretty far from the truth.

One just has to look at the budget to realize that just because the "general fund" is "balanced" doesn't mean we are not mis-appropriating a crap-load of money from the "special fund" as well as issuing bonds to borrow money.

http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/

So much for balanced  budget...

Anyone with any math skills (sadly that might rule out about 33% of the population) will see that of a $142 billion dollar budget, $96 bil comes from the general fund where as $42 bil comes from "special funds" and $6.99 Bil comes from straight borrowing.

A quick look at the "income" side of the budget will tell you that we are running a heavy deficit, except for misappropriate money from "Special Funds" with income only at $98 bil.  Additional interesting areas include  the projections that Sales Tax and Corporate Tax revenue will increase while Income tax will fall.  Strange but I guess logical assuming a lot of the sales tax revenue was front-ran in 2012 to avoid tax increases...

If you're wondering what special funds are here's an explanation:
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/03/4688237/california-reaches-deep-into-special.html

Basically DMV fees etc....

We're all giant men - trust us!

I'm definitely a little rusty at blogging so I'm gonna get Doctor Seuss on y'all and let the pictures do the talking.  I'm also going to rewind the time machine a few years....

Now back in 2008 we had a classic BBNG moment that remains seared in our collective memories...  

Late in 2008 a few of us decided to take a Seattle trip, and we decided we were going for bike rides on the very beautiful bainbridge island.  Now with us guys being asian men and all we always had a bit of a height complex - which I suppose is natural for all non GMO corn-fed guys.  

So upon making reservations for this bike ride, it was mandatory for us to give our "true heights".  Now the purpose of giving our "true" heights was so the bike frame and seat could be adjusted to the right relative ride height.  

Now for sure there's some based on torso and leg length but overall a rider is supposed to be able to touch the ground while sitting on the seat.  You'll notice our results are quite different.

Here you have Eric almost sitting on the top tube.  Jim is on his tippy toes.  Perhaps these guys have the torso of Michael Phelps!

And then there's Ken - you know just by looking at his face he's in serious pain

Of course the girls being truthful about their heights were doing fine.  

Needless to say the ride resulted in a few injured chodes... 

Good times, great memories!  

BTW, if you didn't know I'm 7'13"...