California Propositions Voting Guide

Buttle’s World presents its recommendations on the California Ballot Propositions:

91    Yes. McClintock calls it the “real McCoy” for prohibiting Sacramento from raiding highway taxes.

 92   No. Think of it as Prop 98 for Community Colleges.

93    No. It’s a low-down dirty trick by Don “Pistol-Packin” Perata and “Fabio” Nunez.

94-97    Yes. With sleazy TV ads on both sides I was about to apply the “when in doubt, vote No” rule. Then I learned that the unions are trying to use these to, among other things, rob casino workers of secret ballots. So if the thugs are for it, I’m agin’ it.

Waziristan Watch

Stanley Kurtz has a roundup of important news from a place you probably haven’t heard of.

What if there were a major development in the war on terror and nobody paid attention? Well, it would still be a major development in the war on terror. The event in question is a offensive by Pakistan’s army against the Taliban’s haven in South Waziristan. Pakistan’s government is playing this down by merely calling it a move to “reinforce” positions in Waziristan, and by formally denying that an “offensive” has been launched at all. But this rhetoric is pretty clearly designed to prevent a backlash by Pakistan’s many Islamist sympathizers.

Important development, indeed. Somehow, though, I find the notion that a key battle front against global jihad is being fought by Pakistan less than comforting.