The United States is a country of just under 315 million people. President Obama won the 2012 election with 50.8% of the total vote and a margin of 3.3%. Taken as a whole the results show how narrowly split the country is. Some 400,000 voters in 3 or 4 states determined the future of 315 million people.

However, the depth of the ideological divisions within America is truly revealed when you view the results of the 2012 election at the state level. President Obama won 14 states by a margin of 10 or more points and Mr. Romney won 21. All together 35 states, or 70%, voted for one candidate or the other by a margin of at least 10 points. An astounding 18 states, or 36%, voted for either candidate by a margin of 20 points or more (11 states for Mr. Romney and 7 states for Mr. Obama). The national results mask the fact that Americans are sharply divided, particularly by State, and to speak of a national consensus or compromise is impossible. That’s not to say that the political class cannot find a “compromise” to preserve their own power.

How can our Federal leaders “compromise” on issues that have so deeply divided our our society? Fortunately, by Constitutional design the United States is a country that can accommodate the radically different views Americans have regarding government and government’s role in society. States like California and Vermont are free to create their versions of a socialist workers’ paradise, just as a state like Texas can promote its version of a Wild West free market with a very limited social safety net. However, this can not be done at the national level. Only Federalism can ensure that a very small majority, or even a plurality, of Americans does not dictate how the other 150+ million Americans live. The very, or mostly, left wing and the very, or mostly, conservative States should be allowed to create a social and economic system that suits their beliefs. With the only limit being the individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

The Federal government should only be concerned with the areas clearly assigned to it by the Constitution and those issues that are truly of a national character. A national transportation infrastructure, for example, is a matter of national concern that cannot realistically be handled by the states. It would be very difficult, if not impossible, for all 50 states to cooperate and create an integrated national highway system. This clearly falls under the national concern criteria. Moreover, the construction of highways does not materially infringe on any local prerogatives or notions of individual freedom. Obviously, there are gray areas here, such as including local mass transit or pork barrel spending as part of national transportation projects and spending. There is also the illegitimate practice of withholding highway funds from states to obtain other social policy concessions from them, such as raising the drinking age.

The ever increasing intrusion by the Federal Government into education, which for most of the last 200 years has been a local concern, is an issue that clearly does not require national solutions. Other than the cash the Federal Government has siphoned from the local tax base and then given back to local education systems through grants with many strings attached, there is nothing about teaching children to read that requires national intervention. Yes, America needs a literate and educated society, however, this is not something outside of the capacity of the States to manage, or something that has to be done right by every state. I don’t see the risk of a third of the States “failing”, whatever that means, to educate their children to arbitrary national standards. So far the nationalization of education in America has not done much to improve performance but has given the Federal Government something it desires most, control.

I used education as an example because it consistently rates amongst the most important issues to Americans. The point being that some very important issues can be competently handled by the States and even local communities. However, there are a multitude of minor issues that occupy our national deliberative bodies. Just about every social or business interest seeks national solutions to their concerns. Rarely a tragedy, blown out of all proportion by the tabloid media we call “the news,” goes by without calls for national action. Portrayals of hungry children or grieving mothers are particularly effective in getting citizens to surrender their rights to the Federal Government.

The troubling fact is that the predominate view of the American left, and even the Republican political establishment, is that Federalism is some sort of dangerous, anachronistic throw-back. Such notions are rubbish. These big government Liberals and big government Conservatives want all Americans to live as they see fit, period. Of course, the Federal political class also wants to preserve their power as Federalism would require them to abandon much of the power and influence they have amassed for themselves. Who benefits from expanded Federal powers? It’s certainly not the citizens. To quote “The Dude” from The Big Lebowski, “It’s like Lenin said… you look for the person who will benefit and, uh, uh….” Yeah, “uh” about sums it up.

Supporters of Prop 30 will sing the same song they always do when they want to raise taxes: it’s about the schools or the fire fighters or the roads. It is true these all suffer due to the fiscal mess people like Governor Brown (D) put California in, but it is really about the massive transfer of the state’s wealth from California’s taxpayers to the government labor unions in the form of salaries, benefits and pensions.

Think about it, what exactly did the taxpayers of California get during the 20 or so boom years prior to the housing crisis? New, better roads? Upgraded electrical transmission infrastructure? Were 100-year-old pipes under California’s roads that are all on the verge of bursting repaired? Hardly. They expanded welfare programs and government employee salaries, benefits and pensions.

California’s politicians will never say the problem is they don’t have money to pay some 50-year-old a six figure pension – they are going to say they don’t have the money to fix roads. And, effectively, that is true because they pay the pension instead of fixing the road. It’s like your old roommate who claimed to not have enough money to cover their portion of rent, yet had enough money to go boozing at bars, and shopping for new clothes, every weekend of the month.

The public should not have to finance the corruption that is government employee unions.

The recession was a result of the housing market collapse, and it collapsed because our federal government was pushing for more “home ownership” by pressuring banks to lower lending standards. It all started with President Jimmy Carter’s Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, and the push for home ownership was put on steroids by President Bill Clinton. Their philosophy was that banks were intentionally not lending to both minorities and “poor” people and thus had to be forced to do so. At first, President George W Bush followed along pushing for more home ownership. But then in 2003 Bush and his fellow Republicans decided to try to rein in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with preparations for a bill that would provide more regulations and more oversight of both Fannie and Freddie. In 2004 House Democrats sent a letter to Bush to stop pursuing such legislation. In the Senate in 2005 the bill (S. 190) was stopped dead in its tracks by a threatened filibuster by Senate Democrats. What does Obama have anything to do with all of this? In 1994 Obama used Clinton’s steroids as an attorney in a class action lawsuit suing Citibank over alleged “discrimination” in its lending practices – Citibank settled. Then, in 2005, then-Senator Obama was one of the Democrats in the Senate who threatened filibuster of S. 190 – killing the bill.

This is obviously a short-hand version of a story that covered decades. No, wall street’s hands aren’t clean, same goes for the Federal Reserve, but the main culprit was our federal government meddling in the housing market. By the way, our Federal Housing Administration picked up where Fannie and Freddie left off, and will soon need a bailout itself.

In addition to his role in the policies that brought us the housing collapse, President Obama was in the U.S. Senate for 4 years, every single day of Bush’s second term as president. The Democrats even had majorities in both houses of Congress for Bush’s last two years in office. Yet, team Obama (which includes most media outlets) acts as if he just appeared on the scene in 2009 for his inauguration.

If Obama was a supporter of, and active participant in, the policies that caused the meltdown and was in the Senate for four full years before becoming president, how can anyone claim that Obama “inherited” a recession? Obama is living in the house he helped build.

I think it’s safe to assume that very few, if any of them, will contribute anywhere near the amount of taxes they’re otherwise advocating for – no matter how much people like Matt Damon say they “don’t mind paying more taxes.” If the “low” taxes they are paying really were immoral then they would fork over the money and not wait for changes in the law forcing them to do so. However, we have to keep in mind a truism about the Left: they are very generous with other people’s money. Some people call that “compassion.” I looked it up in the dictionary and found that definition under the word “theft.”

These media outlets that are expending an amazing amount of coverage on a non-story would rather us focus on the Romney video so that we ignore what’s going on in the Middle East and an economy that’s still stick in the mud despite over $800 billion borrowed and wasted on a fugazi stimulus bill that did nothing more than stimulate the wallets of government union members.

Obama has learned one thing from history: FDR got more people addicted to government handouts and used that to get re-elected – he was also able to expand the size and scope of government in doing so. But, where are we today? Our federal government has at least 126 different anti-poverty programs, at a total cost of more than $668 billion this year alone. Add in the $284 billion that states will spend and that comes to $952 billion.

America has become what Frederic Bastiat wrote over 150 years ago: “that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.” 47% of American workers don’t pay a penny in federal income taxes. Notice this is people who work, as no one expects my 3 and 5-year-old nieces to pay federal income taxes – not even Mitt Romney. But those 47% pay payroll taxes, right? Wrong. Over 20 million Americans get back so much money in refundable tax credits that every penny of their Social Security and Medicare contributions get returned to them. And about 14 million Americans get so much back that it also wipes out their employer’s contribution. Thus, we have a system where people don’t pay into the pot, but get to vote goodies for themselves.

How long do you think this can last? If you want a hint, take a look at Greece. Romney should use the coverage of this video to show the path we are on – greater dependency on a welfare state that’s a proven failure through its more than $16 trillion dollars of spending on a failed war on poverty. To prove his point he can use the tailor-made cartoon of the ideal Obama mooch – Julia.

To find the solution to the problem, you have to first understand the root of the problem. Why do we have over 10 million illegal immigrants here? There are many reasons, but what sums them all up is this: we incentivize it. These incentives need to be removed, and most of them are removed if we follow these ten points to solve our problem with illegal immigration:

1) Protect our borders. You just have to turn your TV on to see live footage of illegal immigrants crossing our borders to see that we don’t control our borders. And if you don’t control your borders, then no other parts of the policy you try to put in place will make much of a difference. “You can just walk right in” isn’t a way to keep people out. As a side note, it’s not just people seeking a better life that cross the border – terrorists do so as well.

2) No more Amnesty bills. We’ve had multiple, including the Obama Administration’s most recent DREAM Act prosecutorial discretion. Amnesty bills tell those people outside America that want to come here “if you can sneak in and hide long enough, we’ll let you stay for good.” We provided amnesty to less than 3 million illegal immigrants in 1986 and we now have over 12 million. Would repeating the same mistake solve our problem? No – unless your problem is that you’re a politician that needs to buy more votes by promising one group of people goodies.

3) No more free healthcare. You can come to America and get the greatest health care in the world – free. Speak to nurses working in hospitals near the border and you will hear countless stories of this happening. Hospitals all over America have shut their doors because of unpaid bills by illegal immigrants. Yet, we continue to provide free health care services to them. To make things worse, programs like Medicaid expand all the time. Initially, an illegal immigrant giving birth was considered an “emergency situation” and thus would receive free delivery of the baby. That policy has now expanded to call a pregnancy an “emergency situation” which means that pregnant illegal immigrants get free doctor visits, prenatal vitamins and every thing else that goes along with being a pregnant woman in America –all at zero cost to them.

4) Stop pushing the DREAM Act.  Providing illegals with more ways to be able to stay in America only incentivizes more to come here. As for those beating the drums of “they served in our armed forces, we shouldn’t deport them,” a law we have on our books already does this – 8 U.S.C. § 1440. This portion of the DREAM Act is just a political lie to get more people to support it.

5) Stop providing in-state tuition for illegals. Telling people in other countries “if you come to America and can hide in a state long enough, we’ll give you huge discounts on a college education” is hardly a deterrent. Much like credit card companies touting the benefits of being a cardholder, this is a benefit of being in America illegally.

6) Stop providing free education. Ever since the Supreme Court’s Plyler v Doe decision, the federal government has forced local school districts to provide free education to illegal immigrant children. “Come to America, we’ll educate your children at no direct cost to you” is also a great reason for people all over the world to flock here. Do you think families outside of the U.S. would be less likely to come here if their children wouldn’t be allowed into our public school system?

7) End sanctuary cities. “Come to our city, we won’t enforce the law you just broke” isn’t a way to reduce the number of people violating that law.

8) End birthright citizenship. Only a fool would believe in a policy that says “you can’t come here, but if you break our immigration laws and do come here, and while here have a child, we’ll give that child citizenship.” Parents want to provide a better life for their children than they had. Since America is the most prosperous country in the world (we’ll see how long that lasts) it only makes sense for a parent to come here illegally to give their child the amazing gift of American citizenship. Then this becomes a gift to themselves as well and the anchor-baby problem only gets worse.

9) Require proof of citizenship to obtain means-tested welfare programs. Just look at Obama’s aunt – here illegally for years, yet living on the dole. “Don’t come here, but if you do, we’ll give you free food, spending money which can be used at casinos and nudie bars and we’ll even subsidize your housing” isn’t a way to keep people out of the country.

10) Deport all illegals that are caught. This doesn’t mean go on a witch-hunt for all illegal immigrants. But, if you detain one – don’t just let them go as the Obama Administration is doing. “Catch & release” may be appropriate for sport fishing, but isn’t appropriate when it comes to immigration policy. Following the logic of the argument that we “can’t round up every one of them” would mean that we shouldn’t enforce any of our laws. We know for a fact that there are thieves, tax cheats, burglars, spousal abusers, rapists, murderers and child molesters walking our streets because we can’t catch every one of them. But does that mean we shouldn’t prosecute the ones that are caught? Only a fool would make such an argument.

Again, if we continue to provide these incentives while at the same time not protecting our borders, it is impossible to solve our illegal immigration problem. The system isn’t “broken” because it’s never been implemented.

Take California as an example, since this is exactly what’s happening now – and seems to happen every year which makes me feel like whenever I hear Governor Brown say we need to raise taxes “or else…” I feel like I’m watching Groundhog Day. You would think that every penny of California’s state budget goes for public safety, prisons, and education. Setting aside the massive amount of waste in all three – is that really all our government provides for us? You don’t have to take my word for it, just go to http://www.ca.gov/Apps/Agencies.aspx to see a list of agencies in California (which I’ve also pasted below via The Patriot Post).

Keep in mind the bloated salaries, platinum benefits and Greek-like pensions every government worker at these agencies receives (we pay for those, by the way) as you see how amazingly long this list is. I hope you enjoy working until the age of 110 so they can retire in their 50s.

California Academic Performance Index (API)
California Access for Infants and Mothers
California Acupuncture Board
California Administrative Office of the Courts
California Adoptions Branch
California African American Museum
California Agricultural Export Program
California Agricultural Labor Relations Board
California Agricultural Statistics Service
California Air Resources Board (CARB)
California Allocation Board
California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority
California Animal Health and Food Safety Services
California Anti-Terrorism Information Center
California Apprenticeship Council
California Arbitration Certification Program
California Architects Board
California Area VI Developmental Disabilities Board
California Arts Council
California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus
California Assembly Democratic Caucus
California Assembly Republican Caucus
California Athletic Commission
California Attorney General
California Bay Conservation and Development Commission
California Bay-Delta Authority
California Bay-Delta Office
California Biodiversity Council
California Board for Geologists and Geophysicists
California Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
California Board of Accountancy
California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology
California Board of Behavioral Sciences
California Board of Chiropractic Examiners
California Board of Equalization (BOE)
California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection
California Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind
California Board of Occupational Therapy
California Board of Optometry
California Board of Pharmacy
California Board of Podiatric Medicine
California Board of Prison Terms
California Board of Psychology
California Board of Registered Nursing
California Board of Trustees
California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians
California Braille and Talking Book Library
California Building Standards Commission
California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education
California Bureau of Automotive Repair
California Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair
California Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation
California Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine
California Bureau of Security and Investigative Services
California Bureau of State Audits
California Business Agency
California Business Investment Services (CalBIS)
California Business Permit Information (CalGOLD)
California Business Portal
California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency
California Cal Grants
California CalJOBS
California Cal-Learn Program
California CalVet Home Loan Program
California Career Resource Network
California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau
California Center for Analytical Chemistry
California Center for Distributed Learning
California Center for Teaching Careers (Teach California)
California Chancellors Office
California Charter Schools
California Children and Families Commission
California Children and Family Services Division
California Citizens Compensation Commission
California Civil Rights Bureau
California Coastal Commission
California Coastal Conservancy
California Code of Regulations
California Collaborative Projects with UC Davis
California Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth
California Commission on Aging
California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers Compensation
California Commission on Judicial Performance
California Commission on State Mandates
California Commission on Status of Women
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
California Commission on the Status of Women
California Committee on Dental Auxiliaries
California Community Colleges Chancellors Office, Junior Colleges
California Community Colleges Chancellors Office
California Complaint Mediation Program
California Conservation Corps
California Constitution Revision Commission
California Consumer Hotline
California Consumer Information Center
California Consumer Information
California Consumer Services Division
California Consumers and Families Agency
California Contractors State License Board
California Corrections Standards Authority
California Council for the Humanities
California Council on Criminal Justice
California Council on Developmental Disabilities
California Court Reporters Board
California Courts of Appeal
California Crime and Violence Prevention Center
California Criminal Justice Statistics Center
California Criminalist Institute Forensic Library
California CSGnet Network Management
California Cultural and Historical Endowment
California Cultural Resources Division
California Curriculum and Instructional Leadership Branch
California Data Exchange Center
California Data Management Division
California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission
California Delta Protection Commission
California Democratic Caucus
California Demographic Research Unit
California Dental Auxiliaries
California Department of Aging
California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board
California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
California Department of Boating and Waterways (Cal Boating)
California Department of Child Support Services (CDCSS)
California Department of Community Services and Development
California Department of Conservation
California Department of Consumer Affairs
California Department of Corporations
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
California Department of Developmental Services
California Department of Education
California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
California Department of Finance
California Department of Financial Institutions
California Department of Fish and Game
California Department of Food and Agriculture
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF)
California Department of General Services
California Department of General Services, Office of State Publishing
California Department of Health Care Services
California Department of Housing and Community Development
California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR)
California Department of Insurance
California Department of Justice Firearms Division
California Department of Justice Opinion Unit
California Department of Justice, Consumer Information, Public Inquiry Unit
California Department of Justice
California Department of Managed Health Care
California Department of Mental Health
California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
California Department of Personnel Administration
California Department of Pesticide Regulation
California Department of Public Health
California Department of Real Estate
California Department of Rehabilitation
California Department of Social Services Adoptions Branch
California Department of Social Services
California Department of Technology Services Training Center (DTSTC)
California Department of Technology Services (DTS)
California Department of Toxic Substances Control
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVets)
California Department of Water Resources
California Departmento de Vehiculos Motorizados
California Digital Library
California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Certification Program
California Division of Apprenticeship Standards
California Division of Codes and Standards
California Division of Communicable Disease Control
California Division of Engineering
California Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control
California Division of Gambling Control
California Division of Housing Policy Development
California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
California Division of Labor Statistics and Research
California Division of Land and Right of Way
California Division of Land Resource Protection
California Division of Law Enforcement General Library
California Division of Measurement Standards
California Division of Mines and Geology
California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA)
California Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources
California Division of Planning and Local Assistance
California Division of Recycling
California Division of Safety of Dams
California Division of the State Architect
California Division of Tourism
California Division of Workers Compensation Medical Unit
California Division of Workers Compensation
California Economic Assistance, Business and Community Resources
California Economic Strategy Panel
California Education and Training Agency
California Education Audit Appeals Panel
California Educational Facilities Authority
California Elections Division
California Electricity Oversight Board
California Emergency Management Agency
California Emergency Medical Services Authority
California Employment Development Department (EDD)
California Employment Information State Jobs
California Employment Training Panel
California Energy Commission
California Environment and Natural Resources Agency
California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA)
California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES)
California Executive Office
California Export Laboratory Services
California Exposition and State Fair (Cal Expo)
California Fair Political Practices Commission
California Fairs and Expositions Division
California Film Commission
California Fire and Resource Assessment Program
California Firearms Division
California Fiscal Services
California Fish and Game Commission
California Fisheries Program Branch
California Floodplain Management
California Foster Youth Help
California Franchise Tax Board (FTB)
California Fraud Division
California Gambling Control Commission
California Geographic I nformation Systems Council (GIS)
California Geological Survey
California Government Claims and Victim Compensation Board
California Governors Committee for Employment of Disabled Persons
California Governors Mentoring Partnership
California Governors Office of Emergency Services
California Governors Office of Homeland Security
California Governors Office of Planning and Research
California Governors Office
California Grant and Enterprise Zone Programs HCD Loan
California Health and Human Services Agency
California Health and Safety Agency
California Healthy Families Program
California Hearing Aid Dispensers Bureau
California High-Speed Rail Authority
California Highway Patrol (CHP)
California History and Culture Agency
California Horse Racing Board
California Housing Finance Agency
California Indoor Air Quality Program
California Industrial Development Financing Advisory Commission
California Industrial Welfare Commission
California InFoPeople
California Information Center for the Environment
California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (I-Bank)
California Inspection Services
California Institute for County Government
California Institute for Education Reform
California Integrated Waste Management Board
California Interagency Ecological Program
California Job Service
California Junta Estatal de Personal
California Labor and Employment Agency
California Labor and Workforce Development Agency
California Labor Market Information Division
California Land Use Planning Information Network (LUPIN)
California Lands Commission
California Landscape Architects Technical Committee
California Latino Legislative Caucus
California Law Enforcement Branch
California Law Enforcement General Library
California Law Revision Commission
California Legislative Analyst’s Office
California Legislative Black Caucus
California Legislative Counsel
California Legislative Division
California Legislative Information
California Legislative Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Caucus
California Legislature Internet Caucus
California Library De velopment Services
California License and Revenue Branch
California Major Risk Medical Insurance Program
California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board
California Maritime Academy
California Marketing Services
California Measurement Standards
California Medical Assistance Commission
California Medical Care Services
California Military Department
California Mining and Geology Board
California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts
California Museum Resource Center
California National Guard
California Native American Heritage Commission
California Natural Community Conservation Planning Program
California New Motor Vehicle Board
California Nursing Home Administrator Program
California Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board
California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board
California Ocean Resources Management Program
California Office of Administrative Hearings
California Office of Administrative Law
California Office of AIDS
California Office of Binational Border Health
California Office of Child Abuse Prevention
California Office of Deaf Access
California Office of Emergency Services (OES)
California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
California Office of Fiscal Services
California Office of Fleet Administration
California Office of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Implementation (CalOHI)
California Office of Historic Preservation
California Office of Homeland Security
California Office of Human Resources
California Office of Legal Services
California Office of Legislation
California Office of Lieutenant Governor
California Office of Military and Aerospace Support
California Office of Mine Reclamation
California Office of Natural Resource Education
California Office of Privacy Protection
California Office of Public School Construction
California Office of Real Estate Appraisers
California Office of Risk and Insurance Management
California Office of Services to the Blind
California Office of Spill Prevention and Response
California Office of State Publishing (OSP)
California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
California Office of Systems Integration
California Office of the Inspector General
California Office of the Ombudsman
California Office of the Patient Advocate
California Office of the President
California Office of the Secretary for Education
California Office of the State Fire Marshal
California Office of the State Public Defender
California Office of Traffic Safety
California Office of Vital Records
California Online Directory
California Operations Control Office
California Opinion Unit
California Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN)
California Park and Recreation Commission
California Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)
California Performance Review (CPR)
California Permit Information for Business (CalGOLD)
California Physical Therapy Board
California Physician Assistant Committee
California Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services
California Policy and Evaluation Division
California Political Reform Division
California Pollution Control Financing Authority
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
California Postsecondary Education Commission
California Prevention Services
California Primary Care and Family Health
California Prison Industry Authority
California Procurement Division
California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS)
California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)
California Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
California Real Estate Services Division
California Refugee Programs Branch
California Regional Water Quality Control Boards
California Registered Veterinary Technician Committee
California Registrar of Charitable Trusts
California Republican Caucus
California Research and Development Di vision
California Research Bureau
California Resources Agency
California Respiratory Care Board
California Rivers Assessment
California Rural Health Policy Council
California Safe Schools
California San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
California San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy
California San Joaquin River Conservancy
California School to Career
California Science Center
California Scripps Institution of Oceanography
California Secretary of State Business Portal
California Secretary of State
California Seismic Safety Commission
California Self Insurance Plans (SIP)
California Senate Office of Research
California Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Certification Program
California Small Business Development Center Program
California Smart Growth Caucus
California Smog Check Information Center
California Spatial Information Library
California Special Education Division
California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board
California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)
California Standards and Assessment Division
California State Administrative Manual (SAM)
California State Allocation Board
California State and Consumer Services Agency
California State Architect
California State Archives
California State Assembly
California State Association of Counties (CSAC)
California State Board of Education
California State Board of Food and Agriculture
California Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
California State Children’s Trust Fun d
California State Compensation Insurance Fund
California State Contracts Register Program
California State Contracts Register
California State Controller
California State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD)
California State Disability Insurance (SDI)
California State Fair (Cal Expo)
California State Jobs Employment Information
California State Lands Commission
California State Legislative Portal
California State Legislature
California State Library Catalog
California State Library Services Bureau
California State Library
California State Lottery
California State Mediation and Conciliation Service
California State Mining and Geology Board
California State Park and Recreation Commission
California State Parks
California State Personnel Board
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
California State Railroad Museum
California State Science Fair
California State Senate
California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS)
California State Summer School for the Arts
California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS)
California State Treasurer
California State University Center for Distributed Learning
California State University, Bakersfield
California State University, Channel Islands
California State University, Chico
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, East Bay
California State University, Fresno
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Monterey Bay
California State University, Northridge
California State University, Sacramento
California State University, San Bernardino
California State University, San Marcos
California State University, Stanislaus
California State University (CSU)
California State Water Project Analysis Office
California State Water Project
California State Water Resources Control Board
California Structural Pest Control Board
California Student Aid Commission
California Superintendent of Public Instruction
California Superior Courts
California Tahoe Conservancy
California Task Force on Culturally and Linguistically Competent Physicians and Dentists
California Tax Information Center
California Technology and Administration Branch Finance
California Telecommunications Division
California Telephone Medical Advice Services (TAMS)
California Transportation Commission
California Travel and Transportation Agency
California Unclaimed Property Program
California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
California Unemployment Insurance Program
California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission
California Veterans Board
California Veterans Memorial
California Veterinary Medical Board and Registered Veterinary Technician Examining Committee
California Veterinary Medical Board
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board
California Volunteers
California Voter Registration
California Water Commission
California Water Environment Association (COWPEA)
California Water Resources Control Board
California Welfare to Work Division
California Wetlands Information System
California Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch
California Wildlife Conservation Board
California Wildlife Programs Branch
California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs)
California Workers Compensation Appeals Board
California Workforce and Labor Development Agency
California Workforce Investment Board
California Youth Authority (CYA)
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Center for California Studies
Colorado River Board of California
Counting California
Dental Board of California
Health Insurance Plan of California (PacAdvantage)
Humboldt State University
Jobs with the State of California
Judicial Council of California
Learn California
Library of California
Lieutenant Governors Commission for One California
Little Hoover Commission (on California State Government Organization and Economy)
Medical Board of California
Medi-Cal
Osteopathic Medical Board of California
Physical Therapy Board of California
Regents of the University of California
San Diego State University
San Francisco State University
San Jose State University
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
State Bar of California
Supreme Court of California
Teach California
University of California
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
University of California, Irv ine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Merced
University of California, Riverside
University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Francisco
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz
Veterans Home of California

As I have not and am not giving you permission to use my image or name in any way shape or form, I am informing you that my name and image have been COPYRIGHTED! Any further use of my image is violation of my Copyright Notice and each Occurrence is a $500,000 fine. I appear in the OLB earth day video you have posted… if it remains up I will start the legal process. And for your information interviewing children without parental consent is a violation of law displaying those interviews is yet another violation of Law. Since you are apparently not from this country I’m giving you 48 hours to take the video down before I report you and begin legal action. This is not a hoax this is not an empty threat I have notified you privately of this information and my COPYRIGHT NOTICE is public record. Please act accordingly.

Other than his amusing, xenophobic attack on my foreign name, I wonder how many other people have been bullied by false (and possibly illegal) cease and desist letters.