California's former and present Governor Jerry Brown was in the nation's capital yesterday pontificating left and left. I started to write "left and right" but of course there was no balance to what he said.
Back in 1975 when he first ran for governor, it was reported Jerry was a former Catholic seminarian. Hindsight shows it is a shame he didn't persist in that vocation, as he clearly is unfit for his current role.
Actually, 'Father' Brown's beliefs would fit in with the newest Catholic leadership. He and Pope Francis would discover much overlap in their - not theology exactly - more like ideology. Both are lifelong lefties.
What is even scarier, Jerry Brown is what passes for a grown-up voice in Sacramento. The legislative leaders - all very progressive Democrats - want to turn CA into Venezuela Norte. What's more, the next governor (Brown is term-limited) may well go along with it.
One wonders how long it will take to declare CA officially "bilingual" in the same way the national government of Canada is? Imagine all state business being conducted in both English and Spanish, simultaneous translation in the legislature, all documents printed in both, roadsigns, etc. Probably not in my lifetime - I'm not young - but who knows?
N.B., bilingualism isn't popular with Canadians. They put up with it as the penance they must pay for Quebec not declaring independence. Oddly, Quebecers don't like it either, who needs all that stupid English. But Quebecers insist because it pisses off the hated Anglophones. Ironic....
