Semi-famous are some World War II Japanese soldiers who were strewn across the Pacific – and didn’t know the war had ended.  Some spent subsequent DECADES hiding out – awaiting reality to finally find them.

When it comes to government policy, this is how I often view California.  A bunch of soldiers fighting the last wars – that no one told them they had already lost.

California is amazing in the sense that they are cutting edge in their backwards thinking.  Like Canada and Western Europe, the Golden State is usually about ten years stupider policy-wise than most of the rest of the United States. (more…)