Which Multimillionaire Will Run Against the Terminator?

Election primaries today in California. Now that I'm registered Green, I didn't have the tough decision of deciding who was the lesser evil between the Democrats running for Governor. The two multimillionaires are Phil Angelides - a geeky-looking Democratic Party favorite with endorsements from both Senators, including Princess Feinstein - and Steve Westly - the richer of the two who made his fortune off an online auction site. Would either be better than Arnold? Probably, but unless one of them says he is going to end the death penalty, decriminalize drugs, or make the entire state a "sanctuary state" for immigrants, then I just don't think my efforts are worth supporting a political party that is killing mass movements and barely taking on the right-wing, even joining them sometimes.

Building the Green Party as an alternative is definitely worth my time. I just checked the returns and Todd Chretien is ahead in the Green Party primaries to run against Feinstein for Senator. He's up against a sense of hopelessness among progressives, a massive corporate media that ignores 3rd parties or treats them as a sideshow, and of course a party that will crush any attempt to break their lesser-evil lock on the frightened liberal vote. He's also up against the "safe state" Greens who may find Todd too radical. At the very least a victory for him could push the Greens in California toward a more independent outlook.

Finally, this poster reminded me of the more reactionary in the anti-immigrant camp who describe immigration as an "invasion" and an "occupation." If they want to experience a real invasion and occupation - as those words are commonly used - they should spend a year in the shoes of the average Iraqi, if they can survive that long.