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July 24, 2009

A Brave California Woman Solves All The Problems

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California, the world's third largest economy, is in dire straits. Governor Schwarzenegger has called for 1/4 of the state's budget to be cut in order to deal with a $26 million deficit. Unemployment is at 11.2 percent, nearly two-percent higher than the national average. With the global economic crisis continuing to leave international markets* shaken and unreliable, and world leaders scrambling to find a solution to this catastrophic and systemic disaster, it's unclear when or how the Golden State will be able to pull itself out from this mess.

Oh wait, never mind, this lady solved it.

Professor of Problem Solving over here. Tenured. (Thanks for the tip, Robin and Jonathan.)

*Right about here is where I clearly stopped having any idea what I was talking about.

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I have a solution, someone remove her uterus so she can't reproduce.

Posted by: avettwhore profile link at 07/24/09 4:22 PM  | Reply
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how long did she talk for? watch over her shoulder; the people sitting there change like 3 times!

Posted by: sally at 07/24/09 4:23 PM  | Reply
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My girlfriend's family made their fortune from silkworm mines and vegetable orchards.

Posted by: MarkyBob profile link at 07/24/09 4:24 PM  | Reply
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hahaha. Of course you'd go for this one instead of the cat concerto I ACTUALLY recommended, but still it's an honor!

Posted by: RobinRubbermaid profile link at 07/24/09 4:24 PM  | Reply
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"in the Bush Administration... which was really good"


"fruit trees and vegetables trees, that's were fruit and vegetables come from."


"they will last forever! They may go bad in awhile though..."


And that whole things about land being free, oh man. This woman. Bring her onto my debate team, we have some high school competitions to win.

Posted by: Max the King of All Wild Things profile link at 07/24/09 4:25 PM  | Reply
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My favorite: "The machine can make it for us."

Posted by: RobinRubbermaid profile link  in reply to  Max the King of All Wild Things's comment at 07/24/09 4:30 PM  | Reply
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yikes. at times like these, i'm reminded of the upsides and downsides of participatory democracy.... she's engaged enough to go make her voice heard by speaking at a city council meeting (good), but is also a borderline infant intellectually, and can vote (bad).

Posted by: grasshopper profile link  in reply to  RobinRubbermaid's comment at 07/24/09 5:09 PM  | Reply
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exactly!
why can't stupid people just be quiet and let the smart people make the decisions?
don't worry, stupid people! we'll totally take your completely useless ideas into consideration before we toss them out and git 'er done, as you guys like to say!
seriously.
she's the kind of person who makes every work meeting or college discussion group misery because she has enough self-esteem to feel empowered to share her really, really embarrassingly poorly thought out opinions, AT LENGTH, and doggedly refuses to stop talking until she's said her piece.
on one hand, you're happy for her because she appears to be really chewing hard on those ideas and going for it! so, yay! do your best with whatever you've got!
on the other hand, go sit in the corner, sweetie, and let the adults talk.

Posted by: caringiscool profile link  in reply to  grasshopper's comment at 08/15/09 3:45 AM  | Reply
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Actually, I think she said "is really good, which is even better.

Posted by: smiles profile link  in reply to  Max the King of All Wild Things's comment at 07/29/09 11:33 PM  | Reply
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Forget Sarah Palin or Hillary, Professor of Problem Solving for the first female president. Now that we have the ideal candidate, now we just need to come up with a better slogan than Yes We Can!

Posted by: Captain Boring of the S.S. Shut Up profile link at 07/24/09 4:25 PM  | Reply
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"The food's free, so we should just sell it at the farmer's market!"

Not quite as catchy, but I think she's got enough moxie and pluck to take her all the way

Posted by: DrinkPlanner profile link  in reply to  Captain Boring of the S.S. Shut Up's comment at 07/24/09 4:29 PM  | Reply
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Meet John McCain's next running-mate.

Posted by: zambot at 07/24/09 4:28 PM  | Reply
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Someone clapped at that? Must have been her boyfriend.

Posted by: Deezey profile link at 07/24/09 4:29 PM  | Reply
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Really? I didn't see Gabe in audience...

Posted by: dude profile link  in reply to  Deezey's comment at 07/24/09 4:41 PM  | Reply
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Everybody is Gabe's girlfriend.

Posted by: ben  in reply to  dude's comment at 07/25/09 8:23 AM  | Reply
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Or her giirfriend. Seems lIkely.

Posted by: Kira  in reply to  Deezey's comment at 07/27/09 2:17 PM  | Reply
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It's like a someone has been infected with GOOP and decided to try talking politics.

Posted by: annoyingmouse profile link at 07/24/09 4:29 PM  | Reply
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amazing. i agree with almost everything she has to say. unfortunately that's only 20% of communicating (or whatever i'm not a mathematics/communications regent scholar).

Posted by: aaronwk profile link at 07/24/09 4:29 PM  | Reply
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Mrs. South Carolina's older sister, in the flesh, ladies and gentlemen. Three claps!

Posted by: etc profile link at 07/24/09 4:32 PM  | Reply
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I thought exactly the same thing. You must be smart. And, such as.

Posted by: ClownCoffee profile link  in reply to  etc's comment at 07/24/09 4:37 PM  | Reply
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I personally believe, that US Americans, the crops are free, and such as...farmer's market.

Posted by: wrj89 profile link  in reply to  etc's comment at 07/24/09 5:21 PM  | Reply
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father?

Posted by: BRAAAAAAAINSSss profile link  in reply to  wrj89's comment at 07/27/09 11:08 AM  | Reply
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Wow, so many things. I like to think that the people seated behind her were playing a game of Hear Something Stupid Chairs because they were really switching around a lot. Also, the one person that clapped is everyone's boyfriend.

Posted by: eric at 07/24/09 4:33 PM  | Reply
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As an east coaster, I hope my slave doesn't watch this and start askin' "What's a union?"

Posted by: drewmo profile link at 07/24/09 4:34 PM  | Reply
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Love of Laughing

Posted by: Trevor J  in reply to  drewmo's comment at 07/24/09 5:23 PM  | Reply
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God forbid! How are you going to pay rent on all that land without the profits of slave labor?

Posted by: smiles profile link  in reply to  drewmo's comment at 07/29/09 11:37 PM  | Reply
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Posted by: Bobby Seger profile link at 07/24/09 4:35 PM  | Reply
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How awesome would it be if we really did have slaves? Awesome. I mean, I'm black, but I'd still get one, right? She said something about China right after. Chinese slaves for all!

Posted by: Kelly profile link at 07/24/09 4:38 PM  | Reply
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DUDE! How do you not have a slave yet? Get down to east coast city hall and demand your fucking slave! Having a slave is the shit.

Posted by: daniel  in reply to  Kelly's comment at 07/24/09 4:58 PM  | Reply
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Cotton, mining metals, and silkworms? She stole my economic improvement platform when I run for governor! My slogan was going to be K.T.P. FOR GOVERNOR: WE BELIEVE IN THE UNION, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE.

Posted by: kiss the pan profile link at 07/24/09 4:38 PM  | Reply
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This lady solves healthcare: "Well first of all, like, i think that we should just health these people, you know, these people who don't have like insurance, we should just health them up you know, because whe have all these hospitals and like, health is free, like I'm healthy because I'm organic, so we should just health these people who need it with organs and that way we could sell them at the farmer's market, and because health is free. George Bush said let there be health for all and that was good, so why not just free organs for everybody who needs them at the farmer's market? Thank you."

Posted by: Skillet profile link at 07/24/09 4:38 PM  | Reply
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does anyone know how she did in the bathing suit competition?

Posted by: whoa! profile link at 07/24/09 4:39 PM  | Reply
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Don't worry guys, if things go bad, the machines can just turn them into cars. We are Californians! We live here!

Posted by: Sharky profile link at 07/24/09 4:39 PM  | Reply
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As far as Santa Cruz goes, she's one of the articulate people up there. She's right about the silkworms, though.

Posted by: Garmanbozia profile link at 07/24/09 4:41 PM  | Reply
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I lived there for five amazing years and I saw a lot of shit but I never saw nothing like this.

Posted by: Manvnature profile link  in reply to  Garmanbozia's comment at 07/26/09 12:45 AM  | Reply
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I live in California! I agree...this is where I live. This is my home. In conclusion, growing food is so good.

Posted by: NunesMagician profile link at 07/24/09 4:47 PM  | Reply
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If we're now in the business of posting coucil meeting insanity rants, we'd run out of Internet by Tuesday.

Posted by: wubdub profile link at 07/24/09 4:52 PM  | Reply
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just beautiful. I can't wait for the autotune remix.

Posted by: chickchick profile link at 07/24/09 4:52 PM  | Reply
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Does the dynamite still go BOOM if nobody there is able to understand what the fuck she is talking about?

Posted by: eric at 07/24/09 4:53 PM  | Reply
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I like the kid in the back who just barely learned to think and still knows enough to shake his head in solemn disapproval.

Posted by: Dan S at 07/24/09 4:57 PM  | Reply
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While I was watching, all I could think of was this prophetic comic depicting this girl's career path:

Posted by: milkmilk profile link at 07/24/09 5:23 PM  | Reply
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Ms. Doe, when i gave you a week extension (against my better judgement, i might add) it was in the hopes that you would be able to deliver a comprehensive and intelligent report suited to the goals set for you. It is clear to me however, that not only did you fail to write such a report, you did not even open your copy of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

Posted by: Elliot profile link at 07/24/09 6:45 PM  | Reply
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Get that woman away from my cocaine.

Posted by: Godsauce profile link at 07/24/09 7:25 PM  | Reply
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You try to diagram those sentences, you get the 216-digit number from "Pi."

Then you die 7 days later. Or something.

Posted by: EtWB profile link at 07/24/09 7:45 PM  | Reply
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it's $26 billion, professor gabe

Posted by: arnold schwarzenegger at 07/24/09 8:21 PM  | Reply
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also, it's the world's 8th largest economy not 3rd.

Posted by: sean  in reply to  arnold schwarzenegger's comment at 07/24/09 9:42 PM  | Reply
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it's $26 billion, professor gabe

Posted by: arnold schwarzenegger at 07/24/09 8:22 PM  | Reply
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I would tell that woman to go back to school, but I have a terrible feeling that school is what did this to her.

Posted by: Ashley profile link at 07/24/09 8:56 PM  | Reply
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My theory is that she had to do this for a class. You know, like for extra credit and stuff.

Posted by: Spine at 07/24/09 9:45 PM  | Reply
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If I were in charge of East Coast slavery, I'd give black people double the slaves as everyone else, to make up for earlier sufferings. An eye for an eye, that's what I say.

Posted by: Schwartzie at 07/24/09 11:42 PM  | Reply
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wow ! i love how all the brain surgeons , astronauts and physics professors , took time out of their busy schedules to comment on this ! do you feel superior now ? is this the person that from here on out you will measure your wisdom and intelligence ? maybe check out some mentally challenged persons video for a little laugh ? wait , monkees slinging poop ? i thought this woman was a genious ,until all you superior types had to weigh in . now, back to your phd's ! and thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to enlighten others . pat yourself on the back you smarmy fuck-wits .

Posted by: ooh phuket at 07/25/09 1:54 PM  | Reply
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Why all the spaces between before your punctuation marks ? Was that supposed to signify something ? Or do you just really enjoy hitting the space bar ? ? ? ?

Posted by: Paper Werewolf profile link  in reply to  ooh phuket's comment at 07/25/09 4:53 PM  | Reply
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i really don't see what you did here (?)

Posted by: creamlamb  in reply to  ooh phuket's comment at 07/25/09 8:16 PM  | Reply
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Because, you just dropped in here, right?
Welcome.

Posted by: TheJesusCodpiece profile link  in reply to  ooh phuket's comment at 07/25/09 9:04 PM  | Reply
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Umm, You're welcome? :-)

Posted by: Selena  in reply to  ooh phuket's comment at 07/27/09 8:30 PM  | Reply
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This lady clearly did her research. From an economic text book copyright 1858.

Posted by: Lulubelle profile link at 07/25/09 2:38 PM  | Reply
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Maps, she forgot to ask for more maps.

Posted by: Abdullah at 07/25/09 2:46 PM  | Reply
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I can't believe no one started laughing. The people in the backround are sitting there like, "Uh, God, another one of these bureaucrats-in-training trying to have her 15 minutes." This woman has GOT to be the purest form of crazy there is.

Posted by: Tchock at 07/25/09 4:13 PM  | Reply
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I'm going to start concluding all my arguments with, "...so we should just sell it at the farmers market."

Posted by: laura at 07/25/09 4:14 PM  | Reply
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Who farted?

Posted by: Scareoline at 07/25/09 11:36 PM  | Reply
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When she started talking about slaves, I became convinced this was a prank, or maybe some weird attempt at local politics filibustering.

Posted by: bela.legosi at 07/26/09 12:47 AM  | Reply
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Is this a GoDaddy.com commercial?

Posted by: Nate Scott! profile link at 07/26/09 4:45 PM  | Reply
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The motion proposed is the naming of our movement as the C.U.S.M.P.F.M. (Californian Union of Silkworms, Machines, Pesticides and Farmers Markets). All in favor say 'like totally or whatever'.

Posted by: Judge at 07/27/09 6:51 AM  | Reply
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This was funny at first, but as I thought about it, I realized that this women is probably not stupid but is likely suffering from schizophrenia or some other mental impairment. Hopefully, with health care reform, people like her, many of whom do not get adequate care and end up homeless, will get the treatment they need. And then we can truly laugh at the stupid, like Miss North Carolina, our US Senators (did you watch the Sotomayor hearings, those guys are really dumb) and such as.

Posted by: edmaka at 07/27/09 9:17 AM  | Reply
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i only clicked on this video to get a better look at her bosoms. her talking made me quickly stop the video. she's the worst.

Posted by: Jarreth Cutestorey at 07/29/09 6:31 AM  | Reply
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Can anyone translate that?

Posted by: 7T2Z28 at 08/05/09 10:16 AM  | Reply
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If I was in California I'd be investing in Crystal Meth. That and slaves.

Posted by: Kool Aid Filled Swimming Pool at 08/09/09 9:18 AM  | Reply
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