California: La Times

Washington State has a law allowing "assisted suicide"--murder to some, with permission.

The law allows doctors to refuse to participate in murder.  What a concept. 

Now the LA Times thinks it important to force doctors into killing people.  "Critics, including the American Medical Assn., contend that the better response is to offer patients adequate pain medication and reassurance.

"They want to force doctors to act against their conscience and to become essentially vending machines for individuals who requisition overdoses to kill themselves," said William L. Toffler, a professor of family medicine and executive director of Physicians for Compassionate Care Education Foundation, which has opposed assisted-suicide statutes."

Any wonder the Times is in bankruptcy?  Any wonder people refuse to buy the newspaper or give it any credibility.  Imagine, a newspaper demanding doctors kill patients.  Is this a public service?

A stopped watch is right twice a day, and the LA Times is right a couple of times a day.

Vocational education is important to the students--not everybody is going to Harvard or CSUN.  But, want a good job, technical, vocational training gives the students the skills they need and employers want.

Skelton wrote, "I pointed out that the percentage of high school students taking some course in career tech -- formerly called vocational education -- had fallen from 74% in 1987 to 29% last year. Meanwhile, companies have been complaining that California schools aren't producing enough skilled workers."

Democrat Senate Leader Steinberg has said, "I'd written about new Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) declaring that his "No.

The SF Chron is about to be closed or sold.  The Salinas Californian is about to go to three days a week.  The LA Times is firing folks as fast as possible.  The Ventura County doing the same and losing circulation and ad revenues.  Even the OC Register appears to be losing it.  The NY Times is in bankruptcy.

Newspapers, for whatever reason are in trouble and closing fast--The Denver and Seattle newspapers are the latest examples of an industry on the brink.

What happens next?  We still want honest information, we need the facts, and yes, we need opinions.

Here is an article, from the Internet, "The Next Right", that gives some direction.

To save itself, the San Fran Chronicle is about to fire half of its 1500 employees.  The LA Times is in the process of firing 300 employees--then will announce a cut of several hundred more.

Now the owners of the Sacramento Bee are announcing a 15% cut of all its employees.  The owners blame the economy.

Is part of the reason the economy is tanking because of loss of jobs?  Of course.  Yet the Bee and its owners insist on higher taxes and AB 32 type regulations killing jobs.  In fact, it is the policy of the Bee to kill many private sector jobs.