Leaders Hope gay Marriage Debate will Make People Forget California is Broke.

Sacramento, CA. (BFBE): California elected officials eagerly awaited the distraction created by the California Supreme Court on Monday regarding the Constitutionality of Proposition 8, and the legality of over 18,000 same sex marriages conducted by the state in 2008.

"I don't really care what the Court says," commented State Senator Felix Hunger. "Either way, my colleagues and myself will reap hefty campaign contributions from both sides of the issue. This will really help us maintain the status quo in the State House and Senate during these troubled times.

"With everyone losing their jobs, homes, health care, and everything they spent their lives building, voters are paying way too much attention to our decades long pattern of self serving neglect of our responsibilities. Sure, the rich and powerful are still happy with us. Our systematic erosion of the rights of others has really benefited them.

"However, the regular people still have a few rights left, and just like rats running through the maze to bump their noses for a food pellet, they would probably do something destructive like not voting us back into office."

Today's Supreme Court ruling leaves Hunger cautiously optimistic, "So far, the gay marriage distraction really seems to be working well. Everyone is in a dither and not noticing that the state in imploding economically. This should really help the banks sweep in a buy up everyone's assets for pennies on the dollar. This also sets the stage for our full slate of crisis planned for this summer when the economy is REALLY going to go to hell in a hand basket."

"This gay marriage thing still has some legs, but right after that we plan to stir people up about wildlife conservation, gang violence, abortion, maybe even a little terrorism to keep things interesting, and, if things get really tough: Flag Burning. This should be enough to get us through the November elections. Once that is over, we can get back to the really important business of concentrating all wealth and power into the hands of our friends."

When questioned about the high cost of these distractions during tough economic times, Hunger replied it was a necessary evil, "We have to do what we have to do. Until everyone is using electronic voting, these elections could turn out any way the people want them. I mean, if that would happen, how could our government continue if we were held accountable for the consequences of our actions?"


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