Under GOP Rule California Was Golden State – Now It’s the Poverty-Stricken Broke State

(Conservatively Speaking) Andrew Leonard at Salon wrote a piece this week titled, “The GOP’s horrible California nightmare.” The title of the piece should have been “California’s Democratic nightmare.” From the article: Before 1992, California had not given its electoral votes to a Democrat running for president since Lyndon Johnson’s 1964 electoral landslide.

Egyptian President Morsi Warns Israel: “Aggressors Know They Will Pay Heavy Price If They Continue”

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi after Friday prayers today: “Cairo would not leave Gaza alone as I tell them on behalf of the Egyptian people that Egypt today is different from Egypt yesterday and Arabs today are different from the Arabs yesterday.” An Egyptian boy leads protesters in chanting slogans against the Israeli invasion of Gaza, outside Al-Azhar mosque where President Mohammed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood called for demonstrations today.