If the Governator's State of the State speech was one of his movies, it would be Terminator III. Why? Because, if you remember back to those halcyon days when the Governor was an actor and not a politician, Terminator III was his comeback movie. After years and years of crappy movies and Jingle All the Way, Arnie just basically said "screw it, you guys want the big, dumb action movie with me playing a cyborg, I'll give you the big, dumb action movie with me playing a cyborg." So he gave the people what they wanted. And his big State of the State speech was nothing but one big huge attempt at giving the people what they want. ...

Seems Dan Siegel, member of the lame-duck Oakland School Board and likely candidate for Jerry Brown's job, had "less than an ounce" of marijuana discovered in his checked luggage on his way out of town Tuesday. From the Chron: "Yes, I use marijuana occasionally for stress,'' Siegel said Wednesday, a day after he was caught with the marijuana. "It's just a part of life." While Mr. Siegel does not have a prescription for the weed......