. . in drilling oil and gas wells.

A couple of years ago I got a call from some guy in Texas trying to sell me oil wells - and he pretty soon figured I wasn't buying, but he was in a talkative mood that day, so we had a short conversation, which got down to this:

Texan: "Well, at least you folks in California have a really good governor."

Me: "Well, you know, here in California, we believe in recycling - so we just re-elected Jerry Brown."

Texan: "Oh no!"

Yes, and prosperity is finally returning to California - not to the level when he was governor before, but we're doing better - his re-election is in the bag.

And some of his "moon beam" ideas are now standard practice in all the Blue States.