Miss Annika,
"...that type of inappropriate display in a state government office doesn't instill a lot of confidence that the Attorney General cares much about people like me."

You can chalk it up to a firearms-centric view, but the best way to tell if an AG or any other .gov type cares about people is if they trust them with Arms. Lockyer doesn't. Damn near anything he's had to do with the subject of firearms has been a denial of your Right to them.

so him having artwork that depicts a party or even the country in a bad light shouldn't have been a sign that he holds you in contempt; it should have been yet another confirmation of it.

Really - look at any & all politicians view on firearms then see if a pattern develops between those you think are alright & those you think hold you in disdain. I think you'll find that most of the time (but not always) you can tell whether a politician respects you by whether or not he respects your ability to protect yourself from his kind (i.e. .gov types).

On a lighter note don't feel too bad. Turns out that despite the "budget crisis" that Colorado is in (that's what they keep telling us to get us to vote for a change in our Taxpayer Bill of Rights that'll jack us for a little more) our state just paid 5 grand for a piece of art originally entitled "12 dildo's on hooks".

If Arny had any hair on his sack he'd call a press conference at which he'd call Lockyer an anti-American, neocommie piece of shit, and publicly demand his resignation.

Hopefully, the voters of California (and I seem to be one who realizes "California" isn't just LA and SF/Berkely) will let Lockyer know what they think of his choice of what to hang. I hope he hears about it come re-election time.

Well, if I'm right that Schwarzenegger isn't going to run for his own term - something I've thought since he won the recall - then you'll get a whole lot more of Lockyer when he gets elected governor next year.

I can't see a scenario where Arnold runs again, or if he does, wins. And the only other California Republican who MIGHT be able to beat him is Dick Riordan, and that would only serve to make California Republicans crazy. Given how the state party runs, I wouldn't be at all surprised if they thre that retard Simon into the meat grinder again.

Of course, I haven't seen any polling, but I would suspect that if you put Lockyer's percentage of the state wide vote against, say, President Bush's, you have a formidible Democrat who might be impossible to beat.

And that's what mades California so maddening most of the time. It's like Canada with better weather.

What cracks me up is that he cites SUVs as an example of government action.

sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/07/20/BAGV0DQLCS1.DTL&type=printable

"When Michael Moore was seated next to Jimmy Carter at the Democratic Convention, the party signaled its lack of concern for the half of this country that thinks Michael Moore is a liar and a charlatan."

The same could be said for many conservative 'journalists' and commentators, from O'Reilly, Hannity, Coulter, ad infinitum.

His documentaries are certainly biased, but it doesn't hurt to have something other than FauxNews to ponder over.

I don't think the flag/toilet artwork is very tasteful, and shouldn't belong in a government office. He just tanked his chances at running for Governor.

The SUV comment must refer to the stonewalling on CAFE improvements that the Republicans have been engaged in for over a decade now.

The Pearcys sound like extremists, which we see on both sides of the fence.

I will defend to the death the right for the artist to display that art.

I will also defend to the death the right for the Governor to call people "girly men."

Annika,

You mention the importance of free speech, but I note that free speech and a little CLASS are never exclusive of each other. Clearly Mr. Lockyer has alot of speech, and not much class, or good judgment for that matter.

Plus, the drawing of the toilet bowl that you posted is poorly drawn. I'm not an "artist," I can draw a little, and even I know that the toilet looks all wrong.

If you're gonna flush America down the toilet, atleast draw the toilet correctly!

I just saw Steven Pearcy on "Heartland" and I sure hope that most of the people in CA are not as stupid as he is! He thinks he is real 'smart', apparently but, eveyone that I have talked to thinks he is a jackass and anyone that would 'let' him place such tastelass garbage on display (in a public place that the rest of the people pay for) should be voted out of office next time around.
Sure makes me glad that I do not live in CA!

And the democrats and far left keep losing elections. Let 'um keep it up.