If this guy confesses, he should be executed immediately. A death penalty sentence that lingers for 20 years is just a waste of time.

Hey - be glad you're getting anything. Without California, Vegas would be a ghost town.

I am sick of the government trying to "protect" us from ourselves, especially when there is such hypocrisy. Gambling is legal in most states in some form or other. Lotteries are the most insidious since they prey on the weakest and poorest among us. You can even buy lottery tickets from unsupervised machines here in California. Online poker is at least a game of skill, without the allure of the mega jackpots that draw people to lotteries.

I dont think legal online poker will even make a dent in lottery sales. Even if a lot of folks try it, they will quickly find out they are consistent losers because they dont have the skills needed. The lottery is a great equalizer, with everyone having the minute chance to hit it big.

It is laughable to think that any of these "painful" cuts and tax increases could ever happen. I wish they would though.

We couldn't even get our elected officals to let the Bush tax cuts expire only for the richest Americans. If we cant do something as relatively painless as that, how could any of these severe actions ever happen.

It is time for our leaders to do what is right for the country, and not for themselves or their party.

I live in the SF area and I think it is ridiculous to waste such a large amount of money on a suicide barrier when the state is bankrupt, the schools are in disrepair, the water system is precarious at best, and so on.

People who want to off themselves will do it. Let's stop trying to protect people from themselves. We have people throwing themselves in front of caltrain about once a month on average, and that is way more disruptive than someone jumping off a bridge.

From a pure statistical standpoint, some small percentage of medical procedures will go wrong.

Doctors aren't perfect nor are the tools they use. While I agree that there should be liability in the case of gross negligence, we are a society that loves to sue people at the drop of a hat. This is one reason we have such crazy medical costs due to all the insurance required.

This case may have been gross negligence. I certainly can't judge that. But in general, people are looking to sue doctors way too often.

In that copy room, it was definitely...

"hot for (the) teacher" har har har....

Is the lady in picture #20 naked? She looks pretty happy in any case

Great - he is locked up the rest of his life and this will cost the taxpayers millions. I think we should give each convicted criminal of this type of crime the choice between death penalty and life imprisonment. If they choose life in jail, so be it. If they chose death, at least we dont waste our money keeping this scum alive.

It is time for the unions to get a reality check.

For the people in the private sector lucky enough to have steady jobs, there is no such things as gauanteed raises, longevity pay, etc. I personally have taken a paycut as did everyone in my company to preserve the jobs of others. The unions should be willing to do the same if they care about their "union brothers"