No to Apocalypse

Paul Krugman, in a blog post titled Apocalypse now, says:

Everyone should be paying attention to the political/fiscal catastrophe now unfolding in California. Years of neglect, followed by economic disaster — and with all reasonable responses blocked by a fanatical, irrational minority.

This could be America next.

But here in San Diego, it's a beautiful sunny day punctuated by little showers. I'm sure the ocean looks gorgeous, and I'll go down and check soon. It's hard to see the bad side of things.