The Wicked Witch of the West was burned at the stake, set fire by friction sparks flying off a hot voting machine lever and fueled with citizen enthusiasm. It's like the 90 year-old lady who wanted to sue her husband for divorce after 70 years of marriage. When the judge asked her why, she said, "Because enough is enough."

Probably the last straw in the bundle of debts strapped to the taxpayer's back was the re-evaluation of property at more than 100 percent and many aliens not paying anything. Now, as everyone knows, nearly all "native" Californians came from Oklahoma and the "Okies" knew by common sense that "there ain't nuthin' more than a hun'erd percent." Thus, the beginnings of unrest.

Word also had leaked out of the legislature that if the revenues continued on the same course, a new, even more simplified tax form would follow:

How much did you make __________.

How much did you spend __________.

How much is left __________.

Send it in.

A British economic adviser was in California trying to tell them how to straighten out their system (sounds familiar, doesn't it?) and was taken to see a sporting event. He was appalled by all the violence.

"What do you call this game?" he asked.

"Football, it's our number one sport," replied a native.

"Isn't that revolting!" remarked the redcoat.

"No," said the companion, "that's our number two sport."

It all started when parents discovered their children were being indoctrinated in their government classes. Every morning they would rise, face the Stars and Stripes, place their hands over their billfolds and recite, "I pledge my allowance to the Flag of the United States, and to the Republic for all I can stand, one naked individual, oh my God, from puberty to busted for all."

The revolution now appears to be made up of illegal aliens — the gringo ones crossing the other way to live in Mexico.