San Andreas Fault ...to get a makeover

Sacramento 9/27/2005 [c]2005 by the Associated Press


New Name for Infamous fault line


Due to increasing pressure by a coalition of groups headed by the ACLU, the California Legislature today overwhelmingly voted to change the name of the San Andreas Fault. ACLU Spokesperson, Meghann Mae-Norwalk-Slattery-Jensen, stated,

"This is a step in the right direction for our nation, as we believe it is a gross entanglement of Church and State to follow the traditions of the imperialist and oppressive Spanish missionaries who named cities and landmarks after dead white saints."

The bill to rename the fault passed the California House yesterday and is expected to glide through the Senate in the coming days.

Although California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vowed to veto the bill, democrats in the legislature indicate that they have an overwhelming number of votes to override the veto.

In deference to the present political climate of the nation, a coalition of community groups, including moveon.org, the ACLU, representatives of the Congressional Black Caucus the Rainbow/Push Coalition, the Sierra Club, and the Louisiana Democrat Party overwhelmingly voted to change the name of the infamous fault line from the "San Andreas Fault" to "Bush's Fault."

The President was unavailable for comment. ###