YOU GO Arnold!!! But will it be enough?

So apparently Gov. Arnold is cutting California's domestic violence spending to ZERO, nilch, nixt, nine, none thats like less than a dollar. Ok this is government we are speaking of so zero could actually mean 20 million lol.

Just as I predicted a few months ago California is the first to actually cut DV out totally although a few other DV programs have been cut and closed here and there like in Chicago.

And of course here is the first of the fit throwing:

http://www.ncadv.org/files/CA%20Budget%20Cuts.php

Our nation is horrified by the rapes of refugee women in Darfur and the cruel abandonment of Katrina's survivors left standing on a bridge, and we should be equally outraged that the state of California is abandoning the tens of thousands of fragile and wounded women and children who rely for their safety and future on the services and referrals provided by the shelters and centers. We must work with California's political leadership to remedy this situation and also stand firm so that the governor's cutting tool doesn't continue a swath across our whole country.

Tens of thousands? So there are tens of thousands of domestic violence women and children in California? Since men don't count and don't even come into this protest article they can't count them in. Tens of thousands of actual proven domestic violence victims? I serriously doubt that.

Of course the writer needs to appeal to the "protective man" syndrome and has to mention natural disasters and alledged rape in another country and continent to appeal to this emotion.

On the plus side if California is really spending zero on DV now it is the first time that a true gender equality has been introduced to domestic violence in this country.

I can't say lets hope this is a good start because as I mentioned it isn't just a start. It is a victory if it holds and damned nice continuation of the start. Of course the DV clinics in California will still have federal funding but you know the directors and such won't take a pay cut so this may spawn a closer look at what they do and force them to report and justify their funding.