TOP TEN SIGNS CALIFORNIA IS BANKRUPT

Top Ten Signs California is Bankrupt

10. Retirees now given a handshake and a can of soup

9. Elementary schools converted directly to prisons

8. San Diego sold to Tijuana for six tacos, a piñata filled with salsa, and a ceramic Bart Simpson lawn ornament

7. Every car stopped on the 405 freeway issued a parking ticket

6. All of First Lady Maria Shriver's dresses look suspiciously like Governor's Mansion curtains

5. California State income tax extended to Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon

4. Mayor of Los Angeles down to emergency backup mistress

3. Golden Gate stolen from bridge

2. State Comptroller parlays entire fiscal 2010 on Jack's Back to place in the third

And the number one sign California is bankrupt...

1. Census takers legally allowed to check your couch cushions for change

-Jason Rohrblogger
(4/9/10)

And the alternates...

Five-dollar cover and two-drink minimum on all Disneyland rides
State now playing own lottery
LAPD running out of gas before they can catch and beat suspects
Silicon Valley in foreclosure
Mt. Shasta available for weddings, bar mitzvahs, quinceañeras, and funerals
Spruce Goose sold for kindling
Schwarzenegger's new catchphrase, "Remember when I said I'd bankrupt you last? I lied."