California Gov. Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown believes that everyone needs to start using wind, solar and other "renewable" energy sources as soon as possible because, you know, the earth, man. California doesn't need to be burning all kinds of oil and making bank for rich capitalists who own gigantic ranches with oil underneath them, 'amiright'?
Unless, of course, that ranch owner happens to be Gov. Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown! In that case, well, better find that oil! And that's exactly what Gov. Moonbeam was hoping to do when he dispatched state employees, on the taxpayers' dime, to his ranch recently. Props to the Associated Press, often a target of our criticism, for reporting this story: