You’re retired military; how do you not see that California was invaded and colonized against the will of her American citizens? And YOUR federal government and YOUR military, never lifted a finger to stop it?
The Federal government claims as its sole purview everything that would have helped California defend herself: internal deportation, closing the border; ending birthright citizenship; citizenship requirements for welfare benefits; citizenship requirements for public schooling; and workplace citizenship verification.
Californians enacted EVERY SINGLE ONE of those things early on in the invasion, either administratively or at the ballot box, and the Federal Government slapped them all down. Court verdicts were clear: the Federal government won’t deport them, so California MUST support them. And we have. And it’s bankrupted us.
Meanwhile, the rest of the American states yawned. THEIR states weren’t on the front lines of the invasion, so let California twist in the wind.
Now we’ve been thoroughly colonized, and the invaders and second generation spawn control the state government through ballot box numbers. Is it still our fault?
I don’t understand why so many Americans are petulantly and childishly okay with surrendering an American state to a foreign country. It’s craven and shameful. Does it make you feel better to blame Californians for your abandoning us? Are you jealous of our weather? I just don’t get it.
Please report back to FR after your home state of Alabama gets dragged into court over your immigration self-defense measures — you know, the ones California enacted twenty years ago — and your self-righteous, historically ignorant fat head is handed to you by your Federal government.
This fellow Californian says amen!!! Thanks for a great post.
You make some interesting points ...but still, I have little sympathy for Californians. (I lived in CA from 1965 to 1975 ..and don’t want to go back!).
Consider how the Indiana Supreme Court - under INTENSE pressure will reconsider its STUPID decision that is a clear violation of the 4th amendment (homeowners have no legal right to resist an improper or illegal home invasion of police storm troopers.) The public outcry awoke the justices that there was a tremendous over-reach.
Had the people of the state of CA “revolted” when the 9th Circus had ruled the Prop. 187 to be unconstitutional ...and when Governor Gray Davis decided to stop appeals to the Supreme Court ...basically letting him know he would be impeached/tarred and feathered for his decision - then maybe Prop. 187 would have been held constitutional. If enough taxpayers had done everything possible to “go on strike” such that state revenues dried up - then the message might have gotten out. If the taxpayers had gone “Alinksy” on the 9th Circus judges ...picketing the court, picketing their houses, threatening all sorts of legal civil disobedience ...maybe they would have gotten the message.
But - CA slept and allowed it to happen. The 9th Circus meets in SF, and the judges live in the area. Make it hurt them. The Governor should have been pressured too. So - CA lost the battle by not engaging in the battle. Makes it tough every where else too.
And it is still not too late for CA residents to “Go Galt” or “Go Alinsky” - leave the state, go “underground” as much as possible to starve the beast....to let it be known - “no business as usual” until they fix the F’d up system!
Great post, Blue. As a native Californian, I can vouch for everything you said.
We the people did everything we could, short of full-scale rebellion, to push back against being colonized, but our will was overturned by our betters in the federal government, again and again.
Now the invasion has reached epidemic proportions all across the US. We’re long past the pot calling the kettle black. Our nation needs to unite against this scourge, and put an end to it.
cry me a river
cry me a river
YOU elected Davis, Brown, Brown again, Brown again and Arnold. You got what you voted for. You legislature is dim dominated. You got what you voted for. Don’t like the results? Move.