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Goodnight, California
PJ Media ^ | June 16, 2015 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 06/17/2015 4:24:15 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Edited on 06/17/2015 6:04:35 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

I offer another chronicle, a 14-hour tour of the skeleton I once knew as California.

An acquaintance had also emailed and reminded me that not far away there was a mound of used drip hose on the roadside. That mess proved to be quite large, maybe 1,000 feet of corroded and ripped up plastic hose. I suppose no scavenger thinks it can be recycled. I promise to haul it away this week. One must be prompt: even a small pile attracts dumpers like honey to bees. They are an ingenious and industrious lot (sort of like the cunning and work ethic of those who planted IEDs during the Iraq War). My cousin

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; drought; economy; governormoonbeam; illegalaliens; jerrybrown; moonbeam; randnesty; water
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1 posted on 06/17/2015 4:24:15 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I am always pleased to see VDH’s eloquence.


2 posted on 06/17/2015 4:30:02 AM PDT by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Great article by VDH. Thanks for posting.


3 posted on 06/17/2015 4:39:32 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

As you go softly into the night, I wish you well. Don’t wait too long to face reality, it’s not going to get better. Selling out to the almond growers may be your last chance to benefit from your inheritance. Maybe you could buy the whole thing back when everything crashes.


4 posted on 06/17/2015 4:41:59 AM PDT by Cowgirl
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

—— diabetes is alarming among the population at large-——

Diabetes is a population governor, a damper to self regulate population growth

between diabetes and drought, there might just be a chance for survival of prequake california


5 posted on 06/17/2015 4:55:01 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I got out of there 25 years ago. Haven’t been back in two. Plan to never go back again.


6 posted on 06/17/2015 4:56:27 AM PDT by x1stcav (Why does Eleanor Clift always look like her private parts are causing her acute pain?)
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To: bert

Everyone here with diabetes thanks you for your kind thoughts, I’m sure.


7 posted on 06/17/2015 5:01:27 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Tweeted to my govt reps.


8 posted on 06/17/2015 5:17:30 AM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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"half the mail seems to be drought information from various agencies."

I bet the other half is from democrat fundraisers.

9 posted on 06/17/2015 5:17:33 AM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I am diabetic and report observed reality

knowing you are diabetic type ii is half way to winning


10 posted on 06/17/2015 5:28:27 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mexico is probably giving a hard look at California and reviewing whether it really wants to proceed with “reconquista” anytime soon. It’d be taking in quite a mess.


11 posted on 06/17/2015 5:35:13 AM PDT by ScottinVA (The election of Obama was a hate crime.)
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This is the area where I grew up. My dad grew grapes and peaches. I'm so glad he doesn't have to see what's become of the land he worked so hard over.

Get rid of the illegals and quit worrying about the Delta Smelt. That would solve a lot of CA's problems.

12 posted on 06/17/2015 5:48:08 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (<------- has now left CA for NV, where God and guns have not been outlawed! Cruise with Cruz!)
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I grew up in Chino. Ever heard of it?


13 posted on 06/17/2015 6:13:29 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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I recognize this scenario as a snapshot of what America will come to be. It’s the Liberal, Communist/Marxist dream and transformation that Obama promised. He is accomplishing the groundwork and implementation of it at astonishing speed.
Goodnight America.


14 posted on 06/17/2015 6:18:22 AM PDT by Aleya2Fairlie
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I grew up in Chino. Ever heard of it?

Yep.

15 posted on 06/17/2015 6:27:30 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (<------- has now left CA for NV, where God and guns have not been outlawed! Cruise with Cruz!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I had a thought I wanted to bounce off you guys.

If CA cities are forced to cut water consumption drastically - say 50% or more, wont the sewer systems start to have backup problems because of a lack of adequate water flow to flush out the system?


16 posted on 06/17/2015 6:41:46 AM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: Aleya2Fairlie

Yep, if you measure him against what his real intended purpose is rather than the imaginary agenda people want to measure him against he may just be THE MOST EFFECTIVE AMERICAN PRESIDENT EVER! Measured against what the poor deluded fools who voted for him thought he was going to do he is a TOTAL ZERO! What is really pathetic is that there are still people so disconnected from reality that they think he has actually fixed our health care system. That is equivalent to rolling a new car off a hundred foot cliff and saying when it hits the bottom, “Alllllriiiiight”, that will take care of that flaw in the paint job.”

Someone already said it but I will repeat, we might have been able to recover from one term of Obama, there is some slight chance that we might have been able to recover from two terms of Obama but we will NOT RECOVER from having an electorate stupid enough to elect him.


17 posted on 06/17/2015 6:46:09 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Racism is racism, regardless of the race of the racist.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Kalifornia Dreaming, The great state is now in decline because of its great leadership. Libtard after Libtard destroying the state. When they are done there they will head East to Texas and other States that are more productive so they can sink their political fangs into them and poison them.


18 posted on 06/17/2015 7:02:19 AM PDT by Busko (The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So depressing. So true. California is on the forefront of collapse. Most of the rest of the states will hold out much longer. California is racing toward it.


19 posted on 06/17/2015 7:07:32 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Lord God help us.)
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