[Vaquero]

Lex Luthor: Bye bye California. Hello new west coast. My west coast...... Costa Del Lex. Luthorville. Marina del Lex. Otisburg - “Otisburg”?

[Twotone]

Well, these suggestions are certainly fair. :-)

[mulligan]

Is this a joke or is it serious?

[Jim Robinson]

Send in the Rat Patrol with a giant can of Rat-B-Gone.

[afraidfortherepublic]

I’m not accustomed to reading VDH engaging in satire. This is satire, isn’t it?

[Da Coyote]

Add “The Big One” act.

It’ll grant what remains of CA after the big one to entrepreneurs, with the mandate to rebuild what was once a state folks aspired to.

Those speaking English welcome.

Those speaking libtalk to be shot on sight.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Inspired. It’s worth monitoring this thread just to see the posts of those who take him seriously.

[from occupied ga]

And another

[StormEye]

Fantastic!
California is saved.
True communism has arrived!

[TheZMan]

Most of this I wouldn’t be surprised at.

[VanDeKoik]

13. The Sorry, Mexico, This Was Not Actually Supposed To Be Annexed To The U.S. Act.

[bert]

Absent an earth quake that destroys either LA or Frisco, there is no salvation for California

[JoeFromSidney]

I hadn't looked at the name of the author until one commenter mentioned it. However, I can detect, and appreciate, rich satire when I see it. Go, VDH!

[Navy Patriot]

VDH satire is rare, but the overall point is true, if the San Francisco Bay Area exempt progressive supporting elite was forced to live in the misery they impose on others, the SF Peninsula would disintegrate in a month.

Everything Hanson insinuates is true, I've witnessed it firsthand.

[KC Burke]

great

[hattend]

If we were to pass these laws, California would change overnight.

Into what? A jobless wasteland? Socialist utopia?