Posted on 12/05/2016 9:16:09 AM PST by upchuck
...This election day, California voters tightened gun control, extended taxes on the rich, hiked cigarette taxes, legalized marijuana, boosted multilingual education — and of course provided Hillary Clinton with all of her winning margin of 2 million popular votes, and then some, in her losing campaign for president...
Secession talk is more valuable as a pointer to all the ways that California and federal policies are likely to come into conflict during the next few years than as a formula for practical politics.
California has been among the national leaders in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and as recently as September strengthened its policies with a law mandating the reduction of climatologically harmful emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. Its auto emission rules traditionally have set a benchmark for the auto industry and federal regulators.
During his campaign, Trump dismissed climate change as a Chinese hoax and pledged to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which already has been ratified by 113 of the 197 signatory countries. The U.S. ratified the agreement by presidential order on Sept. 3.
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Jan 20, 2016 draws neigh, thank the Lord.
Secede — or repent.
Only if JimRob is made dictator of Cardboard California:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG-9Z58a1tI
Yeah that’s the sort of brave talk the Quebec Separatists were putting out there in 1976. Did not last long after they crunched the numbers.
The UNITED STATES needs its western border. Get real.
Is there some way we can kick them out?
Amazing stupidity even by LA Times standards.
Man, we didn't just stick a butter knife into the electrical outlet, we stuck the whole damn utensil drawer into it.
How many zeros will be on the smallest California peso?
Nope— Our land. Illegal Aliens should be deported forthwith. Liberals should be reeducated at reeducation centers until they repent or property rights should terminated.
Actually it would be better if once cities got large enough they would just become their own countries like monaco or leitchenstein or whatever.
It would clear the progressive dead wood from our country if New York, and LA become their own countries and had to negotiate a trade deal with the heart land to keep their citizens fed, hehe heh
THey should secede and show the rest of us how it’s done.
The U.S. ratified the agreement by presidential order on Sept. 3.
NO SUCH THING HAPPENED AS THEY SAY
The LA Times really is stuck on Stupid and they assume everyone is an idiot like them. The President CAN NOT RATIFY A TREATY, It Requires a vote of at least 60 in the SENATE. They Know this, WHY ARE THEY LYING??
More FAKE NEWS!
Nope because then they’ll declare themselves a Third World country and demand aid and military protection from US taxpayers.
They could also relocate to a nation that has already implemented the form of government they prefer, like Cuba, for example.
Then I can't wait for Trump to "ratify" mandatory reciprocity of LTC licenses across the country.
Get out!! Pull the Plug! Let them dry up and die on their own stupidity!!!!
Get out!! Pull the Plug! Let them dry up and die on their own stupidity!!!!
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