Posted on 06/13/2022 4:51:34 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Edited on 06/13/2022 6:40:04 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Commie Californians = locusts.
La Jolla
The most beautiful place I ever lived.
Massive corruption has always been the dirty little secret of American politics.
Here is an old story.
My grandfather wanted me to get into the family construction business when I was a teenager (many decades ago).
I drove him around all one summer while he tried to recruit me and also teach me about all aspects of the business—we visited suppliers, jobs in progress, manufacturing sites, business partners etc etc etc.
Then it was late in August and I would have to go back to school shortly—when we made that “special” trip.
We drove way out into the countryside to a hot dog stand for lunch. We were the only ones there. The owner was the sole employee—and he hugged grandpa—it was obvious they were old friends.
As we ate our hotdogs my grandfather explained to me that the “facts of life”.
The largest customer was the state of Connecticut. They required sealed bids. If the lowest bid won the business would lose most bids and would go broke building the jobs they did win.
So—grandpa cheated.
He met state politicians at the hotdog stand whenever a major state contract was in play. He handed those politicians suitcases of cash. They made sure that the jobs were awarded to my grandfather.
This went on for decades.
Nobody ever got caught.
The local media never found out about it.
All the key players are long dead.
(I wanted nothing to with this “business” btw.)
P.S. I know the story sounds crazy. I found it hard to believe at the time. What convinced me was when I got the owner alone and asked him point blank “do governors really come way out there to eat lunch”. He said “yup—along with state senators and reps and commissioners. Everybody enjoys themselves here.”
Yes, I'm from California.
Yes, I brought my politics with me.
---BUT!---
I left that state to the left of us BECAUSE MY POLITICS ARE NOT THEIR POLITICS!!!
California is probably the number one state for vote fraud.
Seriously doubt Newsolini, or the rest of them, have been legitimately elected.
I have a feeling, if we knew the truth about politics at the state AND national level, we’d long for the days where political corruption was just about the occasional suitcase full of cash. I suspect it is much more base & immoral than that now.
It’s one aspect of CA that often escapes Freepers who don’t live here.
Unimaginable wealth.
Filthy rich.
More than a million millionaires. Thousands of billionaires.
And 10 million dirt poor illegals.
CA has more registered Republicans than any other state.
The “4”(verse 49) dropped off...sorry.
Rat nobility doesn't give a crap about political ideology, except as the means to power. The good of the country and its people, in the long run, is submerged under the weight of Rat leadership's lust for wealth and power.
And still out numbered by DEMOCRATS
I’m in CA—I agree CA is a paradise for the very wealthy (except in the Fall, now, when the sky is choked with smoke for months which even the wealthy can’t escape other than by leaving the West for a while, like East Coast snowbirds do to FL).
But actually it’s a paradise for lower-middle class (but not poor) Latinos too. I know many, who aren’t particularly wealthy, and yet they know how to live. They enjoy the beaches, the lakes, snow play in the mountains, family outdoor events.
The silver lining of living in CA is being able to enjoy the following, which all can be done affordably actually: Lake Tahoe, Napa wine tasting (share a tasting, go north in the valley), hiking in Yosemite, camping, beaches in SLO, Carmel (hotels outside the town are cheaper), national and state parks, touring San Diego. There really is a lot of beauty in CA.
Californians are about to reelect Gavin Newsom so they have not learned their lesson. They are lost.
He pulled in 2/3 of the vote in the Recall and recent Open Primary.
I live here and I don't get it. Even the libs I know are tired of him.
It seems WEF will make Cali one of its paradises for czars and Kings, tyrants and Queens. The illegals (slaves) brought in will keep things running.
Elections are won by WHO counts the votes.
I don’t think the 10 million dirt poor illegals are as dirt poor as you/we think. They are illegals here for a reason—dirt poor in CA is still unimaginably rich by third world standards. . .
I read that there is just very low turnout for both the recall and the primary—like 14%? Most people just don’t care about politics and don’t vote.
“If they canâÂÂt get out from under rigged elections, it does not bode well.”
Democrats cheat in California the most because it is the best Republican state and they could not stand California having brought forth Nixon and Reagan
Oh so you believe that Democrats don’t cheat at elections huh? You believe that California just magically went Republican to Democrat for no reason whatsoever? Well then I guess you also believe that Biden won 2020, right?
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