I meant nothing personal against you, or other good people out there. Even though you are in the political minority, I DO realize there are good people in your state fighting the good fight. Hell, you are literally on the front lines of the battle for our nation when it comes to politics. To answer your first question, I wouldn't hesitate to bash my state if it were as screwed up as CA. I'm sure you and many others have done your part to prevent what has happened by voting and trying to convince others to do the right thing, but you were overrun by liberals and Mexico.
Fair enough, I guess your lucky GoldstateGOP didn't get a hold of your post. ;-) He's really tough on CA bashers.
Cheers!
SZ