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15 Depressing Facts About The State Of California
BusinessInsider ^
| 4/1/10
| Gus Lubin
Posted on 04/06/2010 2:07:39 PM PDT by Kartographer
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The NEW ballad of Jed Clampett
Come and listen to a story 'bout a man named Jed
Poor oil entrepreneur barely kept his family fed Then one day he was working for some food,
And up through the crowd come a bumbling fool (Arnold that is, RINO gold, more taxes please)
Well the first thing you know old Jed's taxes are to much to bear,
Kin folk said Jed move away from there!
Said California is no place for you to be
So they loaded up the truck and they moved from Beverly (gon back to the Hills they are, fishn holes, country and western stars)
Well now it's time to say goodbye to Jed and all his kin
They would like to thank you folks for kindly dropping in
You're all invited back again to their new locality
To have a heaping helping of their hospitality (Redneck Hillbillies, is what the press call 'em now, Clingers of bibles and guns and to Obama no bow! Nice folks Y'all come back now, ya hear?)
To: Kartographer
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:08:51 PM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
( FIRE STUPAK: LindaForCongress.com)
To: Kartographer
The most depressing thing about California is how far it has fallen.
It once represented the pinnacle of what America was meant to be. The liberal fools in their clueless, juvenile insanity have nearly pissed all of that magnificent largesse away.
The plight of the Golden State is nothing less than a national disgrace. That should make us all sad.
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:11:51 PM PDT
by
EyeGuy
To: Kartographer
From the article:
CA spends $859 million per year on imprisoned illegal immigrants.
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:12:16 PM PDT
by
re_nortex
(DP...that's what I like about Texas...)
To: Kartographer
There is a lot more than 15 depressing things about California
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:12:22 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(There is only a "Happily ever after" for you if you're the one writing your own script)
To: re_nortex
That’s a lot of money, but if we send them back (usually to Mexico) they just come back.
Better incarcerated than back over the border doing their crimes.
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:13:09 PM PDT
by
Persevero
(Ask yourself: "What does the Left want me to do?" Then go do the opposite.)
To: Kartographer
Lex Luthor: Bye bye California. Hello new west coast. My west coast...... Costa Del Lex. Luthorville. Marina del Lex. Otisburg - Otisburg?
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:14:05 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(BHO....'The Pretenda from Kenya')
To: Kartographer
Basket case. They earned it fair and square.
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:14:27 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: Kartographer
The most depressing thing about CA?
It really is too big to fail.
Good luck to us all if it goes under.
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:15:49 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
( If someone calls me racist, I reply "you are just saying that because I'm white!")
To: re_nortex
“CA spends $859 million per year on imprisoned illegal immigrants.”
You do realize that since this IS California, the alternative would be to provide healthcare, clothing, food, housing and an education outside of prison?
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:16:28 PM PDT
by
Spok
(Free Range Republican)
To: re_nortex
>CA spends $859 million per year on imprisoned illegal immigrants.
I could reduce that to a million, max.
Bullets are fairly cheap.
;)
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:17:13 PM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: Spok
“the alternative would be ... “
That’s a `false dilemma’. There are other ways to deal with the salient reason (along with unionized public employees) for California’s fiscal problems than feeding, housing and medicating them, in or out of prison.
At one time, California’s public schools led the nation. Now they are near the bottom of the list. CA has made its own bed.
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:23:55 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(Liberty or death)
To: EyeGuy
The most depressing thing about California is how far it has fallen. It once represented the pinnacle of what America was meant to be. As a native son, I can truly attest to that. In the time that I was raised there, I don't think there was a better place on earth to be a kid.
My wife and I have four kids - all born in California. When our eldest was about nine, we could no longer ignore the handwriting on the wall. We pulled up stakes and headed to Texas, which is very similar to the California of my youth.
Reading articles like this one (and many others) validate my decision to get out.
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:23:57 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Kartographer
15 worst things about CA:
1.Liberals
2.Progressives
3.Eco-Green-Nutcases
4.Illegals.
5. In your face homosexuals.
6. Hollywood pseudo-politicians.
7.Nancy Pelosi.
8.Barbara Boxer.
9. Henry Waxman
10.Maxine Waters.
11,12,13,14,15---repeat your worst 5 of the former 10.
vaudine
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:30:12 PM PDT
by
vaudine
To: EyeGuy
What I cannot fathom is how people can’t see liberalism for the cancer it is..both my parents died of cancer, so I don’t use the word lightly..IT IS FATAL!! It is a fatal disease..When are people going to wake up from this nightmare? It destroys everything in its path. Yes, California USED to be a great state, but abundance breeds laxity, and laxity breeds liberals...before you know it, the cockroaches are even leaving the state for better opportunities elsewhere.
To: Kartographer
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:31:12 PM PDT
by
SoCalPol
(Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
To: Kartographer
4 good things about Cali: In’N Out Trader Joe’s Smart & Final Big 5 Sporting Goods.
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:31:30 PM PDT
by
185JHP
( "The thing thou purposest shall come to pass: And over all thy ways the light shall shine.")
To: Kartographer
Most depressing: EVERY State Legislator running for re-election in 2008 won. Every spending bill won—even though we were already broke.
We’ll see the same results this November.
The California electorate is SICK IN THE HEAD.
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:31:57 PM PDT
by
TruthHound
("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
To: Kartographer
one thing thats not depressing:
the weather. trust me on this.
To: Kartographer
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:33:04 PM PDT
by
SoCalPol
(Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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