my state has turned into maryland west.
Posted on 04/07/2013 6:48:13 AM PDT by CodeToad
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper is expected to sign into law a bill that would give the U.S. Secret Service "limited" police power while operating in the state of Colorado. The bill, SB 13-013, which has already been passed by both the Colorado House and Senate, has sparked a firestorm of controversy because of fears that the proposed power could be used by Secret Service agents, acting on behalf of the Obama administration, to arrest sheriffs in Colorado who refuse to enforce unconstitutional federal gun controls.
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Damn. That's one helluva long exodus. I ripped my family and business out of there in 2005.
Funny thing is, I wasn't even aware of the conservative exodus out of California until I started getting the idea to relocate myself. One by one, friends of mine had begun selling their homes and packing off to other states, and it puzzled me.
I thought it was ridiculous, until a good buddy planted a for sale sign in his front yard. I asked him why on earth he would leave our home state, and he just looked at me as if to say, "Seriously?" After a few minutes talking about it, he said, "It's all over, bud. Our California is gone."
It was only then that I really pulled the veil off my eyes, and gave the real condition of my home state a good hard look. Once I did that, there was no turning back. We had to go.
To be sure, I wouldn't do the same thing if I had the opportunity today. I've not only gown older and wiser with family responsibilities, but our government has grown more fascistic.
I mean California has lots of farm land and timber land and grazing land and hunting land and you mean to tell me that there isn’t any resistance to this crap?
One more reason for rational people to move to Texas...
Heh, heh, the exodus was somebody else’s. Should have pointed out I live in South Carolina & that 1986 sticker was on a 1970’s station wagon with California tags! I’m certain the car’s owner has not regretted his choice.
Our state does do stupid things like elect Flimsey Grahamnesty, but otherwise it is so full of gun toting rednecks that the local Muslims keep their mouths shut. Liberals are mostly confined to the main U of SC campus. Cars with Obama stickers usually have a Coexist! sticker as well and are driven by bespectacled geeks with goofy teeth.
I’ve passed through California several times but the last time was in 1971 on my way to Vietnam. It’s the northern rural areas I remember best. The mild temps & fantastically blue skies were to die for.
but where do we go now?....our America is gone...
Nah - 2008, maybe.
Today - two in the hat, no questions asked.
Mexico has much less government. That's where the Romney family went in search of more liberty just a few generations ago.
The difference between Mexico and the United States, particularly in the area of government regulation, is not subtle. Within minutes of crossing the Mexican border, you will be welcomed by vendors, entrepreneurs and small businesses on every sidewalk and even in the streets. If you want to open a small business, you can do so tomorrow without any of the crippling red tape that plagues small businesses here in the U.S.
You don’t go to prison for making Secret Service agents laugh.
Not today, not then.
Get over your “I’m so much wiser than you” complex.
“And why wouldn’t the Colorado authorities be enforcing state laws? “
Why must they enforce every law passed? You should read up on “checks and balances” and the history of the United states and the US Constitution. We are not a legislative dictatorship.
I was just speaking in general terms of things people could do in the 70’s they can’t do today because too many people don’t have a sense of humor and are looking for an excuse to cause a stink.
Couple of dumb ass kids with beers isn’t seen as a threat to the Secret Service, Zippo’s private army maybe, but not the Secret Service.
In the late 80s in Lago Vista, TX the international bicycle people were training (they do every year) and I was getting off work at 10p or so and one cat had a blue training uniform
on with CCCP on his back! A real, live Russian!
I was 19 or so and had a drink or two before leaving work and
of course had to try to mess with him. He kept his eyes down
and walked straight ahead, totally ignoring me.
I wonder how their Constitution is worded that giving up its powers to federal agents can be signed and enacted.
I’m not surprised given the time.
With the joint US-USSR space mission everything was being presented from both sides as “a step forward” with both countries, the Russians were being shown a good time when they were here.
The Russians then went on the march under Peanuts Carter, until Reagan put them in their place in the 80’s. Not a good time to be a Russian.
my state has turned into maryland west.
OK. Yinz merely took them out with laughter. I was thinking of something more sinister. My bad and my apologies.
Oh, there's still a chunk of America left to run to...
BTW, thanks for the funny story. Stuff’s so grim lately I can’t remember the last time I laughed :(
I bet those snipers are still telling their side of the story!
1971? California was still a part of America back then. Nowadays? You wouldn't recognize the place. Trust me, it's a foreign country.
I was born in Northern California, and know just what you're talking about. Yeah, the place was blessed with an abundance of natural wonders and beauty, which is why the Commies infested it, and turned it into a Marxist hellhole. Just like they do to all the best places on earth.
“I wonder how their Constitution is worded that giving up its powers to federal agents can be signed and enacted.”
I can’t. This is one of those issues I believe Obama gave to Chickenpooper and intend to use long before a court challenge can overturn it.
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