[Nea Wood]

Decades ago many people like me in the southwest warned others in distant states what was coming their way. Few listened or paid any attention.

I'm in California. I remember warning Freepers in other states, only to be told, "Serves you fruits and nuts in California right. Won't happen here in my state. We have guns here." (What, they were planning to shoot illegals on the streets?) Or, "That's your problem; what do you want us to do about it?" Nobody cared when it was just California. But as California goes, so goes the nation, as millions are now finding out.

[dragnet2]

I recall all that well. Many thought it was somehow cute or funny it was mostly isolated to the southwest back then. Then the same thing was showing up in their own backyards from coast to coast. Then after about 15 years, through and after the Bush years, all that laughter went silent...