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California becomes first state to ban plastic bags
YAHOO NEWS ^ | 30 SEPTEMBER 2014 | Fenit Nirappil

Posted on 09/30/2014 3:49:47 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed the nation's first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery and convenience stores, driven to action by pollution in streets and waterways.

A national coalition of plastic bag manufacturers immediately said it would seek a voter referendum to repeal the law, which is scheduled to take effect in July 2015.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bagban; californiauberalles; dopeydems
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To: Loud Mime

[I love puffing up a paper bag then popping it.]

Beware of putting your lips on that paper bag. It contains Formaldehyde. Where are the eco-experts on this?


21 posted on 09/30/2014 4:09:32 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: Joe Boucher

Ha! I would love to..bring them in to piss them off!
& the welfare slubs get the tree-killing paper bags for free. Insane libs.


22 posted on 09/30/2014 4:11:05 PM PDT by rainee (Her)
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To: Lizavetta

The bags are not banned. You have to pay for them. This is a tax.


23 posted on 09/30/2014 4:11:48 PM PDT by forgotten man
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

California, where plastic bag will have a thriving black market and pot is sold on the street.


24 posted on 09/30/2014 4:11:49 PM PDT by Fzob (Jesus + anything = nothing, Jesus + nothing = everything)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

If I lived there, I’d fill my cart at the grocery store. Tell the checker I don’t have my own bags and don’t want to buy one of theirs. Then when the “bagger” asks me if I need help out to my car I’ll say, “Yes” and let him load everything by hand, piece by piece into my car.


25 posted on 09/30/2014 4:13:02 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Wicker baskets anyone?


26 posted on 09/30/2014 4:14:55 PM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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To: WKTimpco

Staples has them...sadly about 5 cents each:

http://www.staples.com/Avery-Monarch-Thank-You-Plastic-Bags/product_82352

But better than giving 10 cents to Lib-Nazis and their retail cronies. Seems like it would be a great attention getter to hand out these bags in the 2 weeks before the election emblazoned with, “VOTE THE NANNY STATE OUT NOW!”


27 posted on 09/30/2014 4:20:26 PM PDT by CreviceTool (A Good Samaritan with a handgun saved my life...)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Unintended consequences are sure to come...

one of the first? tons more dog poop not picked up.

28 posted on 09/30/2014 4:23:22 PM PDT by shhrubbery! (NIH!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Plastic bags are an effective was to keep food clean and limit the spread of ebola, chicungunya and illegal flu.


29 posted on 09/30/2014 4:27:25 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Califreak

Ditto !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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30 posted on 09/30/2014 4:31:43 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

As a Californian please note that we are in the hands of corrupt politicians placed in office by invaders from South of the border.


31 posted on 09/30/2014 4:34:06 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Yeah, right, ten cents for a paper bag... Until it goes to a dollar, totally unrelated to any economic reality. I hate liberals.


32 posted on 09/30/2014 4:34:25 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Just wait until Jerry and the Brownies discover the problems with toilet paper. What a mess that will be.


33 posted on 09/30/2014 4:34:45 PM PDT by InterceptPoint (Remember Mississippi)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I didn’t see any in Hawaii. I don’t know about a ban there but I didn’t see any.


34 posted on 09/30/2014 4:35:04 PM PDT by BipolarBob (You can't fix stupid but you can vote them out.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

35 posted on 09/30/2014 4:37:30 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: InterceptPoint

“the problems with toilet paper...”

Learn to use the three seashells


36 posted on 09/30/2014 4:37:50 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“Leave the brown for Brown.”

So if I am ever traveling through California (doubtful) and my big dog does his duties, I’ll simply leave it for Brown.

Watch your step down there......


37 posted on 09/30/2014 4:39:34 PM PDT by Gator113 ( Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and Mike Lee speak for me, most everyone else is just noise.)
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To: CreviceTool

Bookmarking bags.


38 posted on 09/30/2014 4:39:46 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (NRA)
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To: kaehurowing

That’s what I was going to post! Well - the Ebola part anyway.


39 posted on 09/30/2014 4:41:34 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: forgotten man
They're banned on the Big Island of Hawaii.

And you can't get paper bags at Target either. Ridiculous.

40 posted on 09/30/2014 4:43:13 PM PDT by what's up
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