Oh, but the beach is so far away from Arizona.
Lived in CA in the 80's - helped vote out Rose Bird as state supreme court chief justice.
Have not been back (except for visits) since. I am beginning to think the only way to fix it is martial law.
A salute from a 40 year CA resident who is now is Oregon.
Still here and no plans to leave yet. Understand the frustration in the article though. Happy Monday all!
——then a few things fell into place quite unexpectedly -—
Serendipity rules
At some point we will have to acknowledge that Mexico has taken California back.
Before they take the whole country.
Highest taxes. Highest utility rates. Highest cost of living. Corrupt politics. And yes, hard hard left in most of the major cities - moderates have almost zero representation in decisions and are routinely belittled . Used to be very nice place in fifties but destroyed and getting even. worse. Shame! ( Californians who can are leaving. Communist China mostly and other mostly Asian countries are buying the place up )
with any luck, we will be getting an upgrade from Jeff Flake soon.
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The Bush League Republicans who run the AZGOP have already picked McSallycain as the next Amnesty Senator.
Many years ago, I had the fine priviledge to work in the power industry in CA during the Gray Slave-us governorship.
I found it to be a very beautiful place to visit, but the politics really sucked bad even way back then...and that’s putting it mildly.
A fellow Texan and I were turned off by it so bad, we thought about sneaking out under the cover of darkness to the Lone Cyprus at Pebble Beach, cutting the damn thing down and putting up a pole in its place with a nice, big ole Lone Star flag on it. Fortunately, we were too inebriated at the time to actually pull it off. I guess that would have been considered “domestic terrrorism” and we’d probably still be in jail.
Now, I’m retired, but there still ain’t enough wild horses in all of Texas to ever get me to go back. Sad...such a beautiful place yet so full of kooks.
The communists will never leave. It is their stronghold. Their Cuba.
What’s happened to CA makes me terribly sad. I have never been to the state, but I know the left have ruined a perfectly good place.
And the rest of the country will suffer for their insanity. It’s like having a dysfunctional relative. Like it or not, the rest of the family is going to get sucked into their drama and mess.
My state of Colorado is changing and growing rapidly. The mess that is CA is part of the reason...I have no doubt.
-PJ
This is interesting. I, too, am throwing in the towel and intending to bring my conservative status to the southland. I’ve had it with NY and NJ - one of which I’ve loved my whole life. But I have no representation and NYC is going over the edge now.
But I'm afraid California is gone. The far far left is now kicking out the far left. I don't see any change in direction until there is a massive reckoning. Read anything by Victor Davis Hanson to get some real and frightening information on the state of the state.
Just leaving it to the leftist propagandists and their useful idiots.
This is how civilization dies.
All this adds cost to the stuff that WE who don't live in California are stuck with. Whenever I open a string of Christmas lights and see the five labels on them I think "damned California, now I have to cut these all off and try not to nick the insulation."
Like it or not, what they do affects us. And since they simply ignore federal laws they don't like, it's not really a two way street.
Such a refreshing article that does not play into the California is turning us leftist crap. The ones that are leaving California are the Conservatives, the stary eyed imports that are pouring in to Hollywood are all leftists, but the real immigration is welfare cheats from Mexico.
California is a disaster just Like Detroit and Chichago. The only difference is the God hating leftists took out a whole state this time not just a prosperous city. The Progressives may hate God, but they sure know nice places to live. Every time you build up a place with good Conservative values they come in like a blood sucking cloud of mosquitoes. If the climate is great, or the place has a real culture of its own, it will be swarmed, dissected and eaten alive.
Nothing a Progressive likes more than turning someones success story into a meal ticket.
Honestly, if they come from California, the odds are they are more conservative than you are at their core. Just shell shocked and weary no doubt. Takes a while to adjust to a new culture, even from a bad one.
Kansas is flat and boring. Only one county voted for The Cankle and its clean across the state from me. Metro areas (all 3 or 4 of them) are still conservative except Lawrence, Topeka and the ever exploding KC. You would probly find a breath of fresher air in Wichita (relatively speaking) than anyplace in Cali, but I prefer the elbow room of Western Kansas. If you dont see the signs you cant tell you are in Colorado till you get closer to I-25.
Alls I do all day is re-load ammo, shoot some and clean my guns. ‘Cept today , the wind is topping 50mph before noon. (so I am stuck here with my other addiction.)
This is in store for all of America when the illegal aliens start voting everywhere.