Chovexani
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Sep-27-07 05:41 AM
Response to Reply #68 |
| 115. OH NOES you are a white person on a planet that is mostly brown. |
| -Time to pull up stakes and secede: Republic of California |
Taverner |
Sep-26-07 12:53 PM |
#0 |
 -
we'll have to do an Ahhhrnold coup first |
musette_sf |
Sep-26-07 12:55 PM |
#1 |
 -
By the time it takes us to get a movement, he'll be out of office |
Taverner |
Sep-26-07 12:56 PM |
#4 |
 -
Arnold would probably enjoy being President of California very much. |
hunter |
Sep-26-07 03:08 PM |
#58 |
| -
ROC -- that's pretty cool |
Winebrat |
Sep-26-07 12:56 PM |
#2 |
| -
Cool |
Marrah_G |
Sep-26-07 12:56 PM |
#3 |
| -
Didn't Vermont or New Hampshire used to be its own nation too? |
Taverner |
Sep-26-07 12:56 PM |
#5 |
| -
Texas still maintains the right to secede. |
TomInTib |
Sep-26-07 01:40 PM |
#20 |
| -
Not really... |
LanternWaste |
Sep-26-07 03:25 PM |
#65 |
| -
Tom, my family was too - I am a 7th generation Texan and on top |
jhrobbins |
Sep-26-07 04:38 PM |
#72 |
| -
There's some bragging rights. But the first guy doesn't stand a chance. |
TomInTib |
Sep-26-07 04:46 PM |
#73 |
| -
Vermont n/t |
Marrah_G |
Sep-26-07 02:19 PM |
#46 |
| -
Vermont -- interesting! |
eppur_se_muova |
Sep-26-07 02:35 PM |
#52 |
| -
Vermont. |
Tesha |
Sep-26-07 03:07 PM |
#57 |
| -
Perfect n/t |
goodgd_yall |
Sep-26-07 01:54 PM |
#29 |
| -
Oh, Please do not forsake me and doom me to Jesusland! |
Whoa_Nelly |
Sep-26-07 12:58 PM |
#6 |
| -
Congress won't listen. Bush and Cheney aren't going to be impeached. |
Taverner |
Sep-26-07 12:59 PM |
#8 |
| -
Where will you get your food and water if you leave out the valley and mountains? |
XemaSab |
Sep-26-07 12:58 PM |
#7 |
| -
Oh we get the mountains :) |
Taverner |
Sep-26-07 01:00 PM |
#9 |
| -
Hey. You are leaving Placer County in Jesusland. That is NOT fair. |
tandot |
Sep-26-07 01:32 PM |
#12 |
| -
Did I leave Placer County out? |
Taverner |
Sep-26-07 01:32 PM |
#13 |
| -
The part of Placer County I am living in (Rocklin) is not too Hippie |
tandot |
Sep-26-07 02:41 PM |
#53 |
| -
Placerville is in El Dorado County |
pfitz59 |
Sep-26-07 10:26 PM |
#107 |
| -
Sorry, California sucks |
PDenton |
Sep-26-07 01:38 PM |
#17 |
| -
"Too many people now days don't speak English there " |
Taverner |
Sep-26-07 01:46 PM |
#24 |
| -
Those kind usually move to Idaho. |
goodgd_yall |
Sep-26-07 01:53 PM |
#28 |
| -
Yep, either Sandpoint or Cour d'Laine |
Taverner |
Sep-26-07 02:02 PM |
#36 |
| -
I'm not a neo-nazi |
PDenton |
Sep-26-07 04:07 PM |
#68 |
| -
I grew up in California - so change is what I'm comfortable with |
Taverner |
Sep-26-07 05:34 PM |
#75 |
| -
believe it or not |
PDenton |
Sep-26-07 05:55 PM |
#82 |
| -
I think it's a good experience to have |
goodgd_yall |
Sep-26-07 06:10 PM |
#87 |
| -
They are American - think of how people felt when Italians came |
adigal |
Sep-26-07 08:05 PM |
#102 |
| -
At least the Irish spoke English |
PDenton |
Sep-27-07 05:34 AM |
#113 |
| -
OH NOES you are a white person on a planet that is mostly brown. |
Chovexani |
Sep-27-07 05:41 AM |
#115 |
| -
I used to live in the Sandpoint area. The neo-Nazis confined themselves |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 07:08 PM |
#95 |
| -
Spanish speaking California is my home. |
hunter |
Sep-26-07 03:21 PM |
#64 |
| -
that's fair enough, people have different likes |
PDenton |
Sep-26-07 04:02 PM |
#67 |
| -
I have a friend who moved to California in the 50s |
goodgd_yall |
Sep-26-07 06:17 PM |
#89 |
| -
California looks great, but I don't think it is sustainable |
PDenton |
Sep-27-07 06:44 AM |
#116 |
| -
Then you must have had blinders on. I lived in San Bernardino |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 07:10 PM |
#97 |
| -
I was less than 2 years old |
PDenton |
Sep-27-07 05:37 AM |
#114 |
| -
Excuse me but there is far more third world poverty in parts of |
Cleita |
Sep-27-07 10:55 AM |
#118 |
| -
So you'd give up |
XemaSab |
Sep-26-07 02:49 PM |
#55 |
| -
Good luck with that. |
Xithras |
Sep-26-07 05:39 PM |
#77 |
| -
We already moved from Oklahoma to sunny California in 2004 and love it |
tandot |
Sep-26-07 01:30 PM |
#10 |
| -
I loved calif too for a few years |
blues90 |
Sep-26-07 03:49 PM |
#66 |
| -
now wait just a minute, there are too seasons in CA! |
kineneb |
Sep-26-07 05:49 PM |
#79 |
| -
Not having rain for a about half a year is something I had to get used to |
tandot |
Sep-26-07 06:05 PM |
#84 |
| -
Hope you guys have room cause I'm comin' west if you split off!! |
sinkingfeeling |
Sep-26-07 01:31 PM |
#11 |
| -
If California secedes, we take the sixth largest economy in the |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 01:35 PM |
#14 |
| -
As an ex-Californian, now in Washington, I'd be tempted to move back. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Sep-26-07 01:38 PM |
#18 |
| -
We once talked about the nation of Pacifica, Washington, |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 01:42 PM |
#21 |
| -
I'd certainly be for it. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Sep-26-07 01:44 PM |
#22 |
| -
We would have all the pacific coast ports. That would be important. |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 01:49 PM |
#25 |
| -
I actually believe that something like that will happen. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Sep-26-07 01:56 PM |
#34 |
| -
The Republic of Cascadia |
Raster |
Sep-26-07 02:14 PM |
#43 |
| -
Why not California? |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 02:23 PM |
#49 |
| -
OK, deal. The Republic of Pacifica. California, Oregon and Washington. |
Raster |
Sep-26-07 02:48 PM |
#54 |
| -
See Ernest Callenbach's novel "Ecotopia" for details... |
Tesha |
Sep-26-07 03:10 PM |
#59 |
| -
Please leave Oregon and Washington out |
depakid |
Sep-26-07 03:21 PM |
#63 |
| -
The Republic of Cascadia |
Raster |
Sep-26-07 04:34 PM |
#71 |
| -
And part of California: |
Progs Rock |
Sep-26-07 10:43 PM |
#111 |
| -
There's a neighborhood in San Diego that nobody wants |
slackmaster |
Sep-26-07 01:36 PM |
#15 |
| -
I wish we could... |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Sep-26-07 01:36 PM |
#16 |
| -
The South isn't California. |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 01:56 PM |
#32 |
| -
financially we would come out ahead |
kineneb |
Sep-26-07 05:54 PM |
#80 |
| -
This is why they would fight us to keep us. |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 07:02 PM |
#92 |
| -
That succession thing always works out so well anyway. |
Lex |
Sep-26-07 01:40 PM |
#19 |
| -
Get serious. That whole recall thing was an egregious misuse |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 01:46 PM |
#23 |
| -
er.. don't you mean Secession? |
SoCalDem |
Sep-26-07 03:14 PM |
#61 |
| -
been tried before rember the State of Jefferson |
mulsh |
Sep-26-07 01:51 PM |
#26 |
| -
Northern California rural people have been wanting to break |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 02:18 PM |
#45 |
| -
Sounds good to me. |
goodgd_yall |
Sep-26-07 01:51 PM |
#27 |
| -
So Cal would cease to exist without water from the Colorado. |
rinsd |
Sep-26-07 01:54 PM |
#30 |
| -
Yeah. Nevada and Arizona could just turn off the tap |
rockymountaindem |
Sep-26-07 01:56 PM |
#33 |
| -
That is a problem, but not insurmountable. There is technology |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 02:00 PM |
#35 |
| -
Desalination costs money & the pop. is just far too large to come up w/ an alternative water source |
rinsd |
Sep-26-07 02:04 PM |
#37 |
| -
It does today, but necessity has always been the mother of |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 02:08 PM |
#40 |
| -
Yeah but then you would be talking about a mass die off in the meantime. |
rinsd |
Sep-26-07 02:14 PM |
#44 |
| -
Nah! People would just move. We still have roads. |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 02:21 PM |
#47 |
| -
Good luck maintaining those roads without federal transportation money. |
cherokeeprogressive |
Sep-26-07 05:44 PM |
#78 |
| -
California belonged to Spain |
kineneb |
Sep-26-07 06:08 PM |
#85 |
| -
A treaty with Mexico isn't going to mean much to the Chinese who already have a deep water port here |
cherokeeprogressive |
Sep-26-07 06:43 PM |
#91 |
| -
Since we would be keeping our tax revenue I don't think |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 07:06 PM |
#94 |
| -
Not to mention the water from Northern CA in the Owens Valley |
tyedyeto |
Sep-26-07 10:38 PM |
#109 |
| -
It's coming but not for the resaons you are thinking |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-26-07 01:55 PM |
#31 |
| -
Good point. |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 02:07 PM |
#39 |
| -
Thsi country will not break up into a loose federation |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-26-07 04:29 PM |
#70 |
| -
Here in Baja Canada... |
warren pease |
Sep-26-07 05:38 PM |
#76 |
| -
You no longer do, if that makes you feel better |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-26-07 06:11 PM |
#88 |
| -
Too bad you feel that way. I'm far more optimistic. |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 07:19 PM |
#99 |
| -
The Supreme Court has ruled that Constitution did not permit states to secede |
Freddie Stubbs |
Sep-26-07 02:06 PM |
#38 |
| -
A geographical area that wants to declare itself a new nation |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 02:11 PM |
#42 |
| -
The Supreme Court also said to stop the vote count |
adigal |
Sep-26-07 08:09 PM |
#103 |
| -
That would be better than my idea, to blow up the bridges |
sfexpat2000 |
Sep-26-07 02:09 PM |
#41 |
| -
I'm not opposed to California secession but why don't all of us who support Kucinich |
truedelphi |
Sep-26-07 02:23 PM |
#48 |
| -
But everything in HI costs tons of $$$$ |
Taverner |
Sep-26-07 03:19 PM |
#62 |
| -
Cool, I want to be governor of Humboldt. |
american_typeculture |
Sep-26-07 02:24 PM |
#50 |
| -
That was my sentiment when I picked my handle when I joined DU! |
calipendence |
Sep-26-07 02:24 PM |
#51 |
| -
We can't do a hill of beans until we dethrone Arnold, however, |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 02:58 PM |
#56 |
| -
That is how the Civil War started. |
ieoeja |
Sep-26-07 04:22 PM |
#69 |
| -
I think anyone who entertains this idea seriously knows that |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 05:58 PM |
#83 |
| -
Um...the army appears to be otherwise engaged |
adigal |
Sep-26-07 08:11 PM |
#104 |
| -
CalOrExico |
SoCalDem |
Sep-26-07 03:13 PM |
#60 |
| -
i like Mexifornia! |
xchrom |
Sep-26-07 05:22 PM |
#74 |
| -
We did this a fewl years back at the DU: California, Oregon & Washingon pull out & become Pacifica |
David Zephyr |
Sep-26-07 05:55 PM |
#81 |
| -
Hey, please include Oregon and Washington. The Left Coast Republic. |
Oregonian |
Sep-26-07 06:09 PM |
#86 |
| -
That would be a good name n/t |
goodgd_yall |
Sep-26-07 06:19 PM |
#90 |
| -
Yes! Ecotopia reborn!! |
Jade Fox |
Sep-26-07 07:55 PM |
#100 |
| -
I can see more states seceding |
lovuian |
Sep-26-07 07:03 PM |
#93 |
| -
I'm in! |
Juniperx |
Sep-26-07 07:08 PM |
#96 |
| -
You are, of course, wasting your time. |
Bucky |
Sep-26-07 07:14 PM |
#98 |
| -
Please - take New York, too. And the rest of the |
adigal |
Sep-26-07 08:03 PM |
#101 |
| -
Maybe the whole country should secede from |
Cleita |
Sep-26-07 10:03 PM |
#105 |
| -
New York will form its own republic... |
FreepFryer |
Sep-26-07 10:25 PM |
#106 |
| -
Ecotopia! |
pfitz59 |
Sep-26-07 10:34 PM |
#108 |
| -
More links |
pfitz59 |
Sep-26-07 10:47 PM |
#112 |
| -
It was tried 25 or so years ago and failed |
tyedyeto |
Sep-26-07 10:41 PM |
#110 |
| -
If California were to secede I would move there in a heartbeat. n/t |
Sentinel Chicken |
Sep-27-07 06:49 AM |
#117 |
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread
