EFerrari
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Sun Oct-04-09 11:45 AM
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The crisis is so deep that Professor Kenneth Starr, who has written an acclaimed history of the state, recently declared: "California is on the verge of becoming the first failed state in America."
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| -'Will California become America's first failed state?' (UK Observer, Oct 4) |
Jackeens |
Oct-03-09 07:16 PM |
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Unless Arizona beats them to it. |
Catshrink |
Oct-03-09 07:19 PM |
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These are the consequences of electing Greedy Oily Pigs |
47of74 |
Oct-03-09 07:20 PM |
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No, this is the consequence of allowing Dick Cheney |
EFerrari |
Oct-04-09 11:25 AM |
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If California collapses, the US economy will also be dragged down with it. |
Selatius |
Oct-03-09 07:20 PM |
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amen. 10% of the US lives in CA. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Oct-04-09 11:16 AM |
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"WILL"? It already IS! |
Odin2005 |
Oct-03-09 07:20 PM |
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One down,forty nine to go? Sad ! |
virgogal |
Oct-03-09 07:21 PM |
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Washington will soon be on it's way if Tim Eyman has anything to say about it. |
Salviati |
Oct-03-09 07:28 PM |
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Eyman's winter heating plan: |
Turbineguy |
Oct-03-09 07:54 PM |
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Take a look at Mississippi or Oklahoma and tell me again who has failed. |
slampoet |
Oct-03-09 07:32 PM |
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What's going on in Oklahoma? |
Liberal_in_LA |
Oct-04-09 11:16 AM |
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Very plausibly but from lemons come lemonaide |
TheKentuckian |
Oct-03-09 07:33 PM |
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They should dig up Howard Jarvis |
izquierdista |
Oct-03-09 07:36 PM |
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They cut their throats with Proposition 13. nt |
Selatius |
Oct-03-09 07:41 PM |
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That happened long ago |
Turbineguy |
Oct-03-09 07:55 PM |
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The only thing wrong with Prop. 13 is the ease with which commercial properties can be transferred |
slackmaster |
Oct-04-09 11:15 AM |
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"Los Angeles now has a poverty rate of 20%" |
Nikki Stone1 |
Oct-03-09 07:42 PM |
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And the roads are bumpy. Can't we afford some repaving? |
Liberal_in_LA |
Oct-04-09 11:17 AM |
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We got the same problem down here |
tjwash |
Oct-04-09 11:24 AM |
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Yeah, SD's roads suck too |
Liberal_in_LA |
Oct-04-09 11:33 AM |
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Obviously not. Nor can we afford new pipes for the water system. |
Nikki Stone1 |
Oct-04-09 05:16 PM |
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If this were about Texas, the thread would have 600 replies and 900 recs. |
texasleo |
Oct-04-09 02:44 AM |
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Might have something to do with that secession stuff? |
NNN0LHI |
Oct-04-09 11:53 AM |
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Give us back the fucking money you stole from California in 2001and we might cut you some slack. |
tjwash |
Oct-04-09 12:07 PM |
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DC was the first failed state, Puerto Rico the second. |
bananas |
Oct-04-09 11:12 AM |
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Bullshit massaged by vultures |
omega minimo |
Oct-04-09 11:19 AM |
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The kind of credibility that accompanies quoting Ken Starr. |
EFerrari |
Oct-04-09 11:23 AM |
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yup -- and Make Way For The Privatizers!!! Ever heard of Repuke Failure LIHOP? Anyone? |
omega minimo |
Oct-04-09 11:25 AM |
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KEVIN Starr |
lolly |
Oct-04-09 11:42 AM |
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. . . |
EFerrari |
Oct-04-09 11:45 AM |
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On the list of failed fucked up states in the U.S., I think California is way down on the list. |
tjwash |
Oct-04-09 11:22 AM |
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You know what we call that around here? |
MindPilot |
Oct-04-09 11:50 AM |
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It looks like the journalist mixed up his attribution or, he did it on purpose. |
EFerrari |
Oct-04-09 12:03 PM |
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whatever his name is, he doesn't now what the fuck he is talking about. |
tjwash |
Oct-04-09 12:17 PM |
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The right wing whackjobs have to knock California. It's just part of their routine. n/t |
EFerrari |
Oct-04-09 12:57 PM |
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