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2022-07-03 -Great Cultural Revolution
On this 4th of July holiday weekend, let us ponder California leaving the United States
Go for it, guys. But don’t forget to take your share of the national debt, and give up all the federal monies you’ve been getting for people and projects. No doubt there will be a few other documents to sign, too, on your way out the door.
[Fresno Bee] To encourage us to think about the unthinkable, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists sets a Doomsday Clock, showing how close humanity is (in metaphorical seconds) to the "midnight" of apocalypse. California now needs an Independence Clock, showing how close we are to that seemingly unthinkable moment when our state might seek to depart the United States, and become an independent nation.

That prospect has drawn closer courtesy of the U.S. Supreme Court. First, justices overturned a century of legal precedent that had allowed California communities to limit public gun possession — endangering laws that have saved lives.

Then, the court reversed Roe v. Wade and eliminated the federal constitutional right to abortion — a right enshrined in our state Constitution and supported by majorities of Californians of every political party, region and demographic group. These decisions were like earthquakes — unsettling but unsurprising. They were enacted by a far-right court majority that exists because America’s anti-democratic Constitution gives less representation and less voting power to Californians, both in choosing a president (who nominates justices) and in electing a Senate (which confirms them).

The two decisions follow a fusillade of federal failings that have harmed Californians. These include a pandemic response that cost nearly 100,000 Californian lives; a generation-long "war on terror" that killed more soldiers from California than from any other state; attacks on our efforts to end the drug war and police abuses; attempts to cancel our environmental laws; denial and delay of disaster aid; accusations that our elections are fraudulent; and the violation of the rights of our immigrants and their families. To cope, California has had to behave more like a separate nation than a state. We have adopted our own immigration policy, signed our own environmental treaties with other countries, funded our own research on subjects from guns to stem cells, and successfully pressured corporations to privilege our state regulations over national ones.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top

#1 I looked at their state website a couple of years ago and California had a state "Depart of" you name it for every possible thing you could imagine. Each "Department" requires money (taxes) to staff and function to push that departments state regulations on anything that moved across the ground. I had never seen so many state departments until I went to the California state government website.
Posted by Black Charlie Slairt1430 2022-07-03 00:39||   2022-07-03 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 As long as there's an Electoral College - this will never happen. With 55 Electoral votes (20% of 270), the Donks will never let California go and risk their game day advantage.
Posted by Bangkok Billy 2022-07-03 00:47||   2022-07-03 00:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Please Please Please Please!
Posted by Secret Master  2022-07-03 00:50||   2022-07-03 00:50|| Front Page Top

#4 The new constitution would be written in Spanish
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2022-07-03 01:00||   2022-07-03 01:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Remember a few weeks ago when considering secession was sedition and treason? Now it's good because California wants it.
Posted by Albemarle Snerert7268 2022-07-03 01:02||   2022-07-03 01:02|| Front Page Top

#6 The new constitution would be written in Spanish

And be 2,405 pages long in order to enshrine the rights of all 12,349 genders.
Posted by CrazyFool 2022-07-03 01:22||   2022-07-03 01:22|| Front Page Top

#7 

Secession, ummmmm ! I seem to remember some other "Democrat" run states pulling that stunt, Because DC became over powering in constant new demands and state related issues. But the north needed the food, goods and Tax Revenues.

So who wants to be the next General Sherman and march through SF and LA? Because according to CALIF Gun Laws and the abundance of liberals, there won't be much of a fight.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-07-03 06:21||   2022-07-03 06:21|| Front Page Top

#8 What can I do to help?
Posted by BrerRabbit 2022-07-03 07:15||   2022-07-03 07:15|| Front Page Top

#9 But the north needed the food, goods and Tax Revenues

Apparently not. The South was destroyed economically by 1865 and would not recover till WW2. Somehow America grew through out the 19th and the early 20th Century without all of that.

Here's a better deal. Renegotiate the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo with Mexico. Return the coastal land from above San Diego and its I-10 corridor to just north of San Francisco to include the Bay. Since its a treaty modification, it will only require the approval of 2/3rd of the Senate.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-07-03 07:24||   2022-07-03 07:24|| Front Page Top

#10 A good part of the Civil War starting was money. Why else would Lincoln say, when a cabinet member sais why don't we just let the south go, "My god, man, who would pay our tariffs?' 80% of the federal coffers were funded by the tariffs the south paid.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2022-07-03 07:45||   2022-07-03 07:45|| Front Page Top

#11 ..hard to collect any taxes when the US Navy blockaded the place for years.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-07-03 08:03||   2022-07-03 08:03|| Front Page Top

#12 Sure, we let them go. Give them about 6 weeks to fully collapse and for all the few remaining humans to leave, then declare war, wipe it clean and settle it with actual humans.
Posted by Silentbrick 2022-07-03 08:27||   2022-07-03 08:27|| Front Page Top

#13 How many harbors are on the West Coast of the US? Vancouver/Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles/San Diego. Secession ain't going to happen.

Escape From LA is possible though...
Posted by magpie 2022-07-03 08:53||   2022-07-03 08:53|| Front Page Top

#14  and become an independent nation.

and become a client state of China

FIFY
Posted by Mercutio 2022-07-03 09:25||   2022-07-03 09:25|| Front Page Top

#15 /\ Perhaps that is the plan.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-03 09:47||   2022-07-03 09:47|| Front Page Top

#16 Y'all are really cute. It's an article by the failing Bee (Fresno/Sacramento). It's not happening.
Posted by Frank G 2022-07-03 11:14||   2022-07-03 11:14|| Front Page Top

#17 Не так быстро, приятель! Мы были здесь первыми, и мы вернем наши земли североамериканского наследия, прежде чем вы успеете моргнуть! Тогда как сказал товарищ Хрущев "Мы Вас ПОХОРОНИМ!"
Нэнси, Гэвин и Шифф будут одними из первых, кто отправится в путь!

Not so fast, mate! We were here first and we will reclaim our North American heritage lands before you can blink! Whereas Comrade Khrushchev said, "We will BURY you!"
Nancy, Gavin and Schiff will be among the first to hit the road!
Posted by Speretch Untervehr8805 2022-07-03 11:25||   2022-07-03 11:25|| Front Page Top

#18 ^I'm from San Francisco; and my previous job required me to memorize it's street grid. I volunteer for the General Sherman job for the good of the sacred Union!
Posted by Secret Master  2022-07-03 11:31||   2022-07-03 11:31|| Front Page Top

#19 (Ah, that was cathartic@ Actually, I support California's right to leave if it wants. And there's no need to burn San Francisco. It will manage it on it's own... again.)
Posted by Secret Master  2022-07-03 11:39||   2022-07-03 11:39|| Front Page Top

#20 
Posted by Vinegar Speamble9261 2022-07-03 12:06||   2022-07-03 12:06|| Front Page Top

#21 California leaving the U.S.A. Not Possible The Eagles Told You That Years Ago, Here is a reminder

Posted by Menhadden Chese5226 2022-07-03 12:27||   2022-07-03 12:27|| Front Page Top

#22 "But if California slides into the ocean,
like the mystics and statistics say it will.
I predict this motel will be standing,
until I pay my bill..."

-Warren Zevon

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-03 12:38||   2022-07-03 12:38|| Front Page Top

#23 Makes me want to ponder leaving the USSA myself.
Posted by Dopey Panda7776 2022-07-03 13:36||   2022-07-03 13:36|| Front Page Top

#24 Yeah, because I wanna live under the tyranny of King Dippity Doo, right?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-07-03 15:14||   2022-07-03 15:14|| Front Page Top

#25 Of course you know, this means war.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-07-03 15:14||   2022-07-03 15:14|| Front Page Top

#26 A 50 cents per kilowatt tax for any electricity sent to CA sounds fair
Posted by Airandee 2022-07-03 15:53||   2022-07-03 15:53|| Front Page Top

#27 We ship the entire EPA, DoE, and BLM personnell to CA and replace what agencies we decide to keep with people representative of real America instead of passive-aggressive Econazi pawns of Vladimir Putin.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2022-07-03 16:46||   2022-07-03 16:46|| Front Page Top

#28 Hey, #22 & #26 You guys win the New Rantburg Endorsement > The TWO THUMBS UP citation!
👍👍 Great Music #22
👍👍 Best Suggestion to Solve a Problem #26

And that ain't no Bull >🐂. < SH-T!
Go ahead, buy a vowel and solve puzzle.
Posted by Grampaw Schwarzeneggar8075 2022-07-03 16:47||   2022-07-03 16:47|| Front Page Top

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