TrailerParkJawa wrote:
I wonder where most of those folks live? Its got to be the Sierra foothills or the Central Valley.
Right here pal! You don't get much more redneck in California than Bakersfield. And yes, we are in the Central Valley. It's mainly the result of the oil, and ag industy, which tend to make us a lot more akin to Texas than say San Fran. The most liberal minded Bakersfield Democrat would probably be labeled a Right Wing Conservative in San Francisco.
Just a travel advisory to anyone passing though...take off that Kucinich sicker, pump up the Alan Jackson, and keep your incest jokes to yourself .
I have not been to Bakersfield since I was a child. I remember my grandma driving us through some cornfields and there were thousands of butterflies getting smashed on the window.
Anyway, in San Francisco the mayor would be considered a lion of the left in most places and yet some folks treat him like a moderate republican.
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I was referring to population. Believe it or not, I have passing familiarity with the map of North America.
And while we're on the subject of land area, while California isn't nearly as large as Canada, it is the third largest state in the US, more than big enough for distinct regions with their own political flavor, especially since the state is divided rather sharply by its own geography. If frigging New Jersey is large enough to have noticeable regional differences, California cerainly is.
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RedImperator wrote:I was referring to population. Believe it or not, I have passing familiarity with the map of North America.
*grins* I believe you, but the comment was very, very open to that.
And while we're on the subject of land area, while California isn't nearly as large as Canada, it is the third largest state in the US, more than big enough for distinct regions with their own political flavor, especially since the state is divided rather sharply by its own geography. If frigging New Jersey is large enough to have noticeable regional differences, California cerainly is.
Oh, definitely. California is, as we have learned from FOX News, "Approximately the Same Size As Iraq!"
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A few days and the hearing to block this will be heard.
I'm rather surprised: this has been running on every news station seemingly 24 hours, and this board apparently doesn't show all that much interest in the topic.
I don't think this will hold up in front of a court challenge. Unless the California Constitution is changed, but that can't happen for some time...
I don't think this will hold up in front of a court challenge. Unless the California Constitution is changed, but that can't happen for some time...
The first court, you're probably right...but once it gets to appeal...Can anyone say 9th Circuit?
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