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If this poll is even close to accurate, it simply reinforces my opinion of the "typical" People's Republic of Kalifornia "Citizen" (subject).

I really don't mean to offend any Freepers who live in California, but darn - how can you stand it. Pretty scenerey and reasonable temperatures and weather will only get you so far. Obviously, the conservatives who are left are so outnumbered (or lazy) that they are not getting anything fixed there. Instead they just export more of their garbage liberals to surrounding states to spread their infection (just ask folks in Colorado, Idah, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, etc.) Heck, we even feel the cancer all the way over here in Arkansas - there are pockets of liberals that are not the "typical" liberal for around here -

The typical liberal here in Arkansas is the one that just wants a free handout (especially in the Delta area). The liberals that are infected with the Kalifornia strain of liberalism are very politically and socially leftist.

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We do what we can to stem the tide, Battman. I don't quite understand your statement that conservatives are "exporting" liberals to another state though. I don't think we have much say in that. We have 3 fairly large cities here in California, only one of which has a large conservative population (San Diego). I don't need to tell you how hard it is to fight against the liberal tides of San Fran and L.A.!

I'll tell ya what, Battman. Given your concern, why don't you bust out and move here, we could use the helping hand!?!

...here in Arkansas....

...and that's where you lost me, in your anti-"Kalifornia" rant.

I have often said that the voters of Arkansas have a tremendous lot to apologize for, in having given He Who Will Not Be Named a platform from which to take leadership of, and corrupt, America.

But as soon as I say that, I always think of our two Senatrixes, one of whom (BB) has to be the dumbest woman in the Senate. (She'd have much more competition in Congress.) And so I'm not too loud; we have much for which to apologize, too.

But that slices both ways, compadre.

Dan

I really don't mean to offend any Freepers who live in California, but darn - how can you stand it.

You touched on a lot of it in your rant. Life in California is easy. The weather is wonderful -- hot summers, but mostly dry; winters right off a vacation post card (except during El Nino years). We've got good, high-paying jobs (those of us still employed), probably are invested in real estate, the kids are in school and doing well (for the most part), and life is good. It's just not that easy to uproot and start over again.

We're dug in here. This state, for all its flaws, means something to us. It's home. And we know the price of living here. We're outnumbered. We're surrounded by liberals who have a gilt-edged sense of entitlement to be taken care of from cradle to grave at the expense of the achievers who live here.

It's easy to say, stand up, get active, be counted. But since Prop 187, California has become a haven for the great unwashed misfits who don't fit anywhere else and who seek their pound of flesh at the expense of just the kind of people who built the state into the worlds 5th largest economy. We're outnumbered. And it's not going to get any better. California is New York West.

I do think with this insane SUV tax and other proposed taxes that go part and parcel with a liberal majority run amok, that over time, the achievers are going to leave. What the socialists in Sacramento will do once the teats have run dry is anybody's guess. Invade Texas perhaps.

Tough times indeed in the Golden State.