[JamesP81]

As a state of the union, California has the right to make its own laws. As American citizens and businessmen, the people have the right to leave, which they will.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Won't have much practical effect, since the tax structure has already driven most polluting-type industry out of the state anyway. Everybody (legal) works for law firms, software companies, or Starbucks. ;)

[traditional1]

I would say that they should de-energize the electric supply to Hollywood studios, to make more available "power to the people"....

[brownsfan]

"What California has done today is to decide to become a Third World economy."

Works for me. We need jobs in Ohio. We don't have the weather California has, but we have lots of water, and outside of Cleveland, people will work with and for you. :)

[GianniV]

Ahnold has done nothing to help the Republican Party. I have no idea why he even calls himself a Republican. He's a RINO at best.

And you really have to question the judgement of anyone who marries a Kennedy.

[wbill]

That thunder you hear to the west is the stampede of businessmen leaving.

This would be a good time to invest in commercial real estate in Oregon, Washington, Arizona, etc.

[FreedomNeocon]

Sounds like a mini-Kyoto.

Someone really needs to explain to me how creating a 'pollution market' where you can trade credits to pollute is supposed to REDUCE emissions.

No matter though... I expect the purpose and outcome will be the same as Kyoto.

People get to pat themselves on the back, fell like they are doing something good. Then when reality hits, get buyers remorse, not meet any of the goals, and just pretend that you still did good because "at least you tried"^tm

[econjack]

I feel sorry for the few conservative who live in CA. They are slowly seeing their lives taxed out of existence. Those Dimos who remain are going to end up living in the trees they've been hugging for years 'cause they won't be able to afford anything else. They fight for controls on car emissions, but bitch about high gas prices on their special-blended fuels. They fight conventional and nuclear power generation, but bitch when they have power shortages. What is it out there? Do they all believe in a free lunch?

[Bloodclot]

This is just the tip of the iceberg. Wait till California passes the state-run universal health care system put forward by Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica.

Check it out.

[pterional]

China and India create most of the air pollution in the world . Imposing greenhouse gas restrictions will just continue to inhibit US industry and create a larger US trade deficit, while these polluting countries enjoy decreased market competition.

I propose that the liberals in California jump into the ocean . That would result in a significant reduction in CO2 emissions and annoyance here in California.

[John Jorsett]

What I'm wondering about with this measure is whether existing industry will be grandfathered-in with a certain amount of tradable credits for emitting greenhouse gases. If so, they could just shut the business' doors and rent out their credit annually for a nice income requiring no effort. Meanwhile, the purchaser of the credits will have to pass the costs on to us. Kind of the way the feds control peanut production and people who own growing rights rent them out to the actual growers. Lots of money to the rights owners for doing nothing at all.

[TheDon]

Time for a proposition to stop this insanity!

[goldstategop]

As I said, with the middle class fleeing, California will have an obscenely rich few and a class too poor to move out of the state. The Third World is already happening in California - and this "global warming" mandate will speed up its arrival here.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )

[MarkL]

This is brilliant! Arnie realizes that CA is being invaded from Mexico, and the Aztlan thugs want to return it to Mexican rule... By downgrading CA to a third world state, he's saving all those American businesses by getting them out of the state before the take over! So, they're not really getting part of America, but more of Mexico!

Mark