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1 posted on 12/12/2012 9:37:53 PM PST by blam
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Well it’s absolutely beautiful where I live and the food is wonderful. Oh and Darrell Issa is my representative. I can’t really help it if the rest of the state is bonkers.


2 posted on 12/12/2012 9:48:58 PM PST by douginthearmy
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” During 2011, more than 58,000 people moved from California to the state of Texas. “

Yup. Just a like diseased jackass, they bring their own libtard ideas that ruined their state in the first place.


3 posted on 12/12/2012 9:51:03 PM PST by max americana (Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
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Crime is certainly up in spots, but I’m not sure statewide. Los Angeles has had year over year double digit drops in crime for quite few years running, and the crime rate is where it was in the 1950’s. Our government certainly sucks, illegal aliens have overrun huge swaths of the state, but if you can afford to live in a decent neighborhood, you can still enjoy a quality of life that would be hard to top anywhere else. Of course, with every passing year, that becomes an increasingly big “if”.


7 posted on 12/12/2012 10:16:07 PM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
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2. In 2011, the state of California ranked 50th out of all 50 states in new business creation.

From the 2011 Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity:

"The states with the highest rates of entrepreneurial activity were Arizona (520 per 100,000 adults), Texas (440 per 100,000 adults), California (440 per 100,000 adults), Colorado (420 per 100,000 adults), and Alaska (410 per 100,000 adults). The states with the lowest rates of entrepreneurial activity were West Virginia (150 per 100,000 adults), Pennsylvania (160 per 100,000 adults), Hawaii (180 per 100,000 adults), Illinois (200 per 100,000 adults), Indiana (200 per 100,000 adults), and Virginia (200 per 100,000 adults)."

8 posted on 12/12/2012 10:26:12 PM PST by wideminded
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...And there is one reason why California despite that big long list is such a great place to live.

Multiple choice question: How's that weather where you are?

[] Cold with snow.
[] Cold with no snow.
[] Cold is not the word for it, try sub-zero.
[] Cold but it's shoveling my driveway that is the problem.
[] Cold and sick of calling friends in California in the dead of winter only to find out they had to get out of the pool to answer the phone.


10 posted on 12/12/2012 10:31:23 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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Completely uprooting one’s life and moving to a different state can be hard for some, especially when your friends, social life, and extended family are left behind. It’s easier for say college students or young professionals, but once people settle down, moving can be almost traumatic. Change really can be hard. Being born and raised in California I know how badly it’s fallen. Quaint cities near my hometown are overrun with illegals, traffic is bad, and the cookie-cutter urban sprawl continues into what used to be calm agricultural areas. My parents and siblings all still live there, and when asked about the things in the article, they usually say something along the lines of we know, but we tolerate it because California offers other things that offset the bad stuff. I visit from time to time, but always breathe a sigh of relief when leaving.


11 posted on 12/12/2012 10:31:59 PM PST by SpaceBar
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but you can still walk around San Fransicko town buck naked and (despite a recent board of supervisors measure that barely, so to speak, passed anyway...) ...nobody expects the police to give you any real trouble, especially since they can’t respond to all the burglaries and car thefts already.....AND you can strut your stuff naked in the streets for sure with 50,000 other hunks in the world-famous annual Gay Pride Parade, and even go home to see yourself on TV!
Oh yes, that same wise board of supervisors is getting ready to pass another ordinance, this a “homeless bill of rights”... specifically authorizing the street bums to continue pissing or crapping on the sidewalks ... and SF promises free medical care to all comers, particularly if your behavior gets you AIDs, which is widespread in town for obvious reasons...... AND.... SF has marijuana stores all over the place...just walk in and they’ll sell you any of 300 blends of maryJane...and the welfare is easy and generous, and there are do-good charities all over the place to give you pretty much whatever you need anyway ..so you can use your welfare check to buy booze or more drugs..

certainly all that really GREAT stuff makes up for those 55 petty little bad things you listed!?


12 posted on 12/12/2012 10:32:22 PM PST by faithhopecharity (--)
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#56 Because they screwed up Colorado! /s


13 posted on 12/12/2012 10:33:14 PM PST by TigersEye (Who is John Galt?)
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>”12. As of October, only Nevada and Rhode Island had higher unemployment rates than California”<

I think the reason for that is that Harry Reid lives in Nevada and Peter Griffin lives in Rhode Island.


14 posted on 12/12/2012 10:34:53 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (They Live, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses...)
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Let me guess that the entitled class of ‘Pornians haven’t noticed anything amiss yet.


18 posted on 12/12/2012 10:49:52 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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But we know where to keep our snow where it is easy to get to but not in the driveway.

Most people from here would wear a coat today because the high was only 65o.

19 posted on 12/12/2012 10:52:35 PM PST by ThomasThomas
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I don't see the entry decrying the onerous gun control.
20 posted on 12/12/2012 10:57:26 PM PST by Lazamataz (LAZ'S LAW: As an argument with liberals goes on, the probability of being called racist approaches 1)
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“I thought I’d died and gone to Hell. But I was only in El Segundo.”
Little Bill


21 posted on 12/12/2012 11:14:41 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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California finally achieved a 1/1 ratio of net tax producers to takers.

yitbos

Government employees are by definition tax takers.

25 posted on 12/12/2012 11:39:05 PM PST by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
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California Dads failed to assert their balls, which turned the culture effeminate.


27 posted on 12/13/2012 12:56:13 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) thought she’d turn Michigan into a California-like state and look where she ended up- At UC Berkely and MSNBC.


28 posted on 12/13/2012 3:12:01 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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I might get banned but I believe Fr should move to AZ, sure it will cost money, all Jim has to do is just ask.


32 posted on 12/13/2012 4:29:41 AM PST by Eye of Unk (A Civil Cold War in America is here, its already been declared.)
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Someday soon, this will be America.


35 posted on 12/13/2012 5:52:58 AM PST by Epsdude
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DOH! I thought it was a comparison to the other 55 states...


38 posted on 12/13/2012 7:03:47 AM PST by Blue Collar Christian (I hope we're ready to get a real candidate next time. C'mon GOP! <BCC><)
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