tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post8503466474623450947..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Tech Billionaires Backing SecessionClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-39506817648971211302016-11-10T13:31:15.221-07:002016-11-10T13:31:15.221-07:00Let them go. They get a significant amount of thei...Let them go. They get a significant amount of their energy and drinking water from out of state, their shuttered (or are in the process of shuttering) their nuclear power plant, they have import natural gas to make their "renewable" Ivanpah solar plant work, and the main source of their electricity, hydroelectric plants, are very sensitive to droughts, which are not unusual in Cali.<br /><br />They've chased away a significant portion of their businesses already, even movie filming goes elsewhere for cheaper and less restrictive locales, and who is going to buy all their smart phone? <br /><br />The only thing that makes their ports useful is sending things to the rest of America, and given their inclinations they will try to tax that, which just means the shippers will move destinations to northern ports or thru the Panama Canal to east and gulf coasts.<br /><br />But I'm sure President Trump - yannow, the guy who wants to renegotiate our foreign trade deals to better favor the US - will be happy to cut them some great USofA-First trade deals...<br /><br />Also this will insulate the rest of the 49 states of the US from their pension debt bombs, which are just now starting to detonate, and they won't have Uncle Suger to call on for a bailout.<br /><br />I say give the People's Republic of Californication a chance!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13764469470772631997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-83091869538766948412016-11-10T02:46:40.133-07:002016-11-10T02:46:40.133-07:00All I have to say is "Take off"
https://...All I have to say is "Take off"<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSb_VHmfgVkAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574623615296589565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-23406102498048646042016-11-10T00:15:00.759-07:002016-11-10T00:15:00.759-07:00At some point, somehow, voting needs to be restric...At some point, somehow, voting needs to be restricted to only those with skin in the game, and knowledge of history, both national and international. <br /><br />In addition, I'd like to see it return to the original format, by household, to limit the women from voting for socialism. That appears to be what happened when they got the vote early in the 20th. They were acknowledged by FDR to be his power base, and enabled him to pursue his progressive goals.<br /><br />I think it was Heinlein who had a story about a space power USA that had a military revolt, and one of the changes they instituted was a comprehensive test that was required to be allowed to vote. The more popular story was Starship Troopers, and the public service required to acquire voting rights. The current method of allowing anybody, warm or cold(!) to vote is incredibly stupid. The majority seem to end up simply relying on emotion to make voting decisions, and that is a guaranteed disaster.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-10750104290952175712016-11-09T18:02:28.519-07:002016-11-09T18:02:28.519-07:00My own take on CalEXit: http://www.jngibson.com/bl...My own take on CalEXit: http://www.jngibson.com/blog<br /><br />James Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05049975540976175810noreply@blogger.com