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shadasonic User ID: 15732022 United States 08/27/2012 10:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I agree “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” – Carl Sagan |
Thor's Hamster User ID: 1248699 United States 08/27/2012 10:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you visit California, visit these places. You will thoroughly enjoy them... San Diego The drive along the coast in Orange County Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo Mojave Desert Joshua Tree National Park Highway 1 between San Luis Obispo and Monterey Monterey San Francisco Sonoma and Napa Counties Drive Hwy 101 through the Redwood Empire in northwest California Lake Tahoe Mother Lode (Gold) country south/southeast of Sacramento Yosemite Kings Canyon Mount Shasta Lassen National Park And that's just for starters. There are tons of towns and sites in between all of the above mentioned ones. You could spend a year in California and not see all it has to offer. Not bad for a place that was made a state barely over 150 years ago. Apollo astronauts couldn't have passed through Van Allen's Belt. Van Allen wore suspenders. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 22210347 United States 08/27/2012 10:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you visit California, visit these places. You will thoroughly enjoy them... Quoting: Thor's Hamster San Diego The drive along the coast in Orange County Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo Mojave Desert Joshua Tree National Park Highway 1 between San Luis Obispo and Monterey Monterey San Francisco Sonoma and Napa Counties Drive Hwy 101 through the Redwood Empire in northwest California Lake Tahoe Mother Lode (Gold) country south/southeast of Sacramento Yosemite Kings Canyon Mount Shasta Lassen National Park And that's just for starters. There are tons of towns and sites in between all of the above mentioned ones. You could spend a year in California and not see all it has to offer. Not bad for a place that was made a state barely over 150 years ago. Yes they take my breath away. |
Thor's Hamster User ID: 1248699 United States 08/27/2012 10:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I forgot to list above... Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara/Ventura Sierra Nevada Mountains California missions founded by Father Junipero Serra in the late 1700s. There's really too much to list. There's truly something for everybody. Isn't that what people want?....Choice? If you don't like one thing, go to the next. You'll find many things here you like. Apollo astronauts couldn't have passed through Van Allen's Belt. Van Allen wore suspenders. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 22210347 United States 08/27/2012 10:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's simple..it's called the middle class getting poorer. Cali is just first of many places to fall. As long as the rich get more greedier there gonna destroy the country in doing so. It's the American way. Now that there is a bunch of people struggling to stay alive they become a threat to the rich. They need to rob and steel to stay alive. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22586919 Too much truth. |
Thor's Hamster User ID: 1248699 United States 08/27/2012 10:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ya, not a fan of L.A. myself. But, imo, there are gems hidden amongst the sprawl. And hey, some people DO like L.A. More power to 'em. Just not my cup of tea. I much prefer San Francisco. Apollo astronauts couldn't have passed through Van Allen's Belt. Van Allen wore suspenders. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 22716275 United States 08/27/2012 10:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you visit California, visit these places. You will thoroughly enjoy them... Quoting: Thor's Hamster San Diego The drive along the coast in Orange County Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo Mojave Desert Joshua Tree National Park Highway 1 between San Luis Obispo and Monterey Monterey San Francisco Sonoma and Napa Counties Drive Hwy 101 through the Redwood Empire in northwest California Lake Tahoe Mother Lode (Gold) country south/southeast of Sacramento Yosemite Kings Canyon Mount Shasta Lassen National Park And that's just for starters. There are tons of towns and sites in between all of the above mentioned ones. You could spend a year in California and not see all it has to offer. Not bad for a place that was made a state barely over 150 years ago. Yeah, great. All those landmarks will come in handy in feeding, housing, and employing the millions in your state that are out of work. I'm sure they'll be grateful to have lake Tahoe to look at from their hovels. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 22608665 United States 08/27/2012 10:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | California fell into the Pacific Ocean in 1989. The thing we call California today is actually piece of Nibiru that was grafted on the edge of the country during the "great sleep". (The Great Sleep was an 8 year period when the aliens used contrails to spread a chemical that caused everyone on the planet to fall sleep for 8 years and then forget they were asleep.) Most of todays "californians" aren't actually human. They are Nibirans posing as humans, using the thing we now call California as a pre-invasion base of operations. The invasion is coming. Soon. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 4545618 United States 08/27/2012 10:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some say the end is near. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 12847755 Some say we'll see Armageddon soon. I certainly hope we will. I sure could use a vacation from this Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of Freaks Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA The only way to fix it is to flush it all away. Any fucking time. Any fucking day. Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay. Fret for your figure and Fret for your latte and Fret for your lawsuit and Fret for your hairpiece and Fret for your Prozac and Fret for your pilot and Fret for your contract and Fret for your car. It's a Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of Freaks Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA The only way to fix it is to flush it all away. Any fucking Time. Any fucking day. Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay. Some say a comet will fall from the sky. Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves. Followed by fault lines that cannot sit still. Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits. Some say the end is near. Some say we'll see Armageddon soon. I certainly hope we will 'cause I sure could use a vacation from this STUPID shit, silly shit, stupid shit... [ From: [link to www.elyrics.net] ] One great big festering neon distraction, I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied. Learn to swim. Mom's gonna fix it all soon. Mom's comin' round to put it back the way it ought to be. Learn to swim. Fuck L Ron Hubbard and Fuck all his clones. Fuck all these gun-toting Hip gangster wannabes. Learn to swim. Fuck retro anything. Fuck your tattoos. Fuck all you junkies and Fuck your short memory. Learn to swim. Fuck smiley glad-hands, With hidden agendas. Fuck these dysfunctional, Insecure actresses. Learn to swim. 'Cause I'm praying for mayhem; I'm praying for tidal waves I wanna see the ground give way. I wanna watch it all go down. Mom, please, flush it all away. I wanna see it go right in and down. I wanna watch it go right in. Watch you flush it all away. Time to bring it down again. Don't just call me pessimist. Try and read between the lines. I can't imagine why you wouldn't Welcome any change, my friend. I wanna see it come down. Bring it down. Suck it down. Flush it down. Must be a song. What song? Focusing on LA, but CA is so much more than that. |
Thor's Hamster User ID: 1248699 United States 08/27/2012 10:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you visit California, visit these places. You will thoroughly enjoy them... Quoting: Thor's Hamster San Diego The drive along the coast in Orange County Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo Mojave Desert Joshua Tree National Park Highway 1 between San Luis Obispo and Monterey Monterey San Francisco Sonoma and Napa Counties Drive Hwy 101 through the Redwood Empire in northwest California Lake Tahoe Mother Lode (Gold) country south/southeast of Sacramento Yosemite Kings Canyon Mount Shasta Lassen National Park And that's just for starters. There are tons of towns and sites in between all of the above mentioned ones. You could spend a year in California and not see all it has to offer. Not bad for a place that was made a state barely over 150 years ago. Yeah, great. All those landmarks will come in handy in feeding, housing, and employing the millions in your state that are out of work. I'm sure they'll be grateful to have lake Tahoe to look at from their hovels. Tons of people doing just fine here. And some doing EXCEEDINGLY well. How do you think people can afford to buy homes in these places? Think before you type. It's funny how people bash California because we're in debt. California is merely a microcosm of America as a whole. You want to talk about DEBT?! The U.S. Government is $16 trillion in debt. Get back to me when California is even 1/20th that. Until then, keep being jealous :) Apollo astronauts couldn't have passed through Van Allen's Belt. Van Allen wore suspenders. |
Thor's Hamster User ID: 1248699 United States 08/27/2012 10:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | California is a great place, and we invite everyone and hope you are able to visit sometime and enjoy a lot of the things we have to offer. Every place has its good and bad. I'm not about to say "California is the best!" I happen to like it best. But that's me. Just personal preference. I've visited most of the other states, and each has its good points and bad. Yes, even North Dakota! I found the people of North Dakota to be very, very nice. And the plains have a peaceful serenity to them (when it's not hailing lol) that is unparalleled. Every state, every country has something to offer; a special, unique aspect to it, that sets it apart. Apollo astronauts couldn't have passed through Van Allen's Belt. Van Allen wore suspenders. |
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meroj User ID: 21587865 United States 08/27/2012 10:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you visit California, visit these places. You will thoroughly enjoy them... Quoting: Thor's Hamster San Diego The drive along the coast in Orange County Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo Mojave Desert Joshua Tree National Park Highway 1 between San Luis Obispo and Monterey Monterey San Francisco Sonoma and Napa Counties Drive Hwy 101 through the Redwood Empire in northwest California Lake Tahoe Mother Lode (Gold) country south/southeast of Sacramento Yosemite Kings Canyon Mount Shasta Lassen National Park And that's just for starters. There are tons of towns and sites in between all of the above mentioned ones. You could spend a year in California and not see all it has to offer. Not bad for a place that was made a state barely over 150 years ago. ^^This^^ peace Yes they take my breath away. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 22210347 United States 08/27/2012 10:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some say the end is near. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 12847755 Some say we'll see Armageddon soon. I certainly hope we will. I sure could use a vacation from this Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of Freaks Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA The only way to fix it is to flush it all away. Any fucking time. Any fucking day. Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay. Fret for your figure and Fret for your latte and Fret for your lawsuit and Fret for your hairpiece and Fret for your Prozac and Fret for your pilot and Fret for your contract and Fret for your car. It's a Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of Freaks Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA The only way to fix it is to flush it all away. Any fucking Time. Any fucking day. Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay. Some say a comet will fall from the sky. Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves. Followed by fault lines that cannot sit still. Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits. Some say the end is near. Some say we'll see Armageddon soon. I certainly hope we will 'cause I sure could use a vacation from this STUPID shit, silly shit, stupid shit... [ From: [link to www.elyrics.net] ] One great big festering neon distraction, I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied. Learn to swim. Mom's gonna fix it all soon. Mom's comin' round to put it back the way it ought to be. Learn to swim. Fuck L Ron Hubbard and Fuck all his clones. Fuck all these gun-toting Hip gangster wannabes. Learn to swim. Fuck retro anything. Fuck your tattoos. Fuck all you junkies and Fuck your short memory. Learn to swim. Fuck smiley glad-hands, With hidden agendas. Fuck these dysfunctional, Insecure actresses. Learn to swim. 'Cause I'm praying for mayhem; I'm praying for tidal waves I wanna see the ground give way. I wanna watch it all go down. Mom, please, flush it all away. I wanna see it go right in and down. I wanna watch it go right in. Watch you flush it all away. Time to bring it down again. Don't just call me pessimist. Try and read between the lines. I can't imagine why you wouldn't Welcome any change, my friend. I wanna see it come down. Bring it down. Suck it down. Flush it down. Must be a song. What song? Focusing on LA, but CA is so much more than that. WOW what a video - thanks for posting. For the San Fran lovers - All Across the Nation there's a Strange Vibration! I think it still exists . . . |
meroj User ID: 21587865 United States 08/27/2012 10:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | California is a great place, and we invite everyone and hope you are able to visit sometime and enjoy a lot of the things we have to offer. Quoting: Thor's Hamster Every place has its good and bad. I'm not about to say "California is the best!" I happen to like it best. But that's me. Just personal preference. I've visited most of the other states, and each has its good points and bad. Yes, even North Dakota! I found the people of North Dakota to be very, very nice. And the plains have a peaceful serenity to them (when it's not hailing lol) that is unparalleled. Every state, every country has something to offer; a special, unique aspect to it, that sets it apart. No question about it. peace |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 8260452 United States 08/27/2012 10:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In the hot interior of blue-collar Sacramento, Turlock, Fresno and Bakersfield, well over half the incoming freshman in the California State University system must take remedial math and science classes. Quoting: Sloane As a recent graduate of California State University, Bakersfield, I can confirm that it was jam packed with moronic Mexicans who clearly had no business being in a higher education setting. But the university loves them because it's a designated Hispanic Serving Institute so it gets Federal money for every wetback they admit. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 22210347 United States 08/27/2012 10:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In the hot interior of blue-collar Sacramento, Turlock, Fresno and Bakersfield, well over half the incoming freshman in the California State University system must take remedial math and science classes. Quoting: Sloane As a recent graduate of California State University, Bakersfield, I can confirm that it was jam packed with moronic Mexicans who clearly had no business being in a higher education setting. But the university loves them because it's a designated Hispanic Serving Institute so it gets Federal money for every wetback they admit. Congratulations! Not easy getting into/thru Cali univeristies these days. Even if you are local. Tuitions have so skyrocketed it's mindboggling. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 8260452 United States 08/27/2012 10:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In the hot interior of blue-collar Sacramento, Turlock, Fresno and Bakersfield, well over half the incoming freshman in the California State University system must take remedial math and science classes. Quoting: Sloane As a recent graduate of California State University, Bakersfield, I can confirm that it was jam packed with moronic Mexicans who clearly had no business being in a higher education setting. But the university loves them because it's a designated Hispanic Serving Institute so it gets Federal money for every wetback they admit. Congratulations! Not easy getting into/thru Cali univeristies these days. Even if you are local. Tuitions have so skyrocketed it's mindboggling. It was easier than high school. The quality of "education" was a total joke. |
Thor's Hamster User ID: 1248699 United States 08/27/2012 10:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In the hot interior of blue-collar Sacramento, Turlock, Fresno and Bakersfield, well over half the incoming freshman in the California State University system must take remedial math and science classes. Quoting: Sloane As a recent graduate of California State University, Bakersfield, I can confirm that it was jam packed with moronic Mexicans who clearly had no business being in a higher education setting. But the university loves them because it's a designated Hispanic Serving Institute so it gets Federal money for every wetback they admit. Yep, we definitely have our problems in this state. I hear ya. What people outside of California don't understand, too, is the EXTREME differences between coastal California and just 100 miles inland in the San Joaquin Valley. It's like a plains state in the central valley...politically, economically, everything. And it makes sense, because a lot of those people's families originally came out to the San Joaquin Valley from states like Oklahoma during the Great Dust Bowl in the 1920s. I can't emphasize how diverse this state is in every way. Like I said, there's something for everyone here. Apollo astronauts couldn't have passed through Van Allen's Belt. Van Allen wore suspenders. |
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Thor's Hamster User ID: 1248699 United States 08/27/2012 10:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In the hot interior of blue-collar Sacramento, Turlock, Fresno and Bakersfield, well over half the incoming freshman in the California State University system must take remedial math and science classes. Quoting: Sloane As a recent graduate of California State University, Bakersfield, I can confirm that it was jam packed with moronic Mexicans who clearly had no business being in a higher education setting. But the university loves them because it's a designated Hispanic Serving Institute so it gets Federal money for every wetback they admit. Congratulations! Not easy getting into/thru Cali univeristies these days. Even if you are local. Tuitions have so skyrocketed it's mindboggling. It was easier than high school. The quality of "education" was a total joke. Some. Some not. The U.C. system is outstanding, as are many of the CSU campuses. Then you have Stanford, Santa Clara, San Diego, and other private universities. Try getting into Cal Poly, SLO. It's like an 11% acceptance rate, and graduates in many majors in which the university specializes (engineering, agriculture, architecture, business) come right out of college making upwards of $75,000/year. Heavily recruited from Silicon Valley, NASA, and defense. Apollo astronauts couldn't have passed through Van Allen's Belt. Van Allen wore suspenders. |
Mr. Predictor Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 1032780 United States 08/27/2012 11:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 8260452 As a recent graduate of California State University, Bakersfield, I can confirm that it was jam packed with moronic Mexicans who clearly had no business being in a higher education setting. But the university loves them because it's a designated Hispanic Serving Institute so it gets Federal money for every wetback they admit. Congratulations! Not easy getting into/thru Cali univeristies these days. Even if you are local. Tuitions have so skyrocketed it's mindboggling. It was easier than high school. The quality of "education" was a total joke. Some. Some not. The U.C. system is outstanding, as are many of the CSU campuses. Then you have Stanford, Santa Clara, San Diego, and other private universities. Try getting into Cal Poly, SLO. It's like an 11% acceptance rate, and graduates in many majors in which the university specializes (engineering, agriculture, architecture, business) come right out of college making upwards of $75,000/year. Heavily recruited from Silicon Valley, NASA, and defense. Engineers from any college come out from $55k-$65k Last Edited by Mr. Predictor on 08/27/2012 11:00 PM "If there is a new fascism, it won't come from skinheads and punks; it will come from people who eat granola and think they know how the world should be." - Brian Eno |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 22608665 United States 08/27/2012 11:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In the hot interior of blue-collar Sacramento, Turlock, Fresno and Bakersfield, well over half the incoming freshman in the California State University system must take remedial math and science classes. Quoting: Sloane As a recent graduate of California State University, Bakersfield, I can confirm that it was jam packed with moronic Mexicans who clearly had no business being in a higher education setting. But the university loves them because it's a designated Hispanic Serving Institute so it gets Federal money for every wetback they admit. This is where my tax money is going?!?! |
Yeappp! User ID: 21393843 United States 08/27/2012 11:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Shuuuuut theeeee fuuuuuuuuck up. Free spirited California is pioneering the world into fashion, food, and culture. Some of us hate hollywood, but can't deny that over billions of eyes all over the world are tuned into the movies that are made here. "but wait...what about NEW YORK??" Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16632408 Sorry guys, New York died out in the nineties, late 2000's. That shit is wack. California is flourishing, as the numbers and stats do tell. California is doing great. You can tell by those who are trying to knock it down. It's not our fault you guys live in the middle of bumblefuck, nowhere. Plus we have the greatest weed. MmmmmHmmmm.... |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 22210347 United States 08/27/2012 11:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Shuuuuut theeeee fuuuuuuuuck up. Free spirited California is pioneering the world into fashion, food, and culture. Some of us hate hollywood, but can't deny that over billions of eyes all over the world are tuned into the movies that are made here. "but wait...what about NEW YORK??" Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16632408 Sorry guys, New York died out in the nineties, late 2000's. That shit is wack. California is flourishing, as the numbers and stats do tell. California is doing great. You can tell by those who are trying to knock it down. It's not our fault you guys live in the middle of bumblefuck, nowhere. Plus we have the greatest weed. MmmmmHmmmm.... Good one. |
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hcc Deplorable CatRWall User ID: 6493463 United States 08/28/2012 12:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I will always love California but . . . how did it get so messed up? Excellent article by Victor Davis Hanson of The Hoover Institute. Quoting: Sloane THERE IS NO CALIFORNIA: How to explain the seemingly inexplicable? There is no California, which is a misnomer. There is no such state. Instead there are two radically different cultures and landscapes with little in common, each equally dysfunctional in quite different ways. Apart they are unworldly, together a disaster. A postmodern narrow coastal corridor runs from San Diego to Berkeley, where the weather is ideal, the gentrified affluent make good money, and values are green and left-wing. This Shangri-La is juxtaposed to a vast impoverished interior, from the southern desert to the northern Central Valley, where life is becoming premodern. On the coast, blue-chip universities like Cal Tech, Berkeley, Stanford and UCLA in pastoral landscapes train the world's doctors, lawyers, engineers and businesspeople. In the hot interior of blue-collar Sacramento, Turlock, Fresno and Bakersfield, well over half the incoming freshman in the California State University system must take remedial math and science classes. For full article: [link to newsok.com] Bah, that's BS. You can say that about any state! There's the Chesapeake coastline of Maryland, and then there's Baltimore. There's New Jersey "The Garden State", and New Jersey the yellow-skied cesspool of industrial pollution. There's liberal Palm Beach Florida and then there's redneck Orlando. There's Oakridge TN (engineer-ville) and then there's Bellbuckle TN, home of toothless trailer trash and incest. The Hoover Institution contains some of the dumbest people I've ever seen wielding a pen. I had a summer job typing for one of them (many years ago before computers) and that guy was an idiot. My best friend also typed for him and we used to ROFL at this stupid opinions. |
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