tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post2953957753885000031..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: The Two CaliforniasFreedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-77628008131588345542010-12-16T22:13:07.334-08:002010-12-16T22:13:07.334-08:0018 years ago I was listening to a talk show on KGO...18 years ago I was listening to a talk show on KGO out of San Francisco they were discussing taxes, population and where California was heading. A former Californian called in saying he had to move because California was so business unfriendly. He listed a handful of outrageous fines for minor things that the California EPA had dinged him for. The host was a liberal and pretty much said too bad and good riddance since in his opinion there were already too many people in California and he would be happy if even more left. The caller responded that what he didn't realize is it was the productive people leaving and illegal aliens and welfare people replacing them and that would sooner or later cause California to go bankrupt. The host laughed cluelessly and hung up on him. Now almost 20 years later the prediction is coming true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-53122818917990216632010-12-16T18:15:45.604-08:002010-12-16T18:15:45.604-08:00Hi Louie,
You have to take an honest look at a pro...Hi Louie,<br />You have to take an honest look at a problem before you can solve it...and rest assured, this will be solved eventually.<br /><br />For instance, the fallow farmlands? Rest assured that with rising food prices, California will eventually be <i> forced </i> to bring the water back to the Central Valley.<br /><br />People naturally resist change in the status quo, but they're not naturally suicidal. At some point,they DEMAND change.<br /><br />Remember that the draft act passed in Congress in 1940 by one vote,(!) and that a mere three years before the Battle of Britain, some of those pilots who saved England were voting with their Oxford fellow students on a resolution that they would under no circumstances 'fight for our King and country.'<br /><br />Regards,<br />RobFreedom Fighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-71228446343352782722010-12-16T18:06:57.815-08:002010-12-16T18:06:57.815-08:00well this is depressing as hell.
in an earlier ess...well this is depressing as hell.<br />in an earlier essay i said ff was an unapologetic optimist, as opposed to my being a stick in the mud.<br />this is very unlike ff postings.<br />ff always says he doesn't want J/P to be an echo chamber, but with all due respect, this essay sucks.louielouienoreply@blogger.com