Politics What my state gov't is doing for me...

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Would you sign this petition?

  1. Yes, it's trying to stop animal cruelty

  2. No, give the dogs a racing edge. Their lives are better if they win/everyone does it

  3. I don't sign petitions

  4. I can't believe you already wasted this much time on this

  5. Yes or no, but get and stay involved in local government

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  1. riverman

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    They do.....as I said....I don't think it happens but there are groups lobbying for it currently..Calexit...you act like because of the Civil War we would never change our current status......actually we've changed it quite a bit from the original 13 states and people act like we're not a young country.....China has morphed for 15 thousand years changing capitals and borders....
     
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    Texas threatened to leave under Obama's watch
     
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    wow.....sure currently...long term..everything can change
     
  4. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    I have little doubt if California (or Texas) tried to secede, the feds would use force to prevent it.

    If California votes to split into multiple states, it'd go through proper process and likely be allowed.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Normally, yes. This administration might just say 'Bye CA. don't let the door hit you on the way out'. Because electoral college.

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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    I don't think so.

    Because, GDP.

    Plus I think Trump has a big enough ego that he thinks he can win California if he bothered to campaign there.
     
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    San Francisco too.
    But not the same. Three stores here, Lowe's, Home Deport, and Harbor Freight, each in a different section of the city.
    Not speaking only Spanish. Only posting signs in only Spanish. The labels on the aisles in the various sections of the store.

    Nothing like a China Town. Perhaps it is like the Dutch in Penn, they do want to keep it stuck in their time and difficult for anyone else.
    Harbor freight was a little different. It had Spanish on the front of the sign or posting and English on the backside. Not very helpful at all.
    When walking down the rows of aisles, looking for a section of stuff, you needed to walk into each aisle to read the English, then back out again to continue on to the next aisle. That was the first store I went to, which brought out my first WTF? But it was better than no English at all until I discovered that I could read a little Spanish better than I thought.
     
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    Yeah, I think he may. I also think he can win too. The Mexican population is much more conservative than the Democrats think.
     
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    It's more conservative than Republicans think, too.

    I have no clue why Republicans want to run them off, away from voting Republican.
     
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    Because Republicans are racist idiots.

    Oops, did I say that out loud?

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    I don't think that's it.

    They seem more motivated by economics.
     
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    I can not speak for Republicans but, I don't want to run them off. I just don't want anymore of any kind here until we understand what a sustainable population with a high quality of life looks like. This means controlling the boarders and immigration. No sense at all in keeping the illegals that have already proven they are about reducing the quality of life for the citizen here.
     
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    Do you flinch when make post like this one?
     
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    simple...ask someone working there which aisle has your stuff......I do that at Home Depot in Eugene even with English signs...
     
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    They're still a third world shithole.

    We never were and never will be.
     
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    They don't.

    They want to keep illegals out.

    Legal immigrants are nearly as opposed to illegal immigration as other citizens are.
     
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    Asian neighborhoods don't want to assimilate.

    They don't even use English on their business signs.
     
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    No, do you?

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    See the great depression and tell me Oklahoma wasn't a 3rd world shithole after a 3 year drought.....My uncle was a naval chauffer in DC when I was young and gave me a tour of the city.....Washington DC in 1964 was a ghetto filled shithole with laundry hanging off the balconies....the contrast shocked me then...and I was about 10 years old then....America has produced it's fair share of shitholes throughout the centuries
     
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    cultural diversity is very American.....urban culture in the USA has always had ethnic neighborhoods...New York City was pretty divided culturally for a long time. The Amish don't want to assimilate much either.
     

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