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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:58 PM Original message |
Despite Its Woes, California's Dream Still Lives |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's Home, baby....Sweet Home... |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I have been everywhere in the world with a runway and a few places without |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Some day we hope to return to Irvine (nt) |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Wooooooooot.... |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. California! Home of Rimjob and Free Republic |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. California is a really big and diverse state and unfortunately that person |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. And yet, you said it anyways. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Facts become snobbery? |
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SalviaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. What part of your statement was fact? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I don't live there by choice, but have visited many times. You can't |
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SalviaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. So this is your opinion. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I know Fresno people get really annoyed when I say stuff like this but |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
51. That's just silly. A friend of mine has a house in the Tower in Fresno, and it's quite nice. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. So many rich people are still here who pay very little for what it costs the |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. +1. nt |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Pay very little? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Except that often the real wealth is in real estate, and Prop |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Good point about the corporations skipping over their tax burden as well. n/t |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Well for one thing a state of modest means like Oklahoma gets |
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progthinker (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Yea |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. You're crazy - taxes are plenty high here |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Plenty high for the middle class - not so much for the rich nt |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Yes, they are plenty high for the working class who are carrying the |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. A person sure can learn a lot by doing bookkeeping for the rich. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. So few people have any concept of just how rich the rich are, let alone |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. It really depends on what you mean by "rich" in the state |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. When I speak of rich I never speak of income, I speak of possessions. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. I lived in Marin County among very wealthy peopole |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. I also lived in Marin |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. I have no problem with that. I don't consider people |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
10. I love CA. |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. +1 |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
16. this article |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
17. It really is simple. |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. So does Oregon |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. Maybe if you got some sunshine you wouldn't be so negative? |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. I'd rather live in a condo along a socal beach |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. Yeppers! |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
50. This California native will never live anywhere else |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. Man I love california |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Unless you live in Fresno or Orange County :( |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Watch out when you criticize Fresno. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. Orange County elects Republicans because we run canidates here that SUCK |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. Or anywhere north of Sac |
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progthinker (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. 73 |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. And if they legalize marijuana, here comes another boom... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Family joking about moving to Humboldt county and growing it if |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. And yet it lost population last year. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
33. I love California......Northern California, anyway. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Yep, and the Sierras too. Even though much of it is RW. The scenic beauty |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
46. Well, some say it's an acquired taste others a life style; but either way it's a life |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
49. The Golden State. Home Sweet Home. |
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