As a life long resident of the state of California (minus a few stints in the sandbox), I would be happy to give S.F. to the Japanese.
Id even sweeten the pot with all of L.A.!
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Lol! Now I have to ask. Can somebody explain me what is the issue with SFrancisco, LA, and California in general as to everybody wanting to get rid of them?
It is the perceived progressiveness of the state, in SF it is the perception that it is inhabited by a preponderance of gays and in LA it will be the ethnic composition of the population along with the presence of Hollywood that is considered irksome ...
This may perhaps be conceived of as a joke up to a certain point, but in essence it is an expression of a political and cultural standpoint.
But, should any of these propositions ever truly come to pass, then you can be guaranteed that there will be a howl of patriot protest against the threat to the nation's territorial integrity. This is something that applies to practically any part of a nation's territory, be it a seagull infested tablecloth sized island in the middle of nowhere, or a multi-million inhabitant metropolis.
So, hopefully this 'California Thing' explained in a somewhat compressed and far too concise a manner, it's probably best to hope the map gets made by encouraging the map-maker and to forget about the jokes.
NONONONONONONONONO!!!!!
It has nothing to do with a perceived population composition, but it is a political issue. Since it was asked about Ill explain. I understand that we try to avoid politics here, and my intent is not to spark a political debate, but I feel that the position should be explained and made clear that we are not homophobes and bigots.
There are many very conservative people in California. Most of the state is composed of hard working, traditional constitutional conservatives who realize that government intrusion into ones life is a bad thing, that government is never the answer, and that big government goes against the wishes of our founding fathers. They would have a small, efficient government that did not delve into the personal affairs of the people, and realized that while the people have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, this also means that they have the right to fail, and to do nothing for themselves, and that its not the responsibility of the government to take care of them in that case. They would have a state government that valued and cherished our most sacred of documents, our Constitution, and applied it rather than making activist decisions that take away one of the most important rights of our people, the right of the people to defend themselves from governmental oppression through bearing arms. they would have a state government that did not practice confiscatory taxation and deficit spending in order to support the widest and most bloated system of misguided social programs in these great United States. They wish for a state government that did not push job creating businesses away from this state with the most hostile environment for business in the U.S., and for a state that did not put the welfare of criminal invaders from other countries, who cross our national border illegally in order to work and take advantage of the fore mentioned bloated welfare system, above the welfare of its legal citizenry.
If one looks at the voting demographics for the state of California one sees that the reason these loathsome policies exist is due to the political power of the S.F. and L.A. areas. Due to their sheer population numbers, and a VERY effective system of political "community organization" by the opposition, they have control of the state government and are now free to do as they please. We, in the states interior, are nearly unrepresented and our wishes for the future of the state go unheard.
That is why there is so much animosity against the S.F. and L.A. areas from people around the rest of the state.
As to the comment above. Yes in reality if a foreign power attacked the U.S. I would be the first of those "a rifle behind every blade of grass". I have served my country before and would heed its call once again happily. But that's the ironic part, because in S.F. and some parts of the L.A. area it is neigh to impossible to practice that 2nd amendment to our Constitution that would allow me to defend the republic as a free man, and many politicians from those areas, voted into office by the people of the S.F. and L.A. communities, do everything they can to limit my constitutional rights particularly the second amendment.
So in summation it is a purely political point of view, NOT one based on bigotry.
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