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Moonliner · 02-21-2014, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by USA Today

Plan to split California into 6 states advances

California has reached the breaking point, says Tim Draper. The Silicon Valley venture capitalist is pushing a proposal to crack the nation's most populous state into smaller pieces — six of them.

Dear USA Today, you keep using that word "advances" I do not think it means what you think it does.

Moonliner · 05-15-2014, 11:46 AM

Dear Parents:

If you are doing this:

Quote:

Originally Posted by News

Some of the dads who were chaperoning the prom had complained that her dancing "was too provocative" and that she was going to "cause the young men at the prom to think impure thoughts."

You are doing it wrong.

Causing temptation is not the problem, Being tempted is. If you've not taught your sons and daughters how to deal with temptation responsibly long before they leave home then you have failed as a parent.

Moonliner · 05-16-2014, 11:19 AM

Man finds bullet proof vest. Puts vest on. Asks woman to shoot him. She does. She misses, he dies.

Doh.

There is just so much wrong with this story, it had to go here.

Kevy Baby · 02-10-2014, 08:35 PM

Not EVERY situation. Trust me on this: mine keep getting taken down because they are "pornography" (and Susan wasn't happy with me posting them anyways)

Alex · 02-21-2014, 03:10 PM

Ignoring issues of national politics, I'd actually support splitting up the state (though probably not into six pieces).

It would help with my thinking on how to rationalize water policy, probably dry out southern California and central valley (or at least lead to something closer to market rates for the water they import) and generally depopulate much of the state.

katiesue · 02-21-2014, 03:32 PM

I'm from Lassen County. Lassen and Modoc county have been trying to secede back to Nevada on and off for years and years. We really have much more in common with the rural Nevada counties. We started out as a part of Nevada but ended up in California after the sagebrush war.

Kevy Baby · 02-22-2014, 04:08 AM

It's our water dammit! William Mulholland stole it fair and square!

RStar · 02-22-2014, 11:14 AM

I've often thought that splitting it in two might be a possibility, maybe even three. But 6 is way too ambitious to ever get off the ground.

RStar · 03-03-2014, 08:33 PM

The Pope Drops the "F" bomb in a Vatican speach
Ok, it was an accident....

SzczerbiakManiac · 05-16-2014, 12:18 PM

I see a Darwin Award in his future.

05-16-2014, 11:19 AM	#3
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Man finds bullet proof vest. Puts vest on. Asks woman to shoot him. She does. She misses, he dies. Doh. There is just so much wrong with this story, it had to go here. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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02-10-2014, 08:35 PM	#4
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	Not EVERY situation. Trust me on this: mine keep getting taken down because they are "pornography" (and Susan wasn't happy with me posting them anyways) __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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02-21-2014, 03:10 PM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Ignoring issues of national politics, I'd actually support splitting up the state (though probably not into six pieces). It would help with my thinking on how to rationalize water policy, probably dry out southern California and central valley (or at least lead to something closer to market rates for the water they import) and generally depopulate much of the state.
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02-21-2014, 03:32 PM	#6
katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	I'm from Lassen County. Lassen and Modoc county have been trying to secede back to Nevada on and off for years and years. We really have much more in common with the rural Nevada counties. We started out as a part of Nevada but ended up in California after the sagebrush war. __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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02-22-2014, 04:08 AM	#7
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	It's our water dammit! William Mulholland stole it fair and square! __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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02-22-2014, 11:14 AM	#8
RStar Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Me & Manyard hangin out! Posts: 5,433	I've often thought that splitting it in two might be a possibility, maybe even three. But 6 is way too ambitious to ever get off the ground. __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! www.StarTownGifts.com
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03-03-2014, 08:33 PM	#9
RStar Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Me & Manyard hangin out! Posts: 5,433	The Pope Drops the "F" bomb in a Vatican speach Ok, it was an accident.... __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! www.StarTownGifts.com
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05-16-2014, 12:18 PM	#10
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	I see a Darwin Award in his future. __________________
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