[Mr 5 0]

Dark_5.0:

Hey, California is a beautiful and fascinating state with a wide range of geography; from oceans with beautiful beaches to mountains with great sking and of course, the history and heritage of San Francisco and the glitz of Hollywood as well as the diverse rural areas.

The overall weather, especially in places like San Diego, is almost unmatched anywhere for sheer perfection. You can drive down the Pacific Coast Highway in your 'Stang and enjoy some of the most breathtaking scenery in the world while crusing.

You can pull up to a light in Los Angeles and see a new, $300,000. Ferrari sitting next to you (don't bother racing him) or on the next block, see a perfect 1955 T-Bird out cruising down Sunset Blvd. It's all there. Movie stars, too.


My beef with California is the destructive liberal politics that dominate the state and cause a lot of foolish things to happen that shouldn't, such as the last year's energy crisis.

California has a lot of problems and some are self-imposed by liberal political policies based on a demonstratively flawed political orthodoxy.
That California citizens keep voting for politicians that endorse harmful public policies is very frustrating to an observer and makes me lose a lot of sympathy for Californians who appear to favor socialism and liberal/socialist politicians.

Then, when the policies these politicians pushed or endorsed come to grief, they cry and moan and blame big business, then they look to Washington, seeking taxpayer money to bail them out and 'fix' the problem - and have the nerve to get indignant when the President says 'no'.

This was the scenario last summer when Governer Grey Davis cried that President Bush needed to 'get the federal government involved' with the energy crisis then unfolding in California.
Bush sympathized but basically said, "You created it, you fix it" as he should have.

This kind of whining, misguided nanny-state liberal government is what's hurting the great state of California and if that's what the majority of California citizens choose, then let them deal with the negative consequences.


By the way: My state (Connecticut) is no prize either (very liberal) but we're so small that we have little impact on the rest of the country whereas California often does have an impact on other parts of the country by virtue of it's size, population and diverse economy.

California is a great state but it's turning into a semi-socialist political wasteland with resource problems and huge immigration problems, too.
That's sad - and unnecessary - and I lament the fact that this is the direction it's citizens choose to take.
Can't change it, just hate to see it.