How California Became France

Onkel Neal · 02-23-09, 09:43 AM

Not saying France is bad, I love France, but interesting read. Of course, I'm not a fan of top heavy socialism.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123517419077037281.html

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California is in a French-like bind: unable to afford a welfare-type state, and unable to overhaul it. "The people say they want all these programs, then there's nothing they want to pay for," says Hector De La Torre, a Democratic assemblyman. "The schizophrenia in the legislature reflects the peoples'."

Frame57 · 02-23-09, 09:56 AM

You will have to pry my french fries from my cold dead greasy hands....

nikimcbee · 02-23-09, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Frame57

You will have to pry my french fries from my cold dead greasy hands....

mmm yeah, those french fries are bad for you, I'm afraid we need to tax that.

antikristuseke · 02-23-09, 12:08 PM

I dont hate France, I love France, it is a beautyful countr. It's just the french people that ruin it. - Jeremy Clarkson:rotfl:

August · 02-23-09, 07:20 PM

I like France and I like the French people. My country exists today because they backed us up with their money and their blood when nobody else on earth would.

Vive Le France!

GoldenRivet · 02-23-09, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by August

I like France and I like the French people. My country exists today because they backed us up with their money and their blood when nobody else on earth would.

Vive Le France!

that is correct sir

socialists will robin-hood our country into oblivion though

Platapus · 02-23-09, 09:50 PM

We would have been in a world of hurt if we did not have Comte de Rochambeau on our side.

Sailor Steve · 02-24-09, 04:24 PM

And Admiral de Grasse. All of the above is true.

It's still fun to make jokes though.

August · 02-24-09, 04:34 PM

If we makes jokes about the French it's only because we love them so. Teasing ones friends (sometimes called "ball busting") is practically a national pastime.

UnderseaLcpl · 02-24-09, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by August

If we makes jokes about the French it's only because we love them so. Teasing ones friends (sometimes called "ball busting") is practically a national pastime.

Absolutely right. It's a form of cultural expression here, the same way surrendering is in France

goldorak · 02-24-09, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by August

If we makes jokes about the French it's only because we love them so. Teasing ones friends (sometimes called "ball busting") is practically a national pastime.

Isn't that so.

French and Americans, a nice love-hate relationship.

Sailor Steve · 02-24-09, 04:47 PM

Look who's talking!

"Any time two Italians get together, you immediately have three new political parties!"
-a friend of mine (whose grandfather came from Sicily)

Onkel Neal · 02-24-09, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by August

I like France and I like the French people. My country exists today because they backed us up with their money and their blood when nobody else on earth would.

Vive Le France!

Amen, and all the French I've met on my trips to Paris were wonderful.

nikimcbee · 02-25-09, 12:19 AM

What! how could you overlook L'Empeurer?

Sea Demon · 02-25-09, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by August

I like France and I like the French people. My country exists today because they backed us up with their money and their blood when nobody else on earth would.

Vive Le France!

Amen, and all the French I've met on my trips to Paris were wonderful.

Paris was decent. And the people were very nice folks there. And so was the countryside near Aussaguel. Cannes and Nice were a bit different though but I suspect that I was running into alot of snobby tourists there. No offense intended, but I was ready to go home when the time came. And a tear nearly came to my eyes as I looked down and saw the amber waves of grain, and purple mountain's majesty of my good ole' USA.

I enjoyed France, but I have no wish to live there. And unfortunately, politically speaking, California is heading down that road. California is beautiful, but I'm sick of government intrusion everywhere I turn. You should see what I'm paying in state income tax, and the ridiculous luxury tax I'm paying on my boat with these Democrat socialist scumbags in the state legislature. Friggin jerks!!

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Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	You will have to pry my french fries from my cold dead greasy hands.... __________________ "My Religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." Albert Einstein

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I like France and I like the French people. My country exists today because they backed us up with their money and their blood when nobody else on earth would. Vive Le France! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	We would have been in a world of hurt if we did not have Comte de Rochambeau on our side. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	And Admiral de Grasse. All of the above is true. It's still fun to make jokes though. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If we makes jokes about the French it's only because we love them so. Teasing ones friends (sometimes called "ball busting") is practically a national pastime. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I dont hate France, I love France, it is a beautyful countr. It's just the french people that ruin it. - Jeremy Clarkson:rotfl:

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Look who's talking! "Any time two Italians get together, you immediately have three new political parties!" -a friend of mine (whose grandfather came from Sicily) __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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