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>The various magazine articles on the emigration from California
>note that as soon as the Californians settle into another state,
>some (particularly the most influential) of them start advocating 
>gun control, expanded social services, etc., ad nauseum, with the
>assumption that this will prevent a California from recurring.
>The magazines are of course most sympathetic to these individuals.

	Bullshit. Pure and simple.  I'm a card carrying NRA member
	living the the hippy haven of Santa Cruz County. I'm no
	advocate of gun control, wildly expanded social service or any
	of the rest of that crap.  Lots of people are leaving 
	California because they're tired of the stupid restrictions
	that the politicians are voting in.  

	Santa Cruz county is happy to take your non-refundable application 
	fees for a concealed carry permit, but they'll be damned if they'll
	issue one to anyone.  Try getting a building permit in this county. 
	Good luck.  And the same is true in other counties as well.
	

>
>In short, they wish to recreate the political and social conditions
>that created California's mess.  The locals are wise to assume that
>a Californian is a problem until proven otherwise.
>
	What an incredibly bigoted opion. 

	When I moved out of state, I was happy to see that other that the
	state I moved to had politicians that weren't so full of bullshit. 
	There it was possible to live in a place were there were bohemians
	to didn't embrace every nutcase idea they came into contact with
	without thinking about it first.  I staunchly supported every
	candidate I could that would help to maintain a decent quality
	of life...and not I'm not a republic (which is a miracle considering
	I grew up in Orange County)

	Immigration is indeed a problem in California.  Elsewhere in the 
	country, if you're a misfit, you get lynched or run out of town on 
	a rail or ostracized by your family and the neighbours all think
	it's a good idea.  In California, when the misfits started pouring
	in, we didn't have the good sense to go out and lynch them like
	everyone else in the nation did.  Our loss.

>If emigrating Californians stepped real hard on the activists,
>rejecting them at every turn, the ire would be directed where it
>belongs.
>-- 
>Juris Baidins
>baidins@cis.udel.edu



	And this is exactly what is happening.  Why do you think the 
	Republicans won so big?  Do you think it's because every Californian's
	income suddenly increased by $100K per yer? No. It's because 
	Californians are so desperate for a change that they'll elect
	anyone who promises to do something about runaway government.
	Even the Republicans.

	ZnU