If California is a "bellwether'' state, what do you think are the next trends to be ''exported''? (San Francisco: sales, bankrupt)

[chuckmann]

Originally Posted by nslander

Based on recent surveys and election results, this is becoming ever less likely. Perhaps conservative/libertarian experiments like Oklahoma, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, West Virginia and Mogadishu would be a little more to your liking.

I lived in Mississippi for a year doing business development for a startup company.

Mississippi is a great place to live, except for the heat, the humidity, and the funny way they talk

[Fontucky]

And their Bible Belt mentality.

[nullgeo]

I was going to add insects and things that slither ... but Fontucky covered both of those ...

[Senno]

Originally Posted by chuckmann

I lived in Mississippi for a year doing business development for a startup company.

Mississippi is a great place to live, except for the heat, the humidity, and the funny way they talk

Gimme a girl with a southern accent any day, just here in CA.

[mateo45]

Originally Posted by nslander

The complete neutering of the Republican party. CA is at the point the state GOP can't fulfill its primary objective of campaigning on the premise government can't work and proving that point after getting elected. The Dems undoubtedly will abuse their newly unchecked power, but the GOP will be less likely to rely on obstructionism as a tactic. This will cause the GOP to realize they need to stop alienating the middle by ignoring the nonsense of their primary voters. Republicans are realizing they can’t win statewide office without effectively cutting off the right fringe, and I think that will expressed in other states.

Would like to believe that, but the accompanying pattern in the Central & Sacto Valleys may well be the real trend here & nationwide, with bedrock conservative areas simply retreating even deeper into ideological conservatism... even if it means further irrelevance and ''cutting off their nose to spite their face''!

[Senno]

Originally Posted by mateo45

Would like to believe that, but the accompanying pattern in the Central & Sacto Valleys may well be the real trend here & nationwide, with bedrock conservative areas simply retreating even deeper into ideological conservatism... even if it means further irrelevance and ''cutting off their nose to spite their face''!

Nah. Some of us registered Republicans voted Democrat in the last election. I've been called limousine liberal around here, lol. The conservatives have moved so far to the right they've falled off the page by my reckoning. More of Fresno County voted for Obama than Romney in the election. Maybe parts of the county are bedrock, but most aren't.

I'm probably a communist in Alabama or Mississippi.

I am a moderate though and can speak fluent conservative or liberal if I want to. I try to be plain spoken so some of the conservatives can understand...

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Senno

Nah. Some of us registered Republicans voted Democrat in the last election. I've been called limousine liberal around here, lol. The conservatives have moved so far to the right they've falled off the page by my reckoning. More of Fresno County voted for Obama than Romney in the election. Maybe parts of the county are bedrock, but most aren't.

I'm probably a communist in Alabama or Mississippi.

I am a moderate though and can speak fluent conservative or liberal if I want to. I try to be plain spoken so some of the conservatives can understand...

...and at least one literate liberal now and then. I think that in the deep south they've begun calling the Bible Belt Mentality "Fontana Light."

California's export possibilities are obviously legion.

[Senno]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

...and at least one literate liberal now and then. I think that in the deep south they've begun calling the Bible Belt Mentality "Fontana Light."

California's export possibilities are obviously legion.

LoL. Mostly I like to have a little fun on the internet.

We aren't legion, Curmy.

[stiffnecked]

Originally Posted by mateo45

To quote from California Dreams & Realities:

"California has long been a bellwether state — a place where crucial trends that eventually spread throughout the U.S. first take root. Its national and international influence is driven by one of the largest economies in the world, by its extraordinary technological and cultural innovations, and by a disproportionately affluent and activist population larger than that of entire countries. In short, the issues of California are the issues that are likely to have an impact on the rest of America."

If so, what do you see are the next or current "trends"?

Speaking for the rest of sane America we've never viewed Calfornification as a "bellwether" state. It's always been viewed as the land of fruits and nuts and insane people. Ideas the come out of it and quickly returned in a prepaid box with no return address.

If a massive earthquake sucked California into the Pacific ocean and drug it into the great abyss I suspect not many of us would miss it...........

[Senno]

Originally Posted by stiffnecked

Speaking for the rest of sane America we've never viewed Calfornification as a "bellwether" state. It's always been viewed as the land of fruits and nuts and insane people. Ideas the come out of it and quickly returned in a prepaid box with no return address.

If a massive earthquake sucked California into the Pacific ocean and drug it into the great abyss I suspect not many of us would miss it...........

Well, I guess we have the President on the internet or something... Wait a minute, Obama's a Democrat... Who are you that dares to speak for America? Imposter...

Here comes gay marriage homey. Open up and say Aaahhhh...