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I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA Idea
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 2:07 am
by dales
It still doesn’t have much of a ring – or chance of ever happening – but Calexit isn’t going away just yet.
As President-elect Donald Trump continued interviewing prospective appointees on Monday, the left-leaning leaders of a movement to make California a sovereign nation filed paperwork to take their case to voters in two years.
Inspired by this year’s “Brexit” vote that withdrew the United Kingdom from the European Union, the organization Yes California wants voters in November 2018 to repeal a section of the state constitution affirming that California is “an inseparable part” of the United States and determine whether they wanted to secede.
A “yes” vote would trigger a special election the following March in which residents would decide if “California should become a free, sovereign and independent country.”
Another “yes” vote would require the governor of the newly minted “Republic of California” to apply to the United Nations for membership.
Louis J. Marinelli, president of Yes California, told the Sacramento Bee that the group decided to go the U.N. route because they doubted that Congress would let the state secede.
“We’re not ashamed about going around Washington to achieve it,” Marinelli said. “Congress can’t tie its shoes. We can wait our whole life while Congress tries to grapple with this, and they won’t do anything.”
But the U.N. is also a longshot.
As much as China and Russia might cheer the dissolution of their major rival, the U.S. still wields veto power as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.
But that is an issue for another day for Calexit. Organizers said they’ll need 585,407 valid signatures to qualify their ballot measure. They plan to start shortly after Trump takes the oath of office.
Didn't we fight a rather protracted bloody war over this same shit some 150 years ago?
Re: I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA I
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 4:52 am
by Long Run
Re: I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA I
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 5:08 am
by liberty
We are going to kill us cali, burn their towns and hang their leaders?
( What goes around comes around)
Re: I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA I
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 11:56 am
by wesw
I don t think that the UN will be interested or have the budget to worry about CA
they may go the way of the failing EU
Re: I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA I
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 12:40 pm
by Lord Jim
they doubted that Congress would let the state secede.
Ya think?
This is obviously some clown just trying to turn a quick buck by capitalizing on Trump's unpopularity in California...
http://www.yescalifornia.org/donate
I suspect a substantial percentage of the donations will wind up Mr. Marinelli's pocket...
Re: I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA I
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 3:08 pm
by liberty
Lord Jim wrote:they doubted that Congress would let the state secede.
Ya think?
This is obviously some clown just trying to turn a quick buck by capitalizing on Trump's unpopularity in California...
http://www.yescalifornia.org/donate
I suspect a substantial percentage of the donations will wind up Mr. Marinelli's pocket...
Jim, some people are so easily manipulated and can’t see a joke when it slaps them in face. No one gets out of this union without a fight and the idea that California would go to war for independence is a joke. I am not saying there are not brave people in California, there are, but enough of the right age to put up a decent fight.
This brings up a theoretical question in my fevered imagination: If by some chance California did vote for independence which according to some is an act treason, would that justify Congress reclaiming
California statehood and dividing their territory among neighboring states? Would that benefit Republicans or Democrats in future elections?
Re: I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA I
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 8:50 pm
by Gob
Oh I don't know, maybe people would pay good money to get rid of rubato.
Re: I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA I
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 9:16 pm
by Crackpot
But I'm sure a great deal of them are in California
Re: I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA I
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 9:54 pm
by Lord Jim
Crackpot wrote:But I'm sure a great deal of them are in California
Dale and I once offered to spring for a one-way ticket for him to Denmark...( he seemed absolutely enamoured of the place...)
I also offered to pay for his limo ride to the airport, and Dale offered to buy him a drink at the airport lounge while he was waiting to embark...
Re: I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA I
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 10:54 pm
by Jarlaxle
I might chip in...
Re: I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA I
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 2:51 am
by Econoline
This thread reminded me of a tweet I saw earlier this year (before the election):
I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA Idea
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 3:02 am
by RayThom
That looks like it was derived from a Billy Joel song.
"My Life"
Got a call from an old friend
We used to be real close
Said he couldn't go on the American way
Closed the shop, sold the house
Bought a ticket to the West Coast
Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.
Re: I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA I
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 11:06 am
by kmccune
Doubt if the Yankees would allow it to happen ,doesnt seem to be a real issue this time either ,like it was back in the day .
Re: I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA I
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 1:33 pm
by wesw
Re: I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA I
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 2:18 pm
by Bicycle Bill
dales wrote:
It still doesn’t have much of a ring – or chance of ever happening – but Calexit isn’t going away just yet.
Just wish to point out that most intelligent people didn't think Trump had a snowball's chance in hell of winning the election, either.
-"BB"-
Re: I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA I
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 2:54 pm
by Big RR
Why is he wearing Michael Moore's hat?
Re: I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA I
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 3:02 pm
by wesw
well, there s always the possibility that san andrea s fault might make it all a moot point.....
Re: I Should've Posted This In Laffs - Another Crackpot CA I
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 9:26 pm
by dales
wesw wrote:well, there s always the possibility that san andrea s fault might make it all a moot point.....
That's a moot point, there are literally dozens of active faults throughout the state.
No worries, btd.
