San Francisco Chronicle headline "piece of shit to allow more drilling off California coast"

[Eliot Rosewater]

I’m so fucking angry. I am so fucking fucking fucking angry so fucking angry so goddamn fucking fucking angry and no there’ll be no more fucking election so we can’t stop this with elections

[kimbutgar]

1. I had to get my copy of today's paper to see that headline

I like yours better!

We Californians are going to fight this ! It’s all about getting energy for that scam bitcoin.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Worst human being on earth

[Initech]

10. Third worst. Putin and Xi are above him.

Now if we're talking list of "worst Americans", he's the worst of all time!

[lapfog_1]

3. seriously... it is time to explore leaving the union

Gavin Newsome wants to be President... lets make him the President of the Republic of California.

We can institute our own guest worker program for migrant workers.
We can lower trade barriers and have our own international trade and alliance policies
We can keep our federal tax dollars right here in California.
We can go green energy plus nuclear.
Elon can either move SpaceX and Tesla to California... or get the fuck out.
We are the worlds 4th or 5th largest economy.
Finally, The rest of the USA hates us... now we can hate them back - build the goddam wall.

Oh, Oregon and Washington are welcome to join us! Hawaii too.

[kimbutgar]

4. The orange Hitler wants to destroy California because we didn't vote for him and he's jealous of Newsom

That’s why he’s going after farm workers and is trying to destroy our farming industry.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

5. Good that you'd get to keep all of those federal taxes

As you would need them if the new Nation of California wanted to provide Social Security benefits to its citizens.

Plus, militaries aren't cheap...

[lapfog_1]

6. you think we don't pay for all of those things now?

We pay for it and that of another 10 red "taker" states too.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

7. It's true that California has a negative return...

...on federal taxes of about $83B in 2022 (don't know the latest numbers), and it's true that you would run your own Social Security system, so those taxes would stay in-state (no idea how much that is annually), but would that be enough to pay all of the Social Security benefits that California gets now (~$115B/year) and start a military from scratch?

Perhaps it would.

[Sogo]

8. He's trying to get Californians to start rioting so he can declare a state of emergency

and declare martial law.

Without CA electoral votes, Dems lose every time.

[Initech]

9. Let's not give him what he wants.