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Gov. Jerry Brown: California Will Work With Foreign Gov’t On Climate Policies
2016-12-29
[DAILYCALLER] Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, Gov. Jerry Governor Moonbeam Brown
... those who ignore history are bound to repeat it ...
 said Monday his state will bypass Washington, D.C., and work instead with foreign governments on ways to reduce climate change.

Brown, a Democrat, said that he and other Golden State politicians would work directly with other countries to strengthen some of the most stringent environmental policies in the world.

"California can make a significant contribution to advancing the cause of dealing with climate change, irrespective of what goes on in Washington," Brown told news hounds.

The governor made similar comments in December when he said California would launch its own climate-reading satellites if President-elect Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
 pulled funding for NASA’s climate research program.
Posted by:Fred

#14  As for secession or the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, here's the deal:

We know that beginning with Bill Clinton or most likely with Bush Senior a drastic, almost biblical demographic redistribution was undertaken in the southwestern United States. We know that before then California, even with San Francisco and Los Angeles, was a red state that gave you presidents like Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. We know that the demographic redistribution was largely responsible for turning California from red to blue and we know that was the purpose of the redistribution.

Wouldn't it be smarter to find a way to turn California back to red than giving it to Mexico? Let us consider the politics of the possible instead of the cynical. The first step, of course, would be to deport illegal aliens. We are a sovereign nation and we have a right to do so. Another step might be to defang and/or defund the university system and the teachers' union. If Democrats can mess with peoples' lives on a grand scale then so can Trump.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2016-12-29 16:59  

#13  That loan application was for $15 billion, with a B. Let's not be pikers. If you're gonna squander tax payers' money, do it big time.

Lame-Duck Obama Admin Rejects CA High-Speed Rail $15 Billion Loan

Technically, I like the idea of trains. A high speed train from LA to San Francisco would be good, if it could be done on time and budget without all the graft that one must expect with the criminals running California. Bakersfield to San Jose not so much.

Another good idea would be to put a real, functional subway system into LA. Driving in that town is a nightmare. The cost would be astronomical but the hours and the gasoline lost on those freeways are astronomical too. I know, I know. Just don't ask Texans to pay for it.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2016-12-29 16:45  

#12  Ref #11: I'll bet Moonbeam isn't the only one left holding an empty purse. I fear for Trump and Pence from now through inauguration day. I hope their security details are up to scratch. I suspect there are people out there who would do anything to prevent them from taking office.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-12-29 15:51  

#11  Re #7: CA asked for a $15 M Federal loan for some of the High Speed train stations and 'stuff;' The loan request was submitted before the election when it was a sure thing Cankles would get elected.

Well she didn't and the loan was rejected. Now Moonbeam is way short of $$ for his Lionelfromhell.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2016-12-29 14:34  

#10  Sigh. P2K, please tell me you're joking.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2016-12-29 13:36  

#9  ...no,no. I want to renegotiate the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to return most of the coasties to Mexico. Then deal with Mexico over NAFTA as Trump has articulated.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-12-29 12:17  

#8  I suppose this is the part where the rest of y'all are going to be unionist and constitutional and all that bullshit and keep the rest of us from putting Tariffs on goods California wants to export to our states?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2016-12-29 11:50  

#7  I hope Trump pulls funding for that BS high speed train between LA and SF when he gets into office. That's just a way to transfer money into CA coffers as a reward for throwing themselves on the sword of liberal policies.
Posted by: gorb   2016-12-29 11:35  

#6  Uncredentialed foreign agent?  I think there's a law about that...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2016-12-29 09:40  

#5  Sounds good to me moonbeam.

Destroy your own economy and leave ours alone.
Posted by: DarthVader   2016-12-29 07:57  

#4  Under Obama when Texas at threatened to seceed people complained. Now that caliphornia threatens to seceded, people applaud. Tells you something doesn't it.

Indeed it does Nero. It tells us almost as much as the tens of millions who voted for HRC.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-12-29 07:41  

#3  Under Obama when Texas at threatened to seceed people complained. Now that caliphornia threatens to seceded, people applaud. Tells you something doesn't it.
Posted by: Nero White 3083   2016-12-29 07:26  

#2  The independent country of California. Fine, kick them loose, no US tax payer money and no water for them. Let Mexico take it back.
Posted by: Jeasing Creque5352   2016-12-29 03:14  

#1  ...his state will bypass Washington, D.C., and work instead with foreign governments on ways to reduce climate change.

Sounds illegal as all hell - go for it, Moonbeam!
Posted by: Raj   2016-12-29 00:35  

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