[Vision2020] Who Killed California?
Donovan Arnold
donovanarnold@hotmail.com
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<P>Pat Hitler, I mean, Pat Buchanan, (why I mix the two up I don't know) is only correct about three things. He is right it not the fault of Gov. Davis, he is right it is the fault of US Government, and the fault of Immigration.</P>
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<P>But he has the wrong immigration of people mixed up. It was not the influx of Mexicans that is the problem. It is the fault of an influx of Europeans. Ya see m'kay, Mexicans and Native American Indians had California for about 10-16,000 years before the immigrants of Europeans came over. The land and economy was just fine for that amount of time. Then other people came into California, and less than 150 years of occupation the soil, environment, and economy has gone to sh*t. Now, I tend to think the Mexicans and Indians have a better track record. I am willing to bet that if the United States withdrew from California for another 10,000-16,000 years it would recover nicely and be ready for another 150 years of European abuse and raping of the land. </P>
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<P>Now I know that the Mexicans had the audacity to do something like be born in California before Europeans even knew it existed, but I don't think they are the ones responsible for the failing of the United States and California economy. Mexicans picking oranges in some farmer's field making $2 an hour did not fly two airplanes into the World Trade Center. They didn't forge and fake the income earnings of Enron, Adelphia, and a whole host of others. They didn't engage in inside trading like Martha Steward. They didn't empty the Colorado River and drain California of it's electricity, they didn't write the budget or tax code. They didn't even withdraw their millions from the stock market or stop supporting the airline industry.</P>
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<P>What Buchanan is doing is attempting to attack a weaker group of people that have little or no political ability to withstand such attacks. It is easy to blame the little poor guy for the mistakes of the rich, powerful, greedy, and corrupt. </P>
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<P>Pat Buchanan is the biggest causation and beneficiary of immigration and free trade. It was the administration that he was a part of, Reagan's, that allowed for the largest immigration of Hispanics in the history of the United States. It was also he that was able to get a replacement value in his heart (yes, I know he does have actually have one) because of free trade policies with Japan. </P>
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<P>If this man has such a problem with immigration, he should move back to Europe, if he has a problem with free trade, he should give back his heart, after all, he hasn't even used it in a while anyway.</P>
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<P>Donovan J Arnold<BR><BR></P>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: Tim Lohrmann <TIMLOHR@YAHOO.COM>
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<DIV></DIV>>Subject: [Vision2020] Who Killed California?
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<DIV></DIV>>Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 00:02:26 -0700 (PDT)
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<DIV></DIV>>Even if he's not your cup of tea politically, you
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<DIV></DIV>>gotta admit that Pat tells it like it is about "Free"
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<DIV></DIV>>trade and Immigration.
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<DIV></DIV>>Who Killed California?
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<DIV></DIV>> > By Patrick J. Buchanan
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<DIV></DIV>> > With Gov. Gray Davis facing recall, a budget $38
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<DIV></DIV>> > billion in deficit, and a bond rating dropped three
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<DIV></DIV>> > status, the lowest of all 50 states, the Golden
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<DIV></DIV>> > Certainly, Davis, who misled voters about the
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<DIV></DIV>> > percent approval rating. But Gray Davis did not kill
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<DIV></DIV>> > The United States government did. For what killed
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<DIV></DIV>> > California as the golden land was massive and
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<DIV></DIV>>unrestricted immigration from the Third World, an
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<DIV></DIV>> > During and after World War II, California became a
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<DIV></DIV>>industries. Hundreds of thousands were hired to become
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<DIV></DIV>> > California suffered first. Our TV industry was wiped
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<DIV></DIV>>today's free-trade fanatics, Ronald Reagan put America
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<DIV></DIV>> > What the U.S. government should have done was
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