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California on the Horizon
corner.nationalreview.com - 5/20/2009
California on the Horizon
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It is generally known that Americans want it both ways -- green giddiness and plenty of oil and gas for their cars and homes; lots of government services and low taxes; a big military but spasms of isolationism. But now California is where the rubber meets the road, and we just saw the ...
therazor.org - 5/21/2009
The United States of California
— therazor.org — I used to live in California. California gave me my education and my wife, and I’m sure... that before my time is done I’m going to return there. Conservatives who despise the state forget that it gave us Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. It ... (more) The United States of California

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justoneminute.typepad.com - 5/21/2009
California, Here We Come
— justoneminute.typepad.com — This video helps to explain the likely consequences of the California tax revolt. And here is footage... depicting California within a few years time. But seriously - here is a bit of real coverage. (more) California, Here We Come
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betsyspage.blogspot.com - 5/21/2009
What to do about California?
— betsyspage.blogspot.com — Megan McArdle ponders whether or not California is just too darn big to be allowed to fail.... As she writes, a California bankruptcy will affect all of us economically, not just those in the state.I am not under the illusion that this will be fun. For ... (more) What to do about California?

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The Porcupine Principle
The American Scene — Victor Davis Hanson writes: It is generally known that Americans want it both ways — green giddiness and plenty of oil and gas for their cars and homes; lots of government services and low taxes; a big military but spasms of isolationism. But it’s perfectly consistent to favor a big military that safeguards America against all foreign threats, and an isolationist foreign policy that makes use of that military might only when the defense of the country requires it. Call it the Swiss model, as explained by John McPhee: ...

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