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In article <vm6qgb$2k9d4$1@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
> 
> On 2025-01-13 17:29, pothead wrote:
> > On 2025-01-14, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> >> On 2025-01-13 17:20, pothead wrote:
> >>> On 2025-01-14, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> >>>> On 2025-01-13 16:01, pothead wrote:
> >>>>> On 2025-01-13, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> On 2025-01-13 15:29, pothead wrote:
> >>>>>>> On 2025-01-13, Skeeter <skeeterweed@photonmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>> In article <vm44ss$222t5$5@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On 2025-01-13 14:22, Skeeter wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>> In article <vm42eo$222t5$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-01-13 06:47, Skeeter wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> In article <vm2g9v$1moco$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-01-12 22:48, AlleyCat wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 10:18:48 -0800,  Alan says...
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You think you should build infrastructure to deal with "record"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> levels, do you?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Better than empty fire hydrants.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> The reservoirs aren't empty.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> But needing to use that many fire hydrants simultaneously results in low
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> water pressure.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> They were empty.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> No, they weren't. Pressures were very low at hydrants because of how
> >>>>>>>>>>> many were attempting to be used simultaneously...
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> ...but that's not the same thing.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How would that be fiscally responsible?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey faggot, this ain't fucking Canada we're talking about... this is
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> CALIFORNIA, the land of the I don't GIVE a shit what it costs, as
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> long as there are dykes, fags, drag queens and MEXICANS in positions
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> of power and making money and living comfortably off our dime!
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, OUR dime... they take in FEDERAL dollars too.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> You mean like the "FEDERAL dollars" a lot of the Republicans voted
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> against Forest Management Wildfire Prevention?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://meidasnews.com/news/44-republicans-voted-against-forest-management-wildfire-prevention-in-december>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> California's in debt to the tune of $621 BILLION. How much over-
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> budget do you think the high speed rail system will go? (see below)
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Not germane to this discussion.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> It shows how incompatant they are.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> I'll remember that you claim that the size of the debt is related to the
> >>>>>>>>>>> incompetence of the governing party...
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> ...when Trump's budgets come in again with larger debt/deficits.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> :-)
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you even realize the scope of what you're suggesting?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> If the LIBERAL Los Angeles Times can write about it, and say that
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> California is WASTING precious resources... why is it such fucking
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> taboo for YOU to care about it?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> You can't just magically build the infrastructure to handle a
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> record-setting amount of rainfall.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Yes you can. Maybe Kanada needs to learn from us.
> >>>>>>>>>>> Nope. Big projects take TIME.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> That's just a fact.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Pictures of the main one empty. It was "off line:.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Picture of the "main one" what? Reservoir.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Yup
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> That was ONE reservoir out of many and it needed repair...
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> It was the main one for that area.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> ...and it wasn't the "main one" at all.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> It was ONE reservoir of many that serve Los Angeles (22 in all, not
> >>>>>>>>> counting ones outside LA County), and from what I'm seeing, it was a
> >>>>>>>>> pretty small one at that.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> It should have been full. They were warned what was coming. You also
> >>>>>>>> need electricity to pump some of that water.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> There are so many bad decisions that were made in CA that it's difficult to
> >>>>>>> even keep track of them.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Name one.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> The libbys are trying in vain to defend these libtard and DEI hires and their
> >>>>>>> incompetence but it's impossible.
> >>>>>>> The media is also trying to take the focus off poor policy decisions but
> >>>>>>> it's not working.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Name one such decision.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sure.
> >>>>> Right from the LA fire chief.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/12/who-is-kristin-crowley-la-fire-chief>
> >>>>
> >>>> And how is that a poor policy decision?
> >>>>
> >>>> Be specific.
> >>>>
> >>>> Try to say something more than "lesbo".
> >>>
> >>> Obviously you didn't even view the video because the fire chief
> >>> was complaining about budget cuts which hurt the department.
> >>> It has nothing to do with her being a lesbo.
> >>
> >> What budget cuts? The 2% cut?
> >>
> >> That's it? That's yoru big bad policy decision?
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Sadly, as bad and horrible this situation is for a large number of people,
> >>>>>>> CA will probably still stay blue because they hate the republicans even more
> >>>>>>> than they hate their own politicians whose poor decision making have caused
> >>>>>>> this mess.
> >>>>>> You realize that the blue states subsidize the red states...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ...right?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Goal post move.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks again for proving my points.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> You're the one who brought up the "mess" that certain states are
> >>>> supposed to have made.
> >>>
> >>> Blue states subsidizing red states has nothing to do with policies that
> >>> blue states enact in order to waste money.
> >>
> >> It might make an intelligent person wonder why they have so much more
> >> money than blue states.
> >>
> >> But I can see why that let's you out.
> > 
> > <https://www.thecentersquare.com/opinion/article_44669866-adb3-11ee-96a1-3f9bfb526300.html>
>  From a right wing mouth piece like William Haupt III?
> 
> Do you really want to get into the specifics of the facts he presents 
> and what he omits?
> 
> Let's examine just one:
> 
> 'The 10 states in the best fiscal condition are almost all red states. 
> Tennessee has never been in the red.'
> 
> Let's look at Tennessee in more detail to see how they achieved that 
> "never in the red" condition:
> 
> 13th in poverty
> 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_poverty_rate>
> 
> 9th in child poverty.
> 
> <https://datacenter.aecf.org/data/tables/43-children-in-poverty#ranking/2/any/true/2545/any/322>
> 
> 45 in infant mortality
> 
> <https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/infant_mortality_rates/infant_mortality.htm>
> 
> And all of that while ranking 11th in percentage of state general 
> revenue coming from the federal government
> 
> So they take a lot from the federal government...
> 
> ...don't do much to help their people...
> 
> ...but, hey! Their budget is balanced!

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