Galt's Gulch

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  • Posted by freedomforall 10 years, 7 months ago
    Maybe the US should be 2 countries.
    The US-A to contain the New England states, NY, the Dark Center and much of the West Coast would have the industries of propaganda (from DC and LA primarily but also Harvard, Yale, etc) and fiat money (DC and NY.)
    The midwest, mountain, atlantic, and southern states would be in country US-B with food production, oil production, coal mining, gold mining, etc.

    Wonder how long the looters in NY and DC will last with the "security" for their fiat currency (debt) removed and the military volunteers from US-B no longer available to fight in the looters wars.
    (Heritage Foundation study shows higher percentages of the US military come from the Southern states and from Montana, Alaska, Wyoming, and Maine, with lower than average from New England, NY, DC.)
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    • Posted by freedomforall 10 years, 7 months ago
      With apologies to the real producers in US-A areas. Obviously my comments were generalities and there are always exceptions.

      Just spent the weekend driving from US-A (LA,CA) to US-B (GA) and listening to the '91 audio book of Atlas Shrugged en route for about 34 of its 64 hours. Crossing the plains of north Texas and surrounded by rocking horse pump jacks, cruising at about 85 mph with a train on the track parallel to the highway I listened to the first run of the John Galt Line. It felt like being a part of the action (with a bit if imagination.)
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    • Posted by iroseland 10 years, 7 months ago
      the funny part is that the US-A crowd would go out of their way to make it difficult for US-B folks to move to US-A. Of course, without the influx of US-B people to the areas that would land in US-A, US-A would dry up and blow away even faster.. Of course we would never need to worry about the US-A crowed wanting to move to US-B since as far as they are concerned the US-B states are populated by giants and dragons.
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    • Posted by wdg3rd 10 years, 7 months ago
      Do not count New Hampshire (or most of Vermont, Maine or for that matter the northeast part of New York) with southern New England and the corridor from Boston to DC.
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  • Posted by NealS 10 years, 7 months ago
    I was there, in California, when Jerry served as governor in the 70's. I left California in 1977 mainly because of it. I'm sure George could get California even more liberalized than even Jerry did.

    It's about time I look for another home again, Washington State has been turning really liberal. People up here automatically vote for the "D". None of them can tell you why, except that they are Democrats because their mommy's and daddy's were Democrats. They have no other reason. Most think Ben Ghazi wouldn't stand a chance against Hillary for President. We really need a test in order to qualify to vote. A voter should at least be aware of the issues and how they effect our freedom, not just brainwashed by some stupid slogan or some handsome SOB.
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    • Posted by RevJay4 10 years, 7 months ago
      Left WA state 22 years ago. Saw the Kalifornicating happening with the influx of the escapees from southern part of CA. Miss the scenery and my grown kids who still live in the western part of WA. Other than that, not much else.
      Typical of liberals/progressives, once they have soiled their backyards, they move to another to begin the process of destruction again. My son reports that it is getting intolerable to live there for a person who is not of the liberal mental disorder.
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      • Posted by NealS 10 years, 7 months ago
        I'm not sure if I should be offended by the "Kalifornicating" of WA. I left CA some 37 years ago. And "Typical", "soiled their backyards", and "process of destruction again" , could be painful. Thank goodness I'm originally from WI. CA was just a 'bump in the road' before coming here. Besides I really know you were not talking about me.

        I hope we see the part about your son's observation of "intolerable" for non-liberals prove to be a miscalculation today. Actually 90% of everyone I'm around are not of the liberal/progressive disorder. I've found a lot of coverts recently, and a whole lot conservatives that still just remain silent. We've just got to get them out to vote, silence will do nothing. This brings up something I saw recently, a video with Brigitte Gabriel. I'll find it and start a new thread with it. It's compelling, watch for it.
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        • Posted by RevJay4 10 years, 7 months ago
          Nope, I didn't mean you by my comments. I'm originally from MO and we moved back here to save our sanity. I'll look for the thread.
          Curious. You don't happen to live near B'ham, do ya?
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 10 years, 7 months ago
    I'm starting to wonder why actors seem to think they can transform magically into a chief executive? Like Arnie Schwarzenegger found out, PLAYING a governor on screen and BEING a governor in real life are 2 separate and disparate realities. Sure, Clooney is a pretty decent actor... but a leader that makes him not.

    And with Clooney being an avowed liberal leftist, he will fit right in with the Urban Liberalists. The sheeple are sure to make him the next "He's a star so Ill vote with my autograph book in hand" politician.

    No wonder those in Jefferson, er, Rural California dream of secession. ;-)
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  • Posted by Herb7734 10 years, 7 months ago
    Just what California needs: A democrat version of Arnold. Some time ago, it was said that California wanted to be a separate country. C'mon, California, do it! Please?
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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 10 years, 7 months ago
    I'd like to see this. Like Governor Moonbeam, Clooney would soon discover how blind fanatic the California legislators are. When he tries to protect the entertainment industry in Hollyweird from excess taxation, and they throw it in his face, reality may set in.

    His mom was a great singer, and he can act, but that's it. As Will Rogers used to say, "Common sense ain't so common."
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    • Posted by Susannah 10 years, 7 months ago
      Rosie wasn't his mom, but his aunt. His mom was not really anybody famous except around Cincinnati and northern KY, same with his dad (Rosie's brother, Nick).



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  • Posted by RevJay4 10 years, 7 months ago
    When I read of this kind of stuff, Clooney running for Gov. of CA, I keep in mind that actors follow scripts to assume the personalities of mostly fictional characters. They play "pretend", much as most of us did when we were kids and played "cops and robbers" or whatever. There is also a personality disorder for folks who don't grow out of that phase of their childhood.
    I guess if the liberals give Clooney a script to follow if he is elected Gov., he could do at least as well as "moonbeam". Or not. I wonder who is in charge of flushing CA when the libs are done with it?
    This kind of thing just cracks me up.
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  • Posted by eddieh 10 years, 7 months ago
    That's just what we need. Another hollywood libral democrat that can't tell the real world from make believe. The last converted actor worth his salt was Ron Reagan.
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    • Posted by NealS 10 years, 7 months ago
      And to know that Ronny was a convert from a big "D" to an "R" even while he was deep in the "D" world there in Hollywood. If he started today he wouldn't even be known, they would ban him from getting near the studios. My parents worked on his campaign for governor, then for President. As President, and I have it now, he even sent my dad a birthday card signed by him and Nancy from the White House.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 10 years, 7 months ago
    Some of the comments are about forming multiple countries. We really should have more regional autonomy and allow cities or counties to experiment with different gov'ts.
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  • Posted by Roark 10 years, 7 months ago
    Critics -- and fans -- of George Clooney should see his latest film, "Monuments Men". He tells the true story of a small group of art professors and an architect who join the army in World War II to recover art and other property stolen by the National Socialists (Nazis). Imagine Howard Roark teaming up with Ragnar Danneskjold! If George Clooney is even half the man that he portrays in this film, then he would make a great president. He might even help recover property stolen by the contemporary socialists in the Republican and Democratic parties.
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