If I move to Orange County CA, do I have to become a repugnant one?

[KitchenWitch]

:shrug:

[Ellen Forradalom]

1. I was wondering the same thing

about Ventura County.

[KitchenWitch]

4. Your thread was the impetus for mine

[GOPisEvil]

2. NSMA lives in OC. She's no Republican.

:shrug:

[KamaAina]

12. Ask Misunderestimator. She just moved to The OC

for NSMA-related reasons. Did she become a repuke? That's what I thought.

[Misunderestimator]

33. Um...

:rofl: A republican? Me? :rofl:

Um... nope... still a liberal, but only an Orange County resident for a few more days. :hi:

[KamaAina]

34. It's Zomby, isn't it? He's come between you two, hasn't he?

only an Orange County resident for a few more days.

That homewrecker! That hussy! (can a male even be a hussy??)

:-)

[Zomby Woof]

73. I forgive you

For you know not what you say. :-(

[bertha katzenengel]

35. "THE" OC?!

Kama, please don't take this personally, but oh, lord, please don't use "The OC."

Folks, PLEASE, for the love of those of us who are happy to have been raised there, STOP CALLING IT "THE OC." :banghead: My home county is not a fucking inane POS teenage soap opera!

:rant:

GOD, I have to get some sleep tonight.

[KitchenWitch]

37. I agree with you, bertha

referring to Orange County as "The OC" drives me fucking bonkers.

[KamaAina]

39. Don't blame me, blame Fox

you may want to sit down before reading this:

they've started calling their football postgame show "The OT". :puke: :puke: :puke:

Sorry 'bout that. You may now make some "catty" remarks about tacky aloha shirts, Don Ho, fake grass skirts and the like.

[bertha katzenengel]

72. LOL

:hi:

[LaraMN]

3. You are not allowed to move to California, damnit!

Don't even talk like that!

[KitchenWitch]

5. Is this part of the Keep Minnesota Blue campaign?

:hi:

[LaraMN]

9. Blue, tall, and booted!

Yes darlin'!:hug:

[Wapsie B]

6. KW please don't leave us!

Dear god no!!

:cry:









Just don't move right near the Nixon library if you do go. :rofl:

[KitchenWitch]

8. Not near Nixon library at all

if we go...

[Wapsie B]

18. Yeah Orange Co. is no small place.

But damn.

[KitchenWitch]

19. I have family in MN

so if I do move, I will be back periodically.

[Taverner]

7. Phillip K Dick wondered the same thing

when he moved from Berkeley to the OC....shortly afterwards however he spoke to God in the form of a strange pink light, and the rest, they say, is history....

[Initech]

10. I live in OC. I'm not a Rethug.

[KitchenWitch]

11. true true!

Where, if I may be so bold as to ask?

[Initech]

27. Yorba Linda, CA - the birthplace of the conservative movement!

It sucks, I have to pass the Nixon library every day on my drive to work. :puke:

[KitchenWitch]

28. Ouch

I was part of a tour group that went to the damn library some years ago. The docents drank the koolaid, and basically said that the tape recorder "malfunctioned" and that accounted for the missing parts of the tapes.

yeah right!

[Initech]

29. There's some definate kool-aid drinkers in my neighborhood

And there's more fundie churches per block than any place else in Southern California. Argh, this town drives me absolutely crazy.

[Maat]

41. No, I beg to differ.

I live in the Temecula Valley, and there's a fundie church on every streetcorner.

Maybe it's a tie.

HeeHee.

There are lots of progressives in Orange County, including my dear little sister and her hubby.

[Initech]

43. Wanna have a contest?

:evilgrin:

[Maat]

44. I'm LMAO.

:rofl:

My sister and I have that argument. I probably don't have to convince you of the nuttiness of arguing which area has bigger whackos; it would be an unending battle.

I'm glad I'm only an hour or so away from San Diego.

[bliss_eternal]

50. OMG--they SAY that?

The tape recorder MALFUNCTIONED?! :banghead:

[KitchenWitch]

54. They did about 10-15 years ago.

I do not know what they do now...and frankly, one visit to the Nixon library was plenty.

That day we visited both the Nixon Library and the Wiesenthal Center. I would have rather spent the entire day at the Wiesenthal Center.

[bliss_eternal]

56. Isn't the Wissenthal Center amazing?

I haven't been in years. I should try to visit soon!

My area's community education formed a group visit to the Reagan memorial, or whatever it's called. Guess there's a bunch of freepers in my area--oh the joy of it, where do I sign up? :sarcasm:

You couldn't pay me to go to anything about reagan...

[KitchenWitch]

57. I spent the afternoon crying at the Wiesenthal Center

We went through the "mock Nazi Germany" section, through the boxcar etc. It was very moving. The child's picture that I had been given at the beginning was exterminated... I was raw for a couple of days after that.

[bliss_eternal]

58. Sounds like my visit as a child to

the Holocaust museum. I had to be carried out of the place. There weren't many exhibits then, a few black and white photos here and there, actual clothes worn by survivors, etc. The stories of a few survivors that were present and spoke to us was what did me in.

Moved me to hysteria--being a little kid that wasn't hard.

[KitchenWitch]

59. I think as adults we insulate ourselves from the sheer evil

of stuff like that, so we are supposedly less emotional. Children have an innate sense of justice.

[bliss_eternal]

60. I didn't consider that--

but you're so right. I just remember feeling such sorrow and horror that ANY human being could be treated in such a cruel and monstrous way. Honestly, I remember very little of the actual museum or exhibits because of how emotionally affected I was by it.

[Initech]

66. It's unofficial, but it is the hometown of Richard Nixon.

[maveric]

13. Screw OC! Nuthin good there! Come to San Diego!

Its getting bluer all the time down here in "America's Finest City".
We've got better mexican food here.

[Taverner]

15. San Diagoowwwww...it translates to "Whale's Vagina"

[bridgit]

14. of all the counties in calif; why 'orange' in the 1st place?

:shrug: some fancy schmancy job or somthin'

[KitchenWitch]

16. Hubby may have a job transfer

[bridgit]

17. ah, well then you'll have to do what you need to do, don't let...

'the bad press/rep' about orange bug'ya, the crazies are easily recognizable...you'll do just fine :hi: there's been big changes down there, hubby has a story from when he was like 9, he used to work as a 'truck tender', for a construction company, which was like a helper, they had to shew cows off the dirt roads to build the high tension towers that went through the old Irvine Ranch, then came the whack jobs like B-1 Bob Dornan. being conservative and being a whack job are two separate breeds of cat so as to say.

sides', Loretta Sanchez is turning most of that all around :thumbsup: http://www.lorettasanchez.house.gov/display2.cfm?id=8059&type=Home

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. No, but you'd have to become

an Angels fan. Which could be a more difficult transition.

Oh, and you'd have to learn to say "the" when talking about a freeway, i.e "the 405." :eyes:

[KitchenWitch]

22. I will always be a Twins fan

That will never change.

I will have to pay extra to get all my Twins games from the cable company.

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. You'll be able to get Dodger games, too

on Fox Sports West II. And that, I shall envy you. :grr:

[KitchenWitch]

26. Cool!

I will probably become a part-time Angel fan, since I will be able to actually catch live games there.

[Oeditpus Rex]

30. At least it'll be the *other* league

If you became a Padres fan, we might have a bit of a problem.

[KitchenWitch]

31. ewww the Padres?

the best AA team in the Majors?

[Oeditpus Rex]

32. Hey, I know a guy who... oh, wait

He went to the Mets last month. Xavier Nady. I did a couple stories on him when he played prep ball.

[SoCalDem]

21. Just bring TONS o' Cash and a fistful of gasoline credit cards

:)

[KitchenWitch]

24. That is what I keep hearing!

gas prices are crazy out there.

[huskerlaw]

23. I don't think it's automatic

it's more like a virus. I think you can ward it off by spending lots of time with the SoCal DUers. ;)

[bertha katzenengel]

36. My dad, my sisters, their kids, the entire OC GLBT community...

just for starters....

Um, NO, KW. But if you do move there, try to move into Rohrabacher's district so you can vote against him. :hi:

[Merrick]

64. I'm in his district... and I live in LA County

in Long Beach, within this long, narrow gerrymandered strip that cuts clear across the city. still boggles my mind that I can live well within a town with so many minorities and gays and have such a total nazi as a rep. Guess I could always move four blocks north, but as you say, I'm happy staying to vote against him.

[bertha katzenengel]

71. Isn't gerrymandering lunacy?

Thanks a lot, Elbridge. :eyes:

[LSK]

38. no, but you need a brazilion dollars to buy a house!

:P

[Misunderestimator]

40. No THAT is true.

:crazy:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

45. Yes..places where people actually want to live aren't cheap

And for the record to the OP, my district has a democratic congresswoman, dem assembly person and a dem state senator

What you don't pay in energy costs elsewhere in the country, you might pay in property. It isn't for everyone but it is a good place to live. If you want snow ...it's up in the mountains...if you don't....you don't have to deal with it. You have the countryside, desert, beach and mountains all within an hour or so. Crime is relatively low and you can dine outside at cafe's all but about 2-3 weeks a year.

We don't have to spend 8 months out of the year waiting for warmth.

[bliss_eternal]

51. nothingschocksmeanymore--what district

are you in, if I may ask?

That's GREAT for Orange County! I didn't know there was any part of it with Dem congresswoman, Assembly person and State Senator--good for your area!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

52. 69th assembly, 34th state senate and Loretta Sanchez is

our congressperson

[bliss_eternal]

53. Is that Santa Ana?

:hi:

I've heard good things about L. Sanchez!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

55. Anaheim..and she's alright...not near as progressive as her sister

but better than her predecessor

[Zambero]

62. Sanchez ousted Bob Dornan

And then REALLY kicked his sorry ass in a rematch. The nutcase has yet to concede defeat, blaming it on "bogus illegal alien" voters.

[KitchenWitch]

63. Bob Dornan is batshit crazy!

[XemaSab]

42. There are many democrats in the OC

and also, moving to a "red" area makes you more blue. I'm series.

[ghostsofgiants]

46. That or start a punk band.

[DBoon]

67. like these guys?

[ghostsofgiants]

68. That would be acceptable...

Or...



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Or...



Or...



Or...



And so forth.

[DBoon]

69. but Black Flag and the Germs are from LA

these guys are definitely from OC

[ghostsofgiants]

70. Damn...

Wikipedia has steered me wrong.

But my point still stands: Lots of punk from the OC.

[FVZA_Colonel]

47. Honestly, I thought this had something to do with that godawful TV show

"The O.C."

[liberaltrucker]

48. As a lib in OC......

You already are:rofl:

[KitchenWitch]

61. LMAO

true enough!

:rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

49. It will be soooo good to have you here!

I can hardly wait!

:woohoo:

[Merrick]

65. Depends on what part

If you move to a city like Newport Beach or Irvine you'll find yourself well outnumbered whereas if you settle around such towns as Anaheim, Santa Ana or Laguna Beach you'll likely feel much more amongst your element.

Or, depending on what part of OC hubby's job is in, consider Long Beach. It's quite liberal, has a hell of a lot more charm than OC, and is within a reasonable commuting range to North and Central OC (where I work as well). Housing and rent is also cheaper on the whole.

[pitohui]

74. philip k. dick owned a condo there

think it's safe to say the answer to your question would be a big EN OH