Letter From Paradise

L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez stands up for the Golden State. Apparently not behind the paywall as they are offering fire coverage w/o charge.

The political right, of course, has long specialized in the sport of California mockery. But we’re now getting it from the left, as well.

Sure, he's a fucking idiot who thinks/claims "the left" is The N.Y.T. & The Atlantic, but we'll let that slide ...

First of all, we may be morons, but we have discovered that it’s possible to drink beverages without plastic straws. Second, I don’t know of anyone, liberal or conservative, who is not bothered by homelessness and the condition of our streets. And the rest of the country should be, too, since a lot of the people sleeping on our streets tell me they’ve come here from somewhere else, like the Midwest, the East and the South.

“California is a failed state,” said Breitbart News, which, as I recall, was founded by a man who lived rather comfortably here in one of the many affluent areas of our failed state.

“As climate change ravages the Golden State, earthquakes could become the least of residents’ concerns,” said The New Republic, which also questioned whether California is still livable.

Among her mother’s frequent warnings, the writer said, were these:

Don’t walk alone at night. Don’t eat processed food. And don’t ever move to California, because, among its myriad other problems, “California’s going to fall off the face of the country and sink into the ocean.”

More likely the flyover fucks & Eastern élitists will sink into the ocean, & good riddance to them all.