California Central Valley: Angry and Bitter

....wait....that's MY job to be angry, bitter and spew hatred.  Who are the people in the California Central Valley and why are they so flipping angry?

This past weekend I went to Fresno to watch the Fresno Monsters, which is the local hockey team.  I did the drive down I-5, cut over on 152 through Los Banos, then did the jaunt south on 99.  It was a learning experience I will never forget. 

All along the roadway were:  Blown out tires, trash, tumbleweeds, taco shops, bail bonds, cash advances with no credit needed, furniture rental places, rummage sales at the corner of intersections, barred windows, immigration lawyer billboards, car accident lawyers that 'se hable espanol', citrus groves, cars on blocks in the front yard, dilapidated farms (for the hired hands for sure), millionaire farms (for the masters), and angry, home-made political signs aimed at what appears to be anybody with a democratic tendency.

It appears these people have a lot in common with Texas as the women over 40 wore bling on their fat asses thinking their bleach-blonde hair was attractive.  They also had rhinestones around their 'mercan'  made car license plate brackets.  Oh, and don't forget to kneel and THANK JESUS for all of our blessings!  You are so BLESSED and LOVED and INCLUDED unless you're a Mexican slave.  Then you are shit.

It was also confirmed by the car at Starbucks with a Texas license plate that blasted Obama as an idiot and championed the secession of Texas from the union.  Please, Texas, hurry up and secede.  Where can I sign the petition to get rid of them? 


The icing on the cake was a sign on Hwy 152 that read, "I want my products made in America, including our president."

Sure.  Fuck you as you drive to WalMart to get your shit made in China.  Fuck you as you use Mexican slaves to do your shit work for you.  

The republican party has become America's embarrassment -- much like the deep south.  Yeah, you really do look that stupid to the rest of the world. 

Northern vs. Central California

I was schooled tonight by a native Californian in regards to political pockets. Being raised in Minnesota, I thought that it was ALL of California that was extremely liberal. I have not lived in Orange County or any other part of California other than northern California.

The political beliefs of those on the central California coastal region (and central valley) are very conservative -- meaning republican. They think we in northern California are complete FREAKS! Can you believe that?

Anyway... my friend who "schooled" me is a native central Californian of a conservative, republican upbringing. She happened to marry a northern Californian "hippie" freak of liberal values. She adapted to her husband's liberal view of things.

Talk at the Thanksgiving dinner table with her conservative, republican family have never been the same. When the United States was just contemplating getting into the messy war in the middle east my hippie friend spoke up at the Thanksgiving dinner table and said that the United States had no business going over there to start anything. One of the other conservative, republican dinner guests inserted into the conversation that he was currently serving in the United States military in the capacity of "intellegence." He said, without a doubt, that there were WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION and the United States NEEDED to engage in combat. He *knew* for a fact that the WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION were out there because of his title and position.

My hippie friend called BULLSHIT. The evening ended. Everybody went home. A couple of years later they STILL have not found the WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION that the so-called-in-the-know-tied-in-military-intelligence-dude was for certain were out there.

We're still waiting.

My hippie friend has too much class to bring this up for conversation at subsequent Thanksgiving dinner table discussions. However, he revels in silent victory knowing he was right all along.