{"article":{"id":19194,"heading":"California at a Crossroad?","author":"Observer","created":"2002-09-19 12:56:15","modified":"2002-09-23 04:29:13","last_modified":"Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:29:13","article":"

There is much boasting by pundits here in Cali that , if we were an independent nation, we would be the fifth largest economy in the world. Maybe the time has come for us in Cali to become just that-our own nation, or simply autonomous, or our place at number 5 will not last much longer(not that it really matters).

According to many sources concerning the state of the (Americanized) global economy(McWorld),foremost among them From The Wilderness(linked below), the monster created by New York and Washington and enforced by the policies of the IMF\/World Bank and World Trade Organization, may be about to turn on itself.

As the rest of the world becomes increasingly aware of, and tires of, the mega-rip-off known as \"globalisation\", people all over are turning away from dependence on goods and services from multi-national corporations and either \"buying local\" or at least discussing more sustainable and democratic alternatives.

California is now at a crossroad-we need to decide-should we break away from the U.S. and become politically(and economically) independent of the U.S.(with a Constitution based upon all the provisions of the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights) and our own membership in the United Nations and join the rest of the world in discussing a democratic, sustainable economy for the world that will benefit everyone(whether it be Anarchist, Socialist, a little of both- or something different as long as it's both sustainable and Democratic)? or;

Will Cali become the sturn(back-end) of the U.S.A. Titanic as New York and Washington drag us down into the Abyss with them?

Which will it be Cali-go down with the McWorld rust-bucket, or join the Global Lifeboat fleet?<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.fromthewilderness.com\/free\/ww3\/073002_cbs_story.html","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":" There are many economic indications that the U.S.A. Titanic may be on the brink of sinking. Will California go down with it, or is it time for us in Cali to break away and become a lifeboat?","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2002\/09\/19194.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":19262,"heading":"something to discuss","article":"It certainly warrants discussion. Unfortunately, as the state that gave Reagan and Nixon to the White House, the track record of California's taste in politicians is none too glorious. \r\n\r\nMaybe with a little more work and some cleaning up of the corruption and old boys networks that still pervail here there might be a chance of survival.\r\n\r\nSome work to do mate before shouting secede. But if Bush yells war one more time, I'm all for electing Barbara Lee first President of the new country of California.","author":"..","parent_id":19194,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-09-23 04:29:13","modified":"2002-09-23 04:29:13","fileurl":""}]}