# Cal. Assemblywoman says she knows why her state is in a drought. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 13, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445 "2015-06-13T18:28:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/21 "2015-06-14T04:08:24Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, a conservative Republican, says that the blame for California’s historic drought can be laid at the feet of it’s allwing freedom to have an abortion. > > [MSN](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-rep-blames-california-drought-on-abortion/ar-BBl4ccP) > > And I thought the governor of Kansas(my state) was bad. > > Ms. Grove seems to feel that one’s politics can influence the _weather_? 10 years ago, Pat Robertson blamed Katrina on the country’s abortion rights. Does allowing abortion mean no rain or too much rain? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/22 "2015-06-14T04:45:51Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Abortions? That woman is an idiot. Everyone knows that abortions cause earthquakes. Weather related disasters are caused by the gays! This is, like, grade school science. No, dude, get it right: it’s nakedness that causes earthquakes. Or perhaps selfies? Nah, then the Med would be jimmying like Josephine Baker. Could be imbecility… > [@silenus](#): > > You have to remember that Bakersfield is the reason California will never split into two states. Both parts would insist that the other one take Bakersfield. Make it an enclave. It’s surrounded by Cali-A but belongs to Cali-B. That way, both can do their best to forget it ever existed (a common complaint of many enclaves). ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/23 "2015-06-14T05:26:36Z")
California, renowned for it’s nuts. I was like Amateur Barbarian and my first thought was which side’s loonies had the “reason” for drought. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/24 "2015-06-14T05:37:05Z")
Idiots like her wrote the Bible. It’s full of nutjob stories exactly like this. I’m just saying. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/25 "2015-06-14T12:23:59Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > I read once that gay women will get pregnant by gay men, just so they can abort the babies. Except for the transgender babies. Those are specially brought up and trained to trick good Christian boys into getting blowjobs from “stealth decepticon men,” thus turning them gay. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/26 "2015-06-14T12:58:05Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > A customer we used to work for in California once said that the only reason Bakersfield exists is so you can go through it to get to somewhere else. When I was growing up, Merced, California had a big billboard stating “Gateway to Yosemite!” My dad thought it was funny the town would take so much pride about being the place where you turn on the way to someplace interesting. > [@Nava](#): > > Make it an enclave. It’s surrounded by Cali-A but belongs to Cali-B. That way, both can do their best to forget it ever existed (a common complaint of many enclaves). Bakersfield, District of California. Works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/27 "2015-06-14T13:06:28Z")
Crazy person says something crazy. Film at 11:00. You guys should meet my mother. This sort of thing is dinnertime conversation for her. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/28 "2015-06-14T13:12:28Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Look, it’s all very ineffable, all right ? This is the Pit, you’re allowed to say infuckable. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/29 "2015-06-14T13:56:49Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > You guys should meet my mother. This sort of thing is dinnertime conversation for her. “Your mother’s _alive_?” “No, but you should meet her.” ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/30 "2015-06-14T17:09:35Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > Crazy person says something crazy. Film at 11:00. > > You guys should meet my mother. This sort of thing is dinnertime conversation for her. From XKCD > **[154: Beliefs - explain xkcd](https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/154:_Beliefs)** > > Explain xkcd is a wiki dedicated to explaining the webcomic xkcd. Go figure. > [@](#): > > ``` > [Girl and a professor stand together, with another figure in the distance.] > Girl: Professor, that man claims the earth is 6,000 years old! > Professor: So? Just use your head and don't concern yourself overmuch with what other people think. > > Girl: But he says the fossils in the mountains were put there in a flood! > Professor: Well, evidence suggests that they were not. > Girl: But he-- > > [A mountain landscape.] > Professor: A million people can call the mountains a fiction, yet it need not trouble you as you stand atop them. > > [Girl and professor again.] > Girl: But he believes the silliest things! > Professor: So? > > Professor: The universe doesn't care what you believe. The wonderful thing about science is that it doesn't ask for your faith, it just asks for your eyes. > > Girl: But he's a US senator! > Professor: Ah, then yes, we do have a bit of a situation. > > ``` The same goes for congress critters that can vote on prevention or mitigation solutions when they believe that nothing can be done except to do something that supposedly will pacify the volcano god. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/31 "2015-06-14T18:16:03Z")
> [@DinoR](#): > > California, renowned for it’s nuts. I was like Amateur Barbarian and my first thought was which side’s loonies had the “reason” for drought. There’s an upside! Now, California raisins can be harvested right off the vine, pre-dried and ready to ship! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/32 "2015-06-14T18:24:10Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > There’s an upside! Now, California raisins can be harvested right off the vine, pre-dried and ready to ship! They’ve been doing that in Fresno for decades! ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/33 "2015-06-14T18:46:03Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > Except for the transgender babies. Those are specially brought up and trained to trick good Christian boys into getting blowjobs from “stealth decepticon men,” thus turning them gay. I’ve always thought the world had too few blowjobs. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/34 "2015-06-14T19:14:59Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > “You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material. Polyester attracts hurricanes !!! ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/35 "2015-06-14T19:24:31Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > I read once that gay women will get pregnant by gay men, just so they can abort the babies. And… ? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/36 "2015-06-14T19:30:31Z")
I wonder what the real agenda is here? Which of the following represents Grove’s real beliefs? “Blaming abortions for drought means we can enact anti-abortion laws.” “Blaming abortions for drought means we don’t have to enact environmental laws.” “My constituents are stupid so I have to say stupid things to get re-elected by them.” “This works for all of the above. Best press conference ever.” “Abortions really do cause droughts. Why is everyone laughing at me?” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/37 "2015-06-14T19:32:49Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > I read once that gay women will get pregnant by gay men, just so they can abort the babies. > [@FUTBOL!](#): > > And… ? And then they go out drinking. C’mon it’s right there in the OP’s link. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/38 "2015-06-14T19:50:07Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > From XKCD > > The same goes for congress critters that can vote on prevention or mitigation solutions when they believe that nothing can be done except to do something that supposedly will pacify the volcano god. I agree that crazy people with power are a big problem, but “Bakersfield Assemblywoman” just doesn’t strike fear into my heart, you know? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/39 "2015-06-14T20:31:50Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, a conservative Republican, says that the blame for California’s historic drought can be laid at the feet of it’s allwing freedom to have an abortion. > > [MSN](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-rep-blames-california-drought-on-abortion/ar-BBl4ccP) > > And I thought the governor of Kansas(my state) was bad. > > Ms. Grove seems to feel that one’s politics can influence the _weather_? I live in California. This level of num nuttiness is pretty much standard protocol for our elected officials. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445/40 "2015-06-14T20:34:47Z")
Where do you think all those folks in the Central Valley came from? Hint: The Dust Bowl was not a football championship! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-assemblywoman-says-she-knows-why-her-state-is-in-a-drought/722445.md?page=3)