ahem… Post #27 
I am passionately opposed to stupid political ideas put out solely to get facetime.
Reminds me of a joke I heard from a comedian about how WV was searching for a name: “Well, what are they called?” “Virginia.” “And where are we?” “Well, kinda west from there.” “Then we’ll be West Virginia.” He then goes into wondering why every state doesn’t do that - that is give their state name in relation to Virginia. Kentucky could be More West Virginia, Missouri could be Even More West Virginia, until you get to California: As West Virginia As You Can Possibly Get.
You come to me for help rememberin’? That’s like asking your horse to do your taxes–Which I did in 1998.
People in the other parts of Arizona refer to “The great state of Maricopa County.”
I still don’t get it. Look, one state or the other is going to have to include L.A., and I just can’t believe that anyone’s going to agree to doing that. Even if we tried to put L.A. into its own state, I can’t believe that anyone now living in L.A. would want to be part of it - and since they’re part of L.A., no other state would want them either. Sure, turning L.A. into a nuclear test site sounds like a good idea :), but no one is going to want to live next to it, either.
Until we get these fundamental problems worked out, I don’t see this idea making any headway.
I am from Los Angeles, and I am firmly opposed to the new proposed state. They want the counties where we get our water! If they secede, we won’t be able to exploit them!
If California is divided into two states, Texas would then be the next to the biggest state out of 51. I suggest North and South Alaska so Texas can be the third largest state.
Hey, we split Texas into two states, one of which contains the most conservative chunks of territory; and we split California into two states, one of which contains the most liberal chunks of territory. The balance of power is maintained, so congress stays happy. 
(So I guess it would be…what, Halliburton and Apple who’d be in position to claim the new states as their own fiefdoms when the time of reckoning comes? We could have battles over who’s sphere of influence Vegas and LA will fall under—and there’s plenty of desert wasteland between the two to use as a battleground, iin the manner most befitting civilized people!)
I am passionately opposed to the creation of the Hapsburg Empire - I believe it is a bad idea, and will change how people view noses for the worse.
This is why Michigan’s Upper Penninula isn’t going to be its own state anytime soon. There’s only about 100,000 people up there, and in fact they share a congressional distict with the northern half of the Lower Penninsula.
I like the “bigger than Rhode Island” rule too. Somebody needs to explain to the Statehood-for-DC crowd that they’re just a freakin’ city. DC is what, 60 mi[sup]2[/sup]? Rhode Island is about 1000 mi[sup]2[/sup]. If you really want statehood, ask Maryland to re-annex you. Don’t try to ask the rest of us to accept a state that is less than 1/16 the size of our already-ridiculously-small smallest state.
It should be East California, not south. The dividing line runs roughly north-south and cuts the state into two pieces: that which is farther west than Nevada and that which is not. Look for yourself.
No way am I giving the Santa Ynez Valley to those losers in NorCal! They can make do with the second-rate wineries of Napa and Sonoma instead.
Of course, that’s not the reason at all. And people from outside of California need to understand that this false dichotomy between “north” and “south” California is all the fabrication of a certain mindset of a minority in the north, to make themselves feel special. (I know because I lived there for quite a while.)
Almost nobody in the south of California sees any reason to do this, and it’s not about water. The two areas have much more in common culturally than not, and most people in the south appreciate the whole as one, unified entity.
It’s just a conceit–a vanity, really–that should have been put to rest a long time ago.
We are in a world of our own down here.
Since that’s taken, Alaska will have to settle for the Dominion of Palaska for those areas north of Anchorage.
Quoted for truth.
We on the western side of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia kind of like the idea of becoming our own country, Cascadia.
We could take or leave the eastern parts of these states/ province, depending on whether those people can be convinced to go along. We might even be talked into taking part of Northern California, down to a bit past Mount Shasta or so.
No, no, no, NO. Virginia wants the damn peninsula. Have you seen how sad that eastern shore part of Virginia looks just hanging out there all unattached?
For god’s sake give us the peninsula all to ourselves. Do it for the children!!
No deal unless you take SF and Sac with you.