[Noah]

Well, all you Cali kids out there, the big debate at my school involves the hypothetical that California withdraws from the Union. I was wondering what people (preferably people who don't go to a very liberal school in Venice) think.

We think that for succession to work, California would have to carry oregon, washington, alaska, hawaii, nevada, and arizona to be successful. Actually, popular sentiment around our school is that Bush would be glad to see us go, as it would give him and the republicans a VERY solid grip on the US government.

Interestingly enough, California (though currently in an economic slump) is rated as the 5th largest economy in the world, if it were a country, just above france.

If france can be a country, why can't we?!?