(06-26-2017 07:49 PM)memphisike Wrote: [ -> ]California has a great governor and their state is solvent and flush with money
Oh I am sure California is really, really worrying about Tennessee.
So, I moved to Memphis in the mid-1990s and let in 2010. In the 15 years I was there, there were four IPOs:
1. Varsity sports => supplier of spirit squad apparel;
2. Eon Communications => now located in Atlanta;
3. GTx => still hanging on by a thread;
4. Concord EFS => bought out;
Meanwhile, California has produced Facebook, Google, Netflix, SnapChat, and basically a list so long that I don't have time to find all of them.
It always makes me laugh when people - notably Southern Gentlemen - poke fun at Cali. Cali is kicking tail and then some. Alas, for the Southern Gentlemen on this here board, where's the growth dun come from in Memphis?
(06-27-2017 10:39 AM)ddramone Wrote: [ -> ] (06-26-2017 07:49 PM)memphisike Wrote: [ -> ]California has a great governor and their state is solvent and flush with money
Oh I am sure California is really, really worrying about Tennessee.
So, I moved to Memphis in the mid-1990s and let in 2010. In the 15 years I was there, there were four IPOs:
1. Varsity sports => supplier of spirit squad apparel;
2. Eon Communications => now located in Atlanta;
3. GTx => still hanging on by a thread;
4. Concord EFS => bought out;
Meanwhile, California has produced Facebook, Google, Netflix, SnapChat, and basically a list so long that I don't have time to find all of them.
It always makes me laugh when people - notably Southern Gentlemen - poke fun at Cali. Cali is kicking tail and then some. Alas, for the Southern Gentlemen on this here board, where's the growth dun come from in Memphis?
Rather than bore you with endless reports about Tennessee, particularly Nashville area, being destination state, top 10 in this and that, etc., etc., might I suggest you move to California? That would probably improve morale in both states. Of course, your tax burden would increase just a tad...
(06-26-2017 03:11 PM)snowtiger Wrote: [ -> ]There is always private funding. lol
"The law bans state-funded or state-sponsored travel by employees of state agencies and departments as well as members of boards, authorities, and commissions."
There's the loophole for recruiting.
The loophole for games will probably be the "revenue collection" bit.
(06-26-2017 03:02 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote: [ -> ]They already preemptively barred a populous state like NC from hosting in fear of what California has done.
That ban lasted less than a year, and was removed when the legislators did some crafty wordsmithing to allow the NCAA to save face.
(06-26-2017 03:39 PM)snowtiger Wrote: [ -> ]California ranks 6 in World Economies. Ain't nuttin anyone can do about dat except boycott everything that California exports and vow never to visit.
No one would notice, though.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/05/us/ca...ml?mcubz=1
Over the last five years, California has outperformed the nation in just about every important economic metric. Yes, the state is big, accounting for about 12 percent of the nation’s population. But its share of economic growth has been even bigger.
The catch. Cali is not a world economy. And that economy enjoys the benefits of statehood.
(06-27-2017 10:39 AM)ddramone Wrote: [ -> ] (06-26-2017 07:49 PM)memphisike Wrote: [ -> ]California has a great governor and their state is solvent and flush with money
Oh I am sure California is really, really worrying about Tennessee.
So, I moved to Memphis in the mid-1990s and let in 2010. In the 15 years I was there, there were four IPOs:
1. Varsity sports => supplier of spirit squad apparel;
2. Eon Communications => now located in Atlanta;
3. GTx => still hanging on by a thread;
4. Concord EFS => bought out;
Meanwhile, California has produced Facebook, Google, Netflix, SnapChat, and basically a list so long that I don't have time to find all of them.
It always makes me laugh when people - notably Southern Gentlemen - poke fun at Cali. Cali is kicking tail and then some. Alas, for the Southern Gentlemen on this here board, where's the growth dun come from in Memphis?
Well if you consider Texas part of the South (Texas was part of the Confederacy) we have seen California companies more here many times. The most recent one is TOYOTA which moved its North American Headquarters from Torrance to Plano and along with it 10,000 jobs. Here is what California lost. Texas is the one kicking tail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ToZDYegUc
Then....there is Boeing building a new facility in Plano.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2iNSCXJ...115.378583
lol, I love this thread ...
(06-27-2017 10:39 AM)ddramone Wrote: [ -> ] (06-26-2017 07:49 PM)memphisike Wrote: [ -> ]California has a great governor and their state is solvent and flush with money
Oh I am sure California is really, really worrying about Tennessee.
So, I moved to Memphis in the mid-1990s and let in 2010. In the 15 years I was there, there were four IPOs:
1. Varsity sports => supplier of spirit squad apparel;
2. Eon Communications => now located in Atlanta;
3. GTx => still hanging on by a thread;
4. Concord EFS => bought out;
Meanwhile, California has produced Facebook, Google, Netflix, SnapChat, and basically a list so long that I don't have time to find all of them.
It always makes me laugh when people - notably Southern Gentlemen - poke fun at Cali. Cali is kicking tail and then some. Alas, for the Southern Gentlemen on this here board, where's the growth dun come from in Memphis?
Born and raised in Memphis, I was. And it saddens me that many of my southern countrymen are obviously clueless and bittah when they talk about the great state of California.
Why can we all just get along.
(06-27-2017 12:17 PM)snowtiger Wrote: [ -> ] (06-27-2017 12:12 PM)mempho_to_diego Wrote: [ -> ]lol, I love this thread ...
me too
Eh, it's a weak attempt to go political without anyone ever admitting they're wrong.
(06-27-2017 12:23 PM)roundhouse74 Wrote: [ -> ] (06-27-2017 12:17 PM)snowtiger Wrote: [ -> ] (06-27-2017 12:12 PM)mempho_to_diego Wrote: [ -> ]lol, I love this thread ...
me too
Eh, it's a weak attempt to go political without anyone ever admitting they're wrong.
When it comes to politics, everyone is 'wrong'. lol
(06-26-2017 04:45 PM)snowtiger Wrote: [ -> ] (06-26-2017 04:27 PM)nutbushtiger Wrote: [ -> ] (06-26-2017 03:53 PM)MemphisFan95 Wrote: [ -> ] (06-26-2017 03:39 PM)snowtiger Wrote: [ -> ]California ranks 6 in World Economies. Ain't nuttin anyone can do about dat except boycott everything that California exports and vow never to visit.
No one would notice, though.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/05/us/ca...ml?mcubz=1
Over the last five years, California has outperformed the nation in just about every important economic metric. Yes, the state is big, accounting for about 12 percent of the nation’s population. But its share of economic growth has been even bigger.
Yet is 1.3 trillion in debt
They tend to leave that part out of the conversation, after all it is just free money, don't mean a thing to them.
Free money...? And who is them? I pay so many taxes to be in biz here. State Income Tax to start with. Payroll taxes and 15 dollah an hour is the minimum you pay anyone if you don't want a total zombie working for ya.
Payroll taxes and Workman's comp brings that up to about 22.50 per plus health insurance which we already paid anyway.
It's all just backdoor socialism. Everybody deserves some of what you've worked hard for........
The people who ram socialistic laws through the system are generally extremely wealthy and privileged such that their lifestyles suffer no impact from any additional tax burden.
(06-27-2017 11:03 AM)Nashtgrfan Wrote: [ -> ] (06-27-2017 10:39 AM)ddramone Wrote: [ -> ] (06-26-2017 07:49 PM)memphisike Wrote: [ -> ]California has a great governor and their state is solvent and flush with money
Oh I am sure California is really, really worrying about Tennessee.
So, I moved to Memphis in the mid-1990s and let in 2010. In the 15 years I was there, there were four IPOs:
1. Varsity sports => supplier of spirit squad apparel;
2. Eon Communications => now located in Atlanta;
3. GTx => still hanging on by a thread;
4. Concord EFS => bought out;
Meanwhile, California has produced Facebook, Google, Netflix, SnapChat, and basically a list so long that I don't have time to find all of them.
It always makes me laugh when people - notably Southern Gentlemen - poke fun at Cali. Cali is kicking tail and then some. Alas, for the Southern Gentlemen on this here board, where's the growth dun come from in Memphis?
Rather than bore you with endless reports about Tennessee, particularly Nashville area, being destination state, top 10 in this and that, etc., etc., might I suggest you move to California? That would probably improve morale in both states. Of course, your tax burden would increase just a tad...
Dear Sir,
Please give me a list of Nashville-based IPOs this century and we can compare notes.
p.s. - don't live in California, work there about 5 weeks of the year. California is killing it, no doubt about it. I find it very funny that someone just HAD to chime in about Nashville because somehow Nashville is so much better than Memphis.
Again, just a simple list of Nashville IPOs will suffice.
(06-26-2017 12:23 PM)bluebacker Wrote: [ -> ]I wish Calexit would happen along with NEexit.
I fully expect the ninth district court to strike down this travel ban like they did the others.... (rolls eyes).
Me too...I'd move there. (rollseyes)
(06-27-2017 12:57 PM)bluebacker Wrote: [ -> ] (06-26-2017 04:45 PM)snowtiger Wrote: [ -> ] (06-26-2017 04:27 PM)nutbushtiger Wrote: [ -> ] (06-26-2017 03:53 PM)MemphisFan95 Wrote: [ -> ] (06-26-2017 03:39 PM)snowtiger Wrote: [ -> ]California ranks 6 in World Economies. Ain't nuttin anyone can do about dat except boycott everything that California exports and vow never to visit.
No one would notice, though.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/05/us/ca...ml?mcubz=1
Over the last five years, California has outperformed the nation in just about every important economic metric. Yes, the state is big, accounting for about 12 percent of the nation’s population. But its share of economic growth has been even bigger.
Yet is 1.3 trillion in debt
They tend to leave that part out of the conversation, after all it is just free money, don't mean a thing to them.
Free money...? And who is them? I pay so many taxes to be in biz here. State Income Tax to start with. Payroll taxes and 15 dollah an hour is the minimum you pay anyone if you don't want a total zombie working for ya.
Payroll taxes and Workman's comp brings that up to about 22.50 per plus health insurance which we already paid anyway.
It's all just backdoor socialism. Everybody deserves some of what you've worked hard for........
The people who ram socialistic laws through the system are generally extremely wealthy and privileged such that their lifestyles suffer no impact from any additional tax burden.
The Saudis and Kuwaitis must be the most industrious and deserving people in the world since they've managed to have so much wealth. No luck there at all.
(06-27-2017 02:18 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: [ -> ] (06-26-2017 12:23 PM)bluebacker Wrote: [ -> ]I wish Calexit would happen along with NEexit.
I fully expect the ninth district court to strike down this travel ban like they did the others.... (rolls eyes).
Me too...I'd move there. (rollseyes)
I'd move to Texas if they left the union.
Personally, I hope California, Oregon, and Washington fall off into the Pacific ocean never to be heard from again.
(06-27-2017 04:08 PM)bluebacker Wrote: [ -> ] (06-27-2017 02:18 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: [ -> ] (06-26-2017 12:23 PM)bluebacker Wrote: [ -> ]I wish Calexit would happen along with NEexit.
I fully expect the ninth district court to strike down this travel ban like they did the others.... (rolls eyes).
Me too...I'd move there. (rollseyes)
I'd move to Texas if they left the union.
Personally, I hope California, Oregon, and Washington fall off into the Pacific ocean never to be heard from again.
ouch
ouch
ouch
YOu could just wish for us to drift off like our own continent or for y'all to drift Eastward.
(06-27-2017 04:08 PM)bluebacker Wrote: [ -> ] (06-27-2017 02:18 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: [ -> ] (06-26-2017 12:23 PM)bluebacker Wrote: [ -> ]I wish Calexit would happen along with NEexit.
I fully expect the ninth district court to strike down this travel ban like they did the others.... (rolls eyes).
Me too...I'd move there. (rollseyes)
I'd move to Texas if they left the union.
Personally, I hope California, Oregon, and Washington fall off into the Pacific ocean never to be heard from again.
that works, we're taking Hawai'i too, though...y'all can keep Alaska for access to the Pacific.
(06-27-2017 06:37 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: [ -> ] (06-27-2017 04:08 PM)bluebacker Wrote: [ -> ] (06-27-2017 02:18 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: [ -> ] (06-26-2017 12:23 PM)bluebacker Wrote: [ -> ]I wish Calexit would happen along with NEexit.
I fully expect the ninth district court to strike down this travel ban like they did the others.... (rolls eyes).
Me too...I'd move there. (rollseyes)
I'd move to Texas if they left the union.
Personally, I hope California, Oregon, and Washington fall off into the Pacific ocean never to be heard from again.
that works, we're taking Hawai'i too, though...y'all can keep Alaska for access to the Pacific.
Deal but you have to take Chicago and Washington DC.
(06-27-2017 06:37 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: [ -> ] (06-27-2017 04:08 PM)bluebacker Wrote: [ -> ] (06-27-2017 02:18 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: [ -> ] (06-26-2017 12:23 PM)bluebacker Wrote: [ -> ]I wish Calexit would happen along with NEexit.
I fully expect the ninth district court to strike down this travel ban like they did the others.... (rolls eyes).
Me too...I'd move there. (rollseyes)
I'd move to Texas if they left the union.
Personally, I hope California, Oregon, and Washington fall off into the Pacific ocean never to be heard from again.
that works, we're taking Hawai'i too, though...y'all can keep Alaska for access to the Pacific.
nah...we take Alaska and then sell it back to them, along with Sarah Palin. They might wanna access Russia from there.