Success !!

As you can see from the CNN clip above, the (future) plans for California to secede succeeded mahvelously. We hired undocumented workers to do the digging along the Arizona and Nevada borders. And in a pleasant surprise, the state of Oregon volunteered to do the digging along their border with Calif.

The USA claimed that the name 'California' was copyrighted, so we decided to call the newly-formed island nation 'New Austria'. The Austrians will probably claim infringement also, but who cares? They're in no position to invade.

Things are (will be) different here in Arizona. Lake Havasu City needs a new name (no more lake!). And now that I have time-warped back to (what you consider to be) the present, I intend to be one of the founding fathers of the Yuma Yacht Club.