Joshua Claybourn's Domain: Bay Area Secession?: "Bay Area Secession?
G. Pascal Zachary, a San Francisco Bay area writer, suggests that they secede (hat tip NRO). Despite the piece being poorly written and unfounded (polls show the Bay area supports war in Iraq 2-1, no matter what the author's friends may be like), I think Zachary has a point:
No one is listening to people in the Bay Area. No one ever listens, actually. The Bay Area is out of sync with the United States on every political metric.
This would be good for America both politically and economically. Let it begin"