[SunRescue] OT: CA: It's Our Turn

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   Gee whiz, I didn't see "biggest egos" in there.  Are 
you sure it wasn't written by a Texan? ;->
> Going around work... I couldn't resist, based on previous topics..
> 
> -Pete
> 
> > > America has engaged in some finger wagging lately
> > > because California doesn't have enough electricity to
> > > meet  its needs.
> > >
> > > The rest of the country (including George W.  Bush's
> > > energy secretary Spencer Abraham, who wants
> > > Californians to suffer through blackouts as
> > > justification for drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic
> > > National Wildlife Refuge) seems to be just fine with
> > > letting Californians dangle in the breeze without
> > > enough power to meet their needs.  They laugh at
> > > Californians' frivolity.
> > >
> > > Well, everybody, here's how it really is:
> > >
> > > California ranks 48th in the nation in power consumed
> > > per person.
> > >
> > > AND
> > >
> > > California grows more than half the nation's fruit,
> > > nuts and vegetables. We're keeping them.  We need
> > > something to eat when the power goes out.
> > >
> > > We grow 99 percent or more of the nation's almonds,
> > > artichokes, dates, figs, kiwifruit, olives,
> > > persimmons,  pistachios, prunes, raisins and
> > > walnuts. Hope you won't miss them.
> > >
> > > California is the nation's number one dairy state.
> > > We're keeping our dairy products.  We'll need plenty
> > > of fresh ones since our refrigerators can't be relied
> > > upon.  Got milk?
> > >
> > > We Californians are gonna keep all our high-tech
> > > software in state. Silicon Valley is ours, after  all.
> > >  Without enough electricity, which you're apparently
> > > keeping for  yourselves, we just plain don't have
> > > enough software to spare.
> > >
> > > And we're keeping all our airplanes.  California
> > > builds a good percentage of the commercial airliners
> > > available to fly you people to where you want to go.
> > > When yours wear out, you'd better hope Boeing's
> > > Washington plant can keep you supplied. There isn't
> > > enough electricity here to allow us to export any more
> > > planes than we need ourselves.
> > >
> > > And while we're at it, we're keeping all our high-tech
> > > aerospace stuff, too, like the sophisticated weapons
> > > systems that let you sleep  at night, not worried you
> > > might wake up under the rule of some foreign  kook.
> > > Oh, yeah, and if you want to make a long-distance
> > > call, remember where the satellite components and
> > > tracking systems come from.  Maybe you could get back
> > > in the habit of writing letters.
> > >
> > > Want to see a blockbuster movie this weekend?  Come to
> > > California. We make them here. Since we'll now have to
> > > make them with our own electricity, we're keeping
> > > them.  Even if we shoot them somewhere else, the labs,
> > > printing facilities, editing facilities, and sound
> > > facilities are all here.
> > >
> > > Want some nice domestic wine?  We produce over 17
> > > million gallons per year. We'll need all it now to
> > > drown our sorrows when we think about the fact that no
> > > matter how many California products we export to make
> > > the rest of America's lives better, America can't see
> > > its way clear to help us out with a little
> > > electricity.   You can no longer have any of our wine.
> > >
> > > You all complain that we don't build enough power
> > > plants.  Well, you don't grown enough food, write
> > > enough software, make enough movies, build enough
> > > airplanes and defense systems  or make enough wine.
> > >
> > > This is your last warning, America.  Lighten (us) up
> > > before it's too late.
> > >
> > > Love,
> > > The Californians
> 
> 
> 
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