I'm a native Californian myself, and watching Silicon Valley grow from Apple
Orchards to Apple Computer (and Tandem, IBM, HP, etc.)....they had it
coming...and they knew about it many years ago.
The only ones to blame are the ones who caused it in the first place.
- Bernd
> Here here Miles....I'm with you all the way to the end!! Yes! Long live
> California! Screw them all. We'll secede, then we'll see who sucks what!
>
> Ron
> 00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
> For modifications see my DML Profile (URL follows)
> http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/Kw9pV1EkFeOYY
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET]On Behalf Of Miles Harris
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 12:18 PM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: DML: No Power for California.. No Soup (so to speak) for you.
> (long)
>
>
> I got sent this item. I don't know of its accuracy but it is amusing. I've
> added items in ""
>
> The California Electricity Crisis
>
> 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 is the 6th largest economy in the world (last I checked)."
>
> California ranks 48th in the nation in power consumed per person.
>
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