I nominate you as the President of the New Republic of California. I
envision Ed as Secretary of the Interior.
-- Miles Harris III Simi Valley, CA 01 Silver Dakota CC Sport, 2.5L, 5speed 01 Gold Saturn SC1 (3 door coupe) 1.9L SOC, 4speed auto http://www.spikesautos.homestead.com/Dak1.html Profile: http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/PfCA4R1zO470w"Ronald Wong" <ron-wong@home.com> wrote in article <NDBBIHDGKKJOIJDEOCBMAEMDECAA.ron-wong@home.com>... > 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. > > 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. "I would think Florida, with its older > population, couldn't survive without prunes" > > 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 (haven't a square to spare so to speak). > > 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 your's wear out, you'd better hope Boeing's Washington plant can > keep you supplied "(does the author of this realize Boeing just closed down > the Long Beach Douglas plant)". 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 shot 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 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. > > "One other item to add. We will also be keeping California's number one > cash crop (at least the last time I checked). You know the one grown in > Humbolt county. We will need it to help us forget the fine mess our elected > officials have gotten us into." > > 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 > > "I love California - I practically grew up in Phoenix." > Dan Quayle > > > Dak content: When the backout hits my neighborhood during the hot weather > (and it will). At least I will be able to go out and sit in my Dak running > the AC knowing that my wimpy, anemic, under-powered 2.5L will not be using > as much fuel as a 6 or 8 cylinder in the same situation. One more thing to > remind me of how great owning the 120hp 4 cylinder engine is as the truck > strains to make it over the hill out of Simi. (I beaten this thread line > into the ground, time to say thank-you and I'm out of here). > > > -- > Miles Harris III > Simi Valley, CA > 01 Silver Dakota CC Sport, 2.5L, 5speed > 01 Gold Saturn SC1 (3 door coupe) 1.9L SOC, 4speed auto > http://www.spikesautos.homestead.com/Dak1.html > Profile: http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/PfCA4R1zO470w > >
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