Bernard:
Wouldn't it be nice if Dubya came to California's aid? Might win over a few lefties. LOL Got this today from a friend via AOL. Enjoy.
Chisy
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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.
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.
* 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 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.
* You all complain that we don't build enough power plants. Well,
you don't grow enough food, write enough software, make enough movies, build
enough airplanes and defense systems or make enough wine.
Love,
The Californians |
