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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: American Spirit who wrote (473318)10/10/2003 10:45:02 PM
From: Hope Praytochange  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
here is a story from LA TIMES "paid site"(per american spirit)
latimes.com

Where to ...
... pump iron, smoke cigars, park your plane, enjoy Austrian cuisine (good luck) and buy a new Hummer.
By Rone Tempest
Times Staff Writer

October 11, 2003

So, you are moving to Sacramento. Willkommen!

You are a huge international superstar with a private jet, a fleet of outsized SUVs and a penchant for espresso and Cuban cigars.

You are relocating to a sleepy, mid-size agricultural center where rabid residents root for their city's only big league sports franchise, the Sacramento Kings, by maniacally clanging cowbells.

A major concern here is what color to paint the Tower Bridge. (After much debate, the citizens settled on something that might charitably be called "French's Mustard gold.")

This is a place about which Los Angeles Democratic Assemblyman Dario Frommer says: "If you want a good meal, you better get out before 10 p.m. or you are out of luck. Even the fast food places close early in Sacramento."

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