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To: Brumar89 who wrote (529284)	11/16/2009 2:36:35 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576600

Ever hear of TI, Compaq, Dell? In case you don't know, the energy industry is also pretty high tech nowadays and that hasn't developed in CA or WA. A drop in the bucket.....TX has over 20 million people. WA state has 5 million....and there is a hell of lot more new hi tech companies of size in WA state than in TX. I doubt that. You doubt it....then prove me wrong. Besides, I named only the companies that still exist and developed fairly recently. You included companies like Compaq that are long gone and companies like DELL and TI that have been around for a while. Don't forget MSFT is based in Seattle. You seem to have a unusual definition of tech anyway. High tech in the energy industry wouldn't qualify but Costco and Whole Foods seems to. "Tech" seems to be code for things liberals think are cool. Hi tech in the energy industry would qualify. I never said otherwise. As for the energy industry, what major companies has it spawned in the last ten years? Well within the past decade the energy industry has spawned a shale gas industry based on directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing technology. Lots of companies in and servicing the industry. Now the technology is heading overseas to Europe, Canada and elsewhere. That's a new technology for drilling that existing companies use. I don't think it has spawned any new industries or companies. The more hi tech NC becomes the less southern it is. Wow, now thats high tech, they're actually moving the state now. Funny. See thats an example, when you find high tech in the south, just call it non-southern. Why do you think NC went purple in 2008 for the first time? Same as loads of other places .... partially higher black turnout, people wanting "change", an uninspiring boneheaded Republican Presidential candidate who suspended his campaign during a key period before the election ...... In addition, a lot of liberals are moving into Charlotte and the Golden triangle area......the two biggest population centers in the state.