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I just like to throw Gasoline (odd to say in this site eh?) on the fire and share a little something about California and what this state does. LET THE FLAMING BEGIN!! 
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Dear America-
You (America) have 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 and his 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. Only Wyoming and Idaho use less power(kw hours) 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 94 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 product since our refrigerators can't be relied upon. Got milk?
We Californians are gonna keep all our hi-tech software in state. Silicon Valley is ours, along with Intel, AMD and many others. Without enough electricity, which you feel you must keep to yourselves, we just plain don't have enough software or chips to spare.
We're keeping all our airplanes. California builds a good percentage (60%) 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, Not to mention the many telecommunication hubs are
located in California. Who knows? 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 nearly all here. Nearly 90% of all motion picture blockbusters are at least partly if not completely mixed in California.
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 at a fair price. 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.
This is your last warning, America. Lighten (us) up before it's too late.
Love,
The Californians
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#ad#adDear America-
You (America) have 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 and his 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. Only Wyoming and Idaho use less power(kw hours) 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 94 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 product since our refrigerators can't be relied upon. Got milk?
We Californians are gonna keep all our hi-tech software in state. Silicon Valley is ours, along with Intel, AMD and many others. Without enough electricity, which you feel you must keep to yourselves, we just plain don't have enough software or chips to spare.
We're keeping all our airplanes. California builds a good percentage (60%) 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, Not to mention the many telecommunication hubs are
located in California. Who knows? 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 nearly all here. Nearly 90% of all motion picture blockbusters are at least partly if not completely mixed in California.
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 at a fair price. 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.
This is your last warning, America. Lighten (us) up before it's too late.
Love,
The Californians
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1996 Ram 2500 4x2, Auto, Banks Power Pak, FABTEC 2" lift, Rancho RS9000, 265x75x16 on custom wheels, Line-X, Toolbox, Westin Steps, Lund Stainless... ..... More to come
