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Lets light it up one more time!!
>Subject: Viva California (at least the northern 1/3 where all the
> >good stuff is)
> >
> >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 going to 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 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.
> >
> >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 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 of 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 seem 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, or make enough wine.
> >
> >Love, The Californians
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9535hundred
>Subject: Viva California (at least the northern 1/3 where all the
> >good stuff is)
> >
> >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 going to 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 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.
> >
> >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 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 of 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 seem 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, or make enough wine.
> >
> >Love, The Californians
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9535hundred
Of course you don't need anything that CA provides... just like debating with a ill informed child! Mr Haller missed one BIG point, while Texico I mean Texas is the center for operations of so many large utility companies they are owned by JAPAN! You may think you got the bull by the horns when all you got is bull$hit! 
