[SunRescue] OT: CA: It's Our Turn

[Peter L. Wargo]

Going around work... I couldn't resist, based on previous topics..

-Pete

> > 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.
> >
> > AND
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > And 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 shoot 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 now 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 grown 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