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

[Joshua D. Boyd]

It seems to me that most of my software comes from the east coast (that's
where my compiler is from), europe (my kernel), or south america (my
spreadsheat).   Maybe CA loosing electricity would help improve the state
of installed software.

--
Joshua Boyd

On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Peter L. Wargo wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
> 
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