something a friend sent me

Dear Red States,

If you manage to steal this election too we've decided we're leaving. We
intend to form our own country, and we're taking the other Blue States
with us. In case you aren't aware, that includes California, Hawaii,
Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and all the
Northeast. We believe this split will be beneficial to the nation,and
especially to the people of the new country of New California.

To sum up briefly: You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states.

We get stem cell research and the best beaches. We get the Statue of Liberty.
You get Dollywood.
We get Intel and Microsoft.

You get WorldCom.
We get Harvard.

You get Ole' Miss.

We get 85% of America's venture capital and entrepreneurs.
You get Alabama.

We get two-thirds of the tax revenue.
You get to make the red states pay their fair share.

Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22% lower than the
ChristianCoalition's, we get a bunch of happy families.

You get a bunch of single moms.

Please be aware that Nuevo California will be pro-choice and anti-war,
and we're going to want all our citizens back from Iraq at once. If you
need people to fight, ask your evangelicals. They have kids they're
apparently willing to send to their deaths for no purpose, and they don't
care if you don't show pictures of their children's caskets coming home.
We do wish you success in Iraq , and hope that the WMDs turn up, but we're
not willing to spend our resources in Bush's Quagmire.

With the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80% of the
country's fresh water, more than 90% of the pineapple and lettuce, 92% of
the nation's fresh fruit, 95% of America's quality wines, 90% of all
cheese, 90% of the high tech industry, 95% of the corn and soybeans
(thanks Iowa!), most of the U.S.low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods,
sequoias and condors, all the Ivyand Seven Sister schools plus Stanford,
Cal Tech and MIT. We get Hollywood and Yosemite, thank you.

With the Red States, on the other hand, you will have 92% of all
U.S.mosquitoes, nearly 100% of the tornadoes, 90% of the hurricanes, 99%
of all Southern Baptists, virtually 100%of all televangelists, Rush
Limbaugh, Bob Jones University,Clemson and the University of Georgia.

Finally, 38% of those in the Red states believe Jonah was
actuallyswallowed by a whale, 62% believe life is sacred unless we're
discussing the war, the death penalty or gun laws, 44% say that evolution
is only a theory, 53% that Saddam was involved in 9/11 and 61% of you
believe you are people with higher morals then we lefties.

So,if you manage to steal this election too...

Peace out,

Blue States