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From: 	"Love, Dianne" <love@cl.uh.edu>@ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES-+22Love+2C+20Dianne+22+20+3Clove+40cl+2Euh+2Eedu+3E+40ENRON@ENRON.com] 
Sent:	Tuesday, June 19, 2001 9:58 AM
To:	Wong, Olga; Wooten, Kevin; 'alove770@cs.com'; 'Phillip'
Subject:	FW: I knew you would like this!!



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Cobra3178@aol.com [SMTP:Cobra3178@aol.com]
> Sent:	Friday, June 15, 2001 3:12 PM
> To:	WillowL@aol.com
> Subject:	I knew you would like this!!
>
> Texas
>
> It doesn't matter if you're a democrat or a republican or an
> independent-you've got to see the sense in the following. I think we'll
> be
> hearing this salute to Texas being sung on finer country and western
> stations soon. (I know "finer" in the same sentence with "country and
> western" is weird, but play along, would ya)
> Subject: God Bless Texas
>
>
>
> GOD BLESS TEXAS
>
> Ok, Folks. Texas has given all those complainers plenty of time to get
> used to the results. After seeing the whiners along the inauguration
> route, the folks from Texas have decided that we might just take
> matters into our own hands. Here is our solution:
>
> 1: Let Al Gore become President of the United States (all 49 states).
>
> 2: George W. Bush becomes the President of the Republic of Texas.
>
> So what does Texas have to do to survive as a Republic? We have NASA
> in Houston; we will control the space industry. We refine over 85% of
> the gasoline in the United States. Defense Industry (we have over 65%
> of it). The term "Don't mess with Texas," will take on a whole new
> meaning.
>
>
>
>
> Oil - we can supply all the oil that the Republic of Texas will need
> for the
> next 300 years. Yankee states? Sorry about that.
>
> Natural Gas - Again we have all we need and it's too bad about those
> northern states. Al Gore will figure a way to keep them warm....
>
> Computer Industry - we currently lead the nation in producing computer
> chips and communications: Small companies like Texas Instruments, Dell
> Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Intel, AMD,
> Atmel, Applied Materials, Ball Semiconductor, Dallas Semiconductor,
> Delphi, Nortel, Alcatel, Etc, Etc. The list goes on and on.
>
> Health Centers - We have the largest research centers for Cancer
> research, the best burn centers and the top trauma units in the world,
> plus other large health planning centers.
>
> We have enough colleges to keep us going: UT, Texas A&M, Rice, SMU,
> University of Houston, Baylor, UNT, Texas Women's University, etc. Ivy
> grows better in the south anyway.
>
> We have a ready supply of workers (just open the border when we need
> some more.) We have control of the paper industry, plastics,
> insurance, etc.
>
> In case of a foreign invasion, we have the Texas National Guard and
> the Texas Air National Guard. We don't have an army but since
> everybody down here has at least six rifles and a pile of ammo, we can
> raise an army in 24 hours if we need it. If the situation really gets
> bad, we can always call Department of Public Safety and ask them to
> send over a couple Texas Rangers.
>
> We are totally self sufficient in beef, poultry, hogs and vegetable
> produce and everybody down here knows how to cook them so that they
> taste good. Don't need any food.
>
> This just names a few of the items that will keep the Republic of
> Texas in good shape. There isn't a thing out there that we need and
> don't have.
>
> Now to the rest of the United States under President Gore: Since you
> won't have the refineries to get gas for your cars, only President
> Gore will be able to drive around in his 9 mile per gallon SUV. The
> rest of the United States will have to walk or ride bikes.
>
> You won't have any TV, as the Space Center in Houston will cut off
> your communications. You won't have any natural gas to heat your homes
> but since Mr. Gore has predicted global warming, you will not need the
> gas.
>
> Just a few notes on REAL election results:
>
> Total Counties won by Bush: 2,434
> Total Counties won by Gore: 677
>
> Population of counties won by Bush: 143 million.
> Population of counties won by Gore: 127 million
>
> Square miles of country won by Bush: 2,427,000
> Square miles of country won by Gore: 580,000
>
> States won by Bush: 29
> States won by Gore: 19
>
> And an even more remarkable finding....
>
> Average Murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Bush: 0.1
> Average Murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Gore: 13.2
>
> Researchers found one more interesting fact that might help explain
> these
> disparate murder rates. Gun ownership in the counties won by Mr. Bush
> is
> much higher than in the counties won by Mr. Gore.
>
>
>
> Up off your butt and salute that Texas flag.
>
> Signed, The People in Texas
>