"Karen C in California" wrote in message
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Jinx Minx wrote:

Offensive as HELL



Oh, well.

For years, we've had to put up with Red Staters telling us that they have
superior morality and that we Californians are going to hell because we
don't think Rush Limbaugh and millionaire televangelists are destined for
sainthood.

Maybe the facts that Blue States are the ones with the money --
California gets back only a fraction of the money we send to DC, because
our money is used to subsidize poor Red States -- are offensive to those
who've been patting themselves on the back making fun of our collection of
fruits, nuts and flakes. Too bad, tit for tat.

I've lived in Red areas. I like Blue ones better. Less racist, more
tolerant of new ideas, better food.

Next time you get a craving for an orange, remember, we produce almost ALL
of the eating oranges in California. When you want a salad in December,
remember, most of the lettuce in winter is grown in California. Our
farmworkers work year-round; they don't get winters off because we don't
have winters.

And, for any of you who have ever made jokes about lazy Californians, I'm
accustomed to talking to NY law firms and telling them that our office
opens at 8 AM; in NYC, they don't show up till 10. There's always that
moment of shock when they realize that we're working harder than the city
that prides itself on working hard.

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No. I live in a Blue State, have always lived in a Blue State, and I still
find it offensive. In addition, I've seen two slightly different versions
of this, and I'm not entirely sure which one is the original one. Karen's
version is slightly more inflammatory than the other (the other version I
saw just says "single moms", not "under-educated single moms").

As for Rich/Poor, Blue/Red....I found the following article interesting:
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/po...rich_stat.html

And perhaps the reason California needs to start work at 8am, is because
they need to in order to be in time synch with the rest of the working
states, not because they are harder workers. MY lawyer starts work at 7am.

Jinx