Message-ID: <26073942.1075852545146.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 08:14:44 -0700 (PDT) From: m..love@enron.com To: kevin.bosse@enron.com, jimmy.simien@enron.com, jad.doan@enron.com, patrick.ryder@enron.com, bruce.mills@enron.com, chuck.ames@enron.com, jason.wolfe@enron.com, eric.bass@enron.com, r..lilly@enron.com Subject: FW: I knew you would like this!! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Love, Phillip M. X-To: Bosse, Kevin , Simien, Jimmy , Doan, Jad , Ryder, Patrick , Mills, Bruce , Ames, Chuck , Wolfe, Jason , Bass, Eric , Lilly, Kyle R. X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \JWOLFE (Non-Privileged)\06-saved X-Origin: Wolfe-J X-FileName: JWOLFE (Non-Privileged).pst -----Original Message----- From: "Love, Dianne" @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 >