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clydefrand

(4,325 posts)
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 05:07 PM Nov 2012

Just got this in an email, too funny, read on

Subject: FW: WE'RE LEAVING... too funny

Dear Red States:

We're ticked off at your Neanderthal attitudes and politics and we've decided we're leaving.

We in New York 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 the rest of the Northeast.

We believe this split will be beneficial to the nation and especially to the people of the new country of The Enlightened States of America (E.S.A).

To sum up briefly:


You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states.

We get stem cell research and the best beaches.

We get Andrew Cuomo and Elizabeth Warren. You get Bobby Jindal and Todd Akin.

We get the Statue of Liberty. You get OpryLand.

We get Intel and Microsoft. You get WorldCom.

We get Harvard. You get Ole' Miss.

We get 85 percent 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 percent lower than the Christian Coalition's, we get a bunch of happy families. You get a bunch of single moms.

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 (you can serve French wines at state dinners) 90% of all cheese, 90 percent of the high tech industry, most of the US low sulphur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy and Seven Sister schools plus Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Cal Tech and MIT.

With the Red States you will have to cope with 88% of all obese Americans and their projected health care costs, 92% of all US 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.

We get Hollywood and Yosemite, thank you.

38% of those in the Red states believe Jonah was actually swallowed by a whale, 62% believe life is sacred unless we're discussing 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 crazy bastards believe you are people with higher morals then we lefties.

We're taking the good weed too. You can have that crap they grow in Mexico.

Sincerely,

Citizen of the Enlightened States of America

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Just got this in an email, too funny, read on (Original Post) clydefrand Nov 2012 OP
I like it....... bowens43 Nov 2012 #1
Me too! Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #2
Some of us will want to be refugees from the red states. I hope we can make it across RKP5637 Nov 2012 #3
Love the "Enlightened States of America". glinda Nov 2012 #4
K&R - I'm stealing that!!! HopeHoops Nov 2012 #5

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
3. Some of us will want to be refugees from the red states. I hope we can make it across
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 05:24 PM
Nov 2012

the border. ... red states will be doing border checks to confiscate our resources. ... of course last I heard in KS was if you don't like it get the F out of KS. Okay!

glinda

(14,807 posts)
4. Love the "Enlightened States of America".
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 05:46 PM
Nov 2012

Outside of the single moms thing needing a bit more clarification and tweaking, I say excellent idea.

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