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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 2006886" data-attributes="member: 1246">&gt;&gt; CALIFORNIA&gt;&gt; The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature&gt; trail. A coyote jumps out and attacks the Governor&#039;s dog, then bites&gt; the Governor.&gt;&gt; The Governor starts to intervene, but reflects upon the movie &quot;Bambi&quot;&gt; and then realizes he should stop because the coyote is only doing what&gt; is natural.&gt;&gt; He calls animal control. Animal Control captures the coyote and bills&gt; the state $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating it.&gt;&gt; He calls a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and bills the&gt; State $200 testing it for diseases.&gt;&gt; The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for&gt; diseases from the coyote and on getting his bite wound bandaged.&gt;&gt; The running trail gets shut down for 6 months while Fish &amp; Game&gt; conducts a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is now free of&gt; dangerous animals.&gt;&gt; The Governor spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a &quot;coyote&gt; awareness program&quot; for residents of the area.&gt;&gt; The State Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better treat&gt; rabies and how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the&gt; world.&gt;&gt; The Governor&#039;s security agent is fired for not stopping the attack.&gt; The state spends $150,000 to hire and train a new agent with&gt; additional special training for the nature of coyotes.&gt;&gt; PETA protests the coyote&#039;s relocation and files a $5 million suit&gt; against the state.&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; TEXAS&gt;&gt; The Governor of Texas is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A&gt; coyote jumps out and attacks his dog.&gt;&gt; The Governor shoots the coyote with his state-issued pistol and keeps&gt; jogging. The Governor has spent $.50 on a .45 ACP hollow point&gt; cartridge.&gt;&gt; The buzzards eat the dead coyote.&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; And that, my friends,&gt;&gt; is why California is broke and Texas is not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 2006886, member: 1246"] > > CALIFORNIA > > The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature > trail. A coyote jumps out and attacks the Governor's dog, then bites > the Governor. > > The Governor starts to intervene, but reflects upon the movie "Bambi" > and then realizes he should stop because the coyote is only doing what > is natural. > > He calls animal control. Animal Control captures the coyote and bills > the state $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating it. > > He calls a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and bills the > State $200 testing it for diseases. > > The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for > diseases from the coyote and on getting his bite wound bandaged. > > The running trail gets shut down for 6 months while Fish & Game > conducts a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is now free of > dangerous animals. > > The Governor spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a "coyote > awareness program" for residents of the area. > > The State Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better treat > rabies and how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the > world. > > The Governor's security agent is fired for not stopping the attack. > The state spends $150,000 to hire and train a new agent with > additional special training for the nature of coyotes. > > PETA protests the coyote's relocation and files a $5 million suit > against the state. > > > > TEXAS > > The Governor of Texas is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A > coyote jumps out and attacks his dog. > > The Governor shoots the coyote with his state-issued pistol and keeps > jogging. The Governor has spent $.50 on a .45 ACP hollow point > cartridge. > > The buzzards eat the dead coyote. > > > > And that, my friends, > > is why California is broke and Texas is not. [/QUOTE]

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