California versus Mississippi

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   California vs Mississippi

                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.

                   1.  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.

                  2.  He calls  animal control .  Animal Control captures the

                  coyote

                and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for

                  relocating it.

                   3.  He calls a veterinarian.  The vet

                  collects the  dead dog and

                bills the State $200 testing it for

                  diseases.

                   4.  The Governor goes to hospital and spends

                  $3,500 getting checked

                for diseases from the coyote and on getting his bite

                  wound bandaged.

                   5.  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.

                   6.  The Governor

                  spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a

                "coyote awareness program" for

                  residents of the area.

                   7.  The State Legislature spends $2

                  million to study how to better

                treat rabies and how to permanently

                  eradicate the disease throughout the

                world.

                   8.  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 re:  the nature of coyotes.

                   9. PETA protests the coyote's relocation and files a $5 million suit

                against the State.

                 Mississippi:

                   The Governor of Mississippi is jogging

                  with his dog along a nature

                trail.  A Coyote jumps out and attacks his

                  dog.

                   1. The Governor shoots the coyote with his State-issued pistol and keeps  jogging. The Governor has spent $0.50 on a .45 ACP  hollow point cartridge.

                   2. The Buzzards eat the dead coyote.

                   And that, my friends, is why California is broke and MISSISSIPPI is not.