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FORWARDED ARTICLE Re: Welcome to Austin, California?

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From: rancher
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 00:00
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I am a Californian transplanted by job transfer to Texas.  While
reading through the Usenet "austin.flame" newsgroup, I ran across the
article copied below by one Steven Bradley Burger.  I thought I'd give
you Californian's a chance to fire back at Mr. Burger.  His e-mail
address is: stevebb@bga.com

stevebb@bga.com (Steven Bradley Burger) wrote:

>O.k, this is austin.flame right?  Well here goes....

>I would like to give a big collective, "F*CK OFF AND DIE!" to everyone from 
>Kal-if-fornicate-ya who has blighted our fair city!  Especially the yuppie bastard 
>in the Lexus who cut me off this morning.  You thought you were smart and got 
>Texas License plates, but your plastic license plates frame gave you away!  Go 
>back to Santa Clara, you piece o' crap!

>What cracks me up is that for years I've been saying that someone is trying to 
>send California a message.  Fires, floods, mud slides, the OJ debacle.  But that 
>doesn't mean that I was giving you an open invitation to move here!!

>I think Texas Monthly summed it up best when they said, "Texans come to town, 
>spend a pile of money, and then go home; Californians come, pinch pennies, and 
>blight the landscape."

>Yes folks, the good ol' Texas hospitality has died and horrible death, and been 
>sent an express one way ticket to hell!  If you are from California, you are not 
>welcome!

>You know, they had that proposed legislation in California to stop social aide to 
>*foreign* immigrants, maybe we could tweak that a bit here in Texas, and stop any 
>aide to immigrants from California.  Just a thought!

>There I've vented, now flame away you California pukes!
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Subject: FORWARDED ARTICLE Re: Welcome to Austin, California?
Date: 1995/08/18
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