Cal. VS N.D.

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.


North Dakota :

The Governor of North Dakota 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 North Dakota is
not.