>I am amazed that the listmembers who have had such a problem with > >generalizations of the American people, and who object to labeling or boxing >others, have not responded to the idea that those of us who live on the West >Coast, especially in California, are not as intellectual as those of us who >reside in the Northeast, and NYC. > > That is bullshit, as you know. The East Coast only thinks it is intellectually above the rest of us. We humor them.
>> >>Have you heard of UC Berkeley and the Free Speech movement? Stanford, UCLA >>(where AL Gore now teaches a class), and other great colleges and >>universities? I attended UCLA where Angela Davis was a teacher and her mentor >>Herbert Marcuse taught at UC San Diego. (Davis was fired by then-governor >>Reagan becuase she was a member of the Communist Party.) >> Don't brag in California too much though. I have just barely forgiven them for Nixon and Reagan. >> >>I feel (there's that word again) as if I have been "labeled" a bleached >>blonde, bubble-headed surfer girl lying in the sun, while the others (more >>highly evolved) of the species migrate to the East Coast to offer their >>political "advice" to the rest of the world. >> >>In California (and I thought in the US), one of the great freedoms was freedom >>of speech. And one of the great joys was discussion and the exchange of >>information. The myriad viewpoints of the people who comprise the United >>States, with the wealth of different cultures, is our strength. >> >>I am deeeply offended by that statement which has been largely ignored by >>those on the list who have been so vocal on other subjects lately. >> >> >> Darice, remember that everyone else is jealous of you all. I have searched for the words of one of the greatest philosophers of our generation, a Californian in fact, who said it best about the West being best: Well East coast girls are hip I really dig those styles they wear And the Southern girls with the way they talk They knock me out when I'm down there The Mid-West farmer's daughters really make you feel alright And the Northern girls with the way they kiss They keep their boyfriends warm at night I wish they all could be California I wish they all could be California I wish they all could be California girls
