Re: CHAT: Californian secessionists (was Re: Californian vowels [was Re: Liking German])

Quoting Dennis Paul Himes <himes@...>:

> "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...> wrote:
> > Also, if you consider per capita income,
> > I believe Connecticut is already the the richest state in the Union,
> > with around 54,000 dollars per capita in yearly income. (It might be
> > New Jersey;
>
>     It's New Jersey.  There was a bit of publicity about it recently
> here in Connecticut because it just changed; it used to be us.
>
> > in any event, it's because those states are mostly
> > suburbs of New York City.)
>
>     I beg your pardon.  Fairfield County is not most of Connecticut.
Yes, yes, I am aware of this. It's really too bad that tone is
difficult to convey online;  it would have been obvious in speech
that I was exaggerating for effect. But to the extent that Connecticut's
state economy is dependent on that megalopolis, I stand by my statement.

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Thomas Wier <trwier@...>

"If a man demands justice, not merely as an abstract concept,
but in setting up the life of a society, and if he holds, further,
that within that society (however defined) all men have equal rights,
then the odds are that his views, sooner rather than later, are going
to set something or someone on fire." Peter Green, in _From Alexander
to Actium_, on Spartan king Cleomenes III

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