[MARTIAL MONK]

I drift between Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada. Our dumbies are twicest as dumb as your dumbies. NC ranks 21st. We are all in the bottom five and damn proud of it.

What we have are parallel universes. You can live in an 1880's cow camp with only contrails of jets to remind you of the modern world. You can visit a Navajo sheep camp where no English is spoken and hand signs are communication. Border jumpers use the same trails the Clantons used to steal cattle from Mexico. Yet you can visit the most modern Bio-tech labs in the world. Phoenix and Tucson are humming within sight of Indians practicing ancient rituals, not for show but for real.

[TaxRelief]

Yeah? Well .5% of homes in NC still don't have indoor plumbing (unless you count sani-flush potties).

Are you sure we rank 21st? I had recently read 47th in SAT scores.

Oh! you must mean spending. Right. NC spends a lot and gets little in return. But, hey! The teachers are employed.

:-)