Written by: Beck

I found a California related email waiting for me in my inbox shortly after firing off my most recent California-bashing screed. With the author's permission, I'm reprinting the entire thing here. For any Democrats reading this who wonder why conservatives delight in characterizing you as a bunch of moonbats, this might give you something of a hint as to what we're far too used to dealing with.

Good Lord...Ben [a mutual liberal friend of ours who lives in NYC & who was cc'd on this email], I ran into one of your friends. I was in San Fran last weekend and met a kook leftist in this bar in Little Italy. As it turns out, bars in San Francisco open at 6:30 am because this dude (who claimed he was a Journalist and the former editor of the Miami Herald) was lit up like a Christmas tree.

Anyway, I'm at the bar watching the Secret Service saunter the President of Nicaragua in and out of a book store when this dude turns to me and says I have a touch of a Texas accent. I said I wasfrom Houston and you would have thought I told him to go f**k his mother. He proceeds to tell me that in 1973 that the Texas House of representatives tried to pass legislation to have Texas break away from the union and build a wall around itself. [Actually doesn't sound like too bad of an idea to me --Beck]

After that we got into a harsh conversation about oil prices and how Texas and "my (like he knew who my friends are) rich oil buddies" were screwing California. We then moved to a Halliburton conversation that almost ended in a knife fight.

Fear and loathing on the left coast.

After responding to my friend with something along the lines of, "You can't go wrong with any story that starts out mentioning the President of Nicaragua," and asking him for permission to reprint his email, he responded with this gem:

You might include that because of the secret service blocking the street and the entrance to the bar (I could not leave) I had to consume 3 bloody mary's and two Anchor Steams just to stay sane while the good "editor" bombarded me with his liberal tirade. Because of all this I missed my bus and was forced to walk two blocks through Chinatown on foot. The whole ordeal completely ruined my schedule as well as the day's sobriety.

Yes, California is truly a special place.