Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God was
> missing for six days. Eventually, Michael, the
> archangel found him, resting on the seventh day.
>
> He inquired of God, "Where have you been?" God
> sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly
> pointed downwards through the clouds, "Look,Michael,
> look what I've made."
>
> Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, "What is
> it?" "It's a planet," replied God, "and I've put
> Life on it. I'm going to call it Earth and it's
> going to be a great place of balance."
>
> "Balance?", inquired Michael, still confused. God
> explained, pointing to different parts of earth,
> "For example, northern Europe will be a place of
> great opportunity and wealth while southern Europe
> is going to be poor; the Middle East over there will
> be a hot spot. Over there I've placed a continent of
> white people and over there is a continent of black
> people."
>
> God continued, pointing to different countries.
> "This one will be extremely hot and arid while this
> one will be very cold and covered in ice."
>
> The Archangel, impressed by God's work, then pointed
> to a large land mass and said, "What's that one?"
>
> "Ah," said God. "That's Texas, the most glorious
> place on Earth... There are beautiful mountains,
> lakes, rivers, sunsets and rolling plains. The
> people from Texas are going to be modest,
> intelligent, and humorous and they are going to be
> found traveling the world. They will be
> extremely sociable, hardworking, and high-achieving,
> and they will be known all throughout the world as
> diplomats and carriers of peace."
>
> Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then
> proclaimed, "What about balance, God? You said there
> would be balance!"
>
> God replied wisely, "Wait until you see the crazy
> bunch I'm putting next to them in Louisiana."
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