On Tue, 18 May 1999, Heidi Harendza wrote:

> In a message dated 5/18/99 3:44:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << NEW JERSEY GETS THE SCRAPS [of Ellis Island] ...
>  And what belongs to New Jersey? The landfilled parts. >>
>
> I feel compelled to comment, as I live in the "Squished State." For all the
> complaints about New Jersey, I do believe we are the most populous state in
> the Union. I keep hoping people will leave, so that'll be just one less
> person I have to mow down on the Turnpike in the morning. We need every
> square foot we can get out hands on.

I was going to cite the 18th century quote about New Jersey being "a
valley of humility between two mountains of conceit," but a few minutes of
Web searching turned up that phrase only in reference to North Carolina,
the "mountains of conceit" being Virginia and South Carolina, not
Philadelphia and New York as I had assumed.  Oh, well.

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Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]
The Political Graveyard, http://politicalgraveyard.com