“ Americans agree: Alaska and Hawaii are too far away. I, and my fellow Americans, propose that Alaska be hoisted onto two-hundred-foot poles placed all over the Southwest Region of the U.S., each pole spaced fifteen feet apart. Then we rename all the states that lie beneath the Alaskan landmass “Shadow Country” and relocate all of our nation’s criminals and teachers there. That way the teachers can teach the criminals. I don’t think I even need to tell you where Hawaii should go (the Great Lakes). ”

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