The Creation of Wisconsin
Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God was missing for six days. Eventually Archangel Michael found God 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 here I've placed a continent of white people,
over there is a continent of black people, and over there a continent of yellow people," God continued, pointing to different areas. "This section 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 Wisconsin, the most glorious place on
earth. There are beautiful lakes, rivers, sunsets, and rolling hills. The people from Wisconsin are going to be modest, intelligent,
and humorous and they are going to be found traveling the world.
They will be extremely sociable, hard working and high achieving, and they will be known 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 idiots I'm putting
around them in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Canada."
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