Satire Alert: Fans Flock to Mourn California, 1849-2009

Iowahawk strikes again, and it's brilliant. The double target this time? The recent Michael Jackson funeral circus and also California's (self-inflicted) financial apocalypse.

Oh, Iowahawk. We're not worthy, we're not worthy! Blurb:

LOS ANGELES - Millions of fans from around the globe gathered along Sunset Boulevard to pay final respects to California today, as a slow moving funeral procession transported the eccentric superstar state's remains to its final resting place in a Winchell's Donuts dumpster in Van Nuys. The self-proclaimed 'King of Pop Culture' died last week at 160, in what coroners ruled an accidental case of financial autoerotic asphyxiation. The death sent shock waves across the world and sparked an outpouring of grief by rabid fans.

"I don't care what the tabloids and the Wall Street Journal say," said a weeping Illinois. "I still love you, Cali!"

The 640-mile long funeral parade route was lined with flowers, candles, teddy bears, and IOUs from millions of mourners and debtors who made the somber journey to watch the passing of the state that had once ruled the box office and industrial charts.

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You know what? I'm going to make a new tag just for Iowahawk.