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Dear Red States:

We're ticked off at your Neanderthal attitudes and politics, so we've decided we're leaving.

We in New York, Mass and CA intend to form our own country and we're taking all the other Blue States with us.

In case you aren't aware that includes Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Md, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Vermont, the rest of the Northeast, and DC also.

We believe this split will be beneficial to the entire nation and especially to the people of our new country called "The Enlightened States of America" (E.S.A).

To sum up briefly:

You get Texas, Oklahoma, AZ and all the slave states.

We get stem cell research, the best beaches, and we'll take all of the creative gay people you don't want anyway.

We get Barack and Michelle, Bill & Hillary, Andrew Cuomo, Elizabeth Warren, and Dianne Feinstein. You get Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry and Todd Akin.

We get the Statue of Liberty. You get OpryLand.

We get Apple, Intel, Microsoft and all the smart technology. You get WorldCom, the Koch Bros, and all the coal/oil pollution.

We get Harvard, Yale, Columbia, UC, Stanford and Princeton. You get Ole' Miss.

We get Silicon Valley, NYC, San Fran, Seattle and 85 percent of America's venture capital and best entrepreneurs.

You get Alabama and Arkansas.

We get two-thirds of all the tax revenue. You get to make the red states pay their fair share.

Our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than the Christian Coalition states, so we get a bunch of happy families. You get a bunch of angry single moms and deadbeat dads.

With the Blue States in hand we will have firm control of 80% of the country's fresh water, more than 90% of the pineapple and lettuce, 92% of the nation's fresh fruit, 95% of America's quality wines (you can serve Ripple at your state dinners), 90% of the best cheese, 90 percent of the high tech industry, most of the US low sulfur coal, all the living redwoods, solar power, the Sequoias and condors, all the Seven Sister schools, plus Harvard, Yale, Stanford, UC, UCLA, Cal Tech and MIT.

With the Red States you will have to cope with 88% of all the obese Americans and their projected healthcare costs, 92% of all US mosquitoes, nearly 100% of the tornadoes, 90% of the hurricanes, 99% of all the Southern Baptists, virtually 100% of all televangelists, plus Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, Bob Jones University, Clemson and the University of Georgia.

We also get Hollywood and Yosemite, thank you very much. You get Appalachia…

You get the 38% of those in the Red states who believe that the world was created in 7 days and that Jonah was actually swallowed by a whale, the 62% who are pro-life for fetuses but not for the kids who are actually born or their Moms, those who believe life is sacred unless we're discussing the death penalty or gun laws, the 44% who know that evolution is only a theory, the 53% who still believe that Saddam was part of 9/11 and had weapons of mass destruction, that Obama was born in Kenya, and the 61% of those crazy bastards who even believe they have higher morals then we do.

We're taking all the good weed too. You can have that crap they grow in Mexico.

Sincerely,

A Citizen of the Enlightened States of America
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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Already posted a few days ago. I laughed my butt off the first read.

Prior to the election GOP supporters on LR seemed to outnumber Dems by about a 10:1 ratio. Either that or they were just more vocal.
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Re: Dear Red States [cerveloguy] [ In reply to ]
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cerveloguy wrote:
Already posted a few days ago. I laughed my butt off the first read.
Prior to the election GOP supporters on LR seemed to outnumber Dems by about a 10:1 ratio. Either that or they were just more vocal.

They are more vocal. We don't have time nor desire to engage on brainless discussions.
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Re: Dear Red States [cerveloguy] [ In reply to ]
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cerveloguy wrote:
Already posted a few days ago. I laughed my butt off the first read.

Prior to the election GOP supporters on LR seemed to outnumber Dems by about a 10:1 ratio. Either that or they were just more vocal.

Sorry about that. I did a couple of searches before I posted but nothing come up.

Yeah, I think it's pretty obvious that conservatives outnumber liberals on this forum by a long shot. Although, it shouldn't surprise anyone since they're well known for their whining, complaining and fear mongering.
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Re: Dear Red States [Maui_] [ In reply to ]
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Maui_ wrote:
cerveloguy wrote:
Already posted a few days ago. I laughed my butt off the first read.
Prior to the election GOP supporters on LR seemed to outnumber Dems by about a 10:1 ratio. Either that or they were just more vocal.


They are more vocal. We don't have time nor desire to engage on brainless discussions.

"engage IN brainless discussions" .... and yes, you all do .... frequently, I might add.

I see we have another intellectual liberal on our hands.

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+1
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Re: Dear Red States [burnman] [ In reply to ]
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Don't you love the irony?
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

I miss YaHey
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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Don't let go of us here in AZ. yeah- we've got our right wing crazies, but we're importing a lot of mexicans to help us out and this state has some blue regions. I'm holed up in a blue fortress- armed with tofu and organic blueberries and a hybrid tank.

we'll be with you in a few years.
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Re: Dear Red States [justgeorge] [ In reply to ]
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So easy to piss you guys off. You know what they say… Anger is a symptom of emotional insecurity.
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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Hey...I'm in Texas. How easy is it to immigrate to ESA?
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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Oh No! What will I do without pineapples and fine cheeses?

I guess I'll take solace in the fact that I am much less likely to be murdered by my fellow neanderthals than you are by your fellow enlightened folks.
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Re: Dear Red States [Francois] [ In reply to ]
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Francois wrote:
Hey...I'm in Texas. How easy is it to immigrate to ESA?

We'll take you no problem.
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Re: Dear Red States [dannynoonan] [ In reply to ]
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I guess I'll take solace in the fact that I am much less likely to be murdered by my fellow neanderthals than you are by your fellow enlightened folks.

Wrong. 9 of the top 10 most violent states are Red States.
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Re: Dear Red States [burnman] [ In reply to ]
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burnman wrote:
Maui_ wrote:
cerveloguy wrote:
Already posted a few days ago. I laughed my butt off the first read.
Prior to the election GOP supporters on LR seemed to outnumber Dems by about a 10:1 ratio. Either that or they were just more vocal.


They are more vocal. We don't have time nor desire to engage on brainless discussions.


"engage IN brainless discussions" .... and yes, you all do .... frequently, I might add.

I see we have another intellectual liberal on our hands.

What are those four dot things? Is that something in the English language about which I didn't learn?

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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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Fortunately, we can now also take Florida, my new home.

Also, I don't want to let my alma matter Arizona go, so we'll have to figure out a way to get them out too.
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Re: Dear Red States [klehner] [ In reply to ]
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"What are those four dot things? Is that something in the English language about which I didn't learn?"

And what's with the "you all"? Didn't we all learn that "you" is sufficient in itself to indicate the plural?

Slowguy

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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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lakerfan wrote:
I guess I'll take solace in the fact that I am much less likely to be murdered by my fellow neanderthals than you are by your fellow enlightened folks.

Wrong. 9 of the top 10 most violent states are Red States.

Yeah that was almost a given without even looking it up. It's difficult to find a societal or health ill that isn't more common in the South and Appalachia than the rest of the country, which happens to correspond fairly well with the red/blue division.
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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You need to do your homework on this issue! Your logic is flawed!
The correct way to do the "Red/Blue" analysis is county by county...rather than state by state...larger urban areas in the Northeast and coastal states skews the data to make the country look very "Blue".... Here is the county by county from 2012 to show what I mean http://fairlyconservative.com/.../county-map-2012.jpg

But back to your point....Imagine the country was divided in half down the middle which it pretty much is, based on the popular vote..... Romney supporters got to live under his presidency/regulations/companies/laws/tax code/fiscal policy on one side--Obama supporters on the other. How long before the Obama side collapsed?
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Re: Dear Red States [JDRUN] [ In reply to ]
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Romney supporters got to live under his presidency/regulations/companies/laws/tax code/fiscal policy on one side--Obama supporters on the other. How long before the Obama side collapsed?

I don't know. But I know the Romney side wouldn't be there anymore to see it anyway. You'd all be dead from complications of obesity, or gotten shot ;-)
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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Cool. Where do I apply? Where can I find a job? A place with good food :-)
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Re: Dear Red States [Francois] [ In reply to ]
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You'd all be dead from complications of obesity, or gotten shot ;-)

Huh??
Step 1. I guess you didn't do the "Red/Blue" analysis county by county.....clearly you can see the large urban counties went "Blue" try it again http://fairlyconservative.com/.../county-map-2012.jpg

Step 2. Google crime rates/murder rates etc. within those "Blue" counties then repeat process for "Red" counties

Step 3. swallow pride ;-)
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Re: Dear Red States [JDRUN] [ In reply to ]
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1. clearly you missed the ;-) (and I'm in Texas...aside from Fort Worth every single larger city went blue)

2. hmm...confounding effect maybe? Lot more crimes in urban areas than rural areas. Just a thought...

3. I'm as blue as it gets. As far as I know, we won, right? ;-)
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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The waters a tad chilly but jump on in...

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Re: Dear Red States [ThisIsIt] [ In reply to ]
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ThisIsIt wrote:
lakerfan wrote:
I guess I'll take solace in the fact that I am much less likely to be murdered by my fellow neanderthals than you are by your fellow enlightened folks.

Wrong. 9 of the top 10 most violent states are Red States.


Yeah that was almost a given without even looking it up. It's difficult to find a societal or health ill that isn't more common in the South and Appalachia than the rest of the country, which happens to correspond fairly well with the red/blue division.

Actually, most of the most violent areas (cities themselves) of the South vote Blue, so maybe you could keep them
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Re: Dear Red States [JDRUN] [ In reply to ]
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How long before the Obama side collapsed?


I'm not sure. How about you give us a prediction and then based on the evidence of every recent right wing prediction, we'll just assume that its completely wrong.

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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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That's ok, we have the military and most of the guns. So all the things we want that you have, we will just take. Oh by the way, you can have Canada too. That way we don't need to defend them anymore. The little tiny neighbor to the north is all yours.
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Re: Dear Red States [JDRUN] [ In reply to ]
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First off, don't you realize it's the makers (i.e., drug dealers) shooting the takers (i.e., drug addicts) committing the crimes. They have to be GOP. ;-)

Secondly, this lack of self-awareness by conservatives is bad enough, I forgot that we need to add "no sense of humor" to the list.

On a more serious note… The day you (plural) realize the problems in this country are the making of both sides is the day you finally establish a level of credibility where you deserve to be treated with respect. The Right's reaction to this election is telling. The willingness to self destruct over "let's accept these results, move on, and work together to address this nation's problems" is a 100% reflection of the true lack of character that lives inside so many of you. The answer to your problems is simple: Look in the mirror and focus on what positive and constructive actions you can execute on to make a difference in this country.

I'm beginning to realize why so many of you conservatives on LR are just average triathletes at best. The attitude you bring to politics is apparently the same attitude you bring to everything else in your lives.
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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I'm beginning to realize why so many of you conservatives on LR are just average triathletes at best. The attitude you bring to politics is apparently the same attitude you bring to everything else in your lives.

Not sure how to take what is quoted above, and what it has to do with your original red/blue state theory which is totally debunked by the red/blue county analysis that I posted....

Do you really think your race results are so good that you can be this condescending? I just athlinked you and I'm not impressed. We happen to be in the same age group and based on all of your 70.3 races you would be behind me and your 2010 Kona finish which we actually raced together you finished behind me :-) So your next theory has been thoroughly debunked as well....You're having a bad day :-)

Maybe Obama can find a way to "redistribute" a few minutes from my race results and give them to you...After all...isn't it really all about equality and fairness? it's just not fair that you finished behind me!!! I should be forced to pay my fair share and give those minutes to you.....Sound like a good plan?
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Re: Dear Red States [Francois] [ In reply to ]
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Hey...I'm in Texas. How easy is it to immigrate to ESA?

Goodness, you really are a fish out of water down there, aren't you??

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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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Hmmm, i think we have most of the oil and almost all of the guns. We'll just conquer your ass - take what we want, and burn the place down General Sherman style . You bunch of pansies aren't into violence so it won't be much of a fight. Now unfortunately, you probably have most of the lesbians and gays. So we'll have to go abroad to get some basic girl on girl action and I've never been able to find a straight tailor who is worth a damn so my wardrobe may suffer. I guess we get most of the beef and grain, so we'll eat well. And you can take your overpriced Napa cabs as I'll drink Shiner Bock.
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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I'm beginning to realize why so many of you conservatives on LR are just average triathletes at best. The attitude you bring to politics is apparently the same attitude you bring to everything else in your lives.

Completely illogical. Everybody who posts in the LR is slower than they would be if they did not waste their time here.
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Re: Dear Red States [Mike C] [ In reply to ]
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For sure.
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Re: Dear Red States [JDRUN] [ In reply to ]
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JDRUN wrote:
You need to do your homework on this issue! Your logic is flawed!
The correct way to do the "Red/Blue" analysis is county by county...rather than state by state...larger urban areas in the Northeast and coastal states skews the data to make the country look very "Blue".... Here is the county by county from 2012 to show what I mean http://fairlyconservative.com/.../county-map-2012.jpg

But back to your point....Imagine the country was divided in half down the middle which it pretty much is, based on the popular vote..... Romney supporters got to live under his presidency/regulations/companies/laws/tax code/fiscal policy on one side--Obama supporters on the other. How long before the Obama side collapsed?

Given that the blue states subsidise the red states, through excess federal taxes paid over outlays received, I'm guessing it is the Romney side that will be doing the collapsing.

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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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lakerfan wrote:
I'm beginning to realize why so many of you conservatives on LR are just average triathletes at best. The attitude you bring to politics is apparently the same attitude you bring to everything else in your lives.

You picked the wrong guy to try to slam. Trust me on this one.

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Re: Dear Red States [klehner] [ In reply to ]
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Thanks Ken!
Not sure why he brought that up!
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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With the Red States you will have to cope with 88% of all the obese Americans

You get Wisconsin and Illinois...have you been to either of these states, they have to have at least 50% of the fatties by themselves ;-)

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Re: Dear Red States [klehner] [ In reply to ]
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Ken, you have to look at the Red/Blue analysis county by county or better yet town by town to see which way the money is flowing....
Perfect example of this would be the "Abbott districts" here in NJ...the money is flowing from the red districts to the blue districts.....not the other way around!
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Re: Dear Red States [JDRUN] [ In reply to ]
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And then in our little fantasy world, you'd have to take into account where people live vs. where they work in whatever it is we're suppose to be figuring out. I'd bet there are whole lot of professionals who live in red counties or towns but work in blue counties or towns, etc.?
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Re: Dear Red States [ThisIsIt] [ In reply to ]
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You are not making sense!!!
The whole thread is based on where you LIVE because that is where you vote!!! Where one works has nothing to do with turning a town/county/state "red or blue" you cannot vote where you don't live
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Re: Dear Red States [JDRUN] [ In reply to ]
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The whole thread makes no sense since it was originally predicated on dividing the country by states based on red/blue which is the only division that would make any geographical sense if we were actually going to divide the country up.


Where the money is "flowing" would certainly change if a bunch of red folks couldn't get to their jobs in the blue folks territory :)
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Re: Dear Red States [ThisIsIt] [ In reply to ]
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Totally agree with you!!!!! the whole premise of the original post by lakerfan if broken down and looked at logically was ridiculous !!!! The sad part is people actually believe the nonsense he posted, I guess it makes them feel better about themselves, maybe makes them feel morally superior?? it's all very strange
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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There are not really Red and Blue states. Really there are Red and Blue counties, and even further Red and Blue precincts. So for the most part you get the Dems get the big/medium cities and pubs get everthing else. Good luck finding anything to eat in your cities.
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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Your reply doesn't really make sense; all JDRUN was pointing out is that the split is not really along red states and blue states, but is really red counties and blue counties. It appears that we are really split between dense urban and rural / suburban counties or precincts. Going state by state is really not granular enough to do a real analysis of the vote.

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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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Blue State




Red State

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Re: Dear Red States [YaHey] [ In reply to ]
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You lived in Illinois, right?

Blue State

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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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What you get is the boot on your neck.

What I get is prosperity and freedom.

When I moved my ass out here to AZ, every friend of mine in SoCal was jealous. Totally jealous.

The shit I get away with out here is monumental.......but it is completely within my rights as a citizen of Arizona.

Notice that you use the operative term "We" and I say "I"

And I think "we" ought to be able to get together just like Rev MLK said "we" should be able to do.

Your post pisses me off as much as upside down American Flags and it is just as wrong.


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Re: Dear Red States [JDRUN] [ In reply to ]
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Thanks Ken!
Not sure why he brought that up!


I brought it up because I was trying to get a rise out of conservatives. Obviously it worked. Sorry my 6x Kona qualifications didn't impress you though. 2010 Kona was actually a good race for me because I was able to complete the run with a severely strained soleus which happened right after IMC.
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Re: Dear Red States [spot] [ In reply to ]
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You guys crack me up. Seriously... You're actually going to over-analyze something that was obviously intended to be humorous and nothing else?
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Re: Dear Red States [mojozenmaster] [ In reply to ]
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Allow me to re-iterate my previous comment:

...I forgot that we need to add "no sense of humor" to the list.
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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You guys crack me up. Seriously... You're actually going to over-analyze something that was obviously intended to be humorous and nothing else?

No....your first post seemed humourous. Then you turned into a total dick when responding to JDRUNS, while not actually answering his question. And the rest of your responses seem to indicate that it is you who has no sense of humor.

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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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I don't see anything funny in your post, the same way I don't see anything funny in upside down American flag

Just today Michelle Malkin had an image of an upside down American Flag with the caption "Elections Have Consequences"

I used to respect her as a journalist. Today, not so much.......

I can forgive her and I can forgive you as soon as both of you apologize for offending me.


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Re: Dear Red States [spot] [ In reply to ]
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spot wrote:
No....your first post seemed humourous. Then you turned into a total dick when responding to JDRUNS, while not actually answering his question. And the rest of your responses seem to indicate that it is you who has no sense of humor.

Ok… If you want to have a serious conversation about the correct split between blue and red states/counties then allow me to move beyond his obvious deception of not providing a truly accurate representation of the US. This one is accurate (notice the color which is reflective of the fact that no one area is truly blue or red):

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2012/countycartpurple1024.png

(from the following article: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2012/)

How's that for answering his fucking question?
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Re: Dear Red States [mojozenmaster] [ In reply to ]
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Did you get bullied as a child? I suggest you take the dress off and grow some thick skin.
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FMtxACKlYM


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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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lakerfan wrote:
spot wrote:
No....your first post seemed humourous. Then you turned into a total dick when responding to JDRUNS, while not actually answering his question. And the rest of your responses seem to indicate that it is you who has no sense of humor.


Ok… If you want to have a serious conversation about the correct split between blue and red states/counties then allow me to move beyond his obvious deception of not providing a truly accurate representation of the US. This one is accurate (notice the color which is reflective of the fact that no one area is truly blue or red):

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2012/countycartpurple1024.png

(from the following article: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2012/)

How's that for answering his fucking question?

So, your first post is purely humor and nothing else. Then you pitch a fit when someone, who apparently doesn't get your sense of humor, offers a different interpretation of blue vs. red. When called on that you now seem to be saying, no, you were in fact serious and that the other guy was being obviously deceptive, all while acting like a spoiled brat. If in fact you were just trying to be funny, why didn't you just say so in your first responses to your OP? You complain about other people not having a sense of humor and needing to grow a thick skin, but it appears that if anybody needs to follow that advice, it's you. Seriously...go back and read through this whole thread...you turn into a total asshole from the get go, and just seem intent on digging a deeper hole with every response.

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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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Even liberals are saying you should be nicer:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/11/liberal_schadenfreude_obama_s_win_brings_out_too_mean_gloating_on_social.html

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Re: Dear Red States [dave_w] [ In reply to ]
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dave_w wrote:
Even liberals are saying you should be nicer:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/11/liberal_schadenfreude_obama_s_win_brings_out_too_mean_gloating_on_social.html

You're right. Good post.

I'll admit that I've witnessed what I would consider to be some pretty horrendous treatment of liberals by conservatives on this forum after the election so my attitude was to dish it right back. That's a lousy attitude on my part. My apologies and thanks for reminding me that empathy would be a much better approach.
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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lakerfan wrote:
I guess I'll take solace in the fact that I am much less likely to be murdered by my fellow neanderthals than you are by your fellow enlightened folks.

Wrong. 9 of the top 10 most violent states are Red States.

Got me. I was thinking Red vs Blue. Am I safer in a Red City or Blue?
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Re: Dear Red States [dannynoonan] [ In reply to ]
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Got me. I was thinking Red vs Blue. Am I safer in a Red City or Blue?


Is there such thing as a Red City? ;-)
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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Open up that goddman big tent of tolerance... open it up! I'll bring the butt plugs and chablis. We can be fun, too.
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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lakerfan wrote:
Got me. I was thinking Red vs Blue. Am I safer in a Red City or Blue?


Is there such thing as a Red City? ;-)

Boise? Helena?

Maybe it's not red or blue, I just hate cities.
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Re: Dear Red States [Old Hickory] [ In reply to ]
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Old Hickory wrote:
Open up that goddman big tent of tolerance... open it up! I'll bring the butt plugs and chablis. We can be fun, too.

butt-chugger alert!


:)
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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From an email that was forwarded to me ....

Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, regressive, Marxists, and Obama supporters, et al:

We have stuck together since the late 1950s for the sake of the kids, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly, this relationship has clearly run its course.

Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is right for us all, so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way.

Here is a model separation agreement:

1. Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by land mass, each taking a similar portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy. Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides had such distinct and disparate tastes.

2. We don't like redistributive taxes, so you can keep them.

3. You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU.

4. Since you hate guns and war, we'll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA, and the military.

5. We'll take the nasty, smelly oil industry and you can go with wind, solar, and bio-diesel.

6. You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore, and Rosie O'Donnell. You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of them.

7. We'll keep capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart, and Wall Street.

8. You can have your beloved lifelong welfare dwellers, food stamps, homeless homeboys, hippies, druggies, and illegal aliens.

9. We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEO's and rednecks.

10. We'll keep the Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood ..

11. You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer places that threaten us.

12. You can have the peace-niks and war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we'll help provide them security.

13. We'll keep our Judeo-Christian values.

14. You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, political correctness, and Shirley McLain. You can also have the U.N., but we will no longer be paying the bill.

15. We'll keep the SUV's, pickup trucks, and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Subaru station wagon you can find.

16. You can give everyone healthcare if you can find any practicing doctors..

17. We'll continue to believe healthcare is an earned luxury and not a right.

18. We'll keep "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "The National Anthem."

19. I'm sure you'll be happy to substitute "Imagine", "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", "Kum Ba Ya," or "We Are the World".

20. We'll practice trickledown economics and you can continue to give trickle up poverty your best shot.

21. Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name and our constitution and our flag.

22. Would you agree to this? If so, please pass it along to other like-minded liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit delete. In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you answer which one of us will need whose help in 15 years.

Sincerely,
John J. Wall
Law Student and an American

P.S.: Also, please take Ted Turner, Sean Penn, Martin Sheen, Barbara Streisand, and Jane Fonda with you.

P.S.S..: And you won't have to "Press 1 for English" when you call our country.
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Re: Dear Red States [mike419] [ In reply to ]
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Oh no. We need to keep Ted Turner. He owns most of the red states.
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Re: Dear Red States [lakerfan] [ In reply to ]
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I would take this deal any day of the week.
The attitude of the author reaks of idiocy. This has to be the best example of liberalism ever written - it has all the hate, arrogance, elitism, and bigotry anyone could ask for.

lakerfan wrote:
Dear Red States:

We're ticked off at your Neanderthal attitudes and politics, so we've decided we're leaving.

We in New York, Mass and CA intend to form our own country and we're taking all the other Blue States with us.

In case you aren't aware that includes Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Md, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Vermont, the rest of the Northeast, and DC also.

We believe this split will be beneficial to the entire nation and especially to the people of our new country called "The Enlightened States of America" (E.S.A).

To sum up briefly:

You get Texas, Oklahoma, AZ and all the slave states.

We get stem cell research, the best beaches, and we'll take all of the creative gay people you don't want anyway.

We get Barack and Michelle, Bill & Hillary, Andrew Cuomo, Elizabeth Warren, and Dianne Feinstein. You get Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry and Todd Akin.

We get the Statue of Liberty. You get OpryLand.

We get Apple, Intel, Microsoft and all the smart technology. You get WorldCom, the Koch Bros, and all the coal/oil pollution.

We get Harvard, Yale, Columbia, UC, Stanford and Princeton. You get Ole' Miss.

We get Silicon Valley, NYC, San Fran, Seattle and 85 percent of America's venture capital and best entrepreneurs.

You get Alabama and Arkansas.

We get two-thirds of all the tax revenue. You get to make the red states pay their fair share.

Our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than the Christian Coalition states, so we get a bunch of happy families. You get a bunch of angry single moms and deadbeat dads.

With the Blue States in hand we will have firm control of 80% of the country's fresh water, more than 90% of the pineapple and lettuce, 92% of the nation's fresh fruit, 95% of America's quality wines (you can serve Ripple at your state dinners), 90% of the best cheese, 90 percent of the high tech industry, most of the US low sulfur coal, all the living redwoods, solar power, the Sequoias and condors, all the Seven Sister schools, plus Harvard, Yale, Stanford, UC, UCLA, Cal Tech and MIT.

With the Red States you will have to cope with 88% of all the obese Americans and their projected healthcare costs, 92% of all US mosquitoes, nearly 100% of the tornadoes, 90% of the hurricanes, 99% of all the Southern Baptists, virtually 100% of all televangelists, plus Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, Bob Jones University, Clemson and the University of Georgia.

We also get Hollywood and Yosemite, thank you very much. You get Appalachia…

You get the 38% of those in the Red states who believe that the world was created in 7 days and that Jonah was actually swallowed by a whale, the 62% who are pro-life for fetuses but not for the kids who are actually born or their Moms, those who believe life is sacred unless we're discussing the death penalty or gun laws, the 44% who know that evolution is only a theory, the 53% who still believe that Saddam was part of 9/11 and had weapons of mass destruction, that Obama was born in Kenya, and the 61% of those crazy bastards who even believe they have higher morals then we do.

We're taking all the good weed too. You can have that crap they grow in Mexico.

Sincerely,

A Citizen of the Enlightened States of America
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Re: Dear Red States [EricinSC] [ In reply to ]
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>The attitude of the author reaks of idiocy. This has to be the best example of liberalism ever written - it has all the hate, arrogance, elitism, and bigotry anyone could ask for.



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