Reasons why your state is so much better than the others!

[Bennyboy]

California! The taco truck!http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=115610122624420637336.00043d1c92daa0cf99ca6&ll=38.176778,-122.014396&spn=0.873712,1.437534&om=1&source=embed

Dollar tacos, menudo, huge burritos!

[redqueen]

1. Real Mexican food, the best BBQ, and

we used to be our own country!

w00t!

[SPKrazy]

11. Well I'll go with ya on the Mexican food and the Tex Mex

but the BBQ?

dunno

there's a lot of good BBQ all over the South :D

:hi:

[suninvited]

2. Because it is big.

That is all I can come up with on short notice.

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. We invented the word 'dude'

:headbang:

[MrCoffee]

4. WA is not better than TX

I miss home.

[redqueen]

12. Awwww...

TX misses you too, I'm sure. :)

[suninvited]

14. That's funny...

I am in Texas and I miss Florida every day.

[SallyMander]

5. We get to decide who your president is

Unfortunately sometimes we fuck up. :(

[SPKrazy]

15. yeah

whassup with that?

:shrug:

:rofl:

get it right@!

I'm series QQ!!!!11

[SallyMander]

18. I tried my best SPK!

But they only let me vote once! :wtf:


:rofl:


:hug:

[SPKrazy]

19. your mander needs one vote

and you do too :D

:hug:

[Jade Fox]

61. Yeah, could you fix that? n/t

[Lorien]

91. Hey, I grew up in Columbus but now reside in Orlando

So I can claim TWO states that decide the Presidency, both of which fucked up royally!

[SallyMander]

94. I give FL a little more leeway

That one wasn't really their fault... and there was some shady shit going down in OH too. It's altogether depressing. :(


Where'd you live in C-bus? :hi:

[Lorien]

98. Clintonville

which was a great neighborhood to grow up in.My dad lived in German Village, and now resides in Dublin.

Yeah, but I blame state officials for 2000 (along with the SCOTUS) the people TRIED to vote for Gore. I was assigned to a polling place in a minority neighborhood that day.The only other white person there was a cop who kept getting in the faces of the black voters (especially older women)and saying "what ya gonna do when your boy loses? Ya gonna CRY when your boy losses"? They tried to close the polling place over an hour early, but when we protested they changed their tactics and started telling people that they had come to the wrong place to vote-that they were actually assigned to another polling place across town (not enough time to get there for those who use public transportation, of course). So we called some local churches to send over their buses to take the people to the "right" polling place. As soon as we had loaded everyone on the buses and got them on their way the cops pulled the buses over, saying that they had to unload unless they could provide a "taxi license". :grr:

That was the incident that I witnessed, and I heard of many others that same day. I reported it to the press, but the only person who would write about it and the other criminal measures taken that day to deprive Gore of the Whitehouse was greg Palast of the BBC. He was the one and only reporter who corresponded with me and other party members here in town-even the local papers wouldn't touch the story. All accomplices, I say!

[SallyMander]

99. Oh. My. God.

I think my jaw just hit the floor reading that. Of course i'd heard similar stories at the time -- but to see it first hand must have been INFURIATING. I can't even imagine how frustrated, angry and upset you (and those voters!) must have been.

:grr: :nuke: :grr:


Good for you for being there though, and for trying to follow through with the media. We need six of you in every polling place! :hug:


I love Clintonville, by the way! We live in the Short North now, but i think if we were going to stay in Columbus and raise a family, Clintonville would be the place to be. :)

[Lorien]

102. Yep, I couldn't quite wrap my head around what was happening at first

and I thought it might have been an isolated incident. Then that evening one of my former students called, sputtering in fury. He said that he had changed his registration from independent to Democrat eight months earlier. He had his new voter ID ready and went to vote where he had always voted before. When he got there the woman checking his info read back his name and address to him, he confirmed it, then she said "you can't vote today". He asked why, since all of his information was correct, and she repeated "you can't vote today"! Then she nodded at a cop who was standing near the door. The cop came over, grabbed him roughly by the arm, and pulled him out of the building. When they were outside the cop said "you won't be voting today, son, so don't bother coming back". He tried calling the Democratic party HQ but the line was busy until evening. That's when I knew for certain that this was an orchestrated campaign to steal the Whitehouse. Coming from the Midwest, I'd never seen anything like it before. Columbus was very Liberal in the 70's and 80's (I was born there in 1965). I had never even heard a white person use the "N" word before I moved to Florida for a job in '89. It certainly is different down here; far more corruption then up North (well, at least until Blackwell came along).

I really like the Short North. It feels a lot more like the city did decades ago. I used to work at an advertising firm there when I was attending CCAD, and still like to hit the Riley Gallery and Martini's when I come up for a visit. It wouldn't be a bad place to raise a family either, especially if you had one of those grand Victorians!(Which years ago sold for only $1 each...unrenovated, of course). ;-)

:hi: :hug:

[SallyMander]

123. Oh, that is so upsetting

:cry:


I start to think about all this stuff, and how different the world would be if 2000 had gone differently... and it just makes me so, so sad and upset. :(


Next time you're in Columbus, we'll have to get a drink at the Surly Girl -- it's at High and 4th Ave. Best (super lefty) bar in town! :D

:hug:

[Lorien]

128. Sounds good to me!

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Because it's a Canadian province.

:P

[Hand]

36. Damn Newfies! Why do you hate America???

from Nova Scotia! :hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

38. Wow, someone else on here from the Atlantic side.

[Hand]

71. There are several others around on the Canada forum as well.

And a whole lot more out to Ft. McMurray there... :(

[ghostsofgiants]

72. I rarely venture outside the lounge.

But yeah, Fort Mac is pretty much Atlantic Jr.

[Seeking Serenity]

7. Because I live in it. (n/t)

[flvegan]

8. My state has such low expectations from the world, we can slack like hell.

[NNadir]

74. Princeton.

[Deep13]

9. I'm in it. Duh!

:evilgrin:

[TheMightyFavog]

10. Because the best cheese in these United States is made right here in Wisconsin!

Better than California! Better than Vermont!

[geardaddy]

17. I agree with that.

I loves 'Sconny cheese!

[geardaddy]

13. Because...

our electoral votes haven't gone to a Repig president since 1972.

:applause:

[Parche]

16. OREGON HAS NO TOLLBOOTHS

so there

:hi:

[Arugula Latte]

25. Plus, we're Tonya Harding's home state!

We win! :toast: :woohoo:

[Arugula Latte]

43. Waaait a minute ... We're also the home of the 'splodin' whale!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7476145

[Omphaloskepsis]

47. Not having a Sales Tax is nice too.

[NewJeffCT]

50. Connecticut has no tollbooths, either

and, we have Oksana Baiul instead of Tonya Harding

[krispos42]

76. Has she crashed on I-91 recently?

Again, I mean?

:-)

[NewJeffCT]

78. haven't heard her name in the news

we go to her "home" rink every Sunday, though, so we see her name on the list of famous skaters who've been there.

[BarenakedLady]

20. Rhode Island

We'z gots corruption...

and Clamcakes!!!

:P

(I'll always be a Rhode Islandah)

[SallyMander]

21. I used to live in Providence

There is some FANTASTIC food there!!! :9

:hi:

[x-g.o.p.er]

22. Because I said it is

[redqueen]

29. Hi there!

I don't know that I've seen you in a while... so howdy.

:hi:

[x-g.o.p.er]

63. Hi, and thanks!

Glad to be back. It's been awhile

[BuelahWitch]

33. I have a reason for you x-g.o.p.er

Because Kukla, Fran and Ollie came from Chicago! :rofl: :rofl: :hi:

[x-g.o.p.er]

64. So does Second City Comedy!!

But you have to give props to KF and O

[BuelahWitch]

65. Yes, the Chicago School of Television!

Too bad Hollywood turned TV into suck city...:hi:

[Bennyboy]

23. San Francisco!

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/bennyboy420/Sunsets/photo#5107635229380075714"><img src="" /></a>

[Bennyboy]

26. SF

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/bennyboy420/SfSouthOnHiway1/photo#5133120575912238146"><img src="" /></a>


<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/bennyboy420/SfSouthOnHiway1/photo#5133120322509167650"><img src="" /></a>

[Burma Jones]

24. We isolate Delaware from the rest of the USA

and......

We have the highest median household income

Two NFL teams

Lots of Baseball

Many Many Parks

[porphyrian]

27. Florida! Because your grandparents retired and moved here!

...and they keep voting republican, are responsible for our "tough on crime" mandatory minimums, and they've lowered the priority of public education for so long that about half of our voting public are functionally retarded!

Well, maybe not YOUR grandparents...

[texas1928]

28. Because I live here.

And what redqueen said.

[hisownpetard]

30. Kennedy, Kerry, Barney Frank, Delahunt, gay marriage and lobstah rolls!

[pokerfan]

31. We have a Bavarian village

And mountains:




And the ocean:




And big rivers:




And even a rain forest:

http://bulgar.no-ip.info/downloads/snimki/wall/Hall%20of%20Mosses,%20Olympic%20National%20Park,%20Washington.jpg


And, oh yeah, wheat fields:

[SOteric]

35. Howdy Neighbour!

:hi:

Don't forget some of the best seafood on the planet!!!

[pokerfan]

37. And don't forget the flying fish!

[SOteric]

39. And the coffee.

[GOPisEvil]

40. And the sexy women-type-folk.

;)

[SOteric]

41. *L*

Yes, I guess you do have an attachment to Washington state's offering in that department. :hi:

Hope you guys had a great Valentine's Day.

[GOPisEvil]

44. I have to add Michigan to that list as well.

It is her ancestral home. ;)

Valentine's Day was ok. At least we got to talk a bit. Her gift is on its way.

[pokerfan]

54. Also the birthplace and final resting place of Jimi!

[SOteric]

62. While we're at it, Jim McDermott, Patti Murray, Maria Cantwell,

Christine Gregoire...we've got some great Democratic politicians in this state.

[mondo joe]

97. Final resting place of Bruce Lee too.

[ptvet]

58. What pokerfan said

Plus the worlds best maintained ferries!

(former regular user :hi:)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

32. Because I live here.

I am fabulous, darling ;)

[huskerlaw]

34. It's 70 degrees in February

and we think that's COLD!

California! :woohoo:

[trof]

42. Redneck Riviera.

Sugar Sands.

[txwhitedove]

45. Because I live here, what Redqueen, Imagine and Tx1928 said, and...

the festivals, chili cook-offs, Austin, and TEXAS MUSICIANS!!!

:hi:

[hellbound-liberal]

46. The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia

[taterguy]

48. Are vastly inferior to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina

Because I posted a photo and you didn't

[hellbound-liberal]

52. It showed up on my "Virginian" computer

Didn't it show up on yours?

[taterguy]

55. No it did not

Were you trying to hotlink and steal bandwidth?

Typical Virginian

[Cabcere]

109. Pssst...

...it's not showing up on my Virginian computer either. :shrug:

[steelemagnolia]

60. Hate to disagree

I've seen them both and think they are both equall beautiful.

[Cabcere]

108. Incorrect

unless by "inferior," you mean "superior." :P











:headbang:

[taterguy]

115. Posting pics that you didn't take doesn't count

In North Carolina we respect copyright laws

[KamaAina]

49. We were an independent monarchy fror three-quarters of a century

We have an indigenous language (Hawaiian) as an official language alongside English.

There are thousands of plant and bird species found nowhere else on Earth.

Every climate zone except the distinctly Arctic is to be found here (the very tops of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa are subarctic).

A cold snap implies that overnight lows may dip below 70. :P

Surfing (more properly known as surfriding) was developed here. According to legend, the first surfer was an ancient Hawaiian who got caught in a wave and rode it to save his life.

We are the only state to grow coffee. Puerto Rico does, too, but it's a commonwealth. :P

I could go on and on...

[Perry Logan]

51. My state, because it exists far in the future.

[blockhead]

53. Lawrence Welk was born here.

Game over!

[Fox Mulder]

56. There isn't anything great about Minnesota.

The state is turning red. Thank God my mom and dad are planning on moving to Vermont in the next year or two. I'm going to move with them.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

57. Its name is one syllable in length.

Suck it!

:P

[Pierre.Suave]

59. Lets face it...

I don't live anywhere else...

[LeftyMom]

66. Because it's California.

:think:

[Jamastiene]

67. It is not.

All my state has that I really like are me, some cool old houses, and the animals. The rest could be bulldozed and rebuilt much better.

[Generic Brad]

68. We're the land of 11,000 lakes

Sure, you all think we have only 10,000 lakes in Minnesota. But it is a little known fact that we have kept 1000 great little lakes secret from the rest of you.

[tandot]

69. As LeftyMom already said: Because it is CALIFORNIA

What else is there to add?

We live close to Sacramento...1 1/2 hours from San Francisco ... 1 1/2 hours from Reno ... 1 hour from the wine country

[EstimatedProphet]

70. Because drunkenness is fun! Hail the Great State of Inebriation!

[orleans]

73. my state isn't better--it's ill. n/t

[CreekDog]

75. Mark Penn says mine is significant

take that. :spank:

[krispos42]

77. The most shoreline of any state in the Union

And, in winter, it turns into a massive, slippery extension of your yard that you don't have to mow.


No tollbooths, 70mph speed limits, 24-hour White Castles, and the roads are wide, straight, and have plentiful shoulders, ditches, and medians. Plenty of beautiful scenery. And the state is chock-full of hot blonde ladies.

[lost-in-nj]

79. The Obvious because I'm here

and we have the Jersey Shore
and the Mountains

but there is nothing like going to a Jersey Diner at 3AM after a night of drinking and getting eggs.....

nirvana


lost

[Glorfindel]

80. Well, Mississippi has nowhere to go but up

I guess that counts as a kind of "greatness," eh? ;(

[Ptah]

81. Saguaro cactus

[1gobluedem]

82. The Great Lakes

Four of five touch Michigan. Water, water, water. And beaches. And deep woods. And hiking. And skiing. And the Upper Peninsula. And Mackinac Island. And pasties -- kind you eat, not the kind you wear.

And Ann Arbor. And me. :)

[PassingFair]

88. Yes, we may have no delegates, but we have most of the worlds fresh water!

And more coastline than any other state!

TOP THAT!

[1gobluedem]

129. We only get attention when they WANT our water

Can't have it. If you want swimming pools and golf courses, don't live in the desert. See how simple that is? :think:

[hippywife]

83. We've learned to control our gag reflex.

Years of Coburn, the Borens, and Inhofe have been really good practice. :eyes:

[SPKrazy]

84. My State has a lot of natural beauty

the Ozarks, the Ouachitas (mountains)

the history of it (state since 1837), last outpost on the frontier before Indian Territory

Buffalo River National Scenic Park

Hot Springs National Park

Lots of hiking

Civil war battlefields

Regions that are distinctive to different areas: frontier, old south, northern, Mississippi delta, farming, forestry, industry, lots of different flavors in a small state... flatlands and mountains.

Rural and urban areas

New growth and wealth coming into the state

Lots of undeveloped land and beauty

I dunno if it is the greatest, or best, nor do I know if I shall live here forever, (or my version of mortal forever) but it is at least not the totally horrible place I thought it would be when I moved here.

[WeRQ4U]

85. Clean air and Uff-da tacos...

Oh, and Sioux hockey.

[stuntcat]

86. My state is North Carolina

NC has beaches, outer banks, mountains, forests, foothills, everything beautiful! :loveya:

But I live in Virginia right now, biding my time til I can move back to North Carolina.

[taterguy]

90. North Carolina's coast is spectacular

[Tektonik]

87. Thirding what Leftymom said, 'Because it's California'

CA is better than every other state mostly because we are the most diverse culturally and geographically. I wish we would secede :P.

[lost-in-nj]

95. Don't worry

when the "big one" comes it will help you
secede..... right off the edge.....

:scared: :scared:

lost

[Tektonik]

96. We'll end up as the two greatest states then!

:P

Wait nvm, everything east of most fault lines is backasswards as scary usually

[PeaceNikki]

89. Summerfest. Russ Feingold. More lakes than Minnesota. The Packers.

:patriot:

[FloridaJudy]

92. Carl Hiaasen, Dave Barry, Tim Dorsey and Elmore Leonard

Because this state is so FUBAR it needs the laughs.

Oh, and Jimmy Buffet too.

[riderinthestorm]

93. Chicago. Nuff said. nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

100. Illinois looks damned inviting after you've driven through most of the surrounding states.

You know I don't mean you, (fill in name of your state).

[Heidi]

101. Polenta, grappa, palmettos, Mediterranean weather and Lago Maggiore.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticino

[RainDog]

103. can't think of one. can I leave now? n/t

[av8rdave]

104. Texas: Beef brisket, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Freddie King,

The Toadies, Don Henley, Ann Richards, Molly Ivins, T-Bone Walker, ZZ Top, the Cowboys, Big Bend Country, Hill Country, the Republic of Texas Rally, Stephen F. Austin State University, South Padre Island, Buddy Holly, Willie Nelson, Janis Joplin, Tommy Lee Jones, Roy Orbison, Lead Belly, Ray Lynch, Boz Skaggs, Stephen Stills, Earl Campbell, Nolan Ryan, Larry McMurtry, Texas Chile...just too much to list!

[cloudbase]

131. Texas, baby!

Because nobody ever wrote a song "Waltz Across New Jersey."

[av8rdave]

133. "Waltz Across New Jersey." ROFL

:rofl:

[Tikki]

105. California....so..

:bluebox:

Tikki

[madinmaryland]

106. Maryland is best. Because LynneSin says Maryland sucks!

:rofl:

[madinmaryland]

107. Maryland is best. Because LynneSin says Maryland sucks!

:rofl:

[TZ]

118. Miss something?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7475772&mesg_id=7475899
Is this your sockpuppet?
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[Cabcere]

110. Ve inwented tobacco.

:7 (Well, okay, maybe not exactly, but still...)

Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah Valley, lots of pretty rivers, some decent beaches, lots of nice hiking trails; Thomas Jefferson, his alma mater, and the safety school he later founded (kidding, kidding! :hide: ), a bunch of other presidents and important historical figures...in short, my state is just awesome. :headbang:

[hyphenate]

111. That one is easy!

1972:

Nixon, 49
USA, 1 (Massachusetts, the sole state which voted for McGovern, and not Nixon.)

[LibDemAlways]

112. I like CA too. Any state with scenery like this

can't be all bad.

[chknltl]

113. Because breast feeding at a caucus is just fine by us in Washington State!

I swear it is true. The hippie chick, (tie died skirt-check, sandals-check, beads n flowers in the hair-check, "nag-champa" incense smell-check, yep hippie chick!) standing right in front of me WAS breast feeding her baby during our caucus meeting and nobody seemed to care!
Top THAT Nebraska!

[theredpen]

114. Texas is the largest state!

OK, so it's only half the size of Alaska but thanks to the Mercator projection, no one knows that.

[Blue_In_AK]

119. Thank you for clarifying that.

Texas is puny. I don't think it's even half the size of Alaska. :evilgrin:

[theredpen]

121. "I don't think it's even half the size of Alaska."

It isn't.

If Alaska really wants to piss off Texas, it should split into two states and make Texas the third largest state.

[Blue_In_AK]

124. :-)

[YDogg]

116. It's the only state with its own FARK tag

[Blue_In_AK]

117. Alaska is the best of all

and there are just too many reasons to post. But a few are that it's drop-dead gorgeous, we have no state income or sales tax, the state gives us money every single year from the oil royalties ($1,654 this year), marijuana is legal up to an ounce for personal use (or 25 plants), you can still get an abortion if you need one, we have no death penalty, there are fewer than 700,000 of us for a state 1/5 the size of the rest of the country, we have the "hottest," most popular governor in the country (even though she's a Republican, she's a populist, and she kicks ass), and FINALLY somebody's doing something about our corrupt Republican legislators. Two are sitting in the federal pen right now, one's been convicted and is awaiting sentencing, and another one is waiting to be tried, plus Ted Stevens and Don Young, among others, are under federal investigation, which makes us all real happy.

[Catbird]

120. South Carolina makes your state look better. nt/

[stuntcat]

132. but but

SC's got some of the mountains, and Charleston, and some pretty foothills, I love the moss. And venus flytraps come from SC :headbang:
I grew up a few miles from it so I'll always defend SC, even though my embarrassing Republican relatives live there.

[Catbird]

134. Venus flytraps!! Thanks for the reminder.

South Carolina does have some interesting plants and animals, as well as a lot of habitat diversity and beautiful scenery.
One of the state slogans: Smiling faces, beautiful places. That pretty much sums it up.

To be honest, North Carolina also has flytraps. But they are native only to the coastal plane of the Carolinas.

I wrote the first post right after reading a couple of articles about NCLB and other educational issues in SC.

[JTG of the PRB]

122. Because here in Colorado, we have stuff like this:

Oh... AND we have this, too:

[Blue_In_AK]

125. Colorado is beautiful

but Alaska's got all that and the longest coastline in the country, too. :P (I'm just ribbing you -- I spent my childhood from 8 to 15 in Colorado, and I loved it there.)

P.S. Did you take these photos? You should join us in the Photo Group.

[JTG of the PRB]

126. Nope, unfortunately I didn't take them.

I found them all on the Interwebs. I did, however, take this one off my balcony a few months ago:



Colorado is indeed a beautiful place, and I'm really looking forward to visiting Alaska some day. With all the beauty we have here, I KNOW there's even more up in Alaska!

[Blue_In_AK]

127. That's a beatiful sky.

:thumbsup: As for visiting Alaska, if you can find a way to get up here for a vacation, you'll never regret it. I know I sound like a one-woman state Tourist Bureau, but all superlatives are justified. I've been here since 1975, and while it's always fun to go Outside and visit, I'm always so glad to get home.

[grace0418]

130. It's not. I mean, Chicago is a great city but the weather sucks and you have to drive for

for HOURS and HOURS to see anything besides strip malls or cornfields once you leave the city limits.

This lifetime Illinoisan wants OUT!