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You'll notice it varies year to year, so if you check out the numbers for Texas in the bottom tabble ....they've had some VERY bad years. They're doing better than they did in the past, you're right on that.

And I do have an inherent bias. While my bias isn't quite as bad as this: http://fuckthesouth.com/

I do believe the south's been bringing the rest of the country down practically since the founding of the country. The north has had to drag the south along kicking and screaming into each new century, it's getting rather tiresome. And the South considers itself "better" and "more real american", and is full of braggadocio that the actual numbers don't support.

And now we got neo-conservative neo-confederate wannabes lobbying up north and saying how Illinois or Iowa needs to basically turn themselves into Alabama or Mississippi clones with "right-to-work" and other anti-union measures and defunding social services and infrastructure improvements to "compete"

So yes, I loathe the "Southernization" of American politics. The South is the last place one should take socio-economic cues from. And yes I loathed the nomination of Bill Clinton during the "We have to nominate a conservative southern democrat to compete with the South-centric Republicans" period.

I'm just going to leave this here . . . .

Personally I think the government gets more than enough of my money anyway.

If you live in the South, you're probably wrong.

But at what point will the Federal Government try to link federal funds & REAL ID compliance?

New England pays far more federal taxes than it receives in federal aid. Leaving the union would be a welcome move, as we could stop paying for all the federal welfare to the southern and mid-western states. If you want to read a very amusing (and profanity-laced) rant about this, go see FucktheSouth.com. The last few winters, Bush has slashed the federal home heating assistance programs; we've got people old people freezing to death because they can't afford to heat their homes. Meanwhile, you'll note that programs for midwestern corn and livestock farmers are doing quite well...

You don't understand how pissed off New England has been since 2000. New Hampshire is full of people who *really* don't like anyone telling them what they can/can't do, and they're pretty well armed. Maine's geographically IN Canada anyway, Vermont's voted to impeach Bush more times than I can count. In Massachusetts, residents run the political spectrum, but we're also the ones who started the War of Independence, bitches.

Heh. You rednecks make me feel exactly the same way.

I propose that intelligent people in the modern world start blackholing the South. It's clear that as a people, you have no respect for basic human rights or any semblance of free speech. Why should the modern world have to tiptoe around you assholes? I know that I certainly won't. I'll be spending some time blackholing you from my tiny, insignificant router.

Some further reading for you...

http://www.fuckthesouth.com/

A much better one would be fuckthesouth.com

If he paid money for the website, he must know what he's talking about, right?

A more blunt way to put it would be "fuck the south".

Of course. Someone has to pay for the stop signs in the south.

http://www.fuckthesouth.com/

So? Every president since Washington has done likewise.

Oh? Just which ones, exactly, have thought god selected them, personally?

dvice to Democrats: Please, please, please keep sneering at "magical men in the sky".

Democrats have no problem with religion. We do have a problem with rightwing fucktards who use Christ as a political football.

an undertaking called "We the People," supported by President Bush and Congress to improve the teaching of American history at all levels of education

Trolling the unpalatable Truth since 1969.

Here's another joke. =)

How about we just say Fuck the South.

We're not elitests. You really are just a bunch of dumb hicks.

Fuck the South

Ashcroft saying, "The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved," means, "Hey!!! Look everybody!! There are no terrorists attacking us RIGHT NOW!!"

It's kind of like when Clinton said, "I do not have an inapproproate relation with that girl, Ms. Lewinsky," he really meant, "Ms. Lewinsky is not blowing me RIGHT NOW, but lemme tellya, if you guys could see what I have here under the podium..."

P.S. http://fuckthesouth.com/