hustler

iTrader: (6)

No.

Braineack

iTrader: (62)

okay, Austin, we'll wait and see. Big liberal cities ruin every state...

blaen99

iTrader: (6)

Demographically, Brainy's right - well, "purple" would probably be more accurate really in the time frame Brainy gave, but there's a really strong chance it will become blue within the next few decades unless the demographics start changing big time.

shuiend

iTrader: (24)

Says the guy who lives in a blue county turning a once great red Commonwealth state blue.

hustler

iTrader: (6)

I'm aware and worried.

Braineack

iTrader: (62)

exactly; I know how it works. I watch the heathens immigrate here, breed, and spread their filth throughout the area.

Just look at every county vote map in almost any election. the country is red but for major cities full of filth and ammoralism.





look how easy it is to spot: San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, and Houston on that map. Just by the blue dots. Plus it doesnt help they get all the freeloaders coming in from the South and possibly the worst public education system in the country.

rleete

iTrader: (21)

Agreed. Everything west of Albany is conservative and yet the state is "liberal". All because of NYC.

mgeoffriau

iTrader: (7)

Okay, Sears is just trolling me now.

Yesterday I got an email from "Shop Your Way" alerting me that I have $7 worth of reward points for Sears.com that will be expiring in 3 days if I don't use them. I figure I might as well find something cheap and have it shipped to the store for free pickup. Who doesn't need a few extra screwdrivers?

So I take a few minutes, find a 5 pack of screwdrivers that's on sale for $7.69 or something. Add it to my cart, go to the checkout page, scroll down to the section where you enter your "Shop Your Way" account number and pin to redeem points. I enter my information and click the "Redeem Points" button.

Unfortunately, we're experiencing some connectivity issues. Please try again later.

Good one, Sears. You almost got me.

y8s

iTrader: (8)

space != votes

blaen99

iTrader: (6)

Which brings up a question -

Are people trying to say that it's not fair/right or that it is wrong that all votes count equally here? I'm slightly confused as to the tangent the thread is taking.

/Serious question.
//1 person = 1 vote means that the most votes determine an election. If 10 million people live in 1/100th of the state, and 1million live in the rest of the state, the 10million will determine the results - even though they only represent 1/100th the actual geography of the state, they compose 90% of the population.

hustler

iTrader: (6)

I know you libs are getting a huge boner now thinking about how it's great to steam roll people who think differently.

rleete

iTrader: (21)

Cities over a certain size should be separate. Why should someone living 6 hours away from me be able to determine my taxes?

blaen99

iTrader: (6)

I agree with you, actually, Rleete, but it has nothing to do with taxes.

The reality is that policies for urban centers and rural areas are two entirely different needs. It's the same Republican/Democrat divide you see centered around urban centers vs. rural areas.

I say this for a reason. I remember back a few years ago, here in WA there was a huge fuss made about certain hunting restrictions.

The restrictions made absolute sense when applied over in the general Seattle area. But not a ******* lick of sense when applied towards the east side of the state. It would be by far better for EVERYONE in my state if the west side was split away, and the east side would be merged with Idaho. (Edit) However, this will never happen, as the west side of the state basically funds the east side of the state....sigh.

rleete

iTrader: (21)

Nuke the cities.

Scrappy Jack

iTrader: (2)

You live in Rochester... If any cities are getting nuked, you might be in line behind Detroit and Eerie.

DaveC

What are you talking about? Serious question.

shuiend

iTrader: (24)

I am calling an end to the politics talk in the Ramble on thread. Lets get back to talking about things that really matter.

***** or ***?

y8s

iTrader: (8)

King Lars has spoken.

*** with flavor.

Scrappy Jack

iTrader: (2)

Both.

shuiend

iTrader: (24)

I am totally a boob man. Something about them being big and bouncing just does it for me.

Also everyone knows today is steak and BJ day correct. So all GF's and wives should be cooking you all a steak and giving you a BJ while eating it tonight.