Post what state you live in

[redqueen]

so I can ridicule everything that's wrong with it.

You know... season of brotherly love and all.

:eyes:

:puke:

[AwakeAtLast]

1. You have it too easy - Indiana

Ya know, home of the Colts who are now gonna get their bazillion dollar new stadium without ever having won a Super Bowl.

:mad:

[redqueen]

6. I've been there once

I liked it.

:shrug:

[Richardo]

2. Texas.

Have at you! :D

[redqueen]

5. No flames for you

We have our own 'why texas sucks' thread dedicated to our fair state.

:eyes:

[Joe Power]

24. Another Texas

Moved here from a state that deserves even more ridicule...Ohio. x(

:dem:

[Richardo]

28. Welcome to DU, 'Joe'!

:toast:

[Joe Power]

33. Thanks!

I was told about this site at a Dem holiday dinner by another attendee. I have a feeling I'm going to be a regular visitor from here on out.

[outraged2]

32. I'm in Texas too

[LDS Jock]

44. I'm in Texas three

:hi:

[Not_Giving_Up]

48. Texas

[ceile]

69. me too-Austin

[atxryan]

94. Austin, Texas

Coming to you from the ATX!!! c'mon, cut us Austinites some slack... we're an island of blue in a sea of red!

[ilovenicepeople]

127. Austin TX. home of the bravest man in America

:shrug: ????????

[yellowdogintexas]

134. Go Ronnie Earl!!!!!!!!!!!

[crispini]

85. Check, another Texas here. :) n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

132. Texas,

another one

[MuseRider]

3. Hi Redqueen!

Too easy but have at it. Kansas.

[redqueen]

7. Ouch!

This is just a tongue in cheeck thread. I'm so tired of people bashing my state but it just never stops...

[MuseRider]

18. Yes, I totally

understand. It is pretty rough sometimes. I have to step back and ask myself why it matters to me so much. Sometimes that calms me down.

[MarianJack]

4. MAINE!

Fire away, but I think it's the greatest place in the world!

[redqueen]

8. I've never been there

but I've always wanted to go. No bashing here... it's a beautiful state, and Stephen King lives there, too!

[MarianJack]

17. Stephen King...

...who also campaigned for Kerry! Our family saw him at a John Edwards rally with Gov. Baldacci at UM Orono in Sept.!

As you would say in Texas, COME ON UP!

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

55. Maine is the greatest!

I'm a Mainer too (but I've been living the last almost 3 years in Florida). I essentially lived there for almost all of my life, from birth until I was almost 23. We're going to be moving back to the New England area next summer, to be closer to Maine and my family (and also because we hate Florida). I would love to live in Maine again, it just depends on if we can get jobs there. Almost all of my friends from high school have moved to places like Massachusetts because they can't find decent jobs (or jobs in the field they to school for) in Maine. I think most of them would love to still be living there, too. Maine really does have a problem keeping Maine high school and college graduates in Maine. There are just not enough good jobs for all the young people. It's a wonderful place to live and raise a family, though. I feel very fortunate to have grown up there.

[jonnyblitz]

128. maine is where i was born and raised!!

Don't like where i grew up much but like the coast and the Portland area!! :thumbsup:

[AverageJoe]

9. Sweet Home Alabama

Where the skies are blue.... (and I wish the politics were!)


On edit: Sheesh, you'd think I could at least spell "Alabama" correctly....

[blue neen]

10. Pennsylvania

I'm happy here!

[Phillycat]

26. Me too, and me too! :)

[Cheswick2.0]

40. Pa also

It seems there is nothing wrong with Pa.

[RPM]

45. Confusion

domiciled in PA

[pres2032]

67. Citizen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

whoo, hoo, PA has got herself a good showing here today!

[huskerlaw]

11. So easy it's not even worth it...

Nebraska

[tjwmason]

12. Not a state, England.

As Mssrs. Flanders and Swann put it in their Song of Patriotic Prejudice:


The English, the English, the English are best
I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest.

The rottenest bits of these islands of ours
We've left in the hands of three unfriendly powers
Examine the Irishman, Welshman or Scot
You'll find he's a stinker, as likely as not.

Och aye, awa' wi' yon Edinburgh Festival

The Scotsman is mean, as we're all well aware
And bony and blotchy and covered with hair
He eats salty porridge, he works all the day
And he hasn't got bishops to show him the way!

The English, the English, the English are best
I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest.

Ah hit me old mother over the head with a shillelagh

The Irishman now out contempt is beneath
He sleeps in his boots and he lies through his teeth
He blows up policemen, or so I have heard
And blames it on Cromwell and William the Third!

The English are noble, the English are nice,
And worth any other at double the price

Ah, iechyd da

The Welshman's dishonest and cheats when he can
And little and dark, more like monkey than man
He works underground with a lamp in his hat
And he sings far too loud, far too often, and flat!

And crossing the Channel, one cannot say much
Of French and the Spanish, the Danish or Dutch
The Germans are German, the Russians are red,
And the Greeks and Italians eat garlic in bed!

The English are moral, the English are good
And clever and modest and misunderstood.

And all the world over, each nation's the same
They've simply no notion of playing the game
They argue with umpires, they cheer when they've won
And they practice beforehand which ruins the fun!

The English, the English, the English are best
So up with the English and down with the rest.

It's not that they're wicked or natuarally bad
It's knowing they're foreign that makes them so mad!

For the English are all that a nation should be,
And the flower of the English are Donald - Michael
Donald - Michael...
and Me!

[Lavender Brown]

13. Do you dare

make fun of New York? :nuke: ;)

[sniffa]

14. ba'athachusetts

;)

[Longgrain]

137. By that I suspect you're another

Masshole...:hi:

I'm from Worchester (rhymes withe blister) county... A regular hick...Ya know?

[sniffa]

146. as a former resident of "cLowntown"

:hi:

[DemoTex]

15. North Carolina

Transylvania County

[short bus president]

58. Norf Cackalacky here, too.

Orange County.

Yup - that's right. Shortbus representin' the O.C. ;-)

[Timebound]

107. NC here too. Near Winston-Salem. n/t

[ET Awful]

16. I'm a godless Massachusetts Liberal!!!!! n/t

[Longgrain]

118. Ditto, another masshole here...

Even our pukes out here tend to be a bit on the Libril' side...(tho not Libril' enough for me I'm afraid...)

[Squatch]

19. Virginny

[StopTheMorans]

20. the state of Inebriation

[redqueen]

29. Hope to be joining you there VERY soon!

:toast:

[StopTheMorans]

36. sounds good; it's never too early to get started

:beer:

[Beware the Beast Man]

21. Ohio. Yep, that should be easy.

Questionable election returns, burning rivers, serial killers, sucko football teams, you name it.

[redqueen]

Nah

You guys gave us Kucinich. I have nothing but love for Ohio.

:hi:

[Beware the Beast Man]

34. heheh...I don't

[ScreamingMeemie]

35. Ohio, the state you drive through to get to other, more exciting states.

;) That must be why their policemen are so cranky all the time. :hi:

[Droopy]

96. oHIo

I've been to every state except for Alaska and Hawii. There are prettier states than Ohio and there are richer states, but we really have it pretty good here. It doesn't cost too much to live here and before Bush took office it wasn't too difficult to find a decent paying job, especially if you had some education in technology and manufacturing. Even people like me who went to vocational school their junior and senior years of high school could get a good job. We have lost quite a few manufacturing jobs under Bush, mainly due to a slow down in the economy which made manufacturers have to decrease production. I'm hoping we can get it turned around despite Bush. I'd hate to see him take credit for a rebounding economy, but my desire to see people go back to work outweighs that hatred.

On edit: Sorry MrsGrumpy. I meant to reply to the original poster.

[FarLeftRage]

22. Utter confusion or madness

New York, and it's cold here!!!

[loudestchick]

23. Missouri--the blue part.

[deadparrot]

46. same here...

[HEAVYHEART]

25. NC

North Carolina. Fire away. I won't disagree with you. I hate this fucking place! x(

[Debbi801]

27. The blue state of Maryland, Hon.

[Burma Jones]

49. Yeah, c'mon, slam on Murrlyn............

[Zuni]

71. Anyone one who has a problem with Murlin, has a problem with me

There is no other place I would rather live.

[Burma Jones]

73. I am one happy Merlinder

Northern Montgomery County.............

[Zuni]

82. City of Annapolis here

[Burma Jones]

84. A Lovely Place.....n/t

[Aristus]

30. My avatar says it all.

Washington State, baby. We're blue, but we're being infested by slavering reds. All you good liberals, move to Washington and help keep us blue......and green! :-)

[flamingyouth]

38. Washington here too

:hi:

[RevolutionaryActs]

74. Me too, me too!

:D

:hi:

[fluffernutter]

124. me too.

:)

[Aristus]

120. Hiya! Can I put you on my buddies list?

I want to keep up to date on possible war protests in Seattle in the future. Maybe we can all go. :-)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

31. Rio de Janeiro (yep, it's a state AND a city) (nt)

[SarahB]

37. Connecticut

[RebelOne]

39. Georgia. Flame away.

[GOPBasher]

41. New York... at least we're dark blue!!

[CO Liberal]

42. Colorado

Home of Coors Beer, Focus On The Family, Promise Keepers, and several thousand assholes with guns.

:-)

[City Lights]

43. AZ.

so I can ridicule everything that's wrong with it.

Bring it on! :D

[Tikki]

47. California.....

The Tikkis

[kslib]

50. *sigh* Kansas, the red part.

Oh, wait that's practically the whole state (Lawrence-ites excluded--I love you!)

[amandae]

52. Kansas here, too.

I'm not around Lawrence, so that would mean I'm in the red, too. :(

[Hobarticus]

51. Iowa: a blue state in denial...

[Wapsie B]

66. Iowa

Yeah that fits.

'nother Iowan here.

[frictionlessO]

53. denial! or has someone already said that?

[redqueen]

56. Nope you're the first.

:hi:

[mac56]

54. Delirium.

nm

[Solly Mack]

57. Baden-Wurttemberg

[Gothic Sponge]

59. New York

Bring it on!

[rbnyc]

60. New York!

Only a couple things wrong with New York. I'm curious what you think they are.

[redqueen]

61. Two words

Rudy Giuliani

:hi:

This thread is tongue-in-cheek. I was just playing. Well... I was mad... and just playing.

How's the angel?

[rbnyc]

65. Home with daddy, being fussy.

We call him Fusspants. ;-) He didn't want me to go to work this morning. After nursing all weekend, he didn't want to take a bottle from daddy as I was walking out the door. :( Poor baby.

[redqueen]

68. I don't blame him

The natural delivery method is so much more pleasant.

Hope you get some extra time for him over the holidays. :)

[hickman1937]

62. Michigan

Ugliest state in the nation. If you've never been here, don't bother.

[ralps]

63. I'm from Wisconsin, home of Sen. Russ Feingold.

:hi:

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

121. WI checking in!! Yay for Feingold!

:hi:

[micrometer_50]

64. Arizona

Blue County, Red State

[tyedyeto]

103. AZ here also

southern part where it's 65 n clear blue skies. (yep, feelin' sorry for all you in the midst of blizzards today, but had to rub it in a little. hehehe)

[micrometer_50]

158. Tucson

I don,t rub it in about the weather any more. My cousin from Montana called me one June day when it was 110 F here for payback.

[Zuni]

70. I am from the Great State of Maryland

7th state of the Union, the Old Line State, home of the first US umbrella factory
Our official state sport is......Jousting! You can't beat that.

[Cobalt Violet]

72. Massachusetts.

[Longgrain]

130. Another Masshole...

:thumbsup: Great weather we got up here today, huh?

:hi:

[Cobalt Violet]

141. Pissa weather!

:hi:

Not enough to ski. But enough to screw up the roads.

[Rambis]

75. Iowa

I know, god damn fundie weirdo crackers! Hate em!

[SmileyBoy]

76. North Dakota

I bet you won't find ANYTHING wrong with it...:eyes:

[JimmyJazz]

77. high anxiety

[short bus president]

79. not Complete Control?

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MISS JIMMY?!?

:P

[JimmyJazz]

81. That's just the name of a song that I like a lot!

In fact, I like it so much, I had a special tattoo made in it's honor - you should see it sometime. :P

[short bus president]

83. Tattoo?

I didn't know you were inked, Miss Jimmy! Care to tell me where it is? Or better yet, post a picture? :D

[JimmyJazz]

91. No can do on the picture - I don't think Skinner would like that

very much :P

[name not needed]

119. Good movie too.

I got it, I got it, I got it, I don't got it. :)

[IStriker]

78. Almost Heaven - W Va

[Jessica]

80. West Virginia here, too -- let the bashing begin ...

I can take it! :D

[redqueen]

86. Two words

Jesco White.

Kidding! I think the guy's a hoot and that your state is very beautiful. I'd love to visit there someday.

[Jessica]

92. Our local paper recently printed

an update on Jesco. Since his brush with fame, he's fallen into a deep depression. His wife, who is the love of his life, has to live an hour because of her health problems. She can't live with him because he doesn't have running water & he can't move with her because he would lose Social Security benefits. It was such a sad article - it actually made me cry. Here's one of his quotes:

"I feel like a damn possum," he recently said outside the Boone County trailer, where he lives by himself without running water.

"I want to live like a happy man, not a madman. I'm not Hitler's son or Saddam Hussein's boy. It feels like a big, old coal truck ran over Jesco. There ain't a tear in my body that hasn't been cried all out."



:-(

[redqueen]

95. How sad...

Is he still married to the same woman that was in the documentary?

[Jessica]

98. Yeah - Norma Jean.

She said she hopes he can start performing again - but she fears the Dancing Outlaw has been lost. I mean think about it ... his fame was based on people making fun of him & capitalizing on his poverty - not surprising he has ended up in seclusion. He lives only with his Jack Russell, Patches & is afraid to open his door.

[redqueen]

104. That's really sad

I was upset by the way Roseanne treated him. I found him funny just because... well... he's funny. Not because he's poor, but the elvis stuff and the way he talks. I thought he was popular with locals, too.

[Jessica]

100. But, on a lighter note ...

you really should visit WV sometime. It's beautiful ...

[AverageJoe]

153. God, I love West Virginia

I live in Alabama now but grew up in Eastern Kentucky. West Virginia feels like kin.

What a beautiful photo you posted, Jessica. Many thanks.

[short bus president]

87. No bashing, here.

It's a gorgeous state, at least from the highway. Though I've never had occasion to stay long. :shrug:

[Jessica]

93. Next time you're driving through (if it's Summer/Fall-time),

here's a reason to stay: http://www.sunshinedreams.com/

:hippie:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

116. Man, that place is always a madhouse.................

Morganhole resident here (originally from Randolph county).

[Cuban_Liberal]

88. Illinois

Flat, windy and cold as **** today!

:scared:

[redqueen]

89. I love Illinois

Chicago was more fun than any other city I've visited (mind you, I haven't visited many for long, but still...)

And yes, it's cold even in spring, so right now it should be fa fa fa frrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeezing!

[Cuban_Liberal]

90. Chicago just ROCKS!

I like it better than any city I've ever been to.

:)

[kittycat1164]

97. Well, I'm the first to post from KY!

GO CATS! Sorry Short-bus. :P

[Carson]

138. Kentucky native here.

How about that UK/UofL game?

[kittycat1164]

145. sweet wasn't it????

:bounce: :headbang: :party: :toast:

[AverageJoe]

154. I grew up in Prestonsburg

in the heart of the highlands. As Jesse Stuart wrote, "Kentucky is my land."

And yes, how 'bout them Cats! How 'bout Patrick Sparks!

Go Blue! Go Tubby!

[pdx_prog]

99. Oregon!

Portland to be exact....nesttled between the Pacific coast and the Cascade mountains.

We are true blue....

[KamaAina]

101. Hawai'i, where it's colder than a welldigger's...

it's only 78, for Pete's sake! Brrrrrrrrrr! :-)

Ridicule to your heart's content...

[kittycat1164]

102. :P pppfffhhhhttttttt

go ahead, rub it in!

[Timebound]

108. 78 DEGREES?!? It was 8 DEGREES last night here!!!

UNFAIR!! *cries*

[Lone Pawn]

143. 8 degrees? Quitcher whining.

We got -9 last night :P

[bigwillq]

105. Connecticut

It's cold and windy here today. It snowed last night.:hi:

[UrbScotty]

106. MICHIGAN!

:D

[name not needed]

109. New Jersey

[Moloch]

110. Louisiana

[Bouncy Ball]

111. Redqueen

I'm here in Texas, too, but I don't take offense to the Texas bashing or South bashing stuff. I did at first, then I just realized they were bashing the same policies and politicians I hate and bitch about too.

I think this is like when YOU bitch about your lazy brother or your crazy mother and it's ok, but as soon as your spouse or your roommate or best friend says anything about them, you get pissed off, ya know?

Anyway, I like to separate the PLACE and the beauty of it from the fucked up people and their fucked up policies that have taken over. When I do that, I can love Texas. But if not, I can't.

Nevermind the Texas bashing. We're all liberals anyway.

I just want to say I hate Cornyn and Hutchinson and they can both pucker up and kiss my ass.

[redqueen]

112. Nope

I've tried to do that, and it still sucks ass.

The reason is that there are a lot of hardworking democrats in this state, and I'll be goddamned if I'll let someone trash talk what we've put our blood, sweat, and tears into -- for years, if not decades!

If it's all joking then fine, but it's usually not. Yes we're all liberals, but I don't take being insulted even if it's by another liberal. Joking? Fine. Not joking? We have a problem.

[Bouncy Ball]

113. Ok

and just for the record, I don't want to seem as if I were trying to tell you how YOU should feel. I guess I was just saying I'm so concerned fighting these asshats here I don't have any energy left to get pissed off about liberals bashing Texas here. That's certainly not mutually exclusive, I can see someone being pissed at the bushies here AND pissed about liberals bashing Texas on DU.

:shrug:

Sorry. I was just saying how I felt. I'm pretty disgusted with my state right now, and I worked my ass off too.

[redqueen]

114. No worries... I'm not mad at ya

And I'm not even really pissed at the Texas-bashers... I just wish they would wake up to who they're trashing when they trash a whole HUGE state.

Thanks for your hard work and concern, fellow Texan! :toast:

[Bouncy Ball]

115. Thanks to you too.

I think everyone here who bashes Texas and the south isn't bashing us liberals but it is nice to remind them there are those of us here who do have more than three brain cells to rub together and a heart beating in our chest still.

Sigh.

Anyway, cheers to ya.

[Goathead]

117. Hawai'i nei

It is getting cold here too, I had to put on shoes and socks the other day because I was getting chilly in just my sandals.

[Revolucionario83]

122. California

[mtnsnake]

123. New York, & it's 19 degrees below zero right now where I am

That's JUST the way I like it!

[slutticus]

125. Tejas.

But you hate Houston right?

Fucking Dallasites.

:P

[Bouncy Ball]

133. Fucking Houstonites.

Hey I love your screen name it rocks.

[redqueen]

155. Nuh uh... just your teams!

:P

I've only been there a couple of times... it's okay. Maybe I was just there with boring people.

[Placebo]

126. I L L I N O I S

Land of Lincoln, biaaaaaaaaaaaaaatch.

[norml]

129. Born in, and still living in Lincoln Nebraska

And I'm thinking that I should move. It's hard to admit that your own state sucks. Given enough time you may also tire of defending your backward redneck state.

[qnr]

131. Oklahoma --- As a Christmas gift, I give you a ridicule gimmee

Though I'm only here temporarily.

[maveric]

135. California

[Shananigans]

136. MINNESOTA!

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

139. December 2004: Pennsylvania

May 2005: Texas

[wovenpaint]

140. Massachusetts

Whatya got to say about THAT?!?

[Lone Pawn]

142. Minnesota, Minnesota,

We are east of North Dakota,
We are south of Manitoba,
And we've got the longest Democratic presidential streak in the nation.

[njdemocrat106]

144. New Jersey

New JUH-sey and you... PUH-fect togethUH! (as former repuke governor Tom Kean would say)

[SCDem]

147. South Carolina

Ok I'll post my state... since no other SC DUers have posted it. Yes it is a red state and the home of Lindsay (closet) Graham and Jim (the problem with education is not poor test scores or funding but rather the homosexual and unwed pregnant teachers runnin amok in the halls) DeMint.

But the dems are present and continue to work hard... as evidence showed in the SC House picking up 4 Dem seats.

[China_cat]

149. I just saw this thread

I'm also in SC. But not a native. And you don't have to ridicule it. We who live here know what a mess it is.

[SCDem]

150. Hey China Cat

I'm not a native either but have lived here for the past 9 years and see myself living here for more years to come so we just have to keep fighting the good fight.

Oh yeah originally from Southern California... born and raised for 19 years there!

[China_cat]

152. Born and raised in PA

[Historic NY]

148. NY state where else and its a balmy 6 degrees ..............n/t

[barb162]

151. Illinois

[HughBeaumont]

156. Slowhio.

Christ, where do you begin?

Shitty governor
Shitty counties filled with shit/B.O.-smelling Toby Keith-listening-to, gun-rack-toting, sisterbangin' heeyucks below the Northeast (Franklin Co, Athens and Dayton areas aside) that, for some fucked up reason, elected a wholesale failure to office despite him unquestionably not doing a goddamned thing right for four years and getting completely smoked in the debates, making us look like complete unorganized fucking tools in the process.
Shitty run-on sentences
Shitty weather
Shitty, lethargic sports teams (besides the Cavs)
Shitty sports ownership that causes these shitty and lethargic sports teams
Shitty bands
Shitty music scene
Shitty mayors like Juggernaut Jane Campbell
Shitty cities thanks to all manufacturing/industries taking the slow boat to Malaysia
Ken Blackwell
Marilyn Manson

[Padraig18]

157. Land of Lincoln here!

:hi:

[marc_the_dem]

159. Florida

home of the hanging chad