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Sun Dec 30, 2012, 10:27 AM

narnian60 (3,510 posts)

20. Texas? Really? How come?

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115 replies	Author	Time	Post
What is the most screwed up state in the Union? [View all]	CanonRay	Dec 2012	OP
I voted Kansas	MuseRider	Dec 2012	#1
There was a feature piece in the KC Star today on that nutjob	Telly Savalas	Dec 2012	#17
Thanks for the links.	MuseRider	Dec 2012	#33
Star put in a pay wall.	proud2BlibKansan	Dec 2012	#86
The second link	MuseRider	Dec 2012	#68
lots of Kansas hate here thanks to Thomas Frank	hfojvt	Dec 2012	#64
I understand what you're saying but still think that's an important book	proud2BlibKansan	Dec 2012	#88
I probably should buckle down and read the entire thing	MuseRider	Dec 2012	#98
Me too of course.	proud2BlibKansan	Dec 2012	#87
Good lord that is some powerful stuff	MuseRider	Dec 2012	#92
I like the Lawrence paper lots better than Topeka's	proud2BlibKansan	Dec 2012	#94
It's a hard choice when you get to the Southern States	Siwsan	Dec 2012	#2
Post removed	Post removed	Dec 2012	#13
Ok, you completely lost me, there	Siwsan	Dec 2012	#19
The nutjobs here don't hold a candle to the ones in Florida.	GoCubsGo	Dec 2012	#25
Even my beloved State of Michigan is overrun with YIKES!	Siwsan	Dec 2012	#29
A Bill toBan global warming? I must have missed that little Looney tune move!	Sadiedog	Dec 2012	#43
Actually, it was a ban of using climate change science...	GoCubsGo	Dec 2012	#47
Well, positive strides in returning Alan Grayson and booting Allen West, anyway	Siwsan	Dec 2012	#48
What about the "Obama using mind control" freaks in Georgia? Nt	daa	Dec 2012	#41
Them, too.	GoCubsGo	Dec 2012	#44
not even honorable mention for terrible tennessee?	spanone	Dec 2012	#3
I can't believe I left Rand Paul's home state off. My bad	CanonRay	Dec 2012	#5
that's kentucky!!! your choices are greater than you ever imagined!!!	spanone	Dec 2012	#23
Or Ron Paul's home state...	Sekhmets Daughter	Dec 2012	#53
I'm going to have to re-do this poll with ALL 50 states.	CanonRay	Dec 2012	#72
LMAO.	Sekhmets Daughter	Dec 2012	#74
I don't know, a lotof people wanted California...	CanonRay	Dec 2012	#112
Well I can understand that...	Sekhmets Daughter	Dec 2012	#115
No Texas or Wisconsin?	MiniMe	Dec 2012	#4
I was thinking Wisconsin, but	Jackpine Radical	Dec 2012	#9
Texas? Really? How come?	narnian60	Dec 2012	#20
Typical Texan	AldoLeopold	Dec 2012	#34
I'm sorry Narnian	AldoLeopold	Dec 2012	#39
Apology accepted, of course, AldoLeopold.	narnian60	Dec 2012	#77
Thanks for understanding my rage	AldoLeopold	Dec 2012	#97
As a Texan, may I direct your attention to:	NoPasaran	Dec 2012	#62
I know, I know!	narnian60	Dec 2012	#79
Maybe not at this exact moment in time	NoPasaran	Dec 2012	#82
Texas, California, Wisconsin, Colorado	Buzz Clik	Dec 2012	#27
+1	AldoLeopold	Dec 2012	#35
Me too	Brainstormy	Dec 2012	#56
It was a tough choice	connecticut yankee	Dec 2012	#6
Florida, just because they seem full of bozos who	quinnox	Dec 2012	#7
California	former-republican	Dec 2012	#8
+1	Coyote_Tan	Dec 2012	#11
as to be expected from a "former" republican	quinnox	Dec 2012	#24
It's good in terms of liberal social policy, but the state's finances are a train wreck	slackmaster	Dec 2012	#37
Yet, people jump on FL. Obama. Twice. Must be closet GOPers, here	Eleanors38	Dec 2012	#75
Ill consider California a "liberal" state again when...	bunnies	Dec 2012	#113
Utah.	Chan790	Dec 2012	#10
I have lived all over the US and I vote Utah as well	siligut	Dec 2012	#40
I only traveled through Utah and it seemed like I was in a episode of The Twilight Zone!	Sadiedog	Dec 2012	#45
how is	blueknight	Dec 2012	#12
Are you kidding?	NeoConsSuck	Dec 2012	#14
Michigan is working hard to take the lead	etherealtruth	Dec 2012	#15
Hawaii -- for having the worst voting record last 20 years	maggiesfarmer	Dec 2012	#16
Utah, Mississippi, Alabama, and Kansas are 4 states I would not live in - Oh, Oklahoma too	1-Old-Man	Dec 2012	#18
I voted other	davidpdx	Dec 2012	#21
I've lived in California for more than 50 years. I remember what things used to be like here.	slackmaster	Dec 2012	#22
I had trouble deciding and it's my poll	CanonRay	Dec 2012	#36
California finances and public institutions started going bad under Reagan	PufPuf23	Dec 2012	#83
was thinking michigan but kansas seems to try harder.	dembotoz	Dec 2012	#26
I voted florida..	pangaia	Dec 2012	#28
Was going to say Fl as that old saying goes	kydo	Dec 2012	#30
California	ProgressiveProfessor	Dec 2012	#31
Dude, have you ever lived in Texas?	AldoLeopold	Dec 2012	#32
Other - Georgia, because it's gleefully sliding downhill	Glorfindel	Dec 2012	#38
Kansas at the top but Michigan is giving	asjr	Dec 2012	#42
This is an interesting thread.	CrispyQ	Dec 2012	#46
Texas.nt	rrneck	Dec 2012	#49
AZ all the way	farminator3000	Dec 2012	#50
Agreed... Arizona out- crazies them all	farmbo	Dec 2012	#52
Aside from some beautiful scenery, Arizona sucks-there was once feral camels in Arizona.	PufPuf23	Dec 2012	#84
Indiana	Comatose Sphagetti	Dec 2012	#51
Definitely Arizona. These people have taken on	Pretzel_Warrior	Dec 2012	#54
No Texas? Them's fightin' words!	NoPasaran	Dec 2012	#55
State of Mind in Congress	Smilo	Dec 2012	#57
Other: Texas.	Zorra	Dec 2012	#58
+1	The Wielding Truth	Dec 2012	#80
Add my vote for Kansas.	TwilightGardener	Dec 2012	#59
ALL the Red States	The River	Dec 2012	#60
California	1KansasDem	Dec 2012	#61
Michigan. It's becoming a Fascist dictatorship.	Odin2005	Dec 2012	#63
I don't think you can point to any one state right now (so I voted OTHER)	Jack Rabbit	Dec 2012	#65
Make a complete list.	FarPoint	Dec 2012	#66
I'd say Ohio	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Dec 2012	#67
Michigan	putitinD	Dec 2012	#69
The state of denial that the Republican Party exists in.	Fearless	Dec 2012	#70
I voted SC	Populist_Prole	Dec 2012	#71
Any answer other than Alabama is just a grand conspiracy by the citizens of Alabama to deflect	LannyDeVaney	Dec 2012	#73
Michigan nt	Deep13	Dec 2012	#76
I passed because it was too hard to just chose one.	Little Star	Dec 2012	#78
Michigan. Hands down. eom	Purveyor	Dec 2012	#81
Kansas isn't as bad as it seems.	tridim	Dec 2012	#85
Very true about MO	proud2BlibKansan	Dec 2012	#89
Texas	ananda	Dec 2012	#90
Other - VA	williesgirl	Dec 2012	#91
Michigan.	Chellee	Dec 2012	#93
really hard to say IMO, so pass	watch the sky	Dec 2012	#95
Rhode Island seems truly screwed.	FarCenter	Dec 2012	#96
So many contenders...	moondust	Dec 2012	#99
Alaska's government is kind of f'ed up	Blue_In_AK	Dec 2012	#100
Texas - much worse than the rest	Guitarzz	Dec 2012	#101
I went to high school and college in Houston	Blue_In_AK	Dec 2012	#106
in the end most of the screwed up stuff in every state is because of Republicans	JI7	Dec 2012	#102
There ya go!	kentauros	Dec 2012	#107
People lose their jobs over religion or politics in Kansas. Keep your mouth SHUT here. SUBSIDY-Sam	patrice	Dec 2012	#103
How can you leave my state out?	Rex	Dec 2012	#104
IMHO, it changes on a random, momentary basis	Mopar151	Dec 2012	#105
Um, TEXAS?	Warren DeMontague	Dec 2012	#108
Texas - no contest. nm.	AnnaLee	Dec 2012	#109
Washington DC nt	tama	Dec 2012	#110
Mississippi seems to have the worst blend of	TheKentuckian	Dec 2012	#111
I vote for shithole Texas	RandiFan1290	Dec 2012	#114

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