tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post8195665321019061653..comments2024-03-26T09:25:02.198-04:00Comments on Hey Jenny Slater.: The Friday Random Ten+5 takes a few stars off the flag.Astronaut Mike Dexterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01498197770701096363noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-59023733268462298512010-03-05T17:03:54.586-05:002010-03-05T17:03:54.586-05:00You'd have to boot Texas out because if you sp...You'd have to boot Texas out because if you split Texas four ways, you basically quadruple the number of Republican senators.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18039787171987693051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-92231997180774829162010-03-05T14:00:11.220-05:002010-03-05T14:00:11.220-05:00It was sort of in jest, but there's also some ...It was sort of in jest, but there's also some genuine WTF in my post. <br /><br />I was in Doug's shoes (laid off from a high-tech job in Silicon Valley), and collected unemployment for nearly six months before moving back to Texas and finding a job within three months.<br /><br />Yeah, it's a stridently red state, something I forget living in Austin. But when you get down to the base level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs -- food and shelter for yourself and family -- Texas is not the state you want to toss. <br /><br />California is about to be this country's equivalent to Greece in the EU. Duh, boot them instead.Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15209673809885376664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-67726444125096854622010-03-05T13:14:26.476-05:002010-03-05T13:14:26.476-05:00I know it's in jest, but way to prove Doug'...I know it's in jest, but way to prove Doug's point, Tommy ("How to talk to (or about) an unemployed person", posted Feb. 22).Ben in Georgiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13794949224750119479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-29293384588091408032010-02-23T10:13:04.871-05:002010-02-23T10:13:04.871-05:00Well, this is the blog that messes with Texas.
Te...Well, this is the blog that messes with Texas.<br /><br />Texas created more jobs in 2008 than the other 49 states combined, and *that's* who you want to boot? Now? Amidst 10% unemployment? Fine, you kick us out and we're taking 10% of the US GDP with us.<br /><br />Yeah, we gave you W. But we also gave you Ann Richards, Willie Nelson, Kinky Friedman, Austin City Limits, South By Southwest, Marfa (look it up), Big Bend, etc. <br /><br />We don't dress any funnier than Floridians or, for God's sake, New Jerseyites. Seriously, I have no fucking clue how those two dipshits made the cut and we didn't.Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15209673809885376664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-2151592786547456142010-02-21T10:58:24.821-05:002010-02-21T10:58:24.821-05:00As a native South Carolinian who left the state to...As a native South Carolinian who left the state to attend UGa and never returned, your comments sting - as well they should, as there's more than a grain of truth in them.<br /><br />Politically I don't think the state has matured past 1948, when Strom Thurmond led the Dixiecrat spilt. His GOP Southern Strategy with Nixon was vile, a pander to race and religion which works for members of both parties to this day.<br /><br />In North Carolina, at least there's been an influx of jobs requiring an educated workforce to move to them and, with them, a more progressive electorate. South Carolina, as in so many other areas, lags far behind in that respect.Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145627665092072191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-83913193904259973482010-02-20T13:40:32.122-05:002010-02-20T13:40:32.122-05:00The South Carolina currency thing is just the firs...The South Carolina currency thing is just the first step in their preparation to secede like they've always threatened to. No, no, South Carolina, don't go. Come back, South Carolina. Oh, well. Who's up for hot wings?ACGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08911195407453653241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-20607672038426124692010-02-19T23:39:04.695-05:002010-02-19T23:39:04.695-05:00Florida needs to go away too. We still have them ...Florida needs to go away too. We still have them to thank for putting W in office 10 years ago. Plus, with all the hurricanes, they're just a liability. Sell it back to Spain.Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14581184890230594191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-13782824260387938192010-02-19T11:40:00.937-05:002010-02-19T11:40:00.937-05:00Another reason to knock Utah down a peg: http://w...Another reason to knock Utah down a peg: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/12/utah-climate-alarmistsUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414068732114432906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-50851656294584531942010-02-19T10:11:07.046-05:002010-02-19T10:11:07.046-05:00By all means, please confuse the average resident ...By all means, please confuse the average resident of SC with all the windbag idiots who get elected. We can't help it that most of the Upstate is a bunch of God-fearing nitwits.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176254498832430182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-3474452224085419202010-02-19T10:06:03.534-05:002010-02-19T10:06:03.534-05:00Correction: South Carolina is now free pour which ...Correction: South Carolina is now free pour which sux ass 'cause i used to get waaaay more wasted w/ the mini bottles than getting ripped off w/ free pour. Thanks a lot Bin Laden.Allyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12961226048110548446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-59665029362983709822010-02-19T09:59:27.120-05:002010-02-19T09:59:27.120-05:00I was (mostly) with you until D.C. If the United S...I was (mostly) with you until D.C. If the United States had a taint, it would be Washington D.C.<br /><br />I'll take drunken Inuits all day long before I recognize anything of value in that city. (And I've been to Anchorage - drunken Inuits EVERYWHERE. It's kind of awesome).Josh M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04054764121030646400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-19279217937181120922010-02-19T09:38:26.187-05:002010-02-19T09:38:26.187-05:00Seriously...South Carolina is one weird a** f-ed u...Seriously...South Carolina is one weird a** f-ed up place.TKAthenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341184682684548916noreply@blogger.com