What's NOT to like about Michigan?

Aesthetically pleasing Dem governor, two Dem Senators, and the Pistons!

So what makes you think your state is so much better than Michigan?

:P

mikey_the_rat

Two Repuke Senators, majority Repuke House Reps, a moony-faced idiot Repuke Gov and we already have hate written into our state constitution: the gay marriage ban (circa 2004).

How could you not want to come to Georgia???

:sarcasm:

On a serious note, GA is a lovely place to live if you can just block out the wingnuts - home of Jimmy Carter and MLK Jr.

being from Ohio. Enough said.

:)

*Stone Mountain, GA 1915 - Founding of the Second KKK.
*Cherokee Indian removal - 1838-1839, part of the Trail of Tears http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/HistoryArchaeology/AntebellumEra/Events-7&id=h-2722
*Lynchings...

But enough about the past - let's get to the present:
*Cobb County Schools putting a disclaimer sticker in textbooks about evolution:
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A federal judge in Atlanta, Georgia, has ruled that a suburban county school district's textbook stickers referring to evolution as "a theory not a fact" are unconstitutional. http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/13/evolution.textbooks.ruling/

And don't try to trump me with election fraud - 2002 our Dem gov and Sen (Max Cleland) had double digit leads but somehow lost to the Republicans no one had heard of before. Did I mention that 2002 was the year Diebold was introduced to GA? http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Diebold_insider__alleges_company_plagued_1206.html

I believe I win. :P

On edit - how on god's green earth could I have forgotten about the 15 year old boy getting a 37 year old woman pregnant and then marrying her because GA has a law on the books okaying underage marriage if the female is pregnant. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11152603/

I mean seriously - all y'all got is Coingate??? Whatevah! :silly:

One of the few negative things about Michigan.

Ya'LL aint got nuthin on us Georgia Boy...LOL

And a Dem Governor (not sure how pleasing) and two Dem Senators.

:evilgrin:

in various ways. I have relatives in Michigan, and when we visit, I get pretty bored. It is much more .... country than I am used to. Give me the burbs every time...besides, D.C. has many cultural attractions ...

I still love it

:hi:

:D

and the Wolverines. :puke:

Oh, and those crazy militia people.

mikey_the_rat

Look up "empty suit" in the dictionary and you'll find his name.

Other than that it's A-O.K.

:hi:

I'd love to see the upper peninsula.

I'd get bored living there, but it's a great place for vacations.

And soon we'll even have Ikea. I can't wait!

We don't have earthquakes, hurricanes, major floods (except on Hines Drive every time it rains), volcanoes or other naural disasters other than the occasional tornado.

:D

what's the matter with Kansas?

KU has not lost nearly as many Rose Bowls or national championships as the Wolverines.
Driving through Michigan was a nightmare - big city traffic until I got far enough north. I always liked Indian Lake and the mighty Mackinac bridge.

Sam Brownback isn't my Senator!

Go Bucks!

But I really do love Ann Arbor. Very progressive town with lots of good restaurants and cultural offerings. Plus we've got 3 good NPR stations and Air America to listen to. :)

And I have to say, as much as more temperate climates appeal, I do really enjoy having seasons. And damn it's beautiful here in the fall. :)

That's nott to like. Give me some snow, or give me some sunshine!

GO BLUE!!!!

graduating from Michigan State. (Married a Mainer who came to MSU to play football and took me to New England when we graduated.) Although I have been gone from MI for many, many years, my heart is still there and I will always consider it "HOME." Go Green!

I feel the same way about my home state of Minnesota. Home is always home, isn't it?

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and Ann Arbor has a nice theater that I saw Philip Glass in a number of times.

it's much better now. :hi:

:hi:

Smith...all other airlines...is depressing as hell. :hi:

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entire state is in an economic crisis. I'm having a hard time loving my mitten lately. :hi:

Very, very, cold. And when I was forced to spend many extended trips for work in Detroit, I couldn't find ANY decent food... all of the restaurants SUCKED ASS.... and the roads were horrid.

At least my state is WARM, even if we are horribly Republican. :P

BTW, how are the Stars and Mavericks doing? }(

:evilgrin: And -- um -- I have no idea, actually, although Mark Cuban is as entertaining as ever. :rofl:

the Pistons your states' alright!

signed a,
Pacer fan

Please do something about that.:puke:

Please do something about that. :puke:

politically dead. Blackwell has a long ways to go to be governor, the Coingate scandal and being allied with right-wing christo-fascists isn't helping him much. Mean Jeans' days are numbered as every time she opens her mouth she puts her foot in it, and Boner has more baggage then Delay. He will have to step lively to stay out of court himself.

Ohio Repugs are doing the best they can to implode. We're helping the process.

I bought a second home here.

The Tittabawasee River.

I'm a New Yorker. Even our Republicans here are probably to the left of the national Democratic party. A true conservative has 0% chance of winning statewide here. :-)

Enough said.

Don't even.

:evilgrin:

But, I don't think my state is better because my state never produced a Grand Funk Railroad. :)

I took a self-guided culinary tour while covering a lot of the state. If you are near Charlevoix, you must go to Juilleret's. Tiny little place, but they have like 3 inch thick French toast. I got some Turkey Rueben soup (I know it sounds weird) that was absolutely out of this world. My companion got the French toast and loved it.

peace

The French toast is unbelievable.

Incredible golfing in the Charlevoix area by the way.

was in Harbor Springs.

I remember their soda fountain in the sixties.

My favorite was a red river.

nine months out of each year were cloudy and grey and colorless. By the time spring came (usually late, and still cold) we were all ready to slit our throats from the depressing colorless sunless winter months. I've lived in the Florida Keys for twenty years now, and I haven't been depressed like that since I came here. But each to his own.
I still have some nice memories of the state, and I do miss the long twilight evenings. None of those in the tropics. Once the sun hits the water, it is dark...period.

Yeah Michigan. After hours I can always identify a Michigan accent, I would love listening to your voice I'm sure.

Except the Detroit airport. I hate that airport. I hate Northworst airlines.

:loveya:

Curse her marriage! :)

I'm a Pac-10 guy.

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(3) We have better architecture
(4) Those comedians that do the "Da Bears" skits
(5) Abraham Lincoln
(6) We vote bluer more consistently than you (downstate and certain suburbs excepted)
(7) Rick Bayless
(8) The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
(9) Kanye West
(10) We have more sports teams than you
(11) Transportation is easier because Chicago is a major hub for both air and rail traffic
(12) The Chicago Blues Festival


Other than that, you're right. There's not much that makes us better than you. ;)

However, we still have to apologize to the world for Styx.