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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 07:26 PM Original message |
Urban vs Rural, backwoods folk vs city folk |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good post |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. I grew up happily country in KS, CO, and MT and am happily urban now in Phoenix. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I live out in the desert now |
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ebayfool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I lived in that small town (Glennville?) before moving to the flatland ... |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Stop making sense, TSS... |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Am in supposed McCain Country according to polls BUT |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. I'm seeing that downstate, too. |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. 5th rec |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. Good post.... |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. I suspect that when we DO see rancor over these divisions... they are |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. It takes all kinds of us to make the world work. k&r |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think it was Edward Abbey that said " If a man can't piss in his own front yard |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. What, you have a gun? |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Plenty of Democrats own guns... |
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Fly by night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. The four "rules" for successful living in my neck of the (deep) woods. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Damn I miss those fireflies out here |
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Fly by night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Fireflies make good street-lights (and rain on my tin roof the best sound-track), in my experience. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Rule #5: Know that most of what people think they know isn't true. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Well said |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. "Cost-effectiveness" thinking creates disparities between rural and urban areas |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Absolutely not true |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Generating revenues to cover costs, and cost-effectiveness aren't the same thing. |
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Aragorn (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. yeah, but |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
22. I think that many urban dwellers resent rural people for having more per capita representation |
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Dunedain (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Wyoming has one congressional district |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. The House doesn't make up for the domination of the Senate by 15% of the population n/t |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. No, but the Senate numbers make up for the proportional dominance in the House |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. In other words, the House represents people proportionally |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. How can the Senate override them? n/t |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. It's another hurdle that legislation has to pass n/t |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 07:29 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Then that's not over-riding, that's simply how a bicameral legislature works, |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Yes, by giving more political power to the rural population n/t |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Yeah. And that whole "three branches of government" thing is irritating. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. What we are talking about is how the Senate is an affirmative action plan for rural Americans n/t |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 07:23 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Each chamber gives power to the various states in different ways and different proportions |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. The Senate represents the states. Each state has equal representation. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Than urban dwellers don't understand how our goverment works. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
31. I'm sorry I'm too late to recommend this, but I'll kick it. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
33. I found out a long time not giving a shit about what other people do makes life easier. |
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