How Much More Can We Take? (U.S Politics Thread)

[Pitkanen]

Or they'd just go Berlin Wall on it.

Herman Cain Wall, 20ft tall, barbed wire and electrified (:
The best part, the south would build it to keep the socialists out. And the signs that warn people that it's electrified would be facing the wrong way.

[SirRobin]

A New Dixie would hardly be the first nation that tries to dump its undesirables on its neighbors. Which, unfortunately, further highlights the pointlessness of possible secession. Until our economy collapses significantly enough, there will simply not be enough public will to elect a new Roosevelt. A new New Deal.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

We must build a statue in Obama's honor.


/sarcasm.

[mvaliz]

Herman Cain Wall, 20ft tall, barbed wire and electrified (:
The best part, the south would build it to keep the socialists out. And the signs that warn people that it's electrified would be facing the wrong way.

The best part is when they ask people to build it for .50 cents an hour, and nobody wants to do it for that price - so they have to hire some illegal immigrants to build it for them.

Now THAT is what I would call pure poetry! ^_^

[Tastyfish]

The best part is when they ask people to build it for .50 cents an hour, and nobody wants to do it for that price - so they have to hire some illegal immigrants to build it for them.

Now THAT is what I would call pure poetry! ^_^

Sounds like, TEXAS! the musical to me.

[SirRobin]

The best part is when they ask people to build it for .50 cents an hour, and nobody wants to do it for that price - so they have to hire some illegal immigrants to build it for them.

Now THAT is what I would call pure poetry! ^_^

Nah... They'll just go back to using prison labor. Which will, completely coincidentally of course, come from prisons packed with illegal immigrants.

And sorts they don't want voting, naturally.

[usiris]

They call Minnesota a rural state? Ouch.

Outside of Minneapolis and Rochester, it pretty much is.

Goes from Eden Prairie, a sea of houses to Farmington, corn as far as the eye can see.

[Wells]

Outside of Minneapolis and Rochester, it pretty much is.

Goes from Eden Prairie, a sea of houses to Farmington, corn as far as the eye can see.

There's so much land in the US every state is rural if you ignore the population centers.

[Rukentuts]

Outside of Minneapolis and Rochester, it pretty much is.

Goes from Eden Prairie, a sea of houses to Farmington, corn as far as the eye can see.

Yeah but the Twin Cities metro area is pretty big area-wise, it goes all the way to WI pretty much. In addition to Rochester, there's Mankato, St. Cloud, Brainerd, Duluth, and Bemidji.

I just never thought of it as rural, although I guess I have never been to the East Coast for comparison.

[GennGreymane]

Even the capital of NY, Albany is considered a mini city by those of us on the islands. I assume those cities are similar to Albany in some way.

[Cthulhu 2020]

No, but try again.

You said that the shut down was to delay Obamacare from passing, which is quite funny considering all the vitriol you spew about it. I've found that most of the people who hate Obamacare don't really know that much about it.

[belfpala]

I just never thought of it as rural, although I guess I have never been to the East Coast for comparison.

In roughly the same land area in the Northeast, you have DC, Philly, Baltimore, NYC, Boston, and many other cities. So, by comparison, MN is very rural.

[Pitkanen]

Minnesota is really a half and half state:

To give you an idea of population density... you basically have 5 districts that are twins cities and burbs. And 3 that are everyone else. By person, it's more urban/suburban than it is rural. South of St. Cloud is fairly urban, north (and west) of St. Cloud is fairly sparsely populated in general with the exception of duluth+it's "burbs" @100k.

[belfpala]

Minnesota is really a half and half state: [district map]

Fuck you, 6th District. How does that even happen?

[Rukentuts]

Fuck you, 6th District. How does that even happen?

Even with the hardcore gerrymandering Bachmann barely won reelection.

[GennGreymane]

Lets hope that we get some moderate and fresh faces in the next election

[SirPiken]

Did you start writing this post back in like 2007?

[Felya]

Alan Moore would probably tell you to read the Steve Ditko work at charlton comics. The Question is a character Alan Moore has revisited several times. Including the anonymous mascot and Rochard in Watchmen.