Ways in which your state sucks - Page 2

Qingdai · #26 10-06-2009, 12:53 AM

Mississippi, making the rest of the country looking urbane and intelligent for over 50 years.

Oklahoma, making Texas look good.

Texas, really we could just give it back to Mexico. It thinks it's the south and is too good for the west. Plus Corpus Cristi, corpse of Christ, worst name for a city ever.

LadyShea · #27 10-06-2009, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Ensign Steve

Georgia sucks because it won't stop fucking raining.

So what, you prefer the horrible drought conditions not too long past? Crops and livestock dying, whole cities with no water.

Rainhaters support famine and death. Way to go.

freemonkey · #28 10-06-2009, 01:23 AM

Washington has earthquakes sometimes. And big scary windstorms and big scary trees RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE. Also, no thunderstorms or fireflies. And no Chicago-style Italian beef sammiches.

Ensign Steve · #29 10-06-2009, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by LadyShea

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Originally Posted by Ensign Steve

Georgia sucks because it won't stop fucking raining.

So what, you prefer the horrible drought conditions not too long past? Crops and livestock dying, whole cities with no water.

Rainhaters support famine and death. Way to go.

I grew up in California in the 80s. These idiots wouldn't know a drought if it punched them in the face. So I guess the thousands of people who lost their homes to floods last week should just shut the fuck up, yes?

godfry n. glad · #30 10-06-2009, 01:31 AM

Hey, freemonkey!

Don't forget the occasional ash falls.

And Seattle traffic. That sux big time. (But you can at least can ride the South Lake Union Transit to lighten your commute.)

Megatron · #31 10-06-2009, 01:31 AM

Guys, I live in Arkansas. I'd have to write twenty posts to even get past the tip of the iceberg here... :sadcheer:

godfry n. glad · #32 10-06-2009, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Ensign Steve

I grew up in California in the 80s. These idiots wouldn't know a drought if it punched them in the face. So I guess the thousands of people who lost their homes to floods last week should just shut the fuck up, yes?

LadyShea · #33 10-06-2009, 01:37 AM

A little rain = devastating floods? Really?

And you weren't in Georgia during the last drought, it was horrifying. Look it up.

freemonkey · #34 10-06-2009, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by godfry n. glad

And Seattle traffic. That sux big time. (But you can at least can ride the South Lake Union Transit to lighten your commute.)

LOLSLUT

I seldom have to deal with Seattle traffic, so I don't think much about it. But it does suck.

godfry n. glad · #35 10-06-2009, 02:03 AM

I'm curious....

Do Georgia residential development regulators allow big fancy homes to be built in really, really obviously dumbassed places where gravity will move the structure downhill a considerable distance following a rain? That's what happens in California with alarming frequency....you'd think they'd figure it out sooner or later, but it just keeps happening...seemingly in the same stupid locations. I get the impression that California allows the morons to rebuild, or other morons build again in near the same spot, probably with federal disaster insurance.

Ensign Steve · #36 10-06-2009, 02:07 AM

Yeah, all those idiots totally deserve to lose their homes. In Georgia and California, especially. I hope I lose my home next week!

Dingfod · #37 10-06-2009, 02:08 AM

Oklahoma, because they keep electing idiots like Jim Inhofe to Congress.

Ensign Steve · #38 10-06-2009, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by LadyShea

A little rain = devastating floods? Really?

atlanta floods- Google News. Turn of Bob the Builder every once in a while.

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And you weren't in Georgia during the last drought, it was horrifying. Look it up.

Was that the one where the governor was praying for rain on live TV? Because yes I was, and yes it was.

wildernesse · #39 10-06-2009, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by LadyShea

A little rain = devastating floods? Really?

And you weren't in Georgia during the last drought, it was horrifying. Look it up.

Well, metro ATL hasn't been wiped off the map, but large portions of it were flooded a week or so ago. At least nine people died and 17 counties are federal disaster areas.

Dingfod · #40 10-06-2009, 02:13 AM

Pussies.

wildernesse · #41 10-06-2009, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by godfry n. glad

I'm curious....

Do Georgia residential development regulators allow big fancy homes to be built in really, really obviously dumbassed places where gravity will move the structure downhill a considerable distance following a rain? That's what happens in California with alarming frequency....you'd think they'd figure it out sooner or later, but it just keeps happening...seemingly in the same stupid locations. I get the impression that California allows the morons to rebuild, or other morons build again in near the same spot, probably with federal disaster insurance.

Mudslides aren't the problem in Georgia. I think it will turn out that development did have a lot to do with the enormity of the flooding in Atlanta. Stormwater management is one of those things that people think is stupid and hurts businesses, etc., but then you pave or build over a lot of things and there isn't enough space for the water to soak in rather than run-off. Maybe it doesn't matter all that much on a day to day basis, but when you get rain for a month, it matters.

Qingdai · #42 10-06-2009, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Dingfod

Oklahoma, because they keep electing idiots like Jim Inhofe to Congress.

And that Coburn guy, he lives to fuck with Oregon.
Tom Coburn The Worst Possible Choice

Garnet · #43 10-06-2009, 03:08 AM

Well, if we're talking Congress suckage, may I nominate my former home of Arizona? The state that gave us John McCain, John Kyl and Trent Franks.

Qingdai · #44 10-06-2009, 03:19 AM

Why yes, nominate away.
Jessie Helms and Sturm Thurman still stand out in my mind too.
I'd complain more about Oregon, but godfry already did a pretty good job.

Oh, except we're full of spoiled, hipster 20-30 somethings. Which means no money is spent on schools or child centered stuff. The children are not our future, kids from the midwest are apparently.
Moving here without employment is a bad idea, because all housing is expensive and jobs barely pay above our (sort of better than most states) minimum wage.

Also everyone fucks up our name, Orygun.

godfry n. glad · #45 10-06-2009, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by wildernesse

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Originally Posted by godfry n. glad

I'm curious....

Do Georgia residential development regulators allow big fancy homes to be built in really, really obviously dumbassed places where gravity will move the structure downhill a considerable distance following a rain? That's what happens in California with alarming frequency....you'd think they'd figure it out sooner or later, but it just keeps happening...seemingly in the same stupid locations. I get the impression that California allows the morons to rebuild, or other morons build again in near the same spot, probably with federal disaster insurance.

Mudslides aren't the problem in Georgia. I think it will turn out that development did have a lot to do with the enormity of the flooding in Atlanta. Stormwater management is one of those things that people think is stupid and hurts businesses, etc., but then you pave or build over a lot of things and there isn't enough space for the water to soak in rather than run-off. Maybe it doesn't matter all that much on a day to day basis, but when you get rain for a month, it matters.

Heh...Now, ain't that the truth.

We learned that a couple of decades back, after building a suburban shopping center (all covered and enclosed), surrounded by acre upon acre of asphalt parking surface. For the next five years, until the surrounding landowners and the county figured out a way to ameliorate the conditions created, the surrounding land nearby creek became a flood zone.

Around these parts, that kind of development has lead to municipal pollution of the river with raw sewage, every time it rains...in Puddle City. We are now encouraged to disconnect our downspouts, install rainwater traps, and install swales almost everywhere that renovation is done.

Now...If we could just get the federal government to stop giving out disaster aid to rebuild in known flood zones.

Adam · #46 10-06-2009, 04:29 AM

Do I need to say anything beyond "Indiana"? For bonus points, my congressperson is Dan Burton, who once filmed himself shooting a watermelon as proof that the Clintons had Vince Foster murdered.

BracesForImpact · #47 10-06-2009, 04:38 AM

Currently: Florida. Yeah it sucks, it's the south. There's racist good ol' boy clubs, the legal system sucks, vast tracks of ghetto, and yet a church on every corner.

Indiana: Yeah it sucks, it's the south. There's racist good ol' boy clubs, the legal system sucks, vast tracks of ghetto, and yet a church on every corner. Oh and you can't buy beer on Sunday because that will make baby Jesus cry. I'll be back there in a few weeks.

Adam · #48 10-06-2009, 04:45 AM

Oh, yah, I forgot about the beer on Sunday thing. You can't buy it at a grocer or a liquor store, you have to go to a restaurant or a bar if you want to drink on Sunday. Safety first!

Anastasia Beaverhausen · #49 10-06-2009, 06:12 AM

Srsly? I live in fucking Tennessee, and you can buy beer after noon on Sunday.

California Tanker · #50 10-06-2009, 06:19 AM

We are utterly flat broke, high taxes, CEO surveys say we're the worst state to do business in (Nevada board of industry says that their best advertisement is California), silly gun laws and gerrymandering is the default position for elected districts, though at least that latter one is changing on the State level (Thank you, Arnie).

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It's now legal in Tennessee to carry a gun into an establishment where alcohol is served.

That's a problem? Just because you're in a bar doesn't mean you're drunk. Indeed, it's expressly prohibited to drink, and if the bar owner doesn't want you to carry, he can ban it. (As long as you're not a cop)

(Interestingly, TN has put itself at odds with ATF: TN's Montana-style law excluding TN-firearms from federal law is the first to go into effect, and the Feds aren't happy about it)

I recall driving around the Tacoma, WA area one Sunday afternoon wondering why the hell I couldn't find an off-license open to buy beer. Silly law. Ended up going to Class VI.

NTM