Two questions for you..Do you live here? If you do, Why?

Respectfully,
Tug

Sure I live here. Do you want to buy my house (for a fair price)? I even voted for the ESPLOST to try to make it more attractive for a family with lots of children. (At least I was in the majority on that.)

No. I'm trying to find enough money to buy a car.

How you doing girl, nice to finally put a face to the name the other day, hope you're doing OK, I'll give your money to the Cy man tomorrow.

I yam what I yam....Popeye

I don't know if I told you thank you for giving the money to Cy. If I didn't, thanks. It was a pleasure meeting you. You're just as nice and kind as I thought you would be. Now you can say I'm a friend you have met.
Check out the Citizen photos of Sheriff Randall's retirement tribute.

Hope your cold is better.
Tug

I'm still jealous.
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The excessive number of churches suggests religiosity run amok.

I'm curious, what would be an acceptable number of churches to satisfy you?

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I am no expert on this subject, but I know in PA where I am from there seems to be a natural law that results in roughly an equal number of taverns and churches in the towns.

"I can't wait until tomorrow, because I get more lovable every day."

I used to live in Iowa and I remember there being a LOT of bars, probably more bars than churches. Also, one could buy liquor in the Eckerd drug store! I'd never seen that before.

in most of the Eckerd's Drugstores. There was a wall separating the drugstore from the liquor side--same building two entrances. Both sides did a flourishing business. I think most of the Eckerd's are now something else--some CVS, some RiteAid, so don't know if liquor store sections are still open as such.

Miss.placed called me last night to remind me of the Scrub Pub, a laundromat/bar that we used to go to (in Iowa). One would think that it would be a horrible place to take small children, but there was never any bad/drunken behavior. Most just bought a beer while they sat our their cycles. The worse thing was the cigarette smoke, but 20 years ago there were no laws against smoking inside. Can you imagine all the clever little shop names one could come up with if we had bar/store combos in Fayette County?!!!

Especially up North. We hide most of our drinking down south and instead of a couple of beers at a bar, we drink a half fifth at home!

Cathoplics have nothing agains drinking--nothing at all as long as the aren't arrested or get mean!
Baptists claim to be against it, but drink about as much as anyone, however secretly.

Are you feeling a bit hemmed in by Baptist's?

Maybe this is why:

REGIONALISM AND RELIGIOSITY

Interesting map. It seems pretty accurate, as my "yellow" background is predominant just about exactly where it indicates.

I just had an informal interview tonight with a school from the predominantly orange area. I think I prefer red to orange, as, among other things, orange seems to flourish on the God-forsaken tundra.

Speaking of colors, I was kept awake all night (until 2:30, anyway) in my Boston hotel room by a pulsating bass and drum sound. I almost stormed down into the lobby in my jammies to complain.

I just learned this morning that the roof just below my 9th story window covers the theater in which the so-called "Blue Men Group" has a semi-permanent residence.

I think I'm beginning to hear it again tonight.

I want to slide the window open and yell, "DIE, YOU BLUE BAS_ _ _ _ S!"

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"Puddleglum" by Weatherwax (one of the Muddlings).

Jeeves to the Rescue

Doesn't that red map show those people who voted all republican for the last eight years? Not one democrat!
There are all kind of scoundrels, many of them reverends and wives, but voting against Clinton and others due to his indescritions would be OK, providing they did the same for such as the perverts, Fathers, and corporate crooks of their own. They don't however.

I voted for Clinton and this time McCain because they were the best at governing at the time-=-I simply can't vote a straight ticket all of the time!

I did a google map search of my old neighborhood (90250) and it appears to be more churches there then here. Of course, there are more bars in my old "hood" then here. Maybe that could be a subject for another blog.
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The bar to church ratio of an area.

"I can't wait until tomorrow, because I get more lovable every day."

People come from other areas and then blast the people here. I, for the life of me, cannot understand why someone would move somewhere where they are unhappy and/or so out of step with the "natives." Even more perplexing is why they stay if the atmosphere is so tainted to them. I know I would not stay anywhere I was not happy. Could you please explain this to me??

I can answer why they come and criticize!

They come, number one, because they generally have to do so!

Number two, it is different than where they lived before!

People don't like change, number three.

There are faults in every section of the country--if you don't think so, be required to move to Cleveland due to work or sick folks, and see if you just love everything!

But politics and religion are usually the real problems!

That was a good one. "Liberals are open-minded and tolerant" ?????

Huh?? Ummm, since when?

You haven't been reading this blog board very much. You will have to show me the posts that support the tolerance for conservative southerners.

If the south is really so bad Air Tran is ready when you are.

I love the south. I love the weather, and the people. Southerners have the best manners of any place I have ever lived. I love the generous southern hospitality that I have received since I moved here. No one place is perfect, but this is pretty close.

If a girl has a baby in high school, unwed, who do you honestly think will be more accepting? If a girl or guy in high school comes out of the closet, who will be more tolerant of their desires to find long lasting relationships? Who will support the gay or lesbian couple's desire to one day raise children? Who will be more likely to welcome kids from a failing, poor school system into their own more affluent (and now SPLOST-infused) school system? Be honest with yourself, Sky. Where have more interracial , gay, lesbian, or otherwise (non-traditional) couples found animosity? San Fran?

When you talk of tolerance towards conservative southerners, please put it in context. What are liberals like myself asking southerners to change in their lives or adopt? Are we telling southern conservatives who they can marry or how they can pray? Are we limiting the books they can read or the people they can kiss on the mouth?

Now, if you are saying that liberals are intolerant of southern conservatives' desires to project their own religious morals on others,
I agree. Any other argument you care to make, I'm all ears... like Obama

Liberal adj. 1. broad-minded tolerant of different views and standards of behavior in others 2. progressive politically or socially favoring gradual reform, especially political reforms that extend democracy, distribute wealth more evenly, and protect the personal freedom of the individual 3. generous freely giving money, time, or some other asset (e.g. My great-aunt was liberal in her bequests.) 4. generous in quantity large in size or amount (e.g. a liberal helping) 5. not literal not limited to the literal meaning in translation or interpretation (e.g. a liberal interpretation of the rules) 6. culturally oriented concerned with general cultural matters and broadening of the mind rather than professional or technical study (e.g. a liberal education) 7. of political liberalism relating to a political ideology of liberalism — noun liberal person somebody who favors tolerance or open-mindedness.

I doubt that those who assail “liberals” ever read a dictionary. Do they even own one? Have they ever seen one? Do they know what a dictionary is?

(The above definition comes from the Second Edition Encarta Webster’s Dictionary of the English Language.)

Ummm, I think everybody understands the definition of the term "liberal", we just have yet to see it in action.

Are you the picture of "liberal tolerance" that we should all strive to emulate?

Woop-de-doo! Skyspy got tricked into reading the dictionary!

Now, of course, he is not too happy to have found out his notion of "liberal" is out of step with the rest of the world's.

I've been putting up with the likes of you for a long time, skyspy, so I must be the picture of "liberal tolerance" you should strive to emulate. The answer is yes.

My initial response to loanaranger707...."if you don't like the south, leave"....but, after some thought, my final response..."if you don't like the south and its southerners, please leave."

Lawdawga

MOVE....

I'm sure the folks up NORTH are much more to your liking.

Liberal/Conservative terms have been around for years.

Oh yeah, fly whatever flag you like on your property, and let others do the same.

Many a liberal are so open-minded his/her brains fall out.

"Never love anything that can't love you back."

Why do you think democrats do not usually attack people using broad brushes like.. "He's a conservative," or "She's a trial lawyer!" Why do liberals not use "Ivy League" as some type of jab? Why do conservatives, when politically expedient, attack whole professions? Remember when Kerry and Edwards ran? Conservatives had a field day with "ambulance chasers" and "trial lawyers." Remember, at that time, the economy's problem was magically "litigation" and the "litigious society" and "frivolous law suits." Wow, now that the opponent was a community organizer, the problem became poor people making big banks give them risky loans. Interesting.

We liberals just get confused with ultra-patriotic people that fly Confederate flags. We find it interesting that people who are 100% real Palin Americans still see a "left coast" and feel "Massachusetts" is a dirty word (and incredibly hard to spell.)

We like Georgia, but why ask us to leave when we dare question the whole Dixie outfitter cotton-picking shirt thing? do you show people the door every time they dare question the "southern heritage-not hate" thing? I love the south. I've spent my life in it. But I still think it's "interesting" seeing the Nashville and Stone Mountain monuments to Generals who wished this nation had fractured into two parts.

I view the upset homosexual population in California as the true picture of liberal tolerance. Regardless of what position you hold, can you truly be accepting of how they are treating those who dissent from them?

I am confused by liberals who beat their chests over indignanties from the political right, who then wink at and overlook what the political left has to dish out. The liberals who truly believe that their way of thinking is the correct way, and therefore any tactic is justified as morally right, regardless of the morality actually involved.

I also find it interesting that those on the political left are very quick to use vulgar methods that they supposedly condemn. The left are more apt to race or gay - bait an opponent before those on the right will. I found it fascinating while in the Army, that the most discriminating that I ever saw was when African Americans made fun of and would not sit with or socialize with soldiers from an actual African country. It would have been laughable except the allied soldiers were truly hurt by their "racial brethern"

Diva, be careful wrapping yourself around your righteous belief in your political and social superiority. Most of it is like the emperor's new clothes. Liberalism in its extreme will make Atlas shrug, count on it.

Cool off and go have a brew or two. Save yourself for tomorrow.
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