And the heck of it is... I agree with their primary political position on the silliness of the Drug War.
This being Seattle, I’d bet the rest of our common ground would be rather limited, though. That’s true even of most of the non-hippies I’ve met from that area.
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Huh?????
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And the heck of it is... I agree with their primary political position on the silliness of the Drug War. Me too ... but they sure do make it hard for anyone to take the position seriously, don’t they? ;)
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I think I just found a new market for frozen smoke!
Oh wait, the brownie part is essential.
All the namecalling and mockery is a little offputting, as if you can’t walk into any bar in North America at 1:30 AM and see people appearing as thoroughly devolved. I personally prefer a brew to a bong, but can occasionally get just as stupid as any stoner under the right circumstances (mainly, no plans to drive, care for children, or wake up the next morning), but to each their own.
...anticipating the genius who will suggest that I need neither to be stupid.
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This being Seattle, I’d bet the rest of our common ground would be rather limited, though. That’s true even of most of the non-hippies I’ve met from that area. Such as? I would assume, then, you are at odds with those folks who inhabit a major metropolitan region that is home to several high tech industries that generate billions of dollars of economic activity, and that employ tens of thousands of Americans in relatively high paying jobs. Because that is what Seattle is about. Free market capitalism at its best.
What is fascinating about many conservatives is their contempt for ciiies and regions such as Seattle, the Bay Area, Boston, and, for that matter, New York City, when these areas are home to some of the greatest wealth generating engines and centers of innovation in the United States. It’s a form of envy, in one sense.
Billy, given your disagreements with most "non-hippies" in Seattle, you may want to consider booking your next flight on an Airbus, as opposed to a Boeing. After all, those 737’s are apt to fall out the sky, given the likelihood they were put toghether by a bunch of liberals, and, perish the thought, union members.
Just a suggestion.
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What cities don’t conservatives have contempt for?
Here’s a list of the 25 most liberal cities followed by the 25 most conservative cities. Let’s just say that I don’t see the shining city on the hill in the second list.
http://www.votingresearch.org. Americas 25 Most Liberal Cities (in descending order)
Rank City State
1 Detroit Michigan
2 Gary Indiana
3 Berkeley California
4 Washington, D.C. Dist. of Columbia
5 Oakland California
6 Inglewood California
7 Newark New Jersey
8 Cambridge Massachusetts
9 San Francisco California
10 Flint Michigan
11 Cleveland Ohio
12 Hartford Connecticut
13 Paterson New Jersey
14 Baltimore Maryland
15 New Haven Connecticut
16 Seattle Washington
17 Chicago Illinois
18 Philadelphia Pennsylvania
19 Birmingham Alabama
20 St. Louis Missouri
21 New York New York
22 Providence Rhode Island
23 Minneapolis Minnesota
24 Boston Massachusetts
25 Buffalo New York
Americas 25 Most Conservative Cities(in descending order)
Rank City State
1 Provo Utah
2 Lubbock Texas
3 Abilene Texas
4 Hialeah Florida
5 Plano Texas
6 Colorado Springs Colorado
7 Gilbert Arizona
8 Bakersfield California
9 Lafayette Louisiana
10 Orange California
11 Escondido California
12 Allentown Pennsylvania
13 Mesa Arizona
14 Arlington Texas
15 Peoria Arizona
16 Cape Coral Florida
17 Garden Grove California
18 Simi Valley California
19 Corona California
20 Clearwater Florida
21 West Valley City Utah
22 Oklahoma City Oklahoma
23 Overland Park Kansas
24 Anchorage Alaska
25 Huntington Beach California
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"Well ma’am, you’ve got hippies... Looks like a full bongo cirlce... We’re going to have to fumigate..." |
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Thank you for the usual non-sequiturs, mk. Comment threads just aren’t the same when you’re away.
Actually, I met a bunch of people at Boeing when I did a training class for them a few years back. Nice folks. They were in that non-left minority of people in Seattle I consider grounded in political reality.
For the ones I know in the Seattle area who are not so grounded, the fun part is watching several of them have families and get more experience in the world, and thence drift away from their youthful, idealistic leftism. They see their main concerns becoming education (run by the government), high real estate prices (driven by zoning laws and lack of road infrastructure), and very large chunks of their income being taken out by various levels of government. Some of them are not so blind that they fail to draw lessons from this. |
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OMG, I’m surrounded by conservative cities!
Plano? PLANO? hah.... you wouldn’t think it could snow that much in Texas and still have it be considered conservative. |
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Looker, I’m with you. I think this list is bogus. Must be built upon some sort of voting pattern.
I was born and raised in Madison, Wisc., and it’s not on the liberal list. I just moved to Washington from Anchorage. Alaska is conservative-Anchorage is not. It’s rapidly falling into the Eugene, Portland, Seattle mold.
MKULTRA, this is an example of what Billy’s talking about when he thinks of Seattleites. Jason Buckley needed to immediately control his addiction to sugary sodas and begin exercising. But that’s hard to do while living in tent city- where donated bakery treats are plentiful and daily exercise isn’t a priority for those coping with poverty.
To help Buckley and others living in the temporary homeless camp, Eastside churches have donated $2,800 for short-term club memberships at Kirkland’s 24-Hour Fitness. Buckley is one of 26 men and women at the homeless camp who exercise using those donated memberships.
Now, this is not a slam of Buckley. He’s an honorable veteran with serious injuries, dealing with diabetes exacerbated by (illegal) steroid use and vitiated by his tragic sugary soda addiction. I can understand why Jeff Switzer, the reporter, centered on him. More power to Buckley for using the donation to good effect; it’s disturbing that he’s not getting more help from the VA. Nor do I want to cast aspersions on generosity.
But with the report I will take issue. Take the proposition: “Daily exercise isn’t a priority for those coping with poverty, ” or that exercising is hard to do while living in tent city.
Imagine: “Hey man, put down the eclair for a sec. Want to do some push-ups?”
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What cities don’t conservatives have contempt for?
Here’s a list of the 25 most liberal cities followed by the 25 most conservative cities. Let’s just say that I don’t see the shining city on the hill in the second list.
http://www.votingresearch.org. Americas 25 Most Liberal Cities (in descending order)
Since you seem determined to argue via non-sequiturs, why don’t you see which of the two lists shares more items with the list of the most dangerous cities in the country? |
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