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Sock Puppet wrote:

Koumei wrote:...a dick move, but hilarious all the same.

I suspect that Maxus wouldn't see it that way. I am of the opinion that he should be shown a little respect, at least in the thread that he started. But hey, whatever, it's not my job to evaluate anyone else's misanthropy.

I do think it's a dick move, and I do think Frank is wrong on his willingness to write people off and he's judging my state too harshly. BUT. I'm not offended by it; I was aware of the general thrust of Frank's view of the Deep South before I made this thread. So it's no surprise.

I made the thread to get it off my chest, not out of the expectation that I'd make all of you move down here or something. When my state, and my local area specifically, has a chance to get an economic leg up and close the gap and people in other states don't want use to get it because they think we're all backwoods rednecks, I get pissed. I like how Frank used the term 'backwater.' It's not untrue, but it's the meat of the problem.. Alabama's an economic backwater because businesses won't set up shop here, and businesses won't come here because it's a backwater. Also, why would you want to set up in that backwater? The people there are subhuman!

Anyway, it's Alabama. I'm resigned to the constant dirt the other states heap on us (even if it does occasionally piss me off, as above), and I can't do anything to immediately rectify the situation. For that, I'll have to wait about thirty years for the old crowd to die off and the younger generation to grow up and become the establishment (There's a political divide between young/old. It makes me hopeful. Very hopeful) Then the state constitution and tax laws can be scrapped and replaced with something more streamlined and which doesn't require the constant papershuffling and oversight of the state legislature.

Or maybe I can use my state's reputation as a red state to my personal satisfaction. Join the GOP, climb the ranks, get a good position, gather incriminating evidence on the ways they organize and manipulate people and any deals they do to line their own pockets at the expense of the public good, and then go public and crash the Republican Party.

Maxus wrote:Or maybe I can use my state's reputation as a red state to my personal satisfaction. Join the GOP, climb the ranks, get a good position, gather incriminating evidence on the ways they organize and manipulate people and any deals they do to line their own pockets at the expense of the public good, and then go public and crash the Republican Party.

Good luck with that. Alabama's long held and richly deserved reputation also protects it. I mean let's face it: FOX News ran huge stories this year about how the poor Republicans were being disenfranchised by evil Alabama Democrats inflating the absentee ballot rolls.

I mean, they are so excluded from government that they only have both senate seats, more than half the congressional seats, and the governor's office. Honestly, when Republicans intimidate and harass voters in Alabama, no one really cares. It's just sort of assumed that this will happen.

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FrankTrollman wrote:

Maxus wrote:Or maybe I can use my state's reputation as a red state to my personal satisfaction. Join the GOP, climb the ranks, get a good position, gather incriminating evidence on the ways they organize and manipulate people and any deals they do to line their own pockets at the expense of the public good, and then go public and crash the Republican Party.

Good luck with that. Alabama's long held and richly deserved reputation also protects it. I mean let's face it: FOX News ran huge stories this year about how the poor Republicans were being disenfranchised by evil Alabama Democrats inflating the absentee ballot rolls.

I mean, they are so excluded from government that they only have both senate seats, more than half the congressional seats, and the governor's office. Honestly, when Republicans intimidate and harass voters in Alabama, no one really cares. It's just sort of assumed that this will happen.

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I was thinking more on the national level. I'm sure I'd endear myself to the next five or so generations...

Ganbare Gincun wrote:Aren't most Red States shitholes?

Well, 90% of the landmass is populated by shitheads. But it only amounts to about 60%-80% of the population, depending on state.

So people like Maxus and I that happen to live in the very small area occupied by the 40% of non total shitheads, IE the cities, aren't used to thinking in terms of shitness. Since we try just as hard as you to avoid the places that aren't cities in our states.

Just because I love kicking people while they're down:

Wasn't Jeff Sessions (an Alabaman senator) the guy who most furiously debated Al Franken over the amendment about not awarding defense contracts to companies who have restrictions on employees taking to court sexual assault and rape cases?

Lago PARANOIA wrote:Just because I love kicking people while they're down:

Wasn't Jeff Sessions (an Alabaman senator) the guy who most furiously debated Al Franken over the amendment about not awarding defense contracts to companies who have restrictions on employees taking to court sexual assault and rape cases?

Mmhmm. I didn't vote for him last time, not going to again.

By the way, it's "Alabamian." Boeing made the same mistake in a statement during the tanker competition, so don't feel too bad.

I used to think Alabama was filled with racist hick trash that was fifty years behind the times. Then I was exiled to South Carolina, and the filth there made Alabama look decent in comparison.

Due to the nature of my work, I regularly deal with stupid drunk rednecks, but some locals don't drink like fish and aren't utterly retarded. So, yay?

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Alabama is a shithole. But at least it isn't Louisianna.

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I disagree with anyone against mixed race couples. Mostly because I'm currently attempting to become one half of a mixed race couple in the near future. (Wish me luck, I think this lady isn't vapid and slutty, like the last 6 or 7 women I've dated.)

Count_Arioch_the_28th wrote:I disagree with anyone against mixed race couples. Mostly because I'm currently attempting to become one half of a mixed race couple in the near future. (Wish me luck, I think this lady isn't vapid and slutty, like the last 6 or 7 women I've dated.)

Good luck. As I mentioned before, I think this might be a better approach for you.

FrankTrollman wrote:But at least it isn't Louisianna.

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Holy hell. I didn't know you a judge could even do that.

Edit:
Is a Justice of the Peace something different than a judge? I may have misread that.

RobbyPants wrote:

FrankTrollman wrote:But at least it isn't Louisianna.

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Holy hell. I didn't know you a judge could even do that.

Edit:
Is a Justice of the Peace something different than a judge? I may have misread that.

A Justice of the Peace is in fact a Judge. And no, they can't do that.

Or rather, they can do that in that they are physically capable of simply refusing to sign a marriage license, but they are not within their legal rights to do so.

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Well, that makes a bit more sense. Ugh...

Crazy Judge Facts: In Alabama, if a judge sees someone commit a crime, he can order any people around to arrest them, and hold court right then and there. (15-10-6)

Judges have a huge amount of personal power - it is really quite amazing.

Sir_Neil wrote:Crazy Judge Facts: In Alabama

But do they get the crazy futuristic body armour, motorbike and heavy armaments?

Sir_Neil wrote:Crazy Judge Facts: In Alabama, if a judge sees someone commit a crime, he can order any people around to arrest them, and hold court right then and there. (15-10-6)

...What.

PhoneLobster wrote:

Sir_Neil wrote:Crazy Judge Facts: In Alabama

But do they get the crazy futuristic body armour, motorbike and heavy armaments?

No. If they're a high enough judge, they do get a sweet office (here in Mobile County, anyway.)

When I first started my job, they trained me at the courthouse next door, and it happened to be the highest floor. They get their own break/meeting room, and most of the offices are very nice. Wood paneling, hardwood floors, windows with a view... (Mostly. I mean, Mobile is pretty damn flat. But a couple of them can see Mobile Bay, so cool.)

Ganbare Gincun wrote:Aren't most Red States shitholes?

that's what Doucebags, and communists would have you beleive

norms29 wrote:

Ganbare Gincun wrote:Aren't most Red States shitholes?

that's what Doucebags, and communists would have you beleive

I rest my case.