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In reply to the discussion: Regarding things from the south. [View all]JustAnotherGen
(31,631 posts)41. I was raised Southern Baptist too!
Family switched to American Baptist at 12.
I rejected all trinitarian and mystical elements at 31 and became a UU.
I think maybe that the money to do all those good things should run through Washington because it unites us as Americans and, in the words of Willie Sutton, "That's where the money is."
Ideally - yes. However - and this is where that' "Let 'em Go" hammer comes from sometimes -
But I think most folks in my state are aware of how much we send into the Federal Government and then get back from the Federal Government. How little some states pay in versus how very MUCH they get back.
If you ask someone involved in this kind of triage volunteer work - you would be amazed at how much comes directly out of folks pockets and into our food banks locally. It's hard to get the left activist community to budge on giving more to the Fed here. And the Right and clueless? They just don't care.
But the 'Let them Go' hammer always seems to come out on this point. Always.
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In 2016 the vast majority of the country will vote for Hillary and will turn blue
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#2
Stop it. Just stop it! They will not vote for Hilary or any other democrat in the deep south.
madinmaryland
Jun 2013
#42
the generation is over.Women in record numbers will indeed vote for Hillary in the south.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#43
See, you will vote for her in a race vs. Jeb Bush(and I hope the same against anyone repub.)
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#53
It took a generation just to get to the point LBJ was talking about. We still have another
madinmaryland
Jun 2013
#57
If Dr. King and LBJ were as pessimistic, we would still be living in 1859
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#59
What the hell are you talking about. Wasn't it Abraham Lincoln that moved us into the post-1859
madinmaryland
Jun 2013
#61
I think many will vote for Hillary. My daughter-in-laws family are dems but they hate
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2013
#79
+1,000!!! The poor are more likely to fall for the TV brainwashing which displaces their anger,
Dustlawyer
Jun 2013
#15
the democratic party has abandoned poor people, and I wouldn't exactly call this a liberal website.
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2013
#16
For some of us who were around in the 60s it feels like we have to do it all over again. Or maybe it
jwirr
Jun 2013
#36
Where conservatives live and actively oppress "the other", poverty reigns supreme
SoCalDem
Jun 2013
#44
How in the world can the counties in SD that comprise Pine Ridge not be deep red?
KamaAina
Jun 2013
#73