[Theodore R.]

The problem with your thinking, tomkat, is that you assume the people of PA understand the points you are making. They clearly may not.

[tomkat]

Perhaps not, but if the reality of the current CF doesn't turn PA around, there's probably nothing that will short of ceding P'burgh and Filthy to WV/OH and NJ, respectively.

Given the factors I listed, PA should be an uber important bellwether for the rest of the country as to whether there's reasonable hope for states teetering on the ideological precipice.

Regardless, if the urbanimals try bringing their 'entitled to your stuff' jive out here to the country, I pray there's enough collective backbone left to slaughter the barbarian bastards.