Posted on 12/23/2005 2:09:00 PM PST by LdSentinal
How true and I once lived there and gave birth to my second child there. I still love RI and love to go back there. Newport is awesome.
Let's not forget the other factors that make these states places where nobody in his right mind would open a business (besides ridiculous taxes, of course): an extreme regulatory environment (compounded by a grant and exemption obsession that makes managing a business a nightmare while feeding a colossal army of worthless, snivelling bureaucrats); the highest energy costs in the country; and a union-driven entitlement mentality coupled with a nanny-state workers's comp situation that makes workers too expensive and worthless to pay for.
Eventually, folks have to move where the jobs are -- and where honest businessmen can actually afford to provide those jobs.
Liberals contracept and sodomize themselves into nirvanic utopias. Nothing remains.
Another advantage for the GOP in 2012 is the declining importance of NY, MA. If 2004 was replayed under the 2012 electoral map the GOP could lose OH and still win, but Florida is essential.
That's all true, but you forgot they also abort themselves.
You let that person into your house? Why?
Yup, they're in a downward spiral. The libs don't have simple common sense, nor do they understand, Economics and Accounting,
We made both of our children take a minimum of three Economics and two Accounting classes in college. If not, ZERO funding for their education.
Today they're both staunch Conservatives!
Only when plans a and b fail, but yes, I stand corrected.
The area from Palm Beach down to south of Miami - Palm Beach, Broward, and Dade Counties, had an earlier influx of New Yorkers, and other undesirables from the northeast. They are older, and have a higher death rate, than the areas in the southwest and central parts of the state. Thus, a lot of the dyed-in-the-wool Commie Libs that live there are at long last beginning to croak.
But the new wave of northeasterners are as likely to come to the Gulf coast, or the central part of the state for one basic reason. Palm Beach, Broward, and Dade Counties are, to a large extent, built out - no more room. Oh, and there is a water issue which impacts those counties more than it will the ones further north.
Almost every state got redder in 2004 compared to 2000 just as every state got bluer in 1988 compared to 1984. Florida is getting bluer over time if you check presidential results over the last 20-30 years.
Massachusetts will not lose two seats next census, they will lose 1 tops. Even if they did lose 2, why would they stop calling for the abolition of the electoral college? Even the flaming liberals in Vermont would probably be in favour of getting rid of the EC.
If the republicans lost Ohio, they would probably also lose Nevada, Iowa and New Mexico as well which are weaker republican states so it would still be game over.
Oh, and one other thing. Palm Beach, Broward, and Dade Counties are progressively becoming more and more Hispanic and black. Which may be why the transplanted liberals are moving to the southest coast and central areas of the state. ("Do as I say, and not as I do.")
That sounds about right.
"southest" = southeast Sheesh.
Let's demonstrate the effectivness of the border fence idea by fencing these blue states in before they get out and multiply.
It's as simple as that, but they'll never figure it out!
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