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re: Dear Blue States:

Red Professor — 7/4/2005 6:22:31 PM (archived)

Actually, I wrote it one afternoon recently when a friend pointed me to the "Dear Red States" thing, and I sent her this as a kind of snarky reply. (I'm a college professor in one of the bluest of Blue states.)

The map I looked at when thinking about this is here:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2004/countymap.htm

Glad you liked it.

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Dear Red States: - Bowser - 6/23/2005 10:29:12 PM
- re: Dear Red States: - Michael - 8/6/2005 8:39:24 PM
- re: Dear Red States: - WTF - 7/19/2005 12:08:12 AM
  - re: Dear Red States: - Michael - 8/6/2005 8:44:49 PM
- re: Dear Red States: - Anon - 7/3/2005 7:33:47 PM
  - Sorry, Red Stater, but you're still stupid - Lothar - 7/18/2005 5:52:18 PM
    - Please watch the "stupid" stuff. - Mary Anne (moderator) - 7/23/2005 7:55:42 PM
    - re: Sorry, Red Stater, but you're still stupid - Red Professor - 7/22/2005 10:40:40 PM
  - Can we dump every 5th red state/county church into the deal? - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/9/2005 5:27:19 PM
    - Nope. They're allllllll yours. Good luck. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 7/10/2005 12:12:40 AM
      - LOL! But the stained glass windows would make pretty new age crystals! - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/10/2005 1:15:10 AM
        
        Nope! Lead contamination, silly. - Mary Anne - 7/10/2005 1:57:18 AM
  - And to think we liberals are called elitists - Tony - 7/7/2005 2:08:30 PM
    - re: And to think we liberals are called elitists - Red Professor - 7/8/2005 11:57:09 PM
  - Blue state whining? Dude, you have to tune in to Rush some time. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/5/2005 9:25:03 PM
  - re: Dear Blue States: - Tom Brosz - 7/4/2005 5:09:34 AM
    - re: Dear Blue States: - Red Professor - 7/4/2005 6:22:31 PM
  - Don't forget: - Mary Anne - 7/4/2005 3:51:53 AM
    - re: Don't forget: - Red Professor - 7/4/2005 6:22:40 PM
      - I wouldn't be as surprised as all that. - Mary Anne - 7/4/2005 10:00:54 PM
        
        "Only blues..." - Tom Brosz - 7/5/2005 12:53:03 AM
        
        Again: not what I said. - Mary Anne - 7/5/2005 2:21:55 AM
        
        Okay, "will" do. Same crappy condescending stereotype either way. - Tom Brosz - 7/5/2005 6:54:18 AM
        
        Right back atcha. - Mary Anne - 7/5/2005 11:41:22 AM
        
        re: I wouldn't be as surprised as all that. - Red Professor - 7/4/2005 11:27:10 PM
        
        Not that stark - dtb - 7/6/2005 9:02:38 PM
        
        re: Not that stark - Red Professor - 7/8/2005 11:55:36 PM
        
        re: Not that stark - dtb - 7/9/2005 4:43:25 PM
- Sorry bub, we couldn't do it....neither can you. (n/t) - Lee - 6/24/2005 8:17:45 PM
- Blue states? Try "blue counties." - Tom Brosz - 6/24/2005 4:03:04 AM
- The last time folks tried this they got their ass kicked, bigtime :) (n/t) - p - 6/23/2005 10:59:43 PM
  - Bigtime? Hell, we made a very good showing for ourselves. - Lee - 6/24/2005 8:40:07 PM
    - Riots - Mary Anne - 6/25/2005 4:03:51 AM
    - The South fought well.... - FrankC - 6/24/2005 11:33:38 PM
      - If the South had won... - ljk - 7/5/2005 1:12:53 PM
        
        If the South had won... - FrankC - 7/8/2005 8:51:25 AM
  - Those were the (ones that would become the) red states that tried it last time. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/23/2005 11:24:55 PM
  - Yeah, I was wondering.... - FrankC - 6/23/2005 11:09:57 PM
    - Given the Red States leaders ability to fight a war - - - - - !! (n/t) - bOWSER - 6/24/2005 5:03:38 AM
    - You might find it's a little different... - Mary Anne - 6/24/2005 12:25:41 AM
      - Wait a minute.... - FrankC - 6/24/2005 12:36:41 AM
        
        Hey, a turkey shoot can be fun. - Lee - 6/24/2005 8:24:06 PM
        
        That should be life. - Lee - 6/24/2005 8:28:27 PM
        
        A civil war where one side has made guns illegal? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/24/2005 4:05:12 AM
        
        A well-armed militia v. NRA nutcases? - take the militia. - Bowser - 6/26/2005 5:19:19 AM
        
        Don't be so sure about that... - Mary Anne - 6/24/2005 12:51:25 PM
        
        "Are guns illegal in California?" - Tom Brosz - 6/24/2005 10:55:45 PM
        
        All I know is - Mary Anne - 6/24/2005 2:36:52 AM
        
        I want the purple states - Republicrats - 7/20/2005 7:40:43 AM

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