Amazon 7 #1 May 17, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/upshot/where-are-the-hardest-places-to-live-in-the-us.html?WT.mc_id=2015-MAY-WCASeq-UPSHOT&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=WCARETARG&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1 I So if you compare the map found in the link above to the places that people have consistently voted against their own best economic interests in the name of smoke and mirrors social issues as dictated from the pulpits of their Sunday choices of pews to fill. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z2zb3WI5ZMA/UO4TZCa5-2I/AAAAAAAADoM/FES3mU04RsE/s1600/US+County+Election+Map.PNG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #2 May 17, 2015 I think unemployment, disability, life expectancy, and obesity rates are pretty good measures for the "doing better or doing worse" picture they'd like to understand, but I think bachelors degrees and median household income might actually be inversely related to how difficult it is to live somewhere. Think about what it means for someone at the federal poverty line ($24K for a family of four) to be living in a county with a median household income of $22K vs somewhere with a median household income of $42K. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #3 May 17, 2015 Amazonhttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/upshot/where-are-the-hardest-places-to-live-in-the-us.html?WT.mc_id=2015-MAY-WCASeq-UPSHOT&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=WCARETARG&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1 I So if you compare the map found in the link above to the places that people have consistently voted against their own best economic interests Voting against one's interests. Selflessness is no longer a virtue. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,611 #4 May 17, 2015 lawrocket***http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/upshot/where-are-the-hardest-places-to-live-in-the-us.html?WT.mc_id=2015-MAY-WCASeq-UPSHOT&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=WCARETARG&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1 I So if you compare the map found in the link above to the places that people have consistently voted against their own best economic interests Voting against one's interests. Selflessness is no longer a virtue. Somehow I suspect selflessness has nothing to do with it, and ignorance of how you're being manipulated has a lot to do with it.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #5 May 17, 2015 kallend******http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/upshot/where-are-the-hardest-places-to-live-in-the-us.html?WT.mc_id=2015-MAY-WCASeq-UPSHOT&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=WCARETARG&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1 I So if you compare the map found in the link above to the places that people have consistently voted against their own best economic interests Voting against one's interests. Selflessness is no longer a virtue. Somehow I suspect selflessness has nothing to do with it, and ignorance of how you're being manipulated has a lot to do with it. Oh, I agree. Kinda like the middle class and poor who have spent the last 85 years voting for progressive candidates who keep promising better lives while being ignorant at how the keep voting for the people destroying them. It happens on both sides so much it's ridiculous. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,611 #6 May 19, 2015 lawrocket *********http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/upshot/where-are-the-hardest-places-to-live-in-the-us.html?WT.mc_id=2015-MAY-WCASeq-UPSHOT&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=WCARETARG&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1 I So if you compare the map found in the link above to the places that people have consistently voted against their own best economic interests Voting against one's interests. Selflessness is no longer a virtue. Somehow I suspect selflessness has nothing to do with it, and ignorance of how you're being manipulated has a lot to do with it. Oh, I agree. Kinda like the middle class and poor who have spent the last 85 years voting for progressive candidates who keep promising better lives while being ignorant at how the keep voting for the people destroying them. It happens on both sides so much it's ridiculous. Yep. Those red states sure elect a lot of progressives. ... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,101 #7 May 19, 2015 The hardest place to live in America must be that dictatorship known as Canada. http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-new-axis-of-evil-canada-one-third-of-american-8th-graders-think-we-live-in-a-dictatorship Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #9 May 19, 2015 SkyDekkerThe hardest place to live in America must be that dictatorship known as Canada. http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-new-axis-of-evil-canada-one-third-of-american-8th-graders-think-we-live-in-a-dictatorship I blame the state of our mis-education on all those Texican school books and the Bush Education Reforms known as all child left behind. It is a crock of bullshit foisted on America by Neo Cons.. conning the uneducated in their base. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #10 May 19, 2015 Amazon***The hardest place to live in America must be that dictatorship known as Canada. http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-new-axis-of-evil-canada-one-third-of-american-8th-graders-think-we-live-in-a-dictatorship I blame the state of our mis-education on all those Texican school books and the Bush Education Reforms known as all child left behind. It is a crock of bullshit foisted on America by Neo Cons.. conning the uneducated in their base. Right. The American educational system and academic achievement were awesome and incredible until Bush broke it. I actually point to the downturn as being when the Federal Department of Education became cabinet level. No Child Left Behind and Common Core are but a continuation of federal involvement. You know, the feds trying to fix a problem and making it worse. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #11 May 19, 2015 SkyDekkerThe hardest place to live in America must be that dictatorship known as Canada. http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-new-axis-of-evil-canada-one-third-of-american-8th-graders-think-we-live-in-a-dictatorship Well, we are talking about Harper...Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites