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djacq
(1,633 posts)Thank God I don't reside in Alabama.
ancianita
(36,009 posts)appal_jack
(3,813 posts)czarjak
(11,260 posts)sandensea
(21,614 posts)Roll tide!
czarjak
(11,260 posts)sandensea
(21,614 posts)I don't follow football much myself; but I lived in Mississippi for a several years and remember some of the SEC football banter.
It's serious business down there.
Cirque du So-What
(25,914 posts)"Alabama"
Oh Alabama
The devil fools
With the best laid plan
Swing low Alabama
You got the spare change
You got to feel strange
And now the moment
Is all that it meant
Alabama, you got
The weight on your shoulders
That's breaking your back
Your Cadillac
Has got a wheel in the ditch
And a wheel on the track
Oh Alabama
Banjos playing
Through the broken glass
Windows down in Alabama
See the old folks
Tied in white robes
Hear the banjo
Don't it take you down home?
Alabama, you got
The weight on your shoulders
That's breaking your back
Your Cadillac
Has got a wheel in the ditch
And a wheel on the track
Oh Alabama
Can I see you
And shake your hand
Make friends down in Alabama
I'm from a new land
I come to you
And see all this ruin
What are you doing Alabama?
You got the rest of the union
To help you along
What's going wrong?
underpants
(182,717 posts)ffr
(22,665 posts)Never been there. Never plan to visit either.
justhanginon
(3,289 posts)Martin Eden
(12,858 posts)I hadn't heard that one before.
Divecoz
(1 post)Hard To argue with facts like those hahaha Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Much of Georgia.. Lets face it , the red states are lacking in every-way EXCEPT Shysters..
IronLionZion
(45,403 posts)patphil
(6,158 posts)They often can't afford to leave the state to get an abortion.
This is typical Republicanism.
They're all for forcing women to give birth to babies they don't want to have, and then they have absolutely no concern about the child after it is born.
So, these children grow up in poverty, ignorance and despair.
This contributes to the high crime rate, and drug usage.
Way to go Alabama!
The home of love and compassion...not!
Patrick Phillips
ancianita
(36,009 posts)love the fetus, forget the child. We need to stop Viagra and Cialis.
BigmanPigman
(51,582 posts)calimary
(81,179 posts)Alabama! Get yer Dark Ages right here, folks!
I can just see the bumper stickers...
pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)"We're better than this." To that she replies,"No we aren't."
Now that is being realistic!
George II
(67,782 posts)demigoddess
(6,640 posts)but I don't care what happens to other people. typical republican stance.
sinkingfeeling
(51,443 posts)Beartracks
(12,806 posts)Renew Deal
(81,851 posts)This is their choice?
Hulk
(6,699 posts)Voter restriction and intimidation are a factor, and KKKristian hypocrite grip are a big piece of the puzzle.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,489 posts)that blindly follow Republican Jesus.......
stonecutter357
(12,694 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)So close to 50th or 1st. Gives them something to aim for.
It's a wonder people and multinationals aren't streaming to Alabama to enjoy such benefits.
Initech
(100,054 posts)azureblue
(2,146 posts)Considering Alabama's history of racism, of lynching, of segregation of refusing to serve or help black children, this woman has some kind of nerve to preach about the sanctity of life. She's all about that until you bring up the subject of black kids.
sop
(10,136 posts)I suspect the worst schools, poorest health care, highest teen birth rates, highest infant mortality rates, neighborhoods with out-of-control crime and areas with the fewest economic opportunities are found in predominantly black counties. Just as intended.
Hulk
(6,699 posts)...no fucking way. The KKKristian extremists are deplorable hypocrites. I wouldn't want to expose my wife to such barbarians.
Bengus81
(6,930 posts)Pretty soon they'll be showing Mississippi how to really run a entire State into the ground.
Midnight Writer
(21,733 posts)MarcA
(2,195 posts)underpants
(182,717 posts)BootinUp
(47,135 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,719 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)Aussie105
(5,364 posts)is forging ahead, back to the Dark Ages.
. . . . almost there. Have a baby you don't want, but don't expect any support once the child is born. Education for the child? Employment opportunities for the child? Nope. Is he/she going to grow up to be a law abiding citizen, a patriot that loves his country? Odds on, I'd bet against it.
Time for another Dark Ages solution to unwanted pregnancies, the chastity belt?
Alabama . . . you don't want to be born there, you don't want to live there, you sure as hell want to avoid visiting it.
(If you really need to visit, wind your watch back a few centuries.)
47of74
(18,470 posts)MrScorpio
(73,630 posts)Aussie105
(5,364 posts)This sort of treatment of it's citizens in any other Democracy would lead to a major revolt and backlash from voters at the ballot box.
Wake up Alabama! Or do you like or want to be treated like idiot children, who can't make important life decisions for themselves?