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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:04 PM Original message |
Give something or two that you're proud of about your state |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Besides the obvious, |
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sunwyn (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Glen Helen in Yellow Springs Ohio and Dennis Kucinich |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:15 PM Original message |
very few, if any, dirt roads. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
34. Oh, |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #34 |
67. And... |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Another great thing about Ohio |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Ohio |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. Glen Helen! |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Louis Bromfield, Clark Gable, Neil Alden Armstrong, Annie Oakley |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. California... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
83. Two more |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Maryland |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. And Silver Queen - I grew up on it. |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. Maryland: Another Two |
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Huey P. Long (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. Huey Long, gumbo, French cuisine, jazz, I could go on. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Just two, huh? Well, for starters . . . |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. Portland. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. Its varied geography. The highest point in the lower 48 states is less than 85 miles from |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. Plus You have Glacier Point |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. West Virginia |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. The capital building and the rotating "barbell man" in York. (PA) |
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badhair77 (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. I grew up outside of York so I used to ride past barbell man. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #28 |
65. A few years ago, he went missing. I found out later that they were restoring him. |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. Lake Superior |
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BrendaBrick (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. The awesome Magnolia Flower |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. texas |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
50. Texas = BBQ; my home state Wisconsin = GB Packers :) nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. not really proud of bbq. ????, nt |
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postulater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. Wisconsin! |
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CurtEastPoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. Georgia...Cumberland Island. Paradise unspoiled and uninhabited... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Don't for Helen. A little Alpine wonderland |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. Way more than two that I'm proud of, |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. Grand Canyon, red rocks, Monument Valley, saguaro cactus, San Francisco Peaks..... |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. Well, I just moved to Ohio... |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. Illinois: we are blue. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. Is there any city in the country with a greater live music scene than Chicago? |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. Smokers=protected class for employment, Red River Gorge, bourbon, Kentucky Basketball, |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
24. First state to enfranchise women. "The Soviet of Washington". |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. I have 2 states, actually |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
29. My adopted state of NC: the Mountains-to-Sea Trail and the... |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. ........ |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Only one thing for Delaware? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #30 |
71. +1 |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
32. PA: 1776; Canal system; KDKA; Crayola; Tastykakes; Peeps; Lebanon Bologna; Big Bands; Bandstand; Et |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
35. Molly Ivins and Ann Richards. |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
37. Louisiana |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
39. the good people who plow the roads in the winter... |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. GA: President Carter, Savannah, The Masters, Atlanta, and UGA. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
41. The Amistad rebellion and Griswold v. CT. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. Minnesota: Our community based system for developmentally |
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libinnyandia (526 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
44. Iowa Supreme Court unanimously ruling gay marriage a |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
45. California - Barbara Lee |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
46. Harry Truman, |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. JAZZ |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
80. +1 |
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Tom Ripley (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
47. I've got nothing |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #47 |
61. Howdy Neighbor! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
48. Democracy of America and the Progressive Democrats of Arizona |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
49. OCCUPY WALL STREET! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
51. We started the Medical Marijuana Revolution! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
54. 1. Minnesota has the best community services for the disabled in the country. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
55. California, The High Sierra and the Coast , Dude! |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
56. PA is where the Dec. of Independence and Constitution were signed |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
57. Dolly Parton...her refusal to bash the gays and encouraging |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
58. NJ |
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mick063 (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
59. Washington Tri-Party Agreement. |
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demtenjeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
60. Emma Sullivan and Kathleen Sebelious |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
62. New York. The Roosevelts: TR and FDR. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
63. Uhm...it's not Florida. |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
64. New Jersey |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
66. South Carolina |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Same state. Some lovely scenery, flora & fauna. |
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CRK7376 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #66 |
73. Don't forget |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
69. Boundary Waters area and other forests. Things that the conservatives are trying to mine, drill, etc |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
70. Washington: Some of the most stringent consumer protection laws in the country |
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CRK7376 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
72. I concur |
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yesphan (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
74. Oklahoma |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
75. Oregon: felons can vote here. |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
76. The beautiful Pocono Mountains of NE PA |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
77. Florida fresh water springs and caverns...they can be rather spectacular PICS |
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WilmywoodNCparalegal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
78. My state: NC |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
79. Delaware - conveniently located near three other states! |
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duhneece (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
81. NM Medical cannabis, once was a 'sanctuary' state, |
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Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
82. Texas- um... Er... Uh..... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Willie Nelson, Bill Hicks |
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