Good riddance!!

Pretty obvious move. Get to Texas so he’ll be there when it secedes, therefore pulling him out of the country he hates for once and for all.

Welcome to Dallas, Glen!

Later psycho.

There are no state taxes in Texas. Beck can live like J.R. Ewing just on the money he isn’t forced to hand over to New York state and city.

But the real story is all the other high-earners who are leaving high tax states run by tax-and-spend liberals and moving to locales where the government isn’t constantly reaching into their pockets. Serves liberals right — they hate millionaires, and so the millionaires move away.

Another tax source flees a communist erm Democrat state. Whodathunk?

Let me see, which states are populations declining and businesses fleeing?

That is rhetorical of course.

I wonder if the NLRB will step in and tell Glenn Beck he cannot move? LOL

DavidKramer said:
Another tax source flees a communist erm Democrat state. Whodathunk?

That’s a new one, a welfare recipient complaining about Democratic states. Whodathunk?

You get your check this month Davey? Do many places nearby take EBT?

Snowspot said:
That’s a new one, a welfare recipient complaining about Democratic states. Whodathunk?

You get your check this month Davey? Do many places nearby take EBT?

Know that for a fact huh? Just got back from a project in SD, how bout you? Just cash your Soros check?

Good move Beck., New York is a cesspool. For an illustration, just see the first comment on this post.

Leave my family alone. “Beck” is the one that promotes that crap. Any leak come from the sheep herders staff. Please move to Texas, but remember “Perry” didn’t take any of the bail out money, not a penny! Well,… maybe a little,…. ok give me the whole thing, but I still get credit for any jobs or programs, understood!

timzank said:
Good move Beck., New York is a cesspool. For an illustration, just see the first comment on this post.

Wow, pretty impressive. I didn’t realize you were capable of such complex reasoning.

Keep it up, kid. You’ll go far!

Yee-haw! Yet another reason to avoid Texas (as if anyone needed one).

For all of the slurs and nastiness that Beck has engendered, even the most doctrinaire Lib cannot deny that he’s a good businessman. He’s just following the lead of Tom Golisano, Rush Limbaugh and others who have fled New York. I’m sure he’ll take a lesson from Rush and document every time he crosses the state line into New York, and I’m sure the DFW area will be a great place for his new venture- lots of land, lots of talent to be hired, folks who will not harass his wife and kids, access to DFW airport, no state income or inheritance tax, and Texas has its own power grid. Besides, he’s lived in Texas before.

Welcome to Texas, Glenn. Enjoy.

felixw said:
There are no state taxes in Texas. Beck can live like J.R. Ewing just on the money he isn’t forced to hand over to New York state and city.

But the real story is all the other high-earners who are leaving high tax states run by tax-and-spend liberals and moving to locales where the government isn’t constantly reaching into their pockets. Serves liberals right — they hate millionaires, and so the millionaires move away.

You mean in states like Massachusetts where citizens pay their fair share of taxes, they have healthcare, government is involved, there are great hospitals and schools, and plenty of millionaires?

AmericaSucks said:
Pretty obvious move. Get to Texas so he’ll be there when it secedes, therefore pulling him out of the country he hates for once and for all.

Lemmee get this straight…you’re stupid enough to claim Beck “hates” America all the while using the name “americasucks?” Gawd, you’re even dumber than I originally thought.

DavidKramer said:
Another tax source flees a communist erm Democrat state. Whodathunk?

Let me see, which states are populations declining and businesses fleeing?

That is rhetorical of course.

I wonder if the NLRB will step in and tell Glenn Beck he cannot move? LOL

Texas Ranks Worst:
Residents over age 25 without a high school diploma
Average credit score
Voter participation
Uninsured residents
Cancer-causing compounds released into the air
Toxic chemicals released into the water
Toxic chemicals released underground

TillieGlockenspiel said:
For all of the slurs and nastiness that Beck has engendered, even the most doctrinaire Lib cannot deny that he’s a good businessman. He’s just following the lead of Tom Golisano, Rush Limbaugh and others who have fled New York. I’m sure he’ll take a lesson from Rush and document every time he crosses the state line into New York, and I’m sure the DFW area will be a great place for his new venture- lots of land, lots of talent to be hired, folks who will not harass his wife and kids, access to DFW airport, no state income or inheritance tax, and Texas has its own power grid. Besides, he’s lived in Texas before.

Welcome to Texas, Glenn. Enjoy.

The world is full of successful idiots.

fishchef said:
You mean in states like Massachusetts where citizens pay their fair share of taxes, they have healthcare, government is involved, there are great hospitals and schools, and plenty of millionaires?

In case you’ve missed it, Texas has extremely fine hospitals. In Houston alone, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Methodist Hospital, Texas Children’s Hospital, Memorial Hermann Hospital (TIRR, where Gabriel Giffords does rehab is part of the Memorial System), Shriner’s Burn Hospital, St. Luke’s Hospital. Where do you think Drs. DeBakey and Cooley perfected their heart surgeries- Houston. Houston is also home to Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Medical School.

Now, about schools- are you referring to public or private k-12 schools? Massachusetts DOES have some of the best private boarding schools in the country, but they cost about $32,000+ a year. I imagine the public schools are just as community-specific as they are in the rest of the country, since our public schools generally “suck” and most parents will forgo almost anything to get their kids into “adequate” public schools or good private schools. If you are referring to colleges, I don’t think Harvard is a public school.

I have no idea how many millionaires live in MA or TX- usually, in the South, it’s considered trashy to ask about a person’s money or religion. I’m sure Forbes has a list for you.

fishchef said:
The world is full of successful idiots.

Jealous?

I hope nobody accidentally spills wine ( whiskey, moonshine) near his wife down there in texas …because that just tears him apart.

fishchef said:
Texas Ranks Worst:
Residents over age 25 without a high school diploma
Average credit score
Voter participation
Uninsured residents
Cancer-causing compounds released into the air
Toxic chemicals released into the water
Toxic chemicals released underground

You left out a few things, your chefness.
Texas can live & prosper just fine if Massachusetts disappears.
Massachusetts cannot exist without Texas gas, oil, heating oil, etc.
Oh, and those millions of unlawful immigrants don’t flock to MA.

TillieGlockenspiel said:
Jealous?

There are successful idiots, there are successful people who are not idiots. Those who try to equate either the Obama administration or the Bush administration to the Nazis are idiots, successful or not.

By the way, I’m good, thanks, but nice to know you care.

Arkansas Steve said:
You left out a few things, your chefness.
Texas can live & prosper just fine if Massachusetts disappears.
Massachusetts cannot exist without Texas gas, oil, heating oil, etc.
Oh, and those millions of unlawful immigrants don’t flock to MA.

Mass would be just fine, thanks for your concern.

Sounds like he’s going to attempt the Tyler Perry business model.

koolmoedee said:
I hope nobody accidentally spills wine ( whiskey, moonshine) near his wife down there in texas …because that just tears him apart.

Why did you have to change names to say that? Kinda weird.

TillieGlockenspiel said:
In case you’ve missed it, Texas has extremely fine hospitals. In Houston alone, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Methodist Hospital, Texas Children’s Hospital, Memorial Hermann Hospital (TIRR, where Gabriel Giffords does rehab is part of the Memorial System), Shriner’s Burn Hospital, St. Luke’s Hospital. Where do you think Drs. DeBakey and Cooley perfected their heart surgeries- Houston. Houston is also home to Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Medical School.

Now, about schools- are you referring to public or private k-12 schools? Massachusetts DOES have some of the best private boarding schools in the country, but they cost about $32,000+ a year. I imagine the public schools are just as community-specific as they are in the rest of the country, since our public schools generally “suck” and most parents will forgo almost anything to get their kids into “adequate” public schools or good private schools. If you are referring to colleges, I don’t think Harvard is a public school.

I have no idea how many millionaires live in MA or TX- usually, in the South, it’s considered trashy to ask about a person’s money or religion. I’m sure Forbes has a list for you.

Texas ranks in the bottom 10 in healthcare research and quality, Mass ranks in the top 10 (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services). But I believe that all states have excellent Medical Center areas. My wife is from St. Louis and often talks about how good the healthcare was there. Here in Southwest Florida, it’s horrid.

Actually, I was referring to colleges / universities: Harvard, MIT, UMass, Tufts, etc..
Mass Public Schools ranking: #2; Texas: #32

The millionaire comment was made in response to DavidKramer’s comment that liberals hate millionaires and millionaires move away from states like MA, which I contend is a false statement. I in no way intended to boast about millionaires in MA or elsewhere..

meant felixw not davidkramer

TillieGlockenspiel said:
Jealous?

Of the successful part, the idiot part is covered.

fishchef said:
Texas Ranks Worst:
Residents over age 25 without a high school diploma
Average credit score
Voter participation
Uninsured residents
Cancer-causing compounds released into the air
Toxic chemicals released into the water
Toxic chemicals released underground

I am SURE you will provide proof of all that…………………..yeah, I doubt it.

DavidKramer said:
Of the successful part, the idiot part is covered.

No, as I said, I’m good, thanks. Not as successful (monetarily) as Beck, or Tiger Woods or Ghadafi – doesn’t make them less idiots because of their income; but I’m content in my success (again, thanks for your concern). So you’re saying that I’m jealous because I’m not an idiot like Beck? Warped perspective.

DavidKramer said:
I am SURE you will provide proof of all that…………………..yeah, I doubt it.

The Austin newspaper, The Statesman:
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/investigative/entries/2009/03/13/were_no_50_where_texas_ranks_l.html

AmericaSucks said:
Pretty obvious move. Get to Texas so he’ll be there when it secedes, therefore pulling him out of the country he hates for once and for all.

That makes absolutely no sense considering your name. Shouldn’t you have typed “Tee Hee” at the end like you used to when you were Color Me badd?

fishchef said:
Texas ranks in the bottom 10 in healthcare research and quality, Mass ranks in the top 10 (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services). But I believe that all states have excellent Medical Center areas. My wife is from St. Louis and often talks about how good the healthcare was there. Here in Southwest Florida, it’s horrid.

Actually, I was referring to colleges / universities: Harvard, MIT, UMass, Tufts, etc..
Mass Public Schools ranking: #2; Texas: #32

The millionaire comment was made in response to DavidKramer’s comment that liberals hate millionaires and millionaires move away from states like MA, which I contend is a false statement. I in no way intended to boast about millionaires in MA or elsewhere..

The ranking in healthcare research and quality surprises me, since the Medical Center in Houston is internationally known and we tend to attract international patients who can afford to go anywhere in the world for treatment for heart disease and cancer. I am not a fan of “ranking” systems since I know from experience how bogus the college/law school/business school rankings are. Harvard and MIT, yes, I agree. UMass and Tufts, not so much. Public schools “suck” just about everywhere. Our public schools have gone to He[[ since I was a kid and I’d hate to have young kids these days. Texas DOES have a problem with public schools, but we also have a huge population of illegals and the Katrina refugees didn’t help our crime, education or welfare rolls- and they’ve stayed and not gone back to N.O.

I am interested that you are touting Massachusetts, but are living in SW Florida. I like MA, it’s a lovely state with a rich history and I know very little about Florida, since I am not especially fond of beaches or salt water. One of the things about Texas and Texans is that we like our state, we celebrate our history, and we want people to move here, IF THEY WANT TO BE HERE. We don’t want a state income tax, nor an inheritance tax and we do think that states that have high taxes are shooting themselves in the foot, but that’s their problem, not ours.

I also love New York, both the city (for a little while) and upstate. There is no place more beautiful than the Adirondacks. However, the people in upstate NY are as dissimilar from the people in NYC as the denizens of NYC are from the folks in Amish country- and the residents of NYC couldn’t care less about the folks in upstate.

I just saw a local news report that the upcoming “boom” towns are Austin, Raleigh NC, Nashville, San Antonio and Houston, so my response to everyone in other states is take a look at what you’ve been doing for generations, and stop doing what doesn’t work. Just look once more at the definition of insanity and change what you’re doing. What’s right for Texas isn’t necessarily right for any other state. Take the good and leave what you can’t use.

Sounds like Beck and his company just saved 10% of their income just by moving. Smart.

People are migrating to Texas by the thousands! The climate is conducive to capitalism. From California to New York, people are following the great Davy Crockett’s advice: “You can go to hell, I’m going to Texas.

I’m originally from Mass, but have lived in Florida for 30 years and have missed New England every day, but like Michael Corleone, “just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!”

Have been to Houston once and had a great time. Nice people, great food, did Astroworld (is that still around?). Every state has it’s positive and negative. We’ve got Disney World, Space Center (Houston, too), beaches, no snow, etc., but it’s flat and hot and swampy (a lot of people love it here).

My whole comment centered around people “fleeing liberal states” which they are not.

You seem to have a good perspective on things. I abhore misinformation, and object when I see false statements put out there as truth.

TillieGlockenspiel said:
I am interested that you are touting Massachusetts, but are living in sw florida

It’s also interesting how he just happened to know where Texas ranks in toxicity levels, education, etc. seemingly right off the top of his head and only posted the link when asked to from a… Texas paper. Hmmm.

fishchef said:
The Austin newspaper, The Statesman:
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/investigative/entries/2009/03/13/were_no_50_where_texas_ranks_l.html

I will just use the comment from the article you linked-

~Re: Diploma %, credit score, voter participation, & uninsured residents – Just where does Texas rank when illegal aliens are removed from the figures?

Re: all chemicals – How about figuring this on a per-square-mile basis, since that’s a more accurate statistic for toxicity?~

Wow, some smart commenters on that article. What is the percentage when you remove the illegals?

As for the chemicals, I say quit selling energy to California and let California go dark. LOL

Jaurez said:
It’s also interesting how he just happened to know where Texas ranks in toxicity levels, education, etc. seemingly right off the top of his head and only posted the link when asked to from a… Texas paper. Hmmm.

There are individual links at the site to each of the stats. I haz internet.

fishchef said:
I’m originally from Mass, but have lived in Florida for 30 years and have missed New England every day, but like Michael Corleone, “just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!”

Have been to Houston once and had a great time. Nice people, great food, did Astroworld (is that still around?). Every state has it’s positive and negative. We’ve got Disney World, Space Center (Houston, too), beaches, no snow, etc., but it’s flat and hot and swampy (a lot of people love it here).

My whole comment centered around people “fleeing liberal states” which they are not.

You seem to have a good perspective on things. I abhore misinformation, and object when I see false statements put out there as truth.

You do not think that people are fleeing liberal states? Would you like some links of liberal states losing seats in the House? Would you like some Census numbers? I usually do not get called on my statements, too many have found I am pretty grounded when it comes to posting facts. I may use hyperbole now and then, but that is usually pretty obvious. But if you would like, I will provide.

Did you know, that in Fresno California, I personally knew over 20 illegals and legals returning to Mexico back in 2008?

I will wait to see if you want links.

DavidKramer said:
blah, blah, blah

I presented facts, you doubted, I proved, you make up excuses.

Don’t feel bad. It’s been proven that when one’s beliefs are contradicted with facts, the person’s belief becomes stronger even in the face of evidence. You can’t help it. It’s like when you were first told there was no Santa Claus. You denied and tried to reason your way around it. But there is no Santa. Sorry.

fishchef said:
I presented facts, you doubted, I proved, you make up excuses.

Don’t feel bad. It’s been proven that when one’s beliefs are contradicted with facts, the person’s belief becomes stronger even in the face of evidence. You can’t help it. It’s like when you were first told there was no Santa Claus. You denied and tried to reason your way around it. But there is no Santa. Sorry.

Like the facts YOU posted were from a Leftist paper in Austin that used data on the chemical and toxicity from POTENTIAL problems. GUESS where the information came from? UC BERKELEY! By the way, your sources for the numbers were from 2006, I wonder why such OLD data? Maybe because the article was cherry picking data?

I do not have the TIME or the INCLINATION to debate with someone that wants to cherry pick ANYTHING they find on the internet to attempt to prove their point.

From your article and SOURCE of information-

~RANKING RELEASES BY POTENTIAL HUMAN HEALTH RISK
This website uses a sophisticated ranking system, which factors in both a chemical’s toxicity and its potential for human exposure, to identity the particular chemicals released by manufacturing plants in your community that are likely to pose the highest cancer and noncancer health risks. Scientists at the School of Public Health at the University of California at Berkeley developed this risk scoring system.~

You know in California, they have signs that state-”The Ink in this sign has been determined by the state of California to possibly cause cancer” NO JOKE, it is a little joke among builders out there, which I was one of for about 5 years. They consider EVERYTHING to be toxic. So FORGIVE me if I give a rat’s patootey what UC Berk thinks is one of the worst polluted states, since they ONLY gave total instead of per area.

See, EVEN someone as dumb as I know that an ounce of cyanide can be poisonous if you take it. But if you spread that same cyanide in 100 Trillion cubic feet of air, not so much. But hey, you must be sooooo much smarter than I.

DavidKramer said:
You do not think that people are fleeing liberal states? Would you like some links of liberal states losing seats in the House? Would you like some Census numbers? I usually do not get called on my statements, too many have found I am pretty grounded when it comes to posting facts. I may use hyperbole now and then, but that is usually pretty obvious. But if you would like, I will provide.

Did you know, that in Fresno California, I personally knew over 20 illegals and legals returning to Mexico back in 2008?

I will wait to see if you want links.

Just checked all 50 states populations from 1980 to current. Almost all states show increases, save West Virginia and South Dakota. Some states were fairly level, but the states with larger increases were both liberal and conservative. Conservative / Liberal tendancies have little effect on population fluctuations.

fishchef said:
I’m originally from Mass, but have lived in Florida for 30 years and have missed New England every day, but like Michael Corleone, “just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!”

Have been to Houston once and had a great time. Nice people, great food, did Astroworld (is that still around?). Every state has it’s positive and negative. We’ve got Disney World, Space Center (Houston, too), beaches, no snow, etc., but it’s flat and hot and swampy (a lot of people love it here).

My whole comment centered around people “fleeing liberal states” which they are not.

You seem to have a good perspective on things. I abhore misinformation, and object when I see false statements put out there as truth.

What part of Florida do you live in? I live in the sandhill region of West Central Florida (SW of Ocala towards Crystal River)
Florida is really diverse. Miami is another world compared to the semi rural area i live in. Not many beaches here in my neck of the woods. At least it gets colder here in the winter.
My car was covered with sleet one Saturday morning in January of 2010, and my sidewalk iced over!
Obviously that was not normal.

DavidKramer said:
Like the facts YOU posted were from a Leftist paper in Austin that used data on the chemical and toxicity from POTENTIAL problems. GUESS where the information came from? UC BERKELEY! FORGIVE me if I give a rat’s patootey what UC Berk thinks…

The University of California, Berkeley is a teaching and research university established in 1868. Berkeley is the most consistently well ranked university in the world overall as shown by a meta-analysis of subject/departmental data over the last sixteen years from the United States National Research Council, the US News & World Report, and Times Higher Education. Berkeley has the highest number of distinguished graduate programs ranked in the top 10 in their fields by the United States National Research Council. Among other honors, University faculty, alumni, and researchers have won 66 Nobel Prizes, 9 Wolf Prizes, 7 Fields Medals, 15 Turing Awards, 45 MacArthur Fellowships, 20 Academy Awards, and 11 Pulitzer Prizes. To date, UC Berkeley and its researchers are associated with 6 chemical elements of the periodic table (Californium, Seaborgium, Berkelium, Einsteinium, Fermium, Lawrencium) and Berkeley Lab has discovered 16 chemical elements in total – more than any other university in the world.

fishchef said:
Just checked all 50 states populations from 1980 to current. Almost all states show increases, save West Virginia and South Dakota. Some states were fairly level, but the states with larger increases were both liberal and conservative. Conservative / Liberal tendancies have little effect on population fluctuations.

Hehehehehehe, tell that to Dennis Kucinich, I guess the loss of two seats in his state must have been a statistical anomaly!

http://www.newser.com/story/108049/states-that-gained-or-lost-house-seats-in-census.html
Losers: New York and Ohio lost 2 seats each, and eight states lost a single seat: Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Gainers: Texas, 4; Florida, 2; and six states with 1: Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah, and Washington.

But hey, you must be right, because you are just inherently more intellectual than I.

By the way, that is FACTUAL information for house gains and losses. No statistical problems with THAT there information.

Hmmm, wonder how California never gained any seats? I wonder how such a LARGE state never gained any people in 10 years? Even with the vast illegal and legal immigration? Explain that to me.

fishchef said:
Just checked all 50 states populations from 1980 to current. Almost all states show increases, save West Virginia and South Dakota. Some states were fairly level, but the states with larger increases were both liberal and conservative. Conservative / Liberal tendancies have little effect on population fluctuations.

Some Conservative states are losing population. Some Liberal states are loosing population.
My Republican county in Florida has been for over two years losing population. And there is no end here in site.

Nature Freak said:
What part of Florida do you live in? I live in the sandhill region of West Central Florida (SW of Ocala towards Crystal River)
Florida is really diverse. Miami is another world compared to the semi rural area i live in. Not many beaches here in my neck of the woods. At least it gets colder here in the winter.
My car was covered with sleet one Saturday morning in January of 2010, and my sidewalk iced over!
Obviously that was not normal.

Port Charlotte / Punta Gorda, between Sarasota and Naples. I think I’ve seen snow maybe 3 times since 1981. Once on Christmas Eve at midnight about 20 years ago, that was pretty cool, and only once did it stay on the ground for about an hour. We’ve had some good times in Tampa, Miami, Disney and even around here – Englewood, Boca Grande, Ft. Myers Beach. Ocala is nice and the hills and houses remind me of New England.

DavidKramer said:
Hehehehehehe, tell that to Dennis Kucinich, I guess the loss of two seats in his state must have been a statistical anomaly!

http://www.newser.com/story/108049/states-that-gained-or-lost-house-seats-in-census.html
Losers: New York and Ohio lost 2 seats each, and eight states lost a single seat: Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Gainers: Texas, 4; Florida, 2; and six states with 1: Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah, and Washington.

But hey, you must be right, because you are just inherently more intellectual than I.

By the way, that is FACTUAL information for house gains and losses. No statistical problems with THAT there information.

Hmmm, wonder how California never gained any seats? I wonder how such a LARGE state never gained any people in 10 years? Even with the vast illegal and legal immigration? Explain that to me.

Population growth (or the lack of) is complicated, and there are many factors.
Many reasons exist for population change.
One size does not fit all.
Here in Florida, many conservative/Republican counties are doing terrible, even shrinking in population.
Liberal Alachua County is growing substantially and has low unemployment, while Conservative Marion County is almost in a depression with near zero growth.
There are many, many factors. We live in huge diverse country.

fishchef said:
Port Charlotte / Punta Gorda, between Sarasota and Naples. I think I’ve seen snow maybe 3 times since 1981. Once on Christmas Eve at midnight about 20 years ago, that was pretty cool, and only once did it stay on the ground for about an hour. We’ve had some good times in Tampa, Miami, Disney and even around here – Englewood, Boca Grande, Ft. Myers Beach. Ocala is nice and the hills and houses remind me of New England.

Citrus and Marion Counties (the area i live and work) are very different from Port Charlotte / Punta Gorda, at least environmentally speaking (both areas still have many retirees). My house is in Citrus County, and we went down to 19 degrees last year! Much less tropical here.
Regarding hurricanes, Citrus and Marion Counties have been very blessed. Someday our number will be up.
This fact scares me. At least it is impossible to flood where i live.
Culturally, we are on the southern edge of the south.

Nature Freak said:
Population growth (or the lack of) is complicated, and there are many factors.
Many reasons exist for population change.
One size does not fit all.
Here in Florida, many conservative/Republican counties are doing terrible, even shrinking in population.
Liberal Alachua County is growing substantially and has low unemployment, while Conservative Marion County is almost in a depression with near zero growth.
There are many, many factors. We live in huge diverse country.

Thanks, I started researching and then saw this comment and you said it right, saved me the time.

Nature Freak said:
Citrus and Marion Counties (the area i live and work) are very different from Port Charlotte / Punta Gorda, at least environmentally speaking (both areas still have many retirees). My house is in Citrus County, and we went down to 19 degrees last year! Much less tropical here.
Regarding hurricanes, Citrus and Marion Counties have been very blessed. Someday our number will be up.
This fact scares me. At least it is impossible to flood where i live.
Culturally, we are on the southern edge of the south.

We suffered a direct hit from Hurricane Charlie – Friday the 13th of August 2004. I ended up eating my words, “It’ll never hit here!” It was like Beirut after bombing. Both Pres. Bush and candidate Kerry showed up, red cross, fema – lots of help, people were great, though it was tough – no electric for 2 weeks – no street signs, street lights or traffic signals – August in Florida – no A/C. Really thrown back to the stone age.

have a good nite all

fishchef said:
have a good nite all

fishchef said:
have a good nite all

Thank you fishchef!

J.R.Ewing laughs at Glenn Beck!

I just want to say that the fringe hatemongers who attacked his family at the park do not represent the great people of the great state of New York. They are the degenerates of them and the less educated hatemongers do not represent the whole. The mob mentality is disgusting and so is the fascist paradigm American politics has become; especially to the idiots who act out of barbaric tendencies based on uneducated idiocy.

You don’t much look much like a steer to me Glenn Beck…So you must be a …

Not that there is anything wrong with it.

Take that liberal New Yorkers! You won’t be able to steal Beck’s money from your obscene income and property taxes no more!
http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/

Nature Freak said:
Conservatives have lost very this fact:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1KtScrqtbc
The Hollies must of been fu@king Communists.

If you want to help your brother out, do you write a check to the government and wait for them to get around to him? That seems like a kinda stupid way of looking out for him.

Have you ever noticed Beck talking about faith, hope and CHARITY? He’s only done it about a zillion times.

fishchef said:
Mass would be just fine, thanks for your concern.

Really? How? Where’s the energy going to come from?

Massachussetts imports more coal than any state in the US. It does have 30% nuclear but obviously the aforementioned is problematic. The real issue is, where does it get the gasoline to move it’s vehicles?

People ARE leaving the blue states for many reasons, that much is clear for those who’ve noticed. No, it’s not a mass exodus but those leaving CA are notable. I’m one of them, we left seven years ago because of the job market, which went to crap with the dot com bust and although there has been some improvement and the rest of the country recovered, CA never did. The cost of living is insane, the density ridiculous, the schools which used to be the best in the nation, are crap. And the financial situation of the state is teetering on oblivion.

http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/04/migration-moving-wealthy-interactive-counties-map.html
Click on Los Angeles.

Pablo said:
Really? How? Where’s the energy going to come from?

•With the start-up of a second offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility in March 2010, Massachusetts now has three LNG import terminals that serve markets in the Northeast. The third terminal is an onshore facility located in Everett.
•Massachusetts is one of the few States that require the statewide use of reformulated motor gasoline blended with ethanol.
•Massachusetts is a leading source of electricity generated from landfill gas and municipal solid waste.
•Massachusetts is the only New England State that relies significantly on coal-fired power plants, with coal accounting for one-fourth of electricity generation.
•A proposed 420-megawatt wind power project in Nantucket Sound could become the Nation’s first offshore wind farm.
•Massachusetts received $25 million in 2009 from the U.S. Department of Energy for the development of the Nation’s first large commercial-scale Wind Technology Testing Center, which will be able to test blades longer than 50 meters.

fishchef said:

•Massachusetts is one of the few States that require the statewide use of reformulated motor gasoline blended with ethanol.

•A proposed 420-megawatt wind power project in Nantucket Sound could become the Nation’s first offshore wind farm.
•Massachusetts received $25 million in 2009 from the U.S. Department of Energy for the development of the Nation’s first large commercial-scale Wind Technology Testing Center, which will be able to test blades longer than 50 meters.

In my opinion, the ethanol scam is just that and it has resulted in higher food prices internationally. Ethanol subsidies should be cancelled and let farmers produce corn and other crops that are actually used for food and feed.

Wind power is a lovely idea, as is solar power, however, those “condor cuisinarts” are not necessarily a reliable source of power and cost inordinate amounts of money for the amount of energy produced. Some residents of areas in the UK where windmills are located are suing over the constant noise pollution from the windmills.

Notice, if you will, that most of the “new technologies” espoused by liberal states are really “old” technologies that proved unreliable when compared to oil, gas and coal. Interestingly enough, they ALSO reject “new” energy technologies that do work, like nuclear power plants.

Obama promised that energy prices would “skyrocket” and he is doing his best to achieve that goal.

The reasons that population is fleeing liberal states are many- primarily BECAUSE OF the policies enacted by liberal legislatures and governors. Taxes, job opportunities (often related to whether or not a state is a right to work state and encouraging to business development), affordable housing, cost of living, etc. Excessive regulation breeds stagnation and limits growth. All states have geographical and climate advantages, but most ordinary citizens just want jobs to support themselves and their families, homes in which to live and not to have the government unreasonably meddle in their daily affairs.

In Texas, we do believe in individual rights and responsibilities and in our God-given right to protect ourselves and our families. I may just be protecting myself and my kids from varmints, and it may take me a lot of shots to kill an armadillo, but you can be darned sure that I CAN shoot most guns placed in my hands and I WILL to protect myself, my family and my property or to feed myself, if need be.

Many are fleeing NY – exodus is two to one; due to repressive gov; 2cd only to Calif.

See NY Post:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/why_ny_future_is_fleeing_v4535f5BZTMQJSc4maz1q

No income tax. Concealed carry law.

Hey Glenn, it would be nice to throw a warm welcome party for you,Tania and the kids in Dallas

fishchef said:
My whole comment centered around people “fleeing liberal states” which they are not.

They’re going where the jobs are and the jobs are in Texas, Florida, and New Jersey is even catching up. That you deny that people are NOT leaving New York and California (Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, too) is amazing.

Nature Freak said:
J.R.Ewing laughs at Glenn Beck!

J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) is dead. He’s not laughing much these days…or didn’t ya notice?

Another faux cowboy from Texas. I wonder if he will be hanging out with George Bush.

WillP said:
Another faux cowboy from Texas. I wonder if he will be hanging out with George Bush.

Jealousy is so transparent.

rokker,you must be a delusional socialist with no real job. These teachers from high school,college/which You may not even attended/forget to mention most important thing about so-called socialism.Once the government becomes/replaces housed of worship/way out of control, EVERYTHING WILL DISAPPEAR in our store,supermarkets,etc. Just ask ANY foreigner from:Cuba,Russia,No korea, ANYWHERE this re-distribution was tried. We do not want FUNDAMENTALLY transform USA. We were always “shinng light”to the World, your president KILLED small business. God Save America,bring back the “GIPPER”. 

Isn’t it strange,only libs could say America sucks,or muslim-terrorists. Have You ever seen a conservative burning our flag? NEVER HAPPENED in history of America. Timzank,move back to Qatar,or Syria,moron. 

You’re America hater.Are You playing video games well into Your twenties? Or ,better yet”Twigster” returning home to mommy’s basement,UNABLE to make a living.Just watch,Berry Soetorro will transform our great nation,send You a check from the White House. So far,he only SPEND<SPEND<SPEND. In last 3 years any Real Jobs?

I would Move UC berkeley to Moscow,the most un-American University in our country. All the brains,yet dumb-dumder,and Morons. Imagine,wanting to breing Gitmo rejects to Berkeley,give the nice housing,etc.The WHOLE world turned them away,remember a few months ago?.Luckily the City Council rejected big-brain ideas.

Tillie,as a liberal,can You explain why do we need to transform our country like Europe? Look at Greece,a Third of them work for Government,which only SHUFFLES paper,produces NOTHING. If private sector is not producing,You can see the results. Now comes Italy,Spain with 22%unemployement. Do we really want to emulate European socialism?