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34. Hell no! Colorado here!

Reply to el_bryanto (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 01:22 PM

Jul 2013

We are now BLUE! We are the healthiest of all states. Plus... Legal Weed!

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Are you ashamed of the state you live in? [View all] el_bryanto Jul 2013 OP

New York State is a great place to live. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #1

I miss it. Agschmid Jul 2013 #107

I love California! AsahinaKimi Jul 2013 #2

+100! zappaman Jul 2013 #51

Yep!! There too! AsahinaKimi Jul 2013 #56

Me, too! displacedtexan Jul 2013 #104

I am ashamed of the nation I live in. Safetykitten Jul 2013 #3

+1 forestpath Jul 2013 #8

Do you think being ashamed of your nation influence the way you talk to people about it? el_bryanto Jul 2013 #13

Ditto marions ghost Jul 2013 #106

Yes HockeyMom Jul 2013 #4

far from it. cali Jul 2013 #5

California makes me proud mitchtv Jul 2013 #6

I see what you did there. Blue_In_AK Jul 2013 #55

I love my state, CA PasadenaTrudy Jul 2013 #87

I live in PA where the thugs just recently gerrymandered all the districts to favor them making it appleannie1 Jul 2013 #7

I'm ashamed of PA. Voted in Teabagger Corbett as governor.PA House &Senate are teabagger controlled. AlinPA Jul 2013 #96

Ashamed? No. Pissed off at the state of things? Yes. WorseBeforeBetter Jul 2013 #9

I'm ashamed that so many North Carolinians voted for these idiots. eom tarheelsunc Jul 2013 #11

Agree marions ghost Jul 2013 #110

Not at all, premium Jul 2013 #10

Somewhat. Brigid Jul 2013 #12

Rhode Island - Lobsters and Mobsters! nt hack89 Jul 2013 #14

Thrilled We Passed Ammenment 64 - Sickened By Guns otohara Jul 2013 #15

wisconsin--need i say more? dembotoz Jul 2013 #16

I've been proud of my beloved Commonwealth all my life Blue_Tires Jul 2013 #17

Conch Republic here tavernier Jul 2013 #18

No., because I am not responsible for how others act in this state. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #19

I don't think the stereotyping charge works in this case el_bryanto Jul 2013 #29

^^this^^ Puzzledtraveller Jul 2013 #30

That's the attitude that allows 29 States including the entire South to allow legal discrimination Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #72

I live in Virginia and while ohheckyeah Jul 2013 #20

How could anyone be ashamed of Vermont? karynnj Jul 2013 #21

I wish to heaven Aerows Jul 2013 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author zeeland Jul 2013 #94

Mississippi Aerows Jul 2013 #22

MN...yes, sometimes. Apophis Jul 2013 #23

Embarrased, sometimes, by the politics NoPasaran Jul 2013 #25

I'm pretty proud of MD Xyzse Jul 2013 #26

I live in Texas Horse with no Name Jul 2013 #27

No. If the whole country was like my state, we'd be better off. RedCappedBandit Jul 2013 #28

Well, some silly shit pipi_k Jul 2013 #31

To the contrary, from New York - so much to like about New York. closeupready Jul 2013 #32

NY is where I grew up mitchtv Jul 2013 #90

If I didn't live here, I'd likely live in CA, too. closeupready Jul 2013 #91

The UK is a great place to live. dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #33

Hell no! Colorado here! SomethingFishy Jul 2013 #34

Colorado. No. nt DevonRex Jul 2013 #35

I live in northern VA, which I like very much, all american girl Jul 2013 #36

I'm also in NOVA, and I love our part of the state. 11 Bravo Jul 2013 #37

Yep, south of F'burg and you come to my town, Richmond, tea bag central. It's almost Nay Jul 2013 #50

Holy crap, isn't that the truth.... all american girl Jul 2013 #67

I live in California. Democrats ONCE AGAIN saved the state and balanced the budget Taverner Jul 2013 #38

Sucked that Californians voted for Prop 8. Good thing the courts overturned it (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #44

Yes and yes Taverner Jul 2013 #47

The "Courts" didn't overturn it without Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #65

Happy to be living in CA upaloopa Jul 2013 #39

I live in Minnesota when not in South America. Puglover Jul 2013 #40

North Carolina has become a conservative fringe cesspool bowens43 Jul 2013 #41

Washington is a great state LittleBlue Jul 2013 #42

CT: Second state to allow same-sex marriage. Dem governor, two Dem senators, Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #43

Since I moved out of the south, no! I'm fed up with Confederate-Americans coldmountain Jul 2013 #45

Where do you live? n/t Dawgs Jul 2013 #46

I love Texas! arely staircase Jul 2013 #48

That's the right attitude. This wholesale trashing of entire states needs to stop. (nt) Paladin Jul 2013 #61

We need to reward the more progressive states and punish the more institutionally bigoted states coldmountain Jul 2013 #68

or come to Texas and help us register Hispanic voters? nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #75

Thank you, Sir or Madam. May we have another? (nt) Paladin Jul 2013 #92

If you believe all the south is like that Sissyk Jul 2013 #101

Thank you staircase!! Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2013 #66

Just remember one major reason Texas rebelled against Mexico was Mexico outlawing slavery coldmountain Jul 2013 #73

Like I said, come to Texas and help us register young Hispanic voters nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #76

Thank you, Sir or Madam. May we have another? (nt) Paladin Jul 2013 #93

You said it better than I could derby378 Jul 2013 #86

California embarrasses me olddots Jul 2013 #49

Me too aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2013 #62

another coloradoan checking in fizzgig Jul 2013 #52

I'm a Floridian, and not at all am I ashamed of Florida. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2013 #53

No, I love Alaska. Blue_In_AK Jul 2013 #54

Tennessee, and a lot of the time, I am. Punkingal Jul 2013 #57

I live in Florida and am definitely not ashamed of my state. NCTraveler Jul 2013 #58

I don't think someone is their state Shankapotomus Jul 2013 #59

I like it here Bluzmann57 Jul 2013 #60

Proud to be a 6th generation Pennsylvanian MadrasT Jul 2013 #63

My dad grew up in Pennsylvania and went to an integrated high school in 1950 coldmountain Jul 2013 #74

I love Pennsylvania but I am ashamed of our current government. femmocrat Jul 2013 #103

Oregon? No. nt LWolf Jul 2013 #64

I love New York footinmouth Jul 2013 #69

Absolutely - I ought to tidy up, and look after the garden more muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #70

Of course not that is ridiculous. I am ashamed of the PEOPLE Rex Jul 2013 #71

We moved from CA to OR to WA. BC was to be next but we got old. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #77

I live in Connecticut, and definitely Not, N/T Throckmorton Jul 2013 #78

This message was self-deleted by its author LumosMaxima Jul 2013 #79

Arkansas. I love it here. Seeking Serenity Jul 2013 #80

Heard great things about Arkansas. nt Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #83

Lots of natural beauty. Seeking Serenity Jul 2013 #89

Beauty is the ticket. I love hunting, too. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #112

I used to be, but not so much now. musical_soul Jul 2013 #81

Born & raised in FL, live in Texas. Ashamed of neither. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #82

Well, maybe not "mostly". A minority. Or things would be better. n-t Logical Jul 2013 #109

So many are apathetic due to lack of a meaningful alternative. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #111

My two cents re: North Dakota Iceberg Louie Jul 2013 #84

I love Virginia, dgibby Jul 2013 #85

Not sure what you mean. The people? The gvt? Prevailing attitudes? uppityperson Jul 2013 #88

Washington State is an oasis. zeeland Jul 2013 #95

No, I am not ashamed. Lone_Star_Dem Jul 2013 #97

Not sure what state I'm considered living in tabbycat31 Jul 2013 #98

HELL YES, I live in kansas!! n-t Logical Jul 2013 #99

after I'm with grad school can not WAIT to leave GA bench scientist Jul 2013 #100

Other than Chris Christie, not at all. name not needed Jul 2013 #102

Hell no and actually none of the states I've lived in... Agschmid Jul 2013 #105

Not at all. I live in MA. smirkymonkey Jul 2013 #108