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ProudLib72

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5. I watch Ken Burns' Dust bowl

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 02:11 PM

Mar 2017

What the mid-west doesn't want to think about is that in twenty years the Ogallala aquifer will be depleted and their precious farms will be blown over the Atlantic. What really irritates me about their complacency is that, as long as they are their farms are fine, everything else is fine. It doesn't matter if the rest of the country is on fire, they vote repuke because that's just what they do. But when those farms start blowing away, they are going to cry to government to save them.

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"Nobody Really Cares": The Rural Voter Problem [View all] ProudLib72 Mar 2017 OP

What rules, exactly, would you change? RedWedge Mar 2017 #1

Electoral college ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #2

Good luck with that! WillowTree Mar 2017 #42

One person, one equally weighted vote. Crunchy Frog Mar 2017 #23

Somehow I feel it was mostly russia who decided to have that president. There are many more against caroldansen Mar 2017 #3

In progressive areas people might be getting off the sidelines, but... Amishman Mar 2017 #19

Indeed. Repub support for him is approaching unanimity. It's mind boggling to me. LonePirate Mar 2017 #26

41% of eligible voters just didn't show up. sofa king Mar 2017 #33

After watching a couple of Ken Burns documentaries TNLib Mar 2017 #4

I watch Ken Burns' Dust bowl ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #5

meanwhile they were drinking their homemade hooch lame54 Mar 2017 #9

I was at civic club meeting yesterday Cosmocat Mar 2017 #6

I was at a meeting the other night with rural Trump voters. raging moderate Mar 2017 #13

YEP Cosmocat Mar 2017 #18

I'd love to ask that assclown how it is that a heterosexual divorce, for example, Aristus Mar 2017 #22

If your 55 yr marriage is a mockery, that's your own doing. Crunchy Frog Mar 2017 #24

Exactly :) n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2017 #45

No gay marriage ever affected my 45 years of marriage Marthe48 Mar 2017 #29

55yr marriage Ezior Mar 2017 #32

What a grumpy old man Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2017 #43

This is why we should work to dilute their vote ratio down to 3:1 ileus Mar 2017 #7

I don't think we need to ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #8

Not fair to old liberals Marthe48 Mar 2017 #11

How about farmer elitism? ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #12

Says they are country boys, not farm boys Marthe48 Mar 2017 #15

I have a friend who was born in Ohio, then moved away. raging moderate Mar 2017 #27

I was born in Ohio, stayed my whole life Marthe48 Mar 2017 #31

A five dollar potato would be fair to everyone. LanternWaste Mar 2017 #16

Not a $5 potato ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #25

Here's what $20 billion buys you ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #35

I feel that hitech tower farms will be the future of farming. Blue_true Mar 2017 #17

You could not be more wrong GulfCoast66 Mar 2017 #41

I suggest that you look up tower farms, wavelength tuned grow lights and Blue_true Mar 2017 #48

I work in agriculture GulfCoast66 Mar 2017 #49

The list of vertically farmed fruit and vegetables Blue_true Mar 2017 #54

Way to promote Democracy. WillowTree Mar 2017 #44

We're not worried about democracy...we want to do what's right. ileus Mar 2017 #50

Wow!!! Just WOW!!! WillowTree Mar 2017 #52

Sometimes I genuinely think we need 2 separate presidents butdiduvote Mar 2017 #10

I have come to feel that we need to split into two countries. Blue_true Mar 2017 #21

well, in my neighborhood nobody really cares if the culture of rural America disappears from geek tragedy Mar 2017 #14

They care about the END, but don't care about the MEANS to get there. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2017 #20

I'm a rural Texan luvMIdog Mar 2017 #28

I've been wondering this since the Bush years. Initech Mar 2017 #30

I don't think blanket insults are productive. Making assumptions about anyone who is rural? luvMIdog Mar 2017 #34

I apologize for lumping you with everyone else ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #36

Thank you :) I appreciate you saying so :) luvMIdog Mar 2017 #37

A lot of people like my hubby and me marlakay Mar 2017 #47

I went to college in Wilmington (featured in article) theglammistress Mar 2017 #38

I went to Wilmington as a kid in the late 70's and early 80's to see the Bengals practice. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2017 #39

I really detest hearing about "small town values" Skittles Mar 2017 #40

Sadly, you can't change a fool Dan Mar 2017 #46

hey, watch your mouth vlyons Mar 2017 #51

I agree with luvMIdog and vlyons Bayard Mar 2017 #53