Post your state or provincial motto:

[ohiosmith]

Ohio: With God, all things are possible

[Richardo]

1. Texas: Fuck Alaska

In fond memory of Molly Ivins. She once suggested that motto for the state license plates :rofl:

[trof]

4. Oh jeez, STOP! You're KILLIN' me!

:rofl:

[GOPisEvil]

16. That beats the hell out of "Friendship"!

:D

[av8rdave]

19. She also suggested "Thank GOD for Mississippi"

Or we'd be last in everything!

[sarge43]

49. Of course there's the Mexican lament

"Poor Mexico. So far from heaven, so close to Texas."

[Esra Star]

87. I thought Texas was:-

Servo Permaneo Bovis Pro Vestri.
:eyes:

[Guava Jelly]

2. Missouri:

"Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto" which is Latin for "Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law."
I like mine better :)

[trof]

3. Audemus jura nostra defendere: We Dare Defend Our Rights

Alabama.
Cradle of the Confederacy.
And so it goes.

[southpaw]

60. As a lifelong Alabamian

I was sure that the official motto was:

"But we've always done it THIS way."

[unsavedtrash]

75. I thought it was

Roll Tide Roll!
:evilgrin:

[Left Is Write]

5. Idaho: Esto Perpetua

[wildhorses]

6. Esse Quam Videri

To Be, Rather Than To Seem

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

I like that one. n/t

[huskerlaw]

7. Um...Eureka!

Way to be thought-provoking there, California!

My old state of Nebraska: Equality Before the Law. Hmm.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. My dear huskerlaw!

Eureka was what the guy was supposed to have said when he found gold!

I forget his name, though.... :blush:


:hi:

How's your vision?

[huskerlaw]

15. I figured it was gold-related, lol

And yet, :wtf:

;)

The vision is improving, though I can tell I've been staring at a computer screen all day and it's about time for my eye drops. Things are a bit blurry at the moment!

But overall, as of Saturday morning I was 20/20 in my right eye and 20/25 in my left. There's a general "softness," which is attributed to the inflammation of my cornea, and will get better within a week or so. The doc also expects both eyes to correct further, potentially to 20/10. :)

[Esra Star]

86. That was Archimedes, but he was sitting in a tub.....I think.......nt

[bicentennial_baby]

8. Massachusetts: By the sword she seeks peace under liberty

:)

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

9. Maine: Dirigo (I lead) n/t

[hippywife]

10. Oklahoma: "Labor omnia vincit"

Labor conquers all things. This in a "right to work" state. Kinda reminds me of this one: "Arbeit Macht Frei" :eyes:

[terrya]

12. Illinois:

"State Sovereignty, National Union"

[querelle]

13. Ontario Canada

"Yours To Discover." Oddly enough, it's also my personal motto, but on a much more intimate level.

Q

[terrya]

17. I like Ontario's motto a lot.

Very welcoming. :-)

[querelle]

20. Thanks!

If I remember correctly.............your SO lives in Toronto. No? I'm in Ottawa.

Q

[terrya]

29. Yeah, he lives in Toronto.

And we'll have to visit your fair city one day. :-)

[u4ic]

35. It used to be "Keep it Beautiful"

I think it was changed to the current motto in the 80's.

[SacredCow]

14. Louisiana....

Union, Justice, Confidence

[mwdem]

18. "Esse Quam Videri" (To Be Rather Than to Seem)

My home state of North Carolina.

[Nicole]

21. Oklahoma: "Labor omnia vincit" - Labor Conquers All Things n/t

[LanternWaste]

I always though thought the motto for OK was

I though thought the motto for OK was: "The part of Texas they didn't really want..."

(Sorry)

[Nicole]

81. That's o.k.

I'm glad to be the place that Texas didn't want. I don't look all that good with big hair. :P

[BreweryYardRat]

22. FL: "More batshit crazies, old people, fire ants and giant roaches per capita than anywhere else."

Now I'll go find the real state motto.

Which is..."In God We Trust."

[Critters2]

24. That is beautiful. nt

[querelle]

27. Love It

So beautiful. Really captures your state perfectly.

Q

[BreweryYardRat]

28. Why do you think I want to move?

;)

[SteppingRazor]

79. Are you kiddin'? I love living among the batshit crazies.

Why would you ever want to move away from here? Well, other than the fact that no one can afford to live here, of course.

[sarge43]

52. You might want to add "corrupt, smarmy politicians" to the list. n/t

[Wapsie B]

59. Iowa: Ahhh, smell that money!!

;-)


Ooops. meant to reply to mycritters.

note to self:need more coffee.:donut:

[Critters2]

23. Iowa: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain. nt

[Debi]

66. And here I thought it was: Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn n/t

[Rambis]

67. Better than "a state of minds" or "the tall corn state"

I wanted "Iowa a state" or "Iowa, not Idaho or Ohio"

There just aren't any good ones I have heard.

[Debi]

68. Were those Jim Nussle's ideas for the state motto or Culver's?

I can't recall...all that the two of them came up with at that debate were poor choices!

[Rambis]

73. Terry Brain dead (nm)

[Critters2]

89. A t-shirt I saw in Iowa City:

University of Iowa,
Idaho City,
Ohio

[Critters2]

88. No it's

IOWA: Illinois Only Without Assholes.

[Debi]

90. Okay, I like that one!! n/t

[Connonym]

25. Wisconsin : "Mmmm, fried cheese"

[mainegreen]

43. Funny.

:rofl:

[rug]

26. Virtue, Liberty and Independence - Pennsylvania

:puke:

[LostinVA]

30. For Lynnesin: "Delaware: THIS close to being a real state"

[KamaAina]

31. Ua mau ke ea o ka 'aina i ka pono

Take a flying guess. :-) Translation: "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness", although pono could also mean "harmony" or "balance", either one of which would work better.

[Aristus]

32. Most boring state motto award goes to: Washington State. Our Motto

"Alki"

A Salish word that means "by and by".

See? Boring! :boring:

[yvr girl]

33. PROVINCIAL MOTTOS THAT NEVER MADE THE CUT

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR "Lard Tunderin', Lamp-Lightin', J*sus"

NOVA SCOTIA "Our Province is Really Hard for Grade Schoolers to Draw"

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND "Spuds? We Got Spuds Comin' Out Our Arses!"

NEW BRUNSWICK "Property of K.C. Irving"

QUEBEC "Grudgingly Part of Canada -- For Now"

ONTARIO "As Far As We're Concerned, Canada Stops At Our Provincial Borders"

MANITOBA "Uncomfortably Close to Ontario"

SASKATCHEWAN "Unlike Nova Scotia, OUR Province is Really Easy for Grade Schoolers to Draw"

ALBERTA "Grudgingly Part of Canada -- For Now"

BRITISH COLUMBIA "Canadian Home of the Dope Smoking, Granola Munchers"

YUKON TERRITORIES "Don't Forget Us When the Americans Invade"

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES "You Can Ride our Black Flies"

NUNAVUT "No, We Don't Live in Igloos, You Moron"

[undeterred]

34. Wisconsin: Please give Tommy Thompson a job, we're sick of him.

[rockymountaindem]

36. Nil sine Numine

"Nothing Without Providence"

[sarge43]

37. New Hampshire: Live free or die

Unofficial:

Live, freeze and die

Leave your money, then freeze or die

[krispos42]

38. Minnesota: Yah, yoo betcha!

:rofl:

No, it's "Star of the North"

[LaraMN]

63. I thought it was, "Eh, wanna go muddin'?"

Perhaps that's just the motto for Northern MN.

[krispos42]

64. It might well be...

I'm originally from Connecticut. I still drink soda, not pop... :-)

[LaraMN]

65. I've oddly been finding myself calling it "soda," as well,

and I've lived in MN my whole life.
It's a phenomenon I am at a loss to explain!

[Alexander]

39. Connecticut: He who transplanted still sustains.

A bit amusing, since I moved to Arizona and remain a proud defender of everything Connecticut.

Except Bush. Sorry about that one.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

40. Michigan: Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice

"we circumcise amoebas"

And that's the extent of my knowledge of Latin.

[sarge43]

44. I've heard

If you seek a beautiful pennisula, check out Baja.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

45. That's only true if

you like your peninsulas warm and sunny.

If you like cold and cloudy, come to Michigan. And some of our roads might be better than some of the roads in Baja. Maybe. Barely.

I think Michigan may be the pot-hole capital of the nation. Something about the gravity anomolies, I think.

[sarge43]

48. Moth holes in the mitten, figuratively speaking. n/t

[mainegreen]

41. Maine: Look out for that moose. It's mating season don'tcha know.

[Burma Jones]

42. Maryland......

"Fatti maschii parole femine,"

loosely translated "manly deeds, womanly words," but more accurately translated as "strong deeds, gentle words."

[cmkramer]

92. Also

"With the shield of Thy good will, Thou hast covred us.". Sorry, I don't remember the orginal Latin.

I don't know if they still do this, but when I was a kid, Maryland schools took a semester - usually around middle school - and concentrated their history clases on the state. It was fairly all-encompassing, everything from triva like the state sport (jousting) to geography, social studies and history.

[Squatch]

46. Sic Semper Tyrannis

[LynneSin]

47. Delaware: We were first - the rest of you are a bunch of slackass lazy bums

:woohoo:

[LostinVA]

51. Nah -- this one is way better

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6427935#6428060

[LynneSin]

53. Tell your girlfriend to go f**k herself

I know those words did not come from you!! Yer my sis and would never say anything like that to me!

[LostinVA]

54. I love my sissie

Haruka makes me post these evil things about Delaware, the most beautiful state I've ever spent 15 minutes in.

:pals:

[LynneSin]

58. You're welcome to spend more than 15minutes in our lovely state

give me a call and we'll have lunch sometime when you're passing through. I know Haruka will never call - that loser :eyes:

[Crabby Appleton]

62. I thought Delaware was "we don't suck as bad as we used to"

[LostinVA]

76. hehehehehehe

[bertha katzenengel]

50. California: Eureka. Maryland: The Old Line State

:hi:

[NightWatcher]

55. From the Georgia State Seal: Wisdom, Justice, Moderation

nope, nope, nope. 0 for 3.

[Coyote_Bandit]

56. Oklahoma

is OK.

Yeah. Right. Whoever came up with that is definitely an optimist.

[Nicole]

82. That's just the slogan.

It's not even on our license plates anymore.

The state motto is: "Labor omnia vincit" - Labor Conquers All Things

[Coyote_Bandit]

83. .

What a crappy motto. Labor is not valued in Oklahoma. Any employer can dismiss any employee for any reason (or no reason) at any time. Cheating, manipulating, and taking advantage of others in order to prosper is the land run heritage of the state. I will never understand why folks here are so proud of that heritage. But then I don't need to understand it. I'm looking forward to starting my own little small business in another state where tax laws are more advantageous, the economy really is growing, population is increasing, and there is a steady tourist trade. No place in Oklahoma can offer a better business environment. So I've started a list of things I will most definitely not miss in Oklahoma. Top of the list? Republicans and fundies and other word of faith pentecostal charismatic type christians - especially christian business folks.

[MedleyMisty]

57. North Carolina

"To be, rather than to seem."

I love my state. When I was little we went on a trip to Oklahoma to see my mother's family, and when I saw the "Welcome to North Carolina" sign on the way home I started crying. The mountains, the foothills, the ocean, the trees, the grass, the sky - it's all a part of me.

[Joe Fields]

61. Missouri: Going backwards with vigor.

[Arkansas Granny]

69. Arkansas: Regnat Populus (The People Rule)

Our state slogan is "The Natural State".

[Gen. Jack D. Ripper]

70. Utah: Insanity!...err, uh...Industry!

I really hate it here.

[Deja Q]

71. Minnesota: 'India has more workers than the entire population of the US!'

(If we go by what our governor is currently frothing over...)

[Maraya1969]

72. FLORIDA: When I grow old I'm going to move north and drive slow

[ironflange]

74. Wyoming

The other rectangular state.

[Debi]

77. I was hoping for a slogan such as...

Wyoming...we didn't teach that MORAN how to shoot!! :yoiks:

[LanternWaste]

78. Texas State Legislature is currently debating...

Texas State Legislature is currently debating to replace the current motto with the following:

1. Texas: 7,000,000 people and only thirty-four last names... what's up with that?

[Forkboy]

80. Fitchburg,Ma - "We got crack and pizza!"

[bicentennial_baby]

84. ....

:rofl:

[emad]

85. GRAVITY is a myth the Earth sux

or words to that effect

[Lyric]

91. Montani Semper Liberi (Mountaineers are always free) n/t

[Liberalynn]

93. NY State

"Exelsior: Ever Upward."

I also was told of a bumper sticker that read: "Welcome to NY, now go home." ;)