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    Life Outside NYC Turns Man Homicidal

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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    10/13/09

    In reply to Life Outside NYC Turns Man Homicidal
    The outlier states are full of psychos.

    Pot, meet Kettle. Now get busy and take those coals to Newcastle.
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    10/13/09

    In reply to Life Outside NYC Turns Man Homicidal
    Yup, made my week. And Carr owed me a bear hug.
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    Image of thatgirlinnewyork thatgirlinnewyork
    10/13/09

    In reply to Life Outside NYC Turns Man Homicidal
    and i'd kill for my new york times to not felate corporate america on a daily basis. take a number.
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    Image of Coralvillain Coralvillain
    10/13/09

    In reply to Life Outside NYC Turns Man Homicidal
    The Midwest is the heartland. New York is the outlier state. Not as much as Hawaii but still.
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    10/13/09

    @Coralvillain: Are you speaking geographically? When NYC has a larger population than all of those empty Western states combined and a population larger than many midwest states, it can't really be considered an outlier (especially when you add in the rest of the state's population).
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    10/13/09

    @Coralvillain: Oh great. Now the Amish have computers.
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    10/13/09

    @Coralvillain: The heartland of what?
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    10/13/09

    @nozer: Statistically speaking, I think New York is probably an outlier on the following as a percentage of population: hipsters, unemployed people with journalism degrees, "artists" and people who think the world revolves around NY.
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    10/13/09

    @Coralvillain: amen. provincial as sh-t around here. this coming from a local. and anyone who talks like that is really not worldly enough to be considered a New Yorker in the proud sense of the word, and is very unlikely to be a native.
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    10/13/09

    @greengrey: Let's say we stop producing what we produce, say food, and NY stops producing what it produces, Broadway shows, dying magazines, "fashion", hipsters and trust fund kids who think they are special because they live in NY.
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    10/13/09

    @Coralvillain: Because all my food comes from the midwest. A ha! You're smart!
    And yes, NY only produces stereotypes.
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    Image of Coralvillain Coralvillain
    10/13/09

    @son of spam: Yes, but they run on LP or compressed air :)
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    Image of City_Dater City_Dater
    10/13/09

    @Coralvillain:

    Because everyone who lives in the midwest is a farmer, and everyone who lives in New York is in entertainment, publishing, or a hanger-on.

    Your inferiority complex is showing, dork.
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    10/13/09

    @greengrey: Well, the vast majority of your food sure as hell doesn't come from NY City and most of the New Yorkers I read about on Gawker are fairly stereotypical in one way or another so the generalization isn't much of a stretch. Your snark is poor. Try harder.
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    10/13/09

    @City_Dater: Your superiority complex is showing, a**hole. My original comment was made tongue in cheek. Your the one taking offense.
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    10/13/09

    @Coralvillain: I can see where you'd be confused about all the media-types, what with this being a media blog. And I say this as someone who lived in Bettendorf for a good chunk of my life: Shhhhh, Iowa.
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    10/13/09

    @Coralvillain: but the world does revolve around NY.
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    10/13/09

    @Coralvillain: That's too bad. The thought of a sixteen-hand Standardbred on a treadmill was delightful. For a second.
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    10/13/09

    @gargamel: But Toronto is the centre of the universe, right? That's what we've always been told.
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    10/13/09

    @LatestBy: Fort Dodge/Ottumwa, myself. settle down, pumpkin. :D
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    10/13/09

    @labyrinthine IS DOING THIS: Grinnell represent!
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    10/13/09

    @raincoaster: of course. and texas is the black hole.
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    10/14/09

    @LatestBy: I work in Davenport :) We invented the couch here you know.
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    Image of My_Latest_Incarnation My_Latest_Incarnation
    09/04/09

    In reply to Teabaggers Ambush, Listen Politely To Al Franken
    They may be all ginned up with outrage, but these are people who've been conditioned for generations to listen politely to literally anyone talking to them.

    Well, they are next door neighbors to the Canadians. It's bound to have an effect on them.
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    09/14/09

    @My_Latest_Incarnation: Isn't Lake Woebegon there, too?
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Teabaggers Ambush, Listen Politely To Al Franken
    Franken & Frank: Insurance Reform Tour - 2009
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    Image of vampirebris vampirebris
    09/04/09

    In reply to Teabaggers Ambush, Listen Politely To Al Franken
    Aww, I'm proud to be a Minnesota and to have voted for Franken. Now we just have to run Michelle Bachmann out of the state (politely, of course).
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    09/04/09

    @vampirebris: In all seriousness, can you please explain Michelle Bachmann to us? How in the world did she get elected? Do people in MN really see how crazy she is, or is she all set for re-election?
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    09/04/09

    @pinkteapot: I think a nutjob like MB gets elected by coalescing factions (taxes. guns. abortion) who are each willing to overlook incompetence and insanity because of their single-issue politics. When combined with a conservative-leaning district like the 6th, you've got Michele Bachmann.

    She's bat shit crazy, but she's wily that one...
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    09/04/09

    @pinkteapot: I went to college in Stearns County and I left before she got in, and I seriously cannot explain it. It's always been Republican, but Kennedy was nothing like her. There have to be enough crazies in St. Cloud, which is why they won't build the light rail out there after all
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Teabaggers Ambush, Listen Politely To Al Franken
    I think that the Minnesota State Fairgrounds are kind of a political Green Zone for the state. There is political crap all over and everyone is pretty decent and nice to each other about it. Years ago when Paul Wellstone was there a guy next to me told him "Your politics represent everything I hate, but you seem like real damn smart, nice guy." and Wellstone freaking hugged him.
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    09/04/09

    @TheUptightMidwesterner: Wellstone. Weep. A tragedy I have never gotten over and never will.
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    Image of robotwaste robotwaste
    09/04/09

    In reply to Teabaggers Ambush, Listen Politely To Al Franken
    Maybe Obama just put this guy in front of the cameras to explain health care to the country. Nice job Al Franken.
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    Image of rubyruby rubyruby
    09/04/09

    @robotwaste: totally. this is one of the most rational, polite tacks I've seen any politician take. Of course it doesn't hurt that his audience is polite but yes, very well done, Senator Franken.
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    Image of skt.smth skt.smth
    09/04/09

    In reply to Teabaggers Ambush, Listen Politely To Al Franken
    I think the main difference here--and this is a big one--is that Franken actually knows how to talk to real, non-politician people. It helps that the crowd is made up of people who, as Fox News brainwashed as they may be, can't in their heart of hearts shut down another legitimate Minnesotan in what's become the typical "town hell" fashion.

    And I think another huge thing he does right here is he talks about Minnesota's progressive stance on healthcare, so he's pulling these people in on something they presumably benefit from already and, therefore, support.

    But at the end of the day, Michelle Bachmann aside, Minnesota conservatives are some of the softest around. Its history with agriculture means that, yeah, you have a good many salt of the earth types--social conservatives, basically--wandering around, but they are also in line with working class politics, and are more inclined to eschew the social conservatism if it means liberal progress in other areas that more closely affect their lives.
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    09/04/09

    @skt.smth: ..and for that..you are hearted. Very well put.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    09/04/09

    In reply to Teabaggers Ambush, Listen Politely To Al Franken
    i love him even more than jon stewart.
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    09/04/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: I know. He makes Obama (whom I love for all time) look like Nerdie McStiffington.
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    Image of WackoJacko WackoJacko
    09/04/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: HOLLA AT ME.
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    09/04/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: I mean, seriously, NO CONTEST.
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    Image of skt.smth skt.smth
    09/04/09

    @Banjo-Sea Kitten: I bet he can smell the scent of Beef Wellington wafting from the White House windows already.
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    09/04/09

    @skt.smth: make it non factory-farmed, grass fed with a Temple Grandin slaughter shute and you're on.
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Teabaggers Ambush, Listen Politely To Al Franken
    If Franken can mind his manners and steer clear of the hookers, I say he runs for President in 2016.
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    09/04/09

    @Banjo-Sea Kitten: And if he can watch who he takes money from, he'll have a trifecta.
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    09/04/09

    @Banjo-Sea Kitten: I'd take a comedian for president any day. We've tried misogynists, murderers, the brain dead, cowboys, average joes...It's time for some comedy.
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    09/04/09

    @FrankenPC: You've covered George W. Bush; who else ya got?
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Teabaggers Ambush, Listen Politely To Al Franken
    What the hell is this bull? There listening and talking about things calmly?!?! Pfftt.... stupid people. Oh, and Tea Bag shirt wearing lady's Mom is adorable. And clearly is just as confused as I am.
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    Image of Rhymenocerous Rhymenocerous
    09/04/09

    In reply to Teabaggers Ambush, Listen Politely To Al Franken
    This woman's opening question illustrates the problem with the debate: She assumes that what she wants is what most people want. False.
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    09/04/09

    @Rhymenocerous: especially when she qualifies it to "what the people who voted for you want," though I am assuming she didn't vote for him.
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    09/04/09

    In reply to Teabaggers Ambush, Listen Politely To Al Franken
    You will never ever see any of this clip on Fox

    Or, for that matter, on any TV that makes money off of the things they show. Which is all of them. Gotta love that capitalism.
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