An Alabama fan told me he was going to the LSU game in Baton Rouge. I asked if he was going to

[RB TexLa]

throw dog food at us and tell us it's our FEMA rations like they did in 2005 after Katrina. He said "Yeah if they would eat it, it'd be less of Bama's tax dollars we'd have to send you."

[southernyankeebelle]

1. Isn't so funny how christain these people are in red states.

[Bolo Boffin]

2. This Bama fan would NEVER have done anything like that.

And would have roundly cussed out any Bama fans he saw doing something so heinous.

Bama's tax dollars? (scoff) Alabama takes in more than it pays out in tax dollars, just like most of the former Confederacy. Ignorance doesn't become any group of people.

[former9thward]

4. What dollars would you stop from going to AL?

or "most of the former Confederacy"? Do you object that the South has a large number of military retirees getting federal pensions and disability payments? What exactly would you stop to 'even' it up?

D.C. gets 4 times ($6.17) the federal money per dollar paid than AL ($1.61). Should DC be pared down first?

[Mariana]

8. Funny, I didn't see any such suggestion in that post.

It is true that many Repukes living in red states have the idea that their states are paying more to the federal government than they receive, when the reverse is true for almost all of them.

[former9thward]

11. "they receive"

Who is the "they"?

[Mariana]

12. Entities in that state that receive money from the federal government.

Individuals, government agencies, etc, for whatever reason. Who did you think? And where did you get the idea that anyone posting on this thread wants any of it stopped? No one said ANYTHING like that.

And why does it matter who "they" is anyway? Remember that the post you responded to is about a Repuke hypocrite who didn't want any federal tax money from his state to be spent in another state, when his own state gets more money from the federal government than its residents pay.

[former9thward]

14. It matters when DUers call residents of red states "leeches" and "parasites".

It hasn't happened so far in this thread but has happened in similar threads.

It's a well known fact that the Blue States subsidize the lazy, good-for-nothing Red State Leeches. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021083531

[Bolo Boffin]

16. But I didn't do that.

So I'll thank you not to imply otherwise.

[former9thward]

23. I never said you did and you know it.

So stop with the faux outrage. I distinctly said other threads where the subject of federal money have come up. And I posted one of dozens.

[Bolo Boffin]

24. You certainly are implying it by giving me the third degree about it.

Since I've never said anything of the sort, why are you asking me about such things at all?

Why don't you discuss the subject of the OP here instead of continuing this strange obsession with me?

[Mariana]

31. Obviously, you're responsible for those posts.

Somehow.


Funny, isn't it, how YOU'RE being attacked, but the asshole the OP is about, who said he'd like to throw dog food at hurricane victims, gets no mention at all. THAT isn't worthy of comment. YOUR post, though, is grounds for all this indignation.

[Bolo Boffin]

32. For someone who's formerly of the 9th Ward of New Orleans

you would think former9thward could see what I was saying.

Oh, well. Thanks for trying to talk some reason to him or her.

[Bolo Boffin]

9. I don't think I said that I would stop any dollars going to Alabama.

*checks his post again*

Nope.

[former9thward]

10. I have seen repeated posts like yours sneering at the South and so-called 'red states'.

I have seen them referred to as "leeches" and "parasites". When I ask these posters exactly who are the leeches and parasites they go silent.

[Mariana]

13. I think the poster was "sneering"

at the individual Repuke hypocrite, if anything. There are Repuke hypocrites in every state. This one happens to live in Alabama. So what?

And I used to live in Mobile, went to middle school and high school there, and I liked it, for the most part. I still visit friends there every year or so. I am not anti-southern. I AM anti-Repuke hypocrite.

Edited to add: Are you seriously defending someone who says he would throw dog food to hurricane victims from another state so as to not spend government money to help them? Seriously? Because he lives in the South, you think it's unacceptable to point out his hypocrisy, in addition to his cruelty and stupidity? That's fucking sick.

[former9thward]

15. Your post is the only thing "sick" on this thread.

My posts have said nothing about the OP dog food crap and I was not responding to those comments whatsoever and you know it . Nice attempt to throw a strawman in there when you have nothing else to throw.

[Bolo Boffin]

17. "My posts have said nothing about the OP dog food crap" -- No, they haven't.

Instead, what you've been doing is attacking me on a tangent. What I suggest is that you stop finding a way to attack me and start commenting on the OP.

[Mariana]

19. You're responding to imaginary comments.

Speaking of strawmen. No one on this thread said or even implied any of the things you seem to be upset about. It's not nice, as you pointed out, to make shit up about what other people have posted, and then attack them for it.

[former9thward]

21. Then you should be able to quote my posts where I have made up shit.

And accused the poster of saying it. Be specific. I won't hold my breath.

[Bolo Boffin]

18. What I was sneering at was the idiocy of the disgraceful Bama fan worried about his tax money

going to help flood victims.

Maybe if you were here to discuss the subject instead of pursue your 9/11 Truth-fueled agenda with me, you would have figured that out.

[former9thward]

22. "9/11 truth-fueled agenda"????

Whatever the fuck that means.

[Bolo Boffin]

25. Why don't you start discussing the OP instead of attacking me, former9thward? n/t

[RedStateLiberal]

5. Ditto.

And, Roll Tide!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. You've no relation to this person, correct?

If I'm understanding that correctly, then eviscerate the idiot.

I only try to remain polite to those whom I'm somehow linked to. If your have no link here, vent your spleen. You'll feel better and in some ways it's therapeutic.

Just a suggestion. I'm not sure if this is even still possible, or of the window has closed.

[VenusRising]

6. I would remind him that red states get more welfare money.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/03/11/red-states-are-the-real-welfare-states/

[RB TexLa]

7. It's just about how Americans look at us

[Tom Ripley]

20. I'm shocked, Alabamians are renowned for the grace and civility!

[my boy x dog]

26. Nothing is off-limits

when it comes to SEC football fans talking smack to each other.

[Motown_Johnny]

27. maybe this will help

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2004/09/red_states_feed.html

^snip^


States Receiving Most in Federal Spending Per Dollar of Federal Taxes Paid:
1. D.C. ($6.17)
2. North Dakota ($2.03)
3. New Mexico ($1.89)
4. Mississippi ($1.84)
5. Alaska ($1.82)
6. West Virginia ($1.74)
7. Montana ($1.64)
8. Alabama ($1.61)
9. South Dakota ($1.59)
10. Arkansas ($1.53)


Red States Feed at Federal Trough, Blue States Supply the Feed

Monday, September 27, 2004

The Tax Foundation has released a fascinating report showing which states benefit from federal tax and spending policies, and which states foot the bill.
The report shows that of the 32 states (and the District of Columbia) that are "winners" -- receiving more in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes -- 76% are Red States that voted for George Bush in 2000. Indeed, 17 of the 20 (85%) states receiving the most federal spending per dollar of federal taxes paid are Red States. Here are the Top 10 states that feed at the federal trough (with Red States highlighted in bold):

[ruhulaminrete324]

28. nice

varey nice post

[faridul33]

29. "leeches" and "parasites"

I have seen them referred to as "leeches" and "parasites". When I ask these posters exactly who are the leeches and parasites they go silent.

[faridul33]

30. hi

nice word