BlueIris
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Tue Jan-09-07 04:33 AM
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Poll question: Most corrupt state in the nation? |
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Edited on Tue Jan-09-07 04:38 AM by BlueIris
A discussion on the soon-to-be-authored-by-another Cannonfire made me want to transfer it to this site.
What, in your estimation, is the most corrupt state in America? Use your own criteria. I just tossed out what I see as the "biggies" in this poll, feel free to throw out your own, though please post your rationale.
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Tue Jan-09-07 04:35 AM
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1. Texas = Self-explanatory. :P n/t |
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Edited on Tue Jan-09-07 04:36 AM by ShortnFiery
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BlueIris
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Tue Jan-09-07 04:38 AM
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4. Oh, crap. I'll have to fix the poll now. nt |
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:04 AM
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9. That was my first thought as well.... |
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although I think it would be a dead heat between Florida and Texas. The armpits of the nation.
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Tue Jan-09-07 04:37 AM
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2. FL, two votes to one, it's unanimous. |
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Edited on Tue Jan-09-07 04:37 AM by pinniped
Those crooks in charge cost us big time.
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Tue Jan-09-07 04:39 AM
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5. Just like in FL, not everyone's vote will count. |
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Tue Jan-09-07 04:37 AM
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3. I went with Florida, if anyone cares. Because: '00. And: '04. |
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Also--Bush/Bush, Feeney/Lem/Curtis, Harris, NASA, Bush....we need to stage a national intervention to save Florida.
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Tue Jan-09-07 04:46 AM
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6. Wyoming, because they let Cheney claim it as his home . . . |
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He and Smirk would never have been a team had Wyoming not let them slip by the residency rules.
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Tue Jan-09-07 04:47 AM
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7. corruption is systemic |
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in America. It's hard to say which state comes out on top.
All you have to do is really look at local and state politics. Many people have the illusion that things are run well in their state...until they get their eyes opened one way or the other. In every state there is widespread corruption. If you don't believe it, you need to take a deeper look.
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Tue Jan-09-07 04:59 AM
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8. hey..it is polls like this that keep DC from becoming a state..!! |
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:32 AM
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10. I see that Florida is winning this poll |
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But never mind; I'm sure that with Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris around, it will be recorded as getting no votes at all!
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:35 AM
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Wed Jan-10-07 06:58 PM
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40. And THAT'S WHY It's Winning! |
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Cruella was my Rep., and now I don't know who "really" is!
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:49 AM
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12. Where's GA on the list or AL? Both have elections determined by machine. |
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GA is all Diebold all the time, no audit, no verification, and election after election with suspicious results. AL has given all counting over to the machines too I believe so there's no chance of democracy there for many years into the future I would imagine.
When the elections are pre-determined, corruption follows as the night the day. This is what gave us the corruption we have had in Washington. And the only reason we got the Democratic surge in 06 was that the landslide was so great the machines weren't tuned high enough to steal it except in a handful of cases (FL-13 e.g.).
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Tue Jan-09-07 06:52 AM
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15. E-voting makes poll tax and Jim crow laws unnecessary |
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I lived there for a few years during the first gulf war and was speaking out about it just in general conversation and was approached and told that if i continued not "Supporting the Troops" bad things would happen. I have no fondness for that state where the skies are so blue and some of the powerful ones are rotten to the core.
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Wed Jan-10-07 06:50 PM
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38. Yeah, even the state level "Ds" here are pwn3d by the right. nt. |
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Tue Jan-09-07 06:17 AM
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13. when we lived in Fla. |
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they called the members of the legislature. the good old boys. sure it has not changed much. Of course runner up would be Texas. Strange mix.
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Tue Jan-09-07 06:50 AM
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14. Georgia. Owned and run by Karl Rove and Ralph Reed. nt |
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Tue Jan-09-07 07:53 AM
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16. Not surprised to see Florida getting so many votes. |
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Tue Jan-09-07 03:47 PM
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19. Ohio is now under new management |
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my office received a call today from Governor Strickland's office, and I cheered..I could NOT help it...the woman I spoke with said it has been like that since they took office...everywhere she has called people like me have said "Yay, Governor Strickland".
She can hardly get her calls made, but she is delighted and passing ALL of the responses on.
FLA can win the big game (as it should be if you play damn zone defense an entire football game), but ....
OHIO IS UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT...YIPPEE!
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Wed Jan-10-07 07:59 AM
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Tue Jan-09-07 03:49 PM
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I've lived here my whole life and even i can't believe some of the stuff that goes on. We've had both dems and repukes go to jail over this stuff. And it's been going on since the 19th century. The Professor
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Wed Jan-10-07 01:02 PM
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O'Leary's cow may have been the sanest one in the whole states history.
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Wed Jan-10-07 08:14 AM
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Okay - So what does this say about me? Almost my entire family was born in Ohio (Cleveland and Cincinnati) but for most of my life I have lived in Maryland, both of which are on the list. I live in DC metro area but have a sister in Manassas, Va so go to Virginia alot. How could this state not make the list? The state capital Richmond, heavily Republican, tries to pretend like Northern Virginia doesn't exist since its heavily Democratic. N. Va has some of the worst roads/traffic congestion I have ever seen and yet the state government doesn't seem to care about trying to fix it. They are too busy funneling money to their "struggling" tobacco farmers and the gun lobby.
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Wed Jan-10-07 08:20 AM
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23. Well, I had to leave CA and WI off the list, too. |
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Wisconsin is supposedly a madhouse of corruption, you know.
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Wed Jan-10-07 09:31 AM
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24. I'm kinda surprised that TX hasn't gotten more votes. |
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But not surprised to see that Florida is still winning.
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Wed Jan-10-07 09:39 AM
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25. Also--MD has no votes? |
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A compelling post on Cannonfire explained that the author felt Maryland was the most corrupt state because citizens there no longer objected to the corruption, and treated it as almost normal.
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Wed Jan-10-07 10:35 AM
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26. Oh, come on. That's it? |
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Surely we have stronger feelings about corruption that this.
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Wed Jan-10-07 10:37 AM
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27. I've always heard that R.I. was extremely corrupt |
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Wed Jan-10-07 10:41 AM
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28. oh yea, we do have our criminals also. |
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Wed Jan-10-07 12:15 PM
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29. The reason I put R.I. up there had to do with all of its alleged mafia activity. |
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Which is supposedly quite pronounced.
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Wed Jan-10-07 12:20 PM
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30. It's a toss-up..Texas or Florida. I voted Florida just because they're so blatant with |
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the corruption and the 2000 election theft, but Texas is a close second and my state, Illinois, isn't far behind.:)
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Wed Jan-10-07 12:21 PM
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31. Bada-Bing! Votin' for my homies in Jersey. |
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Wed Jan-10-07 12:50 PM
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I've little experience with Texas, so it's difficult to comment on that state.
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Wed Jan-10-07 03:16 PM
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34. Kick. Because you can never rag on corruption enough. nt |
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Wed Jan-10-07 03:36 PM
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35. It's Florida, no question about it. |
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Almost every level of government is bought and paid for here and the corruption is open to the public. It's sickening.
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Wed Jan-10-07 03:46 PM
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36. Any state's corruption fails miserably as compared to the corruption |
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Wed Jan-10-07 06:49 PM
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37. Oooh, TX is now up to 25 votes. Excellent. nt |
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Wed Jan-10-07 06:56 PM
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39. FLORIDA FOR SURE! And My County Is NUMBER ONE! |
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I think so anyway. Just got a notice yesterday that I can only buy CITIZENS Insurance and rate hike is up by OVER 750 percent!
But there are many counties having lots of gripes!
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Wed Jan-10-07 06:59 PM
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41. Pennsylvania should be on the list. |
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Probably scratch MD off. Harrisburg is much worse than Annapolis.
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Wed Jan-10-07 07:01 PM
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42. California, hands down, no contest. |
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Arnie is the biggest pig on the pile.
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Wed Jan-10-07 07:03 PM
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Edited on Wed Jan-10-07 07:05 PM by devilgrrl
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Thu Jan-11-07 06:01 AM
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I had totally forgotten to even consider Utah, but maybe I should have. It's not so much a state as it is a haven for a cult.
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Wed Jan-10-07 07:11 PM
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44. As a proud Buckeye I cast my vote for Ohio |
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