If you love Vermont KICK this post!!!

[DuaneBidoux]

[aikoaiko]

1. kick

kindest bud east of the mississippi

[AllTooEasy]

73. I hate Vermont actually, but I LOVE their recent Universal Healthcare ruling.

Other than the mountains and great skiing, the rest of the state and it's citizens can be set ablaze. The people there are the most racist and unwelcoming people I ever experienced. I was treated better by Whites when I lived in the deep South(NC and LA)...and that's NO exaggeration!

Regardless, I hope this ruling proves contageous to other states. The President should openly praise it, but I'm not holding my breath.

[MasonJar]

102. I am appalled that you had this treatment anywhere. I hope you weren 't

treated like this in my state of Kentucky. If so, I apologize for the losers. Just remember that is what they are LOSERS, trying to make themselves feel like somebody.

[handmade34]

103. tsk, tsk

sorry about your experience... probably not a good idea to group so many together though... I know a few disgusting racist people in Vermont (most likely the same percentage per population of other states) and I know wonderful loving people... more of the latter.

If you want to try again I can point you in the direction of some very good people to visit :)

[flamingdem]

114. I'm glad you didn't go to Maine, yikes nt

[RKP5637]

2. KICK!

[handmade34]

3. OK, I'm in!

[sasha031]

4. K/R

[unkachuck]

5. K&R....n/t

[Melissa G]

6. k

[meow mix]

7. k&r

[AsahinaKimi]

8. Visited there once...

I love maple syrup candies!



oh, and K&R!

[Diamonique]

9. Kick!

[rurallib]

10. BIG kick. - they are getting it done

would move there if I could.

[mdmc]

11. r

[Gregorian]

12. I want planet earth for future generations. It's not liberals that shut them down, but common sense.

I hope that's what this thread is about.

Woo Hoo!

[RainDog]

13. kick!

[patrice]

14. Kick!

[moondust]

15. Kick

[patrice]

16. Spent 10 days in Montpelier recently. LOVED it. More rural than you'd think. Almost NO

franchises of any kind.

[cali]

30. Montpelier is a neat town- smallest state cap in the country, only 7,000 people

lots of really good little restaurants too and as you say practically no franchises (there are quite a few on the Barre-Montpelier Rd, though) Oh, and there's a great independent bookstore.

Did you get to the Three Penny Taproom?

http://threepennytaproom.com/

[patrice]

54. Yes! There was a fund-raising wine & cheese with a band there, for their Artists'

collaborative there. Sorry, can't remember the name of the band.

My niece's fiance teaches for one of the community colleges and does some editing for one of the local publications, so he knows lots of people and took us around to some very cool bars, CLASSIC little hole-in-the-wall dives except for being smoke-less, with hot bands and young adults playing pool and socializing up front while us "old hippies" danced and jived to the music in the back. Very relaxed, un-self-conscious, truly cool environments (unlike the uptight boozy meat-markets around here).

[Rusticus Too]

17. Big K & R!

As goes Vermont, so goes the Country! I hope!!

[Arugula Latte]

18. Kickity Kick!

:kick:

Vermont ... :applause: :yourock: :loveya:

[Versailles]

19. Bennington, VT...

Born and raised. Now stuck in South Carolina. Can't wait for the day when I can return...and not just because Vermont is a bastion of progressive thinking.

[Graybeard]

20. And they have the best Senator too!!!

Bernie Sanders is my fave.:yourock:

Vermont keeps doing things right.

[Stargleamer]

21. Kick!!

Vermont rocks!

[pepperbear]

22. wookie!

[ClayZ]

23. K and R

[onestepforward]

24. K with love!

:loveya:

[flamingdem]

25. Long Live Ethan Allen & the Green Mountain Boyz

as brought to life by the modern day GMBz Bernie, Shumlin and Arnie Gundersen!

[cali]

31. please don't forget Peter Welch- he's fantastic.

[flamingdem]

40. Oh yes, I forgot him and he's great

Oops!

[flamingdem]

26. Congratulations to Vermonter Arnie Gundersen who helped stop Vermont Yankee plant today

and who nearly single handedly is keeping us informed about the reality of Fukushima.

His organization is Fairewinds.com


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiNUpeODOEU

[Scuba]

27. Kick. Wisconsin loves Vermont (and we're a little jealous too).

[flamingdem]

41. People from WI are very impressive

American democracy in action, an inspiration

[Scuba]

61. We're trying!

[cali]

28. From the Kingdom (where I live) to Brattleboro, I love it

[Marrah_G]

33. Woooo

We are heading to the Kingdom this weekend :)

[cali]

36. you're looking for a place, right? Good luck!

and hopefully nice weather.

[Marrah_G]

37. Yes :)

We have a number of pieces to look at. One on the top of our list was in Lowell, 213 acres with a strawbale house partially constructed, but after finding out it is just a few miles from the country's biggest abestos mine, we are most likely scratching that one of the list. Looking I think at Lyndon, Newark and a couple others this weekend and then Central VT places the following weekend.

[cali]

39. Newark is great. I lived there for 10 years. E. Charleston is great

so is Lyndon and Lyndonville also Danville and Peacham.

[mmonk]

29. As the rest of the country continues the slide into a privatized corporatized state,

my family is keeping an eye out on Vermont as a possible future move.

[Marrah_G]

32. Love it so much we are buying a farm there

[piratefish08]

44. we're also looking at small farms just north/south of Burlington.

job hunting as well.

might be a month, might be year - but we WILL end up in VT!

[malaise]

34. K & R n/t

[Little Star]

35. I love Vermont because they are walking their talk up there! ...

Even if they do not end up with a single payer type HCS it won't be for lack of working for it!

[bdamomma]

38. K&R'd

[AlabamaLibrul]

42. Off you go

[Greybnk48]

43. K&R!! I hope it's contagious!!

[femrap]

45. k and r...nt

[Octafish]

46. Kick for Vermont...

... Truly a great state.

[Populist_Prole]

47. Done. Good news

[ThatsMyBarack]

48. unh!

:kick:

I was there in January 1988 for a ski vacation.

[suffragette]

49. K&R

:kick:

:applause:

:woohoo:

[Graybeard]

50. kick

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :kick:

[FredStembottom]

51. I want to marry Vermont!

n/t

[flamingdem]

57. You can marry VT if male or female

they are so very open minded there!

[Hell Hath No Fury]

52. Kickin' it for VT!

California, I hope we're next.

[w8liftinglady]

53. I wish I could move there. I would SO fit in!

[Cetacea]

55. Damn hippies.

edit: K&R

[flamingdem]

58. LOL! A haven for them

where else can you see so many beat up VWs and long hairs?

[sarge43]

56. Beautiful landscape and good people

What's not to love?

[Chellee]

59. Love love love Vermont!

k & r

:kick:

[raouldukelives]

60. kick!

[PassingFair]

62. Lucky Bastards!

Who WOULDN'T LOVEermont?

Best elected representatives, bar NONE!!

[calimary]

63. K'd & R'd!

For Vermont, a state that's given us Howard Dean and Bernie Sanders, and the wonderful clear-eyed community of Brattleboro!

:thumbsup: :yourock: :thumbsup: :yourock: :thumbsup: :yourock: :thumbsup:

[loudsue]

64. Kickin' for certain!

:loveya:

[louslobbs]

65. K&R

Lou

[KamaAina]

66. What other state, I ask you, could have produced Phish?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSso1lgtLH0

[glinda]

67. Vermont Vermont it is you that I want.

[ecstatic]

68. Not a very diverse place, but I'm sure it's nice

They seem to be creating quite the Utopia there. It'll be interesting to see how things progress.

[cali]

74. Vermont's always been a forward thinking place

first state to outlaw slavery etc. You're right, it's not very diverse, though Burlington has gotten way more so over the past 10-15 years.

[bluestate10]

93. Exactly. A stalwart state in the history of the republic. nt

[in_cog_ni_to]

69. K & R! For a great State with the BEST United States Senator...Bernie Sanders.

:loveya:

[Enthusiast]

70. K&R...................NT

[BlancheSplanchnik]

71. yep! kick. n/t

[proReality]

72. K&R n/t

[pipi_k]

75. South Hero...

There's a campground there (or was, back in 1982) I have very fond memories of...

:loveya:

[WillyT]

76. K & R !!!

:kick:

[the_chinuk]

77. k/r n/t

[garybeck]

78. Any other Vermonters here or just wannabees?

I'm sitting in my office half way between Mt. Mansfield and Camel's Hump, minutes from Ben and Jerry's headquarters. Are there any other DUer's around here?

[cali]

81. nope. I'm in the Kingdom

[nomb]

85. just a wannabee. :)

[ThirdEye]

111. Yup

I'll never forget walking through the woods as a kid and ending up in Jerry's backyard.

[fadedrose]

79. K&R

[skyounkin]

80. kick kick kick

[nonperson]

82. K&R - I LOVE VERMONT

If the housing market improves I'll sell my house, which I dearly love, and move to Vermont in a heartbeat.

As an added benefit I'd get away from this morbidly obese moron, Christie.

[hwmnbn]

83. K&R

[peace frog]

84. Kickity Kickleberry

GO VERMONT!

[Taverner]

86. K

K?

K!

[demigoddess]

87. big kick!!

[riverbendviewgal]

88. went on the Harley biking there a couple years ago

beautiful state.

and so nice it is going to be one payer health care like us here in Canada

[Mopar151]

89. See y' all at the Miss Lyndonville! n/t

[cali]

90. my neck of the woods

not so close now, but I lived in Newark (VT of course) for years. Now I'm over near Hardwick. Love the Miss Lyndonville.

[The Wizard]

91. K&R this post

[bluestate10]

92. I want Vermont to succeed to my very core. Godspeed to the Green Mountain State. nt

[ElsewheresDaughter]

94. I intend to one day move there

[valerief]

95. I love Vermont so much I'm going to watch The New Bob Newhart Show episodes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwYw2i2icNg

[CTyankee]

96. Love Vermont! Wish I could move there!

[salib]

97. We love it!

We are retiring there soon. Good timing for single-payer.

[DeSwiss]

98. Kicked & R'd! n/t

[Jack Sprat]

99. K'd nm

[MasonJar]

100. If only Vermont weren't so cold, I'd consider moving there. I love their

new medical policy. Now let's work to get it elsewhere, like here in KENTUCKY

[vt_native]

101. I'll kick for the home state!

[TheKentuckian]

104. I admire Vermont but would like to love it

[cate94]

105. k & r

[democrank]

106. I love it here

for...as Junior Bush would say...a brazillion reasons.

[urbuddha]

107. The rest of America can learn a lot from Vermont.

Vermonters are front runners in being progressive.
Congratulations, Vermont !

[ThirdEye]

112. And the real lesson...

...would be how we do it all with plenty of conservatives participating in the state dialog along with the progressives.

[flamingdem]

115. Tell us more, I'd love to have some idea

of the political scene

[juajen]

108. I love gorgeous Vermont. I would live there all summer long. NT

[im1013]

109. K & R

And I love Bernie Sanders, too!!

:thumbsup:

[ThirdEye]

110. I'm a fan

Considering how close the race was, I'm so satisfied with my vote for Peter Shumlin.

[iandhr]

113. GO CATS GO

[Hokahey]

116. KICK

[Odin2005]

117. KICK