Low taxes, low regulation, a healthy auto industry, refuge from Liberalism, Dixie. Yep it's a good state Mottley.
OK, we've all picked on Dixie in the past for being from Alabama. Bama certainly has had it's dark side, Jim Crow, Segregation, Bull Conner, George Wallace, Abba.
But what State doesn't have it's dark side? Woody Hayes bitch slapping Charley Bowman was hardly the high tide mark in Ohio.
So let's make a list of the good things from Alabama. All's I ask is that those from Alabama refrain from posting (Sorry Dixie). Cause we know ya'll know what's good about Bama or else you wouldn't be living there.
Here's my list of good things from Alabama.
Fried green tomatoes.
Sum brewed Iced Tea.
The Crimson Tide.
The Crimson Tide Cheer Leaders.
Pecans.
My Aunt Amanda.
Birmingham Steel.
Mobile Bay.
Soul Food.
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Low taxes, low regulation, a healthy auto industry, refuge from Liberalism, Dixie. Yep it's a good state Mottley.
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If you noticed I left "Grits" off my list....it's because I'm not overly fond of grits, though I have noticed they are right popular in Bama.
I know you stipulated I couldn't post, but last I checked, you weren't the boss of me. So, here I am, posting in your stupid thread, and you won't do a damn thing about it.
Let me start by saying, yes, Alabama has had its dark days, and as any Alabama public school student can attest, we learned about these events every single year of our schooling in state history class. I believe, as a result of this, my generation and beyond, are much more sensitive and aware of racial divisiveness. Because of our education on our state's heritage, we tend to be much less ignorant, bigoted, and racist.
A few things to add to your list...
Tuxedo Junction
Bear Bryant
Senior Bowl
Hank Aaron
Willie Mays
Jesse Owens
Carl Lewis
Joe Louis
Nat "King" Cole
Lionel Hampton
Hank Williams Sr.
Hank Williams Jr.
Bobby Goldsboro
William Christopher Handy
Harper Lee
Helen Keller
Coretta Scott King
Ralph Abernathy
Kate Jackson
Emmy Lou Harris
Jim Nabors
George Lindsey
Heather Whitestone
Tuskegee Airmen
Tuskegee Institute
UAB Medical Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Redstone Arsenal
Not to mention, the ORIGINAL American Mardis Gras.
Jim Neighbors? Now that one saved the world.
Bobby Goldsboro? Rock star of the religious right?
Bush doubled the debt from 5 trillion to 10 trillion.
Proving tax cuts work!
Bush asked for and signed for the TARP money.
The Republican senate leader backed Bush on this.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
Good things from Alabama...
My father.
My grandparents.
The Auburn Tigers.
The Auburn Tiger cheerleaders.
All the fun I had in college.
Several easy women I've known.
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"Scientists don't use "averages". Maybe armchair supertools on message boards ascribe some meaning to "averages" between two random data points. And maybe clueless amatuers "draw a straight line" through two random end data points to define a "trend". Experts don't.
They use mean annual and five year means in trend analysis. Don't tell me I have to explain the difference to you. "
The best thing about Alabama is that I don't live there. Other than that, can't think of a single reason to ever go there.
I'm sure Alabama is fine .. if you like that sort of thing.
AMERICAN HISTORY ITSELF IS A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF AFRICAN PEOPLE. WE, ALONG WITH THE COURGE AND SACRIFICES OF CONSCIOUS WHITE AMERICANS, LIKE VIOLA LIUZZO, EVERETT DIRKSEN, AND MANY OTHERS, HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED TOGETHER FOR OUR FREEDOM, AND FOR OUR SURVIVAL.
In America, rights are are not determined by what is just, fair, equitable, honest, nor by what Jesus would do. Rights are determined ONLY by what you can DEMAND.
Quote from Cypress:
"Scientists don't use "averages". Maybe armchair supertools on message boards ascribe some meaning to "averages" between two random data points. And maybe clueless amatuers "draw a straight line" through two random end data points to define a "trend". Experts don't.
They use mean annual and five year means in trend analysis. Don't tell me I have to explain the difference to you. "
Is Alabama the new Mississippi or is it the other way around?
I am very happy I left, four years was a long time to live in Alabama.
4,487
18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
44 U.S.C. 2202 - The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
LOCK HIM UP!
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