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    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.

    "To argue against any breach of liberty from the ill use that may be made of it, is to argue against liberty itself, since all is capable of being abused." – Lord George Lyttleton (1709-1773)

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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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KingCondanomation View Post
    Low taxes, low regulation, a healthy auto industry, refuge from Liberalism, Dixie. Yep it's a good state Mottley.
    Well....after that asinine post the next response will probably be...well....it's not Michigan.....

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    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.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mottleydude View Post
    Well....after that asinine post the next response will probably be...well....it's not Michigan.....
    Doubtless. Because it's true.

    One thing different between Alabama and Michigan... People who make cars in Alabama actually understand what a profit is.
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Dixie View Post
    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.
    The ORIGIONAL American Mardis Gras comes from Tampa and is called Gasparilla!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    Doubtless. Because it's true.

    One thing different between Alabama and Michigan... People who make cars in Alabama actually understand what a profit is.
    LOL
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    They use mean annual and five year means in trend analysis. Don't tell me I have to explain the difference to you. "

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by blackascoal View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackascoal View Post
    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.
    Don't you live in GA?
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    They use mean annual and five year means in trend analysis. Don't tell me I have to explain the difference to you. "

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    Is Alabama the new Mississippi or is it the other way around?

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    I am very happy I left, four years was a long time to live in Alabama.
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