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Location: NYC, NY, USA
I thought this was worth a look, if not a discussion.
At least to show the rest of the world what the US thinks of our own president these days.
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Kinda interesting no? At least you can plan your vacations accordingly based on your opinion. I'm in that light blue state on the right.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
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comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
At least there is one loyal state. Utah seems to love him all year round
.All things are beautiful if we take the time to look.
Basu gasu bakuhatsu - because sometimes buses explode
1,584 posts
Location: Angels Landing, USA
Great, that's where I'm going back to school this fall.
Well, at least CA and IL know where it's at.
To do: More Firedrums 08 video?
Wildfire/US East coast fire footage
LA/EDC glow/fire footage
Fresno fire
Pooh-Bah
1,762 posts
Location: York University, United Kingdom
I don't know which state it is, but the one that hit -43% seems to have been struck by a bout of common sense
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
That's New York silly.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Written by: Sethis
I don't know which state it is, but the one that hit -43% seems to have been struck by a bout of common sense
That would be New York. Where NYC, Kali, Kyri, and I all live.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
enthusiast
274 posts
Location: Swansea, Ma (US), USA
OMG! My state (mass) is at -36% this month.. BWWWAHAHAHA!
You know what I'm thinking about right now? That's right, Tacos!
Pooh-Bah
1,762 posts
Location: York University, United Kingdom
I see your humour, NYC's deadpan sarcasm and Kyrian's non-sequiters are badly influencing the political views of an entire state...
Maybe I should move to London
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
There are like 9 things I don't understand about your post and you only wrote two sentences.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
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1,662 posts
Location: Bristol
Written by: Sethis
I see your humour, NYC's deadpan sarcasm and Kyrian's non-sequiters are badly influencing the political views of an entire state...
Maybe I should move to London
are you implying by your little googly eyes madman smiley that you believe one would have to be without their basic faculties to want to move to london?
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
Pooh-Bah
1,762 posts
Location: York University, United Kingdom
No, it was more along the lines that if I moved to our capital then I could influence the popularity of Mr Blair in the same way...
Although you're right Tao Star, you'd have to be freaking nuts to live in London
NYC: It was 5 am and I hadn't had any sleep or food for the last 14 hours. I reserve the right to be incoherent
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
"I hadn't had any sleep or food for the last 14 hours. "
Luxury!
Has sharp edges
1,266 posts
Location: Stuck in the mire, USA
I'm right next door in Connecticut hittin numbers like -34%
Hooray for the blue states!!!!!
My ADD makes it so that.....Ooooo SHINY.....wanna go ride bikes....wait....where am I.....
1,189 posts
Location: Edinburgh
You have a very cubist country.
According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Dynamics, we may already be making love right now...
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
We do like our longitude and latitude lines. We don't have the luxury of enough rivers to slice up our 'states' like you guys.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
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Liquid Cow
2,629 posts
Location: High Wycombe, England
I like the way that the eastern states have all kinds of wobbly state lines.
It's almost as if as the people pushing their way west started off enthusiastic but got fed up towards the end and just got out a ruler to divide everything up
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Lots of history and geography to justify the Eastern Colonies being so small and scattered and the Western States being so expansive. Even things like the fact that you can have ports up and down the northeast but not California led to larger density in places like New York and Boston.
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I make my own people.
607 posts
Location: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
The eastern states tended to use a lot of natural boundaries such as rivers and mountains. The property lines in those states are based on gradual acquisition by settlers. The land across the midwest consists of a lot more open territory. It was often acquired in huge sections, then divided up into square tracts by the government.
Liquid Cow
2,629 posts
Location: High Wycombe, England
Yeah, I know a little about the reasons why it looks like that, but I just like the idea of a cartographer bent over his desk, working deep into the night, before shouting 'sod it, I'm too tired', suddenly throwing down his compasses and stacks of precise measurements, grabbing a ruler and pencil and finishing it off quickly
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Gee, maybe people won't vote for him this time.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Who?
The cartographer?
Basu gasu bakuhatsu - because sometimes buses explode
1,584 posts
Location: Angels Landing, USA
He'd probably be a better president inspite of his deadness.
To do: More Firedrums 08 video?
Wildfire/US East coast fire footage
LA/EDC glow/fire footage
Fresno fire
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128 posts
Location: Bay Area, California, USA
lol
California and New York is where it's at, must avoid utah at all costs. I feel so sorry for you Kael, lol
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not with cactus
2,052 posts
Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
am i just being stupid, but i cant see why the numbers keep changing? is like being
Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
If you look in the bottom left corner you can see the date that corresponds to the numbers given.
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Yes, let's go.
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Written by: Sethis
No, it was more along the lines that if I moved to our capital then I could influence the popularity of Mr Blair in the same way...
What, like the people in NYC?
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
1,662 posts
Location: Bristol
heh heh, the difference is that our only alternative is the tories...hmmm, so convincing people that blair is bad could lead to some rahter mousy types standing around looking depressing, and not really doing much.
or we could have the green party...yay! fantasytic environmental policy, zilch financial policy. or there's the lb dems...er...no chance..sorry guys.
maybe i should stand....whaddaya reckon?
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Here's a realted question...
I just saw Bush getting destroyed at a White House press conference.
Why now?
Why is Bush's approval rating tanking now? He's not doing anything differently. I don't get it...
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
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4,308 posts
Location: York, England
I'm confused by that too. Its ... weird. Like many things. I still don't understand why living in london is equivalent to new york... shouldn't you mean D.C.? Bush doesn't live in New York...
Michigan was doing well as well. But NY and Maine are the only two states to hit -43.....
New York has special reason to dislike him tho, they've taken something that happened here and used it as an excuse for every stupid thing they've done and then some. Of course they want to smack him upside the head....
The map is ultimately hypnotizing I must say.
And There's some rivery lines left in the map... like idaho and montana.... oklahoma and texas.... stuff
I think I need sleep now tho...
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New Hampshire has a point....
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