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Grumpy · 01-23-2002, 02:20 PM

Perhaps a little OT, but do residents of coastal Washington (including your Microsofts, Boeings, Nikes, etc.) wish that the wackos in the eastern part would split off and, say, join Idaho?

Krieger · 01-23-2002, 04:48 PM

Damn rednecks... if only they were confined to just one region.

Henrietta · 01-23-2002, 05:16 PM

I think it's far more likely to be the other way around. The country folk resent the populated cities carrying the vote.

crab juice · 01-24-2002, 04:14 AM

Yeah, Eastern Washingtonians think that all the "coasties" are evil pinko commie types. At least, that's what my many friends from small towns over there have told me that they were taught as kids. Of course, that's why many of them moved here

.

I spent my formative years in a suburb an hour south of Seattle, and it was overwhelmingly Christian...I used to get harassed for being an atheist and saying that I wouldn't have vote for Bush the Elder if I'd been old enough to vote at the time. There isn't much of this kind of behavior in the city, but the further away you move, the more religiously conservative the population seems to be. My co-worker's family was from a small town in the mountains and had never seen an interracial couple or a male with pierced ears until she moved to Seattle at 20 years old.

SallySmith · 01-24-2002, 08:39 AM

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Originally posted by crab juice:
Yeah, Eastern Washingtonians think that all the "coasties" are evil pinko commie types. At least, that's what my many friends from small towns over there have told me that they were taught as kids.

I mostly grew up in eastern Washington and of course, it depends on your parents (and probably how small the town was) - I was raised by a man whose last vehicle had a "The road to hell is paved with Republicans" bumper sticker. I did hate it, though. The town I grew up in was full of a lot of dumbasses who liked to wear cowboy hats and fight. We even had a city council member who was a member of the KKK.

Kaina · 01-24-2002, 12:31 PM

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Originally posted by Grumpy:
Perhaps a little OT, but do residents of coastal Washington (including your Microsofts, Boeings, Nikes, etc.) wish that the wackos in the eastern part would split off and, say, join Idaho?

They can take eastern Oregon with them.

scombrid · 01-24-2002, 12:35 PM

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Originally posted by SallySmith:


The town I grew up in was full of a lot of dumbasses who liked to wear cowboy hats and fight.

Cowboy hats eh. What about Mullets? Rural Virginia has lots of Mullets; Camaros, Mustangs, and Mullets. Is that a southeast thing or does it follow redneckism with the fundyism too?

SallySmith · 01-24-2002, 12:56 PM

Hell yes, we had mullets! But then I had a "bang unit" as we later called them, so I probably shouldn't talk. When I went to my ten-year high school reunion, some of the guys STILL had mullets (the ones who stayed in town, of course).

edited to add the funniest description of a mullet that I ever heard: "Business up front, party in the back!"

[ January 24, 2002: Message edited by: SallySmith ]

hezekiah jones · 01-24-2002, 01:35 PM

"Hockey hair" is a pretty good one too.

hezekiah jones · 01-24-2002, 01:54 PM

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Originally posted by Euromutt:
The NCSE story points out that the same sponsor also introduced bill SB 6058 calling for "an Alabama-style evolution disclaimer in textbooks" last year.

Apparently 6058 is still kicking around as well, if I read <a href="http://search.leg.wa.gov/pub/textsearch/ViewRoot.asp?Action=Html&Item=0&X=124144311&p=1" target="_blank">this</a> correctly.

6058 reads:

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A MESSAGE FROM THE WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE

This textbook discusses evolution, a controversial theory some scientists present as a scientific explanation for the origin of living things, such as plants, animals, and humans.

No one was present when life first appeared on earth. Therefore, any statement about life's origins should be considered as theory, not fact.

The word "evolution" may refer to many types of change. Evolution describes changes that occur within a species. (White moths, for example, may "evolve" into gray moths.) This process is microevolution, which can be observed and described as fact. Evolution may also refer to the change of one living thing to another, such as reptiles into birds. This process, called macroevolution, has never been observed and should be considered a theory. Evolution also refers to the unproven belief that random, undirected forces produced a world of living things.

There are many unanswered questions about the origin of life which are not mentioned in your textbook, including:

- Why did the major groups of animals suddenly appear in the fossil record (known as the "Cambrian Explosion")?
- Why have no new major groups of living things appeared in the fossil record for a long time?
- Why do major groups of plants and animals have no transitional forms in the fossil record?
- How did you and all living things come to possess such a complete and complex set of "Instructions" for building a living body?

Study hard and keep an open mind. Someday, you may contribute to the theories of how living things appeared on earth.

The usual horseshit.

<a href="http://www.eskimo.com/~pierres/6058.html" target="_blank">More on SB 6058</a>

"Kent" Hochstatter's e-mail address:
hochstat_ha@leg.wa.gov

[ January 24, 2002: Message edited by: hezekiahjones ]

01-24-2002, 12:56 PM	#18
SallySmith Regular Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 263	Hell yes, we had mullets! But then I had a "bang unit" as we later called them, so I probably shouldn't talk. When I went to my ten-year high school reunion, some of the guys STILL had mullets (the ones who stayed in town, of course). edited to add the funniest description of a mullet that I ever heard: "Business up front, party in the back!" [ January 24, 2002: Message edited by: SallySmith ]</p>

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01-23-2002, 02:20 PM	#11
Grumpy Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Alaska, USA Posts: 1,535	Perhaps a little OT, but do residents of coastal Washington (including your Microsofts, Boeings, Nikes, etc.) wish that the wackos in the eastern part would split off and, say, join Idaho?

01-23-2002, 04:48 PM	#12
Krieger Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: ... Posts: 2,191	Damn rednecks... if only they were confined to just one region.

01-23-2002, 05:16 PM	#13
Henrietta Regular Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: West USA Posts: 380	I think it's far more likely to be the other way around. The country folk resent the populated cities carrying the vote.

01-24-2002, 04:14 AM	#14
crab juice Regular Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: A million miles away... Posts: 229	Yeah, Eastern Washingtonians think that all the "coasties" are evil pinko commie types. At least, that's what my many friends from small towns over there have told me that they were taught as kids. Of course, that's why many of them moved here . I spent my formative years in a suburb an hour south of Seattle, and it was overwhelmingly Christian...I used to get harassed for being an atheist and saying that I wouldn't have vote for Bush the Elder if I'd been old enough to vote at the time. There isn't much of this kind of behavior in the city, but the further away you move, the more religiously conservative the population seems to be. My co-worker's family was from a small town in the mountains and had never seen an interracial couple or a male with pierced ears until she moved to Seattle at 20 years old.

01-24-2002, 01:35 PM	#19
hezekiah jones Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: WI Posts: 4,357	"Hockey hair" is a pretty good one too.

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