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lord_shiva
11-Oct-18, 11:52

Boycotting Stupidity
I quit visiting the Penzoil distributor I like because of all his pro "let's destroy America with right wing zeal" posters. Had to find another supplier. Probably just as well.

I also quit drinking Coors, which I like the flavor of even though it is brewed with rice adjuncts. I just couldn't bear the thought of any of my beer money supporting right wing candidates that I couldn't vet. I'll vote for a Republican if old white guy is clearly better than his liberal counterpart, because I still believe in vote for the person over vote for the party. The trouble is that the person has to pass the Republican guano-psycho litmus test to pass the primary. That pretty much rules out at least 90% of them. It's pretty much a straight blue ticket anymore.

There was another one lately that caught me off guard. Blue Bunny ice cream. I like that ice cream, but the Nunes farm in Iowa, which ICE refuses to raid despite their heavy reliance on immigrant labor, sells most of their dairy milk to Blue Bunny. Just not sure I can stomach that.

I'll have to check the labels at the local grocer to see how far down the rabbit hole they go.

Check the Blue Bunny label, too. As I recall there are lots of GMO and artificial flavors and whatnot. While I have nothing against GMOs, the artificial flavors and colors are less appealing. I'd rather eat something grey that wasn't dyed by glowing industrial chemicals, however "safe" someone regards them, so long as it still tastes great. Just as I'd prefer to wipe my behind with unbleached paper. It is going to rot in a septic tank--who cares how white it is?
mo-oneandmore
11-Oct-18, 12:25

Thank's Mo-2,

If you ever visit West Virginia, I can tell you where not to go. 

My list-size is growing.

Mo
lord_shiva
11-Oct-18, 13:06

West Virginia
Wait, WV? Hell man, how do you eat?

I thought no one could win an election there unless their sister was also their aunt. That place is almost as shamefully red as Wyoming or north Idaho.

One of the nice things about Utah is that the Mormon Church, while politically conservative, sends their youth off on missions to foreign lands for a couple of years. This exposure to alien cultures renders them far more amendable to liberal ideas and ideals.

It is also pretty bad in Oklahoma, I hear, though I called up one site that gives the worst state award to Alabama, home of Noisy and pedophile senate candidate Roy Moore.
lord_shiva
11-Oct-18, 13:12

West Virginia
I say bad things about WV, but when I look up the ten worst states, no one mentions them.

I guess you guys are not nearly as bad off as I imagine.

Alabama, North Dakota, Wyoming, Mississippi, Utah, Oklahoma, Idaho, Louisiana, Nebraska, and Arkansas--pretty much in this order, according to:

www.businessinsider.com

North Dakota shouldn't even be a state. It should just be "Dakota," or "Dakotas," and of course rolled into South Dakota. I'm not convinced anyone actually lives in either god forsaken place. But that they get 4 senate votes when they should get at best two--intolerable.

Let's combine them and make Puerto Rico a state. We need an east coast island state to balance out Hawaii.
mo-oneandmore
11-Oct-18, 13:15

"Hell man, how, how do you eat"


As I said: "My list is growing." RAPIDLY!

There is a beautiful Amish/Mennonite store just 2-blocks from my house --- drive distance is 1/2 mile.
lord_shiva
11-Oct-18, 13:25

Amislh/Mennonite Store
I'm jealous.

Of course, we have Hutterites in the area, and they grow some really wonderful food. I froze a bunch of sweet corn I bought from them.
mo-oneandmore
12-Oct-18, 16:53

You can't imagine the hoagies, spices, jelly's, ice cream, deli products etc that y'all can get from a good Amish store. Last time I was there, I dropped 80 guidas.

And they ain't tRump fans.
apatzer
13-Oct-18, 11:46

Hey man...
Don't diss WV. ! Don't you know that the tooth brush was invented there?


Because If it had been invented anywhere else in the world. It would be called a Teethbrush.





Your welcome
mo-oneandmore
13-Oct-18, 12:59

Mo 3
I've told the exact joke many times before.

Mo



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