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    Texas vs. Mississipi

    http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/31/insulting.mississippi.ap/index.html


    Democrat denounces 'denigrating a sister state'
    Friday, January 31, 2003 Posted: 11:19 AM EST (1619 GMT)

    JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry is known for his fondness for cowboy boots. But he might be reminded not to step on toes.

    "I don't want to become Mississippi," Perry recently told The Dallas Morning News, citing the state's problems with transportation, economic development and education. The comment prompted an invitation that was more diplomatic barb than Southern hospitality.

    "We elected officials in Mississippi are of the opinion that denigrating a sister state is not statesmanlike conduct," Mississippi House Speaker Tim Ford told Perry in a two-page letter. "I invite you to come visit us to learn more about Mississippi."

    Ford, a Democrat, told the Republican governor he didn't want to launch "an achievement contest," but mentioned a $1.5 billion Nissan plant opening this year in Mississippi and said state lawmakers are working on a comprehensive education package.

    Perry spokeswoman Kathy Walt said the governor had not received a copy of Ford's letter.

    "His comments certainly were not meant to cast any bad light on the state or its citizens," Walt said. "His father-in-law is a Mississippi native."

    Ford forwarded copies of the letter to reporters and several public officials, including the U.S. senators from both states and a former Texas governor -- President Bush.
    Looks like we got Dixie fighting itself here. Which state do you think is worse?
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    Texas
    10.53%
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    Mississippi
    57.89%
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    They are both banana republics
    31.58%
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  • #2
    sister state?

    They aren't adjacent to each other.

    In any case I have lived in Mississippi. It wasn't too bad, just poor. I drove though Texas, I wasn't impressed. I got a motel room and it was filled with dead bugs. So that doesn't bode well for Texas.

    I say banana. Both states suck.

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    • #3
      thats like trying to decide between equally gruesome deaths.
      "I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
      'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburger

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      • #4
        Bah!
        I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
        For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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        • #5
          I'd be bothered by this, except :

          A) the thread was started by a known dumbass
          B) was endorsed by a guy with sand between his ears, who stayed in a cheap hotel, and wasn't impressed
          and
          C) A swish hips from S.F.

          Big deal
          Last edited by SlowwHand; February 3, 2003, 10:11.
          Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
          "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
          He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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            • #7
              Originally posted by SlowwHand
              I'd be bothered by this, except :

              A) the thread was started by a known dumbass
              B) was endorsed by a guy with sand between his ears, who stayed in a cheap hotel, and wasn't impressed
              and
              C) A ****** from S.F.

              Big deal
              Wow, you're really outdoing yourself this time.
              Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse

              Do It Ourselves

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              • #8
                C'ya in a week Sloww.
                I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
                For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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                • #9
                  What did they expect?
                  Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                  "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                  He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by SlowwHand
                    I'd be bothered by this, except :

                    A) the thread was started by a known dumbass
                    B) was endorsed by a guy with sand between his ears, who stayed in a cheap hotel, and wasn't impressed
                    and
                    C) A ****** from S.F.

                    Big deal
                    Come on Slow don't mince your words, speak your mind
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by SlowwHand
                      What did they expect?
                      It's part C that's going to get you in trouble. I'd edit it to something else before Ming gets here.
                      I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
                      For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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                      • #12
                        edit to person with alternative lifestyle
                        Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
                        Douglas Adams (Influential author)

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                        • #13
                          I've been quoted. Too late for a faint heart.
                          Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                          "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                          He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                          • #14
                            mississippi..... bahhhh just a bunch of kudzu and red necks down there.
                            and for those misinformed.... there is a difference in red necks and cowboys

                            http://www.cptr.ua.edu/kudzu/

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                            http://www.jjanthony.com/kudzu/

                            and for those who don't know what kudzu is
                            this includes you meathead

                            this was once a house or barn
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                            • #15
                              From Slowwhand: A ****** from S.F.


                              Should just accept this as another mental relaspe of a white Southern cracker?
                              A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.

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