We have yet another mass shooting going on.

[Sava]

And I'm only half-joking.

http://www.hks.harvard.edu/var/ezp_site/storage/fckeditor/file/pdfs/centers-programs/centers/taubman/sunbelt.pdf

[regexcellent]

Yeah I would not want to live in ****ing Birmingham without AC.

[kentonio]

Bull****, **** you, America is awesome.

Where else can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance?

Why would you have a pizza delivered to an ambulance?

[Ben Kenobi]

Why would you have a pizza delivered to an ambulance?

I don't know about you, but I'd sure rather have a pizza delivered than an ambulance!

[Dinner]

Excluding California, this is not the case. The South still hasn't caught up. Texas is the only one to rank in the top half, and they are the first of the southern states (save VA, which doesn't count because of DC). The South has always lagged behind the US as a whole - and while (thank unions again!), they've been catching up, they are still substantially behind. They were behind in 1860, behind in 1920, behind in 1945, and still behind now.

California's GDP stomps any southern state's GDP including Texas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP

California's GDP is almost 50% higher than Texas's GDP and it is even much better on a per capita basis than Texas which is quite an accomplishment given its extremely large population.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Built by slave labor.

Built by cheap immigrant labor. Open borders and roll back of regulations FTW

[Ben Kenobi]

California's GDP is almost 50% higher than Texas's GDP and it is even much better on a per capita basis than Texas which is quite an accomplishment given its extremely large population.

California used to be number 1. Now it's number 10. Texas has never been in the top half per capita until now.

[Sava]

Meanwhile... in reality...

At least 12 people have been killed and at least four injured in a shooting at a naval installation in Washington DC.

A gunman was killed at the scene. Police were initially searching for two additional "potential" gunman but one has since been ruled out.

Shots were reported at 08:20 local time (12:20 GMT), and authorities have sealed off a swathe of south-east Washington DC.

President Barack Obama said he mourned "yet another mass shooting".

Police responded to reports of two additional suspects in the shooting at Washington Navy Yard, but have since cleared one of them, a white male in a tan short-sleeve military-style outfit.

A black male, 40-50 years of age and wearing olive kit and seen carrying a long gun, was still being sought.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24111481

[Sava]

also

The deceased gunman in the shooting at a naval installation in Washington DC has been identified as Aaron Alexis, unnamed officials have told US media.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24120333

[Dinner]

California used to be number 1. Now it's number 10. Texas has never been in the top half per capita until now.

I know you're stupid but are you really trying to convince us you are so stupid you can't click the link I provided which proves you wrong?

[giblets]

North had a much higher gdp than the south. Actually not built by slave labor all that much. Built by industry.

Nowadays it's the reverse, south is looking to have a much higher GDP than the north. You can thank unions for that.

I guess the term "slave labor" doesn't have a universally accepted definition.

It's not that bewildering, given our GDP

Does this mean China will soon render the US un-exceptional?

[Ben Kenobi]

I know you're stupid but are you really trying to convince us you are so stupid you can't click the link I provided which proves you wrong?

Start a thread rather than hijacking this one about irrelevant crap.

[Dinner]

It really is impossible for you just to say "I was wrong. My bad. Sorry." Isn't it?

[Sava]

He never takes any responsibility.

[Hauldren Collider]

I guess the term "slave labor" doesn't have a universally accepted definition.



Does this mean China will soon render the US un-exceptional?

No, cause their people are poor as ****.