What is with all the New England bashing?

As a snotty, superior, over-educated, latte-drinkin', martini-swillin', foreign-car-drivin', NPR-listenin', designer-clothes-wearin', Cape Cod-vacationin' limousine-liberal, I am totally offended by the amount of negativity directed toward us New Englanders by Southerners.

Sarcasm On

Enjoy your winters.

:hi:

And our falls and summer are fabulous

And, no - Stowe, Killington, Mt. Snow, etc. do not qualfy as real mountains. I have skiied them all and they all suck.

But, climate and lame mountains aside, New Englanders are about the finest people you will meet.

I almost forgot - Storrow Drive really sucks.

You can keep that pussy powder.....I'll take the ice on Upper Widowmaker at Sugarloaf.

Ski it if you can...

Warm fireplaces, skiing, ice fishing, "sugar on snow"...oh yeah, and WICKED snow forts!!!

makes me blush!

I truly love New England. My wife and I went on a northeast "tour" about a year ago and I didn't want to come back. It was funny, we were in Boston and my wife, with her Charleston, SC accent asked someone for directions and he thought she was from "Europe." We still laugh about that.

unlike what passes as English in Boston! Our accent is horrifying...sounds like "The Sopranos"

South Carolina and certain areas of North Carolina have some of the most beautiful accents I've heard...like music.

Yummy!:thumbsup:

The only other seafood I can eat is sushi on the West Coast. Warm water fish just doesn't cut it.

Bush won't spend a lot of effort trying to get votes from the citizens of Massachusetts. He did very poorly there in 2000 and probably won't do much better in 2004. Word is that he snorted white powder as a graduate student at Harvard.

Massachusetts     (12)     60-32 GORE

Key: 12 electoral votes / Gore's margin of victory 60% to 32%

as did many other cities in Mass...

but he did have a fundraiser here for Romney.

It was great seeing you yesterday!

:hi:

The "Chowdah" Simpsons episode was on last night....

"Say it, say Chowdah! Chowdaaaaah!"

The Connecticut caveklan.

And don't even try to blame that one on Texas. ;)

Let someone from CT defend THAT one!

;-)

And least the Republicans here are liberal!

So I guess I'm obligated to defend that. See, it's not our fault (those of us from CT, that is) that the most prestigious school in America is in New Haven. Besides, the Bush's aren't FROM CT; they just lived there for a bit. And though Chimpy was born there, he doesn't consider himself to be from CT, which is just fine with me.

New Haven, btw, is home of the best pizza on the planet. Yep, better than NY pizza. If you're ever there, go to either Sally's or Pepe's on Orange St. You will not regret it.

I smell alien conspiracy. :silly:

--I have to say, thanks for the plug!

Born in the same hospital as Dubya. Ugh.

:silly:

:evilgrin:

John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Pat Leahy, Chris Dodd. Now if you could just vote out John Sununu...

are more liberal than a lot of Dems in this country.

Met and married in Boston. Although I grew up in Chicago, I kept the ties alive by marrying a Boston man.

That describes half of my family :P

They love titillating personal tales of sordid adventure if spoken in proper English and peppered with literary references.

over-educated, latte-drinkin', martini-swillin', foreign-car-drivin', NPR-listenin', designer-clothes-wearin', Cape Cod-vacationin' limousine-liberal.
Sounds like my in-laws. Oh, but they vacation on Nantucket.

I'll pahk my cah in da hahvhad yahd anyday :-)

the Patriot Act as did my town of Key West. I believe we were the 63rd to do so.

... I really have no right to bash anyone right now.

Jennifer, the Sheepish Buckeye in Cincinnati

/dry

Not a basher - we're all Americans committed to getting * and the criminals out of power in 2004. :thumbsup:

:hi:

Sounds like I'll fit in just fine!

:D

Thank god for fleece and Gortex!

NH is pretty Republican-with the exception of the seacoast area and Mass border, but again, there are plenty of liberals there, and I have a feeling they won't be voting for Bush next year!

In lovely Massachusetts, producer of Polartec!! Also, home of the best CEO in America, Aaron Feurstein:

"The fire that broke out at Malden Mills in the winter of 1995 was the largest fire Massachusetts had seen for a century. No one was killed. But the town was devastated. Malden Mills was one of the few large employers in a town that was already in desperate straits.

“The only thing that went through my mind was, how can I possibly recreate it,” says owner Aaron Feuerstein, the third generation of his family to run the mill."

-snip-

" He made a decision - one that others in the textile industry found hard to believe. Feuerstein decided to rebuild right there in Lawrence - not to move down South or overseas as much of the industry had done in search of cheap labor.

He also made another shocking decision. For the next 60 days, all employees would be paid their full salaries."

"He kept his promises. Workers picked up their checks for months. In all, he paid out $25 million and became known as the Mensch of Malden Mills - a businessman who seemed to care more about his workers than about his net worth."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/03/60minutes/main561656.shtml

a good friend of mine was injured in that fire.

Malden Mills pretty much holds Lawrence together as the largest employer in that city. Without MM there the unemployment rate would be 40% as opposed the 22% it is now.

Who ever heard of a CEO using compassion and a concern for his workers and the community like he did. He also took his hits from the business world and was even labeled a commie.

Long live MM.

Prepare for culture shock!

And plenty of Republicans. The NH House has been under Republican control since the Civil War.

But - there are lots of cool things about NH. If you're here in September, Jim Hightower's Rolling Thunder Chautauqua is going to be in Manchester, with some great speakers. It'll be a fun day in NH for progressives. :hi:

I in the northern part of Carroll County (the northern third of the state) in scenic Jackson. You gotta come up here in the fall and see the foliage around Mt. Washington.

We definitely need more Democrats in NH - so hurry up and get here!!

I'd love to take a drive up 93 North to see him!

:hi:

I wanna go!

SAVE THE DATE! Saturday, September 20th, 11am - 8pm . The Rolling Thunder Down Home Democracy Tour is coming to Veteran’s Park in Manchester NH. Hear from national populist, Jim Hightower, Granny D, and a host of other ruckus-rousing local and national speakers and musicians who will help us build and celebrate New Hampshire's Progressive community. Join with other Progressives from New England for a day of: Spectacular Speakers, Magnificent Music, Fantastic Food, Wild Workshops and some Serious Fun! Tickets on Sale! Buy in advance and save. For more information contact Denise Perron at 603-225-2097, Ext. 16, denise@rtrocksnh.org, or visit www.rtrocksnh.org.

Should be a great day!! <one of our own DU luminaries may be there as well....;-))

Let me know if you're coming, so we can meet up there!!

Now I have to choose between that or Greg Palast/Amy Goodman here in W. MA....aaargh, decisions, decisions.....

After 23 years out here I've had enough.
San Diego is a great town but I've encountered many of those with the sheeple mentality and a loose grip on reality. You dont see a lot of that in NE.

I've found New Englanders to be straight forward and self-thinkers who take pride in working hard (even in horrible weather conditions) and rarely take tings at face value.

The seafood is the best here and the skiing is fast on the icey slopes in NH and VT.

I miss pond hockey, veal cutlets, "steamahs"and beer, fried haddock and hot summer nights at Canobie Lake Park.

I'm seriously considering moving back.

We do that right here in my backyard in MA!


Mmmmm...Haddock!!!!