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   On 31 Jul 2025, Aaron Thomas said the following...   
      
    AT>    
    AT> This sounds logical to me because: the southern states seem to be the   
    AT> MAGA states, for the most part.   
    AT>    
      
   The south, for the most part is conservative, old-school liberals aren't   
   bad... Its the new liberals that have sucked the life out of the Democrat   
   party.  I think the Democrat party may splinter into 2 groups, one being the   
   WOKE crowd and the other being the more traditional crowd.   
      
    AT>    
    AT> Hmm.. this is very interesting to me! It has always been my assumption   
    AT> that the NYers move to Florida to escape the grasp of the left.. but I'm   
    AT> wrong about that? It sounds like they are just going there to escape the   
    AT> cold weather, and they're taking their ignorance with them. On behalf of   
    AT> the 48% of NYers who are 100% MAGA, I apologize for this trash that's   
    AT> littering your state.   
    AT>    
      
   Apparently they can have their minds changed... These areas are now purple and   
   I wonder if they'll go fully red in a few election cycles.   
      
    AT>    
    AT> Got any cheap land for sale? My wife is turning into a land collector.   
    AT> And I told you about her: she's a MAGAmaniac. She converted me from   
    AT> brainwashed leftist to redneck conservative patriot. If you got any   
    AT> cheap land for sale in MAGA country, please tell us about it. I think   
    AT> she'd buy it!   
    AT>    
      
   Every thing is going up... MAN-O-MAN... When I first moved down there I worked   
   as a stock broker and I was in an office where the broker was talking to   
   someone... There was an area, Citrus Springs, mostly undeveloped at the time,   
   had 1/4 acre lots for $2000... The person on the phone couldn't sell it and   
   the broker said donate it to charity to get a tax deduction... WOW.. ~ 4 years   
   later those same lots for around $30,000.00   
      
   Prices were "normal" ~ 5 years ago... Almost anyone could find something...   
   and now because people are escaping the north again prices are rising again.   
      
    AT>    
    AT> That's funny! I always thought of Ohio people as hillbillies, but I   
    AT> don't know much about Ohio. I have a few good friends from different   
    AT> parts of Ohio. One thing I noticed about them is that they talk like   
    AT> they're from Ontario! Ever noticed that? They seriously talk like   
    AT> Canadians.   
    AT>    
      
   The Ohio couple, "Normal" the red necks shooting guns to get the Ohio couple   
   not to buy the house they were renting ... Not so!!   
      
    AT>    
    AT> This sounds like an interesting story, but I'm missing something here.   
    AT> Do you mean you felt weird because you're from Canada, and the leftist   
    AT> Canadian government has given Canada a bad name?   
    AT>    
      
   Reflecting... Born and raised in Canada.  I left in my mid 30s for the US... I   
   don't know exactly how to describe thins.  I heard this from some one in the   
   past... same scenario... I feel like I was born American but I was raised by   
   aliens.   
      
   I am not disloyal to Canada but politically I alien with the US.  Though I was   
   born in the east right now my affiliations are with Alberta.  Alberta is   
   Canada's Texas.     
      
   Fun Fact... Alberta's welfare office is in the Unemployment office.  When you   
   go in to look for assistance they give you cards for employers who are looking   
   for employees.   
      
    AT>    
    AT> This sounds like an interesting story, but I'm missing something here.   
    AT> Do you mean you felt weird because you're from Canada, and the leftist   
    AT> Canadian government has given Canada a bad name?   
    AT>    
    AT> Personally, I've been in situations where I'm surrounded by veterans and   
    AT> I feel a little ashamed because I never joined the military. I have the   
    AT> utmost respect for people who enlist, but personally I know myself well   
    AT> enough to know that I'm not cut out for the military. I don't have that   
    AT> type of bravery. I'm the kind of guy who would probably just move to   
    AT> Iceland if America gets f'd over.   
    AT>    
      
   I  don't know if I felt weird, just my thoughts as almost every man in the   
   church was standing and I was still sitting.   
      
   Someone yesterday made a comment about this and I let it be known.  I was   
   actually going to join the Canadian military.  I went through the entire   
   process and between my last interview and the phone call to show up for boot   
   camp I suffered a back injury that made me ineligible.   
      
   My life changed dramatically from that point.   
      
   Canada is a passive country, it is what it is.  I was making this point... I   
   am what I am today, this is with my Canadian upbringing... could you imagine   
   what I would have been like if my father's name was Bubba and I was raised   
   full out red neck.   
      
   I think I told you this story before... I was on the phone with a friend of   
   mine.  He's a Homeopathic Doctor and I was trying to describe to him what   
   Citrus County was like.  And before my eyes I saw a great picture, I took and   
   text it to him.   
      
   I was at a gas station.  There was a professional man gassing up his expensive   
   automobile... beside him at an other pump was a red neck gassing up a truck,   
   I'm not sure it was even legal to drive, and they had a Confederate Battle   
   Flag attached to the side of the truck.   
      
   So, I bought into the American dream and the concept of We The People trying   
   to form a more perfect union.   
      
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