Reaganomics is failing in Kansas but they're gonna Reanomic Harder anyway!

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Top City Homo: Oct 15, 2014; Ramrod XTreme

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Topeka, KS

Top City Homo has issued a correction as of 21:55 on Sep 20, 2015

# ? Sep 19, 2015 21:15

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# ? May 25, 2024 07:00

spacemang_spliff: Nov 29, 2014; wide pickle

Coolguye posted:

As a current JoCo resident yeah voter fraud would make a lot of sense

One thing I haven't seen pointed out in the thread yet (though I basically only read the first 3 and last 3 pages) is that Brownback almost lost to a loving 3rd party independent last election cycle because he was so loathed. There was an enormous fight over trying to keep the Democratic Party's candidate on the ballot (he wanted to give up and withdraw) because the Kansas GOP knew it would split the vote. It did in a number of districts, of course, and the combined Indep + Dem percentage would have been about even with Brownback so they were probably right to fight it so hard because the Kansas GOP could have very well lost to an Independent, which would've been humongous lol.

Kevin Yoder also won on a 40/60 margin last cycle, which would be impressive if he weren't running against a single Libertarian candidate who didn't have a single out-of-state dollar in his entire budget and an overall budget so low he didn't even have the most token recognition campaign going. The Democratic party didn't even bother to advance a candidate against Yoder. This is literally 40% of Yoder's district voting against him out of spite.

Anyway I can confirm that eastern Kansas is generally p cool and interesting. The food is loving amazing, even vegetarian fare is pretty easy to find and it's all great & pretty cheap compared to high dining further west. The local beer is basically all good as hell, there's like a dozen microbreweries in KC (there should be about a dozen more by the local population though) and there's also a ton in Lawrence. They all basically know what they're doing. There are also a couple of wineries in eastern Kansas that are surprisingly not poo poo. While nobody's competing with Napa Valley any time soon you can get a pretty competent bottle of 10 dollar wine with a pretty distinctive flavor and body from local wineries, which is more than you can say for most midwestern states.

god help you if you get to Topeka or further west though.

I grew up in Olathe and live in McPherson (lol) and yeah, don't go west of Topeka.

# ? Sep 19, 2015 23:40

tap my mountain: Jan 1, 2009; I'm the quick and the deadly

I just wanna say lol at everybody from hutch

# ? Sep 20, 2015 00:05

SalTheBard: Jan 26, 2005; I forgot to post my food for USPOL Thanksgiving but that's okay too!; Fallen Rib

Coolguye posted:

As a current JoCo resident yeah voter fraud would make a lot of sense

One thing I haven't seen pointed out in the thread yet (though I basically only read the first 3 and last 3 pages) is that Brownback almost lost to a loving 3rd party independent last election cycle because he was so loathed. There was an enormous fight over trying to keep the Democratic Party's candidate on the ballot (he wanted to give up and withdraw) because the Kansas GOP knew it would split the vote. It did in a number of districts, of course, and the combined Indep + Dem percentage would have been about even with Brownback so they were probably right to fight it so hard because the Kansas GOP could have very well lost to an Independent, which would've been humongous lol.

Kevin Yoder also won on a 40/60 margin last cycle, which would be impressive if he weren't running against a single Libertarian candidate who didn't have a single out-of-state dollar in his entire budget and an overall budget so low he didn't even have the most token recognition campaign going. The Democratic party didn't even bother to advance a candidate against Yoder. This is literally 40% of Yoder's district voting against him out of spite.

Anyway I can confirm that eastern Kansas is generally p cool and interesting. The food is loving amazing, even vegetarian fare is pretty easy to find and it's all great & pretty cheap compared to high dining further west. The local beer is basically all good as hell, there's like a dozen microbreweries in KC (there should be about a dozen more by the local population though) and there's also a ton in Lawrence. They all basically know what they're doing. There are also a couple of wineries in eastern Kansas that are surprisingly not poo poo. While nobody's competing with Napa Valley any time soon you can get a pretty competent bottle of 10 dollar wine with a pretty distinctive flavor and body from local wineries, which is more than you can say for most midwestern states.

god help you if you get to Topeka or further west though.

This is a good post

# ? Sep 20, 2015 00:23

spacemang_spliff: Nov 29, 2014; wide pickle

Broseph Brostar posted:

I just wanna say lol at everybody from hutch

yeah nothing good happens in or comes from hutch

# ? Sep 20, 2015 02:49

Jastiger: Oct 11, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

It really is depressing. My in laws live in Ellsworth. It's like a wasteland of gas stations and cheap shops from Topeka to there. The wind turbines are neat to see at night, but beyond that it's just like a desert of both the topographic kind and civilization kind.

If actually say it probably starts at Fort Riley.

# ? Sep 20, 2015 15:15

Accretionist: Nov 7, 2012; I BELIEVE IN STUPID CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Jastiger posted:

it's just like a desert of both the topographic kind and civilization kind.

There should really be a program for disbanding failed towns and moving people to where they can actually thrive

# ? Sep 20, 2015 15:51

Doc Block: Apr 15, 2003; Fun Shoe

Accretionist posted:

There should really be a program for disbanding failed towns and moving people to where they can actually thrive

Sounds like socialism or communism or whatever, you Obummer-loving commie! :clint:

# ? Sep 20, 2015 17:56

Coolguye: Jul 6, 2011; Required by his programming!

spacemang_spliff posted:

I grew up in Olathe and live in McPherson (lol) and yeah, don't go west of Topeka.

it's funny because Manhattan has Kansas State University, which has a beautiful campus and generally has a lot of cool professors, but not even their influence can counteract the sheer volume of white trash that infests the area.

# ? Sep 20, 2015 21:02

Top City Homo: Oct 15, 2014; Ramrod XTreme

the proles are a feckless mob

destroy their churches of mammon and the distribution network of vile lies that comes from the idiot tube

# ? Sep 20, 2015 21:55

Hot Dog Day #82: Jul 5, 2003; Soiled Meat

I mentioned it before, but I work at a natural history museum in Overland Park. On this Sunday I had to tell a lady in her 60s that, no, humans and dinosaurs didn't live at the same time (much to her surprise). When I told her that some dinosaurs where carnivores she immediately was disgusted and said that must have been cannibals - since I guess she thought dinosaurs where all the same species? I don't know, it was a wild conversation.

I also talked about hedgehogs to another family and that mom said "isn't it beautiful, seeing gods handiwork in all his creations?"

Just anther day in the trenches!

# ? Sep 21, 2015 00:31

spacemang_spliff: Nov 29, 2014; wide pickle

Hot Dog Day #82 posted:

I mentioned it before, but I work at a natural history museum in Overland Park. On this Sunday I had to tell a lady in her 60s that, no, humans and dinosaurs didn't live at the same time (much to her surprise). When I told her that some dinosaurs where carnivores she immediately was disgusted and said that must have been cannibals - since I guess she thought dinosaurs where all the same species? I don't know, it was a wild conversation.

I also talked about hedgehogs to another family and that mom said "isn't it beautiful, seeing gods handiwork in all his creations?"

Just anther day in the trenches!

you're doing God's work, science goon

I don't think I could do that job without getting fired for laughing at people

# ? Sep 21, 2015 00:37

Top City Homo: Oct 15, 2014; Ramrod XTreme

people can believe in god

but they have to believe in a god that says improve this earth you live on instead of this world belongs to satan

# ? Sep 21, 2015 00:49

Top City Homo: Oct 15, 2014; Ramrod XTreme

also hail satan

# ? Sep 21, 2015 00:50

spacemang_spliff: Nov 29, 2014; wide pickle

Hot Dog Day #82 posted:

I mentioned it before, but I work at a natural history museum in Overland Park. On this Sunday I had to tell a lady in her 60s that, no, humans and dinosaurs didn't live at the same time (much to her surprise). When I told her that some dinosaurs where carnivores she immediately was disgusted and said that must have been cannibals - since I guess she thought dinosaurs where all the same species? I don't know, it was a wild conversation.

I also talked about hedgehogs to another family and that mom said "isn't it beautiful, seeing gods handiwork in all his creations?"

Just anther day in the trenches!

Hahahaha. Holy gently caress. How many times a year do you get yelled at for something related to evolution?

# ? Sep 21, 2015 00:53

Hot Dog Day #82: Jul 5, 2003; Soiled Meat

I am a lapsed catholic so I have no problem with people being religious. What grinds my gears, though, is when they limit or eliminate their kid's exposure to all things science. Also the dinosaur lady was probably more a product of our atrocious education system than anything else, but that is a whole other ball of yarn!

I talk about evolution a few times a day, but somehow I haven't dealt with anyone that's too aggressively against it. Anthropology is the hardest thing for them to swallow, since the idea that there were multiple hominid species on earth at the same time is just too wild to wrap their heads around. I try to engage with the people who are more religiously conservative since most are happy to talk with someone who isn't demeaning about their whacko beliefs, plus if the parents feel comfortable around me then it is easier to pump their kids full of lies.

Hot Dog Day #82 has issued a correction as of 01:08 on Sep 21, 2015

# ? Sep 21, 2015 01:01

Top City Homo: Oct 15, 2014; Ramrod XTreme

Hot Dog Day #82 posted:

I am a lapsed catholic so I have no problem with people being religious. What grinds my gears, though, is when they limit or eliminate their kid's exposure to all things science. Also the dinosaur lady was probably more a product of our atrocious education system than anything else, but that is a whole other ball of yarn!

I talk about evolution a few times a day, but somehow I haven't dealt with anyone that's too aggressively against it. Anthropology is the hardest thing for them to swallow, since the idea that there were multiple hominid species on earth at the same time is just too wild to wrap their heads around. I try to engage with the people who are more religiously conservative since most are happy to talk with someone who isn't demeaning about their whacko beliefs, plus if the parents feel comfortable around me then it is easier to pump their kids full of lies.

hail satan

# ? Sep 21, 2015 01:16

Hot Dog Day #82: Jul 5, 2003; Soiled Meat

Hot Dog Day #82 posted:

somehow I haven't dealt with anyone that's too aggressively against it.

the answer is overland park

# ? Sep 21, 2015 18:39

Despera: Jun 6, 2011

I thank God every day Iive in Colorado. Even Wyoming has meth and scenery

# ? Sep 21, 2015 20:01

stoutfish: Oct 8, 2012; by zen death robot

pathetic little tramp posted:

The economic upside is you don't have to pay your employees double what others are paying just to get them to begrudgingly live in fuckplace nowhere Kansas.

That's not it. The cost of living in the Plains is so low that it would effectively pay for itself from that perspective. Lowtax was able to buy a home in the KCMO area, at least partially off of our collective :10bux:

. Let that sink in for a moment.

Employees were probably threatening to leave the state for reasons of self-preservation.

# ? Sep 24, 2015 18:44

Xenophon: Jun 28, 2003; by FactsAreUseless; Grimey Drawer

It's still probably worlds easier to find the kind of tech and advertising expertise that Lego is looking for in Boston/the northeast in general though

# ? Sep 24, 2015 20:11

Professor Shark: May 22, 2012

Man I just wanted to say that when I drunk posted 7 months ago in GBS about Kansas I had no idea it would be a headliner thread in a sort of DnD forum

# ? Sep 25, 2015 00:54

Matey: Mar 28, 2008; eat food

Anyone who grew up in Kansas east of Lawrence that went to college instate basically became either a frat bro date rapist or a drunk "sorostitute." And the shittiest drivers almost always have JO tags well ok bye

# ? Sep 25, 2015 06:08

etalian: Mar 20, 2006

Xenophon posted:

It's still probably worlds easier to find the kind of tech and advertising expertise that Lego is looking for in Boston/the northeast in general though

lovely low cost area tend to be counter-balanced by things such as lack of good education opportunities and good local amenities.

# ? Sep 29, 2015 16:05

Top City Homo: Oct 15, 2014; Ramrod XTreme

http://www.salon.com/2015/09/27/it_is_time_to_get_very_afraid_extremists_authoritarians_now_run_the_gop_and_no_one_can_stop_them/

# ? Sep 29, 2015 16:29

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

I'd like to visit Kansas one day, briefly.

Just so I could say Ive been there.

# ? Sep 29, 2015 18:58

spacemang_spliff: Nov 29, 2014; wide pickle

El Scotch posted:

I'd like to visit Kansas one day, briefly.

Just so I could say Ive been there.

If you're serious, check out Lawrence. If you have money, go see a KU basketball game. If not go see a local band at downtown.

Lawrence is the least Kansas town in Kansas; it's a good town

# ? Sep 30, 2015 03:26