Romney: 47% of Americans are losers, don't care about 'em

[OttoVonBismarck]

Basically these states bring nothing, they are poor and suck to visit:

West Virginia
Kentucky
South Carolina
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama

These states are "failed states" that will eventually collapse into poverty and despair ala Greece:

California

These states are populated with douchebags:

New Jersey
Illinois
Washington

These states are simply boring:

Ohio
Indiana
Kansas
Idaho
Delaware

South Dakota got the axe because I like North Dakota more than South Dakota, and I see no reason to have two Dakotas.

D.C. got the axe because it's a gaping hellhole that is a blight on the Earth.

[OttoVonBismarck]

Basically you wipe out all the douchebag states, wipe out a lot of the poor Southern states, then wipe out the states that are too boring to matter.

You keep states like Texas and North Carolina / Louisiana despite their troubling issues because Tex Mex and BBQ are awesome and a society has to have some culture, it can't all be dollars and cents. That's why New Jersey and its population of relatively high income (but highly taxed) people gets kicked out. New Jersey contributes absolutely nothing to the United States in term of culture, and its people are abominations. Their governor looks like he might actually try to eat the rest of the country if not checked.

[DGuller]

New Jersey contributes nothing to culture?  So no one in America watched The Sopranos or Jersey Shore? 

[OttoVonBismarck]

New Jersey contributes nothing to culture?  So no one in America watched The Sopranos or Jersey Shore? 

Um, first of all I think you need to take a deep breath and recognize when talking about states we're removing from the country this isn't a very serious discussion.

Secondly, New Jersey's suckitude is absolutely undeniable.

Thirdly, Jersey Shore? That's the most shameful argument anyone has ever made in the history of arguments.

Fourthly, unless the Sopranos was actually a product of New Jersey I'd say you owe Hollywood for that.

[CountDeMoney]

These states are populated with douchebags:

New Jersey
Illinois
Washington

You forgot Oregon, and either Vermont or New  Hampshire, depending on your political leanings.

[Viking]

New Jersey contributes nothing to culture?  So no one in America watched The Sopranos or Jersey Shore? 

ExxonMobile Jersey FTW!

[DGuller]

Fourthly, unless the Sopranos was actually a product of New Jersey I'd say you owe Hollywood for that.

It was shot mostly in New Jersey, and without New Jersey there wouldn't be any plot material.

[sbr]

These states are populated with douchebags:

New Jersey
Illinois
Washington

You forgot Oregon....

Bite me mama's boy.

[CountDeMoney]

Bite me mama's boy.

Ah, granola. 

[DGuller]

New Jersey contributes nothing to culture?  So no one in America watched The Sopranos or Jersey Shore? 

ExxonMobile Jersey FTW!

D'oh, forgot about that one.  Definitely a lot of cultural monuments dedicated to the oil industry that you can still see if you drive on New Jersey Turnpike. 

[sbr]

@money : You'd give your left nut to live here instead of bawlmore.

[Razgovory]

Basically you wipe out all the douchebag states, wipe out a lot of the poor Southern states, then wipe out the states that are too boring to matter.

You keep states like Texas and North Carolina / Louisiana despite their troubling issues because Tex Mex and BBQ are awesome and a society has to have some culture, it can't all be dollars and cents. That's why New Jersey and its population of relatively high income (but highly taxed) people gets kicked out. New Jersey contributes absolutely nothing to the United States in term of culture, and its people are abominations. Their governor looks like he might actually try to eat the rest of the country if not checked.

I think we could do with out Texas culture.  Also if we are getting rid of states that drag on the economy lets take out Montana, and Wyoming.  They are big drags on the economy.  In fact most of the big rural states need to go.

[Barrister]

Basically you wipe out all the douchebag states, wipe out a lot of the poor Southern states, then wipe out the states that are too boring to matter.

You keep states like Texas and North Carolina / Louisiana despite their troubling issues because Tex Mex and BBQ are awesome and a society has to have some culture, it can't all be dollars and cents. That's why New Jersey and its population of relatively high income (but highly taxed) people gets kicked out. New Jersey contributes absolutely nothing to the United States in term of culture, and its people are abominations. Their governor looks like he might actually try to eat the rest of the country if not checked.

I think we could do with out Texas culture.  Also if we are getting rid of states that drag on the economy lets take out Montana, and Wyoming.  They are big drags on the economy.  In fact most of the big rural states need to go.

FU hippy.

[Razgovory]

Then let them really ride on that "ruggeded individualism".

[MadImmortalMan]

Then let them really ride on that "ruggeded individualism".

They'll get rich exporting oil to us, most likely.