Cant say they got this survey wrong....

[pmclaine]

Massachusetts dead last out of 50 for Patriotism....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...riotism-Virginia-patriotic-state-America.html

I fly my National colors with a Gadsden below it but Im just thought of probably as "that guy".

Oddly MA was the stewing pot of the Revolution but once begun and after the evacuation of British Troops from Boston I have read accounts of the other 13 colonies even than qustioning why this war for Massachusetts was being fought.

We had some giants here to include Sam Adams, Hancock, and Samuel Whittemore. Id imagine they would wonder if their sacrifice was worth it based on the state of this state.

 

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cant say im surprised......state is flooded with commie fuck hipsters

 

[EddieNFL]

Having a hard time buying Hawaii at number seven.

 

[Redmanss]

For those who want to see the entire list easily without clicking. Right off the top of my head, I see a mild to moderate tax burden correlation as well as a red-blue from the last election cycle, but there's definitely some outliers there on the latter.

1. Virginia
2. Alaska
3. Wyoming
4. South Carolina
5. Idaho
6. Colorado
7. Hawaii
8. Washington
9. North Carolina
10. Georgia
11. Maine
12. South Dakota
13. New Hampshire
14. Oklahoma
15. Kansas
16. Maryland
17. Nebraska
18. Arizona
19. Vermont
20. Mississippi
21. Utah
22. Nevada
23. Montana
24. New Mexico
25. Missouri
26. Alabama
27. North Dakota
28. Wisconsin
29. Iowa
30. Florida
31. Texas
32. Ohio
33. Minnesota
34. Arkansas
35. Louisiana
36. Tennessee
37. Kentucky
38. Oregon
39. Indiana
40. West Virginia
41. Delaware
42. Pennsylvania
43. Michigan
44. California
45. Connecticut
46. New York
47. Illinois
48. Rhode Island
49. New Jersey
50. Massachusetts

 

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Having a hard time buying Hawaii at number seven.

im guessing their number is skewed by the small population of the island, and the large presence of Military bases.

 

[EddieNFL]

im guessing their number is skewed by the small population of the island, and the large presence of Military bases.

Probably. Last time I was there I couldn't find a "native" that considered themselves an American.

 

[Mooncake]

Yeah, not so sure their metric is exactly ironclad.

 

[Threadcutter308]

Having a hard time buying Hawaii at number seven.

Having an even harder time buying into Washington (resident of) being number 8. Oh, and one behind Hawaii ?

 

[MtnCreek]

I would have thought upper midwest would fill the top of the list.

 

[Maggot]

Massachusetts dead last out of 50 for Patriotism....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...riotism-Virginia-patriotic-state-America.html

I fly my National colors with a Gadsden below it but Im just thought of probably as "that guy".

Oddly MA was the stewing pot of the Revolution but once begun and after the evacuation of British Troops from Boston I have read accounts of the other 13 colonies even than qustioning why this war for Massachusetts was being fought.

We had some giants here to include Sam Adams, Hancock, and Samuel Whittemore. Id imagine they would wonder if their sacrifice was worth it based on the state of this state.

Thats disappointing.

Ive always thought of Ma as the second most historically significant state, after Virginia, with Penn. likely 3rd with William Penn and Ben Franklin. We had Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Henry, to name a few, and the war ended here at Yorktown. Then we had Lee, Jackson, the war ended at Appomattox, and we probably had the most battles. Theres more but thats not the point. Slowly, I see our fine state turning blue. It sickens me, but Im surprised at Ma. Enjoyed my trip there last summer, and meeting MCameron, but wouldnt go back to Boston on a bet.

 

[pmclaine]

Thats disappointing.

Ive always thought of Ma as the second most historically significant state, after Virginia, with Penn. likely 3rd with William Penn and Ben Franklin. We had Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Henry, to name a few, and the war ended here at Yorktown. Then we had Lee, Jackson, the war ended at Appomattox, and we probably had the most battles. Theres more but thats not the point. Slowly, I see our fine state turning blue. It sickens me, but Im surprised at Ma. Enjoyed my trip there last summer, and meeting MCameron, but wouldnt go back to Boston on a bet.

Its a great place....except for the people......some of them anyway.

You didnt meet Mcameron in Ptown did you?

 

[RNWRKNP]

AZ at 18.........really? Gonna have to take my own ass out back and kick it.........again?

 

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Its a great place....except for the people......some of them anyway.

You didnt meet Mcameron in Ptown did you?

Nah, I didn’t want to submit mags to that on his first trip

 

[pmclaine]

Nah, I didn’t want to submit mags to that on his first trip

Its actually a great place to visit. Had the fams bike ride the trails at race point and we went into Ptown for pizza. There is a pizza joint about two thirds of the way down the main "drag" and across the street is a liquor store. the pizza joint is BYOB.

I went to the liquor store and I was wearing a USMC cover. The owner asked if I was USMC and I replied yes.

He started to tell me about his dad. His dad was OOD in Pearl Harbor Dec 7 1941. In the movie Tora Tora Tora his dad is represented in the movie as the USMC officer eating breakfast that gets told by his wife the Harbor is being attacked.

I looked his dad up. He ended up getting shipped to Midway after the Pearl Harbor attack than after that he joined the Marines on Guadalcanal.

A poignant note about his dad and what type of man he was, he looked up the grave of a fellow Marine friend killed on the Canal. They had been fraternity members together at college. They were both Jewish and he saw that his friends grave was marked with a cross, Stars of David apparently not being available. He personally put a Star of David on his friends grave.

Some humanity in a world of shit.

The store owner showed me a shadow box he had made up with his fathers medals (Silver Star) and parts of Japanese aircraft from PH.

Cant wait to get down that way this summer because I want to tell him the story of the grave. If its not one he knows his family needs to know it.