Nothing Shocking Here
Can't say I'm terribly surprised by this recent news from the U.S. Census Bureau:
Um, it's not just us morons still living in the Boston area. Do you think that, just maybe, the taxpayers in central and western Massachusetts as well are finally waking up and deciding they're sick and tired of having their elected officials throw their money down the shithole we call the Big Dig? No, that can't have anything to do with it. And surely it's not that people are beginning to realize that living in a state controlled solely by one political party, with a nasty habit of ignoring the will of the citizenry, just flat-out sucks - no, that can't be it.*
Also notable, the fastest population growth seems to be taking place in states full of gun-toting, psychopathic rednecks. Nine of the top ten states are "shall issue" for concealed carry permits. You'd think with all the "bloodbaths in the streets" promised us by Sarah Brady and her minons, there wouldn't be anybody left in these states to fill out a census form.
Third, the population growth of red states was just more than double that of the blue states (1.29% to 0.64%). All I can say is Hillary had better start working on her skeet-shooting skills. And while she's at it, she might want to order that barn jacket and from L.L. Bean now so she'll have plenty of time to break it in before the campaign photo-ops start.
*sidenote to Mutilate: no
The Census Bureau's annual population estimates showed the United States added another 3 million people in the last year for an overall population of just under 294 million.
The fastest growth came in the West and South, with states such as Nevada, Idaho, Utah and New Mexico leading the way as urbanites moved to rural areas, looking for room to spread out. The states have at least three things in common: affordable living, lots of outdoor recreation and plenty of space.
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Massachusetts was the only state that had a population decline - albeit down a slight 3,800 people, or 0.1 percent, to 6.41 million. Demographers speculated it could have been caused by an exodus of people leaving to escape rising costs in the Boston area.
Um, it's not just us morons still living in the Boston area. Do you think that, just maybe, the taxpayers in central and western Massachusetts as well are finally waking up and deciding they're sick and tired of having their elected officials throw their money down the shithole we call the Big Dig? No, that can't have anything to do with it. And surely it's not that people are beginning to realize that living in a state controlled solely by one political party, with a nasty habit of ignoring the will of the citizenry, just flat-out sucks - no, that can't be it.*
Also notable, the fastest population growth seems to be taking place in states full of gun-toting, psychopathic rednecks. Nine of the top ten states are "shall issue" for concealed carry permits. You'd think with all the "bloodbaths in the streets" promised us by Sarah Brady and her minons, there wouldn't be anybody left in these states to fill out a census form.
Third, the population growth of red states was just more than double that of the blue states (1.29% to 0.64%). All I can say is Hillary had better start working on her skeet-shooting skills. And while she's at it, she might want to order that barn jacket and from L.L. Bean now so she'll have plenty of time to break it in before the campaign photo-ops start.
*sidenote to Mutilate: no
