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Mitten envy: Examining Wisconsin's argument that it is the Mitten State
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| December 07, 2011
| Troy Reimink
Posted on 12/08/2011 2:40:15 PM PST by cripplecreek
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To: cripplecreek
Badgers are a bunch of milk swilling cheese worshipers anyway."You forgot "beer guzzlin'"... 
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12/09/2011 7:51:34 AM PST
by
Ladysmith
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To: MediaMole
What about the UP, eh?
Simple. The UP is the left hand with the thumb pointed up, held directly above the right hand index finger. ;) Both hands are Michigan.
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12/09/2011 5:19:50 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: madison10
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12/09/2011 5:21:07 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: cripplecreek; grellis; PGalt; MaggieCarta; cyclotic; sergeantdave; Mikey_1962; Darren McCarty; ...
I'll agree that the Lower Peninsula looks a little like a mitten and that Michigan folks have been using "hand maps" to illustrate the geography of the LP long enough that it has become a tradition. But Michigan was never officially called the "Mitten State" (it might offend the UP to do so) and is still the "Wolverine State," even though no wolverine has been spotted in the state for a long, long time (except for U. of M. athletes).
As for Wisconsin, calling it a "Mitten State" is ridiculous. It's the "Badger State" or "America's Dairyland."
The posted piece is the kind of "news story" that these virtually useless Newhouse web sites and newspapers specialize in.
BTW, isn't Vernor's - mentioned in the story - out of business or taken over by someone else?
To: Diana in Wisconsin; justiceseeker93
Your list? I've never heard of this controversy. Saw the title, thought it was about one of my favorite Sousa marches,
March of the Mitten Men 
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posted on
12/09/2011 7:50:11 PM PST
by
SJackson
(Haven't changed the environment, just take a bath. Eat a piece of chocolate. You need one. Michelle)
To: justiceseeker93
Vernors is bottled by Pepsi-Cola, so there is no longer a “Vernors” bottling plant.
Cadbury-Schweppes owns the company.
To: SJackson
Gosh, you must be a real Sousa buff to know about the "March of the Mitten Men." It's certainly not one of his better known works, though just about all of them are stirring.
Although I consider myself somewhat of an amateur American history maven, I confess that I had never heard of Mr. Mitten, nor for that matter, anyone by that name.
To: cripplecreek
Love your graphic. May I borrow it?
To: cripplecreek
To: afraidfortherepublic
You might as well, I stole it from Wisconsin.
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posted on
12/18/2011 2:57:37 PM PST
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cripplecreek
(Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
To: SJackson
Oh my goodness, the impressionable children wouldn’t be allowed to play that march in most schools today because it includes that war tune, Onward Christian Soldiers. I can just see heads rolling at the school board!
Poor Mr. Sousa. He don’t get no respect.
To: justiceseeker93
Vernor’s is my husband’s favorite Ginger Ale. (He was raised in Detroit many moons ago.) Must be an acquired taste, It makes me sneeze.
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