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To: SeekAndFind
California isn’t in the top ten? I’m a little surprised.
2 posted on
07/01/2009 9:31:37 AM PDT by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(Whoever coined the term "foolproof" underestimated the ingenuity and determination of fools.)
To: SeekAndFind
On the same report is the TOP 10 BEST STATES FOR PERSONAL FREEDOM.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32479
Here they are :
1. Alaska
2. Maine
3. New Mexico
4. Arkansas
5. Texas
6. Missouri
7. Oregon
8. Idaho
9. Virginia
10. Wyoming
To: SeekAndFind
lol, this is why I left MD 12 yrs ago.
4 posted on
07/01/2009 9:32:56 AM PDT by
east1234
(It's the borders stupid! My new enviromentalist inspired tagline: cut, kill, dig and drill)
To: SeekAndFind
I’m surprised that Michigan isn’t in the top 10 worst state for personal freedom.
To: SeekAndFind
California will be on that list shortly. With the budget problems they are having, they will raise taxes on the people and curtail their freedoms as well. California budgets their spending at $1.50 for every $1.00 they bring in, and they wonder why they have a problem.
7 posted on
07/01/2009 9:34:15 AM PDT by
RC2
To: SeekAndFind
Depends on which freedoms are being looked at. Comparing Alabama, Georgia and even Ohio to Massachusetts in terms of Second Amendment rights is simply laughable.
8 posted on
07/01/2009 9:34:33 AM PDT by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: SeekAndFind
Call me inept, or even lazy, but could you make this a click on link?
vaudine
10 posted on
07/01/2009 9:35:00 AM PDT by
vaudine
To: SeekAndFind
Was born in #6, have spent most of my life in # 3, went to graduate school in #2. Illinois truly is the worst in terms of hidden taxes and surcharges, with the gun laws being little different than New York State’s (which are slightly less restrictive than North Korea).
11 posted on
07/01/2009 9:35:00 AM PDT by
Clemenza
(Remember our Korean War Veterans)
To: SeekAndFind
Sex shops and drugs are weighted too heavily, and taxes are not weighted enough...
12 posted on
07/01/2009 9:35:24 AM PDT by
Onelifetogive
(See www.buyingapuppy.com for News on Dogs and Puppies)
To: theKid51
13 posted on
07/01/2009 9:35:42 AM PDT by
bmwcyle
(Obama is an illegal alien)
To: SeekAndFind
Since it ranks 19th on the list of best states, maybe I won’t be moving to Montana soon. Wonder how well dental floss grows in NH....
14 posted on
07/01/2009 9:36:57 AM PDT by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(Whoever coined the term "foolproof" underestimated the ingenuity and determination of fools.)
To: SeekAndFind
The first seven seem to give us a disproportionate number of national politicians. What a surprise.
To: SeekAndFind
Maryland should have been listed twice.
17 posted on
07/01/2009 9:39:15 AM PDT by
La Lydia
To: SeekAndFind
Everyone needs to READ the original article and understand the study’s definition of “freedom”. It is NOT necessarily what Conservatives hold to be those truths.
20 posted on
07/01/2009 9:40:28 AM PDT by
mad_as_he$$
(Nemo me impune lacessit)
To: SeekAndFind
relieved not to see California on there. But we all know that is coming down the pike with all the environmental restrictions on cars etc. Unless the train gets derailed.
22 posted on
07/01/2009 9:40:53 AM PDT by
GOP Poet
To: SeekAndFind
Though I fully expected New Jersey to be on this list, it may be the best state to home-school your child. Virtually no regulations. I’m so grateful for the strong home-school lobby in this state.
25 posted on
07/01/2009 9:45:22 AM PDT by
Longhair_and_Leather
(The new presidential mantra--"Obama let babies die")
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; In Maryland
26 posted on
07/01/2009 9:46:58 AM PDT by
Albion Wilde
("Shouldn't there be equal time for our Bill of Responsibilities?" -- Justice Clarence Thomas)
To: SeekAndFind
But....but....Maryland is the “free state”! How can this be?
It doesn’t matter anyway. Didn’t you hear that Michael Jackson just died?
To: SeekAndFind
Looking at the ten best and worst, it is clear the the people pitting the list together are smoking something.
34 posted on
07/01/2009 10:04:39 AM PDT by
rjamesca
(Been there, done that . . . for 30 years)
To: SeekAndFind
A lot of this is based on the leftwing libertarian “personal freedom” agenda, gay power, dope, hookers, etc.
35 posted on
07/01/2009 10:06:09 AM PDT by
ansel12
(Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
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